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Cambodia urges support for tourism
HA NOI — Minister of Tourism of Cambodia, Thong Khon, has called for Vietnamese investors to invest more into the tourism sector in Cambodia to boost trade relation between two nations.
Speaking at a recent trade promotion conference in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh, Thong Khon said that tourism investments accounted for 30 per cent of all investments in Cambodia last year. More support from Vietnamese investors would help better take advantage opportunities in the tourism sector, he said.
In the first quarter of this year, the number of Vietnamese visitors to Cambodia reached 190,000, increasing 4.2 per cent over the same period last year.
Attending the conference, HCM City People's Committee vice chairwoman Nguyen Thi Hong said Viet Nam was currently Cambodia's third largest trade partner. Viet Nam has 128 investment projects in Cambodia, with total capital investment of over $3 billion.
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WebSphere MQ Logs not at the capacity you need?
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Not sure how to increase your WebSphere MQ active logs when your application traffic increases? The ideal scenario would be to plan in advance for the message volume and size MQ logs accordingly at the time the queue manager is created. The total number of primary and secondary log files cannot exceed 511 on UNIX® systems, or 255 on Windows. The System Administration Guide has information for calculating the size of the log.
However, we often have clients who have had an increase in message traffic and need to then increase their log capacity after the queue manager (QMGR) has already been created and operating for a while. Often, they will receive the error message AMQ7469 for transactions rolled back to release log space.
The AMQ7469 message indicates that the log is becoming full and that the queue manager will roll back one or more transactions to release log space. This may be resolved by increasing the number of logs. A common practice is to double the number of logs to see if that resolves problem. One thing you must prevent is using up the file system by setting the number of logs to the point they will not fit on the file system.
If new application function has been added recently, then you may want to ensure that applications are not coded such that an unusual long-running unit of work (UOW) would occur requiring the UOW to span a large number of files. Until the work is committed, the logs can not be freed by the queue manager.
You should increase the primary to the amount that would be necessary for your QMGR during normal operations. The secondary log number would allow the QMGR to extend beyond that amount when necessary. The difference between secondary and primary logs is that after a period of time of not being used, the QMGR will delete the secondary log files. Once created, primary log files are not deleted. The increase in secondary log files would allow for unexpected needs for logging such as if a remote system were down and additional data needed to be stored locally for a short period of time.
There is some overhead associated with creating new logs. The QMGR needs to be sure it has space for checkpointing. Log files are created by the queue manager as needed so active logs will grow till 80% of the total (primary+secondary) allocation. The queue manager will take action to rollback the oldest active transaction that has written a log record when the active log reaches 80% of the configured capacity to leave enough space for the "checkpoint" process to complete. At the checkpoint a rollback will occur if a UOW spans the amount of files currently allocated. The queue manager will only use 80% of the logs before sending the AMQ7469 to reserve space for check points, see the technote entitled Checkpoints in WebSphere MQ logging.
You can get more information about the checkpointing process and how it ensures recovery by viewing the online System Administration Guide section Using checkpointing to ensure complete recovery.
When clients update their qm.ini file to increase the number of LogPrimaryFiles, they are often surprised to see that the number of primary logs is not immediately increased after the queue manager restart. As mentioned before, when a new queue manager is created it will allocate the total number of logs designated in the qm.ini at the time of creation. However, if you alter the qm.ini after the queue manager has already been created, then the logs are created as they are needed to store data. That is why you do not immediately see the total number of new logs; they will be created during processing of messages that require more space than can be accommodated by the existing logs.
If you increase your log allocation after initial queue manager creation and you need to verify the new parameter is in effect, you can utilize the dmpmqlog command. The dmpmqlog command should be run when the QMGR is down.
$ dmpmqlog -m TESTQMGR
As this output shows, my qm.ini has designated 31 primary and 21 secondary logs.

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In 1999, family-owned Jubilee Furniture was founded by Mary Li. Her family has owned several furniture stores in Southern California since the 1980s. Mary wanted to offer beautiful furniture and exceptional service to Las Vegas, and Jubilee Furniture was born.
We are partnered with our furniture manufacturers, giving us complete control of the furniture sold at Jubilee Furniture. We are proud to be able to offer beautiful custom furniture based on a customer's desires. If you're looking for something specific, we are more than happy to provide exactly what you need!
Why "jubilee"? A jubilee is a special anniversary or a season of celebration. Jubilee Furniture was intended to be a celebration of life. So that's what we do every day! We celebrate our customers and make them feel special!
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Jubilee Furniture could not be what it is without founder and owner Mary Li. Her family has been in the furniture business for decades. She brought that experience and expertise to Jubilee Furniture. Beyond that, Mary loves making customers happy. Her favorite part about being in the store is when families walk in and she gets to know them. She enjoys being able to help customers while socializing and making new friends.
Mary is both a mother and a grandmother herself. Family is important to her, which is why she focuses on helping families turn houses into homes. In her free time, Mary likes to go hiking. She also plays golf and tennis. Be sure to challenge her to a round of golf or a game of tennis! When you get the chance, drop into Jubilee Furniture to pay Mary a visit!


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Cultivating our Witness and Service in Christ:
The Latest News!
December 2018
Cherished Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
With deep love and gratitude to God for the past year, I write to you now as we begin to enter the heart of the Nativity season and the New Year! Thank you for your friendship, prayers and support that have been sustaining our efforts to this day!
From our very beginning, Saint Catherine's Vision (SCV) has been striving to spiritually encourage and educate women and men who have been endeavoring to follow Christ. We have been building relationships and consulting with groups of persons interested in the various ways women (and men) participate within the life of the Church.
With this in mind, I wish to update you on two important developments.
Firstly, we are delighted to announce that we have submitted for publication our collaboratively written book: Encountering Women of Faith, Volume III. We are deeply grateful to the compassionate God, who has blessed us to complete this long-awaited book. Our previous two volumes in this series have been and are still, very well received. This new addition to the series demonstrates our growing sensitivity and appreciation of the lives of women saints through history and the mercy or compassion ("eleos") of God. Each chapter in its own way witnesses to the saints' reception of divine healing and empowerment to "hear the word of God and do it" (Luke 11:28), despite turbulent times and challenging personal contexts. We are very pleased, even up-lifted, with how this book has turned out! We pray that our readers will agree! As the Lord blesses, we anticipate its release early in the New Year. We thank the director of Holy Cross Orthodox Press, Fr. Michael Monos, for helping us by sharing his rich editorial experience, through his patience, and creative brilliance; especially with the design of the new cover and general presentation-style of the book.
Secondly, we are pleased to announce another educational offering! We are electronically re-circulating as an educational "diakonia", Orthodox Women Speak: Discerning the 'Signs of the Time's'. This book offers a penetrating introduction to vital themes related to the participation of women in the life of the Church. In celebration of its 20th year publication anniversary, the book is now available on the SCV website. With much joy, we encourage you to tell others about this unique, cost-free educational resource!
Published in 1999, this book is the product of ground-breaking, officially sponsored, international Orthodox Women's Conferences that took place in Damascus, Syria (1996) and Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey (1997). From all over the canonical Orthodox world women were invited by their regional hierarchs to serve as official representatives of their local churches. Whole-heartedly affirming the conclusions of the historic 1988 Rhodes, Greece Inter-Orthodox Symposium on Women, the official statements from the Damascus and Constantinople conferences present a stunning global consensus expressed by faithful female representatives of Orthodox regional churches that invites thorough consideration today.
Presentations delivered during the conferences are included as articles in the book. These offer very timely engagement regarding several concerns including:
Contributors include: official greetings of His Beatitude, Patriarch Ignatius of Antioch (of blessed memory) and His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew; as well as: Dr. Elizabeth Behr-Sigel (of blessed memory), Mother Maria Rule, Rev. Dr. Thomas FitzGerald, Dr. Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald, Dr. Despina Prassas, Dr. Sophie Deicha, Dr. Constantine Yiokarinis, Christina Shaheen Reimann, Deborah Malacky Belonick and others.
We believe the research, results and the exchange of information expressed throughout Orthodox Women Speak, will encourage faithful Orthodox Christians, to consider more deeply the many ways the thrice-holy, compassionate God calls women (and men) to serve within the life of the Church, today!
Lastly, I wish you to pray for and assist SCV with our ability to better "hear the word of God and do it" (Luke 11:28). On behalf of SCV, I am asking you now to consider helping us with our on-going work. Grounding our efforts in prayer, we collaboratively and deliberately develop initiatives in education, dialogue and service, which strive to help the Church better be the Church for our time and context. Since our inception, with utmost accountability to the Church, SCV has been dutifully facilitating the witness of Rhodes (1988) and accountable to the affirmations from the conferences of Damascus (1996) and Constantinople (1997). Please, visit our website to review the scope and depth of our work!
Of immediate need, is our desire to build on the impact of our previous two volumes of Encountering Women of Faith. It bears repeating that we are overjoyed that Encountering Women of Faith, Volume III will be released in this new year!
We are seeking your financial assistance to help us make better known the witness and ministry of holy women through history and into our times who have been studied in Volume III! We ask for your help in our effort to distribute, market and launch Volume III. Kindly consider making a one-time or monthly sustained donation to help complete the launch of this fresh witness, as well as to nurture our ministry to the next level.
We humbly invite you to reflect on your concerns for the Church, both for today and for the future . . . and prayerfully consider our ministry! Prayerful support and financial assistance from our friends and extended spiritual family, will better enable us to attend to our commitment to "the building up of the Body of Christ" (Ephesians 4:12). It is our joy to be of service in this manner!
Please consider making a contribution to Saint Catherine's Vision by clicking HERE.
In advance, we extend our heart-felt thankfulness for your prayers, friendship and financial support!
With gratitude and appreciation, on behalf of Saint Catherine's Vision,
Presvytera Kyriaki
Dr. Kyriaki Karidoyanes FitzGerald
Saint Catherine's Vision, Co-founder and Executive Director
Since 2007, SCV is blessed officially as an endorsed organization
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I don't know what it is about a new school year that makes me want to organize everything, but that is what I was doing last week. I think it's just that the back to school season and the first month of school can just be so chaotic if you don't have it planned out well. So it sends me into organization overdrive. I want the kids to know exactly where their backpacks and lunch boxes go after school, where their school work goes. I want the pantry organized with snacks and portioned lunch box items that make the school week easier. I want chore charts working properly and I want a system that works well. So I have been working on revamping our command center. I tried to do one last year, adding a few cork boards in our hallway and some folders that collected school information and mail, and it just didn't work well. This time, I'm making it work well! I've already redone the kids' chore charts, which you can read or watch about here.
Next is getting a mail catch system up and a wipe off calendar that will help us keep track of upcoming things. Even though we generally use our phones and my husband and I share a calendar on the phone, it's nice for the kids to be able to look at the calendar and see what the week or month looks like, or what we're having for dinner. So when I get that setup, toward the end of the week, I will share what works for us with you all.
So my oldest starts the fourth grade at his new school on Tuesday. He is so excited about it. With how many times my child has been a new student at a new school, it would be well within his right to hate school. But he doesn't. He's very social and likes making friends even though I worry about him in these older grades where kids get a little meaner with each passing year. I just hope he finds his "people" again and that we can keep him in the same school until 9th grade. After all these confusing years, the kid needs some consistency.
Then my youngest starts first grade on Thursday next week. While his older sibling is in school, we get to have a few days together, just the two of us. I'm not sure if we'll do anything special, but at least I'll get one on one time with him.
Last week on my birthday I decided to get myself some sushi. Its something my family does not enjoy, but I do and I figured my birthday is the perfect reason to get something I don't eat often.
So I treated my self to this:
Kobe Sushi in Loveland makes some awesome Spicy Tuna Rolls and Deep Fried Shrimp Rolls.
I ordered the rolls to go and took the kids to the splash pad for a little picnic with said sushi so they could have some fun in the water. I had a picnic blanket rolled out facing the pond where tons of frogs were sunning themselves on rocks.
It was a great last week before school. Tomorrow we get one more day of swimming in on the last day of summer break for Jaydon, and then its back to the rigors of a school schedule.
If you are a parent sending a child back to school, are you happy or sad that summer is drawing to an end?
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I have always been a huge fan of Coach. At my last job I always got fun cash bonuses that I would take a splurge on a new bag. No such luck at my current job. Isn't the beachy one just so freaking adorable? And I love the color of the green one-I would literally give anything for one of these bags. But for now I'll just day dream.L-R: Beach Leather Tote in Seafoam; Pierre Le-Tan Seahorse tote; Embossed Exotic Ombre Charm tote; Kristin Leather Satchel
Have you shopped at ModCloth yet? They have the cutest selection of dresses I have seen anywhere. I seriously want everyone of the dresses they offer. They also have a great blog, and they do this blogger of the moment feature where then then name a dress after you! What a cool honor! These three dresses are my absolute favorites. They even have the cutest names- When I Dip! When I saw the green one and the plaid one I had to forcefully talk myself out of buying them. It's bad when I'm already putting outfits together with a dress I don't own.
L-R: Enid Dress, When I Dip Dress, Pastoral Hide and Seek Dress
Saw these adorable sandals the Gap and fell in love. Wouldn't they be great with a nice breezy dress and light weight cardigan? I also love these pleated railroad jeans that Kate from Twinkle Toes and Gold Dangles wore on her blog the other day, and there on sale right now! Even more of a reason to get them :) L-R: Pleated Railroad Jeans; Floral T-Strap Sandals
I adore Anthropologie but can not afford it at all. Anthropologie is the site I love to go to when I want to lust over clothing and jewelry. I am so intrigued by this bracelet and am curious to see if it is something I could make. This dress is also so adorable and versatile- black cardi and some nice heels for work and then some fun sandals and jewelry for play.
L-R: Lanai Breezes Shift Dress; Goldberg Bangle
How about a fun pair of heels to dress up any outfit? I love this pump, and I love even more the fact that it comes in other colors. I just wonder how comfortable it is.
Piperlime-Nine West Bonfire in Multi
When I first got my peacock ring from the House of Harlow 1960 line from Shopbop.com I fell in love. I've worn it in numerous posts (seen here and here) and get many comments about it. So when I saw that they now offer a bracelet (here)I was thrilled. It's so fun!
What do you think of this shirt from Madison Marcus? It's the Radical top and I'm kind of really liking it. I love the different textures and lines in this shirt.
Last thing I've found that I'm in love with is this snake print blouse from Equipment. It's called the Daddy Blouse and the style does vaguely remind me of a shirt my dad would wear. Of course his shirt would not be sheer or snake print which is why I love it. What do you think?
This was sorta fun! My feet aren't tired and I'm not in more debt. Of course it would be better if these items were truly in my closet. So tell me, my shopping companion, what are your thoughts and opinions on these items in my faux shopping bag?
PS-Don't forget to enter the Hana Flat Iron Giveaway (here) It ends Monday!PPS-Have you stopped by my shop (here) lately?


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A princely state before Independence, Kolhapur is today one of the fastest growing cities in Maharashtra. According to Hindu mythology, Kolhapur came into being after the demon Kolhasura was killed by goddess Mahalakshmi. In order to honor the demon's dying wish, subsequently Kolhapur evolved. The place is well-known for its foundry units which yield exports as well as film festivals that are hosted annually. Kolhapur is quite famous for Kolhapuri chappals (hand-crafted buffalo leather slippers), culinary spices, Kolhapuri jewels and tobacco. Engineering, art and medical colleges make Kolhapur the pride of Maharashtra.
Budget Hotels in Kolhapur
There are good budget hotels in Kolhapur. Some of them are Hotel Landmark (Tariff – Rs. 800 onwards), Raj Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 550 onwards), and Mahalaxmi Yatri Niwas (Tariff – Rs. 550 onwards).
The official language of Kolhapur is Marathi. The other languages spoken here are Hindi and English.
Events in Kolhapur
The important event of Kolhapur is Kolhapur Rankala Mahotsava held in January-March.
Places to See in Kolhapur
There are several places of tourist attraction in Kolhapur. Some of the places include Rankala Lake (4.3 km), New Palace Museum & Zoo (4.5 km), Shalini Palace (4.7 km), Siddhagiri Museum (11.8 km) and Panhala Fort (23.7 km).
How to Get There
The closest airport to this place is Kolhapur Airport at Ujalaiwadi which is approximately 9 km away.
Chattrapati Shahu Maharaj Terminus is the closest railway station and is about 1.9 km away.
From Kolhapur travelers can reach places such as Pune, Bengaluru, Goa, Mumbai and other major cities. Some of the bus operators that offer good, reliable services include VRL Travels and Neeta Travels. Get your tickets from online bus ticket booking sites like Ticketgoose.com and travel tension free.
Dombivli is a city in the western Indian state of Maharashtra. It comes within the Thane district. Mumbai, the biggest Indian metropolis, is located at a distance of 50 km. Bhiwandi, another important city in the vicinity is located at a distance of 20 km. In the broader sense, the entire area is considered to be more or less a part of Greater Mumbai.
Places to Stay
One can try out these hotels in Mumbai proper - Hayat Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 700), Sai Residency Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 800), Ramada Navi Mumbai Hotel (Tariff – Rs. 900) and others as budget-friendly options.
The official language of the area is Marathi. Hindi, Urdu and English are also widely spoken and understood.
The important festivals of the area are Holi in March, Ganesh Chathurthi in August-September, Diwali in October-November, Christmas and the two Eid(s).
Places of Interest
It is anyone's guess, that the area with a beach (or coast) nearby is a tourist destination in itself. However, some of the places which are worth visiting in the nearby Bhiwandi are Shangri La Resort and Water Park and Chokhi Dhani.
How to Get There
The nearest airport is the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at a distance of 42 km.
The Kalyan Railway Station is the nearest railway station at a distance of 7 km.
Various state transport buses as well as private buses have pick-up points in the area. Buses to the area from Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, Bhiwandi and Navi Mumbai are readily available. Avail of bus ticket offers from Ticketgoose.com when you book your tickets online.


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Who is a "Prospective Student-Athlete"?
A prospective student-athlete ("prospect") is a student who has started classes for the ninth grade. In addition, a student who has not started classes for the ninth grade becomes a prospective student-athlete, if the institution provides such an individual (or the individual's relatives or friends) any financial assistance or other benefits that the institution does not provide to prospective students generally. An individual remains a prospective student-athlete until one of the following occurs (whichever occurs earlier):
(a) The individual officially registers and enrolls in a minimum full-time program of studies and attends classes in any term of a four-year collegiate institution's regular academic year (excluding summer); or
(b) The individual participates in a regular-squad practice or competition at a four-year collegiate institution.
Prospective student-athletes who wish to play at a NCAA Division I or II institution (SNHU is a Division II institution) must register with the NCAA Eligibility Center. SNHU is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Northeast-10 Conference.
For more information on becoming a Penmen student-athlete contact:
Nicole Ham
Assistant Director of Athletics
(603) 645-9783
SNHU SAAC SNHU Penmen Athletics SNHU Career Development Petey Penmen Northeast-10 NCAA Division II


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As a coach my purpose is to guide and mentor, to empower you and provide ongoing support and guidance as you set goals and make sustainable changes that improve your health, happiness, and life.
As your Coach, I will listen carefully and we'll navigate the world of contradictory nutrition information, dietary trends, ever changing health advice, relationship hurdles, and lifestyle choices together to explore what truly works for you.
Together we will:
- Connect the dots between who you are and who you want to be
- Create your personal blueprint
- Decipher your body & soul's unique needs
- Set your personal goals and work towards sustainable change
What you'll get:
- Two 50-minute sessions per month (if choosing a monthly package)
- Email support between sessions
- Handouts, books, audios, recipes, resources, and giveaways specific to your needs and goals
- Invitations to exclusive events
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Library Board
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The duties of the Public Library Board are to make recommendation regarding policy of the library, programs and operation of the library and library buildings; monitor and advocate for legislation that is appropriate to public libraries; cooperate with other public officials and boards; maintain positive community relations; and carry out other duties as assigned by the City Code or by resolution of the City Council.
The Library Board meets on the second Tuesday of the following months January, March, May, September and November at 5:30 p.m. at the Public Library. There are seven members on this board. Members serve three year terms. Regular meeting dates are subject to change due to holidays, special circumstances, and/or elections. If unsure about a meeting date or time, please contact the Recreation and Leisure Services Department at 507-934-0667 or by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Michelle Twait
James Nickras
Loehrl Pillers
Sally Geary
Karen Snay - School Board Liaison
Roger Parras - City Council Liaison
Lead Librarian - Ex-Officio
Recreation Director - Ex-Officio
City Council advisory board and commission members are recommended by the Mayor and appointed by the City Council. Vacancies occur most frequently at the end of the year, however vacancies do occur throughout the year as well. If you are interested in being considered for appointment to this or any other advisory board or commission, please contact the City Administrator's Office at 934-0663 or email@example.com for an application card. Members must live within the corporate limits of the City of Saint Peter.
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Style: Good Weekend's picks of the week
Believers in the importance of independent news-gathering can now wear their support on their sleeve – or in this case, their chest – thanks to a collaboration between Japanese fashion label Sacai and The New York Times. The newspaper's slogan can also be worn in hoodie form. Sacai X The New York Times T-shirt, $322; MRPORTER.COM
Double Rainbouu's Mikey Nolan and Toby Jones have a strong background in design and street culture, having worked together at Insight and Ksubi. Their latest apparel range has been picked up by Opening Ceremony and Barneys NYC, and they've collaborated with shoe brand Globe to come up with these fab statement sneakers. Double Rainbouu "CT-IV Classic" sneakers, $150; DOUBLERAINBOUU.COM
Sydney-based, France-born interior designer Veronique Terreaux (aka Courrier) loves gathering friends and family for impromptu meals shared on mismatched plates. These tapas dishes could also be used for soups, sides or jellybeans and the playful colours include iced acqua, lemon curd, slightly plum and mojito lime. Courrier tapas plates, $24 each; COURRIER.COM.AU
Pord has reinvented cask wine for the 21st century in the form of aluminium wine barrels decorated with works by various artists, including this one by Evi O. Each holds three litres of Mitchelton wine, with buyers able to choose between shiraz, pinot grigio and rosé. When finished, the lid can be removed and the barrel used as an ice bucket or storage container. Cheers! Pord wine barrels, $160; PORD.COM.AU
Clear the coffee table and make room for this brightly hued beauty, a 176-page limited-edition look at the career of Australian painter and sculptor Gemma Smith, who lives and works in Sydney. The book itself is a multi-coloured sculpture of sorts, with folding page corners inside a hardback cover – that also folds. For more of an investment ($420), the title comes in an acrylic slipcase edition of 20, signed and numbered by the artist. - Michael Harry
To read more from Good Weekend magazine, visit our page at The Sydney Morning Herald or The Age.


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Situated on the deck of a SeaWorld boat last week, eight sea lion pups looked hesitantly at the ocean, as if the expanse of water was familiar and yet somehow foreign.
It was their first glimpse of the Pacific after a month-long journey back to health at SeaWorld's rehabilitation center and a choppy, hour-long boat trip back to the open waters.
They sniffed the air and inspected the water. Finally, one pup took the plunge and the rest followed in single file. Moments later, they were racing through the waves, leaping in formation as they swam laps around the boat.
The release of these pups marked a sort of victory lap for Keith Yip, too. As SeaWorld's curator of mammals, Yip has overseen the care of about 300 stranded sea lion pups this year. That's nearly a third of the sea lions that have become stranded on Southern California's beaches since January, often with dehydration and severe malnutrition. The phenomenon, which has defied a sure explanation, has spurred the
SeaWorld staff members have logged thousands of hours rescuing, monitoring, feeding and treating the rescued pups. While some describe the animals' return to sea as a bittersweet parting, Yip said it's what makes all the work worthwhile.
View the Video Sea lion pups released
"This is really cool — the best part of the job," Yip said as he watched the eight pups zipping through the water.
Those sea lions were rescued by SeaWorld between Feb. 28 and March 18 from beaches in Carlsbad, Del Mar, La Jolla and Pacific Beach. The pups, all just shy of 1 year old, weighed in at 24 to 35 pounds — about half the size expected for that age.
Like the vast majority of sea lions under care at the marine park, these pups were hungry and thirsty. Some animals rescued this year have come in with mangled flippers, injured eyes, bite wounds or infections, but the eight released Wednesday were lucky to not suffer those problems.
California sea lion
Species name: Zalophus californianus
Size: 700 to 1,000 pounds and up to 7.5 feet long for males; about 240 pounds and up to 6 feet long for females
Life span: 20 to 30 years
Diet: Squid, anchovies, mackerel, rockfish and sardines
Behavior: The highly social animals congregate in groups of several hundred on shore. They are fast, agile swimmers that can dive down to 1,760 feet.
Reproduction: Breeding season runs from May to August. Pups wean at 10 months old.
Range: From the Pacific coast of central Mexico to British Columbia, Canada. Primary breeding range is from central Mexico to the Channel Islands.
At the rehabilitation center, incoming animals immediately receive fluids through stomach tubes or subcutaneous infusions, Yip said. After a couple days, they are fed a calorically rich, high-fat food formula. Then they graduate to gruel — a mix of sugars, water and ground fish.
"It meets all their needs, but it also gets them ready for solid food," Yip said.
After about a week, they can move on to eating fish. Each pup consumes about five to eight pounds per day.
"It's more than their maintenance need, because we're trying to put on some blubber, put some weight on these guys, before we return them," Yip said.
Along Southern California's shores, more than 1,000 sea lion pups have been found stranded since the beginning of the year. Sarah Wilkin, marine mammal stranding coordinator for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, calls the tally "unprecedented."
Scientists are investigating whether disease, pollution or other factors are playing a role. They suspect the surge of strandings is caused by changes in the availability of squid and small fish — the main sources of food for sea lions.
Such changes in food supply would have led pups to wean early, after their mothers failed to produce enough milk to feed them, said Sharon Melin, a wildlife biologist with the National Marine Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle. That leaves the pups in a double bind: pursuing a scarce supply of prey with limited skills.
"They don't have the strength of an adult and they're not as experienced as an adult," said SeaWorld spokesman Dave Koontz. "So if they don't have that going for them and then their food is not as available as it normally would be, it makes it difficult to survive on their own."
At the marine park, recovering sea lions must pass a final test before they are released: Can they fish for themselves?
As the pups grow stronger, SeaWorld's staff members introduce live fish into their pools to see how they respond. Healthy sea lions will be able to rely on their own instincts, and whatever training they received from their mothers, to hunt for food.
"This is a very cognitive animal, so they learn very quickly," said Mike Price, supervisor of fish and zoological operations at SeaWorld. "They spend a little time with mom playing in tide pools and they learn that little thing with the scales tastes good in my belly."
The eight pups that were returned to the wild Wednesday had passed the fishing test. They were deemed fit for release after about a month at the facility — less than the typical two- to four-month treatment period, Yip said. Each was marked with an orange identification tag so rescue crews can check its medical history in case it's picked up again. About 10 to 15 animals have stranded a second time this year, Koontz said.
On the ride out to sea, the eight pups huddled together in a large metal crate, barking and chuffing as they nudged and nuzzled each other. Sea lions are highly social animals, Yip said, so despite the cramped quarters, they curled up together to sleep.
Yip kept an eye out for balls of forage fish, but didn't spot any. The crew did see two Mylar balloons, which they picked up to keep marine animals from ingesting them. And they passed a gull perched on a floating sea lion carcass — a reminder of the pups that didn't make it.
At the 12-mile bank, a drop-off known for its rich array of sea life, Yip slowed the boat to let the pups out in the 350-foot deep water. Swimming around the boat, they bounded out of the water in a synchronized display of "porpoising." Yip said he had never seen such a display from a group of sea lions.
"Returning these animals is a great thing," he said. "It's definitely a second chance at life."


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YNorth Store is opening at Palm's Mall Ring Road on Sunday. But why is the company doing this? The CEO tells IBPulse.
In a chat with IBPulse on the company's latest major step, its CEO, Seun Bamiro, said his goal for YNorth Store is to move the brand to the new generation Mall.
"First is for the exposure for the brand. Secondly, getting YNorth around the big brand will help us to be better in terms of qualities and deliveries. As you know the competition around the foreign brand in Fashion industries is high there," Bamiro told IBPulse.
According to him, being at the mall will challenge the company to do better to meet up wit the standard of quality the foreign brands are delivering.
"Thirdly, our vision for YNorthStore is sell it as franchise to people. For the past two years, we have been test-running a lot of things regarding that. So putting it on this platform is one of it," Bamiro said.
But it is obviously a very big move, and expensive one, for the company to move to the mall which was why I asked the YNorth brand founder whether the decision could be sustained by the company since several brands are usually forced to leave malls at the expiration of their lease agreement.
In his response, Bamiro said they have put in a lot measure and arrangement to stabilise the company before deciding to go to the Palm's Mall.
"This is the next stag of YNorthStore. It is a giant step for us. And we are going there to stay. Our vision for YNorth is far bigger than the cost of moving to the mall," the CEO said.
He also revealed that before the end of October.
"We just need to start with Palms Mall first. We already have a deal with another mall. We just want to take it one after the other. So we do Palms first," he told IBPulse.
When I pressed him further for the name of the other mall the company will be launching at, he revealed it is the Cocoa Mall at Dugbe.
At Palm's Mall, YNorth Store would be situated at Shop UL 40 just beside Diamond Bank. Bamiro was confident when he said his brand has what they need in the mall.
"We have lovely and more shoe designs. We bringing more to the customers at the mall. Our School shoes for children are of top quality. YnorthShirts are top notch. We also have plenty of years and rooms for adjustment. We are in for the game," he said.
I also asked him about the company's newest line of products – The YNorth Shirts which he said are doing great in the market.
"We are appreciating our customers on this. It has been so wonderful, the acceptance is unbelievable and we have done so much on Publicity for it and it has been lovely. The market should be expecting so much from us this time."
To herald the launch of the brand at the mall, Bamiro said the company is inviting a lot of dignitaries.
"We are also having promotions on the shirt, shoes and schools shoes; we are also launching the casual outfits," he said.
There will also be free medical services during the launch as people in attendance would be able to have their blood pressure checked; they also do malaria test, sugar and cholesterol level investigations, get free drugs and several others.
In other words, make it a date with YNorth at the launch of YNORTH Store at Shop UL 40, Palm's Mall, Ring Road Ibadan on the 20th of August 2017.


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PAINESVILLE, Ohio- The #14 ranked Lake Erie College wrestling team took on #6 Notre Dame College on Friday (Jan. 20) night in a back-and-forth, intense battle at the Osborne Center. For the third straight dual, the match came down to the final matchup.
The Falcons won the final matchup, taking the dual 25-19.
At 125-pounds, Blake Glogouski (New Paris, Ind. / Fairfield) rallied after two Notre Dame takedowns by seventh-ranked Ivan McClay in the first period. Glogouski made a takedown in the second period before pinning McClay to win the match.
At 133-pounds, Andrew Lieb (Pataskala, Ohio / Watkins) fought off an early takedown against David Bavery of the Falcons with a reversal, tying the match at two in the first period. After a scoreless second period, Lieb sealed the victory with a two-point near fall on the way to a 4-2 decision win.
In the 141-pound matchup, Notre Dame's Cobey Fehr won via fall in the first period against the Storm's Zach Ruggles (Marietta, NY / Marcellus). The Falcons cut the Storm's lead to 9-6.
Nick Boggs (Concord, Ohio / Riverside), the fourth ranked wrestler at 149 pounds, went up against Taylor Misuna for Notre Dame. Boggs took control in the early going with two takedowns and a reversal as he led 6-4 in the first period. After a reversal at the start of the period, Boggs added an escape point and another takedown for a 9-6 lead. Boggs pulled away in the match as he added two more takedowns, an escape point and a point for riding time in the third. He won by a 15-7 major decision, pushing the Storm's lead to 12-6.
At 157 pounds, Christian Baughman (Wadsworth, Ohio / Wadsworth) fell behind in the first period as tenth-ranked Ju Ju Edmond led 6-4 with two takedowns. Edmond added a second period takedown and a riding time point for a 9-3 decision.
In a battle of two top ten ranked wrestlers at 165 pounds, Isaiah White from Notre Dame took on Lake Erie's Nick Vandermeer (Clarkston, Mich. /Clarkston). White controlled the match with takedowns in each period and six total. White won by a 13-3 major decision. After the match, the official deducted a point from Notre Dame's team total for an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. Lake Erie led 13-12 after six matches.
At 174 pounds, Brendon Winning (Ravenna, Ohio / Ravenna) took on tenth-ranked Justan Rivera for the Falcons. Winning stayed with Rivera as he reversed an early Falcon takedown. Rivera added three takedowns in the last period for a 12-4 major decision. Notre Dame took their first lead of the night at 16-13.
Tenth-ranked Tyler Hughes (Brunswick, Ohio / Brunswick) took on the number one wrestler at 184 pounds, Garrett Lineberger. Hughes had an early 1-0 lead in the first before Lineberger had two takedowns and two near-falls in the last two periods. Lineberger defeated Hughes with a 14-1 major decision.
197-pounder Evan Rosborough (Concord Township, Ohio / Riverside) got off to a fast start against Trent Allen. Rosborough had a takedown and a four-point near fall before pinning Allen. The fall closed the gap to 20-19 Notre Dame with one match to go.
At heavyweight, Evan Loughman (Thornville, Ohio / Sheridan) answered the takedowns from Kameron Teacher throughout the match but he could not get any offense going. Teacher clinched the match for Notre Dame with a 20-5 technical fall. The final score was 25-19 Notre Dame.
The Storm will host #12 Ashland and #18 Kutztown next Saturday (Jan. 28) at the Osborne Center.
#6 Notre Dame College vs. #14 Lake Erie College
125: Blake Glogouski (LEC) over Ivan McClay (NDO) (Fall 4:58) (LEC 6-0)
133: Andrew Lieb (LEC) over David Bavery (NDO) (Dec 4-2) (LEC 9-0)
141: Cobey Fehr (NDO) over Zach Ruggles (LEC) (Fall 1:00) (LEC 9-6)
149: Nick Boggs (LEC) over Taylor Misuna (NDO) (MD 15-7) (LEC 13-6)
157: Juwan Edmond (NDO) over Christian Baughman (LEC) (Dec 9-3) (LEC 13-9)
165: Isaiah White (NDO) over Nick Vandermeer (LEC) (MD 13-3) (LEC 13-12)
-Team point taken for White Unsportsmanlike conduct penalty
174: Roberto Rivera (NDO) over Brendan Winning (LEC) (MD 12-4) (NDC 16-13)
184: Garrett Lineberger (NDO) over Tyler Hughes (LEC) (MD 14-1) (NDC 20-13)
197: Evan Rosborough (LEC) over Trent Allen (NDO) (Fall 5:03) (NDC 20-19)
285: Kameron Teacher (NDO) over Evan Loughman (LEC) (TF 20-5) (NDC 25-19)
Final Score: Notre Dame College-25, Lake Erie College-19


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The Evolution of Sport Skydiving
The technology of "sport" skydiving has come a long way since it's beginnings after World War II. After WWII a few intrepid former Army Airborne Soldiers started to jump for fun doing what was then called Sport Parachute Jumping using military surplus gear. Sport Parachute Jumping remained primarily former military personnel into the 1960s when more and more non-military types were getting into the sport.
In the beginning it was enough to jump by yourself, freefalling and deploying your own parachute (no static line). As the sport evolved competition disciplines began to develop, primarily Style and Accuracy. Style is the discipline of completing a "set" of maneuvers such as front loop, figure eight, back loop, figure eight within the fastest time. Accuracy refers to landing accuracy, exiting and landing closest to a designated target.
In the 1950s a few jumpers started experimenting with jumping together and maneuvering their bodies in proximity to each other. The standard flying position was and is belly to earth, this body orientation is the most versatile in its natural stability and maneuverability through all flight axes. The first baton pass between two jumpers in freefall was completed, and the discipline of Relative Work saw its beginning. The predecessor to today's United States Parachute Association also saw it's beginnings in the 1950s.
The 1960s saw the beginnings of the first non-military drop zones, and non-military training methods. Lew Sanborn and Jacques Istel started the first commercial drop zone and training center in 1959. They developed a civilian training method with the belief that any intelligent person could be taught the basics of a parachute jump and jump the same day. Style and Accuracy remained the primary discipline throughout the 1960s, and Relative Work continued to develop with the first 6 and 8 man formations being completed.
The decade of the 70s saw a watershed of change for the sport. Military surplus gear lost favor to specifically designed sport equipment, these advancements served to make the sport considerably safer. Specially designed round parachutes were "high performance" at the turn of the decade, however by the end the parafoil or rectangular parachute (invented in the middle 1960's by Domina Jalbert, a kite maker) had replaced them. Freefall Relative Work as a competitive discipline was gaining prominence with 10 Man Speed Star (exiting solo and timed to complete a 10 way round freefall formation). The modern competition of 4 and 8 way Freefall Relative Work (moving through a set of formations in freefall, and taking different grips on each other within a 30 second time frame) was born. The primary method of skydiving training was through a Static Line Progression, but the development of Accelerated Freefall (AFF) began; the student is taken to standard freefall altitude, two experienced skydivers hold onto the student throughout the freefall, assist him to fall stable, and deploy his parachute if necessary. The Tandem system was also being developed at the end of the decade. This system allows a student with minimal training to go attached with an experienced jumper using a specially designed parachute system built for two.
During the 1980s the Tandem training method received a waiver from the FAA with experimental status, and a growing percentage of first jumps were done through the tandem method. The 80s also saw a movement toward the term Skydiving which was actually coined in the 1950s. During the decade we saw the death of the round main parachute, although rounds were still predominantly used as reserve parachutes. The Automatic Activation Device, a safety device which deploys the reserve parachute at a pre-determined altitude if a set fall rate is exceeded, saw wide spread use and became mandatory on all student equipment. Freefall Relative Work became the predominate discipline during the decade; with 4, 8, and 16 way teams. The 80s also saw the development of the new discipline of Free Flying. Free Flying is a form of relative work flown in a position other than belly to earth, predominantly head down, or in a "sit fly" position. The large RW formation record was pushed to 144 skydivers.
The 1990s saw great leaps in development toward higher performance wing designs, and the round reserve parachute was replaced by the parafoil design. Canopies were almost exclusively designed using Computer-Aided Design and cut using Computer-Aided Manufacturing. Performance canopies came to be elliptical in plan-form, and smaller with higher wing loading and air speeds. Students are trained on non-elliptical canopies with a wing loading generally less than 1 to 1 (more than one square foot of canopy per suspended lb); most experienced jumpers load their canopies in a range of 1.2 to 1, up to 2 to 1. Additional competitive disciplines saw some popularity; "Free Style" which resembles ballet in freefall and "Sky Surfing" where the jumper uses a specially designed "surf board". Through the 90s and into the 21st century Free Flying has become the discipline of choice for what now is approximately half of the "fun jump" skydivers. The decade also saw the sport gain more mainstream acceptance with televised competitions, the use of aerial photography, and media exposure in commercials and movies. The freefall RW record reached 200 in 1992 and 282 in 1999.
In the 21st Century further advancements in canopy design lead to records that would have been beyond imagination just a few years earlier. Experimental canopy designs have been successfully flown as small as 21 square foot loaded in excess of 8 to 1, and landed with wing loadings of over to 4 to 1 (39 square foot wing). High performance, fast flying canopies lead to the development of the competition discipline of "Canopy Swooping". The canopy pilot will initiate a speed generating maneuver (diving turn) creating canopy speeds in excess of 70 mph, he will then flare and float across the ground for some distance before touching down. In competition, the canopy pilot is required to cross through a set of "gates" at the start of the course and "swoop" the canopy for distance. The current Canopy Swoop record was recently set at a distance of 729' 10" (Nicolas Batsch, Longmont Colorado, July 2011). With the introduction of computer based recording altimeters a natural competition to achieve the ultimate free fall speed began. By reducing the surface exposed to the relative wind (standing on your head), the use of tight slick suits, contoured helmets, and a few other "tricks" the current "Speed Skydiving" record is 311.99 mph. One more recently developed discipline is winged freefall. Bird Man Inc. claims that with their latest wing suit under ideal conditions the vertical rate can be as slow as 30 mph, with a horizontal speed of up to 90 mph. Basically if someone can think of it, and figure out a way to measure it, a new competitive discipline is born. More traditional freefall relative work remains popular as well. The RW record reached 300 in 2002, and currently stands at 400 with the record skydive made in Thailand using 5 Thai Military Lockheed C-130 Hercules, jumpers on oxygen in the aircraft and an exit altitude in excess of 20,000 feet.
The next Formation Skydiving World Record attempt is set for 2013 (postponed until further notice). With the support of the Crown Prince of Dubai supplying a fleet of C-130s, exit altitude of 24,000', a goal of 500, and all participants wearing individual O2 systems in freefall.
Skydiving today is safer and easier to experience than ever before. There are hundreds of United States Parachute Association member DZs located throughout the US. In excess of two million jumps are made every year. Tandem skydiving is now the primary method for first jump students, but is not required. Static Line or Accelerated Freefall (AFF) training methods are also offered at virtually all skydiving centers. The first license a student can qualify for is the USPA "A" license and can be achieved with as few as 25 jumps. What began as a few ex-military guys having a little fun is now a sport that has come out of the extreme, into the mainstream, and has been enjoyed at least once literally by millions of adventurous souls.
By Martin Myrtle
What makes a World Record "Official?"
The FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) is the international governing body that regulates and homologates space and aviation world records. The FAI's International Parachuting Commission determines the criteria required to set an official FAI World Record involving parachuting and skydiving. In the case of the category for the Largest Freefall Formation, the rules have changed many times since 1973. At times, the burden of proof was upon the beholder; at others, only verified by film; for many years, the formation was required to be 'held' in position for varying specific numbers of seconds.
Currently, all skydivers who exit the aircraft intending to be in the record formation must not only be in the formation with pre-designated 'grips' on their neighbors, but must also be in their pre-designated positions in the formation, as declared before taking off in the aircraft. Video and film are the unforgiving proof, and all positions, grips, and the pre-defined formation are verified by no less than three credentialed FAI Judges.
The Guinness Book of World Records recognizes space and aviation World Records as official if they have been homologated by FAI.
Chronology of World Records for Largest Freefall Formation
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This article walks you through the process of enabling, modifying, viewing, and taking checkpoints within your SafeHaven protection groups. Checkpoints are used by SafeHaven as the restorable points for a server and determine your recovery point objective.
Enabling Checkpoints
Open your SafeHaven Console and login to the CMS.
Select Edit Checkpoint Period.
Under Checkpoint Period, ensure that Checkpoints Enabled is check marked and that a proper period time is specified. This is the frequency of checkpoints taken by SafeHaven.
Editing Checkpoints
Similar to the above process, proceed to the Edit Checkpoints Period. From there you can modify the Checkpoint Period previously specified.
Taking a Manual Checkpoint
There may be times when you wish to take a manual Checkpoint, either for test failover scenarios, or after some large changes have been synchronized.
Right-click on the protection group you wish to take a Checkpoint of and select Create Checkpoint.
Confirm that you want to create a checkpoint.
Wait for the task to complete. You can monitor the status in the jobs list at the bottom of the console.
Viewing Checkpoints
To view both automatic and manual checkpoints, take follow the next steps.
Open the SafeHaven Console and login to the CMS.
Select Show History under the Checkpoints group.
The available Checkpoints displays with related data for the Checkpoints. Please note that checkpoints taken for Full Replica Linux VMs always show in an "Unknown" state rather than "Clean" checkpoints, despite being valid and bootable.


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Desktops, laptops, ultra portables, tablets, mini tablets, phones… with so many choices out there it's hard to find your device sweet spot. Over the years I've tried just about everything and I think I'm finally coming to the conclusion of what works best for me. The other day I wrote a blog post that gave the impression to many from what I saw on Twitter that I was dismissing the Surface RT. That's not the case at all & it was quite frustrating seeing what I said be misinterpreted. The more I thought about it, I now realize I did a poor job of putting my message across. So let's try this a different way…
The tablet looked like a killer device when it first came out back when the first iPad came out. Yes, there were other options prior to this, but they weren't great tablet options (I think back to my days of the Toshiba Tecra M4… ugh!). I first tried the iPad, which was great but I was frustrated with the lack of doing real work on it… the lack of a keyboard drove me crazy. The keyboard add-ons for iPads even today make the device thick, which defeats a major aspect of the tablet. So when I saw the Surface, I thought "that's perfect for me!" After using it for a while, as my afore mentioned post covered, I came to another conclusion (and this is what really disappointed me about the Surface): what I think I really need is ultraportable laptop. I like to sit down and take notes or work without a tabletop… like on the couch, in a coffee shop, at a conference, etc. That just isn't feasible with the Surface because the kickstand isn't great on your lap nor is the touch/type keyboard… things wobble around too much and fall over.
But notice what I'm saying… this isn't a fault of the Surface… *in my opinion* (and that's the key point here), a tablet is ideal for content consumption. I needs to be blazing fast, surf the web, watch movies, play games, read articles, etc. When I want to work, I don't want a tablet… if I can, I'd like to work on an ultraportable laptop with a long battery life and full keyboard.
What I was saying in my last post about the Surface RT is that it suffered from performance issues. Even some of the core native apps like the News or Finance app would frequently take 9-12 seconds to load. Maybe it was just me, but I heard from many others who had the same experience (and no, it isn't a drive space issue… I have a 64GB with 20GB+ free). Right now I'm on the fence about selling my Surface RT… after the recent price cuts, a used one now won't go for much to make it worth the while to part with it (for the instances where I'm doing Windows 8 app dev).
I've since picked up a ultraportable laptop that I'm very happy with. The real test will be to see how much I like it after a few months and a few business trips and conferences, but in my non-scientific "after one week" test, I'm very pleased. I'll do a review of it in a future post in the next few days.
I firmly believe that everyone's sweet spot is unique to your work. I need a powerful laptop for doing SharePoint development meaning I need to host multiple virtual machines. I can't rely on a cloud solution as I also teach & present and we all know how reliable, ubiquitous and fast conference internet is. So what's my sweet spot? Here's my current thinking for me: I need a powerful laptop for my production work, teaching and presenting… today that's a Lenovo ThinkPad w520. Of course, the stock smartphone (pick your poison… I switched over to an Apple iPhone 5 a few months ago and have been quite happy). I'm also an avid reader and nothing tops the Amazon Kindle Paperwhite.
What about the tablet & ultraportable laptop? I'm still undecided on the tablet. But for the ultraportable laptop, I'm loving the Apple MacBook Air 11"!comments powered by Disqus


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Comparing Catholicism, Buddhism and Christianity
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Demonstration of basic knowledge of world religious traditions by creating a conversation/story that illustrates mastery of concepts from different world religions:
- Demonstrate knowledge of the respective faith traditions (perceive similarities and differences in doctrine, ritual performance, and historical contexts among world religious traditions)
- Two (preferably three) different faith traditions should be used to reveal similarities and differences in matters of: style of worship, doctrine, general worldview, etc.
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Having lived in Catholic Brasil, Protestant America and Buddhist Thailand over the course of my life I will be able to provide significant insight into these three faiths.
What do you worship?
- American protestant - I worship the God of the Bible. He alone is worthy of worship. It is wrong to worship idols made by humans, nature including plants and animals and people either historical or contemporary.
- Brazilian Catholic - I worship the God of the Bible. Whether I worship Mary and the saints or not is a hotly contested issue. I do pray to Mary and I try to gain the favor of various saints by lighting candles in their honor, conducting pilgrimages and at times praying to them.
- Thai Buddhist - Buddhism is more of a philosophy of life as opposed to a religion. I don't believe that I worship anything. I seek the Buddha's guidance in my daily affairs. I bow and pray to statues of Buddha. I have statues of Buddha in my home. I also have statues to Hindu gods since Buddhism is an offshoot of early Hinduism and many Hindu gods have found a home in Buddhist minds.
How do you worship?
- American Protestant - I can worship God in private at any time that I want to. I can pray directly to God asking His guidance, asking for forgiveness of my sin and thanking Him for providing for my needs. Formal worship is held at church typically on Sunday morning. In formal worship we meet as a group of people. Churches in America can range from several hundred to tens of thousands of people. In a typical meeting we will have announcements, public prayer, public singing, a message by the pastor, we collect an offering for church expenses and for community outreach projects and we generally close with a prayer. The congregation is pretty involved in the religious service through public reading, singing and other participation.
- Brazilian Catholic - My formal worship ...
Solution Summary
This solution is a comparison between Catholicism, Buddhism and Christianity described from the 1st person perspective of a follower of that religion. Specific issues addressed include doctrine, rituals, practice and historical context and origin. Over 1,300 words of original text based on the author's personal experience of living in Brazil, America and Thailand or also from personal study and career as a professor of religion.


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(My wondeful wife contiues her story!)
So how can Phil Bonasso be my high school sweetheart if we didn't even know each other…and we were so different? Well, high school is a very interesting time of life. It's what's happening in a person's soul that makes it a unique, yet universal moment. As different as Phil and I were, we did have some similarities.
Phil Bonasso came from a Catholic family and so did I. The number of children in the two families would have given one a hint to that possibility. I never quite understood when I was young why the next question after how many kids were in my family was always followed by the statement "You must be Catholic! Anyway, our families were devout Catholics. By high school I also was very devout. Phil was not so much. I never got into" trouble" but Phil was in and out of "trouble". We both seemed to be natural leaders. I was quiet internally but not afraid to lead. Phil Bonasso was the same. We each had many friends from both sides of the tracks, so to speak, which translated very differently in the Northeast compared to the South. But he was lonely and so was I: That's the inevitable state of the high school person's soul no matter how popular one is.
Because of this innate loneliness we were both looking for sweethearts … we were looking for each other…in high school…many miles and many experiences away…
To be continued…
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Phil Bonasso: A Love Story by Phil's wife Part II
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Welcome to my April newsletter
Welcome to my newsletter for April. This monthly report is a chance for me to keep you up to date on what your London Labour MEP is doing on your behalf, as well as to give you a regular analysis of developments in the EU.
This month, I piloted my report on protections for seasonal and vulnerable workers in the EU through its committee stages and led for the Socialists and Democrats on the anti-terorism PNR agreement. I also wrote for Next Europe about the state of the Greco-Turkish relationship, as well as for Labour List about the presidential elections in France. Please feel free to get in touch and I always welcome any feedback.
Claude Moraes MEP
French elections show far-right's rise
What we're seeing there is a far-right triumph, with Marine Le Pen winning just under 18% of the popular vote. Whilst it now seems likely that French socialist candidate Francois Hollande will win outright, the damage to French society has been done by such a resounding endorsement for the Fascist agenda in Europe. Sadly, many of President Sarkozy's anti-diversity policies have helped create Le Pen's success.
A new wall between Turkey and Greece
I've written for Next Europe about a three metre high, eight mile long wall that Greece is building along its shared border with Turkey.
That one country, acting unilaterally by building a new border wall, can influence Europe's overall relationship with so many other countries is wrong. It is also sadly a sign of the growing influence on mainstream European politics of new far-right political strategies.
Seasonal Workers in the EU
After a year's work, my report on the protection of seasonal workers was successfully voted through the European Parliament's committee stage on April 25th. It gained all-party support. This legislation provides basic legal protection against employers who exploit temporary workers and undercut the working conditions of established workers in the European Union.
This report is controversial at a time of austerity, as any report in the area of migration would be, but I was careful to ensure that basic protections would be available by law, and that we worked closely with trade unions in guaranteeing that workers' rights were not compromised in any way.
Data sharing between the EU and US
Members of the European Parliament have put in place the only legal framework on data-sharing between the European Union and the United States.
I led on this issue for the Socialists and Democrats Group, as reported by BBC Democracy Live. MEPs achieved important concessions on rules for sharing data and also clarified the legal position on behalf of EU citizens in 27 Member States.
MEPs vote for a Single Seat
This was the highest ever majority in favour of one meeting place for the Parliament, with 429 in favour, 184 against and 37 abstentions.
Over a million signatures have been collected to the end "travelling circus" to Strasbourg and all Labour MEPs agree.
Opposition Watch
This month, Tory MEPs voted against demands to combat tax fraud and tax evasion, despite a damning Treasury report released in April. The report shows billions of revenue lost to tax avoidance in the UK.
Vice Chair of the Economic Affairs Committee, Arlene McCarthy MEP, said: "Once again the Tories have turned a blind eye to tax evasion and refuse to take on the privileged tax dodgers and fraudsters".
Labour Party News
London goes to the polls on May 3rd. This is our chance to elect Ken Livingstone as our Labour Mayor of London.
During hard times, Ken's promises on cutting fares and police numbers will really help Londoners. Let's make sure on May 3rd that we elect Ken as London's Labour Mayor.


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We know what you're thinking… "Hold on… They're some awfully feminine hands, lips and hair in that photo. Is your new contributor a girl?". OMG our newest addition is a chick! Seriously though, it takes a little bit more than luck to find yourself writing amidst the pages of tBA. Bribery and "mad-skillz" are a part of it, however it's what you live and breathe that really counts. We had the chance to electronically encounter BM around 6 months ago whilst checking our mail. Since then we've found out that she'll answer only to "Ma'am" and is nothing but trouble. After several eating/drinking sessions together she's proven to us that not only can she talk the talk, but she can walk into a nightclub/stripclub without appearing too messed up, even after 10 beers.
So, when she's not eating burgers, she'll be eating chicken fried steak, fried chicken or BBQ. That's where her own blog (under the same guise) all began. "It started thanks to a huge collection of food photographs, mainly from Austin, Texas, that I felt needed to be shared with the world. I spent at least two months out of every year in the States, mainly in the South, on a whimsical culinary journey. Essentially, I'm an honorary Texan. Australian by birth, Southern by the grace of capacity to eat." To step even harder on a hippies head she adds, "sometimes I even forget what vegetables look like, especially when they're not coated in breadcrumbs and deep-fried."
Well, to avoid the awkwardness of a proposal, we thought we might as well ask the kind lady to write about her very own Adventures. Fresh off the Learjet she's back home in Melbourne ready to unleash a feast of mouthwatering burger fueled stories from all around America (Fuck yeah!). Keep your eye out for her burgasmic posts in the coming weeks. In the meantime you can check out her kick-ass blog BurgerMary and feel free to yell at her on Twitter here.
Much love
B•D•G•Z (+ bm)