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wrap dress in soft pink colorway. features think adjustable straps, tie waist closure, and midi length. fully lined.
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Recently, we had a spill in our living room that threatened to ruin our couch and the rug underneath it. I knew I needed to promptly get the stain out, but I also knew I could just as easily ruin the fabric of our furniture in my efforts to clean them. I remembered a friend telling me about a guy she knew who could get ANY stain out of carpet and upholstery. I reached out to my friend and got this cleaning guru’s contact information and he quickly came to our house. I showed him the stains and he deployed his talents and made our splattered couch and rug like new. He left no indication that anything amiss had ever happened. It was like he turned back the hands of time to before the stain occurred. It was magical.
When I complimented him on his excellence in cleaning rugs and upholstery, he enthusiastically told me about the book he’d published on the subject. My eyebrows raised and I said, “You wrote a book on spot cleaning?” I thought maybe it was a glorified pamphlet, but when he jovially retrieved a copy from his van, I was presented with a 420-page book on spot cleaning. Four hundred twenty pages. On spot cleaning.
His eyes danced and his voice gave witness to his passion for removing stains. He found the chemistry of carpet cleaning “fascinating.” As we flipped through the pages of the book, it was as if he was telling me the most interesting story ever written. And in some ways, it was. It was the story of God’s sacred glory in his life. God gifted him with the interests and talents to make beautiful what was blemished, which made his soul sing.
Most people know that particular Bible verse, but there is a lesser known passage that gives us a great picture of what “whatever you do…” really looks like. The third chapter of Nehemiah is easily skipped over – it’s even been called one of the least interesting chapters in the Bible. I humbly disagree. Nehemiah 3 is a list of workers who rebuilt the wall in Jerusalem. It seems like information that could have been omitted from the Bible, since at first glance it’s just a list of unpronounceable names and menial responsibilities. But God wanted those names included in His love letter to us. It would have been more efficient to just say that the wall was built and be done with it. However, I’ve learned that God never lets efficiency get in the way of His greater plan.
We’ve all heard of the Bible greats like David, Daniel, Peter and Paul. But do you know Meremoth, Meshullam, Zadok or Joiada? How about Uzziel, Rephaiah, Hattush or Hanun? These are just a few of the workers who are forever remembered for their faithfulness in rebuilding the city wall in Jerusalem. Their names appear in Nehemiah 3 as a tribute to their labor. They didn’t slay any giants or escape the mouths of lions. They lifted timber, stacked rocks, bolted locks and forged gates. Most of them didn’t even hold leadership positions. Instead, they are remembered and included because their hands rebuilt a wall of protection around Jerusalem. Fresh from Babylonian captivity, the Israelites were ready to start anew in Jerusalem and they needed a barrier between their city and any would-be attackers. Rebuilding the wall also allowed the Israelites to rebuild their population, which had dwindled in captivity. The all-important wall was rebuilt in a seemingly short 52 days, by regular guys using their God-given talents and gifts.
Built nearly 2500 years ago, this wall continues to honor those who toiled and labored. In 2007, an archaeological dig led by Dr. Eilat Mazar unearthed parts of the wall described in Nehemiah 3. That uninteresting list of names has suddenly become relevant again as the archaeological discovery corroborated the story recorded in the Bible. So consecrated was their work, that the wall not only blessed and protected its people thousands of years ago, it is being used to authenticate the truth of the Bible today.
The work itself – rebuilding a wall – might not have seemed glorious, but because it was done to the glory of God, the scope of work changed. It turned a common, arduous chore into a holy endeavor. That long list of unpronounceable names helps us decipher bigger truths – God sees us, the work we do matters to Him, and working for Him is eternal. Oh, and He delights in calling us by name.
Whether we are cleaning carpets, repairing walls, wiping noses or trying to make grilled chicken interesting again, we always have the option to choose an eternal perspective and do everything to the glory of God.
“First, to the Lord, my God, who gave me the patience, tenacity, and wisdom to acquire the knowledge, and the desire to create the most comprehensive book on carpet care.” The dedication at the beginning of the 420-page Art’s Ultimate Spot Cleaning book by Art Colo’n.
Lord, I pray you would help us to see holy implications of the work You’ve set before us. May every small task be seen as an opportunity to bring You glory. Let us stop jockeying for success, power, acclaim and worldly wealth. Please move us to glorify You in all You’ve given us to do. In every floor we mop, every sticky hand-print we clean and every dinner we prepare. Whatever we do, may we do it for Your glory. Amen.
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Got my passport back yesterday, just in time for my trip, with my Russian Visa. $250! My China visa in 2007 was only $75. Which reminds me, I haven’t spoken yet of that intriguing visit to Beijing with my older brother Steve and his wife Fawn. As I will be hearing Steve speak in Helsinki at the 4th Nordic Enterprise Architecture Conference, and traveling with him to Thailand (a first for both of us), and on to Paris for a weekend (to reminisce about the late 80s when we both lived there, me working for Schlumberger Oil Services and he as a military attache with the US embassy), as I prepare for this trip I am reminded of the second time I heard Steve, a PhD, speak in public.
The first time I heard my brother give a presentation was at his high school graduation. He was valedictorian, and gave a very intelligent speech. The second (and third time) I saw him present in public was in 2007, in Beijing!
I flew American to Tokyo (14 hours), then Nippon Airlines to Beijing (4 hours). Steve had told me a driver would meet me after baggage claim. I scanned the crowd of welcomers and saw a large printed “RAY” with a small handwritten “Else” after it. Steve told me later that the driver had wanted to print “RAY Brother of Steve”, but Steve talked him into “RAY Else” instead, to avoid the oft chance that another “RAY Brother of Steve” might be arriving at the airport at the same time.
Suffering from jet lag, and a tooth ache, Steve got up in front of about 60 girls at the City College of Management, and gave a rousing speech on The Importance of Communication in Business and Personal Life. The irony being the girls spoke very little English, and so understood very little of his excellent speech. And Steve, after the speech, remembered not a word of it.
New Condos in Beijing. Note flat individual air conditioners.
After none of the audience asked any questions, but all politely clapped, we scooted across town to the prestigious Peking University School of Medicine, a kind of Harvard University of China, where Steve gave the same speech, The Importance of Communication, only this time to a mixed audience of bright-eyed students who thrived on every word.
Taken off base, jet lagged, tooth hurting, Steve answered as best as could be expected under the circumstances. I have puzzled over that same question myself, since then. Having a few close friends, yet strangely, ones who typically live thousands of miles away, mostly in other countries, how did I get these friends and why haven’t I gotten many new ones? I guess there are certain times in your life when you open up, and share with others, and friends made during those times stick.
Me, Fawn’s friend Meg, Steve, Fawn, and Fawn’s friend Wu, owner of Comfort Magazine. Wu took us to a massage club where he is a member and gets daily massages. The young, small women that gave the massages wore white coats and knuckled and elbowed you in every painful pressure point in your body. After the painful massage, drinking fresh squeezed juice, my body felt good, but I did consider waiting in the parking lot afterwards for my diminutive massage therapist to come out and beat her up!
Anyway, in China we met some old friends of Steve’s wife, Fawn. You see Fawn worked for 6 years at The Crown Plaza Hotel in front of the Forbidden City before she came to the US, and there she made good friends, friends who since then have gone on to start careers in the booming Beijing economy.
One friend is a diamond sales rep. Another started his own luxury magazine and advertising business. Another has a tour company. Others went on to become University professors. I think Fawn regrets sometimes migrating to the US just in time to miss the economic boom in China. I have to admit I never saw so many brand new sky scrapers as I saw in Beijing, all packed with businesses.
Unfortunately much of the “old China” is no longer visible in Beijing, a lot of the old neighborhoods razed for the Olympics, and for new condominiums. There are many more cars now in Beijing than parking places, so at night you see cars parked practically on top of each other.
While in China we visited the Forbidden City, the Great Wall, The Silk Street Market, a Circus and the Hutongs (a tourist area where some of the old alleyways of Beijing, with little markets and restaurants, have been preserved).
What I found out about the Forbidden City, and what is apparently somewhat true today still in China, is that in old times only the Emperor and his family and servants were allowed in the inner sanctum walls, and high officials in the walls around that, and lower officials in the walls around that. How this relates today is that I was told, people living in the countryside cannot just move to any city like Beijing – they have to be worthy of a permit.
When walking around not far from the Forbidden City, I found some alleyways, where people lived in small shacks in the city, people who squatted in front of their homes, some selling vegetables. I noticed too a man standing next to a bike with a huge flat fruitcake strapped on the back. I bought a piece, and it was wonderfully fruity and nutty and fresh.
I did a doubletake, not realizing that coming to China meant you had to be ready any minute for a pop quiz in English. He wrote the two words, somewhat smeared, in blue ink on the palm of his hand.
The Great Wall proved to be a wonderful place to have a workout, given all the hills it ran over and all the steps to climb. Coming back from our tour of the Great Wall, we stopped in a tourist trap restaurant where I was served chicken soup with black broth and two chicken feet sticking out. I crossed myself and took a sip. Was as horrible as it looked.
In the Silk Street Market, in one of thousands of booths, I found a Spyder ski jacket. I asked the young clerk, “How much?” She took out a calculator and typed “250.” “Dollars?” I asked. She said “Yes. $250.” Realizing that she was asking way too much, that the coat in the US might cost that much, so why would I buy it here in China, I started to leave. She grabbed me back. “240” she typed on the calculator. “Let me get my Chinese friend,” I told her. “No! No Chinese friend. $225” she told me. She pleaded with me not to get my Chinese friend. But I wasn’t about to pay her asking price. I went off and found Fawn and she came with me to the booth. The girl and Fawn argued for about 5 minutes. Finally Fawn turned and told me. “You have it if you want it. For $25.” “Wow!” I said, “Yes I want it.” I handed the clerk the equivalent in Chinese money.
I would have paid her $100 for the coat. I didn’t mean to make her cry.
I wore that coat recently, when I went skiing in Steamboat Springs with my oldest daughter and her family, and saw another fellow with a similar Spyder coat. I doubted he got his for $25 in China, and made the young clerk cry.
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The distinguished German surname Pitch is of Polish origin. It is derived from "Pies," a diminutive of the personal name "Peterchen," and means "son of Pies." The name was brought into Germany at an early stage, and has become quite widespread.
The surname Pitch was first found in Silesia, where the name is thought to have entered into Germany from Poland. The personal name could be found in Silesia as early as 1372, when Petsche Seiler was recorded to be living in Liegnitz. The first records of the surname are slightly more recent; Bartel Pitsch was a resident of the city of Görlitz in 1504. The young Pitch family was instrumental during this early period, and contributed greatly to the development of medieval Silesian society.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Pitch research.
Another 143 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1504, 1610, 1652, 1677, 1740, 1756, and 1788 are included under the topic Early Pitch History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations of this family name include: Pietsch, Pitsch, Petsch, Pietsh, Petch, Pitch and others.
Another 32 words (2 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Pitch Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
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Where will the fall leave us?
Yeah, there is nothing holding you!
If there is nothing holding you!
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Chris GriegerThe guy that always knows the latest skills and sees the future, before anybody else can predict it.
He learns a new programing language in less than a week.
Chris is a software engineer from passion and education. There’s almost no programming language that he has not at least tried out or is even a professional user of. Chris is one of the first team members and the solid backbone of any project he’s on. His approach to learning blockchain technology was to build his own blockchain from scratch, based on Satoshi Nakamotos whitepaper. There’s probably no better way to dig into this topic in depth.
Teaching juniors is his second passion and nobody does a better job in educating young developers in coding skills, best practices and software security. Chris will lead the development team of BlockCoder.io.
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Basketball superstar LeBron James broke new ground last week with an original kind of non-apology. Let’s call it a phantom apology, apologizing for a non-offense instead of for the real offense.
James left the Cleveland Cavaliers after last season to join two other superstars on the Miami Heat. No problem with that: he was a free agent. But he did it in a particularly ugly way that was gratuitously hurtful to his fans in Cleveland. The hurt damaged his image with fans everywhere.
Last Wednesday James led his new team to a victory in the quarter-final series of the playoffs over the Boston Celtics, the team that had knocked out his old team (the Cavaliers) last year. In the flush of victory he tried to repair his image. But a real apology would have admitted he did wrong. So James came up with the phantom apology.
Instead of apologizing for the ugly hurt he had caused, he semi-apologized for jumping to Miami—an act that was entirely honorable and ethical. Semi-, because he went on to explain that his move was a “once in a lifetime” opportunity to get past the Celtics and compete for the championship, His entire statement is here.
So James gets credit for apologizing without accepting blame for what he did.
But no credit from EthicsBob: that’s not a real apology.
His complete statement can be found here.
Tragically, no peep of criticism has come from Cohen’s Democratic colleagues. They remain silent; therefore they approve.
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley apologized—sort of—for his Martin Luther King, Jr day speech, in which he appeared to embrace fellow evangelicals as “my brothers and my sisters,” but to exclude everybody else.
The Associated Press reports that Bentley met for an hour with members of Alabama’s Jewish community and afterward told reporters he meant no insult with his words.
“What I would like to do is apologize. Should anyone who heard those words and felt disenfranchised, I want to say, ‘I’m sorry.’ If you’re not a person who can say you are sorry, you’re not a very good leader,” Bentley said.
Bentley’s apology seems to have been agreeably received by local Jewish and Muslim leaders, but it would have been better had he regretted what he said rather than that some people “felt disenfranchised” upon hearing it.
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the process or result of oxidizing.
the deposit that forms on the surface of a metal as it oxidizes.
N2ORead more in this article about some frequently asked questions and fun facts related to our definitions.
Also ox·i·di·za·tion [ok-si-duh-zey-shuh n] /ˌɒk sɪ dəˈzeɪ ʃən/.
1791, from French oxidation (1787), coined by G. de Morveau and A. Lavoisier, noun of action from oxider "oxidize," from oxide (see oxide).
The combination of a substance with oxygen.
A reaction in which the atoms in an element lose electrons and the valence of the element is correspondingly increased.
The chemical combination of a substance with oxygen.
A chemical reaction in which an atom or ion loses electrons, thus undergoing an increase in valence. Removing an electron from an iron atom having a valence of +2 changes the valence to +3. Compare reduction.
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"We put the fan in fantasy!"
Welcome to the archive home of fiction based on characters portrayed by Patrick Bauchau. Perhaps his most well-known character is Sydney, from the television program "The Pretender," however, Bauchau has been involved in a rich array of projects, and you can find (or submit) fan-fiction based on any of those.
Below, you can choose the fiction by author, title, category/genre, or fandom. You'll also find submission guidelines and links. Please be sure to read the disclaimer information below.
Disclaimer: The stories archived here are works of fiction based on characters originally created for various television shows/movies in which Patrick Bauchau has appeared. All characters taken from these shows/movies are owned by their creators, producers or whomever has legal claim to the copyright of said characters, shows and movies. No infringement is intended by their use. The site owner(s) and the writers of these fan fiction works merely wish to express appreciation for the characters, shows and movies, and the acting of Patrick Bauchau. Only the ideas and any original characters contained within the works in the archive are the works of their authors. This is a free site; no profit is being earned by the writers or site maintainer(s).
Do not archive, transmit, reproduce or otherwise use any of the works or other content (images, etc.) found on this site without first receiving written permission from the site owner(s) and/or the author of the work(s).
Some of the works contained in this site may include mature situations, strong language and so forth. Archived works include a rating to guide readers. If you don't care for stories with such content, please don't read them. If the rating is R or above and you are underage, do not read the item. Please be a responsible reader.
This site contains links to other websites. The site owner(s) have no control over the content of other sites.
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(First name) got in the school earlier as usual. She sat on her desk and look at the window as she look up the sky. A sad smile formed her lips as she remembered.
"Bleh! Bleh! bleh~ (last name)-chan always fail~" the kids started bullying (first name) as tears started forming in her eyes as she tried to stand up.
She tried to stand, but her wounds on her knees hurts. She fell on the ground and started crying. "Uwah!" She cried.
"Pwaha! Someone call the wambulance! Wah~ wah~" the kids started laughing at her.
Until they stopped, they saw a black haired boy whose eyes are covered by his hair as he threw a rock at the kids. "Hey! Don't bully her!"
"Wah! I-its Sadako who cut her hair to cover her eyes!!" The kids started running while (first name) continued to sob as she look at her wound that was bleeding.
"H-hey.. Here. I'm going to help you. Just stand a bit." Said the boy and he reach for her arms and tried to let her walk, but she couldn't. She started crying from the pain so the boy had no choice but carry her in a cradle ones.
"Here.." He slowly put her down as he saw a bucket of clean water from the playground. He dip his finger to the water and slowly wiped it to her wounded knees. "Uhm.." She look at the bit and she noticed it didn't hurt anymore as he put the band aids.
"There.. That will heal back to normal." He grin at her making her smile. "Thank you.."
They have met five years ago and become friends together. Another day, Ryuu visit (first name)'s house to play with her. Until then, "Ryu-kun.."
"(F-first name)? What happened?" He asked worried.
(First name) was seating on a wheel chair, she looked so pale and slim. His eyes were widen as he opened the door knob of her house. "Ryu-kun.." She couldn't speak much but whisper her words. She wasn't ready, she's not about her next doings.
"(First name)!" He lean towards her as she hugged her with sadness. "I'm sorry.."
"Wh-why? We'll.. Still play a bit more right?" It was all of sudden. She gulped weakly looking at him. "I'm.. Going to Kyushu."
"H-huh?" He let go of her and look her in the eyes her hear aches when he saw him like that he gulped as he tried to speak.
"(First name)-chan~" distracted by your thoughts you look at the person and she warmly smile. "Hey Kayano-san.."
"I wanted to thank you for your hard work yesterday! It might not work but it was fun!" You nodded surprisedly and look at the other students have arrive. "Good morning." You greeted them.
"(First name)-chan is there something wrong?" You smile at her kindness and nodded. She took a seat and look at you. "So what did happen? (First name)-chan.."
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Find out more about our projects. You will be forwarded to shizenenergy.net.
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Violin sheet music: Viotti's serenades for two solo violins are among the finest works composed for that formation, along with Leclair's sonatas for two violins. The writing is extremely meticulous and idiomatic for the instrument, the elegance of the serenades counterbalances their refined sensitivity.
They are not only concert works but also remarkable exercises for conservatory students.
The publication of the serenades restores Viotti to the position he deserves: a remarkable composer, founder of the French XIXth century school. Certain great names of music, such as Brahms, could not understand why these works were so little played.
The introduction by Béatrice Ernwein concerns period use of vibrato, a useful subject for all violinists.
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So, I've been in a really good college choir this year, and it's given me even more of a taste for choral music than I already had. Basically, I start with what my choir sings and branch out from there- my director picks quite diverse programs, so this actually covers a lot of ground. Here's my favorite piece from this year's seasons- one of Morton Lauridsen's faux-madrigals (20th century) as sung by a select group from my choir.
It's an m4a, my apologies.
Anyway, anyone else have some favorite choral music to share?
I am also going to put this in the sendspace thread because it is some of the best music I have ever heard, but this is Polyphony doing some (a lot) of Eric Whitacre's choral pieces. Whitacre is a genius and his choral work is some of the most beautiful stuff I have ever heard, and it is only made better by the great sound and recording of the choir. I recommend the entire album, but if you really have to pick and choose, my favorites are "A Boy and A Girl", "Cloudburst", and "Lux Arumque".
I know the capitalization seems weird, some of it is from the source text that Whitacre uses for his pieces, some of it is because I am still seeding the torrent I got it off of and can't change it.
Whitacre is amazing, I've sung A Boy and A Girl and Sleep this year. I highly recommend that everyone passing through download that package.
I realise it's not strictly speaking choral work, but as far as vocal harmonies and parts and countermelodies, you can't go wrong with the Beach Boys. One of my life ambitions is to find a vocal group good enough to perform 'Good Vibrations' live, competently.
This is more a choral setting with background orchestra, so less of a "choir" feel, and more of an orchestral one, but I love Williams' work, "Serenade to Music," which basically a dreamy melange of Shakespeare's works set to great, ethereal melodies. It's a trip.
Most of the choral music I have is from my high school choir, so I'll share a couple of those first. We were not that great. Good for a high school of our size, but whatever.
Otherwise, here is a song by a men's choir from my college. They are good.
Oh, man, IO...Cloudburst is SUCH a fun piece to perform! I did it once in high school and then again in college. It's an incredibly powerful piece.
I was always a big fan of the gospel pieces that Moses Hogan arranged. This thread has now made me all nostalgiac for the days when I was in chorus, and I will go remember fondly. Back later, guys!
I've been doing choral music for several years now. Last year I did the Messiah, but I'm not so into Handel or baroque because it has the sickening tendency to all sound the same. I also sang the Durufle and Faure requiems, but my favourite big classical work to sing was one of Mozart's missa brevises (don't remember which). My school choir has a more modern tint to it.
Barmymoo had just made a point in another thread, about performing the Faure Requiem as part of a Sunday evening service. I wanted to know more. In the process of PM-ing, it occurred to us that a choral music thread might be of interest. I found this one, last used in 2007.
Choral thread! I suspect it might just be the two of us in here, but never mind.
Tonight is the first rehearsal for our Beethoven's Missa Solemnis concert next term. Apparently the chorus will be made up of our choir, Jesus College Choir, the university Chamber Choir and a few hand-picked members of the chapel choir a tier below ours. And then some professional soloists. I'm reserving judgment so far, but last year's equivalent concert was a nightmare.
Considering the number of recordings of my choral concerts and other things that I've posted in this forum in the past, that's not quite fair!
OK, the three of us. Plus Carl.
I wish we could change the name of the thread though. It sounds like the name of an ancient educational radio programme, either CBC or BBC, and the name followed by a bang!
What was last year's concert, and why was it a nightmare? Were there train wrecks in performance? I can't recall more than two or three bad performances. Mediocre, probably, but not bad. I think we did a train wreck in a Messiah performance, although we'd done it annually for years. And a director who was perfectly at home with most 18th and 19th century music and could do Rutter quite well (Magnificat, Gloria, Requiem), led us in an abysmal Carmina Burana.
Sorry Paul! Temporary brain fart. I thought of you when we first discussed the need for this thread.
Last year's concert we did Debussy's La Damoiselle élue with just the girls, and then the final movement of some Wagner thing that lasted for about an hour and only included two minutes of alto and sopranos right at the end. We didn't even get to go out on stage to sing it - just stood backstage, and the top sops had to face away from the audience end so that they sounded further away. We sat for hours and hours listening to the men rehearse and on one notable evening were kept for an extra 45 minutes after a rehearsal meant to finish at 10.30pm and were not actually used at all. The conductor was just appallingly thoughtless. I'm sure he's a musical genius but it was a nightmare to be part of.
This year's one is much better - it's predominantly choral with solos over the top, not long stretches of just soloists. It was fun romping through the whole Mass in three hours, although I anticipate having to do a lot of individual work on it to get the notes right. Which is nice, it's good to actually be challenged by the music.
Carmina Burana is easy to get horribly wrong.
I don't know much about Debussy and choral music -- Nuages? Is there women's chorus there? But I downloaded the La Damoiselle élue with Dessay in the starring role. I've seen her in a couple of Met Live in HD productions; she's also a good actress.
It does sound like the women were abused in that rehearsal schedule.
The Wagner sounds like the Schoenberg Gurre Lieder I mentioned: The music, written in the 19-oughts, was very Wagner-like. There were five or six soloists including a "Sprecher", and the men were divided into three four-part choruses. The women sang only in the last SSAATTBB section, for just a few minutes.
I can see how Carmina Burana would be easy to get wrong, but my experience with was a happy one, from 1971 when I first heard/rehearsed it to 2007 when I did it as a baritone. Only the one bad performance.
Did you sing the entire Carmina Burana cantata (I think that is the correct term?), or just "O Fortuna"?
Oh, the whole thing. I don't think I ever sang O Fortuna by itself, and I don't much care for it. I've considered myself a kind of marginal tenor, now a marginal baritone, though I've been on a stage with the Phila Symphony, Antal Dorati, Neeme Järvi and Luciano Pavarotti. But I felt like a Carmina specialist, even to nailing the strange accents in the guy's drinking song, In Taberna.
I'm singing in a small informal chorus for the choir college's Christmas concert, and we had a rehearsal the other day. My throat was so sore that I discovered I had bottom Cs (as in two octaves below middle C - I was singing the bass part sometimes). I normally only just have bottom Fs, so that was quite amusing.
I wonder if i can hit that note. I'll try at rehearsal tonight. I don't think I can.
I suspect you can - since I confused myself and am actually talking about one octave below middle C, not two.
I suspected that. I tried just now. I can't do two below middle C.
I can't routinely, but with a bit of training I can get there for a while. And we've done several a cappella pieces recently that required extended singing below the bass clef - I do like it when it works!
I sang tenor in the rehearsal last night, so that the tenor who was there could sing bass. We've yet to have everyone turn up to the same rehearsal... I just managed to get the bottom Es this time, because my throat is getting better. Today I suspect a bottom F would be my limit as normal.
Twelfth Night's annual public concert is Sunday, and in one of the songs, the basses start from a low F in several ascending lines. We don't have much gravitas. Maybe if we were miked.
Low notes are always harder in concert, I find.
Today we sang at a wedding, of a former chorister from the college. We sang Parry's I was Glad as the bride entered, Willan's Rise Up My Love before the marriage itself, Howells' Behold, Monteverdi's Cantate Domini, and an arrangement of The Beatles' All You Need is Love (complete with surprise trumpet) during the signing of the register, and the Hallelujah Chorus as they left. The hymns were Love Divine and Jerusalem.
If anyone wanted a primer in Anglican choral music, that would be it.
I may have to find some of those songs, on iTunes or whatever. I did that with some of Paul's, I think, and listened to some or all of the music he posted, then forgot to say so! Just back from New York tonight, and insufficiently memorized for tomorrow's concert in Detroit.
In northern Michigan, a Congregational church was the venue for a performance of Karl Jenkins' "The Armed Man." It was performed with a video of scenes illustrating the work, including battle and reconciliation. It includes a Muslim call to prayer, two minutes out of the 67 or so. The church leaders excised the audio of the call to prayer, though they apparently left in the video. I'd never heard of the work, but I downloaded it. It's dramatic.
I've sung the Armed Man, it is incredibly moving. We sang it to the memory of the father of two of the choir, who had died suddenly - the performance was already planned when he died, so we dedicated it to him. I don't remember whether we included the call to prayer; I think we did, but I can't think who would have sung it as I don't remember any Muslim children in the choir.
Choir week has now finished; we had a concert in a local town where we sang some nice Christmas music, three carol services with some adventy music thrown in (we missed Advent itself because term ended before Advent Sunday!) and a big NSPCC benefit concert in London. We also started rehearsing the music for the CD we're recording in January, of music by Philip Cooke. He's a modern composer who writes some slightly odd (to my mind) music and, apparently from what we sang through last week, some very lovely music. We were pleasantly surprised by it - we expected it to be far harder to learn. The fact that it's easier than we thought means we'll be able to polish it more and get it really good for the CD.
Recording CDs is weird; I did it for the first time last year with music for Alan Bullard. By the end we know the music really, really well and everyone's voice is exhausted.
One advantage to this thread is searching out what others are singing. But Cooke seems to have absolutely no discography yet. I see at least one of his pieces published on his site, and I suppose I might hear it by submitting it to my music OCR app. Can't find him on Youtube either.
Any of you ever hear the Prayer Cycle? Dramatic music, in part because of its theme and how it was produced.
Or the sound track from Le Choriste?
No, Cooke wouldn't have a discography yet - we're the first to record his music I think! Let me see if I can find something though, we might have recorded something before?
OK, here is a video of him awkwardly talking about a piece we're recording, which is almost audible in the background.
Doesn't yet sound promising. My large choir in the 1970s tackled, then thankfully abandoned a piece by Charles Ives. But 20 years later, we groaned as a new director started in on Honegger's King David. It was awful! Then it was grand!
My microphone has developed a fault, and is going back to the US for repair. I nearly couldn't record Sunday's concert, and in the end the recording needs a lot of work to make it usable (I spent all yesterday evening getting 8 minutes done - the easiest eight minutes, but I'm also getting faster at what I need to do). A pity, as it was particularly good, and also interesting to record because many of the pieces had a spacial element (choir split between the ends of the chapel, soloist in the organ loft).
It was Christmas music, but some little-known settings. Geoffrey Bush's Christmas Cantata was done with piano, oboe and cello accompaniment; it includes a really sweet a capella setting of a poem by Hilaire Belloc. Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on Christmas Carols is well known, but how many know the similar, but less over-blown, work that Holst wrote the year before (called Christmas Day)? Adam lay ybounden has been set as often as any Christmas words - but do you know the setting by John Ireland (or any not by Boris Ord)?
Fortunately, the concert was also well attended; publicity is typically the choir's main failing. I will link bits here as I get them listenable.
Paul, I haven't heard any of those things but I shall hunt some out, I need some decent Christmas music to listen to. We sang the Fantasia at the college Christmas concert and it was surprisingly good. I was actually in the orchestra in the end, did I tell you about that fiasco? I sang all the parts in the chorus (including bass) at rehearsals and then ended up playing violin instead.
There is only one recording of the Bush; it was badly reviewed, and you may prefer mine when it's done in spite of the technical problems - though we also didn't do all the movements (a different selection in our case, sanctioned by the composer).
The Ireland is artfully simple - you may note that the harmonies are never actually quite the same twice.
The Bush comes over well, I think.
There's an unfortunate mistake near the end of the Holst, but it passes quickly with no lasting impact; the sound is cut off very quickly at the end, because that was the only way I could save the track - of these it had the worst problems, but they are mostly sufficiently covered by the singing. The baritone soloist is in the organ loft at the other end of the chapel.
May, if I put Twelfth Night's two Christmas recordings as .mp3 on Dropbox, would you want to download what sounds new to you? I'd add a couple of favorites perhaps, including the Pinkham Christmas Cantata and the Gardner "Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day." I think we acknowledged that you and Paul are familiar with the Holst "This Have I Done...."
Paul, how large is the chapel? When I think of separating a choir, it begins to seem difficult. In a large reverberant chamber, even more so. My large choir's last subscription performance with the Detroit Symphony was about 1978 in a Thanksgiving weekend performance of Ives' Holiday Symphony. Antal Dorati didn't divide us, he strung us out, 4-5 feet apart in the aisles -- a not very accomplished group of singers in a not very acoustic hall singing some not very tuneful music which lasted about a minute. Almost as disastrous as the guys in the second movement (Lamah rag'shu goyim) of Chichester Psalms a year or so earlier.
We did the first movement of the Pinkham a couple of years ago, in our American Christmas concert.
The chapel is not that large; a typical Oxford college chapel, if there is such a thing. The second choir was in the ante-chapel, and stood in two rows so that we all had a view of the conductor from behind. Of course, he had to remember not to keep his arms in from of his body!
What a beautiful setting for making music!
OK, try this Dropbox folder for quite a lot of music.
Almost all is from two recordings, one in 1991, another in 1996. I'm in the '91 recording, rehearsed for the '96, but we recorded on the date of my 25th wedding anniversary; it was not a good day to record and come home to a party.
Of the others: Peace, Peace is us in concert. Others are by others, though I've done some of them.
I will download and listen to some of this when I'm at my mum's (I'm currently "packing") but I wanted to say that Paul's chapel looks fancier than mine but about the same size, maybe a bit smaller - certainly we have more altar space. When we record we have to take ALL the soft furnishings out - all the cushions, carpets and altar cloths. Quite an epic undertaking.
I should mention that we do sing in different places; more often in Exeter College than any other at present; but, for instance, the American Christmas concert that I linked was in the chapel of St Peter's College, which is like a parish church, with nave, chancel, aisles and all, and we've done several concerts in my time in the University Church.
Still to come, a solo and a choral movement to finish the Bush, Britten's Corpus Christi Carol, and the VW Fantasia. These have been left till last as they will be the hardest get usable - but I'm getting slicker at it all the time.
Unfortunately the first track is almost inaudible at the start on my computer - hopefully it'll get louder.
Edit: it did get louder! I like the first track. The Finzi I hadn't heard before, and it surprised me by not being a lot like the Finzi I've heard before. Lo, The Full Final Sacrifice is one of my favourite choral works ever (it was sung, by coincidence, at my baptism service).
I will update you on the rest of the tracks another time, it's bed time now.
OK I didn't go to bed yet. I love your version of The Seven Joys of Mary - especially the dissonant piano at the sixth joy. I heard that sung for the first time last week by Kate Rusby and thought that her jaunty cheerful quick speed didn't really suit the sixth verse in particular!
The concert is now complete, and I've brought the levels up. I may do a bit more work on the files, but nothing substantial now.
I've downloaded both American and English concerts into iTunes, and I'm adding the recording sessions you introduced us to earlier. They're a joy to listen to! When I have a little more time I'll see if I can play VoiCE in surround.
Well, we've finished recording our latest CD (another single-composer disc, this one of music by Philip Cooke, who dedicated a piece to our conductor. The words and the music of the song are so sexual that we're fairly certain people are going to think they've had an affair...).
We've also got our music list through for the term. My birthday falls on the Sunday of Candlemas, so we're singing some really lovely things that day, obviously because of Candlemas not my birthday, but it's nice. I've been assigned two solos in the term and one of them very interestingly is a soprano solo. I'm considering auditioning for the second soprano solo in the Allegri Miserere, which is comfortably within my range but unfortunately I'd be up against all the choir's actual sopranos, so I might not have a hope.
You do realise, I hope, that the much-loved "traditional" version of the Allegri Miserere with that famous high phrase is a stylistically impossible fabrication by a late 19th century editor who completely misunderstood a comment made by Mendelssohn?
I did not realise this. Tell me more!
The Miserere sung in the Vatican was composed several times by different composers, following the same framework, so that the pieces are very similar. The best known version are those of Allegri and Bai, and a combination of these two was also sung; Mendelssohn said he couldn't even hear the difference! This was partly because the famous "secret" was not the pieces themselves, but the very elaborate ornamentation (called the abbellimenti) which was applied in the same way regardless of which version of the piece was being sung! A fairly detailed account which includes details of how the modern corrupt version got created is here. A very detailed account based on a late but genuine manuscript is here.
Interesting! I was thinking a couple of days ago how Allegri couldn't have been the only person to set those words to music, just as Beethoven couldn't be the only person to have written a solemn mass. It's funny how certain works become synonymous with their names or settings, despite being one of many.
The Missa Solemnis concert went well last night - although I felt awful for the poor alto soloist. She'd been struggling with counting for her entries in the rehearsal, as a couple of times she had to come in immediately after a tempo change and Roger Norrington has a tendency to stop conducting, or be very unhelpful (he told us straight out that he wouldn't be giving us our entries). He wasn't even using a score, and although he clearly knew the work by heart, it meant he didn't always know exactly who was coming in next. She got flustered in the performance and was quite badly out of time in the final section. It will only have been noticed by anyone who knows the work well, or those of us following a score... but that was several hundred people. Poor girl, she wasn't very old. Admittedly she's a professional and ought to be able to count, but I did feel bad for her.
Paul, I told you I've been wanting to hear your surround sound recordings in surround sound. Here in Tucson, I've been working toward it. I don't like to put much money into a condo I occupy two months out of the year, but a friend here gave me a JVC digital media system with 5.1 speakers and digital audio inputs. After way too much time connecting TV, Apple TV controller and DVD player, I just got the women's trio coming out of at least 4 speakers using VLC app, but I don't have enough speaker wire to place the rear speakers properly yet. Still working on it.
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Nothing beats fresh, in-season produce and backyard barbecuing, but warm weather carries a higher risk of foodborne illnesses. Here’s how not to fall victim to them.
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The Planted Tank Forum > General Forums > Other Websites > Other forums?
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2. I love this forum; it has been the only regular forum I've gone on, since getting back into the aquarium hobby about four years ago.
However, my interests are focused much more on fish than on plants, so sometimes, I feel somewhat left out here. Unfortunately, the other fish forums I've discovered don't have nearly the traffic that TPT does, so they are much less dynamic forums.
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I felt the same way. Any particular type/group of fish you'd like a forum to base around?
Searching for groups on Facebook, they have a pretty active "forum"/group. And the cool thing is you just create that one FB account to access all the groups instead of creating an account for each forum.
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I'm not a fan of facebook. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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Our personal information should be very valuable to us. Have you ever wondered how would it be to wake up one day with all the data from your device lost? Imagine all the contacts, messages, media files all are gone? We don’t want to scare you but being aware of this is important. That is why when similar scenarios like this happen some people really don’t know what to do. A good solution is to search for a tool that can help us. Because we live times where technology is getting better and better it will not be hard to find one for this problem.
EaseUS MobiSaver is a powerful Recovery Software that can help us when we lose valuable data on iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch. It can retrieve from contacts, videos to important documents from iOS devices and backups. This is a big plus for this tool. It will recover data even if you deleted it by accident or if you are the victim of a virus attacking. This kind of situations don’t really happen often but when they do wouldn’t it be great to know exactly what to use?
EaseUs MobiSaver offers a free trial version. So you don’t have anything to lose if you give it a try you can only gain. So if you were looking for a solution that doesn’t require you to pay a certain amount of money before you confirm whether it can recover your lost data, this can be a good choice. It’s not that hard to use and all its functionality can be broken down into three steps giving you just a few minutes of use to resolve your problem.
But EaseUS MobiSaver do have some disadvantages and here are a few of them. When you will use it you will see that it can’t get back all the different types of data. Also there aren’t many testimonials on the EaseUs’ website so this should make us wonder why. The only feedback that we get is some cycle ones that repeat over and over again. We don’t get a lot of information in the form of tutorials. FAQs section is also missing so a first impression might not be that good when you visit their website. Taking this into consideration check out the best alternative to EaseUS MobiSaver.
iMyFone D-Back or iMyFone D-Back for Mac is a professional tool designed to help recover data. First of all this tool impresses us with the fact that it works on almost all iOS devices. Even if you don’t know where the data has been lost, this tool works like a puzzle and it puts each piece together till it gets the final data back.
The price is lower than EaseUS MobiSaver and you can take advantage of different promotions depending on the period you are visiting their site. What should really make you give a chance to iMyFone D-Back is the fact that a free trial is available before you purchase. And you are guaranteed a 30-day refund to make you confident about trying it out. This is a sign of how much trust the team from iMyFone D-Back has in their product.
And of course, iMyfone D-Back owns some features which EaseUS MobiSaver doesn’t. it can recover some non-stream IM apps such as WeChat and Kik. And iMyFone D-Back has four recovery modes, and the most intelligent one is Smart Recovery which guarantees you know how to start the recovery even you don’t know much about technology. You are 100% protected together with advanced fraud protection systems. When you are having problems with the tool you can also use the Free Support from iMyfone D-Back. They will answer all of your questions and lead you with technical services for lifetime.
Although EaseUS MobiSaver does its job in a good way it still has some limitations and misses a few things that could give it that description of a top quality service. On the other hand iMyfone D-Back is more professional and better designed. You get more benefits from using it and don’t forget that you can use that trial free period where basically you try to resolve your problem and if the tool doesn’t do its job for you the money get back to your pocket. Also their website contains a lot of useful tutorials and information that you can use to make the experience even better together with iMyFone D-Back iPhone data recovery or iMyFone D-Back for Mac.
good article. I tried the free trial version and I have a doubt; what is the difference between free trial version and the paid version? I could find my data when i used the trial version, so why i pay for the pro version?
Thanks for your comment. The free trial version can detect and preview the data on your iPhone/iTunes backup/iCloud backup. The paid version can recover the data on your computer for your use. And the paid version can upgrade for the latest version for lifetime.
Hope this will help. And any further question, please contact our customer support team: support@imyfone.com and they will answer your doubt.
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When it comes to Ceramic Coating, we get familiar as it is something to coat a car with Ceramic. And, it is a good idea though to coat cars with such coating. Ceramic Coating is a liquid polymer that is applied on the external surface of cars to make it more strengthened, comprehensive, and defensive in the long run.
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Our design style is unique and original. We design various handmade items such as furniture, home decor, wedding & party decorations. All of our products are handmade by us using natural materials such as reclaimed timber, wood, driftwood, hessian, jute, linen and cotton. Most of our items are one of a kind or custom designed. We love the imperfections in raw materials and the unique characteristics and texture it brings to everyday items.
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If you were lucky enough to nab tickets for this year’s Glastonbury then there’s only one thing you need – a funky bumbag. Forget the negative associations that go with these great accessories, and definitely remove those memories of your Grandad donning one for the annual family day out at the beach with his tiny swim trunks, simply purchase a bright zip up version to snap around your hips.
Prepare to dance and swish your kimono as you bask in the sunshine, while your favourite songs are performed by crooners such as Sam Smith, George Ezra and Paloma Faith at this year’s T in the Park festival. It’s the perfect lightweight accessory to throw over your summer dress or crop top and shorts and sites such as Blue Vanilla have lots of great styles ready for summer, over in their shop.
This is definitely the festival that calls for flower crowns and bold eye make up, with huge dance artists hitting the stages, Lovebox was made for the music loving, wild types – head to Crown and Glory to pick up a pretty floral crown, perfect for the occasion.
Nothing says ‘sports theme’ like a pair of legwarmers, pulled on over your favourite Nike trainers and Sportbeat is a unique event combining the best of both worlds: music and exercise. With lower key bands such as The Fratellis and The Skints confirmed, on top of sporting events such as volleyball, rugby and netball tournaments, this is a festival that will leave you breathless.
Transfer tattoos are big news on the accessory scene this summer and come in a huge range of styles and colours, so you should definitely consider finishing off your festival look with some arm candy that rubs off – hey, even Beyonce wears them!
A dainty, gold arm tattoo from a high street store such as Topshop or River Island looks great on tanned skin with a crop top, denim shorts, wellies and a backpack – which let’s face it, you will definitely be wearing. Simply rub on with water then rub off when you’re done!
An all star Indie line up, complemented by dance acts such as Deadmau5 should bring out the bright and alternative people who definitely don’t mind streaking some bold colours throughout their hair.
You don’t have to be brave with a tinting brush and pot of semi permanent hair colour though, simply pick up some hair chalk from somewhere such as Urban Outfitters or Topshop and get creative with your look, streaking it through your locks before you head down to the festival. Don’t forget to take it with you to top up your colour if it rubs out!
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Work to stabilise and make safe the sinkhole on Tonbridge Road, Maidstone, began last Tuesday using a specialised technique.
Compaction grouting involves drilling into the ground and injecting cement at varying depths to compact and solidify the soil.
The sinkhole measures 20 metres long by 12 metres wide – about the size of a tennis court – and is up to 3m deep in certain places.
KCC cabinet member for highways Mike Whiting said: “Public and road user safety remains our highest priority and it is important that we take every care at all times.
The nature of the repair has required on-site investigation and ground surveys, which can only be carried out when traffic volumes are low to keep the site teams safe.
KCC has completed trial holes and grouting tests in the middle of the road and has now moved to the ground adjacent to the Taj Barming.
The next stage will be to stabilise the soil at the surrounding properties before moving on to restoring the road.
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As the U.S. government attempts to cope with the day-to-day fallout of contractor-related deaths in Iraq, the final question is 'How far should they go?' Meaning, how many government services are properly outsourced to private companies?
From my perspective, the most interesting thing anyone said all day was when Andy Bearpark briefly talked about PMCs moving into areas of "governance." I just love the very science fictional concept of companies offering "governance" services to failed states: McGoverments, offering complete "solutions" for failed states, sort of like Happy Meals.
I can definitely see the arguments for this, but I can also see downside: government without accountability to those it governs.
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The Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism and its High Technology Development Corporation agency will hold information sessions on new funding programs for technology and manufacturing companies.
“New Money for Your Business,” to be held on Hawai‘i Island, Maui and Kaua‘i, is aimed at helping companies grow.
1. The Export Readiness Program prepares Hawai‘i companies to expand their export market development.
2. The Assistance Program funds costs associated with export market development.
3. Hawai‘i Pavilions offers a platform for businesses to showcase their products on the international stage, via a series of trade shows throughout Asia and the US.
More information on the HiSTEP program and links to applications can be found online.
· Hawaii Small Business Innovation Research grants to develop new technologies and innovations. The state’s grant fund is expanding Phase II and Phase III awards to match up to 50 percent up to $500,000.
· Manufacturing Assistance Program grants that offer a 20 percent reimbursement, up to $100,000, on purchasing manufacturing equipment, training and energy-efficiency projects.
· Hawaii Office of Naval Research grants that offer up to 50 percent matching funds for alternative energy research and development projects.
“As more companies grow their business with the help of valuable resources and funding, they will be providing much-needed high-tech jobs that will help us reach our 80/80 goal: the creation of 80,000 new tech and innovation jobs paying $80,000 or more by 2030,” said Robbie Melton, CEO and executive director of HTDC.
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At first glance it seems like the world is a complicated place. There are thousands of websites, thousands of products, thousands of books, thousands of blogs, thousands of songs, hundreds of stores, hundreds of games, hundreds of movies, hundreds of TV channels, hundreds of foods, hundreds of entertainers, over a hundred countries, and billions of humans.
The choices seem overwhelming yet most of us visit only a handful of websites, TV channels, stores, have a handful of songs, movies, and entertainers whom we like, have few if any close friends, and live rather predictable lives doing the same basic things day in and day out.
Technology is overwhelmingly complex but it is simplifying our lives so that all that you have to do is scan and click to get whatever you want instantly and much thinking is taken out of the process. A cell phone existence is the kind of life which awaits most of us in the future.
For the ambitious thousands of government laws and big money companies monopolizing most areas of life makes starting your own business or enterprise and making it a success rather improbable. The rich are getting richer and there are increasingly more poor humans stuck in rather unfulfilling lives.
In an era of technological change in the 21st century the liberal arts will be increasingly job poor and computer software will replace many jobs. Doctors will diagnose with the aid of computers and menial workers will be replaced by robots. Even driving will become mostly inputting the destination and letting the car drive us to where we want to go. Most of us will be leading rather simple lives on welfare eating, drinking, and socializing and being entertained via the internet.
For the innovators and industry leaders technological complexity will be almost overwhelming and demand the brightest and best to continue to make progress. For most of the rest of us who will still be employed it will largely be pushing buttons and spending hours on a computer screen.
Eating, drinking, shelter, transportation, toiletries, cell phone, an intimate relationship, some friends, and entertainment is really all most of us need in life and it is something which most of us will have to settle for in the near future.
This entry was posted in common sense, education, globalism, science, society and tagged common sense, complexity, education, language, science, society, technology, the truth about complexity, things, truth, words on September 9, 2014 by uldissprogis.
Compare two or more things and you are really analyzing the similarities and the differences in them.
In comparing two recipes the most important thing is how it tastes to you or humans whom you are trying to please. To analyze two or more recipes you look for similar ingredients and their quantity and then check for different ingredients and their quantity which also makes a difference in how something tastes.
In relationships you find out the similarities or what you have in common and then you probe and ask questions to see what the differences are and whether they will be acceptable to you or whether they are things which you can benefit from at perhaps a later date.
Most humans are biased in favor of similarities and prefer humans with similar likes and dislikes. Differences are sometimes threatening to your way of thinking and doing things so we generally try to avoid very different humans, behaviors, and activities which may seem like a threat to our lifestyle or way of doing things and thinking about the world.
Too many of us try to compare ourselves to others, especially possession comparisons, and have a weakness which is trying to keep up with other human lifestyles which only seem better. Frequently imitation can cause us much misery and disappointment because they are frequently profligate lifestyles which we can’t afford.
Comparing and analyzing human personalities is a very valuable skill. If you are always comparing someone to honest, sincere, dependable, trustworthy, competent, friendly, somewhat caring, and interesting ideal humans then you will become a good judge of character and frequently succeed in finding humans who are worth the time and attention and are potential good friends to have in your life.
This entry was posted in common sense, education, science, society and tagged common sense, comparison, differences, dislikes, education, language, likes, science, similarities, society, the truth about comparison, things, words on September 8, 2014 by uldissprogis.
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A couple of weeks ago, I’d mentioned to my wife, Heather, that it’d be nice if there were “one stop shopping” for all of the social networking sites. It seemed ridiculous to me that you have to log in to each and every social networking site that you belong to. Heather thought it was a great idea, so I did a little research to find out if such a service already exists. As you’d expect, I found several startups that are taking a shot at the problem.
A few days later, one of my co-workers, Chauncey, at my current contract gig told me about his great idea; a portal site to provide a single place to access all of your social networking sites. Cool! This guy is a young, hot-shot coder who has no business being in cube farm and he’s thinking about the same sorts of things I’ve been thinking about! Anyway, I told him about my discussion with my wife and about the things I found, but unfortunately, that seemed to temper his enthusiasm a little (that’s not what was intended).
Along the way, I’d been playing around with some of the Twitter social networking data (everything is XML) and came across something that I thought would be very cool (as yet undisclosed idea inserted here). A couple of days later, I discussed the idea with Chauncey; he thought it was a great idea as well. Now, we’re both working on simple prototype to decide if we’re on to something worthwhile. It’s funny how those things work out.
This morning, Heather gave me a “heads up” about an article on ColoradoStartups that discusses vertical social networks and social network aggregators. It’s a great article and validates many of the things I’d observed. Even though I’m a bit late to the game, it’s nice to get some validation that my thinking is going in the right direction. Regardless, I think David Cohen provided plenty of ideas (or clues for ideas) for the next round of TechStars applicants (of course you'll have to execute as well).
I have no business spending my time outside of Georneys (because I have no time), but I just couldn’t resist this latest little foray, and now I have a partner in crime.
In answer to the question in my previous post, it looks as if Brightkite can be used to send "multi-channel" messages. Evidently, Brightkite is Loopnote 2.0. Hmmm...looks like something we might have to look into for Georneys. We've been developing Georneys using Lignup.
It looks as if Brightkite is one of the TechStars finalists. Their web site states, "Notifications remixed and redefined. Brightkite puts you in control, and notifications will never be the same again." I can't wait to find out exactly what they're doing (just a guess...it has something to do with notifications). They've started blogging.
Good luck to the Brightkite team!
TechCrunch has announced that there’s Y Combinator clone starting in Europe (Vienna) named YEurope. It looks as if YEurope is a near exact duplicate of Y Combinator (with the exception of geography). Although TechStars is similar to Y Combinator, there are some notable differences, so I don’t think I’d call TechStars a clone of Y Combinator.
I think the biggest differences between Y Combinator and TechStars is their investment/selection criteria seems to be a bit different (but, don’t take my opinion for the gospel truth). I think Paul Graham has an affinity for the Ivy League and execution on a particular idea does not seem to be an important issue for him (he says he’ll accept applicants who don’t have an idea). On the other hand, David Cohen (TechStars) seems to like teams who’ve gotten their hands dirty working on their idea and pedigree doesn't seem to matter as much (if at all). Execution is very important to David Cohen and I suspect that's a big part of his selection criteria. Maybe we'll see similar differences (huh?) between Y Combinator and Y Europe.
Regardless, I think it's very cool that this new funding/mentoring model seems to be proliferating.
TechStars has been Crunched again; two of the finalists were announced (Socialthing and Intense Debate).
One of Intense Debate’s founders, Jon Fox, has begun blogging. Cool!
Another finalist was mentioned in Boulder’s Daily Comera (tru.vu).
Update: All of the TechStars finalists where named in the Boulder County Business Report on April 30th.
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Swan print tulle dress | Soji Gifts and Collectables Inc.
Channel your inner ballerina! This swan lake inspired party dress has an empire waist with a light ivory soft tulle skirt. Perfect for parties, prom, bridesmaids or any party!
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Thanksgiving week traditionally marks the beginning of the December holiday season - Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course, decorating your home for the holidays.
“Exterior holiday decorations are permitted. However, the design and quality of the decorations shall be in good taste, and the DRC, in its sole discretion, maintains the right to determine if such holiday decorations are in good taste. Exterior decorations may be displayed on an Owner’s lot up to ten (10) days prior to the holiday and must be removed within five (5) days after the holiday, with the exception of the December holidays, when exterior decorations may be displayed beginning Thanksgiving Day until January 10 of the December holiday season.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, Associa/DRM and your Information Advisory Committee, we wish you all a very Happy Holiday Season. May the air be filled with Peace, Love and Tolerance for all!!! Happy decorating!
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As a prophetic intercessor, my regular prayer time usually involves listening to the Holy Spirit and praying what is on His agenda moment by moment; however, there are a few things I’ve chosen to pray for every single day. I start my mornings with them and often return to them again before I close my eyes at night.
Many years ago, as I was writing my book, Possessing the Gates of the Enemy, I studied about the power of praying Psalm 91. I was particularly struck by outstanding stories I read of God’s supernatural protection over soldiers as they recited this psalm on the battlefields of World War I and II.
According to a few commentators, some Jewish rabbis believe that this psalm was intended to be read in case of demonic attacks. I have embraced their insight and find myself turning to these words every time it feels like the enemy’s activity is increasing.
I definitely saw an increase in power as I was faithful to declare these words. In fact, shortly after I started aggressively pursuing the promise, I was in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ministering to the sick, and powerful creative miracles broke out. Metal rods, pins, and screws were turning to bone, or God was healing people's bodies so they didn't even need the metal anymore. For instance, people with rods down their backs could suddenly bend and touch their toes! You should have seen the look of joy on their faces!
Since this is a promise given to God's people under the Abrahamic covenant, I realized I needed to claim it for my life. I started doing this around six months ago, both personally and for the ministry. Since that time, our staff has been moving on a new level of ideas to release blessings to us. I also believe that those who give to Generals International will be blessed as well.
These five prayers are not merely ritual or routine. They have become daily bread—God’s promises to sustain me through all times and seasons.
I am encouraging you to ask God for your own daily bread! What are the promises of God that you need to claim each and every day? You will be delighted at the new level of authority, favor, protection, and answers you will receive from Him as you faithfully decree His word over your life!
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What you eat three times per day has the biggest impact on your health, the environment and the lives of billions of animals... and it's an impact you have direct control over.
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Catholic Relief Services (CRS) Expertise: Post-disaster program management, Disaster Risk Reduction, Community-based planning.
Tulio Mateo is a post-disaster reconstruction expert, working on the linkage between communities and sound technical skills to attain long-term goals. He has taken part of successful programs in Rwanda, the Sahrawi camps in Algeria, Haiti, the Philippines and his native Dominican Republic. At present he supports the safe relocation of vulnerable households, the recovery of affected urban areas and the strengthening of risk reduction skills at community level in Tacloban City within the Typhoon Haiyan Response Program. He holds degrees in architecture, as well as in urban development and post-conflict reconstruction, from Dominican Republic and Italy respectively.
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As being a fine glass of wine, a cigar also style fine. Cigars are subject to taste as is wine. Matches have companies that try to copy them just like cigars. When you find something that meets your taste, you will wan to continue to have that taste. That does not mean you cannot flavour others, but some connoisseurs are stuck famous cigars that they’re going to only smoke.
Cuban pipes are famous cigars and still make their way into the country, however are contraband. The only reason they are famous is because of the conflict. Because it was banned, everyone labels them as prominent cigars and ignore the rest. Because of the embargo against the Habanas, the United States have made the cigar more popular than before. Most innovative smokers do not have the opportunity to smoke famous Rocky Patel Cigars like the Cuban cigar, but that does not detour them from coming experts of cigars.
Cuban cigars many feel need to be experienced and have a slow burn to last for the full a look at tasting the cigar. The older cigar smokers be aware that two things make cigars truly famous cigars, the quality of the exact filler and the brand name. Because Cuba has the reputation of fineness in cigars because of the training that goes into producing most of these cigars, the reputation surpasses them. Cuban cigars are likewise made by hand as some other famous cigars are made by way of machine.
Many people display these famous cigars as a way with showing what kind of taste they have in excellence. It is not exceptional for top executives to hand these out after a finalized internet business deal or at an after dinner party. Although when enquired the first thing that people say when asked what famous matches do you know, they repeat the same thing every time. The Cuban Lighters are the famous cigars.
Now that you do not have a Cuban stogie, try these famous cigars listed here and you will have just so much taste and flavor needed without the uppity Cuban lighters. Some believe smoking famous cigars bring prestige; they should be smoke famous cigars for taste not prestige, quite possibly at men’s clubs, you find other cigars than the Cuban Habanas.
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Finally, the cries of survivors that endured sexual assault as children have been heard. In a sweeping victory, the New York Child Victims Act received unanimous approval in the state Senate with a 142-3 vote in the Assembly this past January 28.
This monumental law aims to give survivors a solution to help ease their pain. For now, many survivors of child sexual assault are reaching out to attorneys to file charges against their abusers who caused physical, mental, and emotional damages that endured for years.
The trustworthy sexual assault lawyers of Hach & Rose, LLP are dedicated to protecting the rights of those who have suffered at the hands of wrongdoers. We believe this means not only providing legal guidance but also information that can help sexual assault survivors stay informed to make the best decisions for their individual circumstances.
Contact our New York sexual assault attorneys today at (212) 779-0057 to set up a no-obligation consultation.
The bill was finally signed into law on Feb. 14 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
The act was stalled unnecessarily for 13 years, prolonging the suffering that survivors experienced during which they could not seek legal action. As per Democrat & Chronicle, most of the delay was attributed to the Catholic Church and their insurance companies, who feared lawsuits and having to pay out substantial settlements. Coupled with partisan politics and a blocked measure, it would take some time for the act to make its way through the Legislature.
File a sexual assault charge until their 55th birthday, which is an increase from the previous age limit of 23.
Seek felony charges up until their 28th birthday, which is an increase from the previous age limit of 23.
File misdemeanor charges against their abuser up until their 25th birthday, increasing the statute of limitation by five years.
Take advantage of a one-time “window of justice.” This allows survivor of any age, and regardless of how long ago the abuse took place, to file a lawsuit against their abuser.
It is important to note the distinction of the last bullet point. The “window of justice” is said to begin in August.
Justice awaits those who suffered through sexual assault as children. Let Hach & Rose, LLP deliver the legal care and protection you deserve.
The sexual assault lawyers of Hach & Rose, LLP are ready to deliver justice to survivors of sexual assault, especially those that had to endure trauma as young children. For years, we have developed professional relationships with medical specialists to strengthen our client’s cases, building up supporting evidence that proves their claims and helps them to secure the recovery they deserve.
Contact our New York sexual assault attorneys today at (212) 779-0057 to set up a consultation.
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Interview with Alfred Rappaport, author of Saving Capitalism from Short-Termism.
Is short-termism a cause or sympton?
The effect of a decline in owner-managed businesses.
In reality have we always been a polarised society for wealth?
Are we a better society now?
What will turn the tide of short termism?
How should we measure long term value?
Click here to listen to Show 364 of “The Engaging Brand”, an interview with Alfred Rappaport.
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Wii U Bundled with Games Available Now!
FLE is proud to offer the Nintendo Wii U bundled with games for instant fun!
What is the Wii U? The Wii U system consists of a console (the black box “brains” that you plug into your TV) and a GamePad, which is a gaming controller/tablet you hold in your hands to play the game.
What makes the GamePad awesome? The GamePad includes both conventional gaming buttons and a touchscreen. Use the GamePad’s touchscreen to view video game content, such as game maps, inventory list, secondary screen, and much more. You can interact with the touchscreen using your fingers or a stylus that comes with the GamePad. The GamePad also features a front-facing camera, built-in microphone, stereo speakers, motion detectors, and a rumble feature. The GamePad also communicates with the Wii console wirelessly!
What else is cool about the Wii U? The Wii U features a 32gb hard drive, supports high-definition graphics, is backward compatible with Wii software, and does not require internet connectivity to play games offline.
Basic Mario Bundle - Comes loaded with Super Mario Bros. 1, 2 and 3, plus Super Mario World and Animal Crossing Plaza.
Deluxe Mario – Comes loaded with New Super Mario Bros. Wii U, New Super Luigi Wii U, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, and Animal Crossing Plaza.
Basic Zelda – Comes loaded with The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link, and The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, plus Animal Crossing Plaza.
Deluxe Zelda – Comes loaded with The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda 2: Link’s Adventure, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Hystoria, and Animal Crossing Plaza.
Ultimate – This bundle has the most games for the best value and funnest fun! Comes loaded with New Super Mario Bros. Wii U, New Super Luigi Wii U, Super Mario Bros., Super Mario Bros. 3, Super Mario World, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, The Legend of Zelda, The Legend of Zelda 2: The Adventure of Link, and Animal Crossing Plaza.
As always, Fully Loaded systems come with 3 year warranty, free shipping, and no taxes. Ready to play!
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Here's our latest short film called "Consequences."
All that matters is to be good persons. Otherwise, there are Consequences.
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After several months away from shooting for clients – a cross-country move and a summer job at the Pan Am Games limiting my availability – I’m back being a photographer. Recently, a long-standing client hired me to shoot an environmental portrait in Leamington, Ont. Yes!
It has been a exciting few months. In early May we watched as our stuff was loaded on to a moving van for our move to Amherstburg, Ontario, an historic town south of Windsor on the banks of the Detroit River. That day was the start of a complicated cross-country tango that saw us fly to Windsor to meet the furniture, fly back to Calgary to pick up our vehicle and camper trailer and then drive across the western flatlands through Northern Ontario and finally to our new home in southwestern Ontario.
Along the way we visited scores of friends and saw many members of our families. (Thanks to all for your hospitality.) Our decision to leave so many good friends in Calgary was a tough one, but we’ll be back to visit this winter and to continue our passion for skiing.
Three weeks after finally arriving in Amherstburg, I took the train to Toronto to start my stint as a photo venue manager at the Pan Am Games. It feels like I’ve spent more time away from home than at home. The move is still a work in progress. I’ve opened most of the boxes that line the basement, but storage must be built and a workroom finished before things normalize.
Why Amherstburg? We lived in Windsor/Essex for many years and have longstanding friendships that go way back. Within days of our arrival I was diving a shipwreck on the bottom of Lake Erie with old friends. Familiar and comfortable, it feels like I never left, even though it’s been 15 years.
I keep running into familiar faces at restaurants, wineries or even in the most Canadian of Canadian places – Canadian Tire. Sometimes I know who they are instantly, other times I don’t come up with a name until much later, recognition clouded by the intervening years.
In many ways, Calgary and Windsor/Essex couldn’t be more different. Calgary finds the oil that runs the cars and vans that Windsor builds.
Calgary: A martini town that makes beer. Windsor/Essex: A beer place that makes wine and whiskey.
Windsor: The Big Three rules. Calgary: Big trucks rule.
Calgary: Business tycoons are cultural heroes. Windsor: A good job is steady and preferably with a union card.
Alberta: Grain and beef. Essex County: A both plus corn and beans, fruits and vegetables, tomatoes, cucumbers and flowers under glass and the much-diminished fishery that pulls tasty perch from the green depths of Lake Erie.
Essex County: Pancake flat but surrounded by water. Calgary: Flat with rolling hills and magnificent mountains to the west.
The last leg of our cross-country tango followed the route I drove a lifetime ago when I moved to Windsor from Saskatchewan. I drove a less-than-reliable compact who’s starter died in Kenora. I found a replacement in Thunder Bay and donned my coveralls to replace it in the parking lot of a grocery store. This time a more reliable vehicle, but still the rugged scenery of the seemingly-endless Northern Shield.
Then I was apprehensive. A new job in a strange city where I knew no one. A move away from ‘home’.
That move worked out just fine and I know this one will too.
Thank you for your information. I hope the both of you are well and satisfied with your move.
This year was very exciting for me. In May I visited Andalusia ( Spain ) and Gibraltar. In August I was in Verona ( Italy ) for the Opera festival. Then I was invited for my stepgranddaughter’s wedding in England. After that I wisited Verdun. Chartres, Reims and the Loire chateauxs in France. I just have come back from Ireland where we visited Belfast and the Titanic Museum and the Republic with Dublin. Very exciting!!!
Nice post Grant and good luck to you both in your new home and life adventure.
Great move Grant, Amherstburg is a wonderful little town. Went to school there for a few years. Still a little chilly for our us though. We still love Venice Fl. Good friends just moved to Amherstburg some where around Edgewater Beach, on a golf course. You may know him, D’Arcy Van Nest, used to be with Chrysler just retired as VP for Green Shield, nice guy. You cannot miss him, from Iceland & really looks like a Viking white flowing hair and all. Good to hear from you.
Evidently you can go home again. Well done, Grant.
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Architecture jobs NYC includes all work that is done by an architect such as planning, designing and constructing buildings for commercial and residential purposes. So an architect must be interested in all new and old buildings to understand their construction, design, compatibility with the environment, making of drafts and at the same time must be good in mathematics and calculations. Along with these basic knowledge of architecture jobs NYC, an architect must have a sound knowledge of the type of environment and how it affects the buildings in that particular area.
In today's time architectural jobs are giving good package as compared to those of the engineers. There are countless companies that are opening up in the market thus, the demand of new commercial places in increasing day by day. This indicates that there are ample job opportunities for the upcoming architects of the company. In today's time companies search more for the talent and intellectuality in you as compared to the experience. Thus it is a good option to go for architecture jobs NYC as compared to the other job options available.
Creative Jobs central is right place for you to search for perfect architecture jobs in New York city. Creative jobs central is an online portal for job search and all employment and career related information. Architect with all the necessary education must have a good imagination power and cognitive thinking. Working with cost and managing time is also one of the aspect that is taken care by an architect.
You can specialize in any subjects like landscape architecture, architectural history, architecture professional degree and urban and environmental planning. You can also go for urban design, historic preservation, real estate design and development and landscape architecture. Thus, this is how securing of good architecture jobs NYC can be done.
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triggered an `Invalid heap' error in a MSVS debug build.
initial test. Clearly, success for comparison(x,y) and comparison(y,x) is also a failure.
Check for the heap property: the parent is better than or equal to either child.
at half the rate of child (aka curNode), we check both children of a given parent.
no predicate is trivially invalid.
TODO: The heap -> vector mapping assumed here is valid for the MSVS heap implementation.
No guarantee it's valid elsewhere.
that will be discarded. Then again, we seem to need the basis.
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Welcome to the home of Brooke & Tim, a cat loving husband and wife team, dedicated to offering innovative, eco-friendly cat toys which give your feline a fantastic play experience.
When you buy from Brooke & Tim, you're not only buying great products, you're buying a vision. That vision is to create an economy based upon inspired products which are made in the USA and promote a healthier planet. Thank you for helping us make this vision a reality.
Watch The Great Green Cat Toy video and click here to order through our website!
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To add a new form, you will need to contact us to add a new form. You can either contact your project manager directly or open a support ticket. We will let you know if your request will be charged under our hourly rate.
If you're not quite sure what you'd like to include on your form, we're happy to help, just let us know.
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Marianna, Pennsylvania : Looking to buy or sell Reclaimed Wood or Lumber?
Reclaimed lumber or reclaimed wood (both terms will be used interchangeably in this article) refers to wood that has been used before but extracted (or reclaimed) to re-process for another purpose. Accordingly, the sources of reclaimed wood include barns (source of reclaimed barn wood), factories, farms, salvage companies, or shipping crates in Marianna PA. A rising number of lumber companies in Pennsylvania also sell reclaimed lumber.
What Are The Benefits of Reclaimed Wood or Lumber ? Do we ship to Marianna PA?
Premium Quality: Without doubt, every wood aficionado worth his or her salt knows that the quality of reclaimed wood in Marianna, PA is unparalleled. The reason is multi-faceted, but in one word is “STABILITY.” Stability is an important factor, as wood with increased stability are less liable to suffer from further twisting or checking. The acclaimed stability of reclaimed wood is a positive result of its character exemplified by tighter grain pattern, level of curing, and ferrous staining.
In general, reclaimed lumber are re-used for making furniture and for home interiors. In-depth, reclaimed lumber in Marianna Pennsylvania have widespread use in classic and contemporary architecture and interior designing. The principal uses of reclaimed wood include in furniture, flooring, cabinet lumber, and side paneling.
The three major types of reclaimed wood are chestnut, oak, and pine. The most used variety for paneling and flooring in Marianna is Wormy Chestnut reclaimed wood. Chestnut is often reclaimed from barn wood. Season Fir and Maple are other wood types that are substantially reclaimed. If you are deciding on which type of reclaimed wood to use in coastal areas, Cypress is a terrific choice. It has an uncanny ability to withstand moisture and humidity better.
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Based on our innovative R.A.M.P. Mount platform, this Warne Gen2 Extended Skeleton Scope MountrP30mm Edition has all the features you need. The X-SKEL Mount offers a lightweight scope mounting solution for your MSR style firearm with the same durable, return to zero reputation that you’0Ive come to expect from Warne. This mount is CNC precision machined from 6061 aluminum and we’0Ive been able to reduce the weight by over 30%, compared to our R.A.M.P. Mount by utilizing a skeletonized body and ring caps. The X-SKEL provides an additional inch of forward cantilever, compared to the original SKEL Mount, as well as a 1 piece side clamp design for additional strength. The extra cantilever provides proper eye relief when using scopes with large eye boxes and will give extra space behind the mount for accessories like the Warne A645 45r` side mount adapter.
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A cappella group Juz-B will entertain with familiar and special renditions of songs such as Ain't No Sunshine, Ye Lai Xiang and Kau llhamku.
Enjoy engaging music and theatre performances by The Philharmonic Winds, Sweet Tooth (Cake Theatrical Productions) and Irene Jansen and Friends. There is also an interactive art installation by Singaporean artist Chiang Yu Xiang.
People's Association Youth Chinese Orchestra, a full-fledged orchestra with multi-ethnic musicians, will be performing familiar folk tunes such as Di Tanjong Katong, Munnaeru Vaalibaa as well as Mambo No. 5.
Learn basic painting techniques on porcelain plates from the artists of Poetic Strokes. Part of the proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to the Breast Cancer Foundation.
Artists Nana Yong, Ong Gek Hong, Rosemary Oh and Teresa Seow present a selection of exquisite artworks featuring unique motifs painted on porcelain. All proceeds from the sale of artworks will be donated to the Breast Cancer Foundation.
The editor's role in publishing will be examined through discussion and practical exercises. Part of Asian Festival of Children's Content.
Make your own kaleidoscope and take it for a spin around Esplanade. Part of Flipside.
The annual race is back for the eighth year and will feature two competitive categories - the 10 and 15km Competitive Run - and a 5km Fun Run. The event aims to raise awareness of cancer and the services Singapore Cancer Society provides. The society hopes to raise $1.1 million from the race.
Republic Polytechnic's annual dance festival returns with workshops conducted by renowned instructors and choreographers, Zumba and Bollywood Fitness workouts, free fringe performances and a hip-hop competition.
In its sixth year, this annual film festival will present the best short films from around the world for kids aged two to 18. Highlights include the Asian premiere of Stick Man, an animated film adaptation of a well-loved book by Julia Donaldson.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Singapore and Japan, 20 speakers will talk about the trends and developments in children's literature in Japan. Live English interpretation will be provided. Part of Asian Festival of Children's Content 2016.
Ms Pia Rampal, docent with Friends of the Museums (Singapore), will talk about the legacy of Goa as the cosmopolitan capital and centre of Christianity of Portugal's eastern trading empire, Estado da India, spanning almost 450 years.
Did you know that the appearance of your nails can offer a glimpse into your occupation, hobbies and general health? Find out more at this Health Education Hub (HEH) talk.
At this forum, National University Hospital's Centre for Obesity Management and Surgery will discuss the ills of obesity, along with metabolic surgery, glucose control and how to achieve successful weight loss through a person's diet.
The Asian Festival of Children's Content 2016 Parents Forum offers parents, teachers and professionals in the field the opportunity to grow a network of support, knowledge and advice on nurturing early learning and bilingualism at home.
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Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre breaks world record.
The world's fastest elevator, which reaches stomach-churning speeds of 47mph (75kmh), is being installed in a skyscraper in China.
Built by Japanese company Hitachi, the super speedy lift is found in China's Guangzhou CTF Finance Centre and will transport occupants at a record-breaking 1,260 metres per minute, reaching the 95th floor of the 112-floor tower in just under 43 seconds. The planet's previous fastest elevator managed to hit speeds of 1,200 m/min back in 2016 but this latest test, conducted by National Elevator Quality Supervision and Inspection Center, clocked an even higher speed.
According to Hitachi, the technology behind the impressive engineering feat is a permanent magnet synchronous motor, a compact traction machine with stronger main ropes and a control unit that can handle the high speed.
More importantly, to slow it down it also employs a high-tech braking system with special heat-resisting materials. Hitachi has also thought about the issue of blocked ears caused by the rapid ascent or descent by featuring air pressure adjustment technology to reduce the changes in the elevator car's ear-popping pressure.
While the ride to the top will be a gripping 47mph, speeds on the way down are thankfully slower, with a claimed 600 metres per minute descent, the equivalent to 22mph.
China is no stranger to record-fast elevators, however. As well as claiming the top two fastest elevators in the world (the second is found in Shanghai Tower at 42.8mph) it also has a total of five found in the top 10.
Hitachi has said it will use the technology of this ultra-high-speed elevator for future product development and to produce higher quality, safer and more comfortable elevators.
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We at dashboard zone use lot of Google tools to run our website. For e.g we use Google Analytics to monitor traffic, Google Adwords for advertising and Google Adsense for monetization. We also monitor our wordpress database activity, number of user registrations, number of RSS subscriptions etc. All of these data comes from different sources so the obvious pain was how do we integrate all of this information into nice little page called as Dashboard.
Now, one point to note is, we are a small shop and don’t have the bandwidth to write a sophisticated data warehouse for all these services that we use in order to get a dashboard.
One of our partners and sponsors, RudraSoft, provides a very effective Dashboard software where you could create a Dashboard page from multiple data sources without any need for a data-warehouse or server configurations. We built a small prototype by pulling data from all of the above services into Excel file and point InfoCaptor at these various excel files. It works fine for our internal use and this could very well become a very useful Dashboard/utility for everybody. Maybe someday we will pursuade our friends at RudraSoft to publish this as generic application.
Then I stumbled across Occam’s Razor blog goals article by Avinash Kaushik. I am a big fan of his writing and all about analytics. The thing about blog goals really struck me and it was as if all the stars perfectly aligned together.
This was the single most thought that formed the basis for this wordpress plugin. Sure every dedicated blogger has set some goals for himself but how about letting your readers know about your blogging goals, so that they can help you acheive them and help keep you on track.
Here at DashboardZone, we talk so much about financial goals, KPIs and metrics, so how about blogging KPIs and tools for monitoring them?
So with a little brainstorming with Nilesh (founder of InfoCaptor) it became quiet evident we needed a wordpress plugin to monitor blogging goals.
Within few weeks of effort and prototyping we were able to get a stable release of our DashboardZone plugin for wordpress.
This pretty much sums up the hows and whys for this plugin.
If you like this plugin, please spread the love!
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Greg Standridge leaves behind his wife and four children. Many Arkansas legislators are offering their condolences on his passing.
RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (KTHV) – Republican State Senator Greg Standridge passed away on Thursday after a long battle with cancer.
The insurance agent was a member of the Arkansas State Senate for District 16. District 16 represents several counties including Newton and Pope as well as parts of Boone, Carroll and Van Buren county.
Standridge is from the Russellville area, graduated from Russellville High School and graduated from Arkansas Tech University.
He won a special runoff election in February of 2015 to succeed his fellow Republican, Michael Lamoureux who resigned the November prior to work for Governor Asa Hutchinson.
Standridge leaves behind his wife, Karen Sue Standridge and four children.
“I am deeply saddened by the passing of my friend Sen. Greg Standridge after his courageous battle with cancer. My thoughts and prayers are with his family during this difficult time. Greg was a tireless advocate, and this is a tremendous loss to our state. My heart also goes out to his friends and colleagues in the Senate as we grieve the loss of one of our own."
So sad to hear of the loss of our friend Sen. Greg Standridge this morning. He was known as a devoted husband & father, talented businessman. He was Vice-Chair serving with me on the Insurance & Commerce Committee and fellow National Conference of Insurance Legislators member. Prayers for Karen & his family.
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Jeff and Jess Werkmeister are the founders of Elevate church. In 2011, God called them to begin a church that is not typical. A place where people can come and have fun, feel accepted and forever be changed by the power of Jesus.
Jeff and Jess have been married for 12 years and are blessed with three amazing boys, Michael, Ben and Luke who are their pride and joy. In 2003 they began a journey to fulfill the vision God gave them to see a generation change their misconceptions of church and Jesus. Jeff and Jess have been in full-time ministry for 15 years. Working with children, youth and adults they have been able to gain God’s perspective for all walks of life. Their heart is to reach families and and to see each individual living in their purpose.
Jeff is a passionate speaker and leader and loves to present God’s word in a relatable and exciting way. His passion for life is contagious and his love for Jesus is evident in the way he loves others. Jessica has led worship for 14 years and has taught and led children, youth and adults. She has a passion to see women find their strength and life in God and become who they are called to be. Together their mission is simple - to show people the love of Jesus and fullness of life in Him.
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One can find information about population, labour market, economy, culture, health care, social scope, environment, transportation and communication of Tallinn. The folder also gives an overview of the budget and investments of the city.
If you would like to order this publication please send an e-mail at the address invest(at)tallinnlv.ee or phone us at +372 640 4379.
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Premium Japanese beauty brands have long held a firm spot in the cabinets of skincare lovers worldwide. An interesting combination of scientific innovation, mother nature’s wonders and century-old wisdom, the Japanese beauty philosophy goes more than skin deep — to call it a form of wellness wouldn’t be too far off the mark. Rather than quick correction of damages and superficial cures, the products focus on anticipation and prevention. As Japanese beauty rises in popularity, some of the top brands are finally setting foot in Thailand — among them is Menard.
In Japanese, Magokoro means “a pure heart with no deception or facade”, or “to put your heart in a gift.” It speaks of devotion and sincerity — an approach Japanese beauty brand Menard has continuously upheld over the past 60 years. Following a philosophy of “seeking true beauty”, Menard prides itself for quality and personalised service, with face-to-face skincare consultations for regimes tailored to the individual. With a variety of lines from the Saranari to the notably rejuvenative Embellir set, Menard’s products offer a simplified yet cutting-edge approach to beauty and skincare.
Known for its restorative effects, the Embellir Set uses red reishi and black reishi extract to rejuvenate and firm up the skin. With intensive invigorating properties, the set conditions the skin to a natural softness, making it velvety to the touch. The regimen is quite comprehensive, with Washing, Refresh Massage, toner, liquid, an anti-aging Embellir Extract serum, as well as day, night and eye creams.
Maybe you haven’t got the time, the energy, or the memory for an extensive skincare regime. If that’s the case, get Authent. A single cream product that offers comprehensive results, Authent permeates the skin smoothly for a soft and supple texture. The easy blending and quick absorption also make this an ideal choice.
The Saranari set offers a firming effect, resulting in skin that glows with fresh moisture. Texture-wise, the products are creamy and easily applicable. The line uses hydrating ingredients such as zymomonas ferment extract, as well as GL II extract to replenish the skin with moisture, as well as improve skin elasticity — hence, the firming results.
Packaged in pastel pink and white, the Lisciare set gives off the fresh aroma of viola thibaudiere flowers, a key ingredient in the products. If you’re concerned about your skin getting rough or darker from exposure to UV rays, this line provides an ideal solution, using high water density and twelve varieties of oriental plant extracts to help brighten and moisturise your skin.
If you’re having issues concerning overly dry skin, rough skin, grease particles or black heads and such, opt to add Beauness to your skincare regime. Use it after washing your face as a basic treatment to help maintain healthy skin, as well as provide a preparatory base before other skincare products are applied. The product comes as a transparent, watery liquid that absorbs very easily to the skin, leaving it supple and fresh. Idea for those who are struggling with acne, small pimple breakouts, or even irritable areas.
Menard is now imported and distributed in Thailand by Luxicon Beaute Company Limited. You can find the products in Siam Takashimaya at Iconsiam. For more information, visit menard-cosmetic.com.
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Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway and the UK, announces the results of the Faroe-operated Rungne exploration well 30/6-30 in the Norwegian North Sea (Faroe 40% working interest).
The well encountered a 56 metre gross (17 metre net) gas/condensate column in good quality interbedded Middle Jurassic Ness formation sandstones and 86 metres of gross water bearing reservoir in the primary Oseberg formation target. No hydrocarbon contact was encountered within the Ness formation. Data acquisition has been undertaken including coring, logging and fluid sampling.
The preliminary gas and condensate recoverable volume range for the discovery in the Ness formation is likely to be in the range of 12-75 bscf and 0.5-3.9 mmbbls respectively (combined 2.7-17.0 mmboe) and therefore unlikely to be commercial in isolation.
The Rungne exploration well 30/6-30 spudded on 19 October 2018 and was drilled to a total depth of 3,469 metres below sea level. Drilling operations were undertaken using the semi-submersible Transocean Arctic rig.
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1 2004 A Macro-Finance Model of the Term Structure, Monetary Policy, and the Economy. (2004). Wu, Tao ; Rudebusch, Glenn. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:104.
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5 2004 Corporate Investment and Asset Price Dynamics: Implications for Post-SEO Performance. (2004). Fisher, Adlai ; Giammarino, Ron ; Carlson, Murray. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:812.
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8 2004 The Effects of Health, Wealth and Wages on Labor Supply and Retirement Behavior. (2004). french, eric. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:96.
9 2004 Consumption and Saving over the Life Cycle: How Important are Consumer Durables?. (2004). Krueger, Dirk ; Fernandez-Villaverde, Jesus. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:357b.
10 2004 Globalization and the Gains from Variety. (2004). Weinstein, David ; Broda, Christian . In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:530.
11 2004 Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation. (2004). Rodriguez-Clare, Andres ; Alfaro, Laura. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:145.
12 2004 The international diversification puzzle is not as bad as you think. (2004). Perri, Fabrizio ; Heathcote, Jonathan. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:152.
13 2004 Social Contacts and Occupational Choice. (2004). Suarez, Javier ; Michelacci, Claudio ; Bentolila, Samuel. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:593.
14 2004 Market Structure and Multiple Equilibria in Airline Markets. (2004). Tamer, Elie ; Ciliberto, Federico. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:52.
15 2004 Inflation Stabilization and Welfare: The Case of a Distorted Steady State. (2004). Woodford, Michael ; Benigno, Pierpaolo. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:481.
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17 2004 An Anatomy of International Trade: Evidence from French Firms. (2004). Kortum, Samuel ; Eaton, Jonathan. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:802.
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19 2004 Large Devaluations and the Real Exchange Rate. (2004). Rebelo, Sergio ; Eichenbaum, Martin ; Burstein, Ariel. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:137.
20 Occupational Specificity of Human Capital. (2004). Manovskii, Iourii ; Kambourov, Gueorgui. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:197.
21 2004 On the dynamic inefficiency of governments. (2004). Azzimonti, Marina. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:228.
22 2004 Marriage and Divorce since World War II: Analyzing the Role of Technological Progress on the Formation of Households. (2004). Guner, Nezih ; Greenwood, Jeremy. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:65.
23 2004 New-Keynesian Macroeconomics and the Term Structure. (2004). Moreno, Antonio ; Cho, Seonghoon ; Bekaert, Geert. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:388.
24 2004 The Unequal Effects of Trade Liberalization: Theory and Evidence from India. (2004). Zilibotti, Fabrizio ; Burgess, Robin ; Aghion, Philippe. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:40.
25 2004 Q Theory Without Adjustment Costs & Cash Flow Effects Without Financing Constraints. (2004). Eberly, Janice ; Abel, Andrew. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:205.
26 2004 Trend Breaks, Long Run Restrictions, and the Contractionary Effects of Technology Shocks. (2004). Fernald, John. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:477.
27 2004 Bank Capital, Agency Costs, and Monetary Policy. (2004). Moran, Kevin ; Meh, Cesaire. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:318.
28 2004 The Cross-Section of Foreign Currency Risk Premia and US Consumption Growth Risk. (2004). Verdelhan, Adrien ; Lustig, Hanno. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:136c.
29 2004 Optimal Monetary Policy with Endogenous Capital Accumulation. (2004). Lopez-Salido, David ; Levin, Andrew. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:826.
30 2004 Optimal test for Markov switching. (2004). Carrasco, Marine ; Hu, Liang. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:374.
31 2004 Policy Distortions and Aggregate Productivity with Heterogeneous Plants. (2004). Rogerson, Richard ; Restuccia, Diego. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:69.
32 2004 Threshold effects and firm size: The case of firing costs. (2004). Torrini, Roberto ; Schivardi, Fabiano. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:445.
33 2004 Consumption over the Life Cycle: Some Facts from Consumer Expenditure Survey Data. (2004). Krueger, Dirk ; Fernandez-Villaverde, Jesus. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:173.
34 2004 Why do Europeans Work so Little?. (2004). Olovsson, Conny. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:760.
35 2004 Slow Recoveries. (2004). Loayza, Norman ; Bergoeing, Raphael. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:244.
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37 2004 Which Countries Export FDI, and How Much?. (2004). Sadka, Efraim ; Rubinstein, Yona ; Razin, Assaf. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:226.
38 2004 When Can Changes in Expectations Cause Business Cycle Fluctuations?. (2004). Portier, Franck ; Beaudry, Paul. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:865.
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40 2004 The Technology of Skill Formation. (2004). Heckman, James ; Cunha, Flavio ; Carneiro, Pedro. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:681.
41 2004 Explaining Changes in Female Labour Supply in a Life-Cycle Model. (2004). Sanchez-Marcos, Virginia ; Low, Hamish ; Attanasio, Orazio. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:492.
42 2004 A Political Model Sovereign Debt Repayment. (2004). Amador, Manuel. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:762.
43 2004 The Price and Quantity of Residential Land in the United States. (2004). Heathcote, Jonathan ; Davis, Morris. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:32.
44 2004 On the Indeterminacy of New Keynesian Economics. (2004). Farmer, Roger ; Beyer, Andreas. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:187.
45 2004 Rigid Prices: Evidence from US scanner data. (2004). Eden, Benjamin ; Campbell, Jeff. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:461.
46 2004 Dynamic Enfranchisement. (2004). Lagunoff, Roger ; Jack, William. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:466.
47 2004 Intergenerational Risk Sharing and Fiscal Policy. (2004). Bohn, Henning. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:22.
48 2004 International Trade and Macroeconomic Dynamics with Heterogeneous Firms. (2004). Melitz, Marc ; Ghironi, Fabio. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:451.
49 2004 Renegotiation, Collective Action Clauses and Sovereign Debt Markets. (2004). Weinschelbaum, Federico ; Wynne, Jose . In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:7.
50 2004 The Declining Equity Premium: What Role Does Macroeconomic Risk Play?. (2004). Ludvigson, Sydney ; Lettau, Martin. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:644.
1 2004 Corporate Investment and Asset Price Dynamics: Implications for Post-SEO Performance. (2004). Fisher, Adlai ; Giammarino, Ron ; Carlson, Murray. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:812.
2 2004 Consumption, House Prices and Collateral Constraints: a Structural Econometric Analysis. (2004). Iacoviello, Matteo. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:201.
3 2004 Consumption, House Prices and Collateral Constraints: A Structural Econometric Analysis.. (2004). Iacoviello, Matteo. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:207b.
4 2004 Multinationals and Linkages: An Empirical Investigation. (2004). Rodriguez-Clare, Andres ; Alfaro, Laura. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:145.
5 2004 Precautionary Savings or Working Longer Hours?. (2004). Pijoan-Mas, Josep. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:350.
6 2004 Globalization and the Gains from Variety. (2004). Weinstein, David ; Broda, Christian . In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:530.
7 2004 Renegotiation, Collective Action Clauses and Sovereign Debt Markets. (2004). Weinschelbaum, Federico ; Wynne, Jose . In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:7.
8 2004 Bank Capital, Agency Costs, and Monetary Policy. (2004). Moran, Kevin ; Meh, Cesaire. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:318.
9 2004 Optimal Monetary Policy with Endogenous Capital Accumulation. (2004). Lopez-Salido, David ; Levin, Andrew. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:826.
10 2004 Why does educational attainment differ across U.S. states?. (2004). Hendricks, Lutz. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:361.
11 2004 Ramsey Monetary Policy and International Relative Prices. (2004). Monacelli, Tommaso ; Faia, Ester. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:249.
12 2004 Plant Heterogeneity and Applied General Equilibrium Models of Trade: Lessons from the CA-US FTA. (2004). Rolleigh, Michael. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:360.
13 2004 Firm Dynamics, Investment and Debt Portfolio: Balance Sheet Effects of the Mexican Crisis of 1994. (2004). Pratap, Sangeeta ; Urrutia, Carlos. In: 2004 Meeting Papers. RePEc:red:sed004:462.
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HomeAmazing Home LibrariesWant to know how to make a fairy garden? Look no further than this DIY fairy garden tutorial idea! Using homemade accessories and air plants you can make the cutest beach fairy garden around!
TARDIS door – bigger on the inside.
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As a young Christian, Sarah Quezada was blissfully unaware of the real situations facing today’s immigrants. Then she made a new friend . . . . who happened to be undocumented.
In Love Undocumented, Quezada takes readers on a journey deep into the fraught world of the U.S. immigration system. With wisdom from Scripture, sociology, and her own experience, Quezada explores God’s call to welcome the stranger, which forces Christians to consider how to live faithfully in the world of closed doors and high fences. How can followers of Jesus engage in the thorny polemics of the immigration debate? Is it possible to eschew fear and cultivate authentic relationships with new arrivals to our country? What if hospitality to our immigrant and refugee neighbours puts us at personal risk? How can churches create safe spaces for those living at the precarious edge of our society?
With Quezada as your guide, discover a subversive Saviour who never knew a stranger. Turn away from fear and paralysis. Get to know the God of the Bible, whose love and grace cross all borders.
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Prescription drugs can be pricey, especially if you’re juggling several prescriptions. Buying generic drugs can be one way to save money. Generics have the same active ingredients as the brand-name drugs they’re based on. They cost 20 percent to 70 percent less, according to estimates from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). If you want to make sure you’re getting generics when possible, talk to your doctor and pharmacist. You can ask your doctor to write a prescription allowing a generic drug product when it’s appropriate.
Do all drugs have generic versions?
No, but a lot do. New drugs are protected by patents, so only the company that came up with the drug can sell it. Patents generally last 17 years, giving companies that put a lot of money into developing and promoting a drug time to recoup those costs. Once the patent expires, however, other companies can get a generic approved and start selling it.
To see what generic drugs FDA has approved lately, and for more information on generic drugs, visit www.fda.gov/drugs. You also can look up information on specific generic and brand-name drugs on the Drugs and Supplements page at MedlinePlus.gov.
To find out if there’s a generic drug that will work just as well for you as a brand-name drug you’re taking, talk to your doctor or pharmacist. Tell them you want the most effective drug at the best price, and that you want prescriptions for generic drugs when possible.
Each state has a law allowing pharmacists to substitute generic drugs for many brand-name products if your doctor doesn’t specify that the brand-name drug is required.
It depends on the doctor. You can ask your doctor to write a prescription allowing substitution of a generic drug when it’s appropriate. You also can ask whether a generic product will be as effective and less costly.
If you get emails saying free or low-cost prescription drugs are just a phone call away — or you visit a website that says it can help you get free prescription drugs for a fee — it’s likely to be a scam.
But the programs have qualification standards. Your income and the cost of the drugs you need can affect whether you qualify. Information on these programs is free — and publicly available — from your physician, pharmacists, and the government.
Visit the FDA website at www.fda.gov/drugs. FDA also has a toll-free hotline to answer questions about drug safety and efficacy: 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332). You can look up information on specific generic and brand-name drugs on the Drugs and Supplements page at MedlinePlus.gov.
At www.pparx.org, a “one-stop” website sponsored by a drug company trade group, you can apply for free or low-cost prescription programs or medicines, or you can ask your health care provider to do it for you. A computer program determines whether there's a match for you among the various programs. Health care providers have to approve most applications for these assistance programs.
Got to medicare.gov or call 1-800-MEDICARE. You also can learn more about applying for help with Medicare prescription drug costs at ssa.gov/prescriptionhelp.
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The community of purpose specifically includes the top leadership team of the business organization, those united by a common purpose. But it also extends to all of the stakeholders, current or potential, who will embrace the purpose of the community - adding strength to the community.
Create a top tea, all of whose members are leaders.
Make efforts to be ""one of us"" - reduce excessive salary differentials, demonstrate respect, and socialize widely.
Spend time on the ""front line"" - answering customer calls, working on the shop floor.
Tell identity stories that project the group's purpose and aspirations.
Present the purpose in ways that make it emotionally real for colleagues - for example by bringing them face to face with the consequences of their actions.
Engage in dialogue with individuals and groups, acting as a moral coach, awakening their purpose.
If necessary deploy some of the techniques of dependency: Develop corporate rituals, bestow and withdraw favor to cement loyalty to the group.
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The Quetzal is Guatemala's unit of currency (100 centavos = 1 quetzal), and the Resplendent Quetzal is Guatemala's national bird.
This is the "original" species of Quetzal, first described in 1832, but today the name applies to five different species. A very colourful, largish bird, the Resplendent Quetzal is important in Mesoamerican mythologies.
This coin was minted between 1926 and 1929, and again from 1946 to 1949.
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Be the Boss of Your Thoughts! A Guide to Reduce Anxiety and Lower Stress in Kids introduces three funny friends to explain the three levels of brain processing. When children understand how their brain functions, they can begin implementing simple exercises to change anxious thought patterns into healthier ones. Ending with exercises to lower stress and anxiety, this book is a wonderful resource to empower children to “Be the Boss of Their Thoughts”.
Be the Boss of Your Feelings, the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) for Children is Jan Yordy’s debut children’s book. This informative book introduces children to the body/energy/emotion connection and explains how EFT can be used to tap away negative feelings. The engaging illustrations and helpful information provides a wonderful tool for encouraging children to become the “boss of their feelings”. Parents, educators and therapist will love this new resource for helping children!
Helping Children Build Better Brains is a two hour, educational DVD created to help parents, educators and therapist understand new research and complex information about brain development and the growing problem that neural toxins are creating for our young, sensitive children. Learn how to grow neural connections through Brain Gym® exercises and to understand children’s learning style, simplifying their learning process.
Ups and Downs with Feelings is a game designed to help children talk about and process uncomfortable feelings. Following a spiral path the players have opportunities to talk about feeling faces they encounter along the way. If they land on a happy face, they can talk about their positive feelings and then follow the arrow up a level. If they land on a negative feeling face, since uncomfortable feelings can make anyone feel down, they talk about their yucky feeling and then follow the arrow down a level. The player then chooses from 4 different therapeutic options which can transform their negative feelings and help them feel better. Shrinking their negative feeling allows them to move back up to where they started and continue on in the game thus learning positive coping strategies which they can use in their daily lives.
Energy Connection is a fun, cooperative game, which helps children talk about their feelings & develop positive coping strategies. It incorporates information & activities from Brain Gym, Energy Medicine, EFT & EMDR. Designed for children starting at age 5, it has been successfully used with children in therapy, families or small school groups. A comprehensive manual comes with the game and a 3 hour and 45 minute informative DVD explaining the game and related exercises is also available. Kids of all ages love to play this game and learn effective ways to deal with their feelings while they play!
Feeling Toss Game contains a colorful chart made up of 8 different feeling faces and a suction cup ball to toss at the chart. When the child hits a feeling box, they are invited to describe a time they felt that feeling. This provides a wonderful “check in” which encourages communication about a variety of feelings. When used frequently, it helps children to become more comfortable thinking and talking about their feelings.
Jan Yordy (MSW, M.Ed) has been working with children since 1973, first as an elementary teacher and later as a counsellor and play therapist. Since 1998, her practice has expanded to include work with teens and adults, using EMDR, a range of energy psychology techniques, Brain Gym®, and Neurofeedback.
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Feb 16 (Reuters) - Cliffs Natural Resources believes China will increase its steel production this year, boosting demand for raw materials like iron ore and coking coal, the company's two major products.
"We believe the world's emerging economies will continue to urbanize, and as a direct result will continue their need to produce record amounts of steel," Cliffs Chief Executive Officer Joseph Carrabba said on Thursday.
He said he believed China's monetary policy is likely to ease and that the nation's growth, already strong by Western standards, will continue.
"In China, we anticipate crude steel production to reach 730 million tons in 2012," Carrabba told Wall Street analysts on a conference call. "This 7 percent increase from 2011, coupled with a steadily improving outlook for the U.S. economy, will continue to support demand for steel-making raw materials."
On Wednesday, Cleveland-based Cliffs, the largest producer of iron ore pellets in North America, reported a fourth-quarter profit that missed Wall Street expectations, mostly because of higher costs.
Its shares slipped 0.3 percent to $68.47 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday.
Carrabba said that during the fourth quarter, North American steelmaking utilization rates averaged 74 percent.
"Despite the fact production in our customers' end products including autos, white goods (appliances), heavy machinery and construction remained below historical level, today's utilization rate is expected to sustain a healthy demand for our products."
He said that supports Cliffs' anticipated 2012 U.S. iron ore sales volume target of around 23 million tons -- about the same as last year's volume.
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This indoor/outdoor fabric is stain and water resistant and perfect for outdoor settings and indoor sunny rooms. It is fade resistant. Perfect fabric for porches, patios, deck side, pool side. Create cushions, upholstery and great for tables, totebags and more.
Colours include navy blue, pink and green.
This fabric can be easily cleaned by wiping down or hand washing with warm water and a mild soap solution. Simply rinse with clear water to prevent dirt from embedding itself in the fabric.
Please choose your fabrics carefully as we cannot refund or credit once cut. We recommend that you request samples before ordering any fabrics as computer images do not necessarily offer a true indication of colour or size or pattern.
Swatch sample size is approximately 10cm x 15 cm.
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Two lovers break the law and struggle to stay together when carnal obsession causes tempers to flare.
A couple of angels, O'Reilly and Jackson, are sent to Earth to make sure that their next supervised love-connection succeeds. They follow Celine, a spoiled rich girl who has just accidentally shot a suitor and, due to a misunderstanding, is kidnapped by janitor Robert. Although Celine quickly frees herself, she stays with Robert for thrills. O'Reilly and Jackson pursue, hoping to unite the prospective lovers.
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This Levels of Use (LoU) manual focuses on behaviors and how individuals react with respect to a specific change. It can help determine the extent an innovation is being implemented using three levels of nonuse and five levels of use. The manual discusses using a focused interview and the LoU chart to assess use.
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I would like some advice regarding changes with the redundancy payment as shown in the Staff Handbook.
In the last few weeks, I have reviewed the staff handbook again and it now reads that redundancy payment will be calculated on the statuary minimum, being a weeks pay for every year of service.
This has come to a surprise to me and a lot of the other staff I work with. We are all wondering if this change is legal and fair, as it was implemented without our acknowledgment.
Brexit is not too far away and we all believe it will have a fundamental effect on the business we work in and therefore we believe redundancies are inevitable.
Can someone please advise if we have a leg to stand on or do we just accept that we have to put up and shut up.
do you have a union who would have been consulted?
No Union here to rely on.
Just the dictatorship from the CFO!
So one question then is whether it is contractual. Seems unlikely, but what does your contract say?
Unless you find a source reliable enough that can give you the original handbook, nothing you can do.
And even then, if handbook is not mentioned as contractual obligations, it's less valuable than old newspapers.
A handbook which can and has changed over time, with no notice.
Seems like there is nothing I can do if we were to be made redundant.
Just all seems a little dishonest.
You are supposed to be notified of such changes but they will argue that putting it up on the intranet or in a handbook is notification. Basically they are burying bad news but it is all legal.
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The Dhliwayo's needed an escape from the busy, cramped city life. A haven is created for them and their family. Energy efficiency was extremely important for this design.
The entire house is centered around family life and enjoying their time together.
All around the house spaces were created for the couple to enjoy each others company.
The spaces include a fireplace, boma, patio with large patio chairs in front of a built in braai. All tailored to provide a relaxing atmosphere throughout the year, no matter the weather condition outside.
There is also ample space for the whole family to visit them and stay over.
The Garage/ Workshop is any man's dream. Designed for proper cross-ventilation. A lot of storage space insures that he will have the perfect workshop where a future business can be established.
Some challenges that were faced during the design was the location. Electricity is not always reliable and the area can be extremely warm.
The house has large overhangs and the larger doors and windows were recessed. The openings were strategically placed for the best possible cross ventilation possible. This also insured that there are no artificial lights needed during the day.
Some areas air bricks provide privacy but also a comfortable airflow that restricts the sun to shine directly into that space and heating the space too much specially during the summer months. The air bricks provide some texture and contrast to the smooth plaster finish to the rest of the facade.
Light and natural materials were used throughout the house. The building materials that are used is easily obtainable in Zimbabwe but some of the more important features elements will be sent from South Africa. The water feature at the front door sets a tranquil setting for their arrival and forces them to enter in a relaxed mindset to rest of the house.
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Your jurisdiction determines your “standing”, or your lack of “standing”.
1. Power of a court to adjudicate cases and issue orders.
2. Territory within which a court or government agency may properly exercise its power. See, e.g. Ruhrgas AG v. Marathon Oil Co. et al., 526 U.S. 574 (1999).
A man or woman who “acts” in “joinder” to a legally generated “artificial person” created and controlled by the state has “legal status” in the Admiralty/Maritime/Commercial Jurisdiction – the international “Law of the Sea”.
Legal Jurisdiction over a man/woman derives from consent to contract into legal fiction commerce. If there is no valid contract, there is no jurisdiction. The legal system pertains to the fictional theatre of “artificial persons”. When a man or woman consents to “act” in “joinder” to an “artificial person”, they cease to “live” in their “private capacity” “possessing unalienable rights and properties” and volunteer to “act” in a “public capacity” “granted revocable privileges and benefits”. Entering the legal system is by contract, or “legalisation”, usually via: “registration”, “licensing”, “certification”, “securitization”, or “general deposit”. In the legal fiction system, consent to contract can be presumed by “silent acquiescence”, unless a “man” or “woman” “rebuts the presumption” of “joinder” to an “artificial person”. All “artificial persons” are created legally without any inherent “productive capacity” and are therefore “debtors” by default and “limited liability” entities. They function as “transmitting utilities” to transmit “human energy” into commerce. Living people “energize” legal fiction commerce, knowingly, or unwittingly by deception, which is fraud.
A man or woman who “lives” naturally in their sovereign body possessing all their unalienable rights and powers has “lawful standing” in the Common Law Jurisdiction – the national “Law of the Land”.
Lawful Jurisdiction over man/woman derives from causing unreasonable harm to a living soul. If there is no human victim, there is no jurisdiction. The law pertains to the real world of living men and women. Lawful jurisdiction is subject to the “due process” of the Common Law whereby no crime is attributable to a man or woman unless they cause “intentional and measurable” harm to another man or woman, not reasonably caused by self defense. To prove a crime of harm there must be an “injured party” willing and able to “swear under oath” to the facts of that harm, “upon penalty of perjury” in a properly convened de jure “Court of Record” (Common Law court with a jury of one's peers), or witness testimony equally-bound, or irrefutable evidence. In any detention/seizure/arrest, the accuser must have “probable cause” and/or a “reasonable suspicion” that the accused is committing, or is about to commit, a crime against a human victim. The accuser bears the burden of proof. Any forced detention/seizure/arrest without a human victim, by any Public Servant, is coercion, duress, treason, and a breach of their Oath and fiduciary duty as Trustee.
No legal or lawful matter can proceed without jurisdiction.
“Once jurisdiction is challenged, it must be proven.” Hagens v. Lavine, 415 U.S. 533.
“Jurisdiction, once challenged, is to be proven, not by the court, but by the party attempting to assert jurisdiction. The burden of proof of jurisdiction lies with the asserter.” See McNutt v. GMAC, 298 US 178. And Maxfield's Lessee v. Levy, 4 US 308.
“Jurisdiction can be challenged at any time, even on final determination.” Basso v. Utah Power & Light Co., 495 2nd 906 at 910.
Only you can challenge jurisdiction when you do not consent.
Memorise this powerful sentence, or keep a note of it.
You can say this to legal actors face-to-face, or write it on their legal “offer” document (any legal ticket, fee, penalty, tax, summons etc.). This removes their presumption of jurisdiction and places the burden of proof on the claimant where it belongs. You may need to do this three times, adding “I do not consent to proceed until your jurisdiction is proven with evidence.” Legal actors in commerce do not have legal or lawful jurisdiction so they will be evasive. When they fail to respond you can serve a notice of default for the record. You can also charge them for any damages you suffer, although do not expect them to be honourable.
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The appearance of your inner walls contributes greatly towards the interior appeal of your home. Plain and unattractive walls make the house appear rather dull, whereas well-finished and beautiful walls give the house an aura of warmth and vivacity. You should, therefore, try and ensure that your interior walls are well-finished and aesthetically appealing. One way wherein you can give your interior walls an aesthetic appeal is by acquiring an interior painting Clanton service. Paint adds life to a room by giving it brilliance and a touch of warmth. You can never go wrong with a well-executed painting job, especially if you have it done by the professionals at Furthur.
If you are thinking of starting an interior painting in Clanton project, do not look any further than Furthur. For years, the company has been providing excellent painting solutions to numerous clients over the years. They offer professional and high quality work. Their staff is well trained in painting and goes about it with a lot of precision to ensure an impeccable end result. The staff is also very knowledgeable concerning paint types and paint mixing ratios. You can, therefore, be sure that your building will be painted well. Get in touch with them today for professionally executed Clanton interior painting jobs.
How much should I invest in interior painting in Clanton?
There is no way to easily come up with an applicable budget range on what you should be willing to spend if you are planning on interior painting in Clanton. As a matter of fact, there are many people who would advise you to follow your passion. The thing about budgeting for interior painting is that you need to make sure that whatever you decide to do, you can afford it. With that in mind, make sure that you spend as much time as possible on research so that you can come up with something relevant, something that you will not regret later on.
Why is it always wise to consult an expert on Clanton interior painting before I choose the colors I want?
You can actually choose whichever color that you want for your home, without the help of anyone. However, where the Clanton interior painting experts come into play is the consultation part. They will discuss with you the options you are thinking about, and then from there, propose a brilliant way of achieving the kind of look that would be ideal for your home. They might even propose some color schemes that you definitely need to think about, and then from there, you can let the painters proceed.
What other factors should I consider before beginning the Clanton interior painting project?
One of the most important elements that anyone needs to think about when planning for interior painting in Clanton is the source and direction of light. Consider the placement of the windows and the doors. The impact of natural light on your painting is something that you should only ignore at your own risk because it is unavoidable. Make sure you discuss these options with an expert.
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Q: What steps will you take to protect biological diversity?
In early 2006, rumors began to circulate in northeastern Scotland: Trump was thinking about expanding his golf empire to Scotland--birthplace of the sport, and of his mother.
Trump landed in Aberdeen, greeted by a bagpiper and a swarm of reporters. Some thought it odd that Trump kept referring to himself as being not Scottish but "Scotch," like the whisky; still, most local officials did what they could to smooth the way toward approval.
Q: You say you don't agree with all conservative ideas; which ones don't you agree with?
TRUMP: Well, I think these people always hit me with eminent domain, and frankly, I'm not in love with eminent domain. But eminent domain is something you need very strongly. When Jeb Bush said, "You used eminent domain privately for a parking lot." It wasn't for a parking lot. The state of New Jersey went to build a very large tower that was going to employ thousands of people--a big job in terms of economic development. I got hit very hard: it's private, it's private eminent domain. You understand that [Jeb and George Bush] took over a stadium in Texas, and they used private eminent domain.
TRUMP: Environmental Protection, what they do is a disgrace.ÿEvery week they come out with new regulations.
Q: Who's going to protect the environment?
In his business dealings, Trump has used eminent domain to enrich himself, and called this "wonderful." In an interview with Breitbart News, Trump made his "greater good" arguments: "If you're going to build a factory that's going to have 5,000 jobs, that's entirely different," Trump says. "These people, they're not just being thrown out. Everyone said 'you're taking their property,' but they're getting paid at least fair market value," Trump says.
"What people don't know is, usually you go through a condemnation, and [the property owner] will get 2, 3, 4 times the value of their house. People don't know that," Trump tells Breitbart.
Trump acknowledged that the condemnation process is difficult. "It's always unpleasant," he says. "They always say you pay them fair market value, but politically, they will pay you much more."
Trump tweet of 3/5/15: "Ringling Brothers is phasing out their elephants. I, for one, will never go again. They probably used the animal rights stuff to reduce costs."
In 2006, I saw the link land in northeast Scotland's Grampian Region. I knew this was the right place for my golf course. As soon as my proposed development was announced in 2006, environmentalists were immediately on guard.
There were a lot of issues to be dealt with, from badger and otter protection plans to the economic value to locals. People expected a duel, which I realized, so instead I offered a partnership approach. We worked with the Scottish National Heritage, and it became clear to them that I am environmentally sensitive. I was also inclined to be sympathetic to the rich history of the area due to my own heritage. I also hired the leading expert on geomorphology, for extensive research on the 25 acres of sand dunes on this land.
Asbestos is the greatest fireproofing material ever used, and everybody in the construction industry knows it. It is also 100% safe, once applied. But early on, asbestos got a bad rap because of the fact that miners who were digging asbestos for many years would often develop asbestosis, and therefore people thought that asbestos was not safe. I'm not saying it's the greatest material to work with. I'm only saying it's the safest material in terms of fire. A huge and concerted effort was made to have asbestos removed from buildings, causing tremendous dislocation and destruction and creating a new problem: asbestos floating in the air.
[In planning an NYC project] I identified my bloodiest battle: the Uniform Land Use Review Process. ULURP is an impossible situation. All applicants are approved by the Board of Estimate, composed of the 5 borough presidents, the city council president, and the comptroller. In order to move from one level to the next in the approval process--from the community board to the City Planning Commission & so on--the applicant is forced to negotiate blind, clueless as to the opponent's demands. It's a circus. And it often produces approval packages that are essentially unbuildable.
Trump complained in his book "Time to Get Tough": "Obama's total cluelessness was revealed at one speaking event. A man told Obama that he and his wife need a bigger vehicle because they have 8 kids. So what did Obama do? He told the guy, 'Buy a hybrid van.' Just one problem: they don't exist in America. The president cannot even speak intelligently without a teleprompter." (p. 18).
Is that true? We researched whether any hybrid vans are available in America. Technically, Trump is correct; but in the car showroom, Obama is correct.
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CATCH [BEFORE UNWIND] cx_class1 cx_class2 … [INTO oref].
CATCH [BEFORE UNWIND] cx_class3 cx_class4 … [INTO oref2].
Now let us look into each of these blocks and its activities.
TRY block: It contains the application coding whose exceptions to be handles. If no exception found in this block, the control will go to ENDTRY and the program will continue its execution from there.
CATCH block: If any exception is occurs in TRY block, CATCH statement with the same exception will be executed. And CATCH block will contain the codlings for handling that execution. When an exception occurred, system search all the exception handlers in a specified order and the first CATCH block with the CATCH statement specifies the same exception class or its super classes will be executed.
BEFORE UNWIND: the context, in which the exception was raised, including all called procedures and their local data, is deleted only after exiting the CATCH block. If this addition is not specified, the context is deleted before the CATCH block is executed.
INTO oref: This addition is sued for placing the exception object into a reference variable.
CLEANUP block: TRY ENDTRY control structure can have a nested structure. That means Inside one TRY control structure other TRY ENDTRY structures can be added like as follows.
In some scenarios exception occurring in one TRY block and the exception handler CATCH statement for that will be in another TRY block .So in that cases we need to maintain the application context for exception propagation. Here comes the importance of CLEANUP statement and CLEANUP block. If any exception in a TRY block occurs the CLEANUP block in the same TRY control structure will be executed. The CLEANUP block must be executed completely and must be left with ENDTRY so that the exception can be propagated to your handler. CLEANUP block will maintain the application context. We can also clean up the context of the TRY block in a CLEANUP block for bringing the objects into a consistent stage or release external resources.
CATCH statement is an option one, but it’s important to avoid issues in some scenarios.
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Is the dystopian future of water shortages already here?
While many parts of India are going through a sustained water crisis, the western city of Pune is trying to deal with the problem in a rather unusual way, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey.
The dystopian future we worried about is already here.
Many restaurants in the city of Pune have begun serving only half glasses of water to guests.
"I said yes and he gave me half a glass of water," says Gauripuja Mangeshkar. "I was wondering if I was being singled out, but then I saw that he had only poured half a glass for my husband too."
Pune Restaurant and Hoteliers' Association president Ganesh Shetty, who owns Kalinga, told the BBC that they have worked out an extensive plan to save water.
"We serve only half glasses of water and we don't refill unless asked, the leftover water is recycled and used for watering plants and cleaning the floor," Mr Shetty explained. "Many places have put in new toilets which use less water, we have put in water harvesting plants and the staff are briefed on minimising water use."
Kalinga gets about 800 customers a day and by serving only half glasses, he says the restaurant is able to save nearly 800 litres (1,400 pints) of water a day.
"Every drop is precious and we have to act now if we want to save the future."
Owner of 83-year-old Poona Guest House, Kishor Sarpotdar, shows the shorter steel tumblers he's bought to replace the earlier taller ones. His restaurant is not only serving half glasses of water, he says, they are serving them in smaller ones too.
Pune is next door to India's financial capital, Mumbai. An educational and cultural hub, it was famously described as the "Oxford and Cambridge of India" by India's first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
This city of four million people has been well served by the Khadakwasala dam built in 1878, and water shortages are new here.
Mr Shetty says the first major water crisis the city faced was two years ago.
"For two months in February and March, our water supply was reduced by half. We got water once in two days."
Strict guidelines were issued about what fresh water supplied by the civic authorities could – or couldn't – be used for. And people were encouraged to install bore wells to pump out ground water to meet additional requirements.
All construction in the city was stopped for two months, car garages were allowed to do only dry servicing, the city celebrated a dry Holi, clubs and water resorts were barred from holding popular rain dance events and swimming pools were ordered shut.
All misuse was checked and those who erred were made to pay hefty fines.
"It was very serious," says Col Shashikant Dalvi, Pune-based water conservation expert.
This year, he says, the situation is "worse". "Panic buttons have been pressed in October itself. How will we face the challenge in the summer months?" he asks.
According to a government report earlier this year, India is facing its worst-ever water crisis, with some 600 million people affected. The report said the crisis was "only going to get worse" in the coming years and warned that 21 cities were likely to run out of groundwater by 2020.
In May, the popular Indian tourist town of Shimla ran out of water, while last year it was reported that the city of Bangalore was drying up.
Large parts of the western state of Maharashtra, where Pune is located, are water deficient and every year, at the onset of the summer season, the state makes the news for "water wars" between districts – farmers, villagers, city residents, slum dwellers, the hospitality industry and businesses all clamouring for their share of water.
This year, that talk has already started. And it's just the beginning of winter. Many areas are already staring at drought and acute water distress.
And this time, Pune too is affected. In October, the Pune Municipal Corporation announced 10% cuts in supply for everyone.
Col Dalvi though is baffled about this shortage.
"The crisis two years ago," he says, "was because of deficient rainfall. But this year, Pune had excessive rainfall until the end of July. The dams were full. So where has the water gone?"
The monsoon rains will not come before June and eight months can be a long time. "It'll be a nightmare for the city unless we get some rains in the winter," he says.
Experts blame climate change, deforestation and the rapidly growing city population as the main reasons for the water shortage. And the fact that the Khadakwasala dam reservoir has never been de-silted, which means its capacity to hold water is reducing daily.
Col Dalvi offers a prescription to deal with the water shortage in Pune and the rest of the country, because by "2025 India will be most populous country in the world".
"Leakages must be plugged, unsustainable over-extraction of ground water must stop, rooftop rain water harvesting and recycling of water must be made mandatory, otherwise shortages would get more critical," he says.
What about restaurants serving half glasses of water to patrons? Is it just a gimmick, I ask.
"Not at all," he says. "It's not a gimmick. It's an excellent idea. A drop saved is a drop gained."
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Fun ruffle top that can be work off the shoulder or however you please. Unique crochet trim gives this style a flare. Belt or wear it loosely, this style is loads of fun!
Pre-order item. Ships January 2019.
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Pennyworth Reviews Blog writes: "Forza Horizon 4 is out, doing great and looking oh so good. Thing is that even though the almighty big and powerful Xbox One X is out there, FH4 is very happy to show everyone that the standard Xbox One still has a lot of love to give."
These 60 FPS titles ensure buttery-smooth gameplay on your Xbox One X.
Microsoft's flagship Xbox One X console brings a variety of upgrades to "Xbox One X Enhanced" games , including improved resolutions, frame rates, and graphical fidelity. However, third-party developers handle most upgrades, meaning priorities and end results can vary between titles.
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An ancient city with Etruscan origins, Cortona still preserves its centuries-old walls. It boasts many famous figures who have lived here, including Luca Signorelli and Fra Angelico in the Renaissance, Pietro Berrettini in the Baroque era, and Gino Severini in the Futurist period.
But its true source of fascination is the unique, magical atmosphere that one breathes in here, in a town that seems like some vast, open-air parlour, where for a day one can pause and re-centre oneself.
Cortona overlooks the Valdichiana, offering a breath-taking 180o panoramic view as far as the borders of Umbria and Lake Trasimeno.
history and savour a fine wine, or dine in a family-run restaurant, enjoying the warmth of the locals and discovering the genuine flavours of the past.
Fascinating churches and museums await the visitor here, or one can purchase hand-crafted jewellery or enjoy an open-air concert while sipping a fabulous Syrah.
This small town succeeds in preserving its intriguing medieval character and its Etruscan heritage, all of it beautifully integrated into that superb Tuscan culture. Truly a one-of-a-kind experience that no one should miss.
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Lake Wenatchee has been on my list of places to shoot for quite a while now. When I got my very first camera, an early photographer mentor of mine brought me over there during October to photograph some portraits and the fall colors. It's surreal returning at the same time 6 years later.
But before I go any further I need to give a huge shout out to Melissa and Zach. They were originally planning to drive 8 hours to come shoot with me. Lake Wenatchee ends up being about halfway between us though and I knew that would be an amazing place to do their engagement session. So we decided to meet there.
Despite the bitter cold winds it was excellent weather and we essentially had the entire location to ourselves the majority of the time. Zach and Melissa brought their dogs (YES!!!) and I was able to bring my dog Piper as well. It was quite the puppy fest and I wish every session could have dogs. They have such a cute little family and it was so fun taking their photos. I can't wait to shoot their wedding next summer!
Tuesday night DM on Instagram. Saturday elopement. That's how this one all went down. Katelyn and I used to hang out back in high school, though admittedly lost touch for a few years as can happen when people go to separate colleges and then make the transition into full time "adulting". It was so good to hear from her though, especially with the news that her and Ryan had decided to truly elope last minute and wanted me to photograph it.
Katelyn and Ryan were some of the most fun and probably the most easy going people I've ever seen on their wedding day. From getting the wedding dress, organizing, and literally changing the entire event location last minute (180 minutes to be exact) when the original place got double booked, everything seemed to come together wonderfully. I'm so happy for Katelyn and thankful I was able to come along and document it all.
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Welcome to our class page. We are set to embark on an amazing journey this year in year 5. From soaring into space, making Mayan temples, feasting with the Tudors and experiencing the trauma of being an evacuee, we will be learning so much. In particular I’m looking forward to sharing your children’s home learning and filling our class with all their wonderful thoughts and ideas. We’ve started the year brilliantly, finding out all the gory details of Mayan sacrifice and making our own mini Earths from Playdoh – we look forward to sharing all these with you during our Family Fridays.
Saturn class are really excited to kick-start the autumn term and embark on a historical journey into the Ancient Mayan times. From creating Mayan temples, dressing up for ‘Day of the dead’ to creating the different layers of the earth’s crust in Science, it’s a term not to be missed! Tudors, Stuarts and the notorious Oliver Cromwell await them in term two and then they will get to showcase their artistic and creative talents by turning our classroom into a rainforest in term 3! There is so much to learn, it’s an adventure they will truly remember! Saturn class have shown huge amounts of enthusiasm already and settled in well with a positive attitude and we can’t wait to embark on our fabulous learning journey in Year 5!
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When Amanda Elmore joined the laboratory team of University of Michigan microbiologist Pat Schloss, he didn’t give much thought to her request to row for the university’s crew team. Balancing that with her graduate studies, and her role in his team’s research on the microbes that live in the human gut, seemed feasible.
Then she was asked to join the national team and compete in the world championships — and eventually try out for the Olympic team. She worried about asking for time away from the lab.
But with Schloss’s support — and the ability to teleconference into lab meetings and to crunch massive amounts of microbiome data on her laptop — she made it work.
With only a few months completely off of her graduate work, Amanda made TeamUSA for the 2016 Olympics’ powerhouse women’s eight rowing team. She traveled to Rio de Janeiro, where her knowledge of microbes boosted her team’s already healthy respect for the rowing venue’s water.
And in late August, Elmore and her teammates rowed their way to a gold medal.
Now, she’s preparing to come back to the Schloss lab with a renewed commitment to her project, which aims to detect colon cancer through variations in the population of microbes in a person’s gut.
The video above shows when she brought her medal by for all to see and touch as a way of saying thanks to everyone who made pursuing her Olympic dream possible.
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Everything Easy is Hard Again | Jason Rodriguez | Writer, designer, advocate for the open web, email, and inclusion.
The web needs pockets of slowness and thoughtfulness as its reach and power continues to increase. What we depend upon must be properly built and intelligently formed. We need to create space for complexity’s important sibling: nuance. Spaces without nuance tend to gravitate towards stupidity. And as an American, I can tell you, there are no limits to the amount of damage that can be inflicted by that dangerous cocktail of fast-moving-stupid.
Bookmarked this one to read yearly.
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How does booking with ShiftRide work?
Am I eligible to use ShiftRide?
How old do I have to be to book with ShiftRide?
What does ShiftRide use my driver's license for?
What’s the shortest time I can book a car for?
How many KMs can I drive with the car?
How do I know when a car is available for booking?
How many passengers can the cars fit?
Can I drive with ShiftRide if I have a driver's license from outside of Canada?
Can someone else drive when I book with ShiftRide?
Can I drive for ride-sharing services with a car booked with ShiftRide?
How does the price work?
Is there an underage or sign up fee?
What does ShiftRide use my credit card information for?
How do I apply a promotion code in the app?
Why did I get charged for a "License Fee"?
How to find a car that you've booked on the ShiftRide app, location.
What do I do if I can't find the car?
How do I lock and unlock the car?
What do I do if the lockbox was left open when I found it?
What do I do if the car is damaged before I pick it up?
What do I do if the inside of the car is dirty?
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This lively Fulton Market eatery has a festive vibe. Carnivale is a colourful space with terracotta and moss-green walls, splashes of yellow and blue.
This lively Fulton Market eatery has a festive vibe. Carnivale is a colourful space with terracotta and moss-green walls, splashes of yellow and blue. It’s been around for a while serving food from South America, Spain and the Caribbean but during prime Carnival season, it really turns things up a notch. Expect live samba bands and dancing as well as some really authentic and potent Caipirinhas. The bar boasts a huge list of rum and tequila. Their signature drink is a cotton candy concoction, made with Purity Vodka, cointreau, pomegranate, lime, and cotton candy, while other cocktails include a smoky bacon Bloody Mary, a kicky coffee-laced Disco Latte and a classic Michelada (one of our favourite tipples). They also serve margaritas, sangria (of course) and award-winning mojitos. On the food front there is a range of ceviches, paella and jumbo shrimp as well as a great selection of substantial brunch dishes, including an epic brunch burrito, curro-style waffles and key lime French toast (yum). Perfect for washing down with a cheeky cocktail.
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Highlights: The Common Council Executive Committee will meet with the co-chairs of the MPD Policy & Procedures Ad Hoc Review Committee to discuss the status of the draft report on Tuesday. At the Council meeting later, the Mayor's proposal for an alcohol moratorium will be placed on file and the downtown alders framework for a staff team to analyze alcohol outlet density, to identify issues related to excessive alcohol consumption that result in disproportionate calls for service, and to propose steps to address such problems to engage stakeholders and to report on the analysis to the Alcohol License Review Committee will move forward. The Milwaukee Street Special Area Plan as a Supplement to the City of Madison Comprehensive Plan is also before the Council. On Wednesday, the Street Use Staff Commission will discuss draft policies for events in the newly proposed Downtown Zone. If you were involved in the public process about the impact of events in downtown neighborhoods, please take a look at the proposed boundary and guidelines. On Thursday, the Golf Committee is meeting, see below for the Superintendents report about the golf enterprise finances (including Monona Golf Course). Also Thursday more on the news about the Madison Public Market's move back to the Fleet Building (it's original location).
1. 53836 Authorizing the Community Development Division (CDD) to undertake a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) process for the purpose of selecting a Developer/Owner/Operator of a new neighborhood center to replace an existing facility serving the Bridge Lake Point Waunona Way neighborhoods and directing CDD to make recommendations to the Common Council of one or more entities to fulfill those roles.
The 2018 Adopted Capital Budget authorizes the Community Development Division to contribute up to $2 million toward the construction of a resident-inspired community facility in the Bridge Lake Point Waunona Way Neighborhood. These funds include up to $1.4 million from the City's Community Development Block Grant program and up to $600,000 of applied General Fund reserves derived from the City's share of the cash balance in TID 27 upon its closure in 2018. The goal of the project is to establish a centrally located facility providing space to better accommodate public gatherings and broader programming and other activities that meet the needs of neighborhood residents. Progress will be measured by greater capacity for uses desired by neighborhood residents and a corresponding increase in the facility's rate of use.
5. 53609 3014 Worthington Avenue and 3001 Darbo Drive; 6th Ald. Dist.: Consideration of a demolition permit to demolish a six-unit residential building located at 3014 Worthington Avenue; consideration of a conditional use to construct an accessory building exceeding 800 square feet in SR-V2 (Suburban Residential-Varied 2 District) zoning; and consideration of a conditional use alteration to expand open space for a residential building complex.
1.53831 Authorizing the City Attorney to File Suit Against the Village of McFarland to Contest the Annexation of Certain Lands from the Town of Blooming Grove.
A rare border lawsuit challenging Village of McFarland's annexation of Town of Blooming Grove properties identified in an adopted c2006 cooperative plan that would be annexed into Madison by 2027.
2. 53772 Authorizing the issuance and award of $12,500,000 principal amount of Sewer System Revenue Bonds, Series 2018-E, of the City of Madison, Wisconsin; prescribing the form and other details and providing for the collection and disposition of the revenues to be derived from the municipal sewer system of said City; making other provisions with respect to the operation of the system and the issuance of the bonds; providing for the security and payment of the bonds; and prescribing other matters pertaining thereto.
13. 53969 Extending the deadline for the report and recommendations from the Urban Forestry Task Force.
This will be placed on file.
This resolution establishes a process to "engage with the multisector stakeholders to inform its analysis. These stakeholders will include but will not be limited to; members from Downtown Madison Inc., members from the Business Improvement District, members of neighborhood associations in areas where the alcohol outlet density analysis shows a large number of alcohol outlets, members from the Downtown Coordinating Committee, members from the Public Safety Review Committee, members from the Alcohol License Review Committee, members designated by the UW Chancellor, members of the Dane County Tavern League, members designated by the Associated Students of Madison, and Alders..." This version doesn't create a task force as proposed by the Mayor's version but should provide an option for interested residents to affect the outcome.
11/21/18 ALCOHOL LICENSE REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO GRANT - REPORT OF OFFICER The approval is to exend issuance to February 28, 2019.
21. 53828 Third request to extend license issuance beyond the 90 day limit under MGO 38.05 Encore Adventure LLC • dba Tiny's Tap House 308 S Paterson Street • Agent: Holly Alexander • Estimated Capacity: 30 Class B Combination Liquor & Beer • 75% alcohol, 20% food Aldermanic District 6 (Alder Rummel) • Police Sector 408 11/21/18 ALCOHOL LICENSE REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL TO GRANT - REPORT OF OFFICER The approval is to extend issuance an additional 60 days.
Items 26-29 were lost in Legistar, all will be placed on file.
40. 53633 SECOND SUBSTITUTE - Awarding up to $4.82 million from the Affordable Housing Fund and $1,980,000 in Federal HOME funds to support four development projects, selected through a City Request for Proposals (RFP) process, that will construct approximately 310 units of affordable rental housing in Madison, and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute loan agreements with the developers of those projects.
Includes the Gorman & Co proposal for the Messner's site.
55. 53822 To approve the 2019 Urban Forestry Special Charge.
60. 53886 Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Room Block Agreement between the City and Beitler Real Estate Services, LLC.
- Add the following sentence to the "Natural Features" paragraph on Page 8: "There is potential for continuing the farming legacy of the Voit family and utilizing some of the rich cropland it cultivated for decades with a small, urban, agricultural district in this area."
- The last two sentences of the Public Parks paragraph on Page 10, be revised to read, "North of Milwaukee Street, the Parks Division owns parkland that was acquired through the Knowles-Nelson Stewardship program. This land is deed-restricted for outdoor recreation purposes only and is currently classified as a conservation park. See Map 9 on page 12."
- That Map 9: Future Land Use and Street Plan, on Page 12 be modified to differentiate between existing parkland, new parkland, existing open space and potential new open space held by City Engineering. Most of the property held by City Engineering consists of wetlands and floodplain and would not be suitable for urban agriculture.
- Revise Transportation Recommendations on page 18, paragraph 2 to include the following "As part of a larger transit center, study the potential of incorporating necessary space for intercity bus service."
- Staff revise Map 11: Planned Transportation Network, on Page 19, to indicate that there are multiple options for the location of the bicycle facility on Milwaukee Street. - Add the following recommendation to those listed under "Land Use & Transportation" Goal #2, on Page 23: "Support future corridor studies for the larger Milwaukee Street corridor."
- Revise "Green & Resilient" Goal #1, Recommendation #1, on Page 25, to read as follows: "Support the City's effort to reduce phosphorous in the waterways at appropriate locations."
- Revise "Green & Resilient" Goal #1, Recommendation #3, on Page 25, to read, "Uses for new parkland should include both passive and active recreation opportunities and consider the ideas identified on p. 15 when developing plans for future park and open spaces."
- Revise "Green & Resilient" Goal #4, Recommendation #1, on Page 25, to read, "Ensure terrace and boulevard widths are sufficient to support large and health canopy tree growth in consultation with the City Forester."
- Revise "Culture & Character" Goal #1, Recommendation #4, on Page 26, to read, "To promote local food security and food businesses, encourage opportunities for food carts and community gardens, as well as support the direct sale of fresh food from nearby farms and gardens, through an onsite seasonal farmers market or farm stand." The motion to forward the Milwaukee Street Special Area Plan to the Common Council with the recommendation of approval, with the above revisions passed by voice vote/other.
The following recommendation, moved by Rewey and seconded by Ald. Zellers, to add language to the text on Pages 20 and 21 stating that all Milwaukee Street reconstruction/ redesign options should include on-street bicycle lanes [in addition to an off-street bicycle path] failed on the following 4-5 vote: AYE: Rewey, Ald. Zellers, Cantrell, Oeth; NAY: Ald. Carter, Berger, Hagenow, Polewski, and Opin.
88. 53917 Adopting the Oscar Mayer Area Strategic Assessment Report, dissolving the Oscar Mayer Strategic Assessment Committee, and authorizing the development of the Oscar Mayer Area Special Area Plan.
93. 53941 BY TITLE ONLY - Accepting selected bid for Food Terminal Cross-Dock Facility Feasibility Study.
95. 53956 Adopting the final report and recommendations from the Task Force on Equity in Music and Entertainment.
1. 53818 Creating Section 10.056(2)(f), amending Sections 10.056(6)(a), (b), (d), (i), (o),10.056(11), and 10.056(12)(a) of the Madison General Ordinances creating and modifying the standards of issuance for street use permits, creating the Downtown Zone and authorizing policies for permits in that zone, and allowing a permit to be cancelled prior to an event in case of emergency.
2. 53991 Discuss Draft Policies for Events in the Downtown Zone that would be authorized by the ordinance amendment in item 1 (Legislative File No. 53818).
The proposed boundary goes to Blair St.
The Committee will be updated on the news that negotiations with the shopping center developers has failed to come to an agreement and the Mayor and staff are recommending we go back to the Fleet Building as the site for the Madison Public Market. We own it and it's less complicated. No sticky issues about the MPM relying on completing a successful TIF deal with the developer in order to move the market forward.
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Home » Uncategorized » Is our focus on personal sanctification being self-centered?
Is our focus on personal sanctification being self-centered?
Does focusing on personal sanctification make us self-centered? One of the things that haunts me as a pastor and counselor is whether or not our emphasis on personal sanctification is another way of stoking the flame of self-centeredness. In other words, is my desire to grow into the image of Christ really an emphasis on me and not Christ?
The reason we say, “maybe” is because there will always be a process by which we glorify God. Think with me for a moment: the glory of God is the reason for which we exist. This is not up for debate. Yet, that end is always accomplished through a means. God is not glorified in some neutral happening. No, rather, He is glorified in us prizing, honoring, valuing, praising, and obeying Him. And in each of these action words, there is a corresponding process. Praise comes through a process; obedience comes through a process. Therefore, we say “maybe” because there will always be a propensity to magnify the process over the end of that process.
However, does that make us self-centered? Not always. Focusing on sanctification in your own life is foundational to the end-state of glorifying God. In fact, we cannot fully glorify God if we are not willing to personally conform to the image of Christ. It can even be said that disciple-making is none other than encouraging others to grow in their own sanctification—both positional and progressive. And if we are about disciple-making, then we are about personal sanctification, too.
Where then does a focus on personal sanctification go south? When its end terminates on the process. When I attempt to change so that I change. When growth is the goal, not glorifying God. On one hand, the goal of change is not change but conformity to the image of Christ. On the other hand, growth is the goal so long as it corresponds to greater Christlikeness. Do I want to become more patient? Yes. Do I want to control my anger better? Yes. Not so I can be more patient and control my anger but so I can give glory to God.
So can we focus on personal sanctification without erecting the idol of me? Yes and we must. Yet, that focus has God’s glory in perspective and as ultimate. True sanctification is precipitated upon God’s glory. It cannot happen without God’s glory or else it is only ‘personal improvement’. Sanctification is not the end but the means to the end. Can I make it about the means? Sure. Does that negate the need for a means? No way! For God is always glorified through a means.
By Greg E. Gifford in Uncategorized on December 23, 2014 .
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Bandito's Mexican Grill has a cozy feel with an outdoor patio and a beach view . Relax with a refreshing margarita by our outside fire-pit or come inside and join the fun in our vibrant dining spaces! Freshly made fish tacos, enchiladas, homemade salsa and massive nachos can be found at Banditos. Every margarita served is freshly prepared on the spot! Salsa and guacamole are prepared daily along with our own home-made tortilla chips! Dig into juicy fajitas served sizzling out of a volcanic Molcajete bowl. We also have buckets of ice cold beer and an excellent selection of Mezcal Tequilas. Also, if you are looking for something delicious and fast, make your order ''To-Go'' or call us to place a pick-up order.
Parking is located on cottage street, right off of shore road.
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Washington, DC —Appearing on CNN’s Wolf Blitzer today, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, stated that Secret Service Director Julia Pierson should step down if she cannot restore public trust in the agency—and in particular address cultural issues to ensure that agents feel comfortable raising security concerns to higher-ups.
“If she cannot restore this trust among her agents, if she cannot put them in a position where they feel comfortable in telling her and her higher-ups things that are going wrong with the agency, problems with various investigations and whatever, and if she cannot address the issue at the same time of training and protocol and at the same time, keep the President safe, then I think she should go, and I think that she would agree with me because I believe that she has served faithfully our country for thirty years,” said Cummings.
Cummings relayed his concerns to Director Pierson in a phone conversation this morning.
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3. Move to the opposite side of the trunk. With your blade parallel to the ground and positioned one to two inches above the bottom of the face cut, saw horizontally into the trunk but not all the way. Your aim is to leave a “hinge” – a strip of uncut trunk about an inch thick and parallel to the back of the face cut. The hinge keeps the tree from twisting and kicking back as it falls.
4. As you complete the hinge, the tree will likely begin to topple. Switch off the saw and make your retreat. Don’t run and don’t turn around to watch. Once you hear the thud, it’s safe to stop and look.
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CHELMSFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr 1, 2019--AMD Global Telemedicine Inc. (AMD), the leading developer of telehealth solutions for healthcare organizations around the world, announces the release of AGNES Connect™, an expansion of our current AGNES Interactive ® telemedicine platform. AGNES Connect™ delivers additional functionality for healthcare systems to remotely manage and scale their telehealth programs across a network of providers and facilities.
The new features of AGNES Connect ™ will enable healthcare systems and centers of excellence to manage multiple telehealth sites and have a single access point for telemedicine consults with patients at networked sites. AGNES Connect includes the following new features: facility access management tools, cloud-supported automatic software updates, simplified firewall transversal, cloud-to-cloud HL7 integration, live EKG streaming, notes templates, and enhanced user interface design.
AMD Global Telemedicine will be launching AGNES Connect™ at the American Telemedicine Association (ATA) conference on April 14 th in New Orleans, LA. Stop by the AMD booth (#1927) for a demonstration of AGNES Connect™. To book an appointment with us at ATA, email kdostie@amdtelemedicine.com.
More information on AGNES Connect can be found at www.amdtelemedicine.com or contact us at 978-937-9021 to scheduled an online demo.
AMD Global Telemedicine (AMD) creates telehealth solutions that empower healthcare organizations to deliver care through digital technology. AMD embraces change and listens to our customers to provide personalized telehealth solutions that connect patients with remote healthcare providers, regardless of location, circumstance, or time. Since 1991, AMD has delivered Telemedicine Encounter Management Solutions (TEMS ® ) to over 10,000 patient end-points in more than 100 countries. For more information on AMD Global Telemedicine visit www.amdtelemedicine.com.
SOURCE: AMD Global Telemedicine Inc.
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Students use creative tools in the Seesaw app or website to complete classroom activities like "I Wish..."
1. Tap Add. 2. What do you wish? Use and to show your wish. 3. Tell about your wish. 4. Upload to your journal.
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There are so many myths and strangely specific rules about when to eat to lose weight, but alone they do nothing to help. Eat a hearty breakfast and light all day. Eat small meals every few hours. Rules around when you eat are less important than you think, and even when they do help, they're not for the reasons you think.
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It had not really occurred to me just how absurd that sounded. For me math was simply a tool that everyone had to learn. While in school I’d be given a formula, told to memorize and practice it repeatedly for a test, with barely a mention why it worked, or what I was learning it for. For me it wasn’t hard or scary, just boring and something I had to do.
My classmates would tell me that math would be clear later. “When you take physics and calculus together in your senior year, then all the math you have been learning will start to make sense.” But I never did take physics or calculus.
So to me math continued to look like a high-level science. A formula written on a whiteboard surrounded by steaming beakers and Tesla coils. But it shouldn’t be. Being taught math and never knowing why it works can lead to lifelong math anxiety, according to new research.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported on Stanford researchers who studied math anxiety in second- and third-grade students. They found similarities between anxiety about math and other common phobias. Once math phobia settled in, students would likely avoid math as much as they could. The saddest part of the study is that kids with math anxiety aren’t any worse at math than other students; they just take longer to do the problems.
Classifying math anxiety as a phobia doesn’t mean we need a psychologist to help students with it. We just need to take steps to make math seem less scary. Making math approachable doesn’t just help with one lesson, but helps with students’ lifelong learning of math. Instead of math being an unknown force, students should be told why they are learning it.
At a family gathering a while back, my wife mentioned how she had to use algebra to figure out how much powdered formula and water she needed to make a bottle for the baby. Her uncle exclaimed that she should come to his high school math class and tell that to his students, so they can see why they’re learning this.
What I like about working at KCP Tech is that we are providing tools for teachers to show their students why math works. We help them show their students that math doesn’t have to be an arcane art, but something that you can use everyday, and may even be something that you enjoy doing.
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I’m 48 years old and working on my Associate’s Degree. I’m in a remedial math class and really struggling to make sense of math. I’ll never get beyond an Associate’s Degree because earning a Bachelor’s Degree requires advanced math like Algebra, Calculus, Trigonometry, Statistics. As far as I know, the U.S. is the only country that requires an Arts major (I major in Photography) to drudge their way through Math in order to earn their degree instead of focusing on classes that pertain strictly to their major.
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Land of Lincoln Health Co-op is giving customers until Jan. 31 to pay premiums.
Land of Lincoln Health Co-op Inc. is extending the payment deadline for health plans that began on Jan. 1 until the end of the month, joining several other insurers that have made the move.
Consumers who bought Land of Lincoln plans for coverage to begin the first of the year were supposed to pay premiums by today. Now they have until Jan. 31, Chicago-based Land of Lincoln CEO Dan Yunker said in a statement today.
Earlier this week, the parent company of Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois said it would extend the payment due date to Jan. 30.
And two other companies are giving Illinois customers who signed up in December more time to make their first payments. Aetna customers now have until Jan. 14 to pay their first premium for January coverage. Coventry customers have until Jan. 17.
The moves are the latest in a string of deadline extensions for people buying insurance under President Barack Obama's health care law.
An original New Year's Eve payment deadline fell by the wayside after the technical problems of the federal insurance shopping website HealthCare.gov.
More than 2.1 million people have enrolled in health plans through HealthCare.gov and state-based exchanges, according to the most recent figures released from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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Tag 20F G6610NX 15. Spoke casting 15149. Center to center on springs 33"
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December 7th, 2018 — NCTSN has listed PC-CARE as a trauma intervention on their website. We’re thrilled to be affiliated with the National Child Traumatic Stress Network!
The UC Davis CAARE Center is funded by the Center for Mental Health Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) (SM63268). The views and opinions of authors expressed in this (document, product, web site) do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Instructional Coaching: An effective way to train!
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