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God is not human, that He should lie, not a human being, that He should change his mind. Does He speak and then not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Numbers 23:19
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; all other ground is sinking sand.
Edward Mote
Among the most popular messages of our society today is the proclamation, "Follow your heart!" The culture has conditioned us to place a very high value on our own desires and emotions. In fact, we are encouraged to base both our major life decisions and our daily lifestyle choices upon how we feel. "Don't know what to do? Just listen to your heart! Do what feels right to you!" This advice permeates everything from love songs to children's movies.
But God gives us completely different directions when it comes to our heart and emotions: "He who trusts in his own heart is a fool" (Proverbs 28:26a) and "The heart is deceitful above all things (Jeremiah 17:9a).
As attractive as the "follow your heart" message may seem, adopting this mindset can be toxic to our spiritual lives. When we allow our emotions and whims to lead us, we become subservient to our feelings instead of to God's Spirit and His Word. Following our heart cultivates an attitude of selfishness rather than one of surrender. We cannot become the bondservants of Christ if we are controlled by our feelings.
Elisabeth Elliot wrote, "The difficulty is to keep a tight reign on our emotions. They may remain, but it is not they who are to rule the action. They have no authority. A life lived in God is not lived on the plane of the feelings, but of the will."
When we let our feelings lead the way, we end up making a lot of unwise, ungodly, self-focused decisions—and making a mess of our lives. We also become prone to "picking and choosing" our truth—receiving the things that make us feel good, and rejecting the things that don't.
When we accept only the parts of God's truth that appeal to us personally, and dismiss all the rest, we cannot receive the "whole counsel of God" (see Acts 20:27) and we end up with a distorted "truth" of our own making. (That is why so many of our churches today promote a soft, flimsy Gospel instead of a powerful, life-transforming one.)
There are two questions that my husband, Eric, asks Christians when he is training them in the foundations of faith and victory over sin. The first is, "Did God say it?" If the answer is yes, then the next question is, "Can God lie?" Answering those two questions correctly can cut through emotional fog and confusion like nothing else!
God's truth is unchanging, and He cannot lie. (See Titus 1:2) Our emotions and personal experiences may not always line up with the commands and promises of the Bible. But does that make His Word any less true?
When we try to edit truth to mesh with our own emotions or preferences, we are placing our own opinions and thoughts higher than God's. It doesn't really matter how we feel about what God says, and it also doesn't really matter what our past experience states. If our feelings and experiences don't match up with God's Word—the fault lies with us, not Him. As it says in Romans 3:4, "let God be true, but every man be a liar."
"But I prayed for such-and-such, and God didn't come through for me!" is a common response, "and now I can't trust Him or believe His promises." Or, "The Bible talks about peace and joy, but all I've ever experienced is despair and heartache!"
God cares deeply about each one of your painful past experiences and each one of your current struggles. We must always remember that receiving His truth—not running away from it—is what leads to clarity and victory. The answers and "reasons why" may not always be immediately clear. But if you learn to place His unchanging, eternal truth far above your own feelings and experiences, you will soon begin to experience freedom, faith, and heavenly perspective beyond what you ever thought possible.
Putting truth above feelings can be easier said than done in a culture that constantly pushes us to "follow our heart". I'd like to share some practical ways that have helped me keep my emotions under the control of God's Spirit and subservient to His timeless, unchanging Truth.
There is a growing trend in modern Christianity where people get together to dialogue and converse about spiritual truths. They discuss how they feel about specific Biblical concepts and whether they "personally agree with" those particular principles or if perhaps they need to be "refined". They determine the validity of Scripture in light of their own experiences and emotions rather than simply taking God's Word as absolute truth. Oh, what a disgrace to our God when we who bear His name start exalting our own feelings over His unchanging, infallible, eternal Word!
Even those of us who strongly believe in the inerrancy of Scripture have often been conditioned to consult "feelings first" when grappling with truth. When we are deciding whether or to believe God's promises or obey His commands, we typically ask ourselves, "How do I feel about this?" rather than, "What does God say about this?"
When we Christians debate truth on the plane of emotion and experience, rather than standing on the solid rock of God's Word, we end up with the muddled, mushy, confused, post-modern thinking so common in the church today. But when the timeless Word of God is our baseline for reasoning, we find clarity, purpose, and passion in knowing exactly what we believe and why.
Next time you are evaluating any Biblical principle, ask God for the grace to put your emotions aside and simply take Him at His Word with a simple, uncomplicated, childlike trust. Don't immediately consult your feelings and see what your emotions have to say about it. And don't look at your own past experience (or the experiences of others) to decide whether the principle is accurate or not. Rather, immediately consult God's Word and see what He has to say about it. Then, build your beliefs and decisions upon His unchanging Truth—no matter how your feelings or experience might try to debate it.
Time and time again, I have seen my circumstances and emotions align with the truth of God's Word as I simply choose to agree with what God said. But I have learned that I cannot wait for my feelings to agree with Scripture before taking it as fact. Rather, I must accept God's truth as fact and command my feelings to agree with it.
If you can learn to stand upon the solid rock of God's Word in every situation you face, you will not be vulnerable to the crafty distortion of truth so common today. When you are exposed to human ideas that do not agree with Scripture, you will be much quicker to recognize and renounce them in your soul. And when the enemy tries to bait you with confusion, doubt, or despair, you will have a means to finding the clarity and Heavenly perspective you need.
If you are being blown here and there by every wind of teaching and overwhelmed by your own doubt and confusion, God is ready to plant your feet firmly upon the solid, immovable Rock—which is Jesus Christ Himself. He is willing to replace your confusion for glorious clarity—if you are willing to take Him at His Word.
There is a lot of talk these days about being "open-minded." Having an "open mind" means being willing to entertain other people's beliefs and ideas, and even to adopt them as your own if they "feel right" to you. Not being open-minded immediately puts you in the category of being old-fashioned, stiff, and stodgy, not to mention unloving and judgmental. Why would any of us want to take on that kind of label?
But in order to have our feet planted firmly upon the solid rock of Christ, we must acknowledge that any human thought, idea, belief, or philosophy that does not agree with the timeless truth of God's Word is erroneous and worthless.
So does that mean we are to be "close-minded"—never willing to hear another person's ideas, always having to "be right", and staunchly holding our position in a prideful, arrogant way? No. We must exchange an "open mind", not for a "closed mind", but for a Canon-mind. (Canon simply means the sixty-six books of Scripture.)
Having a Canon mind means that you implicitly trust God's definition of reality, you are exclusively devoted to God's opinions and commands, and you are closed to all other thoughts, ideas or philosophies that would lead you to take on another reality other than His. The Canon mind is built upon the conviction that God's Word is the perfect revelation of fact. It cannot lie, and it is 100% Truth. When you have a Canon mind, you know that God intends His Word to be comprehended, understood, and lived out by His saints. When you have a Canon-mind, you are not staunch and arrogant in your own convictions. Rather, you are simply not open to any thought or definition of reality that is not 100% concurrent with the revelation of God's Word.
How do you develop a Canon-mind? It begins with the decision to take God's Word as fact. If God said it, and He cannot lie, then there is nothing more to argue. Once you have settled it in your heart that Scripture is Truth and that the Bible is reality, the next step is to know and love the Word of God. Too many of us are susceptible to error simply because we are ignorant of what the Bible actually says. Set aside some purposeful time each day to study and meditate upon God's Word. Learn how to explore Scripture and delve deep into God's meaning behind every verse. Use tools such as inductive Bible study courses and Bible websites such as www.blueletterbible.org which can help you learn to use concordances and study the Greek and Hebrew roots of each word in the Bible. Download an audio version of the Bible (we personally like The Word of Promise) and listen to it around the house, in your car, and even while you are falling asleep at night. Spend time around other believers who reverence and love the Word of God. Talk about what you are learning in Scripture and listen to what they are learning. Ask God's Spirit to make His timeless Word truly come alive to you.
As you begin to make God's Word the foundation of your life, practice applying specific truths, commands, and promises to situations you face each day. Memorize some key verses to help you immediately combat lies with Truth. For instance, if you struggle with the temptation to hold on to offenses, memorize verses such as "love is not easily angered" (1 Corinthians 13:5) or "Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you" (Ephesians 4:32. (Yes, it is the enabling power of God that will actually equip you to live out these commands, but you can't live out God's Truth if you don't first know what it is!) No matter what your circumstances or struggles, there is always an answer that can be found in the Word of God. If you cannot find one immediately, begin to search for it as if you were searching for hidden treasure, and ask God to guide you as you look to His truth for answers.
For a beautiful and inspiring vision of the way we are to interact with God's Word, take some time to read through Psalm 119. As you fall in love with Scripture and cultivate a Canon-mind, you will soon find yourself standing upon a Rock that cannot be moved.
The arts are an enormous part of our modern culture, and Christianity has adopted the trend, seeking to experience and express God through music, poetry, allegory, art, and specific environments (like artsy coffee shops or inspiring cathedrals). While God can certainly be expressed and experienced through all of these mediums, all too many Christians have begun to place a higher value on art than on Truth. Post-modernists love to use artistry to define their Christianity, stating that movies, art, poetry and atmosphere speak to their souls about God far more than the Bible does. The erosion of truth is being justified under the banner of "artistic license" and "self-expression."
Just think about how perfectly that describes the blogs, songs, quotes, and philosophical ideas being created by many of today's "artistic Christian women". Women often think of artistic expression as a safe medium for them to "let out all their pent-up feelings" and "express their true selves." Christian women who feel this way don't evaluate their artistic expressions in light of God's Truth, but in light of their own emotions and ideas. They may conduct themselves as conservative Christians at church or Bible study, but on their blog, or in their music, or in their art, they let their guard down under the banner of "artistic freedom."
But diminishing Truth under the banner of artistic expression is a counterfeit form of freedom. Jesus said, "You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free…if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed" (John 8:32, 36).
And David the Psalmist declared, "I will walk at liberty, for I seek Your precepts" (Psalm 119:45, emphasis added).
True freedom comes from agreeing with God's Truth, not disregarding it. So if you are involved in any form of art—whether it be music, writing, poetry, photography, painting or anything else, make sure it lines up with God's Word, 100%. That doesn't mean that every word you write or photo you take has to specifically be about Him—but it should always reflect Him; His nature, His love, His holiness, and His truth.
And by the way, just because it is popular to demonstrate "angst" through the arts, especially music, does not mean that you should jump on the bandwagon. The actual dictionary definition of "angst" is this: "A feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one, about the human condition or the state of the world in general." So we must face the question—how can expressing "angst" possibly be in harmony with God's commands to "Rejoice always" (1 Thessalonians 5:16) and "Be anxious for nothing" (Philippians 4:6)?
Henry Ward Beecher said, "If a man cannot be a Christian in the place where he is, he cannot be a Christian anywhere." By the same token, if a woman cannot be a Christian in her artistic expressions, she cannot be a Christian anywhere.
This principle must also apply to the artistic mediums we choose to listen to, read, and participate in. Just because a musician calls himself a "Christian artist" doesn't mean his music truly expresses God's nature and His Truth. And just because someone has a "Christian blog" doesn't mean it is going to point you to Jesus Christ. Be on guard against imbibing artistic messages that diminish "the whole counsel of God" and exalt cultural notions over Biblical fact.
While there is nothing wrong with using the arts to express the nature of God, there is something wrong with looking to the arts as our primary source of finding Him. Be watchful of adopting art-over-Truth mindsets, such as "The Bible doesn't speak to me, but movies do" or "I can't feel close to God unless I'm in an inspiring environment like an artsy coffee shop". If you do not believe you can experience God except through artistic mediums, then you are not truly seeking the God of the Bible. He says,
"Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. Where is the house that you will build Me? And where is the place of My rest? For all those things My hand has made…says the Lord. But [I will look] on him who is poor and of a contrite spirit, and who trembles at My Word" (Isaiah 66:2).
Do you want to find the one true God? Finding Him is not a complicated "mystical journey through the arts." It's a simple matter of humbling yourself before Him, and trembling at His Word.
Not long ago in a persecuted nation, a group of believers was gathered together for a secret Bible study when hostile police officers burst in and took over the meeting. They rounded up all the Christians, and one by one they pointed a gun to each person's head, threatening to kill them unless they spit on the Bible. With heavy hearts, each member of the group took turns spiting on the cover of the Bible in order to preserve their lives. But one sixteen-year-old girl, with tears streaming down her face, tenderly wiped the spittle from the Bible with the corner of her dress. A few seconds later, she was dead.
Throughout Christian history, men and women have given up their lives to protect the purity of Scripture. In light of their astounding sacrifices, it is heartbreaking to see countless American Christians disregarding and questioning God's Word.
Remember, when we reject God's Word, we are rejecting Jesus. He is the Word of God made flesh (John 1:1-5). He is the solid Rock upon which we must stand. Everything else in this life is uncertain, but His Word remains steadfast and immovable. He said, "Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away" (Matt 24:35). All other ground is truly sinking sand.
In this day and age where "truth is fallen in the street" (Isaiah 59:14) God is looking for courageous Christians who are willing to wipe the spit from His precious Word, no matter what it may cost them. Will you be counted among them?


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Or the pit, as is the case tonight. I just finished roughing in the turntable pit, which I ultimately decided should be concrete, not wood. The key dimension on the turntable pit is the elevation of the pit rail. Sure I'd like the pit itself to be perfectly round, but as long as it doesn't wander too far, and is pretty close to the precise … Continue reading MDF is the pits

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Who Are the Instagrammers Behind the Industry's Favorite Fashion Accounts?
Instagram has some stellar archive- and throwback-focused handles in the mix right now. Feeds like @DZGaines and @VirgoMood are as addictive as they are painstakingly curated. Often focused on the '90s and the '00s, these accounts include rare images of collections and models pulled from the depths of the web, vintage independent magazines, or from the brink-of-extinction fashion forums. But who are the people behind these double-tap-worthy posts? Are they anonymous industry figures with an undying love for Naomi Campbell? Bored accounting majors living vicariously though early John Galliano interviews? High schoolers in small towns trawling the internet for long-lost detail shots from the Versace Spring 1992 collection? Those guesses aren't too far off, as it happens. Here, learn a little bit more about each feed, who runs it, and most importantly, why you should follow it. Now, get ready to enter the Instagram fashion K-hole.
Instagram: @ThatBagIsFake
The account @ThatBagIsFake was started by 20-year-old university student Jason Louis Steward Jr. of Decatur, Illinois in 2013. It has a smaller following, but several of its followers are well-known, such as the photographers Mayan Toledano and Ib Kamara. It's easy to see why the account has gained a small but dedicated fan base: It is a trove of digital gold that includes Channing Tatum circa his modeling days (hot!), Gwyneth Paltrow when she dated Luke Wilson (remember that?), and a close-up G-string moment from the Spring 1998 Gucci show (va va voom!). On average, Steward uploads up to 10 posts per day. "I love the mid-to-late '90s—it was a minimal approach to the end an era," he explains in an email. "Street style was so fluid and minimal yet captured a glamour everyone could relate to, as well as the collections—it was a glamour that seemed attainable."
The account arose from that familiar scenario of a small-town kid needing an outlet. "I didn't know fashion could be a career until I was 16," he writes. "I was in fashion club in high school and we went on a trip to New York. I saw this a lady with a monogram Dior saddle bag, I asked her who designed it, she said, 'John Galliano.' When I got back to my hometown, I started researching like crazy discovering all of these designers, the world of couture, advertising, stylists. It was a new world for me." What's next? "I want to transfer to FIT in New York and maybe intern for some cool publications or stylists." New York is waiting for you, @ThatBagIsFake.
Instagram: @virgomood
@VirgoMood is a haven for '90s supermodel shots, dotted with the likes of Rebecca Romijn walking Hermès in 1995 and Karen Mulder strutting in bejeweled lingerie for Victoria's Secret in 1998. Though the vibe is the proverbial opposite of a Virgo—a "shy" zodiac sign—it's an outlet for its attention-averse creator, "A.C.," a 21-year-old Chicago native and college student who works part-time as a retail associate. "I can't speak for every Virgo, but for me, I love minimalism and I feel like that shows through my account," he or she writes in an email. "Despite a lot of the extravagant pieces that I may post from time to time, I'm very simple." On a typical day, A.C. spends "three to five hours on and off" searching sites like Pinterest, Tumblr, Google Images, Livingly, Vogue, The Fashion Spot, Bellazon, Fashion Anthology, and Flickr. "Rare runway pictures and editorials of my favorite supermodels and designers from the '80s and '90s are always a treasure to find," A.C. writes. The curator's favorite find so far? "That's very easy. It's a two-piece cropped women's business suit from Rifat Ozbek's Fall 1994 collection. It's so beautiful to me, and I think it would still translate well today."
Instagram: @DZgaines
Love a mid-2000s buff and brawny Bruce Weber–captured Abercrombie & Fitch moment? Or maybe a good J.Lo "I'm Real" screen grab is more your speed, or a young, baby-faced Catherine McNeil, or a stream of wispy models clutching block cellphones? If any of the aforementioned throwbacks strike a chord, then add @DZgaines to your follow list immediately. The account belongs to 25-year-old stylist assistant Daniel Gaines, a Miami native who moved to New York three years ago after graduating from Central Saint Martins in London.
Gaines spends two or more hours every day searching YouTube, Google, Tumblr, magazines, books, movies, and music for images or videos, or as he puts it: "Anywhere I can find the goods! I'm all about the hunt!" His favorite gems include: "Baby Kate Moss being interviewed at the Elite Model Look competition, the Sex and the City and The Matrix parodies from the MTV movie awards in 2000, and clips from Naomi Conquers Africa, when Naomi Campbell and a gaggle of other supermodels went to South Africa to meet with Nelson Mandela and do a charity fashion show, and Plum Sykes talking about getting dressed to work in the Vogue office." That last one certainly hits home here.
Instagram: @HipHopUrbanPop
Mecca, a 22-year-old South Florida native, runs the wildly popular @HipHopUrbanPop account that boasts roughly 114,000 followers, including well-known 'grammers like @Gabriel_held_vintage and @Museuemmammy. It's not exactly a fashion-based account, but it does, as its profile explains, bring "original nostalgic content to your IG feed." Here, there are Y2K fashion personalities like a baby-faced Aaliyah, perpetually in low-slung pants, or a midriff-baring Mya. Other standouts include a rare screen grab of Jay-Z and Beyoncé having a denim-on-denim couple moment on TRL in 2000, Mariah Carey wearing a tube top and a belly chain, and a very unzipped TLC.
The '90s and the early 2000s "forever will be my favorite era because they really did shape a lot of the things we see and hear today as far as fashion and music," writes Mecca in an email. "When you look in a magazine, you see designers recreating looks from the '90s, or if you listen to the recording artists of today, you can see how they take pieces from '90s to the '00s." Favorite and rare moments include "some outtakes I've posted once of Missy Elliott and shots of Aaliyah by Eric Johnson. Super rare; he's a really dope photographer!" writes Mecca. "I've also dug up my archives for a clips from the TV series Cousin Skeeter. Fun fact: You can get a bit of that '00-era-flavored style at Mecca's e-commerce site shopflymecca.com in the form of sunglasses and clothes.
Instagram: @Oneofakind.archive and @another___kind
These related accounts by a pair of coworkers have posted some major rarities, like two looks from the Fall 1996 collection by the short-lived label GR 816 by Claude Sabbah and Gilles Rosier, a pubic bone–grazing pant moment from Alexander McQueen from Fall 1995, and a pre-Jacquemus larger-than-life hat seen at the Spring 1997 Yohji Yamamoto collection. (Though both feeds share similarities, @another.kind showcases more art- and film-themed posts.) The handles belong to 23-year-old Gregory ( @Oneofakind.archive) and 25-year-old James (@another___kind), and are dedicated to the archival One of a Kind collection (sold at 1stDibs.com), where they've worked for the last five years. "Starting here was our first introduction to fashion," the duo writes. "The collection of 5,000 garments dating from the 1920s to the 2000s really opened our eyes to what real fashion was."


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Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory. And he said to Him, "All these things will I give you if you fall down and worship me." - Matthew 4:8-9
The third temptation
Since no mountain stands high enough to view all the world's kingdoms, it's likely that Satan exercised some supernatural power to show Christ "all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time" (Luke 4:5).
Satan's authority
Jesus did not question Satan's authority to grant the world's kingdoms. Bear in mind, however, that Jesus did not directly address Satan's apparent deceptions in the first two temptations. Either Satan possessed this authority, or he was validating his reputation as "the father of lies" (John 8:44).
In either case, Satan's authority was not the issue. His suggestion violated the first commandment, "You shall have no other gods before Me" (Exodus 20:3).
Jesus Responds
Then Jesus said to him, "Begone, Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only. (Matthew 4:10)"
Again, Jesus quoted Moses; this time from Deuteronomy 6:13.
Gospel differences
The order of the 2nd and 3rd temptations are inverted in Matthew and Luke. Which account is chronological? Many commentators belive that Matthew's account is chronological, while Luke's is topical.
This opinion is founded on two facts. Matthew 4:5 and 4:11 contain the word "then" when transitioning through this event. Luke connects the temptations with the word "and," which contains no chronological inference.
Jesus' response to the third temptation strengthen this view. The words "Begone, Satan!" likely signal an end to this trial.
Angels minister to Jesus
Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him (Matthew 4:11).
When Satan left, angels attended to the needs of Jesus. The next angelic appearance during Christ's ministry occured when He was praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. An angel appeared in the garden to strengthen Him (Luke 22:43).


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The four leading candidates in North Carolina's Republican U.S. Senate primary differed little from each other on issues important to the conservative base Wednesday night during their second televised debate in as many days.
RALEIGH, N.C. — The four leading candidates in North Carolina's Republican U.S. Senate primary differed little from each other on issues important to the conservative base Wednesday night during their second televised debate in as many days.
Greg Brannon, Heather Grant, Mark Harris and Thom Tillis were largely in sync at a Raleigh TV studio on their answers dealing with illegal immigration, repealing the health care overhaul law and considering any government response to climate change.
The similarities meant Tillis - the state House speaker, the GOP race's leading fundraiser and the only elected official among the four - could attempt to persuade potential voters on the eve of early voting Thursday that he wasn't too moderate.
He also took the lead on bashing first-term Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, whom the winner of the eight-candidate Republican primary will take on in the fall. Hagan is considered politically vulnerable as Republicans seek to win back control of the U.S. Senate. The primary is May 6.
On the health care law, Tillis said, "the first thing that we all believe needs to be done is to repeal it." Later, he reinforced their similarities in response to a question about what to do about millions of immigrants unlawfully in the country. After first securing the nation's borders, he added, "the second thing that I think we all agree on is there's no amnesty."
Harris, Grant and Brannon didn't attack Tillis on other issues during the quick-moving half-hour debate. Brannon had picked at Tillis' record during their first debate Tuesday at Davidson College.
Tillis, however, was more measured in his fuller response to immigration. Harris, Grant and Brannon all said immigrants determined to be in the country unlawfully should have to leave the U.S. and get to the back of the line to return to the country.
"They are criminals," said Grant, a family nurse practitioner from Wilkesboro. "We should not reward them in any way, shape, form or fashion."
Tillis would only say that initially criminals, such as human traffickers, within the pool of these immigrants should be arrested and deported. He didn't say exactly what he would do with the others. "You have to solve these problems in sequences," he said.
On a question about whether climate change deserves action by the federal government, Brannon said such proposals are a way to control the use of carbon.
"Climate changes every day. ... Does a human being affect it? The answer is no," said Brannon, a Cary obstetrician. "The literature's so clear on this." Many scientists believe changes in the Earth's climate are caused by the burning of fossil fuels.
On a question about religion and politics, Harris, a Baptist minister from Charlotte, added that his Christian faith contributes to his belief that he would bring "character, consistency and courage" to the U.S. Senate.
After the debate, Harris tried to get in some licks on Brannon and Tillis. Brannon lost a civil lawsuit in February that he's now appealing. Tillis has faced questions on a severance package he agreed to for two staffers in the speaker's office who resigned for inappropriate relationships with lobbyists.
"I think there's no question that character does still count in North Carolina," he said.
A third and final debate is slated for Monday night with the same four candidates.
Associated Press writer Charles Babington contributed to this report.


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Duchess Theatre
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(5mins) Go right on Long Acre; turn right into Bow Street and after 100 metres turn left (Russell Street) then immediately right onto Catherine Street, where the theatre is located 100 metres down.
Age Restriction: Suitable for ages 18+
The Duchess Theatre welcomes comedian Mark Maier to the stage for one night only this June, allowing the Jewish comic to entertain an eager audience who will relish in his trademark style.
The West End has hosted many well known comedians over the years, from Ed Byrne and Bill Bailey to Dawn French and Eddie Izzard but now it turns its attention another award-winning performer whose work has been seen around the world and whose style has earned him great praise from fans wherever he goes.
Audiences might recognise him from television shows like World Stands Up and others, but with this solo show Greatest Schvitz he tackles topics that we will all be familiar with. Undoubtedly it will have fans rolling in the aisles.
So whilst he has taken to stages worldwide he now appears in London's West End, where he joins a host of other top stars who have previously tread the boards. It should not be missed.
Mark Maier's Greatest Schvitz is at the West End's Duchess Theatre on Monday 13th June 2016.
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Tips for creating design-craft cabinets
Designing your personal kitchen is quite easy actually. Most design-craft cabinets and cabinets appliances can be found in regular sizes and widths, so before a sales are got by you developer out to your house, why not try it out yourself!
Start in deciding things that you prefer and don't like about your present kitchen. If you're pleased with the overall layout, just make any modifications to the existing set up if there's a genuine benefit to the - it's easier (and cheaper) to help keep existing solutions in exactly the same positions. Consider anything in your kitchen area you'd prefer to keep - your kitchen appliances, taps and sink or the kitchen units.
Take a glance through some home-interest publications for inspiration or search kitchen retailers or even DIY stores to start to see the kind of styles plus layouts you prefer. Kitchen companies spend big money obtaining their in-shop layouts perfectly - so feel absolve to steal their suggestions! When you're looking, forget to add builders and merchants professional kitchen showrooms don't, as well as a your neighborhood kitchen companies - you might get some very useful advice.
If you might be selling your home soon, try to ensure a kitchen is had by you with a broad appeal like a simple Shaker style. Alternatively, if the design of your property is contemporary, it may be worth searching for a good-value modern kitchen design with self-closing drawers, creative storage choices and a granite worktop or composite.
Planning your brand-new kitchen
You can begin creating your brand-new plan by measuring and mapping out your present kitchen walls on graph paper. Pads of A4 graph paper are plentiful generally in most stationers and bigger newsagents for some pounds - the great thing about these pads will be that the squares are usually slow at a metric level of just one 1:20 - the perfect scale for planning for a kitchen. This implies that each square on the pad will be 10cm x 10cm or 100mm x100mm.
With your measurements, begin to draw the outline of one's space on the pad. Tag where you can find any restrictions, like a chimney breasts and doorway, then mark which kitchen area walls are exterior (ie leading outdoors) or internal. Next tag where the electrical sockets and switches are usually, where in fact the plumbing and waste materials pipes are, walls vents - and other things like water or gas meters which have to stay where they're.
In case you have a boiler in your kitchen, highlight where and which kind of boiler it is, and also it's dimensions.
With your walls used and all of the various obstacles, structures and services marked - you have your bare space plan drawn! Now make some photocopies of it and you're prepared to start your design then!
Kitchen planning checklist
Roughly sketch within pencil a layout that you want - it doesn't need to be comprehensive - what you're doing is seeing so what can and can't fit. Kitchen countertops are normally 600mm deep, etc your strategy that's six squares. Pull the edge of one's worktops six squares from your own wall.
Next consider what appliances you're having inside the kitchen and consider where they'll go.
To help keep costs down, keep carefully the sink and any kind of wet appliances like washers and dishwashers close to where your drinking water source pipes and waste pipes are, your oven and hob close to the gas or cooker source switch, and any other built-in appliances handy for the main element work areas.
When planning:
1. Attempt to keep carefully the overall distance between your sink, cooker and fridge at 7m or much less. This makes cooking easier as you'll possess less distance to visit.
2. Try to ensure at the very least 100cm clearance between works of kitchen units, in order that two individuals can maneuver around at once (120cm or even more is better, 100cm may be the legal minimum before an oven.)
3. Standard 60cm deep models can be a limited squeeze if your kitchen area is significantly less than 170cm wide in one wall to another. (This is often solved in fitting unique 50cm deep kitchen area units, or using models with a deep support void and trimming this down. It's feasible to buy shallower home appliances, and "domino" hobs could be fitted side-on.)
4. Leave at the very least 40cm clearance between your worktop and wall-mounted models.
5. Wall installed kitchen units close to gas hobs ought to be offset by at the very least 5cm.
6. Leave at the very least 70cm range between two perpendicular works at an entry to the room. 100cm + is way better.
7. Understand that most kitchen device doors project in to the kitchen by way of a maximum of 60cm. Dishwasher doors generally open up by 60cm and oven doors by 50cm - stay away from these doorways clashing with one along with other.


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August 20, 2004
Re: Fannie Mae
Incoming Letter Dated August 20, 2004
Based on the facts presented, where Fannie Mae issues a debt security or an MBS in the manner described in your letter and such issuance creates an obligation that would require the filing of a Form 8-K under Item 2.03, we will not recommend enforcement action if, rather than filing the Form 8-K, Fannie Mae includes the required disclosure in its offering circular and supplement to the offering circular for the issuance of the security and those documents are posted on its web site within the timing requirements of Rule 424 under the Securities Act of 1933. Terms are as defined in your letter.
Because this position is based upon the representations made to the Division in your letter, it should be noted that any different facts or conditions might require a different conclusion.
Carol McGee
Deputy Chief Counsel
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am Deputy General Counsel to Fannie Mae (formally, Federal National Mortgage Association), and on behalf of the company I am submitting this letter to seek relief in the form of a no-action letter from certain requirements to file a current report on Form 8-K, as that form will become effective on August 23, 2004. Specifically, Item 2.03 of Form 8-K will require issuers to file a current report upon the creation of a material, direct financial obligation or a material obligation under an off-balance sheet arrangement. An instruction to Item 2.03 provides that no Form 8-K is required under that item as a result of the sale of a security in a registered offering if certain conditions are met. As discussed more fully below, Fannie Mae respectfully requests that the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance not recommend enforcement action to the Securities and Exchange Commission if, rather than filing Forms 8 K with respect to its issuances of debt securities and mortgage-related securities that are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, Fannie Mae provides disclosures with respect to these issuances in the manner described below.
Fannie Mae's purpose is to facilitate the flow of low-cost mortgage capital in order to increase the availability and affordability of homeownership for low-, moderate-, and middle-income Americans. The company facilitates this flow of capital through its two primary business segments: the Portfolio Investment business and the Credit Guaranty business.
In the Portfolio Investment business, the company purchases mortgage loans and mortgage-related securities from mortgage lenders and others, which replenishes lenders' funds for making additional mortgage loans or other investments. The company acquires the funds to purchase these loans and mortgage-related securities from its equity capital and by selling debt securities to domestic and international capital markets investors.
In the Credit Guaranty business, the company issues and guarantees mortgage-related securities ("MBS"), which generally represent beneficial interests in pools of mortgage loans or other mortgage-related securities. The company guarantees the timely payment of principal and interest on these securities, for which it receives a fee. The company typically issues MBS by exchanging mortgage loans from a lender for MBS. The lender may then hold the MBS as an investment or sell the MBS in the market to replenish its funds for additional lending. This activity provides liquidity to the lender because MBS, which carry Fannie Mae's guaranty, are more readily marketable than mortgage loans without this guaranty.
Under new requirements that become effective on August 23, 2004, issuers must file a current report on Form 8-K, under Item 2.03, within four business days of becoming (1) obligated under a material, direct financial obligation or (2) directly or contingently liable for a material obligation under an off-balance sheet arrangement.
For a material, direct financial obligation, the Form 8-K must disclose information about the date and amount of the obligation, including payment terms and acceleration or increase provisions, the nature of any recourse provisions, and any other material terms. For an obligation under an off-balance sheet arrangement, an issuer is required to disclose information similar to that required for a direct financial obligation, as well as a brief description of the nature of the obligation, including the material terms whereby the obligation may become a direct obligation, and the maximum potential amount of future payments the issuer may have to make.
Instruction 5 to Item 2.03 of Form 8-K provides that no Form 8-K is required under that item as a result of the sale of a security in a registered offering if certain conditions are met. Specifically, Instruction 5 relieves an issuer from the Form 8-K filing requirement if:
the prospectus relating to the sale contains the required Form 8-K disclosure; and
such prospectus is timely filed in accordance with Securities Act Rule 424.
Instruction 5 to Form 8-K appears to acknowledge that Form 8-K disclosure about financial obligations is not necessary when the issuer is making concurrent public disclosure in the course of its public offerings about those obligations.
Because Fannie Mae securities are exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, Fannie Mae does not file registration statements with the SEC with respect to its debt securities or its MBS. As a result, the relief afforded by Instruction 5 to Item 2.03 is not available to Fannie Mae. As more fully discussed below, we believe that where Fannie Mae provides disclosure to the investing public with respect to its issuances of debt securities and MBS within the timing requirements of Rule 424, it is not necessary in the interest of investor protection for Fannie Mae to file Forms 8-K further reporting these issuances. The purposes of the new Form 8-K requirements in Item 2.03-to make sure that investors are promptly informed when companies take on material financial obligations-are fully addressed through Fannie Mae's current and proposed disclosure practices.
In some cases, Fannie Mae may issue a debt security or an MBS that is not disclosed in the manner described in this letter. In such cases, Fannie Mae would file a Form 8-K if required to do so under applicable Form 8-K requirements, and the relief Fannie Mae seeks in this letter is limited to those instances where Fannie Mae incurs an obligation and provides disclosure as described in this letter.
As discussed above, Fannie Mae acquires funds for its Portfolio Investment business by selling debt securities to domestic and international capital markets investors. The company regularly sells a variety of debt securities pursuant to a "universal debt facility."
We believe that investors have prompt access to information about Fannie Mae's sales under its debt facility that is similar to the information they have about registered sales because:
an offering circular containing the material terms of debt securities issued under the debt facility is available on Fannie Mae's website; and
supplements to the offering circular are posted on Fannie Mae's website in connection with sales of debt securities under the facility within the timing requirements of Rule 424.
In order to ensure that investors have access to this information, the company proposes to disclose in its quarterly and annual reports (1) that this information is available on its website (2) how investors can find this information and (3) that Fannie Mae has obtained the relief sought in this letter enabling it to rely on Instruction 5 to Item 2.03.
Thus, even though Fannie Mae's debt securities sales are not registered, Fannie Mae makes information about its debt securities sales available to investors. Accordingly, we believe that Fannie Mae should be afforded relief from the obligation to file a Form 8-K for its debt securities sales similar to the relief provided by Instruction 5 to Item 2.03. Specifically, the company should not be required to file a Form 8 K for sales of debt securities so long as it:
includes in its debt offering circular as supplemented the information required by Form 8-K and
posts the offering circular supplements on its website within the timing requirements of Rule 424.
As discussed above, Fannie Mae's Credit Guaranty business regularly issues MBS. These MBS are "off-balance sheet arrangements" as defined in the new Form 8 K.
Fannie Mae provides substantial information to investors regarding its MBS obligations. For example, each month the company publishes (and furnishes with a Form 8-K) a summary that discloses the volume of MBS Fannie Mae issued in the previous month, and the balance of MBS it guarantees that are outstanding and held by others at the end of the month. In addition, the periodic reports Fannie Mae files with the SEC extensively discuss the company's MBS, various risks they present to the company, and how the company manages those risks. Thus, the investing public already has a substantial amount of information regarding Fannie Mae's MBS guarantees.
Like Fannie Mae's debt sales, the company's guaranteed MBS are generally the subject of prospectuses and prospectus supplements that are available on Fannie Mae's website. As with its debt offering documents, the company proposes to include disclosure in its quarterly and annual SEC reports regarding the availability and location of its MBS offering documents and its reliance on Instruction 5 to Item 2.03.
Thus, even though Fannie Mae's MBS obligations are not registered, Fannie Mae makes information about its MBS obligations available to investors. Accordingly, we believe that Fannie Mae should be afforded relief from the obligation to file a Form 8-K for its issuances of MBS obligations similar to the relief provided by Instruction 5 to Item 2.03. Specifically, the company should not be required to file a Form 8 K for an MBS issuance so long as:
the relevant prospectus, as supplemented, contains all the information required by Form 8-K and
the relevant prospectus and prospectus supplements are posted on Fannie Mae's website within the timing requirements of Rule 424.
Where information about Fannie Mae's sales of debt securities and MBS is made available to the investing public within the time periods required by Rule 424, we believe that neither the public interest nor the protection of investors will be furthered by requiring the company to file current reports on Form 8 K under Item 2.03 when it sells debt securities or issues MBS that create a material obligation. We therefore respectfully request that the staff of the Division of Corporation Finance not recommend enforcement action to the Commission if Fannie Mae provides disclosure with respect to its issuances of debt securities and MBS in the manner described in this letter and does not file Item 2.03 Forms 8-K with respect thereto.
In accordance with Release No. 33-6269 (available December 5, 1980), seven additional copies of this letter are enclosed. If for any reason the staff does not concur with our conclusions, we would appreciate the opportunity to confer with members of the staff by telephone prior to any written response to this letter. If you need additional information regarding this letter, or if we may otherwise be of assistance, please telephone the undersigned at (202) 752-7801.
Very truly yours,
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Hypohidrosis In Children
Put in the simplest terms possible, hypohidrosis is simply a Latin phrase for decreased perspiration. Actually, that's probably not the simplest way to say it, now that I think about it. Maybe it would be easier to say it just means that you don't sweat as much as you should. The reasons for this can vary greatly, and yes, there can be a serious underlying illness to blame. But sometimes there isn't, and that's what we're talking about today. Hypohidrosis as a freestanding symptom, if you will -- abnormally deficient sweating when everything else is functional. But please note: if you suspect that you or your child have this condition, you should see a doctor to rule out one of those illness I've just referred to. If you've already done that, read on for some signs of hypohidrosis and tips for dealing with it.
Signs Your Kid Might Have It
No sweating -- Sorry to state the obvious, but this is the main clue. The skin may be a bit shimmery and perhaps slightly damp, but sweating should be almost nonexistent. I could run outside in the Texas heat for an hour and I will not sweat. This may sound super, but it's quite the opposite.
Frequent Elevated Temperatures -- Sweating is the body's way of cooling off. If you don't sweat like a normal person, your body temperature is probably going to be slightly abnormal. My normal temperature as a child was about 99.9°. I wasn't ill, that was just my temp. Of course, this meant that I could take advantage of the school sick policy and pop in for a temp check if I wanted to go home for the day -- anything over 99° and they would send you home. Sadly, my mother caught onto this by the 3rd grade and I wasn't allowed to go home unless I was 100.5°. Ah, well.
Refusal to wear their winter coat -- Don't get me wrong, you can get cold if you have hypohidrosis. But, unless you live in the Arctic, most winter coats are overdoing it for a kid with hypohidrosis. They might like it when they first set out for school, but they'll have needed to take it off by the time they get there cos it will be way too hot. I lived in the NE as a child and we had plenty of snow in the winter; I often went without a coat or gloves and it really didn't bother me. That said, if I'd just been standing still in the snow, it would have felt cold. But walking to school was enough to make me quite hot.
Refusal to play active sports -- I did a lot of sports as a kid, but they weren't super active. I played softball, rode horses, swam -- things like that. But I hated to run (cross country, soccer, etc) because I would feel like I was having heat stroke by the time I was done. And guess what? It could have led to that -- but I didn't know I had this until I was in my 20s.
- Red skin -- Before I'd realized I had this condition, I jogged. Occasionally. On the beach in NY where a breeze was enough to cool me off, and the ocean was there if I needed it. And then I moved to Texas and stupidly went about my routine in the sweltering Texas sun. After 1 hour I looked sun-burnt. Everywhere. The university nurse wanted to send me to the hospital because she thought I had severe burns. But when I woke up the next morning, I was my usual pale self. I'd simply overheated.
- Fainting or swooning -- Get too hot and you'll either come close to passing out, or you simply will. If your kid is participating in normal sports but seems to be the only one overheating, this could be a symptom you want to get checked out.
What to do if you or your kid has it?
Educate your child and his teachers; few people are familiar with this. Make sure that everyone is aware that Johnny can actually pass out from the heat and don't force him to run cross country if he's not up to it. Of course, he might be up to it -- just ask him how it affects him and make sure he's not going red.
Realize that certain activities are out of your league and accept it. Unless you want to do them in an Arctic environment. And hey, maybe you do.
Don't overdress. Meaning, don't layer your kid in 3 shirts just because it's cold outside. If you really feel like he needs extra stuff, send it along, but let him decide when to put it on.
If bathwater makes the temp go up too much, make it lukewarm instead. Also, cold baths are a great way to cool everything off quickly.
Ice doesn't feel any better on us than it does on you -- so don't get crazy and think an ice bath is in order unless a doctor suggests it.
Make sure he has something cold to drink in the summer, especially if you live where it's hot. And make sure it's something he will drink! Don't send him to school with cold prune juice if the only thing he'll drink is cold milk.
Wow! I feel for the parents I have read so far. I got to this page because I have been trying to figure out what is going on with my son. Our problems are nothing like I've been reading here and yet, my son does not sweat either. Actually, he has atopic dermatitis and just the humidity (East Texas) is enough to break him out, but I notice he gets a fine sheen on his skin and then nothing else. When its cooler, like yesterday, he rides his bike. He and his brother came in, the youngest was sweating buckets and my oldest, Zach, nothing. He was very red, and then began itching of course because he had the littlest amount of moisture sitting on his skin. I am wondering if he doesn't have some form of this ED as well as the atopic dermatitis.
To those of you with young children. I have not been diagnosed with this, but I do not sweat. Just an FYI, for me the sweat bacsically builds up under the skin, but can't pass through. A cold shower doesn't help me much at all, it can't get through the layers of heat. instaed a cold bath (for quite a while) will slowly cool the layers below the skin. I have had this since I was young. My mother and grandfather had it as well. Good luck!
I took my granddaughter to the doctor today because of a rash that was all over her body they looked like little pimples and some look like small circles and her cheeks were red and so was her chin. she is 17mo old the doctor said she had hydrosis, and that she doesn't sweat and she should stay out of excessive heat and there was no cure also she may grow out of this, that there was no treatment and it should clear up in a couple of days. I don't find anything on the web to support this, I think he is wrong with his diagnosis am I wrong or right???
I have a daughter that has never sweat before. Since she was 6 months old her first summer we noticed her skin was patchy and red and would feel hot to the touch but never saw a drop of sweat. We didn't think that much of it we would just keep her cool and watch her closely. As she got older we noticed more conditions to her skin. She has extremely sensitive skin and cant swim in certain pools (salt or ones with lots of chlorine). We have tried so many different bath washes, creams, suncreens you name it! Finally now after a couple of years of addressing this to local Drs. We have taken her to a specialist. She has been diagnosed with Miliaria. This is a common disorder of the eccrine sweat glands that often occurs in conditions of increased heat and humidity. Miliaria is thought to be caused by blockage of the sweat ducts, which results in the leakage of eccrine sweat into the epidermis or dermis.When she would get in the heat even 70 or up she woulld break out in a form of heat rash that feels like salt on the skin and can be itchy. We are looking into the cooling vest. I am so glad we never gave up and that finally made them test her for "sweating" because that showed she was not producing sweat. It is a serious condition and I encourage anyone who has noticed this is a child to keep at it until you get an answer.
Oops I meant if they aren't educated!
Hi. To the other Tabatha....my 2 year old saw Dr Kincannon today at Arkansas Childrens Hospital in Little Rock, Arkansas. He's a dermatologist and we were impressed with him. He diagnosed my daughter with mild hypohidrosis. He said he has 1 kiddo that's severe and he must wear a cooling vest. This can be scary if the family, friends and schools etc are educated about the importance of keeping them cool!
please help, my daughter is 4 and has been having terrible hives since she was 2. she dosnt sweat at all, her skin is terribly dry. i had her allergy tested when she was 2 and nothing showed. she is 4 now and more and more she has problems. she cant play with her brother and sister 4 more than 5 minutes before she breaks out. she takes cold showers 8-10 times a day and still wants wet cold washclothes between. I have since gotten a new doctor for her and she has ordered a battery of blood testing as well as sending her to a nerologist. Honestly im happy but terrified at the same time. I have dealt with this on my own for 2 yrs. My family has been very supportive and has seen her condition multiple times. She was going to pre k but unfortunately i had to remove her from the class due to her constant break outs and abcences. The school called child protective services on me and stated that i was crazy and was inflicting this problem on my child. The lady from (cps) showed up to my home and my 4 yr old daughter was playing with her 2 yr old sister and broke out from head to toe within 3 minutes and looked like a lobster. i then asked the cps worker if i was crazy and she said absolutly not, i had shown her all of the results of the medical testing, as well as appointments and emergency room visits and she was shocked that the doctor she was seeing still would not give me a referral. she advised me to get a new doc as the old one stated to me and the cps worker that because she is not a medical professional that he wasn't going to just take her word for it. Finally we have a new doc and she is wonderful with her nad is trying to do as much as she can to help her, the doc even told me that i wasn't crazy and that unfortunately because annie has been having prolonged problems with this it is highly likely that it has caused some long term damage that my not be reversable. We are concerned with her health as when she has these breakouts her temp rises to extreme levels between 102 and 104 degrees f. I don't know what else to do for her. it scares me cause sometimes she passes out or throws up or has seizures from not being able to cool off. please help. if anyone has any ideas on how i can keep her cool so she can play with her siblings let me know. thankyou
My daughter is now 9 and has never sweat. She has seen specialists at 2 major children's hospitals and still no diagnosis. Nikki - I have run into the same problem with HED - drs say "I can tell a child with HED just by looking at her and she doesn't have it." We have test results with no sweat production, yet a punch biopsy of the scalp revealed normal sweat glands that are non-functioning. She's had one of the genetic tests - negative. Her pediatrician just said she could have a mild form of HED, but would have to revist specialists. She has normal teeth, but slow growing hair and almost non-exsistant growing nails. May I ask if you went to a major medical facility? We have been with Duke childrens and UNC... Would really love to be able to help her... it gets harder as they get older esp. without an "official" diagnosis. She overheated in PE last week and was denied water. grrr.
Thank you, Isabella, for this article. It is impossibly difficult to find information regarding hypohidrosis in children. I've been fighting for and searching for an answer for 9 years....
I posted 13 months ago and I wanted to update: My daughter is now four and was diagnosed with hypohidrosis, ED. She was said to have a mild form, She doesn't sweat, or have oil on her skin or hair. She is orders to stay in temps below 70 and not play sports. I wish there was a cure!
I noticed over this summer that my baby never sweats. Like, ever. She's just about to turn two, but this was one hot summer and one too many times I thought we were ER bound. She turns almost purple and gets pretty lethargic (it only happened about twice before I caught on). It's SO nice to know that while my doc may shrug it off (she has an appt in two weeks) that it could be something to watch carefully. Thanks for the article and the comments!
My young adult daughter also cannot sweat. She turns a ghastly green/gray in the heat, has trouble with unexplained fevers, and her hands and feet will suddenly be freezing cold (to the touch) out of the blue, in all weather. Nothing wrong with her hair or teeth, so we were told it wasn't one of the EDs - doctor never said there were over 150 EDs now... They still can't tell us what it is, been to two of everything. WIsh we knew what it was! Thanks for the article, people tend to not believe us when we have to go through the "no, she can't come to the party in your yard in august because..."
This is educational! My three year old doesn't sweat. I thought it was normal. I asked 3 doctors about it now and the last one listened to me. Two said it is normal to not sweat. My daughters skin turns really red and is hot to the touch. She will run fevers and turn white around her mouth. I was told because she has good hair and teeth she was fine. Is it possible to have this still? My daughter was referred to a specialist about this but we haven't been seen yet.


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This kit contains 17 flares of short, medium and long length lashes. For a timeless elongated look to the eye, start with shorter length on the inner eye, ending with medium or long length on the ends. Gorgeous and simple! Ideal for the girl with more style than time - semi permanent and great for natural fullness. Pile on as many as you dare!
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We deliver all over the UK and Ireland.
Delivery rates
Orders less than £50 in value:
- If you're in the UK (including Northern Ireland) economy delivery is just £2.99. If you require a faster delivery service, our standard (approximately 2 working days) service is £4.99. We offer an express service which is priced at £8.99.
Orders more than £50 in value:
- If you're in the UK our economy service is free. If you require a faster delivery service, our standard (approximately 2 working days) service is £1.99. We offer an express service which is priced at £3.99.
Delivery to the Republic of Ireland starts at £5.99, with free delivery available when your order is to the value of £50 or greater.
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Orders placed on a Next Working Day basis are delivered by Royal Mail (using their Special Delivery service), or by courier. Please see our Delivery Information page for further details. Our Next Working Day Delivery service is only applicable to orders placed before noon, and excludes delivery at weekends, and on a public/bank holiday.
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- 4 fragrances or nail polishes per order.
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The Essentials
- pool, free wifi, restaurant
- Hotel Type: Romantic, Boutique, Luxury, Country house, Historic
- Hotel size (number of rooms): 28
- Check-in: 15:00 - 00:00 | Check-out: 09:00 - 11:30
- Spoken languages in the hotel: English, French, Italian, Russian, Spanish
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- Spacious, individually decorated rooms with Mediterranean flair
- Friendly, personable atmosphere
- Beautiful dining terrace
- Quiet location surrounded by vineyards and olive groves
- Good accessibility of the Tuscan cultural centres
- Daily shuttle service to Florence and back
- Free parking facilities
Good to know
- Due to the countryside location, having a rental car is beneficial
- Not all of the rooms offer panoramic views of the Tuscan countryside
- Guests must be at least 16 years old to use the Spa
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50026 Florence
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8 km (Milano-Rome)
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16 km (Florence, Santa Maria Novella)
25 km (Florence)
Hotel description
All 26 rooms are equipped with high-class antique furniture and artwork and have free Internet. A spacious garden with terrace, 2 outdoor pools and a rose and herb garden invites visitors to relax in this beautiful, Renaissance-style estate. Surrounded by Tuscan vineyards and olive groves, its lovely location enables the hotel's own winery to produce its three award-winning wines as well as high-quality olive oil.
At the end of the monumental entrance to the Villa Mangiacane guests can expect an attractive reception area with elaborate frescoes that are unmistakably inspired by Michelangelo. Carefully selected antique furniture and works of art, marble floors and service staff create a luxurious and intimate atmosphere. Freedom of movement is guaranteed in the spacious rooms with Italian-style marble baths. The deluxe rooms offer a panoramic view over the green vineyards, olive groves and the garden with the pool. Shona sculptures have been skillfully integrated in the garden, where a rose and herb garden give off beguiling fragrances.
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|30 August 2019
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|28 December 2010
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The Aspect Diversified Trends Fund is designed to provide investors with exposure to the Aspect Diversified Programme. To access this strategy, the Fund invests in an unfunded total return swap on an approved index, the Aspect Diversified Trends Index. Aspect Diversified applies a systematic, momentum based investment strategy. The Aspect Diversified Programme seeks to generate sustainable, high quality returns, which are uncorrelated with returns from major asset classes, through the quantitative identification and the systematic and disciplined capture of price trends which occur persistently, if unpredictably, in a wide range of liquid global financial and commodity futures, currency forwards and other derivative contracts.


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Features stunning two story great room, formal living room and dining room, gourmet kitchen including granite countertops with attractive staggered 36" and 42" cabinets, hardwood flooring in kitchen, nook, and foyer, and two car front entry garage. Spring 2015 delivery.
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Zucchini Ribbon Salad with Greens, Feta and Semidried Tomatoes/
Here is one of the salads from our family holiday celebrations. The flavour was light and fresh with the small zucchini melting in your mouth! Although not necessary, lemon basil really adds a lovely touch. This recipe was enough for 10, as one of several salads. It would go wonderfully with a barbeque or serve alone as a light lunch. Ingredients 4 small zucchini 400g English spinach, washed and spun (Other greens would work well too - lettuce, rocket, mesclun) 1-2 lemons 1/2 cup pine nuts 200 g feta cheese, firm - cut into 1cm blocks 1 well packed cup of semi-dried tomatoes, roughly chopped fresh basil, lemon basil and/or purple basil fresh garlic 1 or 2 cloves extra virgin olive oil salt and ground pepper
Method 1. Take about ten basil leaves and slice them width wise into small ribbons. Put the feta, sundried tomatoes, basil, one minced garlic clove and enough olive oil to cover into a small bowl. Allow to marinade while you prepare the rest of the salad. 2. Over high heat in a cast iron frying pan, gently toast the pine nuts, stirring constantly so they do not burn. Remove from heat. transfer to a cool bowl. 3. Gently tear spinach leaves into bite size pieces and place around the outside of a large, open salad bowl, leaving a well in the centre. 4. Remove the stem and base of the zucchinis. Using a sharp vegetable peeler, peel large ribbons of zucchini into the well, turning the zucchini once you reach the seed section to remove all of the flesh from the other sides. Discard the small seed section. 5. Zest the peel of the lemon over the top of the whole salad. Then cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice of the entire lemon over the zucchini. 6. Add a few glugs of olive oil (not too much but more then a sprinkle) to the zucchini and some salt. Then with your hands, mix the zucchini in the well so that it all coats with the dressing. Try to leave the spinach on the sides. Add more salt, lemon juice, garlic, cracked black pepper to taste. 7. Gently spoon the feta mixture over the top of the spinach leaves. Sprinkle the toasted pine nuts over the whole salad. 8. Chop more basil or use lemon basil and purple basil and sprinkle this over the top of the zucchini.


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From pleasantly cool fall evenings to bright summer days, opportunities for outdoor entertainment abound in New York. Our beautiful state's four seasons offer multiple ways to appreciate nature year-round, so what better way to enjoy them while cooking and dining in your Dutchess County landscape? An outdoor kitchen experience wouldn't be complete without a few essential details that ensure safety, efficiency, durability, and that provide ample comfort for long hours spent outside. Secure these must-haves for your Poughkeepsie, NY area outdoor kitchen and savor nature's bounty with family and friends.
Safety First
A functional outdoor kitchen must be equipped to tolerate a range of safety hazards. Make sure the concrete pavers or natural stone flooring is skid-proof, water-resistant, and isn't prone to cracks or bumps. Keep sudden changes in elevation, such as steps descending from a raised patio space, away from the main cooking station. Your hardscaping should also stand up to the Poughkeepsie, NY winter months and annual rainfall, so choose countertop and outdoor kitchen cabinet materials with low water absorption and excellent freeze-thaw resistance. If your Dutchess County outdoor kitchen is located near an in-ground swimming pool or custom spa area, designate a special place for toweling off or, at the very least, wiping wet or dirty feet.
Weatherproof Outdoor Kitchen Appliances
Since basic outdoor kitchen designs in the Hudson Valley generally consist of a cooking surface, sink, and refrigerator unit, setting one up should be a breeze. However, weather conditions are variable in New York, so the appliances you choose should be waterproof, heat resistant, and highly durable. Go for ceramic, stainless steel, or rot-resistant wood models that won't deteriorate under harsh weather conditions. Make sure, too, the materials you select won't become scorching hot under a blazing Dutchess County summer sun.
Plumbing and Electric
Must-haves for your outdoor kitchen include sufficient plumbing and electric lines tailored to your needs. Obtaining a water supply can be as simple as connecting your sink to your yard hose. For convenience and flexibility, contact a professional plumber to link appliances with your home's main water line. Ensure your outdoor kitchen is up to code regulations by having a licensed electrician establish all electrical connections. Before purchasing appliances, check them for compatibility with ground fault circuit interrupter outlets, which are required for most outdoor receptacles. The greater the variety of your appliances, such as dishwashers or cocktail stations, the better it may be to call in an expert.
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What good is a well-outfitted outdoor kitchen if the space itself is bland and uncomfortable? A cozy environment is essential to keeping friends and family engaged for hours with your open-air area. Provide generous table space and plenty of seating, and encourage guests to move around with portable chairs and an adjacent lounge area. Add the same special touches your indoor rooms must have, such as decorative light fixtures, wall hangings, and mirrors. Make your al fresco space stand apart from other NY outdoor kitchens for a truly unique experience.
With a few fundamentals, dining in nature can become a comfortable, relaxing, and enjoyable luxury you soon won't want to live without. Contact Harmony Hill Landscaping to discuss your Hudson Valley outdoor kitchen today.


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Comprehensive management planning leverages a number of different types of data. A significant data source that is often overlooked by managing entities is geospatial data. This type of data provides lake associations, lake authorities, or other types of management entities a wealth of information including watershed landscape features, local land use types, and the locations of valuable recreational assets. Furthermore, these data can be used to assess the nutrient/sediment flows to a lake system, areas at risk for erosion, locations of significant human impact, areas of non-native species invasion, or potential sites of recreational enhancement. Overall, these data are invaluable and can be leveraged in meaningful ways during management planning. Aquatic Ecosystem Research's geospatial analyst has significant experience in spatial data analytics, surveying, and mapping; we offer a wide variety of geospatial services that are important to holistic lake management. Our specific services are listed below.
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- Pre/Post Dredging Sediment Analyses
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- Geospatial Data Collection and Analysis
- Aerial Orthophotography Collection and Rectification
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- Native and Non-native Species Mapping
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Real Estate Investing can be simple!
At Hanson Capital Group, we're more than just a lender. Are you interested in investing in Real Estate, but aren't sure if you're ready to do it alone? Check out our partner loan program! With our new partner loan program, we'll not only lend you the money, we'll help you run the deal. From our trusted network of business associates to our abundance of experience in the investment industry, we can help you turn a run-of-the-mill deal into an investment steal.


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As a kid growing up, I can remember tagging along and helping my grandpa with various projects. My grandpa is a man who's very proud of his Irish heritage, and called me "Finnegan" from early on. Working with a man trained as an engineer and gifted as a handyman, it was routine that every thing was designed beyond the structural requirements, or as he would say "hell for stout."
In 2012, I began making furniture and cutting boards as gifts for families & friends under the name "Finnegan Woodworks." Motivated by frustration with the absurd & trendy pricing on "durable, handcrafted goods," I felt that I could make more affordable, handcrafted goods that will last a lifetime. I continued building and taking on any new woodwork project including kitchen tables, coffee tables, mantels, & cutting boards.


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All Films.All Above Board.NOW INCLUDES TV SHOWS & TV LISTINGS
Peter Hall directs this drama based on the book by Ronald Blythe. The film follows farmhand Tom Rouse (Garrow Shand) as he tries to escape the rural existence that he lives out in a small Suffolk village with his widowed mother Dulcie (Peggy Cole). In the days leading up to his grandfather's funeral, Tom remembers the lives of his father and grandfather (both Shand) who were both born, raised and worked in the same Suffolk village. He reflects upon the hardships and changes they have all had to face as he feels trapped by the area and tied to his ancestral home.


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OCR is the abbreviation of Optical Character Recognition and it is the electronic conversion of scanned images of printed text into Word Processing softwares file format, commonly to Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel or text file. It is widely used as a type of data entry from some kind of data source, books, documents etc. It is the main method of digitizing printed texts so that they can be edited, copied, searched, stored compactly, shared.
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ICR is the abbreviation of Intelligent Character Recognition and it is similar to Optical Character Recognition OCR, rather more it is specifically handwriting recognition systems. ICR is mostly used in combination with OCR in form digitization. Processed documents output can be stored in databases, saved as Word Processing, spreadsheet software or xml file formats.
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Manual Data Entry is the first data digitization method. This method involves human operators typing with keyboard, data found on the form or data sources to computers. In case of OCR and ICR technologies coulnd't be used because damaged documents, form filled with handwritings and notes written with handwritings are subjected to be digitized with Manual Data Entry Services
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Sharing My Gourmet Chef Wannabe Recipes
Thursday 28 September 2017 — Category: Cooking & Food
Around mid-2015, for some mysterious reason, I had aspirations to become a wannabe gourmet chef and beer connoisseur. All of a sudden I had an interest in trying new foods and beers, both at restaurants and at home. And for the good food I discovered eating out, I eagerly wanted to figure out how to make the same dishes at home.
Because my other passions are photography and blogging, it was natural that I would document my epicurean and culinary adventures with pictures and articles ... and recipes.
On my gourmet chef wannabe adventure I have shared more than twenty downloadable PDF recipes, scattered over numerous articles and photo captions. Now, I have gathered all those recipe links onto a single page, so you can find them all in one place. In addition, I have set up an easy Web address for getting to that page: recipes.byrdphoto.com
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If you want to find out more about how to run an anti-stigma project or event, have a look at our guides and toolkits.
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Annual reports track the programme's progress, showing how we worked with a range of different individuals, communities and organisations to break down the discrimination faced by people with mental health problems.
For 2014 we put together a short film in which people involved in Time to change talk about what they've done during the year and how it's had an impact on them and those around them.
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Oxygen is great, you guys – it's pretty important to sustaining organic life and does particularly great things for us humans. The small caveat, though, is that we need to be able to breathe in order to make use of our atmospheric oxygen; if you can't – a collapsed lung or blocked windpipe, say – you'd typically be out of luck. Until now.
Scientists have developed a new microparticle filled with oxygen that can be injected into the blood stream, keeping you alive even if you can't intake air into your lungs. The microparticles are actually tiny capsules (2-4 micrometers tiny) made of a single layer of lipids surrounding a small bubble of oxygen gas. The capsule is suspended in a liquid so that the bubbles don't get any bigger (which would make them deadly, FYI).
Upon injecting the capsule-filled liquid into the bloodstream, the capsules crash into your red blood cells, transferring the oxygen gas from the capsule to the cell. About 70% of the oxygen injected successfully makes its way into the blood stream this way. This injection method was so successful that the scientists managed to keep rabbits with blocked windpipes alive for fifteen whole minutes.


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Caring for a Loved One
The Rabbi always wants to know if you or a loved one is ill or in the hospital for any reason. Please email or call her at 847-421-1905 to let her know and to discuss good times for a visit. Please note that hospitals do not automatically notify our office, even if you tell the hospital or nursing home staff that you or your loved one is a member of Beth Israel Center.
At these difficult times our tradition has a lot of wisdom and consolation to offer. Our community and Rabbi want to do everything that we can to be supportive and comforting.
When a Death Occurs
Please call the synagogue office, (608) 256-7763, when a death occurs. Rabbi Forester is here to help you in every way possible, and one of those ways is to assist you with information regarding funeral customs and arrangements.
Your next call should be to Cress Funeral Home on Speedway Road (608) 238-3434. The funeral home will need to know the names, birth date and social security number of the deceased, as well as parents' names, mother's maiden name and all pertinent information for an obituary notice. Tell them that you would like the Chevra Kadisha to provide Tahara (ritual washing of the deceased).
If no one answers your call to the office, or if it is Shabbat or a holiday, call 847-421-1905, Rabbi Betsy Forester's cell phone. Please understand that if it is Shabbat or a holiday, the Rabbi will call you immediately after the holiday. In the meantime, you may get in touch with the funeral home, which is available 24/7.
If you know that the Rabbi is on vacation or out of town, call her anyway on her cell phone 847-421-1905. Even when she is traveling, the Rabbi wants be a source of comfort to you and your loved ones. She will also make sure that resources in Madison are lined up to support you in her absence.
It is at times like these that we need our community the most. Please know that we hope to comfort and support you in this difficult time. We hope to ensure that you and your family are able to fully mourn your loved one. We will ensure that you have a minyan for Shiva and if there are other ways in which we can be supportive, please do not hesitate to speak with the Rabbi.
For information about purchasing plots: Beit Olamim / Jewish Burial Association of Madison