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CAIRO - Essam Sayed works in a time-honored profession - one that employs him for one month a year. He is a second-generation "mesaharati," which loosely translates from Arabic as "dawn caller."During the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, which ended this week with a feast called Eid al Fitr, devout Muslims abstain from all forms of food or drink from dawn until sunset. Then, they break the fast with the evening "iftar," or breakfast.

We may never find that perfect person. But we can still love and see an imperfect person perfectly. Not long ago I shared a story on forgiveness with a dear church congregation I was visiting, which was having its brief walk through “ulcers gultch.” Here is how the story goes …If you look at the book in the eighth division of the gospel of John, you see a picture of a woman about to be stoned because she had messed up so bad. I mean really BAD! BAD!

Two employees suffered minor injuries this morning when a small explosion caused a fire at Santore and Sons fireworks manufacturing in western Flagler County.