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Springfield – Springfield City Councilor and Candidate for State Senate Melvin A. Edwards this week criticized State Senator Jim Welch and his colleagues in Boston for the delayed release of $200 Million for road work in cities and towns in the commonwealth.
"This is money that our communities depend on to not only repair their roads, but to sustain their economies in these tough times." Edwards said.
"This represents a failure by the State Senate, a failure that will cost not only cities and towns in Massachusetts time and money, but also will cost the hardworking construction crews and their families money that they need." Edwards continued.
The two term City Councilor also pointed out that this bill only required simple measures to be passed on time.
"This isn't a controversial issue" said Edwards "No one disagrees on the fact that this needs to get done, but it didn't get done. Jim Welch and his colleagues in Boston dropped the ball on this and we in the Massachusetts cities and towns are feeling the effects now. "
Edwards went on to say that if elected he will work to avoid mishaps like this in the future, and will strive for expedient delivery of bills such as this one in the Senate.
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See those wooden ladders on top of the Avalance? Guess what they are for??????? They went to Florida where they will be used to hang quilts on in my friends house.
We were very lucky to be able to spend some time with our friends from Florida before they headed back home. We left for Minnesota on the day that they were arriving in the Quad Cities. My dad is to the left. Judy K is also a quilter and the ladders are hers. I used to babysit her when she was a baby!
One more cute photo, it was so great to see them!
I almost forgot to talk about the neat shop we found in Minnesota called Soderlund's Wood Mill. It was funny because we saw the wood carving and stopped…..and bought…and then I asked if we were in Stillwater…..he gave me a funny look and said no. We had taken a wrong turn, the road we needed was about 10 miles back. We were in Chisago City, MN. Thank goodness for wrong turns!
We had a great visit with the owner/wood carver. His work is fantastic.
This is the one that caught my eye right away.
This was another one that was neat.
We ended up buying this one, he is a little smaller and cheaper. We already have a deer called Bambi and a moose named Bullwinkle so…..our eagle will be called Eggie. Builder Bob is going to build a stand on our deck for him.

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Crazy Excuses For Missing Work That Deserve Some Kind Of Award.
Three years ago, I called into work to let them know that I would be coming in late because a headless snake had fallen onto my windshield. It was an untimely event. A large bird, probably an eagle, flew by and opened its talons to release the snake, or at least what was left of it.
I was living at my childhood home at the time and no one wanted to touch it. We stood and stared, some of us screamed. Understandable, right? Finally, one of my aunts rushed outside to see what all the commotion was about. She'd always been pretty feisty but it still shocked me when she grabbed the thing with her bare hands and disposed of it.
I was about five minutes late that day and no one believed me until I showed them photos.
I knew that there had to be other folks with some of their own crazy stories detailing why they were late or had to miss work altogether. It's hard to tell fiction from reality but sometimes you just have to give people the benefit of the doubt (and in some cases it's also the legal thing to do).
Read through a collection of actual excuses and reasons below and feel free to share your own in the comments section.
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'I have diarrhea.' I mean, what can anyone really say to that?
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One employee explained that he had to spend the day retrieving his belongings from a dumpster after his wife discovered his infidelity.
A Day at the Beach
Redditor AlwaysDisposable shared the following story about a female co-worker he had at Pizza Hut.
'One Friday night she calls into work, saying she drove her truck out to the beach and it broke down, so she would be stuck at the beach all night.'
'Our manager says, 'Do you want me to send someone to get you?' to which she replies, 'No that's okay'.
The manager says, 'But how are you going to get home?'
'I'll drive my truck home.'
'But isn't your truck broken?'
'Yeah, that's why I'm stuck at the beach. I can't come into work.'
'But then how are you going to get home?' and she again says, 'I'll drive my truck home later'.
The manager knew better than to argue and just left it at that.'
'Wife wont take my leash off.' -mdogm
Overshare Your Pain
One of the most upvoted excuses on reddit was this one by magicstuff:
'Single dad of three teenagers. Each morning:
Crawl out of bed. Get cup of coffee.
Wake kid #1 up.
Wake kid #2 up.
Wake kid #3 up.
Find clothes for work.
Wake kid #2 up.
Wake kid #3 up.
Tell #1 to hurry up and get out of shower.
Get more coffee.
Wake #3 up.
Tell #1 to hurry up and get out of shower.
Search for shoes, bookbags, belts, etc.
Remind #2 to get contacts.
Tell #1 to hurry up and get out of shower and find that they're already finished, but left the light on and door shut and didn't tell anyone.
Get more coffee.
Argue with #3 on being too sick to go to school.
Wake up #2 that has fallen asleep on the couch.
Run through house closing/turning things off.
Wait on #3 to use bathroom.
Wait on #2 to go get something that's forgotten.
Find #1.
Wait on #3 to go get something they've forgotten.
Finally get in car and leave. The order may change, but that' pretty much every morning.'
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Just a reminder that the Lyvennet Community Pub AGM for Shareholders is on Sat 6th July at 4pm at Crosby Ravensworth Village Hall.
We have 3 people who wish to stand as new Directors, but as there are only two places available then votes will be taken at the meeting to elect directors.
There will be a hot buffet afterwards at the Butchers Arms served around 7pm, so we will celebrate another successful year with a drink or two!
Some investors are kindly putting some hampers together as raffle prizes to boost our funds, so if anyone would like to donate, bottles, chocolates, soaps/smellies etc please leave them at the pub no later than Wed 3rd July.
We are looking forward to seeing you all. If you cannot make it & would like me to give your apologies or put you on the buffet list please let me know.
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THE IMAGES speak for themselves. Three protesters have died in Kiev, Ukraine during public demonstrations — two from gunshot wounds and one from falling from an archway where protesters gathered to fight with police — and at least 300 have been injured. The protests have been ongoing since late November when Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych's cabinet abandoned "an agreement that would strengthen ties with the EU, and instead seek closer cooperation with Moscow."
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Since the day she was scouted by a modeling agent while shopping at a London street fair when she was just nineteen, Alek Wek's life has been nothing short of a fantasy. When she's not the featured model in print campaigns for hip companies, or gracing the cover of Elle, she is working the runways of Paris, New York, and Milan to model for the world's leading designers, including Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel. But nothing in her early years prepared her for the life… (more)
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Mason Pearson
The Mason Pearson is one of the only companies that hand craft their brushes, they keep limited amount of stock. Over 130 years of precision and pioneered techniques that the founder - Mason Pearson - had created himself. These brushes are different from all the others, these brushes have a unique rubber cushion pad, which allows for soft and efficient brushing, the plastic handles are hand finished so that any sharp edges are removed, making the brush comfortable for the hand. There are different types of models including the child model and the sensitive model (for thinning or fine hair.)


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South Florida worship leader
Born in NY and raised in South Florida, Jamie grew up in a Christian home. "While I had made the decision to serve God at a young age, I only truly began to grow as a follower of Jesus after meeting Czar, and the rest of the Greenhouse community here, in South Florida." Changed by the radical love of Jesus, Jamie has been deeply absorbed into a life of discipleship, and desires to point people to the goodness of God. Using his passion for music, Jamie is currently on staff as worship leader at Greenhouse South Florida. "My only aim and desire is to combine biblical truth with music to magnify the redemptive work of Jesus Christ.


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Jogan is a Hindi word which is actually a female counterpart of a jogi, or a yogi, that is a monk, someone who doesn't believe and use worldly things and tries to keep him away from worldly pleasures.
The 'tatsam' or Sanskrit counterpart for the word 'jogan' would be yogini, which comes from yog, or yoga, as it's popularly spelled, though it doesn't necessarily mean the set of physical exercises that yoga is mainly knows as.
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Terry Gou
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Net worth 2018: $8.57 Billion
Industry: Technology
Residence: Taipei, Taiwan
Country: Taiwan
BirthDay: 8 October 1950
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Terry Gou was bornon 8 October 1950 in Taipei, Taiwan, Taiwan, is CEO, Hon Hai Precision. Terry Gou is #185 in List Billionaires People In The World. Terry Gou is chairman of Hon Hai Precision, the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer, whose top customers include Apple. Better known by its trade name, Foxconn, Hon Hai employs more than a million people. The company bought Japanese electronics maker Sharp and Nokia's mobile phone brand in 2016.
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Terry Gou (Chinese: 郭台銘; pinyin: Guō Táimíng; born 8 October 1950) is a Taiwanese tycoon who is the founder and chairman of Foxconn, the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics, with factories in several countries, mostly in mainland China where it employs 1.2 million people and is its largest private employer and exporter.Gou was born in Banqiao Township, Taipei County (now Banqiao District, New Taipei). His parents lived on mainland China's Shanxi Province before they fled to Taiwan in 1949, where Gou was born. His father was a career police officer. As the first child of his family, Gou received education from elementary school to post college. After graduation, he continued to work in a rubber factory, working at a grinding wheel, and medicine plant until the age of 24. Gou has two younger brothers, Tai-Chiang Guo and Tony Guo, who have both become successful businessmen as well.Terry Gou founded Hon Hai in Taiwan in 1974 with $7,500 in startup money and ten elderly workers, making plastic parts for television sets in a rented shed in Tucheng, a suburb of Taipei. A turning point came in 1980 when he received an order from Atari to make the console joystick. He further expanded his business in the 1980s by embarking on an 11-month trip across the US in search of customers. As an aggressive salesman, Gou broke in uninvited into many companies and was able to get additional orders, despite having security called on him multiple times.In 1988 he opened his first factory in mainland China, in Shenzhen, where his largest factory remains today. Operations in China took on a mammoth dimension when Gou vertically integrated the assembly process and facilities for workers. The manufacturing site became a campus that included housing, dining, medical care and burial for the workers, and even chicken farming to replenish the cafeteria.In 1996, Hon Hai started building chassis for Compaq desktops. This was a breakthrough moment that led to building the bare bones chassis for other high-profile customers, including HP, IBM, and Apple. Within just a few years, Foxconn grew into a consumer electronics giant.In 2016, Gou was worth US$5.6 billion. By August 2017, Forbes listed his net worth at $10.6 billion.Gou drew controversy when comments he made during a board meeting about employees were translated into English as "Hon Hai has a workforce of over one million worldwide and as human beings are also animals, to manage one million animals gives me a headache." Through Foxconn, Gou would protest that the translation was poor and took his comments out of context.In the 2012 Taiwanese presidential election, Gou endorsed Ma Ying-jeou, stating that Ma was an "experienced, outstanding helmsman." After Donald Trump won the 2016 United States presidential election, Gou was the subject of a spoof open letter in Bloomberg, in which author Tim Culpan was severely critical of Trump. The article was mistakenly reported as having been written by Gou himself. Earlier that year, it was widely reported that Gou was considering a 2020 Taiwanese presidential bid, and such speculation continued into 2017.Gou and his first wife, Serena Lin (林淑如; Lín Shúrú; 1950–2005), have a son who works in the film and real estate industries and a daughter who worked in the financial sector. Gou founded an educational charity with Lin in 2000 and intends to eventually give away one third of his wealth to charity. After her mother died, Gou's daughter assumed leadership her mother's charity.In 2002 he bought a Roztěž castle near Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic for $30 million.In 2005, Serena Lin died of breast cancer at the age of 55. Gou's younger brother, Tony Guo, died in 2007 of leukemia. Also that year, Hsu Ching-wei accused Gou of having an affair during the 1990s. Gou married his second wife, choreographer Delia Tseng (曾馨瑩; Zēng Xīnyíng; born 1974) on 26 July 2008. Tseng and Gou have three children. Together, they have decided to give 90% of Gou's wealth away.
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Phra Somdej Gradok Phi (Old powder material) from Phra AJ Nu, Wat Pho Tatien, Bangkok. Already encased in plastic. This Somdej is made from the same magical powders, special bone ash powder, as well as the difficult to obtain "Wan Kraseu" as the original Pidta. AJ Nu made those amulets for soldiers fighting in the Indochin war. The legend goes that Thai soldiers who wore this amulet and were shot in battle could stand right back up again and continue to fight. The Japanese thought they were ghost soldiers. Excellent for all round Metta, main and side wealth, good luck, good business, sixth sense and deflection of all danger. Consecrated around 2500 (1957). $250.
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Gilbert Kirwa of Kenya and Germany's defending champion Fate Tola will head their respective fields at the HAJ Hannover Marathon, an IAAF Silver Label road race, on 8 April.
Both are expected to threaten the course records which currently stand at 2:08:32 for the men and 2:27:07 for the women. Kirwa has a personal best of 2:06:14 while Tola has run 2:25:14.
Kirwa is looking forward to his return to German-speaking territory where he celebrated his two biggest career wins in Vienna and Frankfurt in 2009. First he took the Vienna City Marathon in the spring with 2:08:21 and then clocked his personal best in the autumn when winning in Frankfurt.
Kirwa is hoping to return to his best on Hannover's very flat course, which was improved for this year's race by taking out several corners. The 32-year-old has run sub-2:08 times on five occasions, but has been slowed by injuries in recent years. Not having run any other races this year, he'll arrive in the norther German city fully focused on this marathon appearance.
Among Kirwa's rivals will be Cheshari Jacob, who won in Hannover three years ago in 2:09:32. The Kenyan has a personal best of 2:07:46 which he ran in Frankfurt in 2013 when he finished fourth.
Poland's Henryk Szost, with a personal best of 2:07:39, is also entered. He finished seventh in Frankfurt last October, clocking 2:10:09 in very windy conditions.
Tola, who became a German citizen two years ago and competes for the local club Hannover Athletics, will again be the favourite in the women's race. Last year the 30-year-old took the Hannover title in 2:27:48. She narrowly missed the 2:27:07 course record set by Ukraine's Olena Burkovska in 2013 - that will be her target this year.
Among her rivals will be China's Yue Chao and Kenya's Recho Kosgei, who have personal bests of 2:29:26 and 2:30:09 respectively.
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The PSN troubles are not quite behind us as Sony finds out that their password reset system has now been exploited. The exploit has forced Sony to take the password reset system offline temporarily until it irons out all the issues, again. Users who have been affected by the recent PSN hack have had their data stolen including their email address and date of birth. The two key ingredients for creating a brand new password which any hacker can use to create a new password for your account. Let's hope this will get fixed as soon as possible and that gamers will revert their attention to what they really want to do, game in peace.


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Range: 3 designs, 5 colours
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It's that time of year again when we start gearing up for Sunday School here at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church. We will be continuing our Holy Moly series each Sunday at 10 am beginning on September 21st.
This year the kids will spend the first 45 minutes in the class singing, watching a DVD, doing crafts, having fun and all along learning God's story. This curriculum attempts to give kids a good understanding of the basic stories in the bible as well as practical life applications. Below you will find an example of one of the videos and if you want more information about the curriculum go to Sparkhouse. This year registration is online just click here.


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Boston was in mourning following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, but the city turned to sports to help heal.
Red Sox designated hitter David Ortiz, a mainstay in the Boston sports scene since 2003, only added to that notion when he took the microphone before his team's first home game following the tragedy. His iconic phrase — "This is our (expletive) city" — would go on to fuel the Sox to a World Series victory and help Bostonians reclaim their strength.
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Boon Creatures Interchangeable Bath Toy Cup Set$16.99
Surfs up in the bathtub! Fill them up. Pour them out. Watch the water trickle out the tiny holes on their sea creature heads. Mix and match their parts to create new underwater species. Bonus: They're soft and flexible, sort of like real fish. But less stinky.
Boon Fleet Stacking Boats$15.99NO LANDLUBBERS ALLOWED.
Plastic-ware in the tub is all well and good until it comes time to pack up that leftover meatloaf. Instead, we recommend FLEET, a set of five stackable boats that satisfy every child's insatiable desire to pour water on everything. They're designed with wide decks for scooping and drain holes for a rain effect (it gets stormy on the high seas). So go full steam ahead…just watch out for soap icebergs.
Boon Marco Light-Up Bath Toy$23.99DON'T CALL HIM BOB.
Although he's pretty darned good at it. MARCO loves to peek at you from just below the water line then take off on deep-sea missions where his water-activated color-changing light can guide the way. And don't even get him started on his favorite game. Did someone say, "Polo?"
Boon Pipes Building Bath Toy Set$23.99SORRY ABOUT THE PLUMBER'S CRACK.
And you never thought leaky pipes could be fun. But our version makes bath time a scooping and pouring extravaganza. PIPES come in five shapes that can be used individually or put together to make a chain. They suction to the wall so the water goes back in the tub, not on the floor. Real plumbers, take note.
Boon Scrubble Interchangeable Bath Squirt Toy Set$15.99For the love of scrub.
Let them play in the dirt, then put them in the bath and toss in SCRUBBLE. They'll think it's fun. Kids can fill each bulb with water, squeeze it out or slide it all around like a soapy loofa. And we gave this squirt toy two halves that unscrew. That means you can mix and match the colors.
Boon Trap Bath Appliques – Trap$14.99Fish out of water!
To turn your tub into a deep sea adventure, just get these appliques wet, slap them on and pull them down when you want to change the scene. And no need to fear mold or mildew. These don't absorb water, so they won't get black and gunky.
Boon Water Bugs Floating Bath Toy With Net$12.99Set these colorful insects free in the bath and watch your kids scoop them up as they glide across the water. Great for developing dexterity and an aptitude for Entomology.
Lamaze My Friend Emily Bath Book$12.99Soft, water-safe pages with squeaker sound featuring colorful illustrations about Emily's day at the beach.
Lamaze My Friend Emily Bathtime Story Set$22.99Three-piece bath set sold in a large gift box with gift tag & colorful cord handle. Includes Emily bath book, bath mitt and crab water squirter.
Lamaze Yo Ho Horace Bath Book$12.99Soft, water-safe pages with squeaker sound featuring colorful illustrations about Horace's high sea adventures.
Lamaze Yo Ho Horace Bathtime Story Set$22.99
- This set includes a waterproof bath book so you can start story time early.
- Beautifully illustrated, it will inspire many a yarn to stimulate your baby's concentration and creativity.
- Featured is yo ho horace who also comes in the form of a soft towelling bath mitt for scrubbing down your little pirates.
- There's a squeaker buried inside the double-sided mitt and a useful teething soother.
- Last but not least is a fun octopus squirter that will help your child's confidence to grow in the water.


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Usually she can recount them in vivid detail the next morning after moving into her sister's bed for the rest of the night.
This one is particularly gruesome.
"They were chasing us with guns...Vaeh and I couldn't get away...they shot Selah in the head and she died..."
And I wonder again what things she has seen in her seven years.
She has been with us now for nine months, and just recently she has begun to share her stories.
Something happens, a "trigger", and she's remembering.
A few months ago we were traveling to Kampala when traffic came to a standstill in the road. We inched forward until we were able to see the cause of the back up, a woman, sitting in the middle of the road, legs folded under her, facing oncoming traffic. We pulled the car over to talk to her and find out the problem, but she was unwilling to move or even look at Kenneth as he tried to help her. We slowly drove our car around her and prayed for her safety with our children. Only Rikot understood what she was doing. And the memories began...
"My tata want die once. She had lot ebutia (alcohol) and got knife. She want hurt ineth (herself),
but my auntie lock ineth in the hut so she not hurt ineth with knife."
And another...
"I saw apethe(girl) get hit by car. She my friend from Losilang. The car come atipe (fast), and she not move. She not walk anymore."
And then the questions...
"Why that aberu (woman) want to die? Why no one help her? Maybe she all by ineth (herself)...
maybe her husband beat ineth...maybe her ikoku (child) die..."
She understands too much for seven years old. And we talk...about God's love for that woman...
about how we can love those people who don't have anyone else to love them.
She is quiet, sad, thinking.
"Maybe she not know Jesus love ineth (her)," she says softly. "Somebody need tell ineth."
I am fighting back tears now, remembering the first time I saw her in the village, sick, malnourished,
flies covering her open sores. HIV had worn out her little body, and she looked tired of living. I remember being heartbroken for weeks after meeting her. I couldn't stop imagining her in a few years, unwanted because of her disease. She would never have enough to eat, never go to school, never marry or have children, if she even survived to adulthood. Over the weeks we visited her it seemd as though I could see the life draining out of her slowly. She was getting sicker and sicker. I had never met a child so devoid of joy, of life.
And I remember thinking, "Maybe she doesn't know Jesus loves her. Somebody needs to tell her."
I look back at her, my joyful, beautiful, healthy, full-of-life daughter, and I am amazed. This is a new child. Sometimes she has bad dreams and sometimes she remembers things I wish she had never had to experience, but the fact remains...she is not the same. She is now wanted, loved, and cherished. She now knows that Jesus loves her so much he laid down his life for her, and these things have changed her. I am so proud of the little girl she is...her heart is so good. God has used these painful things in her own life to give her such a compassion for the hurting. She is quick to share anything with her friends who have less, and she expects us to do the same. She knows Jesus loves her, and she loves Him. Her innocent faith challenges me. How has my faith become so complicated that I worry more about creating "dependency" with my giving than about people being hungry? It's so simple really.
"To love with understanding, and without understanding. To love blindly, and to folly. To see what is lovable.
To think only of these things. To see the best in everyone around, their virtues, rather than their faults. To
see Christ in them!" -Dorothy Day
God is doing a new thing in Uganda, a new thing in our family, a new thing in our children, a new thing in our hearts. He is teaching us to love without holding back, without thought of consequences or repercussions. He is giving us a chance to walk where He walked. He is teaching us what it means to have compassion for these harassed and helpless crowds who wander like sheep without a shepherd.
Pray for us as we love and struggle and grow and learn. Pray for laborers to come to Uganda and walk alongside us. There are so many people who need to know Jesus' love!
"Behold I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert." Isaiah 43:19


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Is it worth waiting? or should i move on.. ?PLZZZ HELP
there's dis guy whoz been my bst friend since 3 yrs.. he proposed me 2 yrs back but i said no because i wasn't sure how i felt about him n now m sure that v r more than friends.. bt nw hez nt ready to committ..n moreovr nw his ex wants 2 cum bck n is doing all that she can to make him come back..shez going crazy.. n dat guy(my bestfriend) also confessed that he was gettin attracted towards his ex while v guyz v nt tokin for a month. but he tells me he cant live without me.. n that his whole day i incomplete without tokin 2 me..he sends me ol kinds of romantic msgs.. evn on valentines day he sent me a vry special msg.. n weneva he does ol dz it makes me think dt he loves me bt he wont committ.. we've had so many ups and downs finally i've told him dat i dnt wanna tok 2 him anymore but i miss him lyk CRAZY..and his facebook statuses tells me that he misses me badly 2.. nw i wanna ask u guyz do u think he loves me n i should hold on to him as a friend(which hurts me) or shud i move on????


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Pasadena City College (PCC) provides over 30,000 students annually in the San Gabriel Valley with a high quality, innovative and dynamic learning environment that inspires student success. Founded in 1924, today Pasadena is the nation's 3rd largest community college. PCC is known for high achievement and is the #1 ranking California Community College in awarding Associate degrees and 1st year retention rates.
PCC Information Technology department wanted to enhance its disaster recovery plan, in the event of a disaster, so that it could provide uninterrupted service for its campuses and students. Prior to working with Infiniti and implementing a new strategy, PCC used a tape back-up system and trucked the tapes to an offsite back-up site on a monthly basis. Even though this strategy was secure, it would have been difficult for PCC to quickly and efficiently recover in the event of a serious outage or disaster.
Infiniti conducted a DR assessment for PCC and determined that the legacy offsite tape back-up strategy for all of PCC's data could be dramatically improved by shifting the back-up and restore strategy to the AWS cloud. In order to facilitate this strategy, Infiniti designed and implemented an AWS architecture and recommended use of Commvault software to automatically allow PCC to back-up and restore its data to the cloud, and/or back to the PCC data center in the event of a disaster. The Infiniti team worked in partnership with the PCC team to design and implement the new AWS architecture, implement the Commvault software, test the new system and seamlessly migrate this new DR process to the AWS cloud. The cloud architecture design, and back-up and restore strategy includes the following elements:
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The new offering from Dick Cepek is the Crusher, which features a skull-and-bones design with some serious tread blocks and a high void percentage. We nabbed five of them in the tried-and-true 35x12.50R15 size and wrapped them around Cepek's new black DC-1 wheels in a 15x8 size. The tires balanced true, with only one taking more than 7 ounces, which is amazing for a tire with a tread this extreme.
Take one look at these tires and the venerable Super Swamper Bogger comes to mind. With the large lugs perpendicular to the tire's rotation looking almost like paddles, there really is no other tire on the market like it but the Bogger.
On-road, these tires are as noisy as you might think they would be, and at less than 10 mph, there's some lug slap that can be felt. With the Detroit Truetrac in the back of our test TJ, we were able to get them to bark going around any corner we wanted them to and downshifting on the freeway was also a good time, with the tires barking if we let off the clutch too fast. That said, they were smooth going down the road, but the Crushers tend to grab the grooves in the freeway and pull our TJ into them, which can result in fighting back and forth if that isn't where you want to be in the lane.
We didn't get any rain this year in Southern California to test the tires in, unfortunately. It seems that it was fire season the whole time we had them.
After about 500 miles on the Crushers, we found ourselves at Pismo Dunes, and these tires made for a whole new Jeep in that environment-uphill, downhill, side hill, they didn't care. Just dump the clutch like you're leaving a Honda behind at a stoplight, and you'll shoot forward almost immediately. Four-wheel drive-who needs it? Even with a week's worth of gear and two people in the Jeep, these things shot us out of whatever hole they could dig. Granted, you could get in trouble with them-the Crushers definitely like to dig-but we were literally dumping the clutch like we were launching it at a dragstrip and didn't get stuck once.
Another 2,000 miles later, we aired them down to 8 psi and threw them into some sharp, nasty rocks with the intention of gouging the sidewalls, poking a hole in them, or something. We were in Low range, but we weren't being pleasant to the tires, and not once did we puncture anything-we weren't even able to twist the bead off the rim. Yes, we're failures. We weren't on Moab slick rock, but these tires grabbed edges and flat rock faces like no one's business. We had no chirping (due to tire slippage) at any time we were playing in the rocks, either.
That same day, we decided that it was time for our TJ to get a mud bath. We were in lighter mud mixed with sand, but there wasn't much water and it was thick. We took a few passes in the 1- to 2-foot puddles in 2WD and 4WD. We even got cocky and stopped in the middle, sat a bit, and then went again with no problems. Even when we got in the deeper stuff (dragging our axles and frame through the mud), we were still able to maintain movement-no spinning of the tires without movement here. The Crushers clear out just like you'd expect them to with the void content they have, and by the end of the day, there wasn't a mud pit we wouldn't go into (as long as we knew it wasn't so deep to hydro-lock the engine). We ended up with a high-water mark about halfway up the tailgate and a skidplate full of mud from shoveling the trail.
On the downside, on-road, we did lose about 1.5 mpg compared with the same-sized, mild all terrains we previously had on the Jeep. But by the end of testing, we had decided that the loss in mileage was worth it for the point-and-shoot kind of wheeling we were able to do while we had the Crushers on the Jeep.
If you're looking for a set of tires to put on your Jeep and you want quiet, mild road manners, look elsewhere. On the other hand, if you can make a few adjustments in your on-road driving style and want a set of tires that can get you to the trail, through it, and back home again without having to worry much about getting stuck in the middle, these tires are for you.
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-Break loose easily on-road
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This week we continue with Jesus' teaching about himself as the "bread of life" – saying "those who eat my flesh and drink my blood abide in me and I in them." Undoubtedly many misunderstood and thought Jesus was referring to some cannibalistic pagan rite. We know that this is not what he meant at all.
As I said to you last week, we must read the books of our Christian Library (The Bible) in context. We understand that Jesus is speaking metaphorically.
But what do we do with the very militaristic metaphor that is offered by Paul in this weeks reading from the epistle to the Ephesians, and how do we make sense of it in a nation in which our young people know little of war, fear the possibility of war and pray for peace?
For some people today (Christian or otherwise) the very thought of involvement in war is abhorrent.
But Paul writes in a world where military might was the order of the day. In the face of such might, he was aware of the difficulty of maintaining a hold on faith and peace, so he wrote of the sorts of safeguards that were required in order that we might fight against that power and retain all that is important for eternal life.
"Roman armour and weaponry," says Paul Turley in this week's Seasons of the Spirit tip "was the state of the art, the best in the world." He then offers us something to ponder;
"…perhaps we must clothe ourselves in the best that our best minds can come up with. What if we embraced the best thinking on conflict resolution? The most forward thinking of international laws and courts of justice? The most technically sophisticated responses to the alleviation of poverty and hunger? The cleverest weapons to fight climate change? The most comprehensive and international resistance to evil regimes?"
My question for you is "how do you read Paul's instructions in Ephesians 6:10-20? What does it mean to you? How do you protect yourself and prepare for life each and every day?
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What a tear-jerker of a movie. I don't exactly know how this movie compared to the original TV series of the seventies, but damn, it was so worth it. An excellent recommendation if you're looking for a sad and depressing movie that's full of emotions.
This is just one of those recap movies that just works: the creators successfully stuffed the story it's based on in 90 minutes, and they more than gave the lead character of Marco credit. When a recap movie can get such a huge emotional response out of me like with this movie, I really don't have any complaints.
The story of Marco is an endearing one, as he travels from the middle of Italy to the middle of Argentine in order to see his mother again. The reason why this movie works is his fantastic characterization throughout his journey. He' such a lovable character and yet he has to go through so many ordeals in order to get to his destination. And it's not like this is a stereotypical world in which everyone is against him either: some people are nice, others are just tired of street-kids and treat him roughly. Like most of Nippon Animation's literary adaptations, the setting is very realistic.
As for the flaws… it does make use of the "useless mother"-cliche, but heck: for once it's central to the plot, so it's not that big of a deal. At heart, this movie doesn't just show the ordeals of a small kid, but also tries to show us who he is, what drives him and what he wants to be when he grows up. It's a movie that has lots of the charms of a regular World Masterpiece Theatre series, cropped up into just an hour and a half. I'm still amazed at how well and complete the result turned out.
In any case, this is the last thing you'll see of me this decade. Have a happy end of the year, everyone!
|9/10 – Realistic, heart-wrenching and yet not overdoing the drama.
|9/10 – Marco is such an engaging character.
|8/10 – Simple graphics, but the animation is fluid and the music is powerful.
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Israel's Deadly Raid On Gaza-Aid Flotilla Draws Protests
Updated at 12:19 pm ET -- The White House just issued a brief statement on a phone call between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in which Israel's raid on an aid flotilla to Gaza was discussed:
"This morning between 10:00 and 10:15 AM CDT, the President spoke by phone with Prime Minister Netanyahu. He said he understood the Prime Minister's decision to return immediately to Israel to deal with today's events. They agreed to reschedule their meeting at the first opportunity. The President expressed deep regret at the loss of life in today's incident, and concern for the wounded, many of whom are being treated in Israeli hospitals. The President also expressed the importance of learning all the facts and circumstances around this morning's tragic events as soon as possible."
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The reaction to Israel's deadly raid early Monday on a flotilla of activists attempting to run a blockade to bring aid to the Gaza Strip intensified throughout the day, with protests in Turkey, home to many of the activists, and mounting international condemnation.
The death toll from the incident in the Mediterranean Sea was given as at least 10 with some reports putting the number at nearly double that.
Israel said the raid came after a flotilla of aid ships failed to heed Israeli warnings to stop. Israel accused the flotilla of transporting weapons to Hamas, the anti-Israel Palestinian organization that controls Gaza. Israel justified its actions by calling the flotilla a provocation that couldn't be ignored.
An excerpt from the Israeli newspaper Haaretz:
Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon said earlier Monday that the organizers of the Gaza aid flotilla have connections to international terrorist organizations such as Hamas and Al-Qaida, and called the aid convoy a violent and provocative attempt to break the blockade on Gaza.
Ayalon, speaking at a press conference at the Foreign Ministry, said that Israel found weapons aboard the Gaza flotilla, which were used against IDF troops.
The deputy foreign minister said that the Gaza flotilla did not heed Israel's calls to halt its movement toward Gaza on Monday morning, and stressed that no sovereign country would have allowed such a provocation to take place.
"We couldn't allow the opening of a corridor of smuggling arms and terrorists," said Ayalon.
The deputy foreign minister told reporters that Israel does not want to fight with any country, but that the incident on the Gaza flotilla is not yet over.
Meanwhile, Al Jazeera reported that Turkish protesters attacked symbols of the Israeli government:
Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in the Turkish city of Istanbul to denounce Israel over its attack on the convoy of Gaza-bound aid ships that left at least 19 people dead.
Around 10,000 people marched from the Israeli consulate in Istanbul towards the city's main square on Monday, shouting slogans and waving banners saying "Killer Israel".
Protests also took place in Ankara, the capital.
A Turkish charity has said most of those killed in the raid on six ships in international waters were Turkish nationals.
Earlier on Monday protesters attempted to storm the Israeli consulate, scaling over the compound's walls, but were blocked from going further by police.
Israel has advised its citizens to avoid travel to Turkey and instructed those already there to keep a low profile and avoid crowded downtown areas.
Reuters reports that Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, on a visit to Chile, accused Israel of state terrorism.
"This action, totally contrary to the principles of international law, is inhumane state terrorism. Nobody should think we will keep quiet in the face of this," Erdogan told reporters from Chile, where he was cutting short an official visit to Latin America to deal with the crisis.
The United Nations Security Council, at Turkey's urging, has scheduled a meeting for 1 pm ET to discuss "The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question," according to message sent to reporters from a UN spokesman.
The White House has so far issued only the briefest of reactions:
"The United States deeply regrets the loss of life and injuries sustained, and is currently working to understand the circumstances surrounding this tragedy."
Israel's raid on the Turkish flotilla will clearly exacerbate already strained relations between the two countries.
Turkey and Israel have had a long, mostly respectful relationship going back to 1949 with Turkey being the first Muslim nation to recognize the newly created state of Israel.
But in recent years, since the coming to power of Erdogan's Islamist-leaning Justice and Development Party in 2003, relations have frayed as Turkey has strengthened ties with Syria and Iran, two of Israel's greatest antagonists in the region.
Gaza has also been a sore point between Israel and Turkey, with the Turks insisting that Israel end its blockade against the Palestinian enclave. Israel's 2008-2009 military offensive against Gaza launched to stop extremists from firing rockets onto Israeli cities, also angered Turkey.
The Council of Foreign Relations has an informative interview with Steve A. Cook, a Middle East expert, on Garz's role in the worsening relations between Israel and Turkey.
Update at 8:15 a.m. ET, June 1: Earlier, this post described the Israeli actions as an "attack." Until more is known about exactly what transpired, the word "raid" seems more appropriate. We've updated the post to reflect that.


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As you may have noticed, the "post every day in September" goal got derailed. So I'm playing catch up with four quick posts in a row. Hate this question? Scroll on down. Surely one of the four will suit you.
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In life there are two ways to improve your financial situation; increase your earnings or decrease your spending. The ideal is doing some of both. In the age of credit sellers, GTN Monopolies and those willing to pay real cash and convert them into credits, knowing how to save credits in SWTOR may be one of the best ways to become richer. This is especially true since crystals and most commendations were phased out.
Here are my tips, some of which only apply to subscribers, but I'll try to keep it balanced.
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Save Credits on Space Flight
Space flight has to be one of the most annoying costs. Okay, as with a vehicle in real life, you have fuel and depreciation of your space craft. However, cost is not determined by the number or parsecs or light years you are travelling. It's based on the level (and likely earnings) that your character is when they visit the planet. How can you reduce this cost?
- Do a space mission before travelling:
The first space mission is an 'Escort' one, ensuring the safety of a transport. It only take about 4 minutes and you'll earn more credits than you pay for in your planned journey.
- Use Your Stronghold(s):
As you can quick travel to your stronghold, use it for free passage to the planet: Coruscant, Dromund Kaas, Nar Shadaa, Tatooine and Yavin IV. Your Stronghold's door has an "Exit to <Planet>" option!
- Use the Priority Terminals:
Some locations are available via Priority Terminals – e.g. CZ-198, Makeb, Oricon ad Yavin IV. You sometimes have to fly there once to unlock the locations on Priority Terminals, but after that don't fly there, transport for free!
Save Credits on Taxis
As you go through the planets, taxis get more expensive. As Quick Travel points now unlock once you get in the vicinity of a Quick Travel Terminal, you have no need to taxi to that point in future. Quick Travel has a default cool-down of 5 minutes. So save credits on a taxi fare, go make a drink then quick travel. You'll need to taxi to (or walk/ride) to it the first time, but use QT thereafter.
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Saving Credits on Cosmetic Gear and Mounts
This is a bonus for either subscribers or F2P members who can spend a bit of cash. Some gear sets, mounts and weapons get really expensive on GTN. Luckily you can unlock these for your account (i.e. cross-server) if you spend some Cartel Coins. Usually priced at 240-400CC, this is less than you receive each month if you're a subscriber. But that way you only have to pay in credits once, then all your characters can use that item!
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Get a New Outfit For Free
Now that crystals (formerly commendations) are not issued on mission completion, you can get a new armour set for free on each class planet. By doing your class mission and the planetary mission you'll gradually earn all the 7 pieces of the look from that planet. That's a free wardrobe right there! Here's the Carbon-Scored Set for my Jedi Knight from Tatooine and the Corellian set for a Jedi Consular.
Saving Credits on Stat Gear
This is a trickier one and you'll need to do some calculations. Historically I'd have said craft your own gear. I think this is still true up to L65. However post 5.0 and KotET my advice is changing a bit for L66-70:
- Consider buying whole armor pieces instead of mods
For blue 238's and sometimes purple 238's buying the whole piece of armor usually works out cheaper than buying the equivalent mods via GTN. Just search for the Stat you are looking for (e.g. Critical Rating or Alacrity). Before you purchase check whether you can craft the same piece for fewer credits. If you can then save credits by doing that. If not, purchase the item from GTN. You can then tweak additional stats with augments, which a few crafting paths offer.
- Don't use Crew Missions if they are avoidable
This might make completionists nervous! Only send your companions out on crew skills missions (for gathering missions) if you don't have easy access to the planets containing those materials. There are some materials you can only get through crew missions, but most are available on planets. For Grade 9 or 10, you can go to Zakuul Swamps or Darvannis for example. Iokath and Ossus also have high grade gathering nodes.
- Hitch a Ride
I picked this up from another player. If you have a character who hasn't started Knights of the Fallen Empire, then Zakuul/Darvannis won't be open to you. But if you have a friend or guild-mate who has, then you can hop aboard their personal starship and gain access to those planets for harvesting. Just make sure your gear is up to spec so you can take out mobs that interrupt your harvest time (which they will due to Level Sync)!
- Wait to Gear Up:
As hitting L66 before you even start KotFE/KotET is pretty normal, then you can save credits on your 220/238 gear by waiting. You can get through all expansion packs up to KotFE on 200-208 gear quite happily. Once you hit L66, you'll start to get green/blue/purple gear drops from mobs you defeat. Yes, you have to be patient, but it may be better for your bank balance if you wait this out. Do dailies on top of your class missions and you should pick up a few pieces. Sell bits you don't want to pay for an item you do.
- Crafting:
Depending on the availability of materials, crafting your own gear (or gear for your other characters) may still work out cheaper, but do the Maths first. The price of things on GTN fluctuates so which is the "right" decision one day, may change the next!
- Use Galactic Command (Subs Only): Raising your Command Rank automatically grants probability of gear upgrades through Command Crates. You can also use Command Tokens to barter for gear on Fleet.
Save Credits on Companion Gifts
Pre-KotFE you realistically only need one high influence-level companion so saving credits on this is really doable.
- Legacy Companion Buffs:
Under Legacy you can unlock influence buffs from conversations and gifts. You'll pay 60,000 credits for all 3 unlocks (60k for conversations and 60k for gifts), but the influence gains will save you credits in the long-run on companion gifts.
- Take a 'Main Companion' Around at Class Stage:
From what I see, Class Planets, Oricon, Ilum and Makeb all give companion influence through conversations. I've found with the legacy buffs you can get all class companions well over Level 10 influence just through conversations they are privvy to on board your ship. Take your 'main companion' around on your missions. Or at least take them for conversations on-planet anyway. By doing this I've got a 'main' companion to Influence level 40 without spending much on gifts (and before hitting Ilum).
- Do Heroics for Gifts (L61 and over):
H2+ missions yield Alliance Crates. If your character has started KotFE then you can turn these into your Alliance specialists. Or you can hand them over to Resistence contacts when doing the Star Fortress Story Arc. If your character hasn't started KotFE, then send the crates to one that has, and send the gifts back again. I would also consider selling any 'Small' and 'Medium' influence gifts on GTN for a little extra income. Companion Gifts is a booming (and expensive) market on GTN, especially since the introduction of companions that can't be talked to (droids, creatures, even Master Ranos and Shae Vizla). So save credits where you can with a little extra effort. This is both an "increase earnings" and a "save credit" point!
- Gifts from Galactic Command Crates (Subs Only):
For L70 characters with access to Galactic Command; you can receive gifts and Jawa Scrap via Command Crates. Again you'd have to wait for this, but spending fewer credits was never going to be an overnight job! Oh and if you haven't noticed, gifts now sometimes fall as loot from killing mobs, so go and kill stuff for their gifts!
Save Credits on Outfit Designer
Arguably a rather pointless charge is creating your outfits. And the charge scales according to your level too. There are a couple of ways to reduce this cost:
- Get your look right early on:
If you can set up a couple of outfits just after character creation then you'll just pay a few hundred credits, rather than 5,000+ per item at higer levels.
- Store Dyed Items:
One of the worst things you can do is use Outfit Designer's Dye slots. One mis-hit on making the colour consistent and your dye may be useless. Instead, add the dye to the item before applying it in outfit designer. Then store the dyed item in your cargo hold for use later.
- Dye One Item and Apply to All: If you're new to subscribing or have recently unlocked the ability to unify the colour scheme then there is a neat trick to save on dyes. Simply add your desired dye to the chest piece and then unify the colours.
Saving Credits on Expensive Dyes
Step 1: Pick a dye where either the primary or secondary colour is your desired one.
Step 2: Then open up Cartel Collections. With the gear preview bug you're better doing this in your Stronghold or your ship.
Step 3: Different items in sets take one or other of the colours. Create a new look, carefully choosing the items that take the colour you're after, by Control+Left Click to update your preview. I used this technique to create an almost-white set for my Jedi Sage
That way you might pay 50-100k for a dye rather than 10-20m. Of course if you have an Artificer you could also craft the dye and save the last 50-100k!
Bonus Tip!
To mis-quote Vaylin: "I created 19 Credit-Saving Tips to help them…and another one because I hate odd numbers!"
My last tip is get yourself a Slicer. As almost all Purple-grade craftable gear requires a slicing component, get yourself a slicer. Buying them from GTN can get quite expensive, and having your very own slicer means you can obtain these components yourself – and sell any excess bits too!
Tips from Patrons
Thanks to one of my Patrons @rebelrealcanon for these extra tips! If you would like to contribute and get advanced previews of most of my posts, please consider becoming a Patron!
- Unlocking the cooldown reductions for quick travel is a huge help.
- Before level 61, there's no need to buy any mods at all: just do heroics for gear that automatically matches your level. That gear also sells to vendors for a pretty penny once you've "outgrown" it.
- For many outfits, the black/gray dye mod can accomplish the all-black look pretty cheaply.
TL;DR Saving Credits in SWTOR
It doesn't always have to be about making more money. Simply doing normal missions then spending fewer credits can be just as powerful as trying to make profits on GTN. By saving on travel, gear, mounts and outfit designer, the small savings could really add up!


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