Boys

Leon

Demetrius

Tobias

Gideon

Orion

Emmett

Abram

Matteo

Rhett

Rhys

Atticus

Neil

Dexter

Heath

Emery

Conrad

Darwin

Rex

Bruno

Winston

Hezekiah

Cassius

Reuben

Samson

Fletcher

Nalaga sera titulaire samedi

Il faudra gagner face à Bourgoin et Vern Cotter, le coach de l’ASM, a donc décidé d’apporter quelques retouches à l’équipe qui a perdu contre Biarritz (13-16) le week-end dernier.

Cinq matches que les Jaune et Bleu n’ont plus connu la victoire. Et si les rugbymen de l’ASM ne veulent pas se faire distancer avec le haut du tableau, il va falloir remettre le bleu de chauffe et corriger Bourgoin samedi (match à 19 h au Stade Marcel-Michelin et en direct sur Canal+ Sport). Oui mais voilà, entre les matchs internationaux et les blessures, le staff a dû composer pour construire une équipe compétitive.

Le 5 de devant, convaincant face à Biarritz, devrait être reconduit. Seul changement à noter, la remplacement de Wepener, touché au genou et qui ne sera même pas sur le banc, par Cabello – et non Ledesma comme envisagé, même si ce dernier est bien dans le groupe. De retour de l’équipe de France, Lapandry s’assiéra lui aussi sur le banc de touche. Tandis que la troisième ligne ressemblera à celle du week-end dernier.

Là où les entraîneurs ont décidé d’effectuer le plus de changements c’est dans les lignes arrières. Rougerie se placera au centre, Baby à l’arrière et Floch lui sur le banc. Russel reprendra sa place au centre et Nalaga retrouve sa place à l’aile.

Le groupe clermontois.- Avants : Debaty, Faure, Ric, Zirakashvili, Cabello, Ledesma, Wepener, Cudmore, Pierre, Privat, Samson, Audebert, Lapandry, Vermeulen. Arrières : Radosavljevic, Senio, James, Baby, Fofana, Malzieu, Nalaga, Rougerie, Russell, Floch.

Composition probable : Faure, Cabello, Zirakashvili – Privat, Pierre – Audebert, Vermeulen, Cudmore – Senio, James – Nalaga, Rougerie, Russell, Malzieu – Baby.

J-B

Du côté Bourgoin,trois joueurs sont incertains. L’ailier fidjien Albert Vulivuli, le demi de mêlée John Senio et le 3e ligne centre Yann Labrit pourraient bien de pas pouvoir tenir leurs rangs. Des soucis supplémentaires pour les entraîneurs berjalliens déjà privés de Benjamin Boyet, Karena Wihongi, Albin Louchard, Anthony Forest, Thomas Genevois et Sylvain Nicolas…

Samson And Delilah 2009 DVDRip XviD-aAF
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The Iroquois hounds, seen here with whipper-in Elizabeth Playforth, met Saturday at Boone Valley

IT wasn’t the best scenting day last Saturday, but the hounds got their run. And if you love to hear hounds’ voices in beautiful countryside, it was a glorious day to be out.

Huntsman Lilla Mason is currently on crutches after a riding injury, so the horn has passed to her mentor, joint-Master Jerry Miller. Saturday’s hounds were the bitch pack of twelve-and-a-half couple, and, after time away from hunting due to deer-hunting season, they were ready to get back to work.

“We’ve got to get them out of the kennel,” Master Miller explained to the field at the meet.

The challenge for Miller–as for anyone stepping in for an injured huntsman–was to “get the hounds’ eyes” and attention on him. In short, the recognize that he was in fact the day’s huntsman, even though he is not the person they generally see carrying the horn.

A quick switch in huntsmen can confuse a pack, and some hounds can be openly skeptical of the “new” huntsman’s authority. The story Clear Creek Beagles whipper-in Jean MacLean told us over the summer about her first experience walking the beagle pack is a perfect example of that!

Jerry had already hunted the dog pack in Lilla’s absence once before deer season, and their first inclination, on getting out of the hound trailer, was to search for Lilla. Simply handing over the horn doesn’t mean the hounds follow automatically. After months, even years, of close training and work with one huntsman, that switch is rarely easy.

“There’s no question that the hounds develop a close personal bond with their huntsman,” Jerry said.

That bond is so close that Lilla is careful not to let the hounds hear her voice while she’s car-following, because it would likely be a major distraction to them.

On Saturday, Jerry explained to the field and whippers-in that he would take the bitch pack to a fairly distant covert, Boyd’s Bottom, for their first draw. It takes about 20 minutes to get from the meet at Boone Valley to Boyd’s Bottom, and Jerry wanted to take that time to let them hounds get familiar with him as huntsman.

“That was the first time I’d hunted the bitches,” Jerry said later. “They’d had the loss of Lilla and then deer-hunting season, so they hadn’t been out for about a week and a half. Now they’re going out with someone strange to them. Even though I know them, they don’t know me. They’re only used to me walking with them. So I took them three or four fields south, and along the way, I kept calling each of their names and making them look at me.

“That sounds like it’s simple, but Lilla can tell you: you can call some of their names, and sometimes, like if they’re mad, they’re not going to look up at you. Some will look up immediately, especially the ones that we got from England, because Lilla hasn’t hunted them many times yet, and they’re used to a man’s voice.

“When we crossed the creek in David Estill’s going towards Boyd’s Bottom, they finally paid attention to me. I could stop and tell one to ‘bike,’ to come back in to me, and they did that. I couldn’t believe it. Why they all of a sudden decided to listen to me, I don’t know, but they did.”

The process of getting the hounds to “connect up” with a new huntsman can be slow, Jerry says, especially when the former huntsman has–as in Lilla’s case–been working closely with the hounds during all their early training and summer work.

“They do respond to me, because I say their names often,” Jerry said. “I did that all day long, saying individual hounds’ names so they could identify with me. But they got all their basics in the summer from Lilla. She knows all about them, and they know her.”

Lilla’s mount Saturday was our car Brabinger, a blue Hyundai Tucson that, while not yet schooled to jump, is a pretty good hilltopper. Plus, he has cup-holders.

(Off topic: Brabinger is named after the unflappable butler from one of our favorite comedy series, “To The Manor Born.” Our other car, the elderly but still very game Jeeves, is named after the wise valet in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster books. Highly recommended, as is the BBC television series starring Stephen Fry as Jeeves.)

Car-following has some advantages (see “cup-holders,” above). Your car is unlikely to spook. You can stay pretty comfortable and get a decent overview of the hunt. But it certainly does not compare to the wind-in-your-hair excitement of galloping cross country behind the hounds and the close-up view of good hound work. From our hillside, we couldn’t see the hounds when they struck off on a coyote line and ran along the tree-lined creek below us, but we could hear their spine-tingling cry as it echoed upward towards us.

We now know we missed quite a scene: coyote and hounds swam the creek and the run continued on the south bank. The coyote ran through a field of cattle, jumped a coop, circled back to Boyd’s Bottom, and generally gave the bitch pack plenty of exercise.

On Sunday, we tried the car-following again (this time in a truck), always being careful to stick to solid ground and roadways in order not to cause damage. Sunday’s hounds were the dog pack, consisting of eight couple. Again, the scenting was less than ideal in the warming afternoon, and there were only brief moments when hounds spoke and had a little run. Nonetheless, we had excellent views of the hounds and of the field, as shown below. You’ll spot Paper in an exuberant mood, woolly Sassoon, red-and-white Samson, and the enormous Hawkeye, the latter two among our most recent English imports. At the end of the video, as we’re returning to the meet, Gaelic stops by to say hello to Lilla.

The time off from deer season can make a significant difference to a pack, Jerry explained. Going into the two-week break while the deer-hunters are out, the pack was fit from cubbing. The sudden slowdown in activity can frustrate hounds, and when they do get back to work again, the conditions have changed.

“By the time you get them back out, scenting has completely changed,” Jerry explained. “The deer have gone into rut, the grass is starting to lose a lot of its smells, the leaves are starting to fall, and everything in those coverts is different. That can be a big setback, when you go from full covert to now where the leaves are falling off the trees, it changes everything. I would think it makes scenting better, but it’s the idea that they’ve got to sort it all out.”

These days, the hounds have more new information than usual to sort through: the new scents of late autumn, the changes in coverts, and, for now, a new huntsman. So far, so good.

Il y a deux semaines déjà, la première mouture d’un WE de formation à l’ennéagramme a eu lieu, rassemblant pas loin d’une vingtaine de participants, dans une belle diversité de parcours. Le P. Erik a su mener tout ce petit monde avec bonheur, dans les méandres de cette approche qui croise outils psychologiques et expérience spirituelle.

Quelques échos des participants ? “

” Cela fait trois ans que je n’avais pas pris un temps de recul de ce genre…” /J’ai aussi beaucoup apprécié ces deux journées et je trouve très libérant de mieux se comprendre – avec beaucoup de bon sens – et de pouvoir se situer dans une attitude plus ajustée avec les autres puisqu’on comprend aussi mieux leur fonctionnement….(…)”

Devant l’intérêt manifesté pour cette formation, il n’est pas impossible qu’une session d’été puisse se profiler à l’horizon. A suivre.

DL

Biblical, Hebrew Biblical, English: Means “delicate, weak, languishing” in Hebrew. In the Old Testament she was the lover of Samson, whom she betrayed to the Philistines by cutting his hair, which was the source of his power. Despite her character flaws, the name began to be used by the Puritans in the 17th century. It has been used occasionally in the English-speaking world since that time. (Behindthename.com)

Baby Name Wizard

by Isaure Cointreau

When I said I was going to Oslo for a couple of days the reactions I got were very uncanny. Normally everybody feels excitement upon the topic of travel but here utter surprise was in order.

-         Oslo, really? What are you going to do in Finland?

-         Try Norway. Finland is bit further east.

Looking for new sights to explore and a breath of fresh air, what could be a better idea than to check out a Scandinavian country? The whole prospect does have an edgy look to it though depends  what you are into. I for my part was not deceived. Arriving at Oslo with a Ryan Air 15£ return ticket, I was an hour bus ride away from the centre of the capital. Checking in at the Anker Hostel, this cheap way to put a roof above my head accommodated me with six Swedish roommates. Only a few blocks away from the interesting spots of the city, one only has to choose where he wants to start.

There are tons of sights to get acquainted to and although Oslo is a really nice and easy walk it is not as small as it feels. Public transportation is really accessible and well organized. You can then go from one point of the city to another in no time. However, if you ever get lost don’t be afraid to ask, I’ve never met so warm hearted people and they’ll gladly help you out. Plus, everyone speaks perfect English as if they were natives.  French and Italians can blush!

A good place to start your visit would be to follow Karl Johans gate. The Cathedral, the Parliament, the Oslo University, the National Theatre and the Palace set the background of this high end street. I must admit the architecture is mostly impressive although I was very much deceived by the royal residency. Too plain or too simple, the least would be to say that I was more impressed by its incredible view of the city and its gardens than the building itself. In terms of museum there are several not to miss. The National Gallery is one of them and has a wide varied collection of artists from Norway and afar. There, I was introduced to Kittelsen’s trolls and breathtaking landscapes,  Krohg’s exceptional portraits and “mise en scene”.

On the account of renowned Norwegian artists Munch, Ibsen and Vigeland are the pride and joy of the country. Therefore they all have a private space where their work is exposed. For one the Munch museum is a must see. Offering a true understanding of the artist’s perspective on live and art, this place is a cave of wonders. Ibsen, best known for Peer Gynt, Hedda Gabbler and The doll’s house had his own apartment turned into the museum of his life, plays and success. Let it be an introduction for those who don’t know Oslo’s favourite playwright. Other than that the Vigeland sculpture park is the most amazing experience I have ever had in a city garden. With as many as 212 statues the sculptor has shaped in clay lively and profound scenes of humanism. From children to the elderly, love to hate, peace to war, this park offers a parallel between life and death.

As far as food and drinks are concerned Oslo is a minefield of cute and trendy, rocky, jazzy and classic sites. Karl Johans Gate, the city centre’s main road offers a wide range of choices. I would recommend Samson for breakfast for its yummy traditional pastries. Although Norwegian’s are really big on sandwiches  with their coffee in the morning, try a selection of their desserts. If you like almonds you are in for a treat! For lunch I loved Lorry with it eccentric/attic look. You’ll find yourself eating with a bunch of antiquities such as a stuffed giraffe and zebra, army caps and wild art. Being the place to be for intellectuals and people within the arts, the quirky look of this place and your salmon will be quite the experience. Looking forward to a break? Stop by the local jazz bar held by Norwegian icon Bodil Anbefaler. It’s great music and fun people in a cosy (almost New York style) atmosphere.  The Bare Jazz AS on Grensen Street is one of my favourite spots in the city. Other than that I really enjoyed dinner at Cathedral. In a weird solemn candlelight ambiance, the heavy wood of the furniture recall a medieval look. The food is amazing, and the photos shot in this small pub-like restaurant are incredible ( as if Georges de La tour had guided the light effects of our snapshots.

It was so nice up North, I guess I have a little crush on Oslo. Inspiring me the desire to know more about Scandinavian countries, let’s consider this  the beginning of my exploration of the Baltic. It’ll take time but I can only dream about it.

Alice, Arabella, Bedelia, Clementine, Clover, Cordelia, Daisy, Esme, Eleanor, Flora, Fern, Hazel, Hannah, Imogen, Ida, Iris, Josephine, Jemima, Juniper, Lucinda, Madeleine, Margaret, Nola, Olive, Poppy, Pippa, Polly, Penelope, Primrose, Rose, Sally, Stella, Shiloh, Matilda, Tallulah, Theodora, Thomasina, Violet, Zipporah, Amelia, Annora, Maude, Clara.

Arthur, Bertram, Bartholomew, Baxter, Bruno, Bramwell, Chester, Cassius, Cato, Dexter, Dominic, Emerson, Emmett, Elliot, Fergus, Felix, Gregor, Gulliver, Isidore, Jasper, Ned, Orlando, Quentin, Rupert, Rafferty, Samson, Toby, Thomas, Theodore.

Thoughts? Suggestions?

Men moet – tegen beter weten in – de humor onder elke tegel vandaan blijven schrapen.

Vrijdag had ik dus de gehele dag mijn villa niet verlaten, want…1 lelijke kiespijn en diarree.
De Heere geeft, De Heere neemt.
En duidelijk is in welke hoek ik momenteel verkeer.

Riant tijd om e.e.a. te overdenken, temeer daar ik nog steeds regelmatig op de wc zit vanwege aanhoudende schijterij afgewisseld met mondspoelingen en IbuProfen-inname ter tempering kiespijn. Af en toe dan weer eens de Cv-ketel uitdoen daar hij steeds op hol slaat en vast voornemens lijkt mijn kasteel tot een graad of 28 op te warmen ongeacht wat ik op thermostaat instel.
Het leven:..een feest, en geen idee hoe ik e.e.a. met een baan erbij zou kunnen bolwerken.

Voorlopige uitkomst der overwegingen is dat ik op 49-jarige leeftijd (m.i. hoor) beter ben dan ooit, maar maatschappelijk gezien geheel uitgerangeerd want links en rechts ingehaald door nono’s, nitwits, Pechtolds, Wakkere Nederlanders, thuisbeleggers, meisjes van 23 die succesvol kut-boeken publiceren en erger.
Mijn successen zitten momenteel m.n. in het mede schrijven van Pucks spreekbeurt en het opwarmen van haar spinazie, + het oplossen van Word-problemen bij Moeders, vrouw, e.d.
Tja.

Zo was ik zaterdagavond in Studio De Smet te A’dam op de 50e verjaardag van Simone’s jeugdvriendin Annemarie de Jong. Haar man Paul Weijenberg is nl. de eigenaar van De Smet.
Een bezoek aan A’dam is als Rotterdammer altijd al listig, maar za-avond bleek ’t ook nog Museumnacht te zijn.
Verbaasd stuurde ik de Chrysler omringd door een paar honderd fietsers langs Artis (De Smet ligt op de Plantage Middenlaan vlakbij Artis) waar een rij van zo’n 700 mensen stond voor de ingang. Ook de omringende musea puilden uit.
Op straat leek ’t Koninginnedag.
Meteen alweer het gevoel zelf in een dorp te wonen.

Te De Smet bleken Simone en ik – afgezien van wat familie van Annemarie – de enige 2 bezoekers zonder nationale bekendheid. Nippend aan mijn wijntje bleek ik naast Jeroen Pauw te staan die in gesprek was met Twan Huys en Max Westerman. Links naast me Harry de Winter met zijn actricevrouw Yvonne van den Hurk in gesprek met Henk van Hoorn. Voor- en achter wat RTL-, AT5- en TV-Rijnmond-bobo’s, actrices, Loïs Lane-zangeres en weet ik ‘t.
Ik was ook nog eens ‘De Bob’, dus tja.
Uit de 1,5 uur opgevoerde sketches, Powerpoint-presentaties, filmpjes, en optredens om Annemarie in het zonnetje te zetten leerde ik het volgende:..
- Paul Weijenberg is hilarisch geestig. Hij vertoonde o.a. dia’s van Annemarie uit de jaren ’80 en ‘90 met als commentaar: ‘Hier ging ze neukend over de Balkan met vriendin Karin de Bok. (en dan tegen zijn dochters:.’Ja, die man daar zou ook je pappie kunnen zijn’). En dan: ‘O nee, ’t is toch in Zweden met Lars. En daarnaast zit Extra-Lars’. Of: ‘Dit was de oorspronkelijke uitnodiging, maar afgekeurd. Terwijl ik een half uur bezig was geweest die benen eronder te Photo-shoppen’. Etc… Er ging bv. van alles mis met beeld en geluid hetgeen Paul geroutineerd opving met teksten ala: ‘Dat we nog werk hebben!’, of ‘De Smet, ook voor al uw bruiloften’. Tijdens het geleuter van Max Westerman mompelde hij in het voorbijgaan: ‘duurt niet lang meer hoor’.
- Het halve zootje kent elkaar van de Journalistenschool een jaar of 30 geleden. Waarom ben ik daar Godverdomme 4x voor uitgeloot?
- Veel celebrities zijn tamelijk klein. Die zitten blijkbaar op een kussentje als ze op tv komen. Een groot ego en blinde ambitie lijken winnend. Hebben we dan niks geleerd sinds Napoleon?
- Annemarie’s grootste wapenfeit lijkt haar interview met Arafat te zijn geweest toen ze bij RTL-4 werkte. Plus dat ze vroeger heel erg (en nu nog) tamelijk knap was en al die bobo’s nog steeds verliefd op haar zijn.
- Men is tamelijk handig met Photoshop en Powerpoint hetgeen vermakelijke filmpjes opleverde.
- Het lijkt mij ontroerend als je 50 wordt en je man en dochters spelen in een bandje 3 nummers voor je.
- Annemarie is ook niet ongeestig. Ik leer nieuwe dingen m.b.t. ‘vrouwen van 50’ ala ‘altijd je benen bij elkaar houden als je niest’.

Gezelligste plek bij zo’n bobo-feestje is natuurlijk de rookplek buiten voor de ingang. Daar telt m.n. of je een aansteker hebt en minder of ‘je boek al uit is’.
Heerlijke vraag: ‘Rook jij nog Samson? Wat ouderwets!’. (conclusie na een uur of 2 buiten:.. om het in Hilversum te maken moet je geen Samson roken)
2e heerlijke vraag: ‘Waar ben jij bekend van, want ik herken je helemaal niet?’.
Waarop ik natuurlijk monter meldde slechts de butler, chauffeur, tuinman en pretknul van de baronesse Balvers te zijn en mij te verstaan was gegeven buiten te blijven en me niet onder De Grote Soapies der Aarde te begeven. Er ontstond enige discussie wie en waar dan de blijkbaar bekende baronesse Balvers is, waarop ik uitviel:.. ‘Het is godverdomme schandelijk dat iedere GTST-acteur bij Pauw & Witteman gevraagd wordt “Hoe het verder moet met het land” terwijl de oude adel (“Hoezo Balvers bekend?…legendarisch mevrouw!!”) niet eens meer herkend wordt’
Het werd even lastig toen er iemand Simone bleek te kennen en wist dat ze in een flatje zonder tuin woont, maar daar wist ik me gelukkig uit te redden met strofes ala ‘Precies..de adel heeft het niet makkelijk’ , en ‘Tuinieren in een tuin is zo passé’.
Zo werd ’t nog best gezellig buiten, maar op de koude A4 terug om 02u. overheersten vooral weinig spirituele gedachten ala: ‘de eén heeft succes, de ander niet’.

Ter demping opkomende depressie liggen de volgende besluiten te Casa Soetendaal ter afhamering:.
- Mijd beroemd Amsterdam.
- De beuk erin.
- Blijf Samson roken.
- Maar eens cursus Photoshop doen.

Indigo, Tennyson, Barnaby, Ashby, Rowan, Arlo, Benson, Beckett, Dashiell, Dante, Emmett, Emilio, Gabriel, Gulliver, Hugo, Harvey, Leo, Oakley, Orlando, Pablo, Preston, Perrin, Quinlan, Raphael, Romeo, Remy, Rupert, River, Rafferty, Rutherford, Samson, Sommer, Steven, Troy, Tristan.

Bellona, Bedelia, Decla, Eloisa, Evangelina, Freya, Ferelith, Genevieve, Greta, Ginella, Hazel, Hyacinth, Honora, Isabella, Isadora, Junia, Luciana, Lucelia, Leora, Maddalena, Noella, Ophelia, Ottilie, Polly, Pearl, Primrose, Rosabel, Romilly, Raphaella, Rosamund, Seraphina, Sofiel, Simone, Tallulah, Valentina, Viola.

Paper & Co. in a playful mood on Saturday afternoon

FOXHUNTING is on hiatus for now while the deer hunters are abroad in the countryside, and that gave us a chance to check in at the Iroquois kennels to see how the puppies are doing.

Paper, of course, has been out hunting now and is gradually maturing into an adult pack member. He’s had important lessons all summer and fall, and now the real education starts on the hunt field. There, he has to confront new situations and work professionally with the hunting pack. I guess to put it in human terms, he’s getting his university degree, and by next year he should be a full-time contributing member of the working world.

But what about our youngest puppies, Baffle’s litter and Dragonfly’s huge son Driver? They’re still in elementary school, but the lessons they’re learning now are critical to their future development.

These puppies were born in the spring, and for the last couple of months they’ve been getting their first exposure to working in a group, to pack manners, and to coming when called, Iroquois kennel manager Michael Edwards explained to us on Saturday.

Room to roam: all the hounds--puppies, current working pack members, and retirees--get plenty of free exercise in the two-acre field adjacent to the kennel

After breakfast each day, the 10 young puppies spend about three hours out in the kennel’s two-acre exercise field, one of the best tools the Iroquois staff has for the young hounds’ education.

“They stay out here while we’re getting stuff done in the kennel, and they play and play,” Michael said. “I try to get them out twice a day, once at the end of the day, too, so that they get four to five hours outside.

“Right now, the girls in this litter seem a little more rebellious than the boys,” Michael said of Baffle’s puppies. “The two bigger girls, Bangle and Bandstand, they’ll be the ones that won’t want to go in their kennel. But they’re all very lovable and want attention all the time.”

Assistant kennel manager Alan Foy (seen in the photo above with Baffle’s puppies) has also been working with the youngsters to start developing their sense of pack identity and cooperation.

“Alan’s been taking them out back here, just trying to teach them to stick together and respond when he calls them, and they’ve done really well at that,” Michael said, adding that it’s too early for most of the puppies to have learned their individual names yet. The kennel staff is trying to learn the puppies’ names, too! Many of them look so similar it can be hard to distinguish them, with a few exceptions. Bagshot is the woolly male of the litter; Bashful and Banknote are easy to pick out because they are the two smallest; and Driver, well, he’ll always stand out in a crowd due to his size and dark coloring.

Driver back in July.

Driver today with kennel manager Michael Edwards. A VERY big difference!

“Driver is the biggest baby out here,” Michael said, meaning both the biggest baby and the biggest baby. Recently, Michael set a five-gallon bucket out in the kennel yard, spooking Driver.

“He would not come out here on this concrete while that bucket was sitting there,” Michael said. “I had to get it and move it all the way out by the far gate before he would even come in here, and even then he came in looking at it real carefully. So we’re going to do something we did that worked well with the ST litter (Stam, Stax, Star, Stanza, etc., born in 2007). We’re going to put a windsock in their kennel, something that’s moving all the time so they get used to it. It made a big difference with them.”

In addition to their mini-houndwalks around the property, the puppies also have ventured farther afield with Iroquois joint-Master Jerry Miller and huntsman Lilla Mason. On those, they rode in the hound truck to the old point-to-point course, the same place the older hounds have their early summer walks and pond exercise. Like the older hounds, the puppies got to practice sticking together in a wide open space–their first formal exposure to that critical lesson in the company of the people who will actually hunt them someday.

“All that is important,” Michael said, “because they’re learning how to be a pack.”

The hunt and kennel staff have found it’s useful to start building the pack sense early with puppies.

“With the PA litter (including Panda, Parish, Parody, etc., born in 2005), Lilla and I would take them all through the area together,” Michael said. “By the time we incorporated them into the pack, they already had an idea what was going on, so they just blended right in.”

The puppies don’t yet have the attention span of the older hounds, but already they are focusing on people when they are out on walk, said Alan.

Baffle's litter, shown here with Michael, seem all grown up at seven months of age, but their lessons are just beginning. "I'd say they're like teenagers now," kennel manager Michael Edwards says. "They're just kind of lanky, but they're getting well-balanced."

In the case of Baffle’s puppies, it helps that they are part of a nine-hound litter–a ready-made pack, in a way. For Driver, a singleton, it was especially important that he learn group dynamics as early as possible.

“He lets the little girls chew on his ears,” Alan said. “He’s just a big, goofy puppy. But he’s fit in really well. I agree with Michael that he’s a little passive in the group, but I think it’s because when we first mixed him in with the other puppies he was so much bigger than they were. Now, he’s not quite as much bigger. Barwick and Backfire are getting pretty close to him in size. I think he knew he was bigger and couldn’t play as rough.”

“That all started when they were all at the lower kennel,” Michael said. “He was so much bigger at first that I monitored him closely. If he would be rough, I’d kind of get on him about it and growl at him.”

That lesson seems to have stuck. As Driver romped around with Baffle’s puppies, he was a perfect gentleman with his smaller playmates.

“One of the reasons we wanted to get him in with a group early was because an only child can sometimes have some trouble integrating,” Michael said. “When they’re on their own too long, I think they don’t get socialized with the pack. They don’t learn pack manners and how to respect other hounds. That’s why it was important to get Driver in with the other puppies as soon as we could, especially as big as he is. The longer we waited, the harder it would have been for him to understand that he is part of a pack.”

Baffle's litter in April.

“They learn how to be hounds from each other,” Alan said.

The next step, Michael said, is to start occasionally introducing older hounds to the puppies. Paper was one candidate, but evidently he felt pretty strongly that, having moved up with the big dogs in the pack, he was now too important to deal with the little kids anymore.

“He didn’t want any part of those puppies,” Michael said. “He jumped up on top of a bench and growled about it. I thought, being as young as he was, he’d adjust to it pretty quickly, but no, thank you. On the other hand, Panda went out there with them and loved it.”

“She educated them,” Alan said. “She didn’t get aggressive with them, but she let them know when they went too far and she let them know she didn’t want all of them piling on her at once. If they did that, she’d run away and hop up on the bench, and they couldn’t get up there with her. Then she’d wait until they scattered. Then she’d jump down again and play with one or two of them until all of them would pile on her again. She trained them in her way, which was very gentle.”

“Introducing older hounds to them out in that paddock is where I think they really start to learn about having manners toward other hounds,” said Michael. ”I think they learn a lot out here in this field with each other, just about how to be a pack. Look at these guys out here right now. They’ve been running and playing for almost an hour. They’ll play to the point that somebody gets a little grumpy and growls, and then they’ll stop. These guys will say, ‘That’s enough,’ and it doesn’t escalate. Then they’ll play again.”

“Nobody knows more about being a hound dog than a hound dog,” Alan said. “We can let them know what’s acceptable and what’s not acceptable. But those hounds know even better how to tell each other what’s acceptable and what isn’t, and they know how to tell each other how far it can go before something becomes unacceptable. You’ll see them do it on houndwalk. A puppy will go off from the group and do something goofy, and when they come back, and older hound will growl at them to chastise them. Glog is really good at chastising the younger hounds on houndwalk when they do something wrong. He gives them a little scolding, like he’s saying, ‘That’s not how we act around here.’”

Paper (right) at play. Playing is an important part of learning.

While we were at the kennel, we checked in on the new English hounds, too. Cottesmore’s Samson, Strawberry, Structure, and Hawkeye arrived about three weeks ago and are adjusting well, Michael and Alan report. Like the puppies, they are having to learn their place in a new pack, and Michael and Alan are working to figure out which clique within the pack works best for them.

“I think a lot of their ability to adjust easily has to do with Neil,” Michael said, referring to the Cottesmore huntsman, Neil Coleman, who raised and hunted the four in England.

“Look at Samson over here,” Michael said, pointing to the group just turned out in the two-acre field. “He’s in there with all those males. They’re all at the age where they’re trying to show who’s top dog: Paper, Gaelic, Hailstone. But Samson’s the type you could probably stick him in any group and he’d adjust. Because he’s not aggressive. That has a lot to do with the way Neil has raised them. And the others are the same way.”

Cottesmore Samson, the red-and-white hound closest to Michael here, has settled in well. Michael and Alan report that he is easygoing and adaptable.

Structure, Hawkeye, and Strawberry are kenneled in a run with the SA litter that includes Sassoon, Savvy, and Saracen. “They’re pretty easygoing, too,” Michael said.

One of the most important jobs Michael and Alan do is figure out which group of hounds should be kenneled together. Getting the mix right requires some experimentation, but it’s key to the hounds’ physical and mental wellbeing; getting it wrong could result in dangerous friction in the kennel.

“When I brought the English hounds up from the lower kennel (near Michael’s house, where they were quarantined before joining the rest of the pack at the upper kennel), I just started sticking them out in the field with different groups to see how they responded to each other. When they’re outside together with a lot of room, they’re more interested in what’s going on around them than they are in each other, and you can keep an eye on them. I stuck them in with the SAs and never had any issues with them, so that looks like a good fit.”

The process–the two-acre turnout paddock and essentially letting the hounds choose the clique they’re most comfortable with–is unusual, as the English imports let Michael and Alan know.

“When we first turned them out, they all just stood at the gate looking at us like, ‘What’s going on?’” Michael recalled. “But after a few minutes, they sort of went, ‘Hey, look at all this room! Let’s run!’”

Once the hounds have chosen their own group of friends, how do you get each set to merge comfortably with the pack? “We turn different groups out together,” Michael explained. “There are only a few groups that have a little trouble mixing closely, and you have to know all that, especially when you are loading them up in the trailer to take them to a meet. For instance, we can keep some hounds in the back of the hound truck instead of in the trailer if we need to.”

It’s also critical to know who the dominant dog is at any given time, Michael said. At the moment, it’s Alvin.

“Stalker was the big dog before we retired him,” Michael said. Stalker, one of our most beloved hounds, is now retired under the care of the Hound Welfare Fund. You can read his story here. But now that he’s retired, he spends more time in the kennel office, where he can relax and keep warm, and suddenly he’s a mellow retiree.

“Showing his dominance doesn’t seem to concern him so much now,” Michael said. “I guess he’s old enough to realize he’s got it made in there!”

Trubus Edisi: Minggu, 02 Juli 2006 16:58:27

Buat para personel Band Samson, mengkonsumsi gamat-nama lain teripang di Malaysia-bukan cerita baru. Sudah lebih dari setahun mereka rajin menelan gamat dalam bentuk jelly. Minimal satu sendok makan mentimun laut-julukan teripang-setiap hari dilahap para anggota Band Samsons. Masing-masing ibu mereka selalu mengingatkan agar anaknya tak lupa meminum jelly gamat.

Meminum jelly gamat kini ibarat sirup. Namun, saat pertama kali mencoba rasanya mau muntah, ujar mereka serempak. Rasa aneh itu tidak membuat jera para personel Samsons untuk rutin mengkonsumsi. Maklum, manfaatnya bagi tubuh langsung terasa. Meski harus manggung seharian penuh dan berpindah-pindah tempat, stamina mereka tetap terjaga.

Andre, manajer Band Samsons pun ikut tertarik mengkonsumsi. Itu bermula dari serangan virus biopasi di wajah Andre. Virus itu membuat setengah bagian muka Andre kaku. Menurut diagnosis dokter mungkin karena kecapaian kerja, ujar Andre. Selain menjalani fisioterapi di salah satu rumah sakit di Jakarta, ia rutin meminum gamat sebanyak 2 kali sehari agar sembuh. Hasilnya kini mulai tampak. Badan Andre tidak lekas capai. Yang terpenting wajah yang sebelumnya terasa lumpuh mulai bisa digerakkan.

Dari semua personil Samsons, Irvan adalah orang pertama yang merasakan gamat pada pertengahan 2005. Itu bermula saat selesai berlatih gitar dan mengarang lagu tenaga Irvan terkuras. Parahnya Irvan pun sering diserang penyakit lambung ketika kelelahan mendera. Untung sang Ibu, Fulia Sundari, memberikan gamat kepadanya. Ide itu timbul lantaran sebelumnya Fulia sembuh dari tumor payudara berkat gamat. Ayo nak, coba ini agar penyakit lambungmu tidak sering kambuh, ujar Fulia.

Sesendok makan jelly teripang itu diminum Irvan. Setelah beberapa hari mengkonsumsi, penyakit lambung akut yang diderita sejak di bangku SMA itu mulai jarang datang. Wah, tiba-tiba saja stamina jadi bagus meski harus main musik sampai tengah malam, ujar Irvan. Khasiat itu menambah keyakinan Irvan untuk terus mengkonsumsi gamat. Bahkan kini dosisnya ditingkatkan menjadi 2 kali sehari, diminum sehabis makan siang dan malam. Dari Irvan juga akhirnya keempat personel lain tergiur mencoba. Saya sampai dijuluki pak dokter, kata Irvan.
Konde mau menenggak jelly gamat setelah kulitnya yang sensitif terasa mulai menggangu aktivitas. Saat keringat membasahi tubuh, rasa gatal dan nyeri langsung menyerang. Kulit putihnya berubah kemerahan bak kepiting rebus.

Saran dokter Konde perlu menghindari kontak lama dengan sinar matahari. Namun, setelah rajin mengkonsumsi jelly gamat, keluhan itu berkurang. Bahkan kandungan kolagen dan omega 3 dari teripang itu kini membuat kulit Konde menjadi cerah.

Bagi Bams ungkapan ‘lebih baik sakit hati daripada sakit gigi’ nyaris tepat. Itu karena di penghujung 2005, ia mengalami sakit gigi geraham sehabis operasi. Gejalanya, gusi tampak membengkak. Itu membuat Bams menderita, apalagi saat bernyanyi. Makan pun jadi sulit sehingga tubuh Bams mudah lemas. Dari Irvan, Bams mau mencoba meminum gamat. Beberapa hari setelah mengkonsumsi rasa nyeri di gigi langsung hilang. Itu lantaran gamat bersifat analgesik, penahan rasa sakit.

Tak hanya itu, karena terlalu sering manggung Bams pernah mengalami gangguan pita suara. Suaranya menjadi serak bahkan nyaris hilang. Akibatnya, Bams absen manggung selama seminggu sebelum tur di Makassar. Saat absen manggung itu Bams mengobati pita suara dengan meminum jelly mentimun laut dan tentunya obat dokter. Hasilnya, Bams kini lantang bersuara di atas panggung.

Setahun lalu adalah masa kelabu bagi Aldri. Saat itu ia divonis memiliki tumor di telapak tangan. Aldri pun mesti menjalani operasi pengangkatan tumor. Ini masih ada bekasnya, tapi sudah membaik ujar Aldri. Dari Irvan, Aldri mencoba ginseng dari dasar laut itu. Tak hanya diminum, jelly itu juga dioles ke luka bekas operasi. Hasilnya, goresan pisau operasi cepat menutup rapat. Rupanya filum chinodermata itu memiliki kemampuan memperbaiki sel-sel yang rusak.

Berbeda dari rekan lainnya, Erik tidak memiliki masalah dengan kesehatan. Sampai saat ini kondisi tubuh saya baik, ujarnya. Namun, karena rasa penasaran ia mau mengkonsumsi gamat. Selesai manggung di Istora Senayan Mei 2006 lalu Erik mencoba sesendok gamat. Enak, tapi terasa dingin, ucapnya. (Lastioro Anmi Tambunan)

Kisah nyata
Gamat tuntaskan jantung koroner
Jelly gamat emas jinakkan penyakit lupus
Gold gamat sembuhkan stroke
Gamat mujarab untuk berbagai penyakit
Mereka selamat berkat gamat

Saleh Al-Naami – Al Jazeera

Les programmes, enseignés dans les écoles religieuses organisées au sein de l’armée, sont racistes et forment les soldats à être les plus féroces pour tuer les Arabes, écrit Saleh Al-Naami.

La conférence annuelle tenue par des officiers supérieurs de l’armée israélienne et présidée par le chef d’état-major Gabi Ashkenazi, a récemment eu lieu dans une base militaire dans le centre d’Israël et a été suivie par tous les officiers de grade de lieutenant-colonel ou supérieur.

L’écrasante majorité des officiers ayant assisté à la conférence font partie du courant religieux sioniste ; un reportage diffusé par les chaînes de la télévision israélienne de cette réunion montrait une pléthore d’officiers supérieurs portant une kippa crochetée, ce qui a poussé le chef du renseignement militaire israélien, le général Shlomo Gazit, à déclarer : ces images prouvent que « l’armée israélienne est tombé sous l’emprise des religieux sionistes. »

L’éruption du courant sioniste religieux aux postes de direction dans l’armée et dans les unités d’élite militaire à conduit à une vive polémique en Israël concernant la répercussions de ce phénomène sur l’avenir de l’Etat sachant que les religieux sionistes ne représentent que 8% de la population juive en Israël, tandis que les adeptes du courant religieux ultra-orthodoxe ne constitue que 22% de la population, ces derniers ne sont pas mobilisables dans l’armée et sont exemptés du service militaire afin de leur permettre la poursuite des études à temps plein dans les écoles religieuses.

Le différend entre les religieux sionistes et les religieux orthodoxes réside dans la justification de la création de l’Etat d’Israël. Au début, le courant religieux orthodoxe, s’est opposé à la création d’Israël qui, selon lui, ne pourra intervenir que lors de la venue du Messie, alors que le courant religieux sioniste considère que la création d’Israël est une condition de la venue du messie et non le contraire.

C’est pour cette raison que les religieux sionistes se sont engagés dans les différentes institutions de l’État, en particulier l’armée, alors que les religieux orthodoxes ont accepté Israël comme un fait accompli.

Données significatives

Selon les chiffres publiés par le ministère de la défense en 2008 : 60% des officiers des unités de combat, 70% des brigades d’infanterie et 75% des unités spéciales sont des religieux sionistes.

L’ancien vice-chef d’état-major, Dan Harel, affirme que les sionistes religieux, dirigent la plupart des bataillons et des brigades d’infanterie, à savoir : les brigades Hnahal , Golani et Givati. Les religieux sionistes monopolisent totalement la direction des unités d’élite de Sayeret Matkal, Eyjoz, Samson et Dokhaevat, ainsi que le contrôle des unités d’élite de la police israélienne YASAM.

L’ancien commandant de la région du nord dans l’armée israélienne, Moshé Kaplinski prévoit le contrôle, par les religieux sionistes, de tous les organes de l’armée au cours des deux prochaines décennies si leur engouement vers les postes de direction perdure.

Les adeptes du mouvement religieux sioniste ne se sont pas contentés de courir derrière le contrôle de l’armée, ils se sont aussi rendu compte de l’importance d’investir le service de renseignement interne (Shabak connu sous le nom de Shin Bet), considéré comme l’organe le plus influent dans la prise de décision dans l’État juif.

L’ancien président du Shabak, Perry Yaakov, indique que la plupart des responsables du Shabak sont des religieux, sachant que l’actuel vice -président du Shabak, désigné par « A » est aussi un religieux sioniste et il est le plus probable remplaçant du président de l’agence du contre-espionnage, Yuval Diskin.

Les motivations pour rejoindre les unités de combat

Jusqu’au début des années quatre-vingts, la proportion des sionistes religieux dans les instances dirigeantes de l’armée était faible. Jusqu’à cette période, les membres des kibboutzim qui étaient laïques contrôlaient d’une manière exclusive les postes de direction, à tel point que l’appartenance au kibboutz signifiait l’appartenance aux unités d’élites, Moshe Dayan , Yitzhak Rabin, Moshé Ya’alon, Amnon Lipkin-Shahak, Uri Ssagyh et d’autres généraux venaient de kibboutzim .

Mais depuis cette époque il y a eu un retournement important de la situation et la proportion des personnes provenant des kibboutzim rejoignant les unités de combat a considérablement diminué en raison de la désillusion de ces derniers sur « le devoir de se sacrifier pour l’Etat ». A la différence du mouvement sioniste religieux qui, lui, a incité ses partisans à s’engager dans des brigades et des unités spéciales. Si le service militaire est obligatoire en Israël, l’armée ne force pas les soldats à rejoindre les unités de combat et chaque nouvelle recrue au sein de l’armée choisit elle-même l’unité qu’elle souhaite intégrer.

Les autorités du mouvement sioniste religieux n’ont pas caché leurs motivations derrière l’incitation de leurs membres à rejoindre les unités de combat et à s’accaparer des postes de direction dans l’armée, plusieurs rabbins de premier plan ont affirmé que cette approche vise à renforcer leur contrôle sur l’armée, car cela constitue une garantie importante pour ce courant d’avoir un impact sur la prise de décision dans le pays, et de ce fait, leur influence sera beaucoup plus grande comparée à leur proportion dans la population totale.

Le rabbin Abraham Shapira, chef de file de ce mouvement, a émis une fatwa dans les années quatre-vingts qui considère que « la mobilisation dans des unités de combat est un sacrifice pour dieu » et que « le service militaire et l’esprit combatif sont imposés par Dieu pour diriger le projet sioniste ».

Foyers du terrorisme

Afin d’assurer à leurs fidèles de préserver les valeurs religieuses durant leur service militaire, les responsables religieux de ce mouvement ont réussi à conclure des accords avec les dirigeants de l’armée afin de créer des institutions religieuses permettant à des officiers et à des soldats religieux de bénéficier d’études religieuses durant leur service militaire et des instituts connus sous le nom Yeshivat Hesder furent crées. Jusqu’à présent, 42 instituts de ce type ont vu le jour, le plus important et le plus grand est l’institut Mercaz Hrab dans Jérusalem occupée.

Bien que c’est l’armée qui finance la création de ces instituts et paye les salaires les rabbins qui les dirigent, ce sont les sionistes religieux qui ont un contrôle absolu sur ces écoles. En raison de l’extrême importance de ces écoles pour le courant sioniste religieux, leur gestion est confiée aux plus grands rabbins et d’autres personnes connus pour leur extrémisme radical.

Les programmes enseignés dans ces écoles sont des programmes racistes et forment les soldats pour être les plus féroces pour tuer les Arabes.

Le rabbin Shmuel Rosen, président de l’Institut religieux militaire à Maale Adumim, a déclaré enseigner à ses étudiants (soldats et officiers), la fatwa « Amalek » émise il y a deux années par le Rabbin Mordechai Eliyahu, président de l’institut Tsomet et grande référence religieuse juive. Cette fatwa émise en mars 2008 et qui a reçu un large succès appelle à l’application de la loi dite des « Amaleks » sur quiconque voue une haine à Israël. Cette loi appelle à tuer les hommes, les enfants, les nourrissons, les femmes, les vieux et même les animaux : « Tuez tous les Amaleks, tuez-les et dépossédez-les de leurs biens, n’ayez aucune pitié d’eux. Tuez-les les uns après les autres. Ne laissez aucun enfant, aucune végétation, tuez leur bétail, du chameau jusqu’à l’âne. »

Eliyahu considère les Palestiniens comme les « Amalek » de ces temps sur lesquels doit s’appliquer cette loi.

Plusieurs fatwa racistes ont été émises par les directeurs de ces écoles ; ainsi, le rabbin Shlomo Riskin, directeur de l’Institut militaire de la colonisation religieuse Shomron Krnih dans le nord de la Cisjordanie, a émis une loi pour rendre licite le pillage des récoltes d’olives palestiniennes et l’empoisonnement des puits d’eau.

Le Rabbi Iiezer Mlmid, Directeur de l’Institut religieux militaire dans la colonie Tafouh, au sud de Naplouse, a édicté une fatwa à ses étudiants les autorisant à voler les récoltes agricoles des palestiniens, au motif qu’ « ils font partie des goys. »

La guerre à Gaza comme exemple

on ne peut pas comprendre la brutalité de l’armée israélienne dans sa guerre criminelle contre la bande de Gaza sans tenir compte de la nature de la composante humaine des brigades et des unités militaires israéliennes qui ont participé à cette guerre.

Bien qu’il existe des instructions précises du commandement de l’armée de l’adoption de la stratégie de la « terre brûlée » pendant la guerre, on ne peut pas ignorer le fait que toutes les brigades d’infanterie qui ont participé à la guerre, à l’exception de la Brigade des Parachutistes, étaient dirigées par des généraux qui sont des sionistes religieux, justement ceux qui subissent un fort endoctrinement raciste.

Le journal israélien Ha’aretz a révélé que les écoles rabbiniques ont distribué aux soldats une fatwa émise par le rabbin Shlomo Avner, directeur de l’école extrémiste Kohnim Attiyrat dans Jérusalem, demandant la mise à mort des Palestiniens.

Au même moment, le rabbin militaire en chef, le général de brigade Avi Ronzki accompagné de rabbins extrémistes, a rendu plusieurs visites aux soldats durant la guerre au cours desquelles, il a exhorté les soldats à tuer les Palestiniens, soulignant qu’il n’y a pas de civils parmi eux.

Selon le journaliste israélien Amos Harel, citant un des soldats qui ont participé à la guerre, le rabbin de Safed Eliahou Saül , a fait un certain nombre de sermons aux soldats pendant la guerre, les exhortant à « tuer des Palestiniens sans aucune compassion. »

Garantie de la poursuite du conflit

Les enjeux du courant sioniste religieux actuel est de pousser ses partisans à accéder à des postes-clés dans l’armée et dans les établissements de sécurité afin d’influencer les décideurs du pays.

Bien que le gouvernement soit l’organe décideur officiel, il est d’usage en Israël que la décision politique soit subordonnée à l’avis des militaires et des services de sécurité avant toute prise de décision importante. Cette influence prépondérante des militaires a amené Dan Kertiser, ancien ambassadeur américain à Tel – Aviv, à déclarer que « le chef du Shin Bet est le dirigeant de facto d’Israël. »

Il est bien évident que si les adeptes du courant sioniste religieux continuent à rafler les postes de direction dans l’armée et la sécurité, les conseils qu’ils fourniront aux politiques seront largement influencés par leurs positions religieuses.

Par exemple, l’ancien ministre israélien de l’Education, Yossi Sarid, a accusé l’ancien directeur du Collège de défense nationale de l’armée israélienne, le Général Yaakov AmiDror sioniste religieux, d’avoir “fabriquer” selon sa ligne politique des évaluations stratégiques et de les avoir fourni au gouvernement ; il a ajouté que Dror avait dépassé le cadre de sa fonction pour convaincre les membres du gouvernement de l’inutilité des négociations avec l’Autorité palestinienne, la Syrie et le Liban.

D’autre part, les partis israéliens se font la concurrence dans le recrutement des généraux qui partent à la retraite dans leurs listes électorales, ce qui ouvre la voie aux sionistes religieux dans plus de participation aux prises des décisions politiques. Plus le nombre de haut gradés religieux sionistes partant à la retraite est grand, plus leur influence sur la décision politique augmente. Ce qui signifie que la course des religieux sionistes vers des postes clés dans l’armée sera un facteur supplémentaire de l’échec des chances pour parvenir à un règlement politique du conflit.

Etant donné que la force de contribution des adeptes de cette tendance à l’effort de guerre dépasse celle de n’importe quel autre courant, les chefs religieux et les élites intellectuelles de ce mouvement exigent du gouvernement une oreille attentive et une prise en compte de leur position. Les religieux sionistes ne cessent de rappeler leur forte contribution dans la deuxième guerre du Liban, en mettant en parallèle le nombre de soldats tués dans cette guerre de la colonie Eli, ville de sept cent colons où habitent des adeptes de ce courant, qui est égal au nombre de soldats tués de Tel-Aviv, une ville de plus d’un million d’habitants.

Atteinte à la démocratie

Il est clair que le contrôle des adeptes du courant religieux sioniste de l’armée à des effets profonds sur la nature du régime en Israël, et entraînera l’érosion de la vie démocratique dans ce pays. Bien que l’une des caractéristiques d’une démocratie est que la hiérarchie militaire est sous les ordres du gouvernement élu, les partisans de cette tendance placent la loi de la Torah au dessus de toute autre loi y compris les lois émises par le gouvernement élu en Israël.

Quand un journaliste a demandé au rabbin le général Rontski « Si le gouvernement élu vous donne des instructions contraires à celles données par le Rabbin Mordechai Eliyahu, à quelles instructions allez-vous obéir ? » Rontski répondit fermement et sans équivoque : « Je suivrai les instructions du rabbin Eliyahu et je démissionne de l’armée. »

De là, il n’est pas étonnant de voir des officiers et des soldats de l’unité de Samson, dont la grande majorité sont des sionistes religieux, annoncer lors d’une cérémonie, vendredi dernier, que si le gouvernement émet des ordres d’évacuation des colonies, ils refuseront d’obéir. Il est à noter que des politiciens de la droite israélienne ont défendu ces soldats et rejeté les appels pour les punir.

Daily Bible Reading, Thoughts, and a prayer for November 14th

Today is the 14th of November.  This is the Daily Bible Reading, thoughts, and prayer starter for today.  Today we are reading from the New Living Translation Version Bible.  We’ll begin today from Ezekiel 29:1-30:26.  We will continue with Hebrews 11:32-12:13, Psalms 112:1-10 and Proverbs 27:17.

Ezekiel 29:1-30:26

¹ On January 7, during the tenth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord: ² “Son of man, turn and face Egypt and prophesy against Pharaoh the king and all the people of Egypt. ³ Give them this message from the Sovereign Lord:

   “I am your enemy, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt—
      you great monster, lurking in the streams of the Nile.
   For you have said, ‘The Nile River is mine;
      I made it for myself.’
 ⁴ I will put hooks in your jaws
      and drag you out on the land
      with fish sticking to your scales.
 ⁵ I will leave you and all your fish
      stranded in the wilderness to die.
   You will lie unburied on the open ground,
      for I have given you as food to the wild animals and birds.
 ⁶ All the people of Egypt will know that I am the Lord,
      for to Israel you were just a staff made of reeds.
 ⁷ When Israel leaned on you,
      you splintered and broke
      and stabbed her in the armpit.
   When she put her weight on you, you gave way,
      and her back was thrown out of joint.

 ⁸ “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will bring an army against you, O Egypt, and destroy both people and animals. ⁹ The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland, and the Egyptians will know that I am the Lord.

   “Because you said, ‘The Nile River is mine; I made it,’ ¹⁰ I am now the enemy of both you and your river. I will make the land of Egypt a totally desolate wasteland, from Migdol to Aswan, as far south as the border of Ethiopia. ¹¹ For forty years not a soul will pass that way, neither people nor animals. It will be completely uninhabited. ¹² I will make Egypt desolate, and it will be surrounded by other desolate nations. Its cities will be empty and desolate for forty years, surrounded by other ruined cities. I will scatter the Egyptians to distant lands.

 ¹³ “But this is what the Sovereign Lord also says: At the end of the forty years I will bring the Egyptians home again from the nations to which they have been scattered. ¹⁴ I will restore the prosperity of Egypt and bring its people back to the land of Pathros in southern Egypt from which they came. But Egypt will remain an unimportant, minor kingdom. ¹⁵ It will be the lowliest of all the nations, never again great enough to rise above its neighbors.

 ¹⁶ “Then Israel will no longer be tempted to trust in Egypt for help. Egypt’s shattered condition will remind Israel of how sinful she was to trust Egypt in earlier days. Then Israel will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.”

 ¹⁷ On April 26, the first day of the new year, during the twenty-seventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord: ¹⁸ “Son of man, the army of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon fought so hard against Tyre that the warriors’ heads were rubbed bare and their shoulders were raw and blistered. Yet Nebuchadnezzar and his army won no plunder to compensate them for all their work. ¹⁹ Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He will carry off its wealth, plundering everything it has so he can pay his army. ²⁰ Yes, I have given him the land of Egypt as a reward for his work, says the Sovereign Lord, because he was working for me when he destroyed Tyre.

 ²¹ “And the day will come when I will cause the ancient glory of Israel to revive, and then, Ezekiel, your words will be respected. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

 ¹ This is another message that came to me from the Lord: ² “Son of man, prophesy and give this message from the Sovereign Lord:

   “Weep and wail
      for that day,
 ³ for the terrible day is almost here—
      the day of the Lord!
   It is a day of clouds and gloom,
      a day of despair for the nations.
 ⁴ A sword will come against Egypt,
      and those who are slaughtered will cover the ground.
   Its wealth will be carried away
      and its foundations destroyed.
   The land of Ethiopia will be ravished.
    ⁵ Ethiopia, Libya, Lydia, all Arabia,
   and all their other allies
      will be destroyed in that war.

 ⁶ “For this is what the Lord says:
   All of Egypt’s allies will fall,
      and the pride of her power will end.
   From Migdol to Aswan
      they will be slaughtered by the sword,
      says the Sovereign Lord.
 ⁷ Egypt will be desolate,
      surrounded by desolate nations,
   and its cities will be in ruins,
      surrounded by other ruined cities.
 ⁸ And the people of Egypt will know that I am the Lord
      when I have set Egypt on fire
      and destroyed all their allies.
 ⁹ At that time I will send swift messengers in ships
      to terrify the complacent Ethiopians.
   Great panic will come upon them
      on that day of Egypt’s certain destruction.
   Watch for it!
      It is sure to come!

 ¹⁰ “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
   By the power of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon,
      I will destroy the hordes of Egypt.
 ¹¹ He and his armies—the most ruthless of all—
      will be sent to demolish the land.
   They will make war against Egypt
      until slaughtered Egyptians cover the ground.
 ¹² I will dry up the Nile River
      and sell the land to wicked men.
   I will destroy the land of Egypt and everything in it
      by the hands of foreigners.
      I, the Lord, have spoken!

 ¹³ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
   I will smash the idols of Egypt
      and the images at Memphis.
   There will be no rulers left in Egypt;
      terror will sweep the land.
 ¹⁴ I will destroy southern Egypt,
      set fire to Zoan,
      and bring judgment against Thebes.
 ¹⁵ I will pour out my fury on Pelusium,
      the strongest fortress of Egypt,
   and I will stamp out
      the hordes of Thebes.
 ¹⁶ Yes, I will set fire to all Egypt!
      Pelusium will be racked with pain;
   Thebes will be torn apart;
      Memphis will live in constant terror.
 ¹⁷ The young men of Heliopolis and Bubastis will die in battle,
      and the women will be taken away as slaves.
 ¹⁸ When I come to break the proud strength of Egypt,
      it will be a dark day for Tahpanhes, too.
   A dark cloud will cover Tahpanhes,
      and its daughters will be led away as captives.
 ¹⁹ And so I will greatly punish Egypt,
      and they will know that I am the Lord.”

 ²⁰ On April 29, during the eleventh year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord: ²¹ “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. His arm has not been put in a cast so that it may heal. Neither has it been bound up with a splint to make it strong enough to hold a sword. ²² Therefore, this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am the enemy of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt! I will break both of his arms—the good arm along with the broken one—and I will make his sword clatter to the ground. ²³ I will scatter the Egyptians to many lands throughout the world. ²⁴ I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and put my sword in his hand. But I will break the arms of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he will lie there mortally wounded, groaning in pain. ²⁵ I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, while the arms of Pharaoh fall useless to his sides. And when I put my sword in the hand of Babylon’s king and he brings it against the land of Egypt, Egypt will know that I am the Lord. ²⁶ I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, dispersing them throughout the earth. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Hebrews 11:32-12:13³² How much more do I need to say? It would take too long to recount the stories of the faith of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and all the prophets. ³³ By faith these people overthrew kingdoms, ruled with justice, and received what God had promised them. They shut the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the flames of fire, and escaped death by the edge of the sword. Their weakness was turned to strength. They became strong in battle and put whole armies to flight. ³⁵ Women received their loved ones back again from death.

   But others were tortured, refusing to turn from God in order to be set free. They placed their hope in a better life after the resurrection. ³⁶ Some were jeered at, and their backs were cut open with whips. Others were chained in prisons. ³⁷ Some died by stoning, some were sawed in half, and others were killed with the sword. Some went about wearing skins of sheep and goats, destitute and oppressed and mistreated. ³⁸ They were too good for this world, wandering over deserts and mountains, hiding in caves and holes in the ground.

 ³⁹ All these people earned a good reputation because of their faith, yet none of them received all that God had promised. ⁴⁰ For God had something better in mind for us, so that they would not reach perfection without us.

 ¹ Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. ² We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God’s throne. ³ Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won’t become weary and give up. ⁴ After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin.

 ⁵ And have you forgotten the encouraging words God spoke to you as his children? He said,

   “My child, don’t make light of the Lord’s discipline,
      and don’t give up when he corrects you.
 ⁶ For the Lord disciplines those he loves,
      and he punishes each one he accepts as his child.”

 ⁷ As you endure this divine discipline, remember that God is treating you as his own children. Who ever heard of a child who is never disciplined by its father? ⁸ If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all. ⁹ Since we respected our earthly fathers who disciplined us, shouldn’t we submit even more to the discipline of the Father of our spirits, and live forever?

 ¹⁰ For our earthly fathers disciplined us for a few years, doing the best they knew how. But God’s discipline is always good for us, so that we might share in his holiness. ¹¹ No discipline is enjoyable while it is happening—it’s painful! But afterward there will be a peaceful harvest of right living for those who are trained in this way.

 ¹² So take a new grip with your tired hands and strengthen your weak knees. ¹³ Mark out a straight path for your feet so that those who are weak and lame will not fall but become strong.

Psalms 112:1-10 ¹ Praise the Lord!

   How joyful are those who fear the Lord
      and delight in obeying his commands.
 ² Their children will be successful everywhere;
      an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.
 ³ They themselves will be wealthy,
      and their good deeds will last forever.
 ⁴ Light shines in the darkness for the godly.
      They are generous, compassionate, and righteous.
 ⁵ Good comes to those who lend money generously
      and conduct their business fairly.
 ⁶ Such people will not be overcome by evil.
      Those who are righteous will be long remembered.
 ⁷ They do not fear bad news;
      they confidently trust the Lord to care for them.
 ⁸ They are confident and fearless
      and can face their foes triumphantly.
 ⁹ They share freely and give generously to those in need.
      Their good deeds will be remembered forever.
      They will have influence and honor.
 ¹⁰ The wicked will see this and be infuriated.
      They will grind their teeth in anger;
      they will slink away, their hopes thwarted.

Proverbs 27:17

 ¹⁷ As iron sharpens iron,
      so a friend sharpens a friend.

Daily Bible Reading, Thoughts, and a prayer

Thoughts from Prayer for November 14th Bible reading

That is very very true; that is true in the community that I live in, that is true in this community I hope, I would do that for you, you would do that for me, we sharpen each other, that is so profound if you take a moment to think about it.  Hebrews continues with the theme of faith; but it draws into complete focus the fact that we are God’s children, and that he looks upon us as a Father, that is a difficult thing to accept, at the heart level sometimes, even though we are Christians and we know this, and it’s been pounded in our heads to understand that the God, the one God of all, is our Father, and that he is guiding us and teaching us and disciplining us as a Father is, that’s just big, it’s hard to wrap my head around, but the scripture clearly shows us that God is a loving Father so He may thwart something that we are trying to do out of love for us, and we need to be sensitive to what He is doing in our lives.  He loves us; His heart is good towards us; and what He is after is our freedom, and so sometimes the discipline can be painful.  But it’s to free us of something that is binding us.

Prayer for November 14th

(Prayer) God; thank You for Your discipline, because it is Your love that compels You, help us to be aware of the things You are doing in our lives.  Show us the things that You are doing in our lives so we have an understanding, so we that can we can work in conjuncture and partnership with You to free ourselves, to be free, to live from a full heart, fully alive, awake, and alert, and absolutely serving the Kingdom, this is our desire, to be Men and Women fully completely alive and awake and alert to Your ways.  This is our prayer Jesus; we invite You to do what You need to do, and we trust You.  We pray these things in Your victorious name.  Amen.

Have a great day.  And I will be waiting for you here tomorrow.

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Hi blogsters.

My human asked me write today.  I’ll probably sound a lot like him, since I think he’s editing as he types.  (My paws and these oversize but fabulous nails don’t do very well on his little MacBook keyboard.)

Jeff let me sleep with him last night. (That other guy who keeps hanging around, the one who says I have bad breath, wasn’t here last night, so I had my human all to myself.)  I licked my paw for a while, which I think sort of pissed him off.  Then I burrowed under the flannel sheets, like I always do, and found a warm spot against Jeff’s back.  He was snoring before I was.

I dreamed of squirrels last night.  Strange animals, those squirrels.

I seem to be doing all right this week, without any of that back pain that’s been knocking me down recently.  Of course he keeps pushing that damn pill down my throat every night.  He says that it helps me.  I just gag.

This morning I couldn’t stop yawning after I woke up.  Then I had a long barking contest with my human.  I won.  Jeff finally picked me up and carried be downstairs.  I like this regal treatment – he carries me up and down stairs most of the time since I have him convinced my back is bad.  Anyway, he fed me breakfast, and then I went outside for my morning ritual.  The weather was colder than I expected, and I had to bark long and loud to let him know I was ready to come in.

Sometimes when Jeff makes biscuits he gives me a little doggie biscuit shaped like a bone.  He keeps tricking me, though!  I’m so excited about the special treat that I forget it just came out of the oven.  This morning I just stood there and barked at the thing until it cooled down.  I think that my human was laughing out loud, which I ignored in my joy over the treat.

After he finished breakfast, we snuggled on the sofa (my usual snuggle place) for a while.  I gotta tell you . . . there’s nothing like a tummy rub after breakfast and pooping.  Jeff sure knows how to keep me smiling.  I got so excited I even passed a little sulphurous odor.  He stopped rubbing my tummy.

I’ll probably sleep all day.  I hope your day is good too.

Iubit popor,iubiti romani!

Sa ne unim cu toti eforturile ,cei care nu dorim sa-i mai aruncam gologanul, in poala, acestui cersetor pervers numit Basescu , sa punem mina de la mina si sa ii facem cadou, un mandat cu transmisie permanenta live ,sa aiba o Romanie numai a lui,cea din propria celula!

Sa-i spunem ,intreg poporul,la unison:

„Mars la puscarie ,escrocule!Mars la puscarie,Satan!”

Popor roman, sa-i dam un sut in cur lui Satan si tiitoarei sale diavolesti,Elena Udrea!

JOS TIRANUL!VIVAT PATRIA!

Bravo,Mazare,mi-a placut!Bravo, Mircea Dinescu!Bravo, Mircea Badea!Bravo,moguli!

Bravo baaaa,romani!M-ati uns la inima!

ASALT FINAL : REDUTA DIN COTROCENI!

Suntem alimentati de Basescu,ca mogulii reprezinta raul acestui neam.

Tot ce e potrivnic lui Basescu este impotriva interesului national.

Basescu se crede interesul national.

Mogulii sunt :

Liderii rezistentei poporului roman in fata unui dictator .Traian Basescu.

Traian Basescu este: CANCERUL ROMANIEI!

Mie nu mi-e scarba de Romania,nu mi-e scarba de institutiile statului.

Mi-e scarba de Traian Basescu si Elena Udrea!

Nu-i inghit nici cu un camion de lamai,vorba unui apropiat.

Traian Basescu a amenintat ,furios ,ca daca mogulii o sa mai „muste din Romania” o sa le arate el in viitorul mandat.

O amenintare.

Un atac direct la libertatea presei.

Traian Basescu spune :

”Daca nu va astamparati comisarul Daniel Morar va va ingropa in dosare!”

„Baaaaaaa,va fac dosare,lasati-ma sa ies presedinte!”

Traian Basescu isi elimina opozantii prin dosare de politie politica.

Curata mizerie!

Odios acest chelios si chior presedinte al Romaniei!

Cine sunt „mogulii”?

Dan Voiculescu si Sorin Ovidiu Vantu.

Fratii Paunescu proprietari ai televiziunii B1TV,unde se difuzeaza emisiuni de genul „Nasul” un fel de „Telejurnal” de pe timpul lui Ceasca nu sunt moguli.

Difuzeaza conform directivelor materiale de propaganda basesciana si exulta in laude.

Daniil Sihastru,din viitoarea chilie Gherla, maraie ceva de escrocii astia doi,fratii Paunescu ?

Mogulii au cladit prin munca imperii financiare.

Dau de lucru oamenilor.

Fac cinste Romaniei in relatiile internationale.

Se zbat,construiesc,nu dorm noaptea.

Investesc.

Sunt oameni de afaceri romani,fac parte din acest popor.

Mogulii sunt piinea de pe masa a multora.

Nu au averile ca Basescu si Berceanu dosite prin offshore-uri,nu au vase care navigheaza sub alte pavilioane.

Pe unul din acele vase se intoarce capitan ,Basescu?Nu mai apuca!

Procurorii de la DNA iau leapsa mereu de la avocati,de la ei mai invata si ei cate ceva.Politia politica DNA,nu respecta legile tarii si drepturile omului in Romania.

Ce sa faci cu facultatile private.Ecologica ,auzi!

Morar de la DNA, un fraier ca si Placinta Constantin, care copiaza rechizitoriile.

Morar este un papagal foarte bun cand ii rasuceste Basescu cheita.

Doru Tulus,Ionita Vasile,Doana Vasile: cheita si spaguta.

Basescu e nemultumit ca ,cei mai bogati romani, nu i-au aruncat gologanul in poala de cersetor lui si curvei aleia.

S-a lamurit lumea buna dupa cazurile Anghelescu si Becali.

Sa nu mai vorbim de consilierii prezidentiali care au zburat ca potarnichile in toate cele patru vanturi!

Arunca dupa ei cu scrumiera.

Baaaaa,mogulilor dati-i bani lui Basescu sa cumpere voturi!

Fara moguli la ce ne-am fi uitat?

La TVR unde,tara arde si baba se piaptana,la B1TV unde se lafaie Talpes protectorul criminalilor si Udrea santajista ?

Suntem o tara de manelisti sa ne uitam la „Taraf’ si mai stiu eu ce mizerii de televiziuni de-ale lui Prigoana ?

Nu mai zic de televiziunea care era favorita mea PRO TV care traieste,parca,intr-o lume paralela.

Dan Diaconescu e mai libertin,apare orice numai sa platesti factura,daca mai e vorba si de pupat in cur basescu e si mai bine.

Din care Romanie musca mogulii?

Romania este mosia masii,a lui Basescu?

Ce a facut acest betiv in viata?Nimic.

A furat banii impreuna cu frate-sau si Udrea.

De la primaria capitalei,de la ministerul transporturilor,de la Cotroceni.

Au nenorocit judetul Prahova cu furaciunile lui William Branza,Andrei Volosevici,Roberta Anastase si cele doua curve de pe centura politicii,Florin Anghel si Emanoil Savin.

Baaaaa chiorpecu’ dracu’ la Ploiesti ,la gazari,a fost republica.

Noi l-am dat pe Caragiale,noi l-am dat pe Nichita Stanescu.

Ioan Grigorescu ,un pionier al documentarului de televiziune, e tot al nostru.

Nicolae Iorga a trait,a scris si a murit tot la noi in Prahova.Hasdeu asisderea.

Ploiestenii nu sunt prosti.

Noi aveam lumina la coltul strazii cand toata Europa nu avea.

Noi ,ploiestenii,americanii si rusii,am invatat intregul glob petrochimie.

Prahova a fost rezervorul de petrol care a alimentat masina de razboi germana.

Americanii in al doilea razboi mondial nu stiau unde e Romania,dar Ploiestiul il stiau ca pe tatal nostru.

Pe noi ,prahovenii,ploiestenii republicani,ne pune in genuchi ,prostituata Elena Udrea si proxenetul,Traian Basescu?

Rusine prahoveni,rusine romani!

Are dreptate nu iti trebuie prea multa carte.

„How much?”sau „Skolko?” si „OK” sau „Davai”

Ce sa mai facem cu invatatorii si profesorii?

Le dam droguri usoare si prostituate la copii.Ce ne trebuie noua educatie?

Primul program al presedintelui american Barack Obama,se numeste „CARTI NU ARME!”

Investitii colosale in educatie.

Ai copii stiutori de carte,ai elita.

Valabil si in sport si in arte,cultura.Nu sadesti in pepiniera ,nu ai de unde sa culegi!

De unde echipa nationala daca nu mai avem un lot mare de selectie?

Am ras de „Daciada” lui Ceasca,luati sportivi,acum!

Copiii nu mai merg la sport de performanta.Nu au cadru,nu au burse de merit.

Un speculant,un bisnitar,un betiv,un curvar!

A adus el si piticul din Twin Peaks-Boc ,tara asta in sapa de lemn.

Niste diletanti la carma Romaniei!

Pe Basescu il deranjeaza 100 de oameni in plus in Parlament.In plus sau in minus ,cu toate cheltuielile aferente,nu insumeaza la un loc cat o singura teapa ca cea data de ministrul sportului Placinta.Un demagog.Cel mai prost presedinte al Romaniei!

Bag mina in foc ca l-a asasinat pe Anghelescu Florin.

Prea s-a atacat ,marti,cu internetul.

Sunt bucuros ca sunt in atentia presedintelui.

Multumesc de confirmare:Traian Basescu este un asasin!

Sunt responsabil pentru aceasta informatie difuzata in premiera de subsemnatul pe internet.

Sherlock Holmes ,sunt!Lazarus ,pe cai!

Romania este si a mogulilor dupa cum este si a mea,a altora ca mine dar si a ultimului maturator din tara asta amarata!

Nu o sa mai fie a ta,Basescule!

Era plin portul.,vanzoleala ,strigate de hamali,chingi care zburau prin aer.

Pescadoare pline cu peste.

Ma minunam ca un copil.

Cunosc portul din Constanta ca pe propriile mele buzunare.

Am avut cunostinte la capitanie.Oameni de treaba.

Machedoni de-ai lui Becali.

E pustiu azi.Unde-i flota tarii mai hotule,mai escrocule de Traian Basescu ?

Decat incarcaturile cu armament ale lui Mircea si arabii lui Ioan Talpes.

Transportul e gratis.

Iar marinari filipinezi sunt garla,cand nu mai are cu ce-i plati ii arunca peste bord.

Marinarii romani sunt someri.Au limbarnita.Cum sa-i angajeze?!

Neamul lui Basescu este inrudit cu Onasis,armatorul miliardar grec,nu stiati?

Va spun eu.

Garjania mamilor voastre de hoti!

Un popor de elite a ajuns sa fie condus de un proxenet.

Traian Basescu si cu Elena Udrea sunt criminali.

Liiceanule,elitistule sari dracu din bmw-utul tau pe care l-ai botezat,semn al senilitatii,fa ceva,repara ce ai lins in cur!

Florin Anghelescu ,bietul negustor,evazionistul de casa al lui Basescu, i-a carat valize cu dolari in campanie si l-a lasat sa moara ca un caine sau chiar i-au comandat asasinarea(vezi articol pe blog).

Cazul Gigi Becali:„Azi te beau,maine te iau!”

Dupa ce a baut cu Becali,i-a ticluit miseleste arestarea.

Sunt criminali.

Ce mod pervers de a-l mulge de bani.

Generalii de opereta Oprea si Iordanescu,evazionistul nr.1 in alcool,Netoiu, prostituata ,blonda falsa,Udrea,vor club de fotbal.

Inaintarea e Hagi,probabil inghioldit de DNA cu dosarele lui cumnate-sau Gica Popescu.ISM.

Au fost presedinti si Ion Iliescu si Emil Constantinescu,dar nu au facut golanii din astea .

Traian Basescu este o „hurjuma”,un neica-nimeni care o sa arda in iad,la smoala.

Un astfel de diavol criminal nu a mai stapinit Romania.

Romania are nevoie de moguli !

Unire!

Astfel de oameni construiesc,Basescu,darima!

Sa nu mai credem in povestile plasmuite de Petre Ispirescu- Basescu cand mogulii refuza sa sustina financiar despotul.

Strig:

Baaaaaa,mogulilor, hai sa-l dam jos pe Basea!

Cum rabda omul de afaceri ,Videanu ,sa fie coordonat de un excrement ca Basescu ?

Mai nea Videne,e prost rau seful asta al dtale…

Vasile Blaga-cap de porc,este un alt exemplu:

adica el cara bani pentru tot partidul sa cumpere voturi si pentru el nu putea?

Parol,Udrea l-a lucrat cand a candidat la primarie.

Bai,Vasile Blaga ,daca taica-tau vindea branza,il stiu.

Daca ala-i taica-tau,cum a iesit un prostavan si un hot dintr-un om asa istet si cumsecade ?

Stolojan este un alt exemplu:

i-a distrus in mod ireversibil cariera politica,i-a furat in mod nedrept imaginea,capitalul politic.

Scapati,mai oameni buni,de Satan si tiitoarea sa!

Apropo,cu cine are Basea un copil?

Cu Boagiu?I-a umblat ala micu ,Sida la motor?

Nea Bebe cauta-i femeie neinceputa la baiat,ca Eba ii distruge copilaria.

Aia e muiere in toata regula ,vorba lui Vadim !

Udrea Elena este Talpa Iadului!

Basescu este insusi Scaraotchi-capetenia dracilor.

Scarbit de Basescu am scris catre:

US-President,Mister Barack Obama,

US-Vice President Mister Joe Biden,

prestigioaselor Washington Post,Il Messagero,The Guardian,The Independent si institutiilor UE

Am mai scris tuturor presedintilor europeni.

Asa sa stii betivan ratat-Basescu!

Scriu tot ce stiu si este adevarat pe internet sa te ataci tu .

Mor de el, e vax,cel putin se crede Ganditorul de la Hamangia sau Esop.

Esti varza mai ticalosule!

Mars la puscarie!Ia-o si pe Udrea!

I-a mai ramas un singur sustinator ,curva cu care face sex oral in biroul de la Cotroceni,Elena Udrea.

Idiota suna la Realitatea cu vocea pitigaita de atata vascozitati care ii astupa gatlejul criminal.

Huoooooooo,cuplu odios,Adolf Hitler si Eva Braun !

Cu astia nu putem sa ne comportam civilizat, trebuie sa ne comportam ca pe stadion cand ne fura arbitrul echipa de suflet.

Cu prietenie si devotiune pentru poporul roman ,

Florin MIHAI.

http://florinmihai.wordpress.com

http://dinscarbadebasescu.blogspot.com

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Samson 3i Studio Dock Review

If, like me, you’ve got an IPod full of songs, it’s nice to be able to play them without having to connect a laptop to your hi-fi.  I’ve seen many speaker docks reviewed, but they all seem a little gimmicky, including the B&W Zeppelin—are you really going to spend £400 on a speaker dock because it looks like airship? Now, if you’ve got money to spend and want that valve sound, buy a Fatman I-tube, but don’t expect to have much change from £300, and that’s without speakers.

After a little research I came across the Samson 3i Studio Dock. It takes a lot to get me excited about a speaker dock, but this tiny package has it all. Samson has taken studio-quality speakers, shrunk them and packed them into a great little iPod speaker dock combo. Just try listening to Somebody to love’ by Jefferson Airplane through the 3i, and you’ll hear how the little baby speakers make vocals and old analogue recordings sing.

Now for the features and specs. Each speaker is 15 watts, so that’s 30 watts in total. It doesn’t sound a lot, but trust me, these little beauties pack punch. I’ve not even got past a quarter turn on the volume knob! They amplify digitally, which makes the speaker’s equalisation sound crisp and warm—unlike some iPod docks, which amplify at the analogue stage—and there is a rear bass port, which caters for the bottom end. Plug your headphones in and the speakers are instantly muted for private listening. The connectivity includes RCA phono in and USB. You can even sync your iPod through your laptop if it’s plugged into the dock. Plug in the provided USB cable and your PC/laptop main speakers are now the Samson 3i’s. And you get all of this for  less than £100. The cheapest I have seen is £79 plus £10 postage.

So what’s wrong with it, you ask? Well, there is one major fault—it has no remote. So unless you’ve got a playlist or you’re using your laptop to play your library, it is annoying to have to walk over to skip songs. After all, you want armchair music don’t you?

Five Stars *****

Links;

• Time Magazine Award
• Samson Product Description
• Where to buy it, lowest price in the UK £79 + Delivery
• http://whathifi.com/Review/Samson-StudioDock-3i/
• http://www.fat-man.co.uk/ An alternative for those audio buffs who wish to plash the cash and want that valve sound.

Samson CO1U – USB Studio Condenser Microphone Review

Feature

• USB condenser microphone
• Comes with Sonar LE software

Overview
The C01U USB Studio Condenser Mic is the first affordable studio condenser mic with a USB interface.For the first time ever, musicians who record music on computers have a simple, affordable way to capture high-quality vocal and acoustic instrument performances.Seamless integration was the idea, and it was obtained by creating a studio condenser microphone that can be plugged into any computer with no in/out boxes, no expensive computer pre-amps, just a USB cable.The C01U condenser microphone is based on our wildly successful C01. It features a 19mm internal shock mounted diaphragm with a cardioid pick up pattern ensuring pristine studio quality recordings.The C01U works perfectly on any computer, Mac or PC, and with any DAW software program. It immediately solves a huge problem for users of many laptops, many of which have no other input method for audio devices.Its a must for any musician on the road or in the project studio, but the C01U is going to offer solutions to more than just musicians. The mic opens up possibilities for anyone who records audiofrom Podcasters, journalists, students, and business people adding audio files to websites and multimedia presentations.In addition to this, this ships with Cakewalk Sonar LE recording software for PC.SONAR LEWith support for up to 64 tracks and 24 track effects, 8 physical in/outs at 24bit/192kHz, SONAR LE is a fantastic product. The package also includes 2 instruments, 6 MIDI effects, and 14 audio effects.SONAR LE has been updated with new features from its critically acclaimed SONAR 6, making SONAR LE the first native Windows DAW for Windows XP, Windows x64, and Windows Vista.Todays Cakewalk SONAR LE is the definitive choice for creating the most complete hardware and software solution.
Specifications

Nov 11, 2009 02:30:10

I’ve preached two series on Samson in the last 12 months, at two different churches. It has occurred to me this week that Samson’s life is a good model for paedobaptism:

• God made a Nazirite vow (see Numbers ch6) with Samson before he was born and God would prove to be faithful to Samson as long as Samson kept his vows.
• Samson broke the first vow, not to touch a dead body, when he scraped honey from the guts of a rotting lion. But God remained with Samson and faithful to him.
• Samson broke the second vow, not to drink wine, at his wedding feast.  But God was still with him, as Samson killed 30 men with his bare hands.
• Samson was hanging by a thread, two vows down, one to go.
• Samson slept with a prostitute and God was still with him as he used the strength God gave him to rip up 3 or 4 tonne city gates and heaved them up a hill.
• God only left Samson when the last of his three vows was broken. Samson’s hair was cut.
• God walked away from Samson, but that is not the end of the story. The suffering which Samson then endured led him to repentance.

How does this support paedobaptism?

• God makes vows with children shortly after their birth.  And God will remain faithful to these children as long as they keep their vows.
• The vow of baptism is to repent of sin and believe in Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord.
• The vow is not a vow never to sin, only to repent of it, as Samson eventually did.  Children should be encouraged to repentance as they grow.
• More importantly, the vow is never to deny Christ.  Children should be taught what it means to be in covenant relationship with Christ and never to renounce him.

He who is not with me is against me,
and he who does not gather with me scatters.
And so I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men,
but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
(The words of Jesus in Matthew 12:30-31)

What is blasphemy against the Spirit? Living as if Jesus never lived.
Living as if Jesus never died on the cross for our sins. Blasphemy against the Spirit is to publicly deny Christ.

Just as God was faithful to Samson until he publicly renounced his last vow, made before he was born, so God is faithful to baptised children until they publicly renounce their baptismal vows. Parents of baptised children need to remind their kids of what their baptismal vows mean; that their baptism points them to Christ and seals them in a covenant relationship with God, that they should practice repentance and never renounce Christ.

How, then, do children break their covenant vows? They renounce Jesus, saying something like; “I once believed that Jesus was the Son of God.  I once believed he  lived and died on a cross because he loved me before I loved him, he died for my sins. I once believed that by not any more.” That’s when God walks away from his baptised children.

yesterday mummy didnt go to work. she stayed home & made lunch for the family.
she started taking a lot of stuff out and placed them onto the dining table & i realised she was going to make sushi
wah seh.

it’s like, her virgin attempt. or maybe her 2nd time. lol
i like the rice. it was nice
mummy had to make those sushi pieces like at the speed of light. bcos it definitely takes a much longer time to make sushi than gobbling them down & disappearing into the depths of our stomachs LOL
what’s worse was that i was rushing to go school for remt lecture!
still they look pretty decent for someone who just started teaching herself how to make sushi and is rushing for time right??

everytime she wrapped a new batch of sushi she will use different meat (luncheon meat or canned tuna bits, etc) and different veges (purple-whats-its-name veg, tomatoes, etc). like, wow. so many varieties
thank you mummy! ^_^

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today during et class, our dear samsam the ventriloquist brought his toy (like finally) he bought from harbin. the toy was named samson, which was thought of by everyone on the spot lol.

it was hilariously entertaining! like, even ms erica couldnt stop laughing at him.

samsam, you seriously sing like a ventriloquist! XD

ms erica & samsam with samson ^_^

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yay i have finished reading the book i was recommending in my previous post.. haha i finished it in like about 10 days..? and i ONLY read it whenever i go to school or come home from school goes to show how long and ardous my bus rides have been.. HAHAHA!
anyway. i have changed to a new book Be A People Person by John C. Maxwell

my new read! ^_^

Now don’t get me wrong. My purpose in reading that book is not bcos i want to suck up to people or anything, or i dont have friends or whatever. lol. it was bought due to a number of reasons.

a) I was deciding which book to choose for the buy-one-and-get-the-other-book-at-discounted-price sale thingy from Popular the and this book came across as the best choice.
b) I would most probably need it in future anyway LAWL..

… it’s a pretty good read anyway, especially when you’re trying to pass time

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im very worried. i hope i will do well for crs test this week.. man. i dont want it to pull my grades down. i can predict that it is bad enough already thankyouverymuch D:
*anxious*
:S

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Before I end, here’s an interesting article I came across last week (link opens in another window)

I know what I will be eating alot from now on