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The Clancy Prize Religious Art Exhibition 15 March – 29 March 2019
Guidelines for the Submission of Artworks 2019
The information presented in these guidelines has been collated to assist schools in the preparation for the submission of artworks for The Clancy Prize Religious Art Exhibition. The steps outlined below highlight the key due dates for entry forms, including delivery and collection of artwork. The corresponding pages provide further information regarding artwork submissions and how to prepare pieces for hanging in the Gallery.
1) Outline of School Exhibits Application – due by Friday 7 December 2018
Schools need to register their interest by completing the School Submission Form. By completing the online form, teachers are providing a summary of the artwork being submitted by each student. Each secondary school is invited to submit up to 3 artworks by individual artists, or collaborative work, selected from years 7-12 (Schools are required to indicate which of these artworks will be from Year 12, 2018).
2) Artist's Statement & Conditions of Entry – due by Monday 25 February 2019
Each submitted work is to be accompanied by a brief artist's statement (no more than 100 words). Teachers are asked to carefully proofread these in advance, and ensure that the theme of the exhibition is reflected in this statement.
Conditions of entry must also accompany the student artwork. Failure to have a completed conditions of entry form may result in the artwork not being accepted into the exhibition.
3) Sending in your work – due by Monday 4 March – Wednesday 6 March 2019
Schools are to deliver or courier artworks to ACU McGlade Gallery either on Monday 4 March to Wednesday 6 March 2019, between 9.00am and 4.30pm, through Gate 3, 25A Barker Road, Strathfield. Note that artwork/s delivered outside of the specified delivery dates (without approval by Debbie Fenton 0419 302 458) won't be accepted into the exhibition.
For identification purposes a copy of the artist statement must be attached to the back of each artwork.
4) The collection of artworks – Collection from Monday 1 April to Friday 5 April 2019
Schools are responsible for the re-packaging and the collection of artworks prior to any individual or courier pick-up. Pick-up can be organised for either Monday 1 April to Friday 5 April between 9.00am and 4.00pm, through Gate 3, 25A Barker Road, Strathfield.
Please note: Sydney Catholic Schools and ACU will take no responsibility for any uncollected artworks. There are no facilities for storage of these artworks and they will be disposed of after the collection date.
Entry Criteria
- The Clancy Prize Exhibition is open to all Sydney Catholic Schools secondary students including both systemic and congregational.
- Works will not be accepted without a completed Artist Statement and Conditions of Entry signed by the College Principal, Art Teacher, Student and Parent/Guardian.
- All works submitted must meet the following criteria as stated in these guidelines to be accepted into the exhibition. This includes submission of works from students who completed Yr 12 in the previous year.
- Students and ex-students cannot submit works directly into the exhibition without school approval.
Student, parent and guardian enquiries about artworks, delivery and pick-up arrangements will be directed to the Art Co-ordinator of the school.
The Artworks
Each secondary school is invited to submit up to 3 artworks per student selected from Years 7-12 (including Year 12, 2018).
- All pieces are to comply with current HSC requirements for weight, and size and suitability for showcase events.
- Artworks may be in any media specified in the NESA Syllabus including video, web-based artwork, sculpture, painting, printmaking and photography.
- The Committee will use its discretion in the display of all works. Given the limited hanging space in the gallery, an entire body of work may not necessarily be displayed.
- For the 2019 exhibition schools are encouraged to explore 3D and 4D works. Works in new media, installations and collaborative works are also encouraged.
- Each artwork must be clearly labelled with the student's name, school, teacher contact name and telephone number.
The preparation of Artworks (see additional information attached)
Schools are responsible for the professional presentation of each work. The ACU McGlade Gallery is equipped with an adjustable hook hanging system and no nails or screws can be put in the walls. Please refer to the following instructions and the attached diagrams for the preparation of works for hanging. The committee will use its discretion in the case of works that arrive with no secure hanging system attached. D-rings or Eye-hooks are available from Art Basics, on Victoria Road, Ryde and most picture framers or hardware stores.
If a work consists of more than five pieces it is requested that it be assembled prior to submission. For works with five or less pieces schools are asked to supply a diagram or photograph to ensure that the pieces are assembled and displayed as intended.
Two-Dimensional Works
- Unframed works on paper (drawings, paintings, prints, photographs etc) may be firmly mounted on foam core board / heavyweight card or window mounted, and backed using heavyweight mount board.
- Framed work and stretched canvases must have secured D-rings affixed with screws to each end on the back. For works greater than 50cm in height, D-Ring must be at least 10cm from top. For works less than 50cm in height the D-Rings must be affixed 5cm from top.
- Unstretched canvases/textiles must be secured to a dowel rod and have D-rings affixed with screws/super-glue or eye-hooks at each end (as per sample shown on the attached diagram).
Three-Dimensional Works
- Sculpture and installation works must have clear display instructions included, and be stable and professionally presented.
Four Dimensional Works
- The ACU McGlade Gallery can provide basic equipment for video and web-based artworks. Teachers wishing to submit works in these media should contact Diane Merrilees, ACU Technical Officer, on (02) 9701 4140 before Friday 1 March 2019, to ensure that the equipment is available.
The Exhibition
- The exhibition is being held at ACU McGlade Gallery, Strathfield Campus. This is a gallery venue of professional standard. Signposts to the venue will be evident. The exhibition formally opens on Friday 15 March 2019 at 6:00pm, and will then be open each day (except Sundays and Public Holidays) from 11.00am – 4.00pm until Friday 29 March 2019.
School visits to the exhibition are welcome. For booking and further details please contact Diane Merrilees at ACU on (02) 9701 4140 or email email@example.com
Consideration of the need for correct delivery, presentation and collection of works eases the pressure and workload on the voluntary committee responsible for the professional display of the works for the exhibition – thank you.
Voluntary Committee
|Genevieve Moss, Sydney Catholic Schools Ph: (02) 9568 8244
|Trinite Colette, Trinity College, Auburn
Ph: (02) 9749 1919
|Debbie Fenton, Sydney Catholic Schools Ph: (02) 9568 8101
|Elizabeth Giusti, Clancy Catholic College, West Hoxton Ph: 8783 6000
|Byron Hurst, De La Salle College, Cronulla Ph: (02) 8522 1500
|Natalie McCaffery, De La Salle College, Caringbah Ph: (02) 9524 9133
|Diane Merrilees, ACU Ph: (02) 9701 4140
|Laura Stephens, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Kensington Ph: 9662 4088
|Lachlan Warner, ACU Ph: (02) 9701 4140


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Just north of 125th Street, Columbia's Manhattanville campus is taking shape. The campus began to come to life during the 2016-17 academic year, the first stage of a sustainable urban design that will unfold over decades. Manhattanville will provide innovative spaces for teaching, pioneering research, artistic expression and the shared human experiences of a great city defined by openness and diversity.
Manhattanville Campus Dedication
October 24, 2016
On this morning, we assemble on this little square, at the feet of these two nearly finished and magnificent academic buildings, to mark the moment of inception of the new campus of Manhattanville – the most transformational expansion of Columbia University since the dedication of the Morningside Heights campus in 1896.
Lenfest Center for the Arts Media Preview
April 26, 2017
"We are here this morning to preview the new Lenfest Center for the Arts. A stunning gem of a building designed by Renzo Piano that will serve and showcase the extraordinary creativity of our faculty and students in the school of the arts and the outstanding curatorship of the Wallach Gallery lead by Deborah Cullen." | WATCH
Jerome L. Greene Science Center Dedication Dinner
April 26, 2017
"This campus is to Columbia what Morningside Heights was in 1896-- it's that transformational. ...It was a big idea, a pretty big idea that we would have a new campus. But it was nothing more than an idea..."
Growing Together: Letter from the President
October 2016
When we committed ourselves to creating a new kind of open, accessible university campus in Manhattanville, we knew it was essential for Columbia to use this as an opportunity to deepen our partnerships and engagement in West Harlem, with all the special magic and longtime challenges that coexist in our iconic home community. ...This is our commitment—to grow together.
Preface to 'Columbia Manhattanville: Renzo Piano Building Workshop'
April 2017
On October 24, 2016, I stood with Renzo Piano and the assembled leadership of our University and our community to dedicate Columbia's new Manhattanville campus that Renzo and his accomplished RPBW team so brilliantly imagined and have now brought to life.
On the 120th Anniversary of Columbia's Morningside Campus Dedication
May 2, 2016
On this day in 1896, Columbia faculty, students, and alumni gathered on what is now College Walk to dedicate a Morningside Heights campus that was still under construction, marking the start of a momentous chapter in Columbia's long history.
Preface to 'Columbia in Manhattanville'
November 2016
In 2003, when I proposed in my inaugural address that space was a critical element in the future of Columbia University and that I believed Columbia's future should be within our home community of West Harlem, I knew several things: I knew that Columbia's intellectual ambitions could not be achieved without major new physical space.
"The university may not be indifferent to what is going on in the great city of which it is a part, and neither can the city forget, as it looks toward this hill, that there is in its midst in this university a life the great watchword of which is truth."— President Seth Low at Morningside Campus dedication

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25. Clay Aiken, "Invisible"
"If I was invisible, I would be the smartest man."
Well then wouldn't all the visible people (aka everyone) be the dumbest people? Isn't that how logic works? Okay well either way, this argument is INVALID.
24. Drake, "Headlines"
"Tuck my napkin in my shirt, cause I'm just mobbin like that"
You guys, I think Drake thinks "mobbin" means eating wings. Though highly unlikely, we can all agree that image makes this song way better.
23. Destinys Child, "Bootylicious"
"My vibe is too vibelicious for you babe"
Lyrics = too lyricticious.
22. R Kelly, "Remix to Ignition"
"So gimme that 'toot toot' / Lemme give you that 'beep beep'"
We've heard our parents say pretty much these exact words while reading us childhood books like Scuffy the Tugboat and the Little Engine that Could. R. Kelly's reimagination of such an innocent question is disturbing on its own level, but it's also annoying for its vagueness. Toot toot? Beep beep? What is it you want done to you?! Use your words.
21. Toby Keith, "Red Solo Cup"
"Red solo cup, I fill you up/Let's have a party, let's have a party/I love you red solo cup, I lift you up/Proceed to party, proceed to party"
The Red Solo Cup is a staple of every fun party ever. It remains steadfast in its duty as an ambassador for loosened morals, loud music, and underage drinking. That said, there's, like, a billion things that are more fun at parties, and Toby Keith wanted to sing about none of them.


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I leave Roundhay Grammar School without regret
Above: The only school photograph I have from Roundhay. This was Form 2 - probably early 1949. I am 2nd from the right on the front row. Just look at all those knobbly knees and wrinkly stockings!!
Late in the autumn of 1949, Dad was posted back to Strangeways Prison and so another house move, and yet another change of school was pending. This time the family move was on hold until Dad could find a suitable house in Manchester or Salford for us, so he was once again travelling back and forth at weekends or when he had days off in lieu of weekends.
At the start of 1950 we still had not moved home and I was still at Roundhay GS. My diary recorded: "New Head Master. He is very tall and looks quite nice." That was his first and last mention in my diary. On 21 January there was a curious entry: "Fell out with Holt." Holt was Geoffrey Holt, my long-time school friend from my QEGS days in Wakefield and I had just spent the day with him. Since leaving Wakefield, Geoffrey and I had continued to meet regularly. All the many earlier diary entries about our friendship had always referred to him simply as Geoffrey. I have no idea what the falling out was about, but he never featured in my diaries again and I have not seen him, or heard of him, since that day almost 70 years ago.
Teenagers of today cannot imagine what life was like without mobile phones, computers, and other electronic delights - and they probably get fed up of old folk going on about the 'olden days'. We still had no TV, so I spent the dark winter evenings playing in my attic bedroom with my ever-growing Meccano set. I could also listen to the wireless because I had rigged up an extension loudspeaker from the set two floors down. I was allowed to switch on a small electric fire for short periods to take the chill off the air.
Meccano was brilliant and I learned more about levers, three speed gear boxes, differentials, traction engines and bascule bridges than I ever learned later from any other source. My first Meccano had been a Number 3 Set bought for Christmas 1948, which was possibly the first time since the 1939-45 war had ended that Meccano was available again. I had immediately used some of my pocket money to buy a 3A Set which upgraded the No 3 Set to a No 4. That was a cunning sales ploy by Meccano - and a shrewd move by my parents who probably realised that I would use my pocket money to finance the upgrade. After a number of birthdays and Christmases I ended up early in 1950 with a No 7 Set plus extra cog wheels and, my pride and joy, a mains-operated electric motor that could be used to drive a wide variety of static models. The motor was controlled by a rather heavy Bakelite cube that had to be plugged into the mains electricity supply. There was a spring loaded control lever on the front of the device which varied the output voltage from zero to whatever the maximum was. There was a small problem with the controller: every time I touched the control lever, I received an electric shock, quite a severe one which shot all the way up my arm. I tried to get around that problem by sticking a small piece of insulating tape on the end of the lever but every now and again the tape slipped off so I got another electric shock.
The week beginning 10 February 1950 was quite eventful. On the Monday we got the news we had been waiting for: a telegram from Dad told us that he had found a house for us in Salford. Quite by coincidence that was the day I started a newspaper round for a newsagent on the corner of Markham Avenue just around the corner from where we lived in Harehills. I did evening papers 6 days a week, and also the Sundays, because I needed the income to supplement my pocket money. The following day Mum went off on her own to Manchester on the train to view the new house leaving my sister and me to look after ourselves.
It was General Election Day on 23 February 1950, the first one I have any recollection of. "The Great Day has come at last" according to my diary which went on to record that the BBC Light Programme and Home Service combined at 10.30pm until 3.00am to give live coverage of the state of the parties every 15 minutes. I regularly put items of current affairs in my diary, but I was not in the least interested in politics so I don't know why I referred to it as the Great Day. By 1950 I used the Schoolboys Diaries just for short notes; my full narrative diary was kept separately in exercise books and, sadly, most of those have not survived. (4388.5 in the scan below indicates the number of miles I had pedalled on my bike since 1 January 1948.)
Below: My diary entry for 23 February 1950
The day after the election I recorded that by early morning Labour had a 61 seat lead but that it diminished steadily during the day. By 8.20pm on the 24th it was announced that Labour was in. Looking back at the records of that General Election it is clear that Labour won a very slim majority, a very disappointing result for them. This election came about at the end of the first ever full term Labour government but, despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives (which then included the Ulster Unionists), Labour achieved a majority of just five seats over all other parties, a loss of 78 seats. The Conservatives had gained 85 seats but still did not have an overall majority. The Liberals ended up with nine seats, three fewer than in the previous election. Interesting to note that the electorate (those entitled to vote) totalled 33,269,770 and 83.9% of them actually turned out to vote.
My final day at my second grammar school was Tuesday 4 April 1950 when school broke up for the Easter holiday. I knew it would be my last day at Roundhay GS but no-one else at school did, not even the Head Master as far as I know. I left, therefore, without any ceremony and without any great regret.
We had to wait to complete the sale of our house in Harehills before we could arrange a date to move to Salford. In the meantime, I continued with my paper round seven days a week in those hilly, grimy streets around Harehills. I was paid 10 shillings a week for the evening papers, which usually took about 45 minutes, and an extra 5 shillings (25p) for the Sunday shift alone but it took me an hour to deliver them. Fortunately, the Sunday papers in 1950 were but a fraction of the size and weight of today's Sundays.
In mid-April 1950, on my penultimate day as a paper boy, my newsagent showed me a preview copy of the full-colour Eagle Comic and a few days later, on our last day in Leeds, I was able to buy the very first proper issue when it went on public sale. That first issue apparently sold 900,000 copies and my newsagent ran out of his meagre ration long before 9am on the morning it was published. I didn't keep my copy and that's a great pity because pristine copies are now worth a lot of money. Comics were never the same again. All of a sudden, boys all over the country were talking about Dan Dare and his battles against the evil, green Mekons from Venus (and lots of other exciting stories as well). We could not possibly have guessed how our knowledge of our own Solar System and the Universe would expand in the next few decades.
There had been virtually no mention of music or violin practice in my diaries since I had left Wakefield. I knew my parents could not afford any proper violin lessons for me, so I had not asked for any. Roundhay school had no orchestra but I did frequently get my violin out and play for an hour or so for my own pleasure. It was not proper practice and it seemed a little pointless - but that was about to change. Something else was also about to change and never again would I write in my diary that I had had a boring day at school.
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It is now over 12 hours since Greenpeace International has had any contact with the ship, which appears to be heading west towards the Russian territorial waters. Greenpeace International has not received any formal confirmation of possible charges, and the activists have been denied access to legal or consular assistance. Over 20 Greenpeace offices are organising protests at Russian embassies around the world today. The head of Greenpeace International's Arctic oil campaign, Ben Ayliffe, said: "The safety of our activists remains our top priority and we are working hard to establish what is facing them. They have done nothing to warrant this level of aggression and have been entirely peaceful throughout. In our last phone call with the ship, the crew said that their spirit remains high and they have been boosted by messages of support from thousands of people who stand with them to oppose dangerous Arctic oil drilling. "The real threat to the Russian Arctic comes not from the crew of the Arctic Sunrise but from Gazprom, one of the most reckless oil companies in the world today." According to one Russian media report (1), senior officials on Gazprom's Prirazlomnaya oil platform described a Greenpeace safety pod used in the protest as 'resembling a bomb'. In reality the safety pod - designed to keep the activists warm - measures 3 meters long by 2 meters wide, is brightly coloured, and heavily branded with Greenpeace logos (2).The safety pod was designed by competition winner Rubén Bodewig, an architecture student from Spain who beat 350 entrants. Pictures of the pod are available here: http://photo.greenpeace.org/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox_VPage&ALID=27MZIFV4HRSX&CT=Album
A video about the pod can be seen here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKXTVziw6TU
According to activists on the ship, Russian FSB agents forced their way into the ship's radio room and inflicted significant damage to communication equipment. Some activists were able to conduct interviews by satellite phone from the ship's mess, where they are being held. Contact: Greenpeace International press desk: +31 (0)20 718 24 70 or Greenpeace International picture desk: +31 (0) 20718 2471 Greenpeace International video desk: +31 (0) 20718 2472
Video:http://photo.greenpeace.org/C.aspx?VP3=ViewBox&STID=27MZIFV4JMK5&CT=Story Please register for download
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Annual Open Enrollment Period for Individual Marketplace Finalized for 2015
Individuals Must Enroll by February 15, 2015
According to a final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the annual open enrollment period for individuals to purchase coverage on the Health Insurance Exchange (Marketplace) for the 2015 benefit year will begin on November 15, 2014 and extend through February 15, 2015.
Note: The rule does not change the 2014 open enrollment period. The deadline for individuals to enroll for 2014 is March 31, 2014.
The rule also provides for a standard coverage effective date of March 1, 2015 for enrollments taking place between January 16 and 31, 2015. This schedule gives issuers, states, and HHS additional time to prepare for open enrollment, and gives consumers more time to shop for coverage.
An HHS 2015 Health Policy Standards Fact Sheet is also available to provide early guidance for employers providing health coverage next year.


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"Photography not only helps us to see, but it inverses our preconceptions about sight."
Sydney Picasso
For Paris Photo 2012, Daniel Blau Ltd. presents "Airborne", a collection of aerial photographs from the great conflicts of the mid-twentieth century. The exhibition focuses on the Pacific front of the Second World War, but also on other conflicts in which the use of airplanes determined and shaped the nature of warfare. A number of pictures taken on NASA missions from 1966-1971 provide a welcome juxtaposition to the raw violence of war.
The photographs in the "Airborne" exhibition have a dual nature: the documentary and the aesthetic. As Sydney Picasso explains, aerial photographs (of war) can be seen as historical documents but also as artistic planes where the world is flattened and transformed into an aesthetic experience. Our vision of the world has been altered by photography, and even more so by airborne photography, ever since Nadar started taking pictures from a hot air balloon in the 1850s.
This collection of photographs is unique in that it shows us various aspects and landscapes of war, from semi abstract landscapes, bombs falling into clouds, elegant patterns carved into the ocean's surface by escaping ships, to "beautiful" atomic clouds rising into the sky and the pristine choreography of jets from above.


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The 2016 Honda Fit subcompact proves that small truly can be great. If you are seeking a small car that sips fuel and is surprisingly versatile, the Fit may be your best bet. Honda's Fit has been a perennial favorite of automotive journalists and consumers alike, and the updated 2016 model is more spacious than the previous generation, with improved fuel efficiency and even better driving dynamics. Manly Honda, serving Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol, and Sonoma, invites local drivers to visit our Santa Rosa, CA showroom to test drive and experience the sporty and versatile 2016 Honda Fit.
Let's see how the 2016 Honda Fit stacks up against the Nissan Versa Note.
If you are looking at subcompact cars, chances are that fuel economy and value are crucial to you. On the fuel economy front, the 2016 Honda Fit provides significant cost savings over Nissan's Versa Note. With an EPA-estimated 33 city/41 highway mpg rating*, the Fit hatchback achieves a full 2 mpg greater in the city, and 1 mpg better on the highway. The city mpg ratings are likely the most significant for subcompact vehicles, since most drivers of these small vehicles will spend more time driving in cities, where the agile characteristics of subcompacts really shine.
While most subcompact car drivers probably aren't racing their vehicles on the weekends, it is still nice to have some added power under the hood, for merging onto freeways or using the passing lane. The 2016 Honda Fit's 1.5-liter engine develops a highly capable 130 horsepower and 114 lb-ft of torque, which gives Fit drivers a whopping 21 hp and 7 lb-ft of torque advantage over drivers of the Versa Note. Anyone who has driven a lightweight car like these subcompacts can appreciate that an additional 21 horses can make a world of a difference in real-world driving.
With better fuel economy and more power, the 2016 Honda Fit is the clear winner in this subcompact hatchback battle. When you are ready to test drive a 2016 Honda Fit hatchback near Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Sebastopol, and Sonoma, visit Manly Honda, located at 2777 Corby Ave., in Santa Rosa, CA.
*29 city/37 highway/32 combined mpg rating for LX and EX 6MT models. 33 city/41 highway/36 combined mpg rating for LX CVT model. 32 city/38 highway/35 combined mpg rating for EX and EX-L CVT models. Based on 2016 EPA mileage ratings. Use for comparison purposes only. Your mileage will vary depending on how you drive and maintain your vehicle, driving conditions and other factors.View Inventory


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The Decalc indicator on your Philips Iron is not a button. It is a light indicator that reminds you to descale your iron.
Descaling your iron helps maintain it so that calcification particles do not build up inside the boiler. It is highly recommended that you descale your iron every time the Decalc light blinks. When the iron is cold (usually 2 hours after ironing), open the EasyDecalc knob and let the water flow out into a cup or into the sink.
Please note that if the light indicator is on, it will go off once you descale the iron as recommended. Please find here all descaling information for your specific Philips iron


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Swingeing cuts to the budgets and staff of key regulatory agencies are putting the safety of UK food at risk, new analysis has revealed.
The research by charity Sustain, which has been shared exclusively with Farmers Guardian, showed the Food Standards Agency (FSA) has had its budget slashed by more than a quarter since 2011, and seen a 21 per cent drop in staff numbers over the same period.
Cuts to trading standards were even deeper, with the budget dropping from £213 million in 2010 to £124m last year – a 42 per cent reduction.
The Trading Standards Institute, which enforces laws on consumer safety, labelling and animal welfare, also estimated the number of staff working to protect the public had been cut by a massive 57 per cent.
Council food law enforcement officer numbers have dropped too, from 2,531 in 2013 to 2,105 in 2016 – a 22 per cent reduction.
The draconian cuts come as the FSA is having to cope with a number of high-profile investigations, including one into meat supplier Russell Hulme, which uncovered 'serious systemic and widespread' problems around use-by dates.
Asked if the FSA had the capacity to cope with its day-to-day duties on top of such probes, a spokesman said: "The organisation prepares for incidents by carrying out exercises to test the procedures in place and the resilience of the teams which may be involved.
"We also measure the resource requirements needed over a longer period of time to help inform preparations and planning for future events.
"The FSA and Food Standards Scotland are working with colleagues in local authorities to jointly carry out this investigation while we continue to carry out and deliver our regular functions."
Concerns about the UK's ability to keep food safe have been exacerbated by Brexit, as the Government will have to establish and fund new regulatory bodies to replace EU ones, such as the European Food Safety Agency, after leaving the bloc.
Sustain chief executive Kath Dalmeny said: "Regulation has been a dirty word of late, but we all expect the food on our plates to be safe. We need fresh commitments from Government to give the people who keep our food safe the proper funding they need."


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It's been a whirlwind week for those following developments at Christian ministry World Vision.
When the international poverty ministry announced on Monday it would allow its American branch to hire employees in same-sex marriages, the backlash was swift and powerful.
Many evangelical leaders lambasted the decision as a severe compromise of the authority of Scripture. Christian author and ministry leader John Piper called the move "a tragic development for the cause of Christ, because it trivializes perdition—and therefore, the cross …"
Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission noted that afternoon: "We're entering an era where we will see who the evangelicals really are, and by that I mean those who believe in the gospel itself. … And many will shrink back."
But by Wednesday afternoon, World Vision had shrunk back from its decision. The ministry announced yesterday it would reverse the new policy, and apologized for the "pain and confusion we have caused many of our friends, who saw this decision as a reversal of our strong commitment to biblical authority."
As the development broke, some Christians expressed continued confusion over the massive shift in thinking over the course of 48 hours, and concerns over the judgment of the ministry's leaders.
In a Thursday morning interview, Moore said those concerns are fair, and that Christians should watch carefully how events unfold: "But we should do that with a hermeneutic of charity—of being willing to take an apology that comes from an organization that says it did something wrong."
At least one major Christian body agreed. Assemblies of God general superintendent George O. Wood had urged members of the denomination to begin shifting their support away from World Vision in the wake of the original announcement. By yesterday evening, Wood applauded the group's reversal and encouraged members to reinstate support to the child sponsorship program.
It's unclear how many donors withdrew support in the two days following World Vision's announcement. A tweet from a man named Ryan Reed indicated World Vision president Richard Stearns told staffers they had lost 2,000 sponsorships.
The group also receives substantial grants from the U.S. government for its international poverty work, but Stearns claimed funding concerns weren't an issue in the original decision.
Still, questions are certain to continue for the Christian ministry over the massive, two-day shift. Moore said Christians should remain discerning about any organization they support, and the fact that a longtime Christian organization had been "willing to barter away gospel orthodoxy on such a crucial gospel point is a warning signal to us about the kind of culture we live in."


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Hand turned Bucket Baker glazed in our original pattern is beautiful enough to set on your counter top between uses. it measures about 3 1/2 inches tall and is about 6 1/2 inches across at the top. It is the perfect size to Our stoneware Bucket Baker is microwavable and oven safe and cleans easily in automatic dishwasher. When baking place Bucket Baker into cold oven and allow to preheat at the same pace.
Stoneware is known for its very even temperature makes wonderful breads easy. High fire glaze is super non-stick. Great for baking all types of breads. Durable stoneware will last a lifetime.
All Miracle Pottery is signed first with a cross in thanks to our Lord. It is also a prayer that the receiver be forever Blessed.
Once you own a piece, you will always have a Miracle.


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Angie Sneaker - Blue/Green Sinaluan
Regular price $125.00 USD
Available at Stride Collective.
A modern interpretation of the classic tennis shoe, this sneaker is hip enough to pair with jeans or a skort, but well constructed enough to wear for a workout.
The Angie Sneaker is a mix of hand woven Yakan Sinaluan - the rainbow pattern - from Mindanao with metallic leather accent. Lace-up front with metal eyelets. Soft pigskin lining and the cushioned Hola Lili insole provides hours of comfort. Rubber outsole is hand sewn onto the sneaker for added endurance.
True to size. Unisex sizing/Style. (men, order two sizes up)
Note - only the Grey comes with Hola Lili logo embroidered on the outward facing side.
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Hi Steven! Thank you for continually bringing everyone new tiny homes to swoon over. I wanted to submit one of our latest builds.Here are the specs:
10′ x 24′
3 @ 6K axles
Custom design for local customer
Removable front porch over tongue
Lapped cedar siding on the bottom + Poplar bark siding on top
Onduvilla roofing
Cook's kitchen with 9.2 CF refrigerator, 3-burner range/oven, and ample cabinet storage
Reclaimed barn wood interior, walls pickled, feature walls left natural
Kimberly wood stove with custom tile hearth and storage below
Free standing AC/dehumidification unit built into stairs
Stairs adjust for additional living room seating
Adjustable bunk to grow with the needs of the family
Custom wooden tub with subway tile surround
Cantilevered reading nook and storage area at rear
30-gallon water tank with pump for winter months
Tankless propane water heater
A 240 square feet tiny house on wheels in Asheville, North Carolina. Built by Wishbone Tiny Homes in Asheville, North Carolina.


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Arctic Adventure
There's a saying "There's no such thing as cold, only bad clothing" I agree to a certain amount but even the best clothes will not keep you warm when standing still for a long time in -30C at night. Waiting for the Northern Light is a static thing and the…Read article
Beautiful Bandhavgarh ……..
At the beginning of February I went to Bandhavgarh National Park in India. I was co-leading our annual trip by Natures Images to this wonderful location with our main target being the Bengal Tiger. Bandhavgarh is one of the finest reserves in India and is one of the best…Read article
Pick up a Dalmatian Pelican
Our recent and first trip in to Lake Kerkini in northern Greece to photograph the Dalmatian Pelicans that gather there at this time of year for the beginning of the breeding season, was the first of many such single-species focused breaks we are gradually introducing into our programme: working this…Read article


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This guy graduates from preschool tomorrow, along with the rest of the class of 2028.
It's nearly impossible for me to believe on multiple levels.
First, how can this baby be graduating from preschool already? (And when, I wonder, will I stop thinking of him as a baby and see him as the big kid he is? My money is on NEVER.)
Second, how are people already members of the Class of 2028? That is basically equivalent to the time frame in which Star Trek took place. I mean, does that not sound like it's at least 80 years in the future? But it's not. It's 13 years away. It's as close in time to now as 2002. (Which just makes me feel old.)
And finally, we'll be leaving our beloved preschool behind after tomorrow. It's basically the coolest preschool on earth, set right in the middle of a giant working farm. The kids hatch chicks in the classrooms in Spring, and when the mama sheep had babies on a school day last year, Farmer Paul called the schoolhouse to let them know, and all the children walked to the barn and saw the tiny, sweet, one-hour-old lambs. It's sunshine and grass and mud and smelly pigs and funny baby goats head-butting each other in their pens.
We've had at least one kid there for the past eight years. When B started there, I was pregnant with O. When G started there, I was pregnant with Q. All my babies have done at least two years of preschool there and the teachers are some of the most wonderful, caring, thoughtful, and nurturing people I've had the good fortune to know. They've seen our family expand, they've seen us grow up, and they know my children in ways that even I do not.
We will miss our beloved farm school. But they've more than prepared this little member of the Class of 2028 for the rest of his school career, and for that we will always be grateful.


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IGMC Shimla Recruitment 2016 For Sr Resident/ Demonstrator Posts. Non Clinical Department, Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla has published notification for the recruitment of Senior Resident/ Demonstrator vacancies in various non clinical specialties on tenure basis. Eligible candidates may apply in prescribed application format on or before 29-06-2016 by 12:00 noon. Other details like age limit, Education Jobsal qualification, selection process & how to apply are given below.
IGMC Shimla Recruitment 2016 Details:
|Company Name
|Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC)
|Post Graduation (MD/ MS) or DNB
|Job Location
|Number of Vacancies
|07 Posts
|Name of the Post
|Senior Resident/ Demonstrator
|Not Declared
|Last Date To Apply
|29-06-2016 by 12:00 noon
Important Dates:
Last Date for Receipt of Application: 29-06-2016 by 12:00 noon.
Date & Time of Interview: 29-06-2016 at 02:30 PM
Name of the Department:
1. Anatomy: 02 Posts
2. Biochemistry: 01 Post
3. Microbiology: 02 Posts
4. Physiology: 02 Posts
Age Limit:
Candidates age limit should be 45 years and below as on the first day of the year in which the post(s) are advertised for inviting application. Relaxation of age will be applicable to SC/ ST/ Other categories candidates.
Education Jobsal Qualification For IGMC Shimla Recruitment 2016:
Candidates should possess Recognised Post Graduation (MD/ MS) or DNB in the concerned specialty or super specialty from a University recognized by the MCI failing which the PG Diploma in the concerned specialty/ recognized by the MCI.
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Candidates will be selected based on interview.
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Eligible candidates may send their application in prescribed format with certified/ attested copies of date of birth certificate, professional examination certificate, service certificate, character certificate, registration certificate to the Principal Secretary (Health) to the Govt.of Himachal Pradesh, Shimla/DHS, HP Shimla on or before 29-06-2016 by 12:00 noon.
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Well I did it. I seems like it took me forever, but I finally submitted my book to the publishers for an anthology coming up. I read in a book, it may have been one of Sean Michael's, how completing the book is kind of like breaking up. While I don't feel broken up, I feel relieved? Nervous? Well, a whole jumble of different emotions, definitely butterflies.
I have written a few books, but the idea of editing always worried me. I don't know which is harder pouring my heart out into my books or editing the words down to make the story flow.
Well it is now out of my hands. Either way I cannot wait to see what will happen. On to the next project. Well two of them.
WIP: Ike's Bear current w/c 500
WIP: Doctor's First current w/c 1000


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Property ID: 3213
Address: Tilkicik Mevkii Yalikavak Bodrum Bodrum 48400 Turkey
Phone: 0090 532 111 67 45
Club Flipper is located on a privately owned peninsula, bordered by the sea on both sides. Lies on a bay25 km north of the town of Bodrum, formerly the ancient city of Halikarnassos, on the beautiful Aegean coast. This is an area of pine clad hills and citrus groves which surround sites of great historic interest. In Bodrum there is a castle and museum and to the west and the now submerged, ancient port of Mindos is visible under the clear waters.
Bar/lounge (Onsite)
Car Rental (Onsite)
Conference facilities (Onsite)
Grocery Shopping Service (Yes)
Internet access in public areas (fees may apply) (Wireless Internet Access)
Laundry facilities (Onsite)
Medical facility (2 Miles)
Multilingual staff (Yes)
Onsite - Swimming pool - children's (Yes)
Safe-deposit box (In-Room)
Swimming pool (Onsite)
Proximity: Onsite
Snack Bar: Yes
(Swimming) beach (Onsite)
Beach (Onsite)
Children Activities (Onsite)
Entertainment / Nightlife (Onsite)
Horseback Riding (3 Miles)
Shopping (2 Miles)
All suites provide home-style comfort with fully equipped kitchenette, satellite TV, music channel, telephone, and air-conditioning. All suites and most of the rooms have large balconies with panoramic sea views.
Bodrum - Milas Airport - BJV (30 Miles)
BY AIR: Nearest Airport, Bodrum Milas International - 50kms. BY ROAD: From the airport follow the signs toward Bodrum for approx 31kms. At the junction turn right to the direction og Torba-Yalikavak. Go via the villages of Torba & Gundogan & follow the signs of Yalikavak. Turn right just before entering the village of Yalikavak. After 800m at the corner of Gima market, turn left & go straight for approx 2.5km. On the right hand side you will see the resort.
Check In: 16:00
Check Out: 10:00
Weeks Check In Days: Sunday, Saturday
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By now you may be aware of the new phenomenon sweeping the nation—Pokémon GO. Its catchphrase "Gotta Catch 'Em All" refers to the player's objective of catching as many of the virtual critters as possible. We don't completely understand the craze, but at least it's getting kids outside! The game is so popular that within days of its release, it had already exceeded Twitter and Facebook in the number of daily users.
Nintendo, which owns a 32 percent stake in Pokémon, saw a big jump in its stock price—gaining over 100 percent just two weeks after launching the app on July 5. Dramatic increases like this often leave investors wishing they would have had the foresight to get in before it happened. But it's also a good reminder of the random nature of stock market returns. You'll never be able to consistently predict when a stock will rise (or fall), nor by how much.
Diversification allows us to "catch 'em all"—so that you participate when companies like Nintendo soar in price but you also limit losses if the stock of a particular company falls considerably. (Coincidentally, a couple of the international funds we invest in here have direct investments in Nintendo.) Yes, the opportunity for large gains is limited, but you also remove some of the unnecessary risk in your portfolio. So you can spend less time worrying and more time catching Pokémon (go ahead, we won't judge you).
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I used a black base here (as a lot of New Year's nails seem to start out) of A England Camelot. Then I stamped some fireworks from Bundle Monster BM-S211 (previously reviewed here) in silver. I then sponged on some of the OPI Color Paints over the fireworks to color them.
Then I stamped a couple smaller images from BM-S212 with silver again (Essie No Place Like Chrome).
So Happy New Year to you all! I hope 2015 was good to you but, moreso, I hope 2016 will be even better!
'Til next time...


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Yes, it's silly and even rather goofy. And Josie and the Pussycats has a central problem in that the girls — even with post-recording sweetening and Kay Hanley (Letters to Cleo) doing Josie's actual vocalizing — can't sing very well, a significant drawback for a musical. The film's not anywhere near as funny as it pretends to be. It tries to play both ends against the middle by being the very thing it condemns, or condemning the very thing it is (take your pick). Those are the drawbacks. On the plus side, however, the film is cheerful, cheerfully inventive, energetically played, blessed with two wonderful villains and has a nice sense of humor about itself. No matter how ultimately shallow Josie and the Pussycats is — and just how deep can a movie based on characters from Archie comics and the subsequent Hanna-Barbera cartoon version rip-off of the already lame Scooby Doo be? — it's pretty hard to dislike. (How can you hate a movie where a largely extraneous character's presence is questioned, only to have her matter-of-factly respond, "I was in the comic book"?) Overall, the movie is shot like a Richard Lester Beatles film with a touch of the satire found in that ultimate dissection of girl rock groups, British TV's Rock Follies. That it lacks the freshness and spontaneity of the real McLester doesn't keep it from being fun. That it softens and sells out the satire of Rock Follies is only to be expected, since this is every inch a mainstream Hollywood product. That it manages to be at all satirical or have any point is remarkable enough. Its story line is perfect for such an undertaking: When Wyatt Frame (Alan Cumming, Spy Kids) discovers his chart-topping boy band, the aptly named DuJour, have started to figure out that there are messages being buried in their songs, he blithely has their pilot ditch their plane ("Take the Chevy to the Levee" is the signal for this) while Wyatt and the pilot parachute to safety in the Archie Small Town U.S.A., Riverdale. Pressured by his boss, Fiona (Parker Posey, The House of Yes) into quickly finding a replacement band, Wyatt discovers the Pussycats when he nearly runs over them. (It's actually a great moment as the girls freeze like deer in his headlights, Meatloaf's "Paradise By the Dashboard Lights" comes up on the soundtrack, and Wyatt frames them through the plastic of an empty CD case.) In no time, the girls are propelled to super stardom, until they too get a whiff of rodentia in Wyatt and Fiona's plans — a situation that places their friendship and lives in danger. It's all for fun, of course, but it's interesting to see that the scheme for the subliminal mind control of today's youth being accomplished by the villainous duo is actually sanctioned by the United States government, giving the silly film a genuine touch of the subversive. Even so, setting the action in what can only be called Product-Placement Hell raises a problem. With every inch of the sets festooned with advertising for Target, McDonald's, etc., isn't the film actually succumbing to the very thing it decries? The only defense is that the product placement is done with such overkill that it satirizes what it's doing even while doing it — and it does make for fantastic production design. With the exception of Tara Reid (The Big Lebowski) as Melody, the Pussycats themselves are not called on to do much more than look attractive and perform enthusiastically. Reid's incredibly ditsy character is a bit more, though, easily scoring the trio's biggest laughs. The real delights of the film are Alan Cumming and Parker Posey, two of the most deliciously transparent villains to come along in some time. From the moment Cumming demonstrates how he keeps his boy band charges in line ("Eye contact! Hand!" he demands, slapping their wrists as if they're naughty schoolboys), he has the audience right where he wants them and never loses his grasp. His only equal is Posey, who manages to go toe-to-toe with him, but never actually bests him. For this duo alone, Josie and the Pussycats is worth seeing — but it has other compensations as well, even if it only sometimes completely rings the bell.
Josie And The Pussycats
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|Comedy Musical
|Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
|Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Alan Cumming, Parker Posey


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|By Maureen O'Gara
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|February 23, 2009 10:00 AM EST
Citrix is making an all-out strategic strike on VMware. It's going to stop selling XenServer 5 – the open source virtual infrastructure that it's added a bunch of proprietary features to since it acquired XenSource last year – and offer it to all comers for free.
It says VMware sells the equivalent technology for $50,000 for a 10-server environment.
Citrix is obviously trying to rot out VMware's revenue base; and for maximum effect it unleashed the announcement the day before VMware Europe opened in Cannes; Citrix will be there so it can gauge the impact.
XenServer includes a 64-bit hypervisor, unlimited virtual machines, unlimited memory, support for eight virtual CPUs, multi-server management, Active Directory integration, resource pools, live migration, advanced storage management, native Windows and Linux support and a centralized management console.
The widgetry is supposed to have massive cloud-proven scalability, a point Citrix will probably reiterate a lot given the direction VMware is going.
Citrix will talk about XenServer's enterprise-class features and say it runs the largest virtualization deployments in the world.
It expects the folks using the free Xen to trade up and then maybe eventually buy whatever upgrades to XenServer's advanced features it trots out. It promises we'll see major Linux OS vendors and cloud providers upgrade from Xen to XenSource in the coming weeks.
As for real revenue, however, in place of XenServer Citrix says it's going to retreat to cross-platform virtualization management that sells for $1,500-$5,000 a server and that this was its strategy all along.
It's developed Citrix Essentials for XenServer as well as Citrix Essentials for its buddy Microsoft's Hyper-V.
Microsoft's tickled pink. Essentials has functionality that Microsoft doesn't have yet – although it expects to eventually – so it should advance Microsoft's position against VMware.
Starting in April Microsoft and Citrix will market the stuff together worldwide. It will be handled by both Microsoft and Citrix field sales as well as Citrix channels.
The Hyper-V widgetry, developed under the code name Project Encore, is eventually supposed to extend Hyper-V and Microsoft's System Center to make virtualized environments more scalable, manageable and agile. Microsoft's still working on it.
Otherwise it's advertised as simplifying enterprise storage configuration and operation; reducing VM sprawl and its impact on storage consumption; automating the entire VM development lifecycle; and – here's the real VMware dig – it eliminates virtualization's high entry price in a tough economy.
Essentials, which comes in two cuts, includes advanced StorageLink technology, dynamic provisioning services, workflow orchestration, multi-hypervisor interoperability, and in the higher-end Platinum Edition automated lab management.
StorageLink is important. Virtualization can turn pricey storage systems into dumb disks, Citrix says. Its StorageLink technology is supposed to prevent such degradation and let virtual servers leverage the power of the storage.
It includes a gateway to access the features in any array-based system; rapid VM delivery from a centralized image library; links to third-party backup and management frameworks; and control of the storage directly from the virtualization console.
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I finally got another member of my family to take a DNA test!
My half-brother M. Artis took the Ancestry DNA test on December 4, 2015 and the results came in on record time on December 22nd. I guess the folks at Ancestry were into the spirit of giving. Thank you AncestryDNA!
Well it's official, he is my mother's son. LOL... There are times when I think that we can't possibly be related because we are soo different but Ancestry confirmed our relationship.
I once read somewhere that DNA is "randomly" passed down from generation to generation; well that also includes from child to child. For instance, my brother and I match as 1st cousins instead of half-siblings and Gedmatch states that we are 1.5 generations removed.
|Side by side comparison of my brother and my mother's DNA Results
|My Ancestry DNA Results
My brother's father, Sylvester Artis, is deceased but with Mom's DNA we can compare what he inherited from her and his father and some interesting facts were discovered. I inherited my Asian DNA from my Mom but my brother did not. I believe the Asian DNA comes from our maternal grandmother, Classie. Classie's father was supposedly Native American however, another family lore said that he was from India. Perhaps there is some substance to this family tale.
Another ironic fact is that both my brother and mother have Melanesia DNA but I don't. Like I said, some kids inherit and some don't. Similarly, he has more Nigerian and less Cameroon/Congo and Benin/Togo DNA, than Mom and I.
But what really surprised me is that my brother has 16% Irish ancestry while Mom only has 8% and I have 5%. This discovery reminds me that we can never assume anything. Because my brother is darker than Mom and I, I assumed he would have less European DNA. Instead he has twice the amount our mother has. Never let the amount of melanin fool you!
My brother's father was a light skin African American and who had some free ancestors, perhaps his "original father" aka father's father's father's and so on was from Ireland. But that is something that my brother will have to research. In fact, it is well known that most of the Artises in Wayne, Wilson and Greene Counties North Carolina were descended from Free African Americans.
Mr. Sylvester's Ancestors:
Parents - Absolum and Laurina (Rena) Smith Artis:
Paternal Grandparents - Albert and Neicy Simmons Artis:
According to the 1860 census, Albert Artis' parents, Edwin and Emily Artis, were free African Americans. Unfortunately, I wasn't as successful in discovering Laurina Smith Artis' family, however, another family lore (We got plenty of these.) says that Absolum and Laurina were second cousins.
Perhaps this post will give my Big Brother The Genealogy Itch. Hey Art...want you come over to the Genealogy side!
Ancestry DNA;
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT. USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Ancestry DNA;
Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT. USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.


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Web design
Web designing includes making a web page which incorporates colors and graphics. In straightforward words, it may be known as creating a sketch by mistreatment colors. It's simply what we have a tendency to do paper, however here we have a tendency to do it on computers. Web designing is said to appear and feel website site or graphical illustration of the online page.
It is designed in keeping with the requirements of the client and his business. Completely different colors, pictures and graphics are accustomed create the web site appealing. Adobe Photoshop is that the widespread framework that is employed by designers to create the online page. So as to show the designing over the web, hypertext mark-up language (HTML) of the designing is finished. Once it's simply the designing with hypertext mark-up language, these sites are static websites.
Web Development
Web development involves making the practicality of websites or constructing the back-end of the web site that is finished through programming. Interaction between completely different pages, operating of web site is that the web development half.
There are completely different languages accustomed develop the web site like PHP, ASP and ASP.NET. Some scripting languages also are used like JavaScript. Data design and development is more enclosed in web development in London. Data is that the place wherever data from web site is hold on and from wherever the info comes on the web site. These websites are known as dynamic websites or data driven websites. The back-end or administrator aspect of the web site isn't viewed by the users. The owner or administrator of the web site will read by work in with user name and secret.


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3608 North Carolina Highway 194
Valle Crucis, NC 28691
"Over Yonder" is a new destination restaurant in Valle Crucis, near Boone. Designed, owned and managed by the award-winning Mast Farm Inn, "Over Yonder" restaurant tells the story of historic Appalachian cuisine in a picturesque setting atop the rolling hills and peaks of Valle Crucis, North Carolina. Located across from the Original Mast General Store, a few hundred yards from The Mast Farm Inn, Over Yonder is located in an 1861 farmhouse.
Over Yonder is a destination partner of the Bon Appetit Appalachia local food project. For more information: http://visitappalachia.com/bonappetitappalachia/item/1861-farmhouse-restaurant-and-winery/


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Antonella Rocuzzo used Instagram to demonstrate their unconditional affection for her husband Lionel Messi. Minutes after the end of the award ceremony of the Golden Ball, the beautiful posted a picture with the Argentine side of the legend: 'Very proud of you.'
On Monday, Messi lost the contest the prize of 'Best Player in the World' for the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo. This was the second time the star of Real Madrid won the award.


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En hastig sorti. FI © 2016 Solar Films Inc. Oy. EX: Jukka Helle, Markus Selin. P: Nina Laurio. Line P: Jonna Enroth. D: Tiina Lymi. SC: Nina Laurio, Tiina Lymi. DP: Henri Blomberg (Hena Blomberg) - colour - scope - release format: 2K DCP. AD: Otso Linnalaakso. Cost: Riitta Röpelinen. Makeup: Pia Mikkonen. M: Vesa Mäkinen. S: Karri Niinivaara. ED: Iikka Hesse. C: Lotta Kaihua (Katri), Jussi Vatanen (Johannes), Eedit Patrakka (Anna), Antti Holma (Mikko), Ville Tiihonen (Tero), Marja Packalén (grandma), Antero Nieminen (Vaittinen), Maaja Hallik (Sirle), Sten Karpov (Jaanus), Allan Kress (Siim), Iina Kuustonen (Ansku), Emilia Sinisalo (Susanna), Tero Koponen (Komulainen), Kaisa Leppänen (Julia). 98 min
Loc: Helsinki, Sotkamo.
Songs: "Mulle käy" perf. Ella Lymi, "Aurinkoo" perf. Lucas.
Released by Oy Nordisk Film Ab.
The title is a wordplay meaning both "a last minute travel deal" and "leaving suddenly". "Alarm Exit" might be a possible translation.
2K DCP viewed at Kino Kellokas, at Kellokas Nature and Cultural Center, Pallas-Yllästunturi National Park, Äkäslompolo, 23 March 2016
Tiina Lymi, the beloved Finnish actress, is also a theatre and television director, writer and playwright. Last year she released her first short film Naisen nimi [A Woman's Name], a witty piece of satire with a perfect sense of comic timing and ensemble playing.
In that film she crystallized a complex web of questions into a single detail: should a woman take her husband's family name? The characters of Naisen nimi are comical but credible, the dialogue and the plot turns unpredictable.
The cinema is sold out save a couple of seats in the front row when Äkkilähtö [Alarm Exit] starts at Kino Kellokas on the slope of the Ylläs fell. We have been skiing all day, and there is a dazzling view from the picture windows of the Villi Pohjola [Wild North] restaurant of the Kellokas Center. The audience is enjoying an entertainment film featuring some of the most popular and attractive actors of the country.
Äkkilähtö is a road movie, a crime story, a comedy, and the story of a childless career woman.
The successful 30-something apartment broker Katri leaves her man Mikko when she discovers that he has been living a double life with Sirle who in the finale is exposed to be the boss of an Estonian criminal gang. She discovers in her car another fugitive, the 8-year old Anna, whose parents, too, are a part of the world of crime. They cannot go to Anna's grandma's place in Vuokatti because the crooks would find them there. They find shelter at Johannes, a second hand and car repair shop keeper who lets them use his hideout in the deep forest of Kainuu.
This is a summer film, and the contrast between "civilized Helsinki" and "the wild forest of Kainuu" is used ironically.
There are funny scenes such as Katri abandoning all her needless cards to a beggar (at the start she believes she is about to move to France with Mikko for good). The streetwise Anna, in order to escape, feeds her crooked foster-father Tero yoghurt which causes him an acute bowel crisis.
The encounter with little Anna arouses Katri's protective instincts but she does not turn into a tigress like Gloria. Yet her motherly side wakes up. The tigress of the movie is Grandma (Marja Packalén) who rides a tractor and is armed with a shotgun.
The crime dimension of the story weighs a lot. Not only are Katri's man Mikko and Anna's foster-father Tero criminals. We also learn that Katri's mother has turned her heritage into money which she is now busy drinking away at Torremolinos, only needing Katri to help her avoid taxes.
A major income of Johannes seems to stem from the renting of his forest hideout. In reality it functions as a love hotel, complete with a comically tawdry bedroom. Apparently most of the female partners are prostitutes from the other side of the Eastern border which is not far. There is a comedy angle in Katri and Anna selecting the notorious "secret" forest cabin as their hideaway since everybody in the neighbourhood knows about it, and thus it is very easy for the crooks to find.
Anna's mother is a drug addict and a prostitute. The streetwise Anna seems to be more aware of that side of life than Katri. Everybody is involved in crime in a way that casts a deep shadow on the comedy.
The crime side weighs so heavily that it is at times difficult to relate to the characters. Of Katri's strengths we learn very little, as we only learn to know her outside her comfort zone. That she has been totally ignorant of Mikko's double life (as a criminal and with another woman) is possible to believe only if we understand her as a complete workaholic with a tunnel vision. In the countryside she is utterly helpless and cannot cope with the simplest tasks such as lighting a fire or rowing a boat.
The first main theme of the film is about Katri's waking up from illusions and growing up to a more complete and mature approach to life.
The second main theme is about the fate of children of dysfunctional parents, dramatized in the story of Anna. We laugh while we realize how such a life hurts and causes irremediable damage.
The main weakness of Äkkilähtö is the screenplay which would have benefitted from a thorough rewrite.
The music is pleasing with two key songs and an occasional blues slide guitar which always seems to fit well with the road movie.
The cinematography is pleasant in cityscapes, interiors and dialogue scenes. In nature scenes the limitations of digital are apparent.


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"One theory is that the change in caloric intake beefs up cell repair mechanisms against destructive agents called free radicals."
Since 1962 we have been told that cancer is a nutritional disease. Now we have the added and cumulative effect of environment, including vaccines. Even veterinarians are relating cancer in companion animals to the vaccines.
The use of the term "free radicals" also tells you that there is a very real reason why sound nutrition and vitamins are helpful in the process of recovering from cancer.
Articles like this make me wonder if any of the so called researchers know what they are doing, or even what they are saying.
If I look at just one cancer drug, 5 FU, a fluoride based long used chemo drug, I find that it depletes these nutrients -
NB:Limited test tube research occasionally does support the idea that an antioxidant can interfere with oxidative damage to cancer cells. However, most scientific research does not support this supposition.
Multiple nutrients* (malabsorption)
Taurine* reduces the likelihood and/or severity of a potential side effect caused by the medication.
Beta-carotene* (mouth sores)
Chamomile* (mouth sores)
Eleuthero* (Eleuthero (Eleutherococcus senticosus)
Russian research has looked at using eleuthero with chemotherapy. One study of patients with melanoma found that chemotherapy was less toxic when eleuthero was given simultaneously. Similarly, women with inoperable breast cancer given eleuthero were reported to tolerate more chemotherapy.45 Eleuthero treatment was also associated with improved immune function in women with breast cancer treated with chemotherapy and radiation.)
Ginger* (nausea)
Glutamine* (mouth sores)(intestinal toxicity)
N-acetyl cysteine* (NAC)
Probiotics (Lactobacillus GG)
Spleen peptide extract* (see text)
Thymus peptides* (see text)
Vitamin B6
Vitamin E*, topical (mouth sores)(also prevents hair loss)
Milk thistle*
PSK* (Coriolus versicolor)- The mushroom Coriolus versicolor contains an immune-stimulating substance called polysaccharide krestin, or PSK. PSK has been shown in several studies to help cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. One study involved women with estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer. PSK combined with chemotherapy significantly prolonged survival time compared with chemotherapy alone. Another study followed women with breast cancer who were given chemotherapy with or without PSK. The PSK-plus-chemotherapy group had a 25% better chance of survival after ten years compared with those taking chemotherapy without PSK. Another study investigated people who had surgically removed colon cancer. They were given chemotherapy with or without PSK. Those given PSK had a longer disease-free period and longer survival time. Three grams of PSK were taken orally each day in these studies.)
New clue on why cancer spread is linked to diet Mar 11, 2009
PARIS (AFP) – Investigators on Wednesday said there could be a clue to explain why dietary restriction succeeds or fails in braking the growth of cancer.
Scientists spotted a century ago the link between calorie intake and the progression of certain kinds of tumour.
But how this works at the molecular level has been unclear. In addition, tumours may remain puzzlingly immune to fasting among some individuals but not among others, which is partly why the practice has not been incorporated into cancer treatment.
Nada Kalaany and David Sabatini of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) looked at the impact of food curbs on six types of human cancers that had been grafted onto mice which had been genetically modified to lack immune resistance.
The mice were then split into two groups, with one batch able to tuck into a standard rodent diet for two to three weeks. The others received daily meals that amounted to a 40 percent reduction in calories compared to their counterparts, which led to a fall of between 20 and 30 percent in body weight.
The researchers conclude that tumours' sensitivity to fasting depends on a key pathway -- activation of an enzyme called phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase, also called PI3K, which plays an important role in the proliferation of cancer cells.
If the PI3K pathway is closed, tumours respond to dietary restriction, and vice versa.
The study is important because it helps drug designers who are working hard on prototype treatments that mimic the effects of dietary curbs on cancer.
As several cancer types carry mutations that could cause the PI3K mechanism to open up, the paper suggests that the approach will not work in certain cases.
The paper is published by the British-based journal Nature.
Previous research on lab rodents suggests that a calorie decrease of 10 to 50 percent leads to a reduction in the incidence of certain cancers and brakes the speed at which they spread.
One theory is that the change in caloric intake beefs up cell repair mechanisms against destructive agents called free radicals.


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Are you interested in learning more about healthy eating and local foods? Do you have questions about how to cook different vegetables you've seen at the market? Or maybe you're looking for new recipes and ideas to boost your family's meals. Join a market tour at the Fishers Farmers' Market!
Registered Dietitian Amanda Garant will conduct small-group tours of the Fishers Farmers Market on three dates during the summer. Amanda will guide groups around the market to visit different vendors and discuss what produce is in season, nutrition and cooking tips, and recipe ideas. Amanda will also be available between tours to answer food and nutrition related questions and talk about her nutrition education services.
Nutritionist Tours will take place at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., and 11 a.m. on the following dates:
Participants should meet at the blue Fishers Parks & Recreation tent five minutes before the tour start time. Tours may be limited to the first ten participants to arrive. Each tour will last approximately 30 minutes.
Amanda Garant is a Registered Dietitian (RD) trained in weight management and eating disorders with a Master of Dietetics from Ball State University. Since becoming a registered dietitian in 2009, she has worked to provide tailored nutrition education and life-changing services for her clients.
Amanda works with clients to understand the true purpose of food and how it nourishes the body and assists clients with menu plans, recipes ideas, and grocery lists. Learn more about Amanda's services on her website.


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Funeral Plans for my Goldfish 2001
Monday, June 7
• 10 a.m. PDT: Goldfish tank is removed from the top of my fireplace. Tank is drained and "Goldy" is removed with tweezers.
• 11 a.m. PDT : A private ceremony is held with Matt and Ex-Girlfriend who bought the fish.
• 12 p.m. PDT: Goldy lies in repose on a napkin above my computer. The public will be able to pay its respects through the night.
Tuesday, June 8
• 10 p.m. PDT: Lying in repose concludes at the VCR.
Wednesday, June 9
• 8:30 a.m. PDT: The Hot Wheels motorcade departs for the toilet with Matt sadly repeating "choo-choo."
• 9:30 a.m. PDT: Aircraft takes off from Point Mugu, headed for Andrews Air Force Base, outside Washington, D.C. This has nothing to do with my goldfish, but did happen at this time in 2001.
• 5 p.m. EDT: Matt drinks a beer and pours half of it on the rug for his "dead Goldy."
• 6 p.m. EDT: Fight ensues due to Matt's incompetence that lead to the fish being boiled alive above the fireplace.
• 7 p.m. EDT: Make up sex.
• 7.02 p.m. EDT.: Couple watches "Iron Chef."
Thursday, June 10
All day: Couple goes for a hike; forgets that fish is on the bathroom floor on a Hot Wheels Corvette.
Friday, June 11
• 10:45 a.m. EDT: Couple returns home to horrendous stench.
• 11:15 a.m. EDT: Goldy is thrown across the room, using a spatula, into the toilet.
• 11:30 a.m. EDT: Couple says solemn prayer.
• 1:45 p.m. EDT: Motorcade is put back into top "fun drawer" of Matt's nightstand.
• 2:45 p.m. EDT: Matt throws a paper airplane above the toilet.
• 4:45 p.m. PDT: Matt makes 21 gun salute sounds with his mouth.
• 6 p.m. PDT: Couple holds each other as Matt flushes the toilet.
• 6:15 p.m. PDT: Matt asks "why did you buy me a damn fish for my birthday?"
• 6:16 p.m. PDT: Fight ensues.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Funeral Plans For My Goldfish
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Bowling is North America's #1 participation activity with over 70 million people bowling each year. Bowling is a favorite with kids ages 5-18 with over 40% of that age group bowling at least once per year.
Our youth bowling coaches will teach your child the basics of bowling, a lifetime sport that provides over 3 million dollars per year in scholarship money to graduating seniors. The best part of many bowling scholarships is that they are based mostly on participation and not solely on talent. BEST OF ALL—NO ONE RIDES THE BENCH IN BOWLING!
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For expert brow threader and celebrity makeup artist Marco Ochoa, the eyes have always been a fascination. From when he was just 13 years old and learning to draw by using his mother's makeup, his portraits always focused on the eyes. After 11 years of mastering his craft, Marco can create perfect brows on any client, but he soon felt there was something missing on the market: a completely natural brow product that could live up to the standards of the best makeup artists in the world. So EcoBrow was born.


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Scientists have determined that crocodiles evolved to become vegetarians at least three times in their existence. more...
December 10 , 1948 : The UN adopted the Universal Declaration on Human Rights. more...
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The primary motivation to become a hearing officer is often a personal commitment to fairness and a desire to participate in dispute resolution. In order to become a hearing officer, you will need a combination of post-secondary education, related experience and interpersonal skills. A hearing officer often works in a government agency or department and has a primary role of listening to both sides of a dispute, reviewing the facts of the case and providing a ruling. Although the hearing officer acts in the role of a judge, the decisions typically are focused on administrative matters related to local or state government agencies.
To become a hearing officer, you must have a specific combination of listening and communicate skills. You will be expected to maintain a high standard of personal and professional integrity. Mediation and dispute resolution training can be very helpful in this career.
The minimum educational required to become a hearing officer is a bachelor degree from a recognized university. In many locales, a law degree also is required. However, this depends upon the department and types of disputes he or she will be deciding. Some departments require specific courses in alternate dispute resolution, mediation or related training.
Related work experience can include dispute resolution, working in the legal system and conflict negotiations. In many situations, this experience is obtained through semi-judicial tribunals or similar boards. The primary purpose of this type of position is to gain experience listening to issues and making a decision. Although most of these positions are paid, there are opportunities to work as a volunteer hearing officer for organizations that provide support services to various communities.
Listening and communication skills are absolutely essential if you want to become a hearing officer. In many cases, the hearing officer is responsible for determining eligibility for benefits, reviewing administrative decisions made by others and providing an opportunity for dispute resolution. Emotions can be quite heated for the people involved in these disputes, because it often takes a lengthy period of time to reach a hearing officer.
After the hearing is complete and both sides have presented their cases, the hearing officer must make a decision. As a hearing officer, you will need to be very familiar with the law, rules and regulations and ensure that decisions are supported by these rules. A written report is issued, and copies are provided to both parties. The decision typically includes a summary of the issues presented, the rule or law used to support the decision and an explanation of the appeals process.
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John Swain's Rain and Gravestones [published by Crisis Chronicles Press] weaves the natural and sacred. The poems place the readers at the precarious intersection of the quotidian and spiritual—with the poet mediating as shamanistic consciousness. The transformations that take place are gentle, yet profound. Through language, experience is cast into the ritual of catharsis—for "light painted my craft" (in "Coracle") to "inspire / like a holy book" ("In the Sand"). The poem "Goats" recreates the experience of the persona carrying out such ritual: Click here for more about Rain and Gravestones.
I scraped her [the sick girl's] neck
with a dog fang
and dusted her face
with clay powder.
Then her spirit
like a cure
and I drove a peg
into the ground.
She only came back
To go away.
The short lines of the poems in Rain and Gravestones deliberately unscroll and turn, leaving the reader at a new place at the end of the poem, transformed.
— review by Krysia Jopek, author of Maps and Shadows
Click here to buy Rain and Gravestones via Amazon.
Click here to contact author John Swain.
Krysia Jopek's poems have appeared in Columbia Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner, The Wallace Stevens Journal, Phoebe, Murmur, Windhover, and Artists & Influence. She has written reviews of poetry for The American Book Review and a review of literary criticism for The Wallace Stevens Journal. Maps and Shadows, her first novel (Aquila Polonica 2010), won a Silver Benjamin Franklin award in 2011 in the category of Historical Fiction. The Glass House of Forgetting, her second novel (literary fiction), is forthcoming.
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Aaaaaaaannnnd I'm back. Today.
I think the blog this year has reflected where I'm at. It's unfocused, with some recurring themes, but a lack of any purpose or clarity.
I'm happy to put that down to the unexpected move earlier in the year, and that the house we moved into was smaller than our previous one. The one aspect we have in our favor here is a more certain tenancy, but allied to that is the need to do more to make the house our home.
For most people that wouldn't be a huge issue, but as I'm the family carer (Wife: Ehler's-Danloss & Fybromylagia; Son: Epilepsy & Aspergers; Daughter: ADHD & Joint Hypermobility; Daughter: Autism) & I was diagnosed last year with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, then it becomes a bit difficult.
When we moved into our last house did extensive work in the living room, and the landing. Each took me a 7-10 days. The bookcases my son and I have made took nearly three months – 90 days – for some bookcases! Now, to be fair, they are handmade from reclaimed timber and designed for the space they are in, still 3 months?
That being said, it's lovely to have some books out.
I mean, really lovely, to have some books out.
I've even been re-reading some I'd nearly forgotten I owned. Oh, I love some of my books. I hope the rest will be in the boxes as yet to be unpacked, as opposed to having been lost in the moves.
On twitter there is a 'Round up of the year' thing going on. In truth, it hasn't been a good year for me. Nothing published so far, which I put down to the upheaval of the previous move (550 miles), and the diagnoses of ME. I do have 3 upcoming credits but, until I have publication dates, I'm holding off on further details – though I've sent back final edits, and received confirmation on them.
The paucity of return has made me ponder somewhat on my activity. I have finished stories this year, and even submitted them. But not all. Some of them aren't ready yet – eg, my mid-year novelette set in a near-ish future with genderless pronouns – others are just not good enough.
And 'not good enough' appears to be the theme of the year. I've had several 'Close, but no cigar' rejections this year – or, to put it another way, personal or tier 2 rejections.
Having realised that I tried to figure out what to do. The first thing was to step back from First Reading duties with Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine. That was a blow. I've really enjoyed this, and Charlie offered good feedback on the stories I was able to submit as a First Reader. Secondly I've signed up with Gareth Powell for one of his mentored Patreon positions. I've recently had my first lot of (very helpful) feedback, and look forward to discussing it together.
Maybe, if I work hard, and write nicely, then I'll approach the foothills of the mountains scaled by my virtual buddy, and recent WORLD FANTASY AWARD WINNER, G.V.Anderson. Did you note that she WON the award! How freaking awesome is that? She is da' bomb. Well done buddy!
So, in short, for the next year, I'm gonna do better. Better.
If you've had a bad year, and are freaking out about the next, then aim for 'better'.


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Language Learning Opportunities: National Consortium of Programs
11:00am - 12:00pm
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Presented at: STARTALK Fall Conference 2012
A wealth of information on language capacity, language learning opportunities, and professional development for teachers is being collected by organizations across the United States. As part of the STARTALK project, the National Consortium of Language Program Databases was established to develop a web-based interface for users to search for key data about language programs from these varied sources. The session will present the online portal and show selected search results about language programs and resources.


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Prerequisite: Passed Hockey 2 or equivalent. If your child loves hockey, why not treat them to a 5-day hockey camp? This camp will focus on improving individual player skills and teaching game concepts. Skaters will have stations on skating, stick handling, shooting, passing as well as games to improve team play and strategy. Each camper will receive a hockey jersey and will be assigned to groups according to skill level. Full hockey gear is required for camp including a mouthguard. Rental skates are available for use during camp. Please bring athletic shoes for off-ice workouts, snacks, and a water bottle.
Intended for ages 6-14yrs
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Welcome to the parish of Cumnor in west Oxford. Four miles from the centre of Oxford, we stand on the boundary of the city, combining suburban convenience, village community life and wonderful countryside. Our three churches each serve their local neighbourhoods: Cumnor, Dean Court and Farmoor. Our congregations are diverse communities united in faith, love and practical action. We would love to welcome you to one of our services.
Jonathan Widdess has been our vicar since March 2017. He is thoroughly enjoying getting to know the people of the parish and the wider community.
Previously he was Priest in charge of Bargoed and Deri with Brithdir in the Rhymney Valley, South Wales and before that he was Assistant Curate at St Mark's Church, Gabalfa, Cardiff. Before ordination, Jonathan worked for 11 years in the IT industry initially in IT support, and later in software development. Jonathan is married to Amanda, and has two young children: Elizabeth and Benji.
Dates for your diary 2019
7 December Parish at Prayer (St Andrew's)
4 January Parish at Prayer (St Michael's)
5 January Taize Service, 6pm at St Michael's
This parish is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of the children and people of all ages in our church community. The parish Safeguarding Policy can be seen here. Further information and contact details are on our Safeguarding page.


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As we seek to be doers of the word, and not hearers only, we're asking everyone at Glass City Church to fill out a Spiritual Gifts Survey so that we can help get you plugged in to current and future opportunities to use your gifts to edify the body, glorify God and multiply the Gospel.View Details »
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The Christian's life is one of constant worship of Jesus. That said, we really value gathering together as one body to invest time in hearing God's word preached, singing songs to our Lord, praying together, and participating in The Lord's Supper.
We are now gathering every Wednesday at the Church building from 6:30pm – 8:30pm to sing, pray, learn and grow. Wednesday Night Weekly (WNW) is for men, women and children, and will incorporate elements of Men's Group, Women's Group, and Children's Ministry. We will be studying the Gospel of Luke. Sign up for the e-mail newsletter in the footer of our website to receive a list of the weekly passages we will be studying.
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