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Workers across Blackpool are set to get a pay-rise thanks to ethical employers signed up to a national fair-pay programme.
Members of the Living Wage Foundation will soon be paying staff £8.45 per hour – £1.25 an hour more than the national minimum wage.
Now a number of ethical employers are leading by example, joining Blackpool Council and Blackpool Coastal Housing as members of the Living Wage Foundation. The pay scheme has been calculated "based on what employees and their families need to live" and has cross-party support as "good for business, good for the individual and good for society".
In a resort well known for its low-skilled working age population who are either unemployed or poorly paid (the median weekly pay for residents in Blackpool is around 20 per cent less than across the North West, according to the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment 2016) the extra cash will make all the difference.
Blackpool's biggest homeless provider, The Ashley Foundation, pays its staff at least the current Living Wage – which stands at £8.25 per hour.
The charity supports and accommodates more than 100 people in Blackpool every night, across three hostels and 40 move-on flats, helping people to develop life-skills, build confidence and regain independence with a team of professional and passionate staff.
Laura Cooper, a manager at TAF, based on Abingdon Street, said: "Paying the Living Wage extends our commitment to treating individuals fairly and in such a way to improve their life chances.
"It demonstrates our commitment to and respect of these staff, who go above and beyond in their work. We know that happy employees who take pride in their roles, will ensure we have happy residents in our hostels."
More than half of the charity's 33 staff are paid the Living Wage including cleaners, chef/housekeepers and duty supervisors. And they can now look forward to a pay rise as the Living Wage rate is set to rise to £8.45 per hour next year.
The charity's founder and CEO, Lee Dribben, said he was persuaded to implement the pay scheme after reading a compelling blog post by Blackpool Council leader Simon Blackburn about paying staff well.
Social enterprise Effective Pedagogy Solutions (EPS) also followed suit. The organisation, based on Bowness Avenue, Mereside, provides youth workers for Blackpool Boys and Girls Club and runs projects to train NEET (not in employment, education and training) young people in skills through meaningful work – paying the majority of its staff the Living Wage.
Jed Sullivan, a director of EPS, said: "We are a Living Wage employer because it is both morally and economically the right thing to do.
"If you want good people, you pay good money. We've always seen a commitment from staff, who come to work and do a good job because they are proud of the work they do and the town they work in, but being paid well on top of that makes staff feel valued.
"Employees and their families thrive with good pay. It's good to know that when staff come to work they can concentrate and enjoy their work, without financial worries."
Dad-of-two James Dewhurst, a project worker at EPS, agrees – saying more money means less stress in a household.
He added: "More money going into a household means less pressures on relationships, so more harmony, taking away stresses and preventing people getting into debt. I think everyone's bills have gone up recently so earning that bit more gives people chance to live in better conditions in better houses.
"It gives people more spends for themselves – you can do a bigger shop, get a nicer car, just spend a bit more. The more money that's put into Blackpool then the more will be spent in local businesses.
"[Being paid the Living Wage] makes employees feel more valued which will give employers better output and work."
Matt Bamber earns the Living Wage as a cleaner at TAF, supporting him, his wife and their young son. The average pay for a cleaner in Blackpool stands at the government's minimum wage of £7.20 per hour (for over 25s), meaning TAF cleaners take home around £50 a week more than their peers.
And the additional pay is an extra bonus for Mr Bamber, who has a learning difficulty.
He said: "Earning the Living Wage makes me feel that TAF cares about me. Mine is a minimum wage job but to be paid more makes you feel valued as an employee.
"I'm the only one working in our household so that extra really makes a difference.
"I'm autistic so I've found it hard to hold down jobs in the past and I can't just work anywhere so being here and earning more really suits me."
The two organisations have been praised by the Living Wage Foundation. Living Wage Foundation director, Katherine Chapman said: "Congratulations to Living Wage employers in Blackpool celebrating Living Wage Week. It is down to the leadership of businesses like The Ashley Foundation, Effective Pedagogy Solutions and many others in Blackpool and across the UK that more workers than ever before are earning a real Living Wage.
"We want to celebrate those organisations making a real difference to families and communities."
There are nearly 3,000 businesses across the UK, with more than 120,000 employees, who are now paying a Living Wage to meet the cost of living.
Inspired by this, the Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Credit Union is now seeking accreditation with the Foundation, having paid the Living Wage to its staff for years and saying it is encouraged by the credentials it offers and the message it sends out to others.
The Credit Union, based on Birley Street, has a staff of six, all of whom have been paid more than the minimum wage since it was established in 2009.
Chief executive Mike Barry said: "As a Credit Union we understand that investing money in an individual is investing money in a town. We believe everyone deserves to be paid a fair wage for the work they do.
"We are an ethical co-operative organisation and we want to support our staff as much as we support the community – we exist to keep money in the local economy.
"We're about improving people's financial lives which in turn improves people's lifestyles and wellbeing."
Other Fylde coast employers registered with the Living Wage Foundation include: UR Potential CIC, Jobs, Friends & Houses CIC, Catch 22 bus service, Moulton Printing, Danbro Accountancy, British Independent Utilities and Majestic Wine.


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Today's question asks, Revisit a past F/O
Bring the fortune and life of a past finished project up to the present. Document the current state and use of an object you have knitted or crocheted, whether it is the hat your sister wears to school almost every day, or a pair of socks you wore until they were full of hole. Or maybe that jumper that your did just didn't like that much… However, I have few in the way of F/Os that are not sitting in my box of knitting waiting to be distributed, although I am about to drop off a few items to Safe Place, a women and children's shelter here in Austin.
So I am going to answer the wildcard question instead ...
All Tooled Up
Do you have a particular knitting/crochet tool or piece of equipment that you love to use? Maybe it is an old bent pair of needles that used to belong to someone special, or a gorgeous rosewood hand-turned crochet hook that you just love the feel of? Write about what you love it.
My favorite tool is one that I don't use that often, it is a J sized crochet hook. What makes this hook special is that it was my Great Grandmothers, on my mother's side and more importantly it has a deadly sharp point on the tip (which seems to have been filed by Great Grannie) and because of her arthritis the handle has been wrapped in fabric tape to make it larger. All of this adds up to a kick ass tool that I only use to rescue my knitting (as I rarely crochet, although if I did start doing more crochet it would likely be using this hook). I also have her ruler/needle sizer/tension gauge which gives the sizes in U.S., Canadian and Metric, I am not sure when Canadian sizing fell out of favor but it makes the ruler an interesting relic.
At one point I had a number of DPNs that were from my Oma (grandmother on my father's side). However they were all bent and most of the sets only had 2 or 3 needles remaining. It was nice to have them but in the end they were not that useful.
Note: I am out at my parent's house working on my thesis, I will post pictures once I get back to my house and my knitting supplies to post pictures.

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Both competitions will be great for tourism, fly fishing generally and of course will showcase our wonderful fisheries and sponsors.
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New Construction
One of the arguments purporting to negate the logic of agile principles comes from the analogy of building a house. It is said that no one in their right mind would build a house incrementally - finishing a bathroom, then finishing a kitchen, then finsihing a bedroom etc. There's no value in the house until the entire house is finished, which is why they are constructed based on task sequence effeciency: all structural followed by all plumbing followed by all electrical etc.
After a conversation with a colleague, Brent Walker, it became clear to me that building NEW software is not analagous to building a house, it's analogous to building a housing subdivision. The subdivision is a system of houses just as software is a system of functionality.
Developers buy land and install basic infrastructure for the subidivision: roadworks, electrical, and waterworks. They then build and market houses one at a time to accrue value on their investment, tieing in the basic infrastructure to each house. They do NOT set out to finish all houses in the subdivision at once when the last finishing task (painting for instance) is completed on all houses. They serially accrue value one finished house at a time.
In continuing the anaology, the finished software application is the housing subdivision and the incremental valuable story is the house. Agile principles stress the importance of accruing incremental value by finishing stories one (or a few) at a time as early as possible rather than having them all partially finished at any given time (thus delaying value accrual). The bedroom or kitchen in any one of those houses is more akin to a task necessary to meet the acceptance criteria of the story.
Many software development projects are similar to house renovations; you want to add value while still accessing the existing value.
In June of 2013 a major (>100 year) flood in our town caused us to consider renovating our basement. We had to remove the flooring and strip the walls to the studs. In so doing, we also decided to reconfigure the space from a project room and large common room to two bedrooms and a smaller common room. Each area to be renovated required some framing, some electrical (lighting), sound insulation in the ceiling, drywalling, mud/taping, painting and cement floor polishing in order to be considered done.
After completing the electrical in all rooms and hanging the drywall in the first bedroom, the question arose as to whether effort should be spent finishing hanging drywall in ALL areas (both bedrooms and common room) before moving on to mud/taping, painting and floor-finishing or whether each room should be taken to completion in series. Mudding/taping all at once, for instance, would minimize the incidents of mess and dust inherent with the drywalling process. However, with only 6 weeks until Christmas, the entire basement could not be finished. It was decided it was more important to have both bedrooms 'usable' (drywall hung and providing at least visual barriers) before Christmas to allow for the bedrooms to accomodate likely holiday visitors; the Minimum Marketable Feature given the time constraint. The state of the common room in-between was less important and therefore effort was not spent hanging drywall in it. After Christmas, it would be more important to finish the bedrooms prior to the common room even though that would likely require more more instances of drywall dust/mess.
Performing one task across all rooms has the apparent value of being more efficient as there would be less context switching and less instances of disruption but taking that route also DELAYS the principle value of each of the bedrooms; having private spaces ready for use by holiday visitors.


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That dreaded time of year is upon us once again. You've stuffed your cheeks full of food from home and you're ready to go on back to university.. or are you?! I know how tough it can be, especially going back after Christmas, you've spent so much lovely time with family and eaten SO much food and the worst part is you can no longer use the excuse 'but it's Christmas' when the guilt of not doing enough academic reading sets in or you realise you have an assignment due in January. So as many of you may know, I'm now in my third year of University and although I don't live in a student house anymore and I actually have a job up at university so I don't really feel the sting of going back to University after Christmas quite so much, I definitely do remember the feeling back in first year of going back to my uni house and feeling really homesick and rubbish! So if you're headed back to uni in the next few days and dreading it, I have a few tips for you. I also have an amazing company to share with you too who will definitely help to beat those back to uni blues! And if you're not currently at University but you know someone who is you can still have a helping hand too, so don't worry! Anyway I hope you enjoy this little post, let me know if you also have some tips to share in the comments below and let me know if you're currently at uni or know someone who is - I would love to know!
1. COSINESS IS KEY // Making you uni room super comfy and homely is definitely my number one tip when it comes top feeling happier at university! Spending a little bit of money on some cute fairy lights and cushions can make all the difference when it comes to making your room feel like home. This definitely helped me in my first year, I decorated my room with little bits to make it feel more comforting and this helped with homesickness and it also made the thought of going back to university after Christmas a lot easier - since I had my cute room to go back to!
2. TO DO LISTS! // One thing I remember that made it difficult for me to want to go back to University was the thought that when I go back I had SO much to do. I had to bite the bullet and get on with the tonnes of assignments and academic reading that I had let pile up over Christmas and I did not look forward to it in the slightest - especially not after being able to put my feet up over Christmas. But the best thing I can suggest when it comes to this is make a to-do list and set yourself smalls goals every day until you get things done. This way instead of just thinking about the huge list of things that needs to get done you can focus on two or three of those things a day and set your mind to a few things in particular which is much more manageable.
3. MAKE PLANS // One thing you can definitely look forward to when going back to university after Christmas are your uni friends who I'm sure you've missed over the Christmas break! So be sure to make tonnes of plans for cute dates with them, even if it's just to go out for coffee one day, that way you have loads to look forward to when you go back!
4. SIGN UP TO THE UNI BOX! // You didn't see that one coming did you...?! My final tip is to sign up to the uni box which is a monthly subscription box designed to give student a bunch of goodies they need at university! To me, this is the perfect gift for anyone dreading going back to university - I mean who doesn't get excited about the idea of a box of beautifully wrapped treats being delivered to them once a month! So if you're a friend of a family member of someone at university keep on reading for more information!
The Unibox is a monthly subscription package specifically designed to give students the best uni experience. It's an amazing service for friends and family of uni students and it's perfect for anyone who wants to give back to their loved ones at university but don't really know what to get them. To me this is the perfect gift for anyone who is dreading going back to university, now every month they can have a box of goodies to look forward to. So, if you're a friend or family member of someone who's at university or you're a student who could do a bit of hinting at their parents I definitely recommend signing up to uni box. The typical monthly box contains so many goodies to enhance your loved ones university experience, you can expect to get wholesome treats, including healthy snacks and some more indulgent snacks, fun and useful items including gadgets and novelty toys, the box will also include a mini magazine that will feature simple recipes aimed specifically at student and also tonnes of tips for university life. The sender can also include a message in the box and this will be the first thing you see as soon as you unwrap the box, which I think is such a cute little touch!
In the January box, which is the first box you will receive if you sign up now you get an amazing range of treats that retail at over £45 altogether First up, you will receive a bar of Chocolate from a lovely company called Nom Nom, you'll either receive the peanut butter or honeycomb flavour! Oh my goodness this chocolate tastes absolutely amazing - I received the honeycomb flavoured one and pretty much devoured it before I finished opening the rest of the box, haha! You'll also receive two sachet of Puriton protein shake, which I think is such an amazing addition to the box whether it be going to someone like me who has never tried protein shakes before and would love to give it a go or to someone who drink protein shakes regularly (which many people I know at university do!) As I said, I'm not a regular protein shake user but from what I can tell Puriton is an amazing brand and their products are free from unnecessary ingredients found in other protein shakes. In the box you also get a healthy snack of some 100% fruit crisps called Spare Fruit and this brand also used surplus fruit from small British farms to make their crisps so not only can you enjoy a tasty snack you'll also be helping to create less waste - win win if you ask me! One brand that I was very excited to see in the January unibox is Tea Pigs, which is obviously a very well know brand that people know and love! Inside the box is a some amazing popcorn flavoured tea, which I cannot wait to try out as I haven't actually tried this flavour before. Vitamins were also included in January's box, which is definitely something I was very happy to see included in the unibox, since we all know students can need a little help when it comes to getting the right nutrients and vitamins into our diets - but yes, in the box you get a tube of effervescent vitamin tablets from Voost! Another item I was very excited to see in the uni box was a room spray by BubbleOff! In the box you receive a full size bottle of room spray which is tonka bean and lime scented to keep your uni room smelling fresh and clean, this stuff definitely does smell amazing too! Also in the box you will recieve a little unibox card holder that you can stick onto your phone and will hold your student card - I love this because I can't tell you the amount of times I've lost my student card and had to fumble about in my bag on the way into the library.. embarrassing! You also get a £20 gift card that can be used on the Teech app so that you can be connected to tonnes of mentors from top universities all over the country and they can answer any questions you have via video call - the perfect gift for a student right?! The last thing in the box is the unibox magazine of course, which includes recipes and tips on how to make your own video projector, the perfect mini project for a student!
So if you're interested in sending an amazing gift to someone you know at university you can click here to order yours today! You get to choose your own plan and you can cancel or skip a month at anytime without any hassle whatsover. In order to get your hands on the January box you need to order before the 15th of January and your box will be sent out on the 16th ready for all the students to be back at uni! You can also get your first box FOR FREE (as long as you order before the 15th! *limited availability) - so what are you waiting for, make your loved one excited about going back to university by sending them a box of treats!
Read this next! December Favourites | (+ My 2016 Beauty Favourites)
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Microsoft is releasing new betas of Forefront enterprise security products. The new Forefront Threat Management Gateway (TMG) beta 3 and Forefront Online Security for Exchange (Release 9.1) provide key enhancements for Web security, according to Microsoft's team blogs.
"The TMG product is the next version of Microsoft's network-edge security product, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server," noted Don Retallack, security analyst at Directions on Microsoft, in an e-mail message. "It will arrive in the second half of 2009 and integrate with the planned Stirling security system, to be released in 2010."
TMG beta 3 includes URL filtering capabilities using Microsoft Reputation Services, according to the Forefront team blog. The service aggregates URLs from multiple Microsoft-trusted sources, such as San Diego-based BrightCloud, iFilter and Marshall8e6. It's a way to avoid Web sites infected with downloadable malware, which is the most common means of distributing malicious software.
"TMG will include scanning for malware and inappropriate content, enabling them to be eliminated before they enter an organization's network," Retallack said. "It will also incorporate sophisticated URL filtering technology to help block access to inappropriate or dangerous Web sites.
Beta 2 of TMG was downloaded and tested by more than 11,000 users, according to Microsoft's team blog. Beta 3 is now "feature complete" and available for public download.
In a separate announcement, Microsoft rolled out the latest version of Forefront Online Security for Exchange (FOSE).
FOSE is a subscription service that provides an Internet front-end to an organization's internal e-mail system, according to Retallack.
"It protects businesses from spam, viruses and other and malware, phishing scams and company e-mail policy violations," he noted. "It is renamed from Exchange Hosted Services, which provided similar functions as well as archiving."
The latest version of FOSE contains enhancements to the directory synchronization tool, and improvements to the administration center and spam quarantine functionality.
Microsoft is also readying a public beta release of Forefront Unified Access Gateway, which is expected in "a couple of weeks," according to a Microsoft announcement. The Unified Access Gateway supports security for remote network access and was previously known as Microsoft's Intelligent Access Gateway product. It's now folded into the Forefront line and addresses "the same scenarios as IAG," according to Microsoft's FAQ.
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Over breakfast this morning, I read a Toronto Star article by Judy Steed about brain plasticity and the Rotman Research Institute. While I was delighted to have the ability of the adult brain to change discussed in a very public place, I have to admit I experienced a resurgence of the frustration and annoyance I often get when I read about medical centres "discovering" plasticity.
I don't mean discovering in the sense of being the first to uncover the phenomenon.
Because they just aren't the first anymore.
I mean "discovering" in the sense of reporting on a phenomenon that is well-known in many circles and has been for some time, but announcing it as if they were the first. (Perhaps a bit like the claim that Europeans "discovered" the Americas which annoys our native peoples, but that's another article for someone else's blog ;-).
When I read these articles, it seems to me to come across as if these "centres of excellence" were finally uncovering critically important findings that everyone else has missed -- and taking the credit for it.
So this article is a bit of a rant - and I apologize in advance if I go over the top, but it is SO frustrating to be working in a field that has recognized the plasticity of the brain for decades and used that ability of the brain to change itself to help people for decades, only to have it dismissed for decades by many medical settings who are now "discovering" it without any mention of those there before them.
But let me back up a bit and be clear....
First, a quick review of what we mean by "brain plasticity"...
As Judy Steed correctly noted in her article, brain plasticity is the jargon for the ability of the brain to change, to re-organize itself (think plasticine - the kind of stuff kids play with to model new shapes, not plastic that's hard and permanent for eons). What research has been increasingly showing is that what we think and do and feel actually changes the structure of our brain, while the structure makes us more likely to think and feel and do what we have in the past.
Evidence has been accumulating about this for decades, but conventional medical wisdom has been that only the brain of a child is plastic and changeable, that once we get past certain early "critical periods", the adult brain can only experience death of brain cells through aging or injury. Damage or inefficiencies are permanent. As a neuropsychologist, I was trained in the 1970's and 1980's that we could only help people cope and "compensate" (do work-arounds, that is) for brain problems -- and many professionals seem to be still stuck in that perspective.
Behind the conventional scenes of academic medical centres and their journals, there was a great deal of accumulating evidence that the brain could and did change itself, recovering from injury, being to "re-wire" itself to recover from emotional trauma, mood disorders, headaches, chronic pain, etc, etc. These early brain plasticity researchers were ignored or their findings were called "impossible" and dismissed, their papers were refused for publication, not on the basis of their design or statistical analysis, but on the basis of their findings, which "couldn't be right".
In spite of the lack of interest from conventional medical folks, these researchers and innovative practitioners persevered to create a number of tecniques for enhancing the ability of the brain to change itself -- much of what today we refer to as "neurofeedback".
Neurofeedback services have been available since the 1960's to help people change their brain functioning, but health-care students are rarely taught about it and many medical practitioners still dismiss it.
A personal example:
When I started my neurofeedback practice, I sent a letter describing the use of pirHEG with migraines to every neurologist and family physician in my area of Toronto. I spelled out in a 1.5 page letter (they don't have time to read) a summary of who they might want to refer (i.e., the folks they hadn't been able to help for various reasons), what HEG was all about, and references to both clinical and basic research supporting the technique.
I got zero answers. None.
A while later, I had a client who was referred to one of these neurologists by her family physician for migraine treatment prior to her seeking out my services. By the time she got her appointment with him, we had managed to eliminate most of her migraines and significantly reduce the pain intensity of what was left. She was hopping mad that no one had told her about this neurofeedback option before -- offering her only medications that knocked her out -- and kept her appointment with the neurologist in order to do some education with him.
Both of us were surprised when he actually recognized the name of HEG. Nevertheless, he still was fairly dismissive of it (even though it was already effective for her!) and even told her I was using the "wrong technique" and what I should be doing instead -- I was even a bit alarmed by his willingness to "prescribe" outside of his own area of expertise. And, of course, he never referred anyone else to me for HEG.
Other examples of conventional medicine "not listening":
- the "discovery" of use of near-infrared technology to "see" brain functioning (and maybe "someday" as an intervention!) BUT the patent for this is already owned by a neurofeedback researcher and practitioner Dr. Hershel Toomin who uses near-infrared HEG for highly effective interventions
- the "discovery" that magnetic pulses can change brain function and investigating rTMS use in helping depression, anxiety, and other brain activity BUT Chuck Davis has already developed a magnetic pulse technology (pRoshi) used by many neurofeedback practitioners. This example is also typical of medical approaches in that it uses large magnetic fields for the "big, instant" effect rather than the smaller, less intrusive pulses used in the pRoshi technology.
- I recently assessed a young man suffering from phantom limb pain following the amputation of his leg. In spite of his severe pain, no one else had mentioned to him a more recent, innovative program called "mirror box therapy" which has had good results "re-training" the brain to respond differently to the missing limb and eliminating phantom limb pain. It has also been used with stroke and other pain conditions.
- Constraint-induced therapy is another effective intervention following stroke to increase functional use of paralyzed limbs, but I have yet to meet anyone with a stroke living in Toronto who has had this highly structured rehabilitation technique made available to them. (If you know of a place providing it in Toronto, plese do let me know!)
- The entire article today talking about brain plasticity and the medical facilities investigating it didn't mention once that there are therapies and training approaches already using priniciples of brain plasticity to create long-term, meaningful change for individuals who do their own research.
I have a full practice in Ontario providing services that use the principles of brain plasticity and not one of my clients was referred by a medical practitioner. What does that say?
Anyway -- next time, back to our interrupted program of ways you can use the principles of brain plasticity yourself to create change in your brain -- with or without access to neurofeedback equipment. Thanks for listening to my frustrations ;-)
(Now you know why I avoid answering the question everyone asks me: "This is so great! Why haven't I heard about this before?"....Best not to even get started ;-)
To learn more about plasticity, you might enjoy starting with The Brain That Changes Itself, by Dr. Norman Doidge.
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Or feel free to google neurofeedback and browse any number of sites that pop up! The medical world isn't paying much attention (until they re-discover it perhaps ), but brain plasticity-based interventions are available right now.


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Jamaica Government Holding Reggae Music Hostage With The Noise Abatement Act
Gov. Stop holds Reggae Music hostage with the noise abatement act.
Government Stop holds Reggae Music hostage with the noise abatement act. stop painting all Reggae/dance Artists with a broad brush. we don't need any handout, we just need Jamaica Government to respect the music industry and remove all the red tapes.
Stop used Artists as the scapegoat for the Crime monster that you the politicians created over the years. you cant use one or two Artists and paint the whole Reggae industry when the real truth is the same politicians who pointing fingers, they are the ones who corrupted our country and created garrisons and dons for political interest.
Politicians and wider Jamaica need to start showing more respect to all those Foundation artists and players of instruments more respect, for putting Jamaica on the Global Stage musically, instead of trying to disrespect and hold back our great music.
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Dejan Sarka, SQL Server MVP, focuses on development of database and business intelligence applications. Besides projects, he spends about half of his time on training and mentoring. He is the founder of the Slovenian SQL Server and .NET Users Group. Dejan Sarka is the main author or coauthor of eleven books about databases and SQL Server. Dejan Sarka also developed three courses for Solid Quality Mentors - Data Modeling Essentials, Data Mining with SQL Server 2012, and Enterprise Information Management with SQL Server 2012.


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Stations Of The Cross - Good Friday 2018
This Friday from 9:00 to 5:00, we will be putting on Stations Of The Cross. Come on your own time, bring your family, and ponder Jesus' ultimate sacrifice for you as you go through the interactive stations.
Stations Of The Cross will re-open at 7:00 for those who are unable to make it during the day. At 7:30, we will have a time to hear God's Word, and reflect through song and communion. You won't want to miss this!


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At this time, family members were holding a
Birthday party for his father.
Randi was asleep on the living room floor.
And he was wrapped in a blanket.
During this party, Randi went missing.
This was over 26 years ago.
Where is Randi Layton Evers?
Find Missing Randi Layton Evers!
Find Missing Randi Layton Evers! Randi Layton Evers has been missing since February 15, 1992. He is missing from Las Vegas, Nevada. Randi Layton Evers' case is classified as a non-family abduction. His year of birth is 1988. At the time of his disappearance, Randi was 3 years old. His current age is 29 years old. Randi Layton Evers is a Caucasian male. He is described as 2'11" to 3'0″ tall and 50 pounds at the time of his disappearance. His hair
is blond and his eyes are blue. When he was last seen, Randi was wearing a black shirt, black pants with a blue diamond design on the knees, and no shoes.
Randi has a history of severe inner ear infections. They cause loss of equilibrium. He had tubes surgically inserted in his ears to alleviate the condition. Randi has a scar near his left eye. At the time of his disappearance, his hair had a two- to six-inch tail in the back.
Find Missing Randi Layton Evers!
Randi Layton Evers was last seen between 11:30 P.M. on February 15 and 12:30 A.M. on February 16, 1992. He was wrapped in a blanket and asleep on the living room floor of his family's residence. Their home was located at in the 300 block of east Rochelle Avenue in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Randi's family held a birthday party for his father, Mike Evers. They held it during the evening at the home. Randi apparently disappeared during the party and has never been seen again. It was deemed unlikely that he wandered outside on his own, as it was cold that night and Randi was afraid of the dark.
Randi's family speculates that he was kidnapped. But authorities initially suspected some of Randi's family members of being involved in his case.
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Dad & Stepmother Suspects?
Randi's father and his stepmother, Tina Evers, did not participate in the search for him. Mike had to be literally dragged out of bed when police told him Randi was missing. Neither Mike nor Tina showed very much interest in the case.
Tina's alibi of her whereabouts at the time her stepson disappeared reportedly showed numerous small inconsistencies. She claimed she, Mike, and several of their friends left the party at 11:30 P.M. to go to the Gold Coast, a local casino. They left Randi alone in the company of an adult guest at the party who had passed out on the living room couch.
When the group returned at approximately 3:30 A.M., Randi was missing. An extensive search of the surrounding area failed to turn up any clues to his whereabouts.
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Father & stepmother's Later Conduct
Mike and Tina had another son and then left the area for southern California four years after Randi was last seen. They divorced sometime after that. There have been no reported problems with their other two children. Police say Mike and Tina were not very cooperative in the investigation into their child's disappearance. But they did not try to avoid authorities.
There has been much speculation about what caused Randi to disappear. These include theories that he was sold, killed accidentally or intentionally by his father and/or stepmother after Mike's birthday party broke up. It has been guessed that he was abducted by a stranger, a family friend, or his biological mother. None of these theories have been substantiated, however.
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More Recent Developments
A Nevada grand jury was given evidence by investigators some time after Randi disappeared. But indictments were not handed down. Randi's case remains open and unsolved. Nearly everyone involved in his case, except the investigators, has left the Las Vegas area in the years following his disappearance.
A media interview in was conducted during the spring of 2015. A detective investigating the case said he had gotten a hit on Randi's DNA in a database. And he believes Randi is alive and living in the western United States. Due to the confusion as to what happened to him, Randi's disappearance is being investigated as a non-family abduction.
Find Missing Randi Layton Evers!
Randi Layton Evers was last seen at a birthday party. How could he just vanish "in thin air" from a birthday party, never to be seen again? To me, it is disturbing that Randi's parents reportedly took so little initial lack of interest in his case. This is a red flag. And there is their reported lack of cooperation with their child's case and the investigation. I hope that they have nothing to do with his disappearance. But what could have happened to this child? Is he alive today, living under a different identity?
Do you have any information concerning the whereabouts of Randi Layton Evers? Do you have any information concerning the person (s) responsible for his disappearance? If you have any information, please contact the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department at: (702) 229-3561. You may contact the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: 1-800-843-5678.
Agency Case Number: 920216-0259
NCIC Number: M545973291
Randi Layton Evans has a Doe Network profile. Click here to view it.
This is a detailed article about the disappearance of Randi Layton Evers. It was written after his 25th annual missing date. Click here and learn more.
Reddit has a short page devoted to Randi Layton Evers. Click here and learn more.
Websleuths has a page devoted to Randi Layton Evers. Click here and learn more.
The above information is found on Randi Layton Evers' Charley Project Page. I have adapted and remixed it. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial 4.0 International License.
The above image is courtesy of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.


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Liverpool 0-3 West Ham: What was doubly special about Mark Noble's day?
A brutal Anfield ambush from the Hammers, as seen by our ace analysis tool Stats Zone...
A red card apiece and three goals at Anfield – but that all of the latter went to West Ham was the biggest shock of Saturday's Premier League action.
Slaven Bilic's side could barely have asked for a better start after new boy Manuel Lanzini turned in Aaron Cresswell's cross after two-and-a-half minutes, but things got even better for the Hammers before half-time when Mark Noble slotted home a second just before the half-hour mark.
Lanzini came off with eight minutes to go but was terrific defensively. The influence graphic shows how much of the pitch he covered.
Liverpool's frustrated Philippe Coutinho picked up a booking on the stroke of half-time, and the Brazilian made matters far worse for his side just six minutes after the restart when his foul on Dimitri Payet earned him a second yellow and early bath.
West Ham took full advantage. Diafra Sakho – who completed just one pass in a service-starved first half (below) – sealed the east Londoners' first win at Anfield since 1963 in injury time when he held off Dejan Lovren before finishing into the bottom corner.
Match facts
- Manuel Lanzini's goal for West Ham at Liverpool today is the fastest scored in the Premier League so far in 2015/16 (2:28).
- Mark Noble has scored in consecutive Premier League games for the first time in his career.
- Noble has been sent off 4 times in the Premier League – and in 2 of these, he's also scored.
- West Ham have been shown 6 red cards in 10 games this season (all comps), compared to 3 in 43 matches in 2014/15.
- This was the first Premier League game since January 10, 2015 to see both sides receive a red card.
- This was West Ham's first top-flight league victory at Anfield since September 1963, ending a run of 42 successive top-flight trips there without a win.
- Liverpool mustered just 1 shot on target in this game; the third time that they have had just 1 shot on target at Anfield in a Premier League match since the start of last season (never 0 shots).
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How important is that to me?
A lot of money is spent each year on cleaning products.
Products to clean floors.
Products to clean dishes.
Products to clean clothes, furniture—even products to clean me.
When I began to cook dinner this evening, I pulled a pan from the dishwasher to use.
Checking it's cleanliness, I noticed that there was still a very tiny amount of residue on the pan.
This made it unacceptable for me to use until it was cleaned.
Choosing a steel wool pad with embedded soap, I began to scrub the pan.
After rinsing it with water, I was satisfied with the result.
As I was cleaning it, I thought about what I was doing in the context of spiritual cleanliness.
We all want to be clean, don't we?
Free of guilt?
Removed from shame?
Some people try to become "clean" in a variety of ways.
Actively doing a number of good things to make up for the bad things they have done.
Simply hiding the actions and attitudes they are ashamed of.
Vowing to be better by a sheer act of will.
Tonight, as I took the pan from the washer, just rinsing it with water would not have been enough to get it clean.
The spots of left over food had dried and stuck fast to the metal.
Using the steel wool pad removed it in seconds.
If the pan was going to be clean, it was going to have to be cleaned in the proper way.
If you and I are going to be clean–forgiven, free of guilt and shame–our efforts are not going to be enough.
It is going to take an act of God to make us clean.
That act of God has already occurred.
God sent His Son, Jesus, to die on the cross to pay the penalty for our sins, making us clean in His sight.
If you are tired of trying to get clean on your own, He understands.
If you are weary from the weight of living life apart from God, He is ready to lighten your load.
It's not too late.
Ask God to forgive you.
Tell Him you believe in Jesus and what He has done for you.
Commit your life to His guidance.
It's going to feel really good to finally be………..
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
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Misconceptions About Minimal And Non-invasive Procedures
Posted: 6:00 a.m. Dec. 18, 2016
Question: I had a mini-facelift by another plastic surgeon who sold me on it by saying it was minimally invasive compared to a regular facelift. I have huge scars in front and behind my ears and don't look much better. The minimal invasive and non-invasive procedures sound good, but do they actually work on anyone?
Answer: First, a mini-facelift is NOT minimal or non-invasive. Mini-facelifts are invasive surgery involving incisions, sutures and cutting of tissues. While most mini-facelifts are less invasive than a standard facelift, that does not imply that they are minimal or non-invasive.
Secondly, minimal invasive refers to injectables such as botox, kybella and fillers as well as many lasers, ultrasound and radio frequency devices used to lift, tighten and/or smooth out the skin. When these procedures do not involve puncture or entry through the skin, then they can be categorized as non-invasive rather than minimal invasive.
Minimal and non-invasive procedures are quite effective when performed on the right patients. It's also important to have realistic expectations. For example, a 35 to 45 year old can often get near-full correction with 1-2 syringes of Bellafill or an Infini treatment series. A 60 to 70 year old patient wanting a minimal or non-invasive approach may need 5 to 10 syringes of Bellafill in combination with Infini, Kybella and Restylane treatments. The older you are, the more aging concerns develop, requiring combination therapy with much more product and treatment sessions as well as higher costs to achieve the desired results.
If you don't want aggressive surgery, there are no cheap, quick fixes. In addition to unrealistic patient expectations, the surging numbers of non-plastic surgeons offering minimal and non-invasive procedures combined with a relatively shrinking percentage of skilled and qualified physicians doesn't help. Many physicians, not even board-certified in facial plastic surgery, often lack a detailed understanding of facial anatomy and aging.
With an older population in Palm Beach, patients who are happy with their results from less invasive procedures not only have realistic expectations but also understand that the costs of minimal and non-invasive procedures are similar to that of surgery. Unlike surgery, minimal and non-invasive procedures offer significant benefits including less downtime, less anesthesia, fewer to no incisions and lower risks when performed by a qualified and board certified Facial Plastic Surgeon.
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SENATE BILL No. 42
(Amended by Chapter 167)
K.S.A. 79-41a03 and repealing the existing section.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
Section 1. K.S.A. 79-41a03 is hereby amended to read as follows: 79-
41a03. (a) The tax levied and collected pursuant to K.S.A. 79-41a02 and
amendments thereto shall become due and payable by the club, caterer,
drinking establishment or temporary permit holder monthly, or on or
before the 25th day of the month immediately succeeding the month in
which it is collected, but any club, caterer, drinking establishment or
temporary permit holder filing an annual or quarterly return under the
Kansas retailers' sales tax act, as prescribed in K.S.A. 79-3607 and amend-
ments thereto, shall, upon such conditions as the secretary of revenue
may prescribe, pay the tax required by this act on the same basis and at
the same time the club, caterer, drinking establishment or temporary
permit holder pays such retailers' sales tax. Each club, caterer, drinking
establishment or temporary permit holder shall make a true report to the
department of revenue, on a form prescribed by the secretary of revenue,
providing such information as may be necessary to determine the amounts
to which any such tax shall apply for all gross receipts derived from the
sale of alcoholic liquor by the club, caterer, drinking establishment or
temporary permit holder for the applicable month or months, which re-
port shall be accompanied by the tax disclosed thereby. Records of gross
receipts derived from the sale of alcoholic liquor shall be kept separate
and apart from the records of other retail sales made by a club, caterer,
drinking establishment or temporary permit holder in order to facilitate
the examination of books and records as provided herein.
(b) The secretary of revenue or the secretary's authorized represen-
tative shall have the right at all reasonable times during business hours
to make such examination and inspection of the books and records of a
club, caterer, drinking establishment or temporary permit holder as may
be necessary to determine the accuracy of such reports required here-
(c) The secretary of revenue is hereby authorized to administer and
collect the tax imposed hereunder and to adopt such rules and regulations
as may be necessary for the efficient and effective administration and
enforcement of the collection thereof. Whenever any club, caterer, drink-
ing establishment or temporary permit holder liable to pay the tax im-
posed hereunder refuses or neglects to pay the same, the amount, in-
cluding any penalty, shall be collected in the manner prescribed for the
collection of the retailers' sales tax by K.S.A. 79-3617 and amendments
(d) The secretary of revenue shall remit daily to the state treasurer
all revenue collected under the provisions of this act. The state treasurer
shall deposit the entire amount of each remittance in the state treasury.
Subject to the maintenance requirements of the local alcoholic liquor
refund fund created under K.S.A. 79-41a09 and amendments thereto,
25% of the remittance shall be credited to the state general fund, 5%
shall be credited to the community alcoholism and intoxication programs
fund created by K.S.A. 41-1126 and amendments thereto and the balance
shall be credited to the local alcoholic liquor fund created by K.S.A. 79-
41a04 and amendments thereto.
(e) Whenever, in the judgment of the secretary of revenue, it is nec-
essary, in order to secure the collection of any tax, penalties or interest
due, or to become due, under the provisions of this act, the secretary may
require any person subject to such tax to file a bond with the director of
taxation under conditions established by and in such form and amount as
prescribed by rules and regulations adopted by the secretary.
(f) The amount of tax imposed by this act shall be assessed within
three years after the return is filed, and no proceedings in court for the
collection of such taxes shall be begun after the expiration of such period
except in the cases of fraud. In the case of a false or fraudulent return
with intent to evade tax, the tax may be assessed or a proceeding in court
for collection of such tax may be begun at any time, within two years from
the discovery of such fraud. No refund or credit shall be allowed by the
director after three years from the date of payment of the tax as provided
in this act unless before the expiration of such period a claim therefor is
filed by the taxpayer, and no suit or action to recover on any claim for
refund shall be commenced until after the expiration of six months from
the date of filing a claim therefor with the director. Before the expiration
of time prescribed in this section for the assessment of additional tax or
the filing of a claim for refund, the director is hereby authorized to enter
into an agreement in writing with the taxpayer consenting to the extension
of the periods of limitations for the assessment of tax or for the filing of a
claim for refund, at any time prior to the expiration of the periods of
limitations. The period so agreed upon may be extended by subsequent
agreements in writing made before the expiration of the period previously
agreed upon.
Sec. 2. K.S.A. 79-41a03 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication in the statute book.
Approved April 3, 2000.
Date Composed: 09/25/2001 Date Modified: 09/25/2001


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The Wood Nettle (Laportea canadensis) is a delicious wild edible green that is in peak right now. This is often confused with the European native; Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica), which was brought to North America by early settlers. Both, are edible, but the Wood Nettle is supposedly more delicious. Don't worry, it stings too!
The Wood Nettle is often found along forest edges, shady coves, stream sides, and moist hardwood forests. Conversely, the Stinging Nettle is usually found in areas with more sun (we aren't sure that we have ever seen this in our area). Both can be eaten similarly.
Shoots first emerge in mid-spring and can be harvested directly even before the leaves unfurl. (We haven't done this yet...) Apparently, the shoots are very tender at this stage and can be boiled and eaten like asparagus.
As the leaves emerge a few weeks later, the shoots become less tender and more spiky. At this point, though still edible, the shoots are likely less appealing. The leaves are generally clustered in the top half or third of the plant and the nettles can be harvested (shoots, leaves, and all) with a knife at this point. A very sharp or serrated knife works nicely. Leaving some stalk and leaves remaining can potentially aid in new sprouts. Post-harvest, the entire stem with leaves can be blanched and cooked like any other green or the leaves can be picked off and eaten the same way. Additionally, dry and pick the leaves to be used for tea or added to soups later throughout the year!
Of course it should be noted that both the Stinging Nettle and Wood Nettle STING! (As Thayer mentions, in fact, the Wood Nettle stings worse than its aptly named cousin). So caution should be used while harvesting the shoots or leaves. Gloves are a good idea. Then again, we have heard of people with bad arthritis who temporarily relieve symptoms by walking or running their hands through a bed of nettles...
Nettles are a very prolific and delicious wild green. We have prepared them many ways;
- Blanched: Bring a pot of very salty water to a rolling boil. Using tongs, drop nettles (shoots and leaves, or leaves by themselves) into the pot and boil for approximately 4 minutes. Remove nettles directly and run under cold water. (Now simply cook as you would any green or add to soup.)
- Tincture: Fill a mason jar to just below the brim (packed) with freshly harvested nettles. Pour an amount of grain alcohol to fill the jar and keep the nettles submerged. Shake daily for about 4-weeks ensuring that nettles remain submerged in the alcohol. Strain and decant into dropper vials. Consult a healthcare professional regarding use.
- Tea: Place harvested shoots and leaves (or leaves by themselves if already picked) in a food dehydrator. (They can also be dried in paper bags but we have found a dehydrator to produce a nicer product with less risk of spoiling). They can be packed in tightly as they shrink considerably with drying. Dry at 100-deg.F until thoroughly dry (about 12 hours). Once dry, remove stems and discard. Crumble leaves and store in an air-tight jar.
See the following references for more information on identifying, harvesting, and preparing nettles. (These references have also been used in the development of this calendar entry):
- The Forager's Harvest: A guide to identifying, harvesting, and preparing edible wild plants by Samuel Thayer - A very good account of the difference between the Wood Nettle and Stinging Nettle. Also details regarding range / habitat, identification, harvesting, and preparing nettles.
- A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants by Lee Allen Peterson - Useful for identification of nettles in the wild. Light on uses and preparation. Distinguishes between the Wood Nettle and Stinging Nettle.
- Medicinal Herbs: A Beginner's Guide by Rosemary Gladstar - A great discussion of the medicinal properties and uses of nettle plants. Centered around the Stinging Nettle but the content carries across both varieties.
* NOTE* As with all wild harvesting, extreme caution should be used in consuming plants due to improper identification as well as unknown allergies. Only harvest nettles if you are 100% sure that you have identified them correctly. There are look-alikes...


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Anne Lynch is an artist whose work has been extensively exhibited throughout the UK, from solo exhibitions to group shows including the Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour.
Concerned with story telling and often using myths and dreams, Anne's work portrays her ability to interact with the viewer in a thought-provoking manner. Anne talks us through her journey in art and how her work has evolved.
"My first introduction to painting was landscape in Scotland and when I moved to London I missed the easy access to that source and grew more reliant on an internal journey.
I love story telling and myths. Often in these stories the spirit, or the soul of the person is held within vessels or containers, often just ordinary domestic objects, the importance being, that they must not look into or let escape the spirit. Therefore issues around caring and nurturing are laced through the story and my work. Eyes are often found peeking out of my vessels as if some acknowledgement to this idea.
Many artists have had a great influence on my paintings such as Paula Rego, Cezanne, Dumas, Kiefer, Vermeer and no less than my tutor at Art College Elizabeth Blackadder. Another enormous influence in my work is the Cycladic figures in the British Museum. This introduced, not only my first connection to how I might use the figure, but also a fascination with hands and the many associations with them, caring, protecting, nurturing tender etc. These little figures usually have their arms folded across their tummies but never in a submissive way, very much protecting or caring. Hands, for me, also represent the outside forces at play, such as fate and how we are looked after in events that change us.
Travels in Thailand, Egypt and Sicily gave me a range of images of woman for my paintings. Laterally Scilly has brought out very mischievous small figures I discovered in the wonderful mosaic in The Roman Villa of Casale where there was a room of female athletes dressed in bikini like outfits.
My main media has always been watercolour. I also use graphite and soft wax when drawing. Watercolour is a complex media and often can expose you to quite a 'slick' mark, which can have advantages, but my constant struggle is to explore the mark making and try to push deeper. One reason I preferred to paint very large watercolours mainly 5-8 feet in scale was to address this issue. I also collage because I like keeping the energy of the mark close to the luminosity of the colour which comes by using the white of the paper and if I loose that delicacy, I repaint until I regain what I want.
Sometimes I interject just a small part of an object or face so that the story of the painting is not necessarily complete, but the viewer can then bring their own identification or response to it. I hope that the paintings identify a communal experience or humour and not just my own. Landscape as woodland represents the ability to hide in or be protected by. Over the last years I have been enjoying juxtaposing my meditative figures with landscapes in the attempt to lure a conversation between them more like free thought or association.
My main Studio is in London and I also have one in France."
To find out further information visit http://www.annelynch.com.


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Short Bio
Dr. Graciela Pérez is associate professor of Hispanic Studies and Comparative literature and culture at Fresno Pacific University. She received her Ph.D. in French Philology summa cum laude and a DEA in French Philology from the UNED, Madrid, Spain, summa cum laude, a second DEA, and a master's degree in Modern Languages, from the Université de Bourgogne, France.
Her areas of research include comparative literature and cultures; world literature, Hispanic and French studies, literary theory, literary socio-politics, cultural identity, globalization, hospitality, migration and ethnicity. Recent scholarly publications include "A Literary Map of Spain in the 21st Century," "L'Imaginaire fantastique chez Nodier et l'inspiration biblique." "The Gam: A Particular Place in the Transnational," as well as co-authored The 2014-2015 ACLA Report on the State of the Discipline of Comparative Literature, Paradigms. Dr. Pérez conducted research and lectured in the United States, Europe and Central and South America receiving the medal for exceptional academic leadership from Pepperdine University in 2013.
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somehow I've taken more than you'll allow
when I think about it, I can't live without it
destiny don't matter much
just an end no man can touch
pilot in the sky
reflecting light
Lennon once described God as "a concept by which we measure our pain." I have a different view of it. If you were to make God a concept, some keep it a fact and that's ok too, I think the concept would be a complete measure of all things and experiences, pain, happiness, boredom... Sometimes I rely on faith, when things seem bad, and in that sense I understand Lennon's statement, but God doesn't have to be relegated to only our hardships. It can be if we want included in the best part of our lives, the mundane parts too. So I would say God is a concept through which we measure life. If you believe in God, and if you don't too, God could be the totality of all things, in which there is nothing that is not under its umbrella, so there would be truly no division. All God, No God same thing, a name, a reflection.
I think here I should mention, that Pilot In The Sky, was a group write. We came up with the chorus in the studio. Everyone shouting out ideas. It really is a group Hacienda + Dan song. So I can not give you a definitive story of it's writing process, each member will have a different prospective of it's origins and meanings, and this is more about what Pilot means to me today. Also I will mention that group writing is a lot of fun, though sometimes trying. I think there are a lot of moments where you can hear different personalities really pop out. Abe did an amazing piano performance through out the song, and Jaime's drums are so tasteful. Myself, for the most part, tried to keep my bass simple and out of the way. Dante's vocal performance is very unique and full of character, and if I remember correctly Dan is providing a very psychedelic ambiance on the wah-wah guitar. Overall it is the song we spent the most time on. Trying to get the feel right, and it is oozing with vibe.
God and religion are touchy subjects for me. They are, to be honest, ones I don't completely feel comfortable writing about. As part of my make-no-stance attitude of rock music, I feel its best to leave those topics to other artists. I don't think there is any shortage of religious based music in the world and Pilot in The Sky isn't by any means a religious song, but just a song that could be interpreted that way.
Recently I have had a lot of change in my life, and it has led me to a state of constant contemplation, so that is the way I'm reading this song. I imagine everyone has periods of intense ups and downs, people seem to be very dramatic creatures, so I won't say that my life is unique in this, pardon me while I keep vague, but the intensity of my feelings do not seem to be part of the average daily experience. By far the most intense change being the loss of my mother who passed away a few years ago. This change forced me to look at the world differently, look at myself differently. I began questioning a lot of the beliefs I had. I feel a lot better having gone through my personal interrogation, and those questions crept up into the writing of this album. So though I didn't start out or intend to talk about some things, they ended up coming out of me. I think Shakedown is by far the most spiritual album we done, and I am happy with that.
I've always been a little bit skeptical of religion, partly from experience and partly from my love of science. I would consider myself a skeptic about most things, and I consider a line about Destiny with that sort of distance: don't matter much, just an end no man can touch. If something like destiny/planning existed, than there is no escaping it, so why worry? If it doesn't, we still know- well as far as we know, things only happen one way and it's unchangeable. No one can go back and change the past, to add to John Lennon's list of "don't believes" I add: Time travel. The future is made concrete by the present, out of all the choices there is one course of action taken. So plan/no-plan happen with the same result. To believe or not only changes how I perceive the events. Am I in charge? Am I capable of acting? Or am I destined?
These are all really exciting questions and ones I will continue to think about till the day I am no longer able to at all. The chorus speaks to me because it is the way I view the world. A lot of questions, no answers but punched-up with a healthy dose of determinism. No matter what way I look at it, I think it all comes down to our actions. How we live and how it affects others. God/No-God, Fate/No-Fate comes to a personal belief, but it's the actions of those beliefs that create the consequences of our lives. I'd love to know how you guys feel...
Pilot is one of many vague-morphing songs. A song I know is telling me something, even if I can't quite put my finger on it. The lyrics are as searching as I am. I will come back to it in a few years, months, days and have a different outlook, and I think that's beautiful. Maybe that is the greatest thing about music and religion. In the mystery, out of the unknowing, everything is possible. Anyone can project on to it, and pull from of it innumerable meanings. I try to understand something, and find out the only thing to really understand is myself.
in a worn out two-room shack on empty floors,
I think of you
I think of you
in vast supermarket lines of tedious measure,
I think of you
I think of you
in deepest suburban holes of sterile nothing, where I think the saintly would not go
you were already there
waiting in runoff alleys, desperation corners and pavements clawed with jagged nails,
I think of you
I think of you
in smiles covered in cellophane-sheen like high-rise towers and super complexes,
I think of you
I think of you
where i found there is no such thing as an empty inhalation,
to know I'm never not taking
to know I'm never not taking
you were already there
PS. I've always been more of a My Sweet Lord guy:


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New markets are the key to responding to current over-production of milk, says Raphael Moreau, Food Analyst at Euromonitor International.
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Valentine's Day Card
I made this cute card using Peppermint Creative digital elements and papers.
Also used a Silhouette cutting file for the envelope and matching insert.
I used the Candy Kisses Elements and Papers from Peppermint Creative
Used my Silhouette Cameo's "Print & Cut" feature to print and cut out all the pieces for my card and envelope with matching insert.
Thanks for stopping by!!!


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Unleash your manufactured spend: Part 3/
On Monday, I published a post outlining the details of a long-standing but little-known travel hacking technique: using PIN-based debit cards to make credit card payments at Walmart Money Center and Customer Service registers. Then on Tuesday I compared the potential cost per dollar (CPD) of manufactured spend you can achieve using various PIN-based debit products.
In the days leading up to this week's series, I promised "a new, game-changing hack which will double or triple the amount of manufactured spend" you can generate each month. But when the details were revealed, they were met with a shrug from many of my readers. I'm not here to judge – I'm here to provide you with my ideas, analysis, and experiences in the world of travel hacking. But the indifferent reaction did start me thinking about the following question:
What do you do when you find out about a new travel hacking technique?
The natural impulse when a new technique like Walmart billpay comes along is to think "how can I add this to my existing system?" And there is a perfectly natural answer: buy PIN-based Visa prepaid debit cards, preferably at a merchant that gives a category bonus (like supermarkets with the American Express Hilton HHonors and Surpass cards), and liquidate those cards at your local Walmart Money Center or Customer Service center.
I would argue that that's the wrong impulse, and that's part of what has led to a lot of frustration among people who've tried using this technique and found it to be more trouble than it's worth. Indeed, it sounds like a special kind of hell buying Visa gift cards in sets of four, taking them to Walmart, asking an underpaid, undertrained Walmart cashier for a $1,998.12 bill payment – and then asking to pay using four $500 gift cards! It's no surprise that people experience a lot of resistance and heartburn if that's their unloading strategy.
But remember the features of the products you've already been exploiting for months: Bluebird allows you to load up to $1,000 per day and $5,000 per calendar month in Vanilla Reload Network reload cards OR register loads at Walmart – and those loads can be done at any Walmart register (I've even done them at the small register at the end of the self-checkout aisle). Gobank allows up to $2,500 per day in PIN-based debit loads at Walmart. While you can load $1,100 twice using a MyVanilla Debit card for a total cost of $1.00, you can also load $500 5 times, at 5 different registers, for free using PIN-based gift cards.
Even better, if your local Walmarts have Money Center kiosks (mine don't), you can load your Bluebird and Gobank accounts there, without even interacting with a cashier.
Then you can use your MyVanilla Debit cards, or other high-limit PIN-based debit products to make single, large, credit card bill payments at the Customer Service desk or Money Center without any fuss: no split transactions, no anonymous gift cards. The same goes for your US Bank and Nationwide Visa Buxx cards (but don't forget the $800 rolling 7-day purchase limit with Nationwide Visa Buxx).
I'm not recommending this, or any other, specific loading and unloading strategy. What I'm recommending is that rather than just stacking new techniques on top of your favorite existing techniques, think about your miles and points strategy holistically in order to get the most out of each horrible, soul-crushing, but shockingly lucrative trip to Walmart.
With that said, I'm dismounting the soapbox! Check back tomorrow, when I'll share my plan going forward, integrating Walmart billpay into my own miles and points strategy, and on Friday I'll share some additional data points that I hope readers will find useful.


text: As a parent, you're pretty excited to get your child to school for the first time and that you've been waiting for that day your child will be getting into an environment full of fun, play, learning and love. But that doesn't seem to happen, well, in my son's case. I got a call a couple of days ago from the school director telling me to get my son out of his class and out of the school, perhaps you could imagine how my reaction was. I rushed to the school leaving work to find out what happened and spoke to the teachers and the school director. They said that they cannot handle my son's behavior, that He doesn't focus and pays attention and that all he wanted to do most of the time is to walk around and play at his own, for crying out loud, it's only been the 5th day of school! What do they expect a 3 year old boy do? I just wish the standards are as high as their expectations and that the high strict discipline that they try to imply is also being practiced by themselves. My son is normal, just like any other 3 year old, He never poke a pencil in one's eye or steal their lunch boxes or hit and make another child cry, He just love partying :) I was told by the school to keep my son at home for a week and send him back again to school (isn't that suspension?) I don't think I'm going to send him back there, simply because they cannot handle an active child and that they don't have any capability and knowledge to handle one.


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Employee relations, trade unions and the law
There are still well over six million trades union members in the UK, yet it can be hard to find practical advice and guidance from HR consultants who have both the necessary in-depth experience of unionised environments and the training skills to impart their knowledge in a stimulating and refreshing manner. Look no further! This one-day course will equip your team to deal with all union-related issues confidently and successfully.
Learning objectives
The course will help you:
- Appreciate the context within which unions and employers operate
- Understand the key legal and HR issues
- Get to grips with the requirements for consultation
- Negotiate with union representatives
- Manage the dispute resolution process effectively
- Deal confidently with all union-related issues
This course is intended primarily for HR practitioners operating in a unionised environment, but it would also benefit senior managers from the organisation as well.
A highly-participative, practical and informative one-day course, presented in an outgoing, informal and relaxed style. Business examples, case studies and discussion briefs are used to stimulate participant interest and to cater for a range of learning styles.
Special feature
The trainer is particularly well-qualified to present this course, having been an HR Director within the BAA group of companies, where she was responsible for a number of different business areas and was involved in both unionised and non-unionised environments.
Expert trainer
See what participants have said about this programme:
'Fantastic communicator and the day was a pleasure.'
'Great course. Toni was very flexible in covering topics and questions.'
'Toni is great.'
'Very knowledgeable on the topic of unions and employment law in general.'
'Held room brilliantly – diverse bunch were all kept engaged!!'
'Toni is great.'
'Very good.'
'Sound advice / knowledge.'
'Very good.'
'Good trainer – interesting and controlled a difficult group.'
'Fantastic communicator and the day was a pleasure.'
'A great insight to the subjects covered.'
'Presentation spot on and engages really well to get everyone involved.'
'Excellent course!'
Employee relations, trade unions and the law – workshop outline
1 Employee relations overview
- What is 'employee relations'? The legal and HR perspectives
- Agreements, rules, policies and practices
- The role of external institutions
2 The law and its effect
- Legal framework
- Key employee relations legislation
- Rights of trades unions
- Collective agreements
- Codes of practice
3 Trades unions
- Rights and protection for union members
- Statutory recognition and de-recognition
- Industrial action; strike ballots; picketing
- Time off for trade union duties and activities
4 Information and consultation
- Staff Councils in Europe and the UK
- The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations
- When to legally inform and consult
- Obligations to inform and consult under TUPE
- Collective redundancies
- Information to be disclosed in collective bargaining
5 Negotiating terms and conditions
- Collective bargaining with recognised trades unions
- Partnership agreements
- Maximising the five stages of the negotiation cycle
6 Dispute resolution
- Internal procedures:
- Arbitration
- Rights to be accompanied
– Grievance
– Bullying
– Harassment
– Whistle-blowing
– Discipline and dismissal
7 Review and close
For a no-obligation discussion about running this workshop for your organisation please just give us a call on 01582 714280.


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Our Manchester store has a large selection of colorful Cat Bottle German Wines. A perfect gift for the cat person in your life. We have Red, White, Blue, Orange, Black, Green, Silver,inflatable slides for sale Gold, and clear with a rose wine in it. They are $11.99 each some colors are limited.
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The Whiskey Fairy left some Goodies @ Manchester for Fathers Day
The Whiskey Fairy stopped by Randalls on Manchester and left a few things
on the shelf for Father's Day. Some are very limited. No holds, First come….
Elmer T Lee
Rock Hill Farms
Eagle Rare
Sazerac Rye
EH Taylor Rye
EH Taylor Single Barrel
EH Taylor Small Batch
Buffalo Trace
Buffalo Trace Single Barrel
Pikesville Rye
Angel Envy
WL Weller 90 proof
WL Weller 107 proof
Whistle Pig Rye
Knob Creek reserve 2001 Batch 1 & Batch 2
Goose Island Bourbon County Stout (1 bottle per person)
Founders KBS (2 bottle per person)
Father's Day Made Easy!
Let's face it, your Dad does not want another tie. He wants whiskey. Stop by Randall's- Manchester From 11AM to 1PM and get a bottle of Macallan 12 year old Single Malt whiskey.
- We have the best price in town.
- We will have free gift wrapping during that time
- We will have some to taste (in case he does not want to share).
The Macallan Edition No. 1 is a distinctive single malt of the highest quality. Master Whiskey Maker Bob Dalgarno draws the perfect quantity from each cask style to create in intriguing, multi-dimensional whisky that begins light and soft and finished rich and dark, taking the palate on a surprising and satisfying journey.
This limited edition is matured in eight unique European and american oak cask styles selected by Master Whisky maker, Bob Dalgarno.
Did you miss out on purchasing your bottle(s) of Bourbon County Stout? It just so happens that we received 10 more cases for each of our S. Jefferson and Manchester locations! So we thought, what better way to give back to our customers AND give back to the community this holiday season? A TOY DRIVE of course! Please join us in helping spread a little holiday cheer!
All you need to do is bring a new, unwrapped toy to our Manchester location
(14201 Manchester Rd.), or our S. Jefferson location (1910 S. Jefferson), to be eligible to purchase your bottle (or two) of Bourbon County Stout, beginning at 10:00 AM on Saturday, December 12, 2015. That's it! Your donation = a BCS purchase! There are 120 bottles available per store, so get there fast! All items will be donated to Toys for Tots!
Happy Holidays!
(More than one toy may be donated,
however there is a two bottle purchase maxium, per person.)
Pinot Noir — The Wine of Choice for Your Holiday Feast!
Choosing a good wine for your holiday dinner (whether you know it or not) is essential! No worries, we've got some good suggestions for you here. Pinot Noir is a good high acid, low tannin wine that boasts aromas & flavors of dark cherry, plum, and berries, along with roses and currant. This fruit forward wine can add just the right finishing touch to your feast! Impress your guests with a wine that won't empty your pockets. Our recommendations are listed below!
A-Z Pinot Noir 2013
Pisoni Estate 2013
Siduri Willamette 2013
Ryder Estate 2012
Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Proof
NEW ITEM IN STOCK!!! Jack Daniel's Single Barrel Barrel Proof. Ranging from 125 to 140 proof, it's the distillery's second offering in the Single Barrel Collection. What makes this one different?The interaction of the whiskey with the charred White American Oak barrels, and the fluctuations of the Lynchburg, Tennesse seasons brings out distinct flavor profiles from barrel to barrel.
The Nose: maple syrup, caramel sauce, and a little barrel char.
The Palate: rich caramel, butterscotch, a touch of cloves and a lengthy, vanilla-fueled finish.
Sources: www.PRNewsWire.com, www.drinkhacker.com
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NEW PRODUCT IN STOCK AT SOUTH JEFFERSON – Laphraoig 15 Year – 200 Year Anniversary Edition
Laphroaig 15 year old was first created 30 years ago. Barrels were individually selected for their particularly mellow rounded flavour, then batch bottled at the higher export strength of 43% ABV. The resulting flavour soon became a firm favourite winning many awards. Its highlight was being chosen for the famous 'Erskine Charity Bottling' in 2000 when 270 bottles were drawn from a single 15 year old cask signed by HRH The Prince of Wales for this charity of which he is a patron.
The 200th Anniversary edition has been created in exactly the same way as the original. We very much hope it will be a delight both to those who have enjoyed it in the past and for many of you for whom it will be the first opportunity.
COLOUR: Sparkling gold
NOSE: Initial scents of grapefruit and fresh mint. A touch of water releases salted caramel, with signature Islay peat smoke underlying sweet orchard fruit aromas.
BODY: Multifaceted.
TASTE: Pink peppercorns, light peat smoke with a soft dryness, before a finish of tobacco and faint sea salt.
FINISH: Mellow with a smoky aftertaste
Reference: http://www.laphroaig.com/
NEW PRODUCT at our Jefferson Store! Wild Hibiscus Flowers in Syrup
Get creative with your food and drink using all natural and deliciously edible hibiscus flowers in a cane sugar syrup! Each flower is hand packed into the jar to preserve their quality and shape. All of the natural vibrant color and flavor comes just from the flower. They are cooked in the jar and vacuum sealed which gives them a long shelf life.
Wild Hibiscus Flowers in Syrup are all natural and deliciously edible – both the whole hibiscus flowers and the delicate infused cane sugar syrup from the jar. Suitable for cocktails and culinary delights. Also great for mocktails, children's fun drinks and desserts.
Limited Edition Bookers
Waiting lists have been filled, and still have xtras.
Booker's® Bourbon Batch 2015-1, named "Big Man, Small Batch," features a custom label inspired by the iconic visual of Booker sipping bourbon in his rocking chair with his dog Dot by his side. The batch's name honors Booker's role in the creation of small batch bourbons and the larger-than-life personality for which he was known.
Proof: 128.7
Age: 7 years, 2 months and 16 days
Batch Notes: Culled from seven different rack houses, Batch 2015-1 blends the flavor tendencies of several small groups of barrels to create a complex bourbon with a vanilla nose.
Sipping Suggestions: With ice or cut with water