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Welcome to Part 2 of our look at stress. In Part 1 we introduced our passage, defined stress, and also distinguished between good (eustress) and bad (distress) stress. We're focusing on the bad stress, since it's the detrimental kind that hinders us.
Paul speaks to distress and anxiety in Philippians 4:4-7:
- Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.
- Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand;
- do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.
- And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:4-7 ESV)
We then ended by questioning our stress. Why does a Christian stress? Why do you stress?
I stressed over a busy Friday. I was frantically balancing responsibilities and it wore me down. I was overwhelmed.
But in the span of eternity, my little Friday was a fraction of the vapor that is my life. I've been given an eternity in paradise with my Savior. So why did I still get overcome with stress and worry?
1.We're Strangers in This Fallen World
Stevin Curtis Chapman has a wonderful song called Long Way Home. He speaks to the struggle we face in this world, and how we're just passing through. It really changes the whole perspective when focus on our real life staring after this one. It brings to mind this verse:
33. I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world. (John 16:33)
Christ has overcome my stressful Friday, your financial hardships, your broken relationships, your sorrows, your heartbreak, the world. We have His blessed assurance and a peace that surpasses all understanding (verse 7). We can remain grounded because our Savior purchased our salvation and gave us a heavenly home. Thanks to Christ's resurrection, our real life begins after this one ends.
The eternity in Heaven praising our savior is the perfect, complete reward. Paradise is a beautiful place where there's no tears or heartache. We should be longing to get there! If we have this reward, every little bump on the journey there is negligible. Paul says in another letter that even death has lost its sting. Nothing that happens on Earth can deter us from our home. We can find comfort in what's coming before us!
But it's very important here that we make sure we're practical. Paul draws attention to this in verse 5 where he speaks to our reasonableness:
5. Let your reasonableness be known to everyone. The Lord is at hand; (Philippians 4:5)
We should not be too heavenly minded to be of any earthly good. Rather, our blessed assurance and peace from God mentioned in verse 7 should anchor us in this life, to press towards our real home.
This fallen creation still ultimately points to its Creator, despite our misuse of every aspect of it. As Chrsitians we're called to redeem creation. This saving grace of Christ and intimate relationship with God have serious implications for all areas of our life on Earth. Even the stressful ones. We can handle our stressful finances, relationships, responsibilities, obligations, and pressures in ways that glorify Christ and grow His kingdom.
Yes, stress and hardships are eminent. We will feel defeated. We will feel that all is lost. But our heavenly home awaits us, and we're called to bring as many with us as we can. Press towards the mark of the high calling!
2. We Lose Sight of our Goal
If we shift the paradigm to realizing that we're only passing through, we should be heavenly minded. That's quite easy to say, but it's easy to be overwhelmed by our life on Earth. Now this is a real physical place, and most of the time our stressors are reasonable.
Finances are necessary to life, relationships are our family, friends, and how we witness and lead others to Christ, work is how provide for our families. There are all valid endeavors that need to be attended to.
The problem is when these things tear at us and cripple us.
Paul's use of this Greek word conveys our stress better than our English. He uses the word "merimnáō" which properly translates to being drawn in opposite directions or divided into parts. The context here suggests that Paul was harnessing its figurative interpretation: "to go to pieces" due to being pulled apart. Paul said like the force exerted by sinful anxiety that tears us into pieces.
And that's exactly how it feels, doesn't it? It feels like you're being torn in a hundred different directions. It can feel like the life you've built is crumbling. You only see a thousand bricks instead of the building Christ can build from it.
This happens when we give the carnal issues more attention than we give Christ. We lose our focus on Christ. We see this here as Paul in verse 4 tells us to rejoice. He even tells us twice.
4. Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice. (Philippians 4:4)
If we're rejoicing in the Lord we'll have Him on our minds and hearts, thus minimizing the temporary hiccups we'll have in our life of praise. We have to adjust to the bigger picture and its painter. If we fix our eyes on Jesus, the troubles of this life pale in comparison to His grace and beauty. Our focus should be on Christ and the guidance of the Spirit, not the flesh.
6. For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. (Romans 8:6 ESV)
That's easy to say and read, but it's a little different applying it. When rent's due and the bills come up and the fridge is empty and your mother is sick and your brakes go out and your world is crumbling down around you the last thing you wanna do is lead others Christ. I realize that's my whole reason for being on Earth and all, but I've got to handle my business first before I have an awkward, uncomfortable conversation with someone.
When I compare my struggles to the cross, it can't help but seem pointless. Christ has overcome this world and my little problems, and I have a home prepared for me in Heaven. Christ has overcome death, both the physical and spiritual. He's calling me to be His messenger, and to bring others home. That has to be my focus, not stressing over the temporary complications of this life. Leading others to the salvation of Christ is the goal, and I cannot lose sight of it.
So why do we stress when we have a Savior?
Simple. Our perspective is wrong. We lose sight of our home and our mission. We are strangers in this fallen world that will face inevitable troubles, but our eternity in Heaven with our savior makes every one of those issues irrelevant. On my journey to Heaven, I'm called to bring others with me. Leading others to Christ is the goal that outshines every possible problem I could ever have on Earth.
So I want to encourage you, Church. When you're torn in different directions by sinful worry and stress, remember to keep your home and your goal in perspective.
Thank you for reading! I pray you'll join me for part 3 where we'll see how we should respond to stress.


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Maisie Williams Says It'd Be 'Cool' To Play The Doctor And Is Famous Enough For Us To Talk About It
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First and foremost, I will not believe that Peter Capaldi is leaving Doctor Who until there's a goddamned press release and a big fancy reveal special where we find out who the next Doctor will be. Or at least until he says it plain as day, not tabloid speculation on BBC rumors or re-purposed quotes, or melancholy speculation, but the words "I am leaving Doctor Who." Sorry, I need a second, even typing that made me a bit sad.
So the thing about Doctor Who casting rumors is that almost no actual facts need to be present in order for them to spark a fire in the fandom. You may remember last fall when Hayley Atwell sent a single tweet to a fan stating she'd like to be the Doctor. If you're famous, you can just say you'd like to be the Doctor and as far as the fans are concerned, contract negotiations have begun. Helen Mirren said she'd like to play the role, then said she wouldn't, and she's been on fan speculation lists ever since.
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While Peter Capaldi was certainly able to step into the Doctor's coat, despite having appeared on both Doctor Who and Torchwood, as different characters, Maisie likely won't be considered too seriously due to the significance of her role as Ashildr/Me in series 9. If a female Doctor were to be considered seriously, Atwell actually has a better shot, and even has some Whovian cred due to her vocal work on Big Finish Audio productions.
If you're not caught up on series 9, look away because it's about to get all sorts of spoilery up in here, but I think fans of the show would rather not see Maisie as the Doctor, but instead starring in her own Who spinoff with Jenna Coleman and their delightful adventures together in their very own TARDIS.


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Further Exploration of the Lynchburg, Virginia, Community
Marcelo and I are lucky enough to live in a town that hosts people from multiple cultural backgrounds. Up the street from our studio is this really interesting salon called 'Nubian Citi II' (the first one closed down 5 years back) full of beautiful, sassy women all of whom happen to be black.
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So, it seems that there's two versions of French FAQs... I wanted to translate the FAQ 75, but in a version it's already done. How can I know which version I should translate and we cannot give a link the the French version that is associated with the drop down menu, unless there's another code to add after the URL of the FAQ ?
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UDYAMA has demonstrated few evidence based initiatives working directly with community and engaging partner NGOs in flood & drought prone areas and carved out good learning on community resilience process........ Know More
Over years, we have embraced issues relating to other social issues like education and health, which has a significant influence on the livelihood of the poor. Poverty deprives the poor to have access to basic education and health. Udyama have been trying to facilitate changes directed towards improving the implementation of education and health based programmes. We have been focusing our attention on strengthening the economic capability of the poor and non-affordable sections to be able to democratically exercise rights to basic education and health.
Udyama has its main office at Nayagarh, Orissa and liasioning office in Bhubaneswar and field office in Titlagarh, Orissa. The organisation is staffed with a team of professionals with diverse backgrounds and extensive field experiences. Click here to view the area of coverage
Since inception the UDYAMA has made a small walk towards the implementation of diversity of action Programs that has reflected in ground. Creation of enabling Environment for community action, improving the capacity of participating community for drought mitigation thru regulated water management, forest preservation protection and utilization is the prime activity of UDYAMA.
- Strengthening people�s organization
- Facilitating youth association.
- Capacity building of micro-institutions.
- Forest protection and conservation.
- Distress migration and distress sale
- Environmental awareness campaign.
- Construction of cross bund.
- Renovation of community tank.
- Drought mitigation programme & Water user society.
- Non-Formal Education
- Health and Sanitation
- Techno managerial support to NGOs on livelihood options, watershed management, sustainable agriculture
- Consultancy on watershed conservation and rehabilitation
- Appraisal, Monitoring , Evaluation and feasibility study of development projects


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On my daily walk, the forest of redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) the S. gigantea is pictured here), oaks, Douglas firs, and many understory plants seems rather diverse. I wondered if this diversity had any implications to gardens. Maybe yes, maybe no. But today, for some reason I'm thinking about the tropics as well as the temperate climates.
In my opinion, using tropical diversity as a model in the USA is childlike. While the tropics often have lots of vertically-integrated plants, the temperate American landscape, with its hardwood forests, meadows, and prairies, is less vertically complex.
The nutrient mass is primarily above the ground in the tropics, the soil is rather "thin". By comparison, the deeper soil is the reservoir of nutrients in a temperate ecosystem. Some plants in the tropics actually fix nitrogen on their leaves – "Experiments in a Costa Rican rainforest revealed that fixed nitrogen [by blue-green algae] is directly transferred into the leaf " (Many tropical plants and trees do fix nitrogen in the soil, but it is "recycled" much more quickly.) From MONGABAY.COM: "The colonial settlers did not realize that they were dealing with an entirely different ecosystem from their temperate forests where most of the nutrients exist in the soil. In the rainforest, most of the carbon and essential nutrients are locked up in the living vegetation, dead wood, and decaying leaves. As organic material decays, it is recycled so quickly that few nutrients ever reach the soil, leaving it nearly sterile". While in the temperate climates, nitrogen-fixing bacteria grow only the roots beneath the soil's surface—primarily Rhizobium spp. bacteria found on the roots of the bean family (Fabaceae or Leguminosae) gather the nutrients, especailly nitrogen.
The difference is considerable when applied to the practical. Gardeners in temperate climate work to enhance the fixation and storage of nitrogen the soil mass. While tropical gardeners can rely on foliar feeding of nitrogen and the rapid recycling of nitrogen in a thin soil. (Sugarcane production requires no additional nitrogen due to the independent fixation of this element.)
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JobFit centre faces closure over cuts
A PILOT initiative which has helped more than 30 people to find employment over the past year is facing closure next month due to a cut in Government funding.
Since last summer, more than 200 people from across Limerick have received training at the JobFit centre in Moyross and more than 170 people are currently on a waiting list to access the programme.
The JobFit initiative, which is funded through the Labour Market Activation Fund, targets people who have been unemployed for at least three months.
Over 13 weeks, participants receive IT training and are taught how to prepare a CV and basic interview techniques.
Eugene O'Shaughnessy, 54, from Ballysimon Road, who was made redundant last year, says he has benefited from the course. "I started here last November and it has been great and it has been very beneficial and very educational. This place should never close down. It is of great benefit to people like myself who are unemployed and who never went for an interview in our lives," he said.
Sandra Howard, 43, from Garryowen who worked as a childcare worker has been out of work for over a year. "The centre has been brilliant and it is disappointing and sad that it is closing. It shouldn't be done away with at all," she told the Limerick Chronicle
Fine Gael general election candidate Kieran O'Donnell says, if elected, he will do everything he can to keep the centre from closing on March 31 next. "The centre provide value for money and the key focus is to get people back into the work force and the fact is that this model works and it is something that should be continued. It is something that Fine Gael, in Government, will promote because these centres are putting people back to work," he said.
There are seven people directly employed at the JobFit centre in Moyross.


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Friday, April 28, 2006
2 - Bad: I have WAY too much OLD patterned paper! Need to purge some! I have become a paper snob!
3 - Good: I am kicking out layouts for competitions today (2 done!) cos I'm trying to get ahead for my parents arriving tomorrow!
4 - Bad: Parents arrive tomorrow and I'm not ready! *runs around like headless chicken!*
5 - Good: I am using more embellishments
6- Bad: No Studio Friday today I don't have time :(
7 - Good: I am learning to prioritise!
8 - Bad: Not enough hours in the day!
This is one of my competition entries into Fear Factor. I used rusty pickle, scenic route, 7 gypsies from the Feb Scrapologie kit! Yep I still have that hanging around, and the March hardly touched, and Aprils. The new kits go up for sale soon and I just love them! Darn Ranjini and her awesome kits!


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The money measurement concept/
The money measurement concept states that a business should only record an accounting transaction if it can be expressed in terms of money. This means that the focus of accounting transactions is on quantitative information, rather than on qualitative information. Thus, a large number of items are never reflected in a company's accounting records, which means that they never appear in its financial statements. Examples of items that cannot be recorded as accounting transactions because they cannot be expressed in terms of money include:
- Employee skill level
- Employee working conditions
- Expected resale value of a patent
- Value of an in-house brand
- Product durability
- The quality of customer support or field service
- The efficiency of administrative processes
All of the preceding factors are indirectly reflected in the financial results of a business, because they have an impact on either revenues, expenses, assets, or liabilities. For example, a high level of customer support will likely lead to increased customer retention and a higher propensity to buy from the company again, which therefore impacts revenues. Or, if employee working conditions are poor, this leads to greater employee turnover, which increases labor-related expenses.
The key flaw in the money measurement concept is that many factors can lead to long-term changes in the financial results or financial position of a business (as just noted), but the concept does not allow them to be stated in the financial statements. The only exception would be a discussion of pertinent items that management includes in the disclosures that accompany the financial statements. Thus, it is entirely possible that key underlying advantages of a business are not disclosed, which tends to under represent the long-term ability of a business to generate profits. The reverse is typically not the case, since management is encouraged by the accounting standards to disclose all current or potential liabilities of a business in the notes accompanying the financial statements. In short, the money measurement concept can lead to the issuance of financial statements that may not adequately represent the future upside of a business. However, if this concept were not in place, managers could flagrantly add intangible assets to the financial statements that have little supportable basis.
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That's right, who can resist the fun-loving ridiculousness of America's new advertising sensation? Why, the freaky dancing guy in the blue Snuggie is reason enough to watch this commercial over, and over, and over, and over again. Stabbing yourself in the eyeballs never seemed so appealing.
Thank you, Jane DeNoble, for helping to provide us with hours of TV pain.
Check out Peter Coffin's great parody of this commercial on YouTube.


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A Style Evolving Into Abstract
November 10/2016
ART By Leon Graham
A Style Evolving Into Abstract
The appeal of Victor Mirabelli's paintings is immediate. Both impressionistic and abstract, the contrast between white structures — abandoned farm buildings, alone or in groups — and gauzy, feathery landscape draws you into the picture and its possible story.
Mirabelli's work glows under what appears to be heavy layers of paint. Yet the paint is actually quite thin, the layers of direct pigment scrubbed and brushed on canvas to a feathery texture that gives the pictures a ghostly, haunting quality.
The artist's current show, "Naked Imprint" at Argazzi Art in Lakeville, is the third in three years presented by owner Judith Singelis. Each has revealed an artist in development, moving toward an increasingly loose style. Buildings that three years ago were more defined are now not as strictly painted. And many are slightly out of plumb. They draw your eye in by their impreciseness, their slight tilt.
Mirabelli has painted new work for the current show, all done in the past year. And there is not a weak picture in the group. You can see that he is moving into more abstract composition, a darker palette for landscape, a darker — yet viscerally appealing — world. In "Heritage," the edges of a building seem to dissolve in a mist, they may not last much longer. The dark foreground encroaches on the building with feathery fingers.
"Bountiful" shows three white structures with solid walls facing a muted yellow field out of which gray tendrils reach into wall angles and up the sides of the buildings. There is an odd sense of movement, as if a process of decay is already underway.
"Above the Horizon" is unusual for Mirabelli: several buildings stretch across the canvas in a solid horizontal row, as if he has imagined a deserted village. And in "Afternoon Delight," touches of yellow/orange suggest sunlight, maybe even fire, on a somber roof.
Victor Mirabelli, "Naked Imprint," runs at Argazzi Art through Nov. 20. The gallery is at 22 Millerton Road in Lakeville, Conn., and is open Friday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call 860-435-8222 or go to www.argazziart.com


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Safe Drinking Water Act
- To protect public health, the Safe Drinking Water Act was first passed by Congress in 1974
- The law serves to protect the nation's many drinking water sources (lakes, reservoirs, rivers, springs, and ground water wells)
- It grants the EPA the authority to establish nation wide standards for drinking water sources. These standards protect against contaminants that may be found in drinking water
- An amendment was passed in 1996 highlighted the importance of source water protection, established funding for improvements to water systems and public outreach
- Currently, there are more than 160,000 public water systems in the United States
Drinking Water Sources in Maine
- There are 2,800 great ponds in Maine and only about 3% of these serve as drinking water sources for residents
- 48% of water consumed by the public in Maine comes from surface water utilities
- Of these, there are 40 freshwater sources, 10 of which are not filtered prior to disinfection. The costs of filtration are high, so cities/towns with this exception are able to save millions of dollars.
- Jordan Pond serves the 818 residents for the Town of Mount Desert year round, and the many additional summer visitors to the area as well.
- The work being done on Jordan Pond will help to ensure these waters stay clear, and remain a clean and safe drinking water source for residents


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The Types of Vegetation You Should Know
1. style of Relationship Climate and Landscape
Climate is a very important think about life. Climate affects the state of flora and fauna and landscapes on earth. The landscape is that the one seen in nature. The part, like the surface of the soil and vegetation.
a. relevance the surface of the soil, hot climate with high downfall and temperature accelerate the method of weathering and erosion.
b. relevance vegetation, many sorts of vegetation, like within the space of tundra, wet forests, grasslands, and deciduous forests, grow in areas with similar atmospheric condition.
2. sorts of Natural Vegetation in line with the Climate
Indonesia's natural wealth of flora save tremendous. a minimum of in Dutch East Indies there ar over four,000 species of trees, ferns 1,500, and 5,000 species of orchids. supported the extent of downfall in every space, the flora in Dutch East Indies is split into a tropical rain forest, monsoon forest, savannah and field.
a. Tropical rain forest, consisting of big inexperienced foliaceous plants, shady, and extremely dense to daylight cannot penetrate to all-time low.
b. Monsoon forest, additionally referred to as deciduous forests. The trees during this forest deciduous leaves within the season and grow once more within the season.
c. Sabana, settled in aras of high air temperature with very little downfall and grasslands are interspersed with shrubs.
d. Steppes, ar in areas of high air temperature with little downfall.
3. impact of Altitude Regions
Somewhere altitude will have an effect on air temperature distinction. the upper a neighborhood of the surface of the ocean, the air temperature is cooler. we all know Dutch East Indies tropical climate. though tropical flora wasn't solely tropical space which may be full-grown, however the flora from alternative regions may grow well in Dutch East Indies. In distinction to the subtropic climate countries like Western Europe, there ar solely plants subtropic regions, cold, and extremely cold. As tropical plants not in hand by subtropic countries.
4. impact of Landscape of Land and Land Circumstances
The influence of the landscape and tract of the sort of vegetation, among others:
a. on the fertile volcanic soils ar heterogeneous forests,
b. arid areas, forests grow grass and reeds,
c. The coast is wet, angiospermous tree forests grow.
5. Distribution of Vegetation sorts
In 1889, a natural biological investigator, C. Hart Meeriem projected a model supported the distribution of plant height variation on Mount port of entry from the foothills to the height. The model is per the pattern of unfold of plants from tropical equatorial line to the north or south. thence the natural process in line with altitude and latitude south and north, then Meeriem all over that the sort of vegetation in a neighborhood suffering from temperature. Plant communities within the world will be divided into six teams, particularly piece of land, desert, tundra, wet forests, deciduous forests, and taiga.


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Polo isn't the world's most popular sport. It's not always (or ever) broadcast on TV unless you live in Argentina but there is one place that polo can be found anywhere and anytime. YouTube. YouTube is a nearly never ending source of match edits, interviews, instructional videos, and match live streams. It's also a way for players, new and experienced, to get a feel for the quite literal world of opportunities that exist out there for polo players and fanatics. So sit back, relax and enjoy watching this list of our favorite polo YouTube videos.
1. From highlight reels to full matches and live streams of matches from across the United States there's always polo happening on the USPA Polo Network YouTube Channel.
2. Believe me when I say, once you watch this video playing polo in Argentina will jump to the top of your bucket list.
3. If you've ever heard whispers of polo pony cloning and wanted to learn more this video is your chance. An English subtitled video with all the information you've ever wanted about the pro-cloning side of the debate.
4. The teaser trailer for a tv series coming out soon that follows the global high goal polo circuit. Beautifully shot and artistically edited this video will make you glad to be a part of this crazy entertaining sport.
5. A USPA Polo Network shot film that shows exactly what it's like to ride a polo pony flat out.
6. The Rules of Polo can be complicated and the rule books can be even more complicated. This YouTube channel provides an alternative to learning polo right from the comfort of your couch. Of course, it's no substitute for the real thing, but for those days when you just can't get out to the barn it's a great way to keep up with your learning.
7. For all the ladies out there, here's a unique insight into the world of ladies polo from Apes Hill Polo Club in Barbados.
8. Polo is played all over the world (see above videos) and in all different conditions. And this short film profiles the event and players that participate in the annual Snow Polo World Cup St. Moritz.
9. Ever wondered what's faster, a polo player or an F1 driver? Here's the answer to your question. A real comparison of horsepower.
10. Produced for Audi Argentina, a title sponsor of La Dolfina Polo Team's 2011 Argentine Open, this match edit shows all the great polo action from the first of the triple crown tournaments, the Hurlingham Open, in 2011.
Have any other polo favorites from YouTube? Comment the links below and we'll be sure to check them out!


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by Jean Lafleur, P. Geo. (OGQ, APGO), Mineral Exploration and Management Consultant – Blainville (Quebec) Canada at PJLEXPL Inc. Life's journey is challenging. Whether planned or unplanned, intentional or happy-golucky, or shortened or long, life offers a variety of trials and experiences in both personal and professional situations. My wish is that your lives are […]Continue Reading →
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by Ilian Valkov Eng., Executive Manager at Geops-Bolkan Drilling Services Ltd One of the challenges of modern geological research is to identify the quality features of valuable resources at an early stage. The extraction of sufficient material for the initial technological research provides an opportunity to obtain critical data about the properties of the prospective […]Continue Reading →
Sandra Lindberg is from Norsjö, in northern Sweden. She graduated in car mechanic studies in 2005 and after having her first child in 2007 embarked on a mining internship at Bergteamet (large Swedish mining services provider) that placed her in Malå and was completed in 2009. Sandra has numerous qualifications in drilling-related subjects, including an […]Continue Reading →
by Noé Vilcas, Executive Director at Explomin Established in Peru in 2001 by an entrepreneur as a private enterprise with 100 % Peruvian investment, Explomin initially started operations with underground core drilling. Through the years it expanded its range of services to include surface core drilling and reverse circulation drilling (RC). Completing challenging projects in […]Continue Reading →
by Duncan McLeod and Dag Billger, Inertial Sensing One AB Borehole surveying is a fundamental part of drilling operations to establish where a hole has actually been drilled. To accomplish this a variety of systems have been developed over more than a century to perform borehole surveys, based on a wide range of physical measurement […]Continue Reading →
by Artur Makos, Product Manager, Exploration Products, Epiroc The design of the traditional wireline core drilling system has remained largely unchanged since its introduction to the exploration industry. Over the years, a number of safety issues associated with the traditional wireline coring system have been addressed by manufacturers. Most of the focus has been on […]Continue Reading →
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Luc Paquet is an alumnus of Concordia University, Montreal, where he studied from 1976 to 1979 and gained a degree in Communications. Luc took his first steps in entrepreneurship by running his own business as a beekeeper. Afterward, he worked for a number of companies where he gained insights into management practices. In 1986 he […]Continue Reading →
by David R. Walker, Managing Director at Terra Walker Drilling Background Terra Walker Drilling, led by David Walker, was awarded exploration drilling in 2016 by Vedanta – Hindustan Zinc Ltd in Zawar Mines, Rampura Agucha Mines and Kayad Mines, Central West in the state of Rajasthan (India). The company started surface exploration drilling at two […]Continue Reading →
by Francine Long, P. GEO, Senior Geologist at Nordmin Engineering Ltd. The importance of using structural data in every discipline within geology cannot be overemphasized. Dedicated geologists spend enormous amounts of time collecting critical structural data. This same dedication should be used to validate and plot the data into products for use as tools to […]Continue Reading →
by Andrew Cuthbert, Senior Manager for Global Marketing & Communications at Boart Longyear History In 1890, a young mining engineer named Edmund J. Longyear set a new standard for innovation in mining. Longyear, a member of the first graduating class at the Michigan Mining School, sank the first diamond drill hole on North America's Mesabi Iron […]Continue Reading →
by Colin Rice, Managing Director at Colin Rice Exploration and Training (Pty) Ltd Much exploration drilling is conducted in remote locations, far away from mining activity, which means these operations can escape scrutiny from the prying eyes of a safety department! In the past, this situation was particularly true in South Africa where drill sites […]Continue Reading →
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by Kent Swick, Managing Director and Jenna Aziz, PR Co-ordinator History Swick Mining Services has been operating for over 20 years and was founded by Kent Swick in 1995. Kent is a fourth-generation driller with a drilling heritage that goes as far back as his great-grandfather drilling water wells across the mid-western plains of the […]Continue Reading →
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by Nick Holroyde, Sales & Marketing Co-ordinator, Energold Group & Richard Thomas, MD Energold Group EMEA Energold is a diversified, global, drilling solutions provider, that services the mining, geotechnical, water and energy sectors worldwide. Listed on the Toronto stock exchange under the ticker TSX-V: EGD, Energold has been providing a comprehensive range of drilling services for over 20 years in 24 countries. The Europe-Middle East-Africa Division is based in the UK. The company has operations in […]Continue Reading →
by Savannah Adkins Digital Marketing Co-Ordinator at Rig Source Inc. Drilling into the Surtsey Volcano Formed only 50 years ago from volcanic eruptions below the sea floor, Surtsey Island is a natural habitat protected by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site for scientific research. Named after a fire jötunn known as Surtr in Norse Mythology, […]Continue Reading →
Professor Nikolay D. Nenkov was born in the town of Elena, Bulgaria in 1928. His academic career began at the Technical University of Sofia, from where he graduated in 1951, majoring in General Mechanical Engineering. Then, in 1959 he joined the Sofia University of Mining and Geology as a lecturer. Four years after defending his dissertation thesis on drilling mechanics in 1974, he was awarded the professorship of Drilling Machines and Mechanisms and Drilling Mechanics. The creative path of Prof. Nenkov is […]Continue Reading →
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A report by Grigor Topev The Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada is the biggest exploration drilling show in the world, and though thoroughly international, it has a strong Canadian f lavour. I have visited few mining exhibitions before, but this was my first PDAC expo. My purpose in visiting this year was two-fold: to […]Continue Reading →
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Group Booking Policy
Thank you for choosing Essentials Spa & Wellness for your pampering and relaxation time.
- As our business is appointment based, we would appreciate your attention to our advanced booking policies
- As you are booking so far in advance, flexibility is necessary as our staff and menu periodically change.
- You will be contacted well in advance to any changes to your original bookings. If no changes occur you will be contacted one week prior to confirm your groups times and services.
- At the time of the booking you will have one week to choose and submit everyone's services.
- 30-day cancellation when booked 6 months or more in advance.
- Every individual will be required to give their credit card number to hold their service. If not the individual contact person will be responsible for no shows.
- Names, time and appointment lists can be e-mailed to you one week prior to coming so you can organize your group.
- Please advise your group of the following Spa Etiquette:
- Groups/Individuals must arrive 15 minutes prior to appointment time.
- Those having pedicures please bring flip-flops to wear home or back to the hotel.
- Coffee, tea, and hot chocolate are provided. Outside food is permitted. Please contact the Spa for guidelines. Please be respectful of others using our relaxation room.
- No children under 14 years of age.
- Please turn cell phones off.
Thank you, we are looking forward to your visit.
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Fang Lee
President of Yunnan Kids International
Fang was adopted at the age of five from Yunnan, China and has been raised in Berkeley, California. Today, Fang is currently studying economics and sociology at Mount Holyoke College, a premiere college for women in Massachusetts. She is featured in the award-winning documentary "Somewhere Between", which profiles the lives of four adopted Chinese girls and explores the themes of family, identity and belonging, asking the central question, "Who am I?" Fang has spoken about women's empowerment around the world, including a TEDx conference and several other events focusing on the impact women and children have on the world's wellbeing. Her passions lie in both entrepreneurship and non-profit work, specifically directed towards women and children. She teaches Mandarin and Chinese culture to Chinese adoptees via Skype and travels around the US giving talks to Chinese adoption communities.
Fang returns to China every summer to volunteer her time in Chinese orphanages and rural schools. In the summer of 2013, she attended the G(irls)20 Summit in Moscow, Russia as the United States representative. Through her hands on work with marginalized individuals and witnessing their extraordinary untapped potential, Fang believes women and men, together, are a critical part of the solution for global development.
Fang's mother, Hanni Beyer Lee, was one the original founders and original president of Yunnan Kids International.
Iris Chin Ponte Ph.D.
Education Chair of Yunnan Kids International
Dr. Iris Chin Ponte is both the President of Ponte and Chau Consulting Inc. and the Director of the Henry Frost Children's Program Inc. in Belmont, MA. Having recently completed a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University, Dr. Ponte received integrated training, balanced between research and practice.
As a former Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Ponte has expertise in cross-cultural issues in education and adoption from China. She has conducted extensive school research in the United States, the United Kingdom, Taiwan, China, Japan, and Newfoundland. Dr. Ponte has also previously worked for Sesame Street Research at the Children's Television Workshop in New York among many other media and research institutions. She has published in the areas of children and technology, behavior management, children's play, and heritage trips for adoptees in China. In addition to being a Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Ponte has received various scholarship and fellowship recognitions from the Children's Defense Fund, the Watson IBM Fellowship, CBS, and the American Educational Research Association.
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Debbie LeeKeenan
Play Garden Development Advisor
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She has co-authored several articles and chapters for various publications including Young Children, the first edition of The Hundred Languages of Children (edited by Edwards, Forman, Gandini), and Proactive Parenting: Guiding Your Child from Two to Six, written by Faculty of Tufts University, Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development. She has presented workshops at numerous conferences, both locally and nationally and has been a consultant for various school systems and educational organizations.
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Play Garden Development Advisor
W. George Scarlett is a graduate of Yale University (B.A.) and Clark University (Ph.D., Developmental Psychology). He has worked with such giants of the field as Jerome Bruner and Howard Gardner and has authored numerous articles on children's play and co-authored books on parenting, managing behavior problems, and religious-spiritual development in childhood. His past research at Harvard Project Zero, the Language and Cognitive Developmental Center and the Cambridge-Somerville Mental Health Center includes development of play assessment techniques for work with typical, at-risk, and atypical children. For over two decades he has taught courses on children's play. Currently, he is deputy chair of the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development at Tufts University. He is also the co-editor of The Encyclopedia of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence for Sage, published in 2005.


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By comparison, many Japanese women still have few opportunities and choices when it comes to career and lifestyle. A woman working in the corporate sector is referred to condescendingly as "an office lady." If she marries and has a family, her husband may work 16 to 18 hours a day, forcing the wife and mother to become pretty much a single parent, isolated at home.
Geishas can make between US$10,000US and $12,000 a month, and they receive a level of respect that few other roles for Japanese women attain. So while becoming a geisha may seem a traditional and old-fashioned career choice, in some ways it offers Japanese women more freedom than other careers and lifestyle choices.
The commentary that fascinated me most on our walking tour was not the past of Gion, but the continued fascination with geishas in modern Japanese society. The intricate process that is required to receive the appropriate introductions to a teahouse (the agents for the geishas), the exorbitant expense — with payments being made to the various layers of the geisha hierarchy in return for a simple evening's entertainment of drinking, music and conversation — seem out of step with the instant and ready access to entertainment that modern Japanese have come to expect.
As we near the end of Peter's tour, I find myself struggling to find any connection with these women. Their lives, their customs and attitudes seem so removed from those of both modern Japanese and Western women. Yet there is an element of "businesswoman savvy" lurking under their mask-like makeup.
As we stop at a small shrine, we're surprised by the volume of stickers, printed in Japanese characters, adorning the lamp and walls of the shrine. No, it's not some strange type of offering to the shrine, but geisha "business cards." This, in turn, prompts Peter to open his wallet and display a similar selection covering the inside covers. His geisha friends have encouraged him to place them there, he says, to bring him good luck and good fortune.
Well, maybe the Japanese guys will fall for this one, but our genial guide laughs. He knows this is really just the women's subtle reminder to call and reserve another evening of entertainment. Everyone is into marketing, it seems, even in ancient Kyoto.


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When Larry was asked what he wanted to do after he retired from full-time work, he replied he wanted to do something that would "make my heart sing." Well, our hearts sang this week at A. V. Bukani Primary School in Nomathamsanqa township.
The Grade 4 teachers had taken Larry up on his offer to train them on how to assist the students in choosing a "just right book" – one that is neither too hard nor too easy for that child to read. Students packed the library, looking at the cover, pictures and words of each book to see if it was something they wanted to read and something they could read. One by one, they picked books to take home.
And there they were. A group of boys in the back of the room, busily talking with their friends about the books they had chosen, passing them back and forth so they could share their excitement. That was the moment. That was when we knew that the effort we put into this project, and the effort of so many people who contributed books, and volunteered time, and donated funds, was well worth it. This was not a container full of books on shelves. It became a living library that very minute.
That day only got better. Eileen has had some loyal parent volunteers helping to inventory the library books. Two of the mothers who truly understand the importance of supporting the school said they would be willing to help organize other parents to help with the library and other projects. A benefit of volunteering is that parents who help out will get to take out books from the library themselves. Eileen helped the parents find fun books for their children and the parents were elated. Their enthusiasm for the books will certainly be contagious with their friends and relatives in the township.
And, we're witnessing the love of reading start early. Grade R (K) and 1 teachers have begun taking books for their classrooms. The students love the stories Eileen has read them. The great news is that the municipal library will soon be providing regular story hours at the school for the young students and their parents, with books in English and in their mother tongue of Xhosa.
At the end of the day, there were visitors from the provincial legislature with responsibility for education. They had just visited a school that was in near chaos and were quite depressed. They left A. V. Bukani with broad smiles. They were impressed by the faculty, impressed by the resources like the computer lab, and yes, they loved the library. We met with several of them after the meeting and have continued the dialogue.
Teachers sharing their strengths with their colleagues
We feel this third week of our trip was the most productive of any in our four volunteer visits. It all came together in many positive ways. On this trip, we found that the teachers had been working to improve, and Larry was able to quickly work with them on needs they identified. He was able to help them use many of the resources that we had shipped with the library, including beginning readers and professional materials. Eileen's contacts in the community, both within the township and beyond, have helped solidify support for the school.
A highlight of the week was the last professional development. Larry noted that a number of the teachers had unique special strengths and he asked them to share this with their colleagues. The faculty watched as Bella talked about creating a warm environment for read-alouds in her second-grade class. Thandi talked about helping the students retell stories by looking at setting, character, and the problem solved in the plot. Ace discussed using student work to create a mini-spelling lesson. Nomhle described the way she uses sentence strips to improve student comprehension. It was very impressive.
As each faculty member spoke, Larry gave them one of the relevant instructional resources that was already at the school. Suddenly they knew how to make use of these books. He ceremoniously handed each speaker one of the markers for the whiteboard, saying, "Do you accept the responsibility of 'the pen' to keep this professional sharing going?" They each smiled and took the pen. Other teachers talked about their turns.
Improvements in other nearby schools
We see hope for educational improvement beyond Nomathamsanqa. The nearby middle school, Vesumsi, had been floundering without a principal for years. A new dynamic principal took over the helm last week and everyone is thrilled. The entire community vows to support his efforts.
Another American who has fallen in love with Nomathamsanqa, Martha Cummings, has focused her attention on the improvements needed at Vesumsi. She hopes to raise enough money to renovate the school, which now exists without electricity in many classrooms. You can read about her efforts at http://www.universalpromise.org
An interesting note is that there was just word that both A.V. Bukani and Vesumi will become R(K) – 7th grade schools, as the national government does away with middle schools. Each school will gradually take on additional grades. Bukani will include Grade 5 next year and many parents are happy their children can stay. Parents are permitted to send their children to any school as long as they can get their child to school and pay the fees (which are waived in these schools). Vesumsi may add Grade R to its roles next year.
On our last Friday, Larry led singing on his guitar for 1000+ students singing "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain." We had taught it to every class and the kids were primed. They – and we – had a ball. It was followed by "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands," which the teachers have taught the students this year. The students then sang their traditional songs. It was oh so hard to leave.
|"She'll have to sleep with grandma when she comes..."
There is much more to say, which will do soon in future blog posts. With the staff, we have identified some critical needs in the school and we hope to raise funds to provide the much needed support. They are incredibly grateful for all we have done, and by we, I mean all of you who have been generous supporters of this project.
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http://mpora.com/videos/JkBZ3XWCu Take a look at this edit from the 3rd annual Kumi Yama contest in Les Deux Alpes last month, where teams of 3 riders faced off in one of Europe's best-known glaciers for an informal, Oriental-style jam. It's one for you bilingual shredders out there….
Given the Japanese theme and French venue, it's probably not too surprising to see Kazuhiro Kokubo and Mathieu Crepel among the competitors. Other riders who brought along their teams included Danny Kass, who incorporated this comp into the Grenade crew's European tour.
The standard of riding was ridiculous, mellow atmosphere or not, and seeing entire teams hit the big booter at once was a common sight. In the end the slopesyle crown went to the team of Arthur Longo, Mathieu Crepel and Alluan Ricciardi, deserving winners of a contest that was a hit with the competitors and spectators alike.
For more info head over to kumi-yama.com, although you might want to fire up Google Translator first….


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OTHER FACT: It's not because I haven't tried, it's because all of my best energy and creativity and brainpower is spent elsewhere, so when I sit down to write I have positively nothing to say.
But wow, the Onion, sock it to me. Now I'll drag my sad ass to bed without having written anything and also feeling every second of my precious life ticking away. So thanks.
My advice? Just find the thing you enjoy doing more than anything else, your one true passion, and do it for the rest of your life on nights and weekends when you're exhausted and cranky and just want to go to bed.Moh.


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The Scottish Mathematical Council held its first meeting on 25 September 1967. Initially the Council had 15 members of whom 6 were nominated by the Edinburgh Mathematical Society, 6 by the Glasgow Mathematical Association and 3 by the Scottish Branch of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. The size of the Council has remained essentially unaltered and membership is currently governed by the following extract from the SMC constitution: "The Council shall consist of not more than 16 members, distributed as follows at the time of their election:
- 4 university teachers of whom at least one shall be a university professor;
- 6 school teachers or advisers or lecturers from institutions providing initial teacher training, with the proviso that there be at least one member from each category;
- 3 lecturers from further education or industrial mathematicians, with the proviso that there be at least one member from each category;
- not more than 3 other members."
1967-73 Professor R.A. Rankin, University of Glasgow
1973-74 Professor W.D. Collins, University of Strathclyde
1974-80 Professor E.M. Patterson, University of Aberdeen
1980-84 Professor A.G. Mackie, University of Edinburgh
1984-87 Professor J. Hunter, University of Glasgow
1987-93 Professor J.M. Howie, University of St. Andrews
1993-96 Professor D.A.R. Wallace, University of Strathclyde
1996-2001 Professor A.C. McBride, University of Strathclyde
2001-06 Dr I. Anderson, University of Glasgow
2006-09 Professor T.A. Gillespie, University of Edinburgh
2009-11 Eddie Mullan
2011-14 Professor Rob Archbold, University of Aberdeen
2014- Dr Chris Pritchard, McLaren High School