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This is a series of post by a Rookies sales sharing his journey to be a sales professional
We all heard wonderful stories about people, few stayed in our memory few faded away. Very rarely we hear stories which motivate us to go further. In 2016 Dec when I was about to lose my hope of becoming a good salesman, I met a person called Madhusudhanan from Geon Studios Who was an animator for most of his early life's, Took sales as his career, then became an associate for Sahara group of companies. He told "we may be just a few steps away from our goal, so never give up. If you think it's not working out, change the method, escalate what you're doing wrong, understand where you are weak, is it closing, handling objections etc…. " Sales is one of the best careers which gives you instant incentives depending on your performance. If you perform well, within a month you can see a change in your payslip. From any vertical, you can land up in sales.
Is it easy to get into sales? If you are an MBA fresher, it is. Finding your dream job – often means changing industries and gaining experience. However, breaking into an industry is difficult if you don't already have experience and contacts.
When people even avoid saying they are in sales, my passion towards sales kept increasing. After few search, I found out that there is no place in Bangalore to get trained in Sales. A place where you can ask sales related questions, get advice or even get a mentor. Only resources are google.com, HubSpot blog, and LinkedIn.
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It all started a few years back while working for Tech Leap. Design Experience and Digital marketing was an amazing combination. In the process to acquire new clients, I had to start learning the art of sales in whatever way.
my first sales teacher and colleague Manikantan S V, a well-knowledged man in Digital marketing with years of experience in Sales. That experience helps him to make Digital marketing strategies exactly for lead generation. Manikantan has an amazing quality to identify the exact client needs and delivers solutions according to that.
"Never Hurt Customer Ego" Manikandan keeps repeating this most of the time and explains the same after every client meeting. The teachings from him were direct from his experience. "Never sell, help the client to improve." "Outperform customer expectation, Nobody wants to be sold " Manikandan always reminded these as the mantras of Sales.
In sales never try to convince the client, it will end up in frustration and builds a high inertia. Hence, as a salesperson, your job is to understand the Situation by asking meaningful questions, Understand the client facing problems, how you can solve the problem, explain what are the advantages your service or product have, finally show him the output/profit you can produce. Be genuine, never over-commit, if there are limitations in particular section……admit it. It helps to build trust. It's not the product/service but always the person sells. You are representing an entire company and product/Service, it's your responsibility to showcase yourself as the best.
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Stollery, "What you will not see are performers".
"The diffusers are in the centre of the room".
"The speaker system consists of stereo pairs, and will diffuse sound from all around the room, and also give the appearance of sound coming from outside the room".
Pete Stollery | 'scenes /rendez-vous'
The first piece presented 'scenes /rendez-vous' by Stollery is introduced by a film by Claude le Louche. The film was an attempt by the filmmaker to travel a certain route through Paris in a speeding Mercedes with a short period of time. As Stollery's father was dying, father and son repeatedly watched the film. Following the death of his father Stollery visited Paris and made recordings along the route taken by LeLouche; these recordings formed the basis of the composition. It seemed anomalous, in an acousmatic presentation, to connect the work with the visual domain.
Sketches made during performance.
Washhhhhhhm of white noise sound.
Beep (car horn)
Traffic sounds moving left to right and right
Car horn modified into thematic material.
Car horn filtered from all other noise acting as anchoring drone.
Very low bass hum.
Digital scrapes – like bottles being tapped by coins.
A coin spinning on a table – eternal. This is a heavily treated section.
Raw street sound. Mopeds, other vehicles. Slight treatment enhancing spativality.
Little granular chimes – unidentifiable source.
Play on the stereo field.
Thor coughs.
Street sounds.
Passing cars.
Thor coughs.
Something being shaken or pushed.
Passing traffic spatialised.
Door slams.
Squeak of child or cat.
Running water.
Treated background washed out texture.
Water being poured onto some different surface.
James Wyness | "Metallurgy"
He is working from a score. His piece is much more spatial, the sounds seem much more separated. He is mixing manually on an old analog mixing desk, riding the faders of the multiple stereo pairs.
For this work, the Scottish artist gained entry to a small metal working factory. During his time there he made a series of recordings of working men and machines. In addition to this he obtained off cuts of metal which he then used to create instruments, also heard in the piece.
An immersion in sculpted sound.
A fading in and out of raw source material and abstracted inner processes.
A poetic work operating on a number of levels:
An exploration of this particular room.
An exploration of a specific local context and work environment.
An investigation into the sonic properties of the material used in that workplace (various metals) – he created instruments constructed from waste obtained from the metal factory.
A investigation into the electro-acoustic techniques of transformation.
Further to this, an unexpected spontaneity of performance.
An audience member utters a small moan of appreciation.
I am unable to describe my experience of sound in this context. The material is too rich, too dynamic, too changing, too spatial and shifting to be represented by writing.
A small bat type sound flicks from the left to the right of the room, pricking my awareness, forming connections between underdeveloped synapses.
There is consummate control of sound in a positive sense.
Nothing over the past few days comes close to the sheer poetics of these pieces. What might airlines, bus companies, architects learn from these artists?
Each composer has announced themselves acoustically and succinctly proving just enough to provide an intriguing entry point into the work.
Chimes, gongs, rain.
Wind or a travelling train.
Scrunkle. Leaves?
Small chimes.
Again the physical impression of natural sound.
Modified water – which becomes more so, like a scribbling pen on paper.
Ke – binng.
CHoin – choing – choing
Bloop – bloop woopa wooopa
Kak cha-cha.
Shaka. shaka.shaka.
Wopple – whoople bloip bloip blop blop
Woip-woip woip woip-woip bubble-bubble
Tubba tuba
Dzzz Dzzz zeeerr
Creak-creak Creak-creak Creak-creak Creak-creak
Dup-dup Dup-dup Dup-dup Dup-dup
Scribble scrubble scribble
D-zee- de-ze, d'ze
Something is now squeaking rhythmically, a mechanism turning. Not loud.
Café sounds. Birdsong. A canary?
Pans being gonged.
Indistinct conversation – male and female.
A click. (Billiard balls?)
Passing traffic, very spatialised.
An aeroplane passes overhead.
An opera singer from a radio in some kind of distance.
Sudden extreme processing. Washes of sounds – source unidentified.
Car horn type sound, very abstracted becomes a choral chant.
It is now fading a w a y.
Whistling. Broken snatches of conversation.
Claking footsteps. A crowd of people. A touch of flute. A touch of fiddle music.
Jonty Harrison | Unsound Objects
I am watching his fingers flicker over the faders of the mixing desk. It is so beautiful. Detailed. Defined. Dangerous.
Running water. So much 'waterness'.
He rides the array of stereo pairs as a thunderclap enters. What beautiful power. Powerful beauty.
To see Jonty, clearly enjoying himself in the throes of live acousmatic performance is to understand his problems with academia. This music is intuitive. He is using no score, and he anticipates each sound object, moving them around the room. He is placed in the middle of the audience, the position of best audition. An interaction between composer-player-space-technology-representation.
He twists his head around to map the audio levels front and rear.
Ocean waves. Walking on shingle. Children's voices. A fade to a bell-like electric tone.
To near silence.
He grins, nods his appreciation.

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A Muslim youth leader of Jammu was Tuesday booked under infamous Public Safety Act (PSA) and lodged in Central Jail, Kotbalwal.
Sources said Hilal Baig was arrested by police team somewhere in Srinagar and then brought to Jammu by Peer Mitha police station team.
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Pertinently, a video had gone viral on social media in which Baig led a protest demonstration in Malik Market after activists of some saffron groups allegedly thrashed a person, leading to massive protest.
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Turning perceived misfortune into profit – landowners as conmen
05 February 2014
EVENTUALLY you reach an age when you start to recognise recycled ideas. Progressive innovation becomes an oxymoron; just as history repeats itself, so do ideas. And of course we learn from neither.
With respect to recycled ideas, this is nowhere more evident than in human relations and management theory.
Once you work through the new jargon you suddenly become aware that you read the same ground breaking and radical innovation now taking the world by storm way back in the 1960s. New name, new spin, same old ideas, same hackneyed motives.
And when it comes to motives, money and power tend to come to the fore in the idea-recycling business.
While some ideas might be innocently recycled by illiterate people who believe they've come up with something new and exciting others are revived deliberately by the unscrupulous.
I was reminded of this when I read Archbishop Doug Young's comments about landowners claiming compensation for land gifted to the Catholic Church in Mount Hagen.
What the current landowners are doing is taking the very old highland custom of compensation designed to ensure harmony among the clans and reinvesting it with a profit motive.
Their great grandparents must be turning in their graves.
Doug Young rightly labels this practice as an 'industry' – the ever growing Papua New Guinean compensation industry.
People rushing out to plant gardens in the way of proposed road realignments or other developments with the sole aim of claiming monetary compensation is a classic example.
That they are aided and abetted by shonky lawyers introduces another invidious aspect to the nature of the industry.
The subversion of what was essentially a benign custom to make money should be abhorrent to most Papua New Guineans but I doubt whether this is the case. Given the opportunity to make a few kina from the government or a big company most people will take it.
It is on a par with the way greedy politicians have subverted the customary status of big men and great men for economic purposes.
Taking something good and making it evil is not the way forward for any nation.
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My two worst experiences cleaning the throat and changing mouthpieces on a Linotype.
The first was in Daytona, FL. I removed the MP by using an impact wrench to get all of the 13 screws loose. After removing the screws I found that the space behind the MP looked just like it still had a MP on it. There was nothing but tiny holes for the metal to come out. I actually had to use a ½" drill bit to drill the dross so that I could get throat saw started. I sawed for approx an hour before getting the throat clean enough.
The second was in Atlanta, GA and 12 of the 13 screw heads broke off and I had to drill and tap the holes back out before I could install a new MP. The throat on this one was very clean and I had to do little sawing.
This is my procedure for doing this job. The machine should be hot for this procedure.
1. Drop the first elevator down onto the vise cap.
2. Open the vise frame to the second position. Open until it stops and then pull the pin at the bottom and drop it to the second position.
3. Release the mold disk so it can be pulled out.
4. Pull the mold disk out a little then remove the long screw that the ejector guide slides on.
5. Remove the long screw and the ejector guide.
6. Pull the mold disk and ejector mechanism all the way out and lay it aside.
7. Remove the mold plate above the mold disk.
8. Using the Linotype jarring tool, part number ( F-2860 ) and a medium to large hammer, hit the head of each screw 2-3 times. This should loosen the dross built up around each head.
9. Take a medium to large screwdriver and try to turn out each screw. Be sure you have a screwdriver that fits the slots well. A lot of times the heads will get messed up by using the wrong size.
10. If any of the screws do not turn then go back to Number 8.
11. If the screws still do not turn out there are two methods I have used to get them out. One – use an impact driver to break them loose. Two – Use an acetylene torch to heat each head to a cherry red and then use the screwdriver to remove them.
12. If, you break the head from a screw then you can use a drill and drill it out. There is a set of jigs made so that you can get the holes straight. Then re-tap or clean the threads with a ¼-24 tap. Yes, it is ¼" by 24 threads.
13. Next I cover as much of the vise frame as possible with rags and also put a metal pan or bucket under the front of the pot mouthpiece opening to catch the dirt that you clean from the crucible.
14. Now you use the throat saw part number ( F-4236 ) to saw out the throat, putting pressure and pulling the dirt out. Also, twist the saw blade so that you can get the top and bottom of the throat as clean as possible.
15. After you get the throat as clean as you possibly can, place a metal container under the throat and using gloves, long sleeves and safety glasses, push down on the plunger to drive out any dirt and see if the metal is flowing smoothly. This needs to be done VERY CAREFULLY as this metal is 500+F.
16. For this next step you will need a NEW sharpening stone. I use a two ¾" thick by 2" wide by 6" long stone I get from Ace Hardware. It has a coarse side and a medium to fine side. To get the stone ready, lay it on the top of the hot crucible and let it heat up, then put it into a can and cover it with 20 – 30 weight oil so that it will soak into the stone.
17. When the stone has soaked in some oil you use it to clean the Crucible face and get it straight so that the NEW M.P. will seal when you install it.
18. Also, stone the back of the M.P to make sure it is straight.
19. When you install the New Mouthpiece you need to use New Screws.
20. When you install the New Mouthpiece you start by putting the screws into the middle, one at the top and two at the bottom right under the top one. Then you put two on each outside hole. Tighten these hand tight and let the whole works heat up to the crucible temperature.
21. I use a high temperature anti-seize and starting in the center dip a screw and place it in an empty hole in the center and tighten it, then working your way towards the outside. After all screw holes have been filled remove the first ones that were inserted and dip them in anti-seize and replace them. Starting in the center and working outwards tighten all screws as tight as possible by hand. Sometimes I use an impact driver and tighten them a touch more.
22. Now I would make sure the metal container is still under the MP. I push down on the plunger again to make sure metal is coming out all holes cleanly.
23. Now is a good time to clean the mold disk and ejector mechanism before installing them back into the machine.
24. Then install the plate on top of the mold disk, the ejector guide and long screw.
25. Lock the vise frame back into normal position and put everything back in operating position. Cycle the machine back around to normal. Leave the plunger out for this step so you do not get a squirt.
26. Open the vise frame back up and pull out the mold disk. Then take the stone and stone the front of the M.P. Next do a lock-up test using red lead or whatever method you prefer. Adjust the pot for a good lock-up and you should be back in business.
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Sastre: A Giro for climbers
Former Tour winner waiting for Vuelta announcement to decide 2010 plans
Spaniard Carlos Sastre (Cervélo TestTeam) will wait for Vuelta a España route announcement before making his 2010 plans. He saw the second of three Grand Tours, the 2010 Giro d'Italia, presented Saturday in Milano.
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"It's a Giro that will benefit the climbers," said Sastre. "It will be a lot harder than this year, with eight stages exceeding 200 kilometres and a marathon 256-kilometre stage."
The 2010 Giro d'Italia, May 8 to 30, ends with a week of climbing stages. Organiser RCS Sport unveiled a route that will take the riders up the Zoncolan, Plan de Corones, Mortirolo and Gavia climbs.
Sastre won the 2008 Tour de France and finished third at that year's Vuelta a España. This year, he finished third at the Giro d'Italia and won the Monte Petrano and Vesuvio mountain stages. He finished in 17th place overall at the Tour de France.
"Now I need to know about the Vuelta a España route to decide what I want to do next season," continued Sastre.
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SYNOPSIS:Approached unexpectedly by the wizard Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), the young hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage), on a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever ... Gollum (Andy Serkis). Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities ...
Review by Louise Keller:The extraordinarily intricate and detailed world of the first of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy is an all-encompassing, wondrously created reality. It may not have the emotional ballast of its precursor The Lord of the Rings, largely due to an over-abundance of characters and slow exposition, but the authenticity of the reality, so lovingly devised and created by Jackson, coupled with its extravagant set pieces, is astonishing.Whether you are familiar with J.R.R. Tolkien's classic writings or not, it is easy to become lost in this world of extremes that begins on verdant green hills with hobbit holes before journeying through unforgiving, treacherous cliff-side passages towards the far-away destination of the Lonely Mountain. But it takes some time for the journey and quest to begin and for the little hobbit Bilbo (Martin Freeman) to join the band of dwarves to reclaim their home. Jackson and co-writers Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Guillermo del Toro have opted to pad the film's opening with a distracting prologue describing the circumstances in which the dwarves are forced to wander the wilderness after losing their home of Erebor to the fiery dragon Smaug.The descent of 13 hungry dwarves on Bilbo's tidy hobbit hole offers some humour as his food supply is quickly demolished and plates are tossed nonchalantly from one room to the next. The dwarves' physicality provides much of the colour, with their oversized noses and abundance of hair - facial and otherwise. Richard Armitage as their leader Thorin is The Hobbit's equivalent to Viggo Mortensen's Aragorn, although Mortensen's charisma is lacking.The settings are vast, majestic and the epitome of fantasy and I like the spectacular crystal platform surrounded by waterfalls in the land of the Elves, where Cate Blanchett's Galadriel and Hugo Weaver's Elrond help read the map to give directions to the travellers. Ian McKellen's wizard Gandalf and Christopher Lee as Saruman are also welcome as they reprise their roles. The spectacles come in the form of stone boulder giants thrashing the rock surfaces as well as the orcs, trolls and goblins that create havoc along the way.The scene in which we meet Gollum (Andy Serkis) is unforgettable and for my money, the film's best scene. As Gollum, the mesmerising, deformed hunched creature with saucer blue eyes talks to his alter ego, he challenges Bilbo to a game of riddles. He is the character to which we can most easily relate and it is in this sequence that the precious ring that is central to the Lord of the Rings trilogy is introduced.The beautiful New Zealand settings, Jackson's adroit direction and the brilliance of the creation of the reality are the film's high points. Whether there is the substance enough to support three films in the trilogy will be revealed in the next in the series, but as far as technical wizardry goes with its superb 3D effects, it is in its visuals that The Hobbit excels.Review by Andrew L. Urban:It shouldn't come as a surprise that some of the lowlife in The Hobbit (vicious creatures) sound like working class Poms, although their familiarity with herbs and spices for cooking strikes a discordant note. I'm talking about the nasty big things that capture the dwarves - it's not the first or last time that happens during their journey - and start spit roasting them while discussing the finer points of cuisine. It shouldn't come as a surprise because the author, J. R. R. Tolkien, was English, and he was writing this story in the 1930s. Despite having created an entire universe of Middle Earth, including its own language, his terms of reference for the scum of the earth would have been limited.I had to smile at these consonant-challenged English accents and the notion of them being from the East End of London. Even some of their expressions sound familiar to anyone who has lived in England. A reference to golf (by Gandalf!) is funny and the phrase 'from the frying pan to the fire' adds to the real-world connection.There's not much else that echoes with our world, as we dive back into the Shire, some 60 years before Frodo (Elijah Wood) set off on a quest to return that precious but dangerous gold ring to the Crack of Doom ... this is the backstory, as it were, the story of how it came about that the ring turned up in the Shire. But this first part of the Hobbit trilogy is ... just the first part, the part where the young Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) ends up in possession of it.This is where we meet the hideously formed, other-worldly Gollum (Andy Serkis), and the scene in which their crucial exchange takes place is perhaps the best in the film, from a dramatic and cinematic point of view.It's a wild adventure - again - filled with vicious creatures from the Tolkien and Team Jackson imaginations, wondrous lands, enormous castles (some in ruin) and the power of Gandalf's (Ian McKellen) magic. New Zealand will again enjoy a tourism boom as thousands flock to find those astonishing vistas that our dozen dwarf heroes with Bilbo and Gandalf have to conquer. Emerging from Tolkien's studies in ancient Scandinavian lore, the text is full of references that add texture (eg swords with special names).The story itself is clear enough, and the creative grunt and technical sophistication are superb. But I have a reservation about the tone of pantomime that is established at the start of the film, and which influences the dwarves' and Martin Freeman's performance throughout (although he ends on a strong note; just as well, given he has evolved into a hero). The faintly farcical tone clashes jarringly with both the fantasy and the drama of the adventure, while some lines of stilted dialogue come as a surprise.The much anticipated 48 frames per second 3D presentation seems glorious to me, delivering a superb image, and doing justice to the craftsmen whose skills have un-aged Ian Holm, Cate Blanchett and Hugo Weaving, to bring them back from the cinematic future of the story. (Blanchett seems a little stilted, too ... )The adventure has plenty of action and tension, although I could wish for somewhat less of it; at almost three hours, the series of battles and fights and scrapes - as marvellous and death-defying as they are - get to be a tad repetitious, as our little band forges its way towards their ancient home in Lonely Mountain.
CRITICAL COUNTFavourable: 0Unfavourable: 0Mixed: 2
CAST: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Elijah Wood, Christopher Lee, Andy Serkis, Aidan Turner, Ian Holm, Mikael Persbrandt, James Nesbitt, Barry Humphries, Billy Connolly, Bendict Cumberbatch
PRODUCER: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Carolynne Cunningham
DIRECTOR: Peter Jackson
SCRIPT: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Guillermo del Toro (novel by J. R. R. Tolkien)
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Andrew Lesnie
EDITOR: Jabez Olssen
MUSIC: Howard Shore
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Dan Hennah
RUNNING TIME: 169 minutes
AUSTRALIAN DISTRIBUTOR: Roadshow
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Strawberry Dressing
Category : July, Recipes, Salads, Sauces and Dips
Here's a refreshing dressing made with the delicious ripe strawberries of early summer. The texture is creamy and the color is gorgeous.
Originally this dressing was created to go on my Spinach and Snap Peas Saute, but it would also go well on a fruit salad or nearly any kind of mild-flavored greens, both cooked and raw. I think you'll appreciate the slightly tangy acidity of the flavors in this dressing.
- 1 cup strawberries (6 large berries), rinsed, hulled and sliced (friend's garden, Lummi Island)
- 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar (BelleWood Acres, Lynden)
- tiny pinch of ground dried habanero pepper (friend's garden, Lummi Island)
- ½ teaspoon honey (Backyard Bees, Bellingham)
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons yogurt (Grace Harbor Farm, Custer)
- Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor. Process until pureed. Chill until ready to serve.
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Serve over Spinach and Snap Peas Saute, fruit salad, or any mild-flavored greens.
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Community Food Co-operative, Westerly and Cordata, Bellingham
Friend's garden, Lummi Island
Terra Organica, Flora and Cornwall, Bellingham


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Can you explain why the Lord says to His disciples in Luke 22.36, "He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one". It seems so contrary to the Lords previous teaching to them.
We need to look at the previous verse to understand the Lords words here. He indicates in v.35 that His disciples had learned the lesson of dependence in that they went forth to serve Him without the need of relying on purse, scrip, or shoes. The point is they lacked nothing, because they depended entirely on Him. "But now" the Saviour shows conditions were to change. When He sent them forth in Matthew 10 and Luke 9 they really wanted for nothing in His service, but soon they were to deny Him and forsake Him and move in independence of Him and they would pursue a natural course without Him, relying on the purse and the sword, the symbols of human power.
As to their dependence on Him in this they would fail, but also as to their defence of Him they would fail too. The Lord needed no carnal weapon to protect Him. The Lords words to them in v.36 are really a test. "He that hath a purse, let him take it", says the Lord. Will they learn the lesson of dependence? Then He says, "He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one". The Saviour cannot be exhorting them to take up arms to defend Him or to be involved in aggression. Yet he says, "Buy a sword". How could the Lord who was meek and lowly of heart say, "Buy a sword"? What was the lesson the Lord was teaching them? It was simply this that He needed not their defence, for the Scriptures concerning Him must be fulfilled (v.37). Had His disciples learned this lesson? Sadly no, for note their reply: "Lord here are two swords". "It is enough", says the Lord (v.39). He said this with sadness, not implying that two swords would be sufficient among eleven men to defend Him, but, "It is enough, for I can see you do not understand my meaning, and I shall say no more now". Peter in the garden drew His sword to defend His Lord, but the other sword remained undrawn. Perhaps its owner in keeping his control remembered the Lords words!
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When Adam and Eve sinned, it is recorded that they were naked (Gen 2.25). Before that, what covered them? Was it a certain glory that enveloped them?
There appears to be some misunderstanding on the part of the questioner. Before the fall recorded in Genesis ch.3, we are told concerning Adam and the woman which the Lord God had made (or builded), "And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed" (Gen 2.25). Thus they felt perfectly natural with each other; there was complete ease between them. Indeed, any sense of shame or embarrassment would have been entirely unnatural in their state of innocency. This is the only, and therefore the last, reference to nakedness in the Word of God without its being associated with shame and contempt.
How different does the record become after the woman and her husband had taken and eaten of the forbidden fruit! "And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons" (Gen 3.7). The serpent had promised Eve that they would acquire knowledge: "your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods (or God Elohim), knowing good and evil" (Gen 3.5). The immediate knowledge they acquired was that of their own nakedness; they realised what they had done and an awful sense of shame came over them.
The discovery of their nakedness was immediately followed by their own efforts to cover it, "they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons" (Gen 3.7). This is, of course, the first record we have of mans attempt to remedy his fallen condition by his own device. Even to this day men seek to cover up their perceived deficiencies by their own efforts. However, the "filthy rags" of our own self-made "righteousnesses" (Is 64.6) will not make us fit to stand in the presence of God. The fact that they found it necessary to hide "themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden" (Gen 3.8) demonstrated that such aprons would hardly suffice to hide the guilt of their disobedience to God.
It has been well said that "Tolerated public nakedness is...a sign of deep-seated decadence in any society". There is no road back as naturists suppose. However, Gods way is forward; we are waiting for "the redemption of our body" (Rom 8.23). When love is perfected we shall not return to Eden conditions but we shall be clothed upon with glory (2 Cor 5.4).
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When eaten in moderation, sushi can be a healthy meal -- generally low in calories and fat. Sushi is made by wrapping rice and seaweed sheets around a variety of fillings. A California roll typically contains imitation crab, cucumber, avocado and sesame seeds, while an avocado roll contains only avocado. To reduce the carbohydrates, try sushi without rice, which makes it sashimi.
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While the nutritional content may vary with ingredients, a California roll typically contains 255 calories, while an avocado roll gives you 140 calories. A roll is equal to six pieces of sushi, which is a normal serving size. Additionally, each piece of California roll sushi contains 80 milligrams of sodium, meaning that a roll would give you more than a third of the daily recommended intake of 1,500 milligrams of sodium. Eating your sushi with soy sauce will add even more salt. The American Heart Association advises that up to 75 percent of the sodium we consume come from processed foods such as imitation crab and soy sauce.


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We need proper study and affirmative action before foreign workers are replaced
After allowing millions of foreign workers for so many years suddenly the director general of immigration realised that many of these workers are violating the immigration act. The free inflow of foreign workers has made the local restaurants dependent on them and did not develop alternative means of service and delivery to customers.
The local restaurants, hotels and other service industry will collapse or undergo tremendous hardship if sudden and stringent action are taken straight away. Malaysians don't deserve this delayed and sloppy action at the time of economic hardship. This will only bring joy to the police and RELA personnel when they go around raiding and intimidating foreign workers who are themselves poor and exploited.
How come the previous director generals of immigration were oblivious of this violation of the immigration act? In fact Immigration and ministry of human resources together approved labour agency all over labour exporting countries to bring in hundreds of thousands of foreign workers.
The immigration department has allowed millions of foreign workers in this country both legally and illegally. In the process they replaced the locals from the construction, plantations, restaurants and hospitality industry. The presence of millions of foreign waiters in local restaurants has depressed the wages and deprecated the working conditions in these industries.
This situation has destroyed the employment opportunities of Malaysians.
The government has abdicated its responsibility on the socio economic problems that will arise from the influx of millions of foreign workers in Malaysia. Therefore there were no plans and policies to train local workers and to develop the services and deliveries of restaurants from less labour intensive to more self service or more automation.
Since many agents were making money the immigration department went on blissful sleepy mode. Malaysia needed foreign workers but it is the government's responsibility to coordinate and control the flow to the level that does not jeopardise the employment and socio economic situation in the country.
There was no concrete and affirmative action to replace these foreign workers with locals over the period.Foreign workers are becoming indispensable to restaurants and other industries.
Without a proper strategy and remedy, the DG of immigration should not take any action to arrest and deport foreign workers. This will create hardship and economic losses to the restaurants and tourism industry.
The government needs to look at how developed countries managed their labour shortage. There are poor and needy people in Malaysia too looking for job opportunities. Government decision makers must look at the hard facts and reality and come up with creative strategies before taking action.Explore posts in the same categories: From the desk of Senator S Ramakrishnan
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The 184-day Expo Milano 2015 successfully came to an end in the Italian northern city on Saturday, attracting more than 21 million visitors, of which around one third foreigners.
Italian President Sergio Mattarella and other officials including Vicente Loscertales, Secretary-General of the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE), the organization in charge of overseeing world expos, attended the closing ceremony held at the Expo site.
Before declaring conclusion of the Expo Milano 2015, Mattarella said he was honored to end an event which spread huge positive energy for the building of a better future for humanity and for the planet.
"Expo will leave us an important legacy born from dialogue and hope. Today it is not a farewell, but the beginning of a new civic commitment," he highlighted.
Themed "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life," the world exposition was dedicated to the vital need for mankind to ensure enough healthy food for all while respecting nature. More than 140 countries and organizations presented solutions at their pavilions, of which a record number of 54 were self--built, around the expo's theme.
Loscertales defined the Milan event as "great success" for Italy and for all participant countries and organizations of the world.
He said the Milan Expo "has succeeded in putting in the spotlight the critical themes of global nutrition, and encouraged discussion and exchanges between governments, populations and experts."
Expo Milano 2015 "has made its place in the history of expos," Loscertales highlighted.
Expo Sole Commissioner of the Italian Government Giuseppe Sala thanked the governments, organizations, companies and people of the world who participated in the Milan Expo with "the spirit of unity which is a necessary condition for development."
"I am convinced that among the millions of people who have visited this Expo we have spread all together not only knowledge but also more awareness of the urgency to give concrete answers to the contradictions of a planet where there are people who starve to death and others who have diseases caused by over-nourishment," Milan Mayor Giuliano Pisapia said.
The world exhibition was visited by 60 heads of state and government, including Russian President Vladimir Putin, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Premier David Cameron and US Secretary of State John Kerry, as well as by a number of international celebrities.
The BIE flag was lowered and handed over to Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, which in 2017 will play host to the international exposition focused on "Future Energy," and to Dubai, where the next world exposition will take place in 2020 under the theme "Connecting Minds, Creating the Future."


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The big complaint that every fanboy with a Twitter account had after the Game of Thrones season premiere boils down to: "But nothing happened! It was all set up!" It seemed like the second episode was going to fall into the same category: We saw little more than different groups of characters making incremental steps forward as they were positioned on the giant chess board, like the Monopoly pieces that Dany and Tyrion play with on their giant map.
And then the last 10 minutes happened. Yes, in one of the epic evening battles on Game of Thrones, Euron Greyjoy came to get Cersei Lannister her prize so that she'll marry him, and managed to dispatch both his niece and nephew at the same time. A lot sure did happen in that final stretch, and it isn't looking good for all of our favorite heroes.
Let's take a look at the winners and losers for the week.
The Winners:
Euron Greyjoy: Obviously the king of the Iron Islands is the big winner when he showed up with his big scary ship with the giant skull plank that plunked down right on the vessel, which was not only carrying the two people he hates most in the world, but the other queen he was searching for. Sure, he might dress like Captain Hook if he were dressed as a reject from a Rick Owens show, but he sure knows how to fight and lead an army to victory.
Cersei Lannister: It looked hopeless when the Mother of Dragons showed up with her various armies, her giant fleet, and a few dragons, but things seem to be turning around for her. She's using the nationalistic sensibilities of the lords of Westeros and their inherent racism against outsiders to work her way toward victory. (Hmm, what other insane blonde leader does that remind you of?) She even has Lord Tarley (aka Sam's asshole father we met at Hornhill last season) to forget his oath to Lady Olenna Tyrell and come fight for her. Things are looking up to Make Westeros Great Again.
Varys: Everyone's favorite eunuch was on the hot seat at Dragonstone when Dany pressed him about his allegiance to so many different kings before her, but the man who has harnessed the power of his songbirds for so many years finally sang a song of his own and saved himself. He told his queen that his allegiance was never to a monarch but to the people and whoever would treat them best and save they from tyranny. That seemed to win him over. It was also good for Mellisandre, who returned to Dragonstone to revisit the birthplace of the Great Smoke Queef of season two. Varys got Dany in a pardoning mood and she opened the palace to the Red Priestess. Let's just wait until Jon Snow and Ser Davos Arrive.
Missandei and Grey Worm: Finally the world's most beautiful translator and the most handsome soldier finally got a chance to get it on. Grey Worm's speech about how he had no fear until he fell in love with her is enough to make anyone tear up like they just watched a day-long marathon of Sarah MacLaughlin ASPCA ads. These two genetically perfect specimens would have the most attractive, bad-ass children imaginable. Oh wait. Never mind.
Jorah Mormont: It first it seemed like all was lost for the Khaleesi's number one stan, as the greyscale devoured most of his torso. Then hope came thanks to Samwell Tarly and his super-powered studying skills who decided that he could singlehandedly save him with some crazy old recipe from a book that he's never tried before. That's sort of like trying to fix your garbage disposal after only watching a YouTube tutorial. Anyway, this is the most hope he's had since contracting the disease. Let's just hope, for everyone's sake, that the greyscale didn't go very far, ahem, south of the border.
Sansa Stark: Finally, her brother Jon Snow asked for her counsel when dealing with her former husband Tyrion Lannister and, well, he actually listened to her. Even though she called him out in front of all the lords and ladies in the world's saddest looking conference room, he still left her in charge of the North while he goes south to visit with Dany and try to rob her of her precious dragonglass. Things are looking up for Hot Topic's number one customer.
The Losers:
Ellaria Sand and the Sand Snakes: Sure she got to get one last flirt on with Yara Greyjoy before Euron Greyjoy took her captive, but things are not looking hopeful for Westeros' most sexually liberated beauty. Not only did she lose two of her female protectors during the siege, it seems like she and her daughter will be taken to King's Landing so that they can meet their final doom in front of Cersei Lannister.
The Greyjoy Siblings: Just moments after saying that he will always be his sister's protector, Theon Greyjoy proved once again that he is the show's greatest coward. His uncle held his sister and told him to come and get her, and instead of attacking he dropped his sword and jumped overboard to try his luck in the ocean rather than face a fight. It was like Dunkirk except not in IMAX and no one in the world wanted to see it. Yara is either going to be killed or tortured by her uncle, so it looks like the pair's ship is finally sunk.
Daenerys Targaryen: The mother of dragons started the episode off in a fierce and forgiving mood, firing off one-liners like she's Katniss Everdeen at target practice. She gathered her great council of women, including Olenna Tyrell, Ellaria Sand, and Yara Greyjoy to go over Tyrion's great plan for battle. She was going to use Yara to bring the Dornish army to King's Landing where they would lay siege to the city with the Tyrell troops. Meanwhile, the Dothraki and Unsullied would take Casterly Rock, the seat of the Lannisters. That sounded like a winning formula until Euron Greyjoy intercepted and screwed it all up.
It wasn't all bad for Dany, though. Thanks to some vagaries of translation we learned that she might actually be the Prince (or Princess) That Was Promised from the prophesy that Mellisandre is always crowing about. She also convinced Jon Snow to come and bend his knee to her, which is impressive. Maybe Mellisandre just did that so that Jon could convince her to join the war against the Night King. Just like everyone else, she has her own agenda to advance.
Jon Snow: Yes, he's headed south to get the dragonglass, but it is not a popular decision at all. Once again Jon Snow seems to know absolutely nothing.
Littlefinger: Why did he seem to think that talking to Jon Snow in the crypt was a good idea? He didn't even learn any information, other than the fact that Jon hates him and will kill him if he goes after Sansa. Actually threatening Littlefinger might be the dumbest thing that Jon did. He may be down, but never back someone like Littlefinger into a corner.
Arya Stark: She is our favorite spitfire and if Hollywood were to make a movie of the Stark kid's life she would definitely be played by Kristen Stewart (which is the greatest compliment I could bestow on any living human). But, man, Arya had a rough week. She was first reunited with her old friend Hot Pie but she couldn't even ask him one single question about how he was doing or what his life was like. She may have survived, but she's a shell of the kind, spirited girl who escaped King's Landing with Gendry back in season two. Hot Pie did tell her that Jon Snow had retaken the North and she decided to head back to Winterfell to meet her family.
Then something awful happened. On the road, her old direwolf Nymeria, who she released into the wild in season one so that the Lannisters wouldn't kill it, came and found her with her pack of wolves. It appears that while Arya was out roaming around the wild Nymeria was doing the same. They both learned how to kill and lead other but, in the process became completely feral. She tries to convince Nymeria to return home with her, but she turns away, because that is not the dog she is anymore, just like Arya isn't the girl she used to be. She tries to convince herself otherwise, but it seems foolhardy at this point. She may like the killer that she's become, but she fails to recognize the price that she's paid for it.
Related: Game of Thrones Season 7 Premiere Recap
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What Faith Is
The righteous will live by his faith.
–Habakkuk 2:4
Faith is the assurance that God will do what He has promised to do even when all evidence is to the contrary. Let me illustrate that for you.
Some time ago I was invited to another city to speak. The host told me, "When you get to the airport, just call the hotel where we are having you stay. The hotel has a courtesy van that will pick you up from the airport and take you to the hotel." When I arrived at the airport, I pulled out the letter, found the name of the hotel, and called them. The hotel receptionist said, "I will have a van there in 10 minutes." I got my luggage and stood outside, waiting for the hotel van to come. I had a feeling it was going to come. I certainly hoped it was going to come. I had optimism that it was going to come. And when it began to drizzle, I thought positive thoughts and said three times, "I believe. I believe. I believe." But the van did not come.
After about 10 minutes of standing out in the rain, I thought, "Why in the world am I standing here in the rain risking pneumonia based on the word of somebody I do not even know?" I did not know whether the person I talked to at the hotel could be trusted to do what he promised or not. So, I went back inside and called the hotel again. The person on the other end of the phone said, "I am sorry, Mr. Jeffress. I forgot all about you. I will have a van there in 10 minutes." I walked back out and waited again. After about 10 minutes, the van finally came. The driver opened the door, smiled, and said, "I guess you lost faith that I was coming." I said, "I certainly did." I lost faith, because if I had had genuine faith, do you know what I would have done? I would have continued to stand outside. In spite of the rain, I would have stayed there saying, "Even though all evidence is to the contrary, I have confidence that the person at the hotel is going to do what he promised to do."
That is what saving faith in God is. Saving faith in God means believing that God is going to do what He has promised to do. It is believing that if I trust in Christ to pay my sin debt for me–if I believe that it is not by my works but by His grace that I am going to be welcomed into Heaven–if I have that kind of faith, then I am going to be in a right standing before God. The Bible assures us, "The righteous will live by his faith" (Habakkuk 2:4).
Today's devotion is excerpted from "(The) Just Live by Faith" by Dr. Robert Jeffress, 2014.
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The thousands of lobbyists (registered and unregistered influence peddlers) are pushing each other out of the way as this hurriedly prepared gigantic spending bill is being assembled. This bill is considered to be a great opportunity to insert provisions that groups may have had on their wish lists for some time. The concrete lobbyists are battling with the asphalt lobbyists over whether money should go mainly to repair work or new construction projects while the solar energy folks compete with the geo-thermal business interests for government favors,just to mention two contests of the many that are underway.
A Forbes article had this to say:
...Lobbyists for virtually every conceivable interest have tried shaping the measure, lured by its enormous size and scope, its must-pass status and a sense that budget pressures will make federal dollars scarcer in legislation later this year.
"This is a bill that's got just about as much room as you need," said Steve Verdier, top lobbyist for the Independent Community Bankers of America, which successfully supported expanded tax credits for home buyers and other provisions it said would help create jobs. "So if you've got some ideas you've been trying to push for a number of years, this is certainly the vehicle you want to use."
Various health care interests are well represented and in the game . Here is one news story of the lobby efforts for the Hospice business. The Biotech sector is asking for money for research claiming that with the credit crunch investment firms are no longer supplying some of the funds they typically rely upon for certain research projects.See here for a detailed discussion of what tactics the CAM (complementary integrative medicine) forces are using to get their feet into the doors of the health care reform funding,a key element of which appears to be coopting the preventive medicine angle.
This item suggest that there is money to made in the medical technology and computerized medical records provision of the stimulus bill and big players are interested.
This article outlines some of the conflicts involved in the electronic medical records issues and some of the players concerned with protection of patient data privacy and says in part:
Lobbyists for insurers, drug benefit managers and others in the health industry are mobilizing a campaign to persuade Congress that overly stringent privacy protections would frustrate the potential benefits of digital records.
The 20 billion dollar "jump start" of the health IT is a large enough slice for a number of interests to send their lobbyists to secure what they can get. I wonder though if the really big prize in will be the opportunity to data mine. Think of it, everyone's medical records on line somewhere, medications, procures, history,insurance data.Clearly the privacy issue mentioned above is critical and an issue of that important should not be part of legislation that is hurried through congress on the winds of rhetoric claims that delay will turn "crisis into catastrophe".Shoot, ready, aim is not the way to go.The British experience with their NHS IT adventure should give us some pause.
If you feel some reassurance that HIPAA will be protective, it is instructive to look into the lobbying origins of what the law was all about in the beginning. In spite of its veneer of privacy protection it was not about protecting patient privacy and facilitating medical insurance portability. A strong case can be made that it was driven by the health insurance lobby to obtain a federal law to give broad access to patient records and to facilitate insurance claims processing. That was achieved and the rest can be considered either collateral damage or incidental benefit. I am afraid of the collateral damage,unintended consequences and intended benefit to special interests that are all likely to occur as the health care IT bill is hastily put together under the watchful and helpful eyes of the relevant interested "stake holders".


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The release of the remastered Crash Bandicoot trilogy has taken the UK by storm, crashing back into the UK charts, as it were.
The N.Sane trilogy has managed to debut at number one in the gaming charts, a feat that each of the games could not achieve on their own when originally released back in the 90s. Here is the top 5 for last week's UK game sales:
1 (-) Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy (PS4)
2 (-) Micro Machines: World Series (PS4)
3 (6) Forza Horizon 3 (XO)
4 (1) Grand Theft Auto V (PS4)
5 (2) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (NS)
Keep in mind it is important to realize that this was also an extremely quiet week for new game releases, so it's not like Crash & co had a lot of competition. Still, sales were extremely high, with most retailers becoming out of stock like Amazon.
The N.Sane trilogy has become the second biggest launch of the year overall, with Tom Clancy's: Ghost Recon Wildlands retaining that top spot.
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full title · Adam Bede
author · George Eliot
type of work · Novel
genre · Bildungsroman; tragedy
language · English
time and place written · 1857–1859, England
date of first publication · February 1, 1859
publisher · William Blackwood and Sons
narrator · The narrator is an anonymous historian who knows Adam later in life. The narrator has a low opinion of the reader, whom he imagines as a socialite woman.
point of view · The narrator speaks primarily in the third person, centering on characters one at a time and revealing their thoughts and feelings in turn. Sometimes, the narrator breaks through to comment on the actions and feelings of the character in the first person.
tone · The narrator is generally empathetic with the characters, although sometimes the narrator is very sarcastic about the reader's imagined response to the characters.
tense · Past tense
setting (time) · June 1799–June 1807
setting (place) · Hayslope, England
protagonist · Adam Bede
major conflict · Adam Bede comes to terms with the disgrace and crimes of his fiancée and learns how evil acts in the world.
rising action · When Hetty Sorrel has an affair with Captain Donnithorne, gets pregnant, and murders her newborn child, Adam Bede must face the reality that not all people conform to his conception of goodness.
climax · Adam's discovery of Hetty's crime forces upon him the knowledge of her pregnancy and the death of her child; for him, life will forever be marked by the sorrow he feels over her disgrace.
falling action · Adam observes Hetty's trial from afar, forgives Hetty, and returns to life in Hayslope. Only over time is he able to come to terms with Hetty's disgrace and exile from England.
themes · The value of hard work; the power of love; the consequences of bad behavior
motifs · Natural beauty; dogs; narrative sarcasm
symbols · Gates; hearth and home; clothing
foreshadowing · Adam hears the omen of death the night before his father dies; Hetty's impending shame is her pregnancy; Dinah blushes when Adam surprises her at the Bede home, foreshadowing their love and marriage.


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Denver Sports Vision: Eye-Damaging Snow Reflection
Coloradans have the good fortune of living in a state with an abundance of outdoor fun during the winter. In fact, Colorado has as many outdoor activities to enjoy in the winter as in the summer, and our wonderful combination of snow and sun makes it a winter sport haven. However, this combination is also hard on the eyes, and we need to be sure to protect ourselves from snow reflection eye damage. Read your Denver sports vision professionals' advice on protecting your eyes from the winter wonderlands.
Snow reflects sun with amazing power. Snow on the ground reflects 80% of the sun's rays! That means that on a bright, snowy day, your exposed skin is receiving almost double the sunlight that it would be on a hot summer day. Don't be fooled by thinking that cold weather will keep your skin and eyes from burning. Whether you're skiing, snowboarding, sledding, or spending more than a half-hour outside doing anything in the snow, make sure to protect yourself.
First, never forget to apply sunscreen. Use sunscreen of sun protection factor (SPF) 30 or higher on all exposed skin. But still try to cover up as much skin as possible, even if it's not that cold. Ironically, warm, sunny days require you to cover more of your skin because the sun's rays are much more damaging. Wear long sleeves, a hat or helmet with a brim, a balaclava.
While many of us are accustomed to protecting our skin from the sun's damaging rays, we often forget about protecting our eyes. Even with limited exposure, sun and snow reflection can cause temporary but painful photokeratitis, whose symptoms may not show for 6 to 12 hours; in the long term, cataracts, macular deterioration, and cancer, are can be brought on by unprotected eye exposure to the sun.
This damage is also more acute at high altitude, where many of Colorado's winter sports occur. Protect yourself with polarized, UV sunglasses or goggles. UV protection shields your eyes from cancer-causing ultraviolet rays; polarized lenses block reflected glare from snow and water.
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How do you protect yourself from snow's bright reflection?