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Luxurious Spa Weekend at the One Farrer Hotel & Spa
If you are looking for a luxurious and spontaneous getaway from the busy Lion City, the One Farrer Hotel & Spa is offering a beautiful getaway in the Skyline Studio (or Suite if you are super fancy) with a number of attractive privileges:
- S$50 spa credits per person for up to 2 persons
- Cocktails and pupus at Sunset Bar
- Art Tour of The Farrer Park Company Art Collection
- Complimentary access to Skyline Lounge and Private Pool
Click HERE to check out my experience at the One Farrer Hotel & Spa's Skyline Studio!
Indulge in the spacious Skyline Studio and enjoy exclusive access to the Skyline Lounge and the private pool by the lounge. You will receive the following privileges for being a Skyline guest:
- Personalised check-in and check-out at the Music Lounge
- Five complimentary light meals provided at the Skyline Lounge
- Complimentary local calls
- 3 pieces of complimentary pressing a day (non-accumulative)
- Complimentary 2 hours usage of meeting room per day
- Exclusive pool and gym usage (separate from the main pool and gym)
That's right, you will get FIVE complimentary light meals at the Skyline Lounge as well as cocktails in the evening included in this package. There is also a really amazing Olympic-sized swimming pool (click HERE to check out my review!) where you can also kick back a few cocktails and Hawaiian pupus by the Sunset Bar at the side.
This limited offer starts from just S$480++ a night and it available on Friday through Sundays with some blackout dates (e.g. F1 Period). For reservations, please contact the reservation team at firstname.lastname@example.com or 6363 3377.
The Administrative Professionals Week (APW) will happen fom 24-30 April 2016 this year and if you are thinking about showing your appreciation to your administrative professional's contributions during the year, check out the lunch special at Escape Restaurant (located within the One Farrer Hotel & Spa).
My iPrefer Account from Preferred Hotels & Resorts has been sitting in the corner for ages and today I got an email notifying me that the iPrefer Loyalty Program has been revamped and that "my iPrefer benefits just got better". For those of you who are unfamiliar with Preferred Hotels & Resorts, it is a collection of independent hotels (much like the Global Hotel Alliance) that come together under the same portfolio. In Singapore, the One Farrer Hotel & Spa falls under this collection of hotels.
The One Farrer Hotel & Spa is one of those little gems in Singapore that not everyone knows about. When the hotel opened last year, I was invited to check out the Skyline Studio in the exclusive Skyline Hotel Wing and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of product (as well as the five meal inclusions!). The One Farrer Hotel & Spa is hosting Shermay Lee's Cooking School Pop-up to present a series of cooking classes and a retail section at the beautiful Origins of Food Studio.
If you are looking for a luxurious and spontaneous getaway from the busy Lion City, the One Farrer Hotel & Spa is offering a beautiful getaway in the Skyline Studio (or Suite if you are super fancy) with a number of attractive privileges like spa credits and exclusive lounge access.
The One Farrer Hotel & Spa has recently debuted its unique and innovative in-room shopping experience that is nothing like the other hotels. Available too all three hotels that are under the One Farrer Hotel & Spa - Urban Hotel, Loft Apartments and Skyline Hotel & Sky Villas) as well as to patients in The Farrer Park Hospital, the special shopping experience will feature over 500 specially selected items. Featuring the latest branded lifestyle merchandise (e.g. watches and skin care products), one-of-a-kind collectables (e.g. fine carpets and paintings), to a selection of books and tasty treats, the in-room shopping experience will be completed with your goodies delivered to your room (be it in the hotel or the hospital).
From 02 to 16 April 2015, check out some of the best authentic Thai cuisine at the Escape Restaurant & Lounge located in the One Farrer Hotel & Spa. Collaborating with Guest Chef Aek Charttrakul and his team from the Thailand Culinary Academy, diners will be able to enjoy delicious Thai cuisine at a really affordable price. You will also be able to enjoy the usual buffet favourites that Singaporeans love - freshly-shucked oysters, sashimi, fried chicken drumlets, mini pizzas and even a chocolate fountain to indulge in.
The opening of two-storey Loft Apartments at the One Farrer Hotel & Spa has been announced today. Being one of three distinct hotels within One Farrer Hotel & Spa, the Loft Apartments are designed to cater for longer stays.
The One Farrer Hotel & Spa comprises of three hotels under one large hospitality umbrella. The Skyline Studio enjoys plenty of daylight which gives the already spacious room a greater sense of space. The blackout blinds and sheer curtains for privacy can be drawn automatically from the controls provided in-room. If you are feeling peckish, access the dining catalog from the Samsung LED Smart TV in your room. Craving for some shopping instead? This can also be done from your TV or if you prefer, head on down to the lobby to see what is actually on offer. Check out my stay at the Skyline Studio in the Skyline Hotel which comes with five complimentary meals per day. Indulge in a fully equipped gym or the Olympic-size swimming pool at this stunning property!
Located within a mixed-use lifestyle complex at Farrer Park called Connexion, the 243-guest room urban resort is designed for the discerning traveller and amalgamates innovative hospitality offerings with its distinctive presence within Farrer Park, one of Singapore's historic neighbourhoods. Opened just in September 2014, the One Farrer Hotel & Spa is the newest five-star luxury hotel addition to Singapore.


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Green tea extracts show promise fighting oral cancer
A preliminary study conducted by the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center found that green tea extracts may prevent the formation of mouth cancers.
The trial was placebo tested but used a small trial sample of 50 patients and one of the researchers noted:
"While these are encouraging findings, much more research must be done before we can conclude that green tea may prevent oral or any other type of cancer. It's also important to remind people that this trial enrolled very few participants who, at the highest dose levels took the equivalent of eight cups of green tea three times a day," cautioned Vassiliki Papadimitrakopoulo, M.D.
Green tea is an anti-oxidant powerhouse and contains between 30 and 40 per cent of water-extractable polyphenols. Researchers all over the world are conducting clinical trials to determine whether green tea extracts can be used as treatments or preventatives for many different diseases.
Dr. Joseph Mercola, N.D. noted in his recent article about this topic:
While the biggest risk factors for oral cancer are tobacco use and drinking alcohol — about eight out of 10 people with this cancer use tobacco and seven out of 10 are heavy drinkers — some people with oral cancer have no known risk factors.
How should you drink green tea to maximize it's health benefits. Dr. Mercola says don't drink steaming hot green tea.
Ideally, most of the fluid you drink should be at room temperature. The only exception would be if you were overheated and hyperthermic, in which case cold fluids would be beneficial.
For more information go to Green tea extracts may protect against oral cancer: Study and Phase II Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Green Tea Extract in Patients with High-Risk Oral Premalignant Lesions

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text: Saints and Sinners 2012: New Fiction from the Festival contains a mixture of short fiction representing many genres and styles as well as a diverse number of themes and experiences. The completely-blind, three-tier judging process that was used yield what we think is a wonderful set of stories. All of the Top Ten Stories from this year's entries have been included in this anthology. The top three stories this year explore the depth of relationships in all of their complicated and difficult forms while examining what motivates individuals and where they find comfort in a hostile world. These stories in very different ways examine how individuals make the best out of the circumstances society presents them with as well, as the myriad number of factors that affect and influence individuals' decisions to fight or to let go. The winning story, "Wasted Courage", by Jerry Rabushka is a thought-provoking tale of the unlikely relationship between two men-one white and out; the other black, married and on the down-low-and how classism, racism and homophobia work with fear and intolerance to destroy what could possibly be the best thing either man has ever had. The two runner-ups, "Pink Moon" by Pat Spears offers us a snap shot into the life of a homeless, gay Iraq War Veteran who is a failed poet and song writer and his relationship with a homeless man who despite being illiterate carries around a book, and "Wimpy and Rattlesnake Albert" by Jim Stewart which allows us a glimpse at the moment when two migrant works' lives intersect and they find comfort with in each other's stories. The remaining stories in the anthology deal with the board theme of Saints & Sinners and best represent the variety of genres, ages, genders, classes and relationship dynamics covered in the contest submissions this year.


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Download Jimex News Reader apk 2.2.5 free for Android smartphone
Posted by Jimex in News & Magazines | Aug. 31, 2014 | 3 Comments
Apk file size: 3.0 MB
Jimex News Reader is a news reader as well as RSS reader
- Read BBC/Channel News Asia/Yahoo full news
- Highly customizability for user to create their own digester for mining the content from RSS
- User can add their favorite RSS feeds via feeds management
- Touch-And-Translate function, open Color Dict/MDict/Blue Dict when touch the words in news page
- TTS function to read the news for you, free your eyes
- Support video podcast, multi-thread downloading make it faster, download queue management
- User can customize their own template to show article through copy to the file from /sdcard/jimex/news_reader/template to /sdcard/jimex/news_reader/user_template, and then modify the html file for their own template
User manual (English): http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=1197713700&uk=3610263216
User manual (Chinese): http://pan.baidu.com/share/link?shareid=1201768141&uk=3610263216
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1. Improve the stability of multi-task downloading
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Jimex part of our News & Magazines and have average installs from 1000 to 5000. Last Update Aug. 31, 2014. Google play rating is 90.8108. Current verison is 2.2.5. Actual size 3.0 MB.
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Howard Tang
Wonderful app....but This app can get 5 stars if it is compatible with Goldendict. Currently, Goldendict is the faster dictionary on Android OS, and is able to support 6 different formates of dictionaries. Any plan to make it compatible with Goldendict in the near future?
Anthony Tang
A well designed app with a dangerous stupid design I was changing the default cache folder from phone to SD card. However, since this app does not allow to create a new folder in it, I had to quit to launch a file manager app to do so. (Note!! now the cache folder was set to the root of the SD card but I was not aware!) Then I went back to Jimex to continue the operation. I noticed an option "Clear cache", and clicked it, in the hope that nothing needs to be copied when changing the cache folder. Now the disaster came: Jimex wiped out *EVERYTHING* in the "cache folder", which is the root of my SD card!!!! 53G data in my card was deleted! Fortunately, I realized the disastrous mistake immediately. Most of the data can be recovered. Suggestion to the developer: (1) When deleting "cache", do not simply remove everything under the cache folder. You have to be sure what is the cache and what is not. or else, (2) Simply create a "Jimex cache" folder under the user's chosen cache folder.
Carl Collins
Excellent concept. Best News App that I've tried. Great features. Nice customization possibilities.


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Fact of the day: USC's Rising Stars camp is June 24-25. Multiple elite recruits are expected to attend.
In The Times:
- USC recruiting: Receiver Trevon Sidney lists favorite schools
- St. John Bosco shotputter Matt Katnik -- who signed with USC -- carries high hopes into state meet
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Tarot Readings for You for September 6, 2013 Friday(c)
Guidance We talk here about couples – in romance and in business life – who are the reverse of the usual male-female stereotypical relationship: the established perfectionistic powerful woman and the accommodating sweet natured man. She is probably older than he and this is not about a traditional marriage. He may act, in the business application of our story, as the diplomatic p. r. person to her sternness. He sings love songs for discriminating women.
Are YOU here for the first time? Come in! People love this place! Our site is divided into four sections: Guidance, Tarot Readings, Learn Tarot by Observation, and Learn Tarot by Pictures.
If you just want your daily look ahead, Guidance and Tarot Readings are all you need. 'Guidance' (above) is a summary of what the cards are telling visitors to be aware of that day.
'Group Analytical Tarot Cards Reading' (just below this) is the actual word-for-word messages to everyone. These readings are about you and the people around you. They are about today and the days around it. So, go ahead and pick the sentences you feel are yours and decide whether to encourage or reject them for yourself.
Did you come here for your predictions? – You are done now – See you tomorrow. The family of commenters here would love for you to join in (the very last, at the bottom).
Nine of Pentacles
Knight of Cups, Star, Queen of Swords
Tell the visitors here something useful and meaningful to them.
Headings [So you can choose which belongs to you]
Tarot Readings: Single Woman Loves (Star and Nine of Pentacles)
Tarot Readings: He is a Lover in Love (Knight of Cups and Star)
Tarot Readings: Hardnosed Businesswoman (Queen of Swords and Nine of Pentacles)
Tarot Readings: Single Woman Loves (Star and Nine of Pentacles)
She is enjoying being single and in no mood for a Boyfriend.
Just when she is disgruntled, and is grooving on being single in her own home, up comes a Boyfriend who is crazy about her.
A strong woman who lives alone is in love with a younger man.
Older woman with her own home is crazy in love with a warm puppy.
Widow is still single loving and missing the man who loved her so.
Just when she is disgruntled, and is grooving on being single in her own home, up comes a Boyfriend who is crazy about her.
Tarot Readings: He is a Lover in Love (Knight of Cups and Star)
He sings love songs for discriminating women.
Older women with money are fans of his love songs.
He is in love with two women who are single – a widow and a retired lady.
Sweet natured man is crazy about the kind of edgy woman who doesn't need anyone and lives all by herself in privacy.
He is fond of and speaks well of a critical woman who doesn't pay him much attention.
Sweet young guitar player is crazy about bitchy businesswomen.
Two women are crazy about the sweet boy.
Now, Part Two,
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You can put all this together and intuitively see yourself how Tarot Verbatim ™ works.
This is a group reading, with no Questioner and no Question to limit what the cards say, so there's more variety – even contractions – and also the pronouns are more flexible. If it feels like it's yours, and it says 'he,' and you're a 'she,' feel free to adopt it.
Nine of Pentacles
Knight of Cups, Star, Queen of Swords
Queen of Swords and Nine of Pentacles are soul sisters, each edgy in her own way. Queen of Swords is the exacting uncompromising usually older woman, and Nine of Pentacles is the successful owner of home or business turf (or both) who minds her own business, is competent and is borderline reclusive.
Knight of Cups and Star both express affection. Knight of Cups is the sweet guy who is an assistant, with a soft helpful sweet nature. I call him the warm puppy and the guitar player. Star is to enjoy, to sing, to be acclaimed or praiseworthy, to have (or to be) a fan.
Knight of Cups is to approve or be approved, and Star is also to be acclaimed, to be popular, to have people be enthusiastic about you – or to be enthusiastic and sing the praises of another.
Clearly, we have the assertive dame and the soulful gent. So you can see how this story suggests and older-woman younger-man romance, or a lady tycoon and her able good-natured assistant.
Knight of Cups Here is the sweet affectionate guy who is an assistant, with a soft helpful sweet nature. I call him the warm puppy and the guitar player. Everybody likes him – you have no choice! He also means to approve and to be approved, to be agreeable, diplomatic, a peacemaker, a "p. r." person. He is drawn by Pamela Coleman Smith with curved lines and soft colors to suit his amiable personality. Knight of Cups signifies anything being approved, not necessarily a person only.
Star expresses affection – is enthusiastic about someone, or people are enthusiastic about Star, are talking about Star. Star is to enjoy, to sing, to be acclaimed or praiseworthy, to have (or to be) a fan, to perform or a performance, to be popular, to be crazy about someone, or they about you. Star depicts that good feeling you have when you sing in the shower or when you are first in love. The illustration shows someone singing and in the process of a ritual bath.
Queen of Swords is theexacting edgy uncompromising usually older woman whose high standards we do not satisfy. This is mama-bat and the bitch on a bad day. She has that stern look and that posture on her Rider Waite Tarot card. Her hand is out with that 'now would be good' gesture.
Nine of Pentacles is the successful owner of home or business turf (or both) who minds her own business, is competent, edgy, and is borderline reclusive. Don't ask her for a loan. In business, she often has a niche of her own that she is the authority of. She has her own peculiar interests – falconry and a vineyard here. And she dresses in a robe outdoors in the afternoon.
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JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The Jackson Police Department is investigating an armed robbery Tuesday night.
The incident happened at a fuel station along the 5700 block of Medgar Evers Boulevard according to Commander Tyree Jones with the Jackson Police Department.
The unidentified suspect is described as a black male with dreads and a handgun. His face was covered with a towel during the robbery.
The suspect fled the scene in a white, Toyota Camry.
No injuries were reported in this armed robbery.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Jackson Police Department at (601) 960 – 1234.


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she told me right now focus on you?
*Note* WE ARE ON WINTER BREAK RIGHT NOW. So this girl who has a long distance relationship with a guy who always fuss with her i ask her if she is in love she says no had high intrest in me we kissed a couple times she drove miles to see me once... we slept on the phone with eachother she said i make her forget she has a boyfreind she even said the love triangle won't last long and eventually she will leave him for me she said we just need to spend time together. Then BOOM all of a sudden a week later she stop talking to me then she resumes after i say im trying so hard to forget about you then i sent a poem about her choosing mr. old or mr. new saying mr. new wants to change her life (im mr. new) i ask het how she feels she said "mmmm I don't know.. im not comfortable with tellinh my feelings right now.. then she stops texting and goes missing again i ask her on instagram "you dont want to talk to me anymore? She never gives an answer i ask her "where do we stand" i still get the silent treatment... i later found out her boyfreind just moved to the same state Florida he lives in Orlando she stays in Miami... I think she is confused on who she wants and is focused on him right now and stopped talking to me because she isn't the type to not be honest if she didn't want to talk anymore she would say so she is just ignoring me now.
She doesn't talk to me as much I ask het if she doesn't want to talk anymore she avoids the question? Is she confused on who she wants?
she told me right now focus on you?
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Form analyst Adam Blencowe has Driefontein on top of his 2015 Expressway Stakes tips and he believes that the talented mare represents great value at her current odds for the Group 2 event at Rosehill Gardens tomorrow.
Driefontein has not recorded a race win since she took out the Group 1 The Goodwood (1200m) at Morphettville in May, but she finished a close second behind Deep Field in the Group 2 Salinger Stakes (1200m) at Flemington on Victoria Derby Day and she had no luck when fourth in the Magic Millions Cup (1400m) at the Gold Coast on January 10.
The Fastnet Rock mare does not have the best record on wet tracks, but Blencowe told RSN that he believes the Expressway Stakes is a very suitable race for the five-year-old if the Rosehill Gardens track is able to dry in the next 24 hours.
"It is a race that is pretty tough to sort out and answers more questions after and is probably a real learning race for a few of these going on to the autumn," Blencowe said.
"The two best suited here by 1200 metres are That's A Good Idea and Driefontein.
"Her second in the Salinger was terrific and that sort of form would make her hard to beat.
"That's A Good Idea is going ok, but both of them are big queries on wet ground and we have had a lot of rain in Sydney during the week.
"We will have to keep an eye on the track and that would obviously enhance their chances if the track does come up on the better side of soft.
"Driefontein handles soft ground and it is probably just bottomless ground that doesn't suit her.
"She is probably the one best suited by the race."
Panzer Division is currently available at 2015 Expressway Stakes odds of $3.40 and is a clear favourite in betting markets for the Group 2 event.
Blencowe said that he has a high opinion of Panzer Division and he believes that it will be interesting to see how the Redoute's Choice colt returns to racing after he was set a very tough assignment by jockey Tye Angland in the Group 1 Spring Champion Stakes (2000m) at the end of his 2014 Spring Racing Carnival campaign.
"Panzer Division is fairly interesting and I think that he is a really good talent," Blencowe said.
"He went out to the Spring Champion Stakes trip and he got gassed there after setting a suicidal pace and how he returns off that is going to be very interesting.
"He certainly rates to measure up and we will get a better look at that type of form with Better Land in a far easier race at Flemington.
"You probably want Better Land to be taking care of that lot at Flemington to give that form a bit of a push."
Driefontein is currently available at 2015 Expressway Stakes odds of $8.50, while That's A Good Idea has drifted out to a quote of $7.50.


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How to use your transaction register
Learn how to use your register by dragging the magnifying glass over the sample register.
As you use the red dot to drag the magnifying glass over the transaction register, the elements are explained here.
This column is used to calculate the current balance in the account by adding each deposit and subtracting each withdrawal.
This is the number of the check
This column is used to record the date the check was written or when the transaction was.
Once a month, you'll use this column to check off each transaction that appears on your monthly account statement. This will help you to insure that your records and the bank's records match.
This is the amount of the withdrawal.
In this space, you describe each transaction and its purpose.
This is the amount of the deposit.
These codes correspond to the legend at the top of your register.
Don't forget to record all of your transactions, not just checks. Be sure to include: • Deposits • ATM withdrawals • Debit card purchases • Electronic funds transfers • Interest payments • Bank fees
Click the Next button to learn how to read your bank statement.
It's your money
Keys to keeping track
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Avoid overdrafts!
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I am Redeemed
Have you ever really thought about these simple three words: I am Redeemed? Yes, they are simple but powerful. Redeemed, that means you were bought with a price. Paul talked about this in his first letter to the Church at Corinth. You know, that letter where he basically reminded them over and over again that they were new people because of Christ, take a look at how he wrapped up chapter 6:Read more


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A bunch of journalists and other mainstream media types are getting what Scott Greenfield as described as "butthurt" over people recycling their writing to drive blog traffic, and in some instances divert traffic away from the original source. One proposed solution to all this is to create a unified system of symbols to indicate where material is originally coming from called The Curator's Code. Here's a look:
These two symbols don't really capture all of what bloggers do when referencing source material though, so here's a few more that might help:
If you cannot use these symbols due to lack of time, lack of inclination, or lack of tolerance for idiotic bullshit (fu Curator's Code), feel free to use the text alternatives: "via" and "h/t"


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It's 1878 and London's most beautiful and hard-hearted prostitute, Grace Fortune, is preparing for her next job. She's the special initiation 'gift' procured by a mother in fashionable Mayfair for her son's twenty-first birthday.
When Grace discovers her next client is the man whose secret she'd guarded at the cost of her once-secure life and whose betrayal has plunged her into this hated life, she wants revenge.
Will she get something else, instead?
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Mating Ritual returns by leaking his "goodbye to summer" single, "Look the Other Way," off his sophomore EP, Fall Collection '16, which drops on October 7th. Mixed and mastered by Jason Suwito (a.k.a RAEKO and of Sir Sly), the song is an upbeat bop of popish indie rock highlighted by a fantastic, soaring chorus featuring harmonies by the reliably lovely Lizzy Land.
"I wake up with the morning light but I don't know where I am."
Mating Ritual will perform on August 19th at the Echoplex for Echo Park Rising.
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Fiber optic connectors are a substantial fragment of the global telecommunication industry. Optical fibers are joined using fiber optic connectors, which allow the light conduction between two consecutive optical fibers. An additional im…
Sales, means the sales volume of Radar Security
Revenue, means the sales value of Radar Security
This report studies sales (consumption) of Radar Security in USA market, focuses on the top players, with sales, price, revenue and market share for each player, covering
- Thales SA
- Lockheed Martin Corporation
- Raytheon Company
- Saab AB
- Elbit Systems Ltd.
- FLIR Systems, Inc
- Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd
- Blighter Surveillance Systems
- Kongsberg Gruppen
- DeTect Inc.
- SRC Inc.
- ThalesRaytheonSystems
- Kelvin Hughes Limited
Split by product types, with sales, revenue, price, market share and growth rate of each type, can be divided into
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- Type III
Split by applications, this report focuses on sales, market share and growth rate of Radar Security in each application, can be divided into
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Schlumberger (SLB) is an oil services company. I don't know a lot about oil services, but a quick look on the SLB page on Yahoo Finance showed that out of 30 analysts that follow the stock, many rate it a buy, and some even rate it a strong buy. Very few if any rate it a hold. That's the kind of stock that I like for an Insurance Agent Trade.
I started following the stock in early December. At that time the stock was looking pretty weak. The 5-day EMA line was below the 20-day SMA line – not an indicator of booming performance that I want to see before I execute a trade.
But on December 23, SLB started to turn up, and while it was perhaps a day or two early, I entered the trade, selling a Put vertical with a Feb 75/80 for $.46. For 50 contracts, my maximum profit was $2300. Two months is a bit short for the typical Insurance Agent Trade, but I wanted to diversify my holdings a bit and add a shorter term trade to the mix.
On January 6, after three down days for SLB, the 5EMA was crossing below the 20SMA. I decided to protect my position slightly by selling some Call spreads. I sold the Feb 95/100 for $.39. Since I was still bullish on SLB, I wanted my position to have a bullish bias. So I only sold 26 Call spreads on top of the 50 Put spreads that I had sold two weeks earlier. This made my overall position an unbalanced Iron Condor. A perfect trade for a stock in a trading range with a bullish bias.
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"Why 26 Call spreads?" I hear you ask. Simple answer. I asked for 30, and could only get filled on 26. The goal was to have an unbalanced Iron Condor. Getting filled on 26 out of 30 was enough for me, so I didn't try to go after any more.
Over the course of January, the stock made a higher low on January 10, and then a higher high at 91, but never really threatened the short call at 95. Overall the stock was stuck in a range, but it had a slightly bullish bias.
On February 3, less than 3 weeks until expiration, the price fell to support at about 86. That took the price of the Call spreads down. I closed the Calls for $.05, giving me a profit on the call side of $.34 each or $884.
In early February, I placed a Good Till Cancelled order on the Put spreads for $.07. Finally, on February 6, my order filled for $.07 each for a net profit on the Put side of $1950.
After commissions, this trade gave me a profit of $2580 for a return of slightly over 10% in about six weeks.
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On February 26, I decided to get back in to SLB with a new trade. I sold a May put spread at 85/80 for a net credit of $.52 for each spread. The trade behaved fairly well and I entered a GTC order for a .08 that filled on April 15. This gave me $.44 net profit. With another 40 spreads, this was a profit of about 10% or $1880 in about 50 days.


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AF1 gets Arena Football League assets for $6.1M, plans to start playing in April
Published December 14, 2009
The newly created AF1 won a court order to buy the assets of the shuttered AFL on Dec. 7, clearing the way for a relaunch of arena football in the spring of 2010.
AF1 paid $6.1 million in a bankruptcy auction for the rights to the AFL's intellectual property, including the names and logos of the league and all of its teams. The deal is set to close on Friday.
Tulsa, Okla.-based AF1 is planning to kick off its inaugural season during the first weekend of April. AF1 announced plans to play in 15 markets, including Chicago, Dallas, Orlando, Tampa, Phoenix, Cleveland and Salt Lake City, all of which are former AFL markets. Other teams will be located in Huntsville, Ala.; Bossier City-Shreveport, La.; Des Moines, Iowa; Jacksonville; Milwaukee; Oklahoma City; Spokane, Wash.; and Tulsa.
The league will be structured as a single entity, with players' and coaches' salaries paid by the league. Teams will sell their own tickets, local sponsorships and local media deals.
Each team will play a 16-game schedule during a season that will run from early April to late August. Jerry Kurz, an investor in the original AFL, is the commissioner of AF1.
"A single entity gives us the economic model that gives us buying power on behalf of the league, with so much savings to be realized," Kurz said.
The league does not yet have a television partner to replace the AFL's deal with ESPN, which also owned a minority share in the league, but AF1 has hired television consultant Neal Pilson to develop a national media strategy.
AF1 is owned equally by the league's 15 team owners. The league plans to hire a 15-member staff to work out of its Tulsa office.
"Each team is an equal member," Kurz said. "We have a good group of owners who stepped up to launch the game."
The deal's closing marks the official end of the Arena Football League, which shut down in 2009 after 22 seasons.
The league was sent into forced Chapter 7 bankruptcy and then, in late August, it successfully filed to move into Chapter 11 protection.
Proceeds of the $6.1 million sale are earmarked for Fifth Third Bank, which is owed $7.7 million and is the largest secured creditor named in the AFL's Chapter 11 filing.


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GENEVA - Cell phone users worried about getting brain cancer aren't off the hook yet.
A major international study into the link between cell phone use and two types of brain cancer has proved inconclusive, according to a report set to be published Tuesday in a medical journal.
A 10-year survey of almost 13,000 participants found most cell phone use didn't increase the risk of developing meningioma - a common and frequently benign tumor - or glioma - a rarer but deadlier form of cancer.
There were "suggestions" that using cell phones for more than 30 minutes each day could increase the risk of glioma, according to the study by the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer. But the authors added that "biases and error prevent a causal interpretation" that would directly blame radiation for the tumor.
Longer call times appeared to pose a greater risk than the number of calls made, the study found.
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DOUGLAS – The most interdenominational block in the world may be the Church Square, located a short distance from the heart of the city. There's a church on every corner. It's been that way for more than a century. The Grace United Methodist was built on the northwest corner in 1902. The next year, the local Episcopalians erected St. Stephen's Episcopal Church on the … [Read more...]
Pancho Villa Leaves a Mark in Douglas?
DOUGLAS – The lobby of the Gadsden looks like it was transported from somewhere in Europe. It features an elegant white marble staircase, four soaring marble columns topped by capitals decorated in fourteen karat gold leaf, and a balcony that surrounds the entire second story. But a lot of people who go there look for the flaw. One of the marble steps is … [Read more...]
Another Recycled Depot in Douglas
DOUGLAS -- Long before there were Home Depots, there were train depots. But now they are, for the most part, relics of a bygone era. Only about 40 of them remain in Arizona and most are being used for something other than their original purpose of sheltering waiting rail passengers. So the buildings, some of them, have survived but put to new uses. The former Douglas … [Read more...]
Eleanor Roosevelt Leads Sober Dedication of Douglas International Airport
DOUGLAS -- The first North American international airport dedication ceremony was held in Douglas in 1933, and it was a non-alcoholic affair. The airport began operations in 1929 and had an international designation because it was connected to the airport in the border city of Agua Prieta, Mexico, by a common runway. The official dedication took place on June 5, 1933. … [Read more...]


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The resulting research was extremely involved and intense, and the product that evolved was used in the early space program. Eventually, a tablet was perfected and used widely as a emergency food. It came to be known as The Survival Tabs
12 Tabs Per Day Is All You'll Need
The Survival Tabs will keep you alive and moving for months at a time, on the amount you can carry in your backpack. Our recommended consumption of 12 tabs per day may be decreased when other foods are available in adequate amounts and quality. Or it may be increased in times of complete starvation or extreme physical exertion. 12 Tabs provide 100% of the U.S. RDA of 15 Essential Vitamins & Minerals
The reason The Survival Tabs are so effective, is that they are literally jam-packed with concentrated nutrition. The protein we use is only of the highest quality. Thats important because protein can be of varied quality. If it is poor quality, your body will not be able to assimilate it properly. With most food products, 30%-60% of the calorie content leaves the body unused. Survival Tabs are so completely digestible that 99% of their calorie content can be actually utilized for energy. 97% of the protein content is available for repair or replacement of essential body substances, such as blood, muscle and nerves.
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The Original Formulation for the Survival Tabs evolved from research done in the Early Space Program.
When the Survival Food Tabs were formulated, a host of factors were considered in order to adapt them to their purpose as a lightweight, emergency, life-sustaining food ration:
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2. Generally, of the food we eat, a great deal of it is not digested and used up as calories. The Survival Food Tabs are 100% digestible as well as completely assimilated by the body. The quality of the food we eat is more important than the quantity. Poor quality protein, carbohydrate and fat can put a strain on the digestive organ, especially the kidneys. In the Survival Tabs, we have used protein of a high biological value, which is 100% utilized. This helps protect the body from cannibalism of its own protective tissues. The fat is composed totally of fatty acids which provide the essential ingredients of fat. The carbohydrates are of the high quality and 100% utilized too.
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Calories per serving (approximately 20cal/tab) ……………. 240
Protein (grams) ……………………………………………………………. 4
Carbohydrate (grams) …………………………………………………. 26
Fat (grams) ………………………………………………………………… 12
Sodium per serving(mg) ……………………………………….. …..140
Percentage of US Recommended Daily Allowance (US RDA)
Protein ……………………….. 12 %
Vitamin A …………………..100 %
Vitamin C …………………. 100 %
Thiamin …………………… 100 %
Riboflavin ………………….100 %
Niacin ……………………… 100 %
Calcium …………………….. 30 %
Iron ………………………… 100 %
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Based in Haridwar (Uttarakhand), we give services to design your house as per Vastu Shastra. We are one of the reliable Vastu Consultants rendering authentic services. We have a team who has full knowledge of this field. We all work in coordination with each other to make your house as per the Vastu Shastra.
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Great upside down billboard
Maybe if I wasn't trying to read it while driving, I would be in this situation
Maybe if I wasn't trying to read it while driving, I would be in this situation
It was a long shot, but the groom was saved at the last minute
I know you can get flat tires, but I had no idea you can get a flat truck
No wonder they call it an OutBack
The weird part is that the man who ran her over gave her this cake and he seemed disappointed
I hate it when this happens
He died a while after, I guess that didn't cut it
At least I ordered an amphibious vehicle
At least this is what I told the cops
It was meant to be
That's what happens if you don't pay for your ticket
The conductor had enough time to hit the brakes, but it wasn't his stop
No heaven for you!
That's when they started making smaller phones
I knew I can make it
She was demonstrating what not to do
I was parking my tractor and that BMW came out of nowhere
He was running too fast and didn't see the car brake
I don't know, but I need another woman in my kitchen because this one is dead
Trying to make donuts with a train was definitely my worst idea
There are plenty of babies here, so even if an accident happens, some of them will survive
She couldn't explain what happened because she was still talking on the phone
This is the perfect guide for an accident
Shit just hit the fan
The house was arrested, but if it pleads insanity, they will let it go with a warning.
That's why they say you can't turn back the time
Men are not used to the slippery kitchen floor
The driver couldn't find her way to the kitchen
That's why they say it is best to hit the ground running
Shit happens
I hope the road didn't get pregnant
They were trying to solve the case of the missing window
I always knew fencing was dangerous
Your shipment of fail has arrived
Godzilla wanted to sharpen his nails on it
That's why Mercedes doesn't make flying cars anymore
It just a fender blender
The day the bullfighter became a man
They would have fallen down, but the crowd of people they hit slowed them down
She will get extra points if she kills someone
They told him he can become anything, so he became a plane
The oversize muffin drive through wasn't designed for small vehicles
Santa needs to improve his sleigh driving skills
Can't tell if this is part of the recipe or an accident
Accidents are nature's breaks
They are doing a Zombie Apocalypse rehearsal
Or maybe that's how rich people park their cars
Can we reset and try again?
Huge magnets glued to your car would look repelling
That's his special move


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How Obedience Changes Your Life :: Kristen Welch {Ep 21}
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Well. Here it is, the last speaker interview before we all gather in Dallas. Just can't believe it.
Thank you for listening to the podcast and welcoming our speakers. They have been praying for this weekend, seeking God for the message He wants you to hear. Continue to pray for their safety in traveling and protection over their families as they are away.
Okay. Now on to today's fabulous podcast guest, Kristen Welch. If you've never heard Kristen's story, you are in for a treat. She shares little glimpses of her obedience journey. But I think you will hear her humble heart of service. And be amazed at all God can do when we simply say "yes".
"God asks us all to say "yes" to something. He chooses the people who are least qualified and most inadequate because then He is the most glorified." -Kristen Welch
What we chat about:
- How they were (are) "that family" with lots of ER visits, which is what started her online writing back in 2007.
- How a Compassion International Blogging trip wrecked her and required a response.
- How she said "yes" to Jesus in a bold way. . .starting maternity homes in Kenya for orphaned and oppressed girls living in poverty (writing about her journey in a new book, "Rhinestone Jesus").
- Her new idea to provide employment for impoverished women, single moms, & widows . . .with the gospel as her core–Fair Trade Friday.
- How obedience is risky and unfamiliar, but not unsafe because God is faithful.
- How after writing the book, she ended up saying "yes" to training refugees in Houston how to crochet/knit (crafting products that will be part of Fair Trade Fridays).
- How she overcame fear when traveling to back to the maternity homes in Kenya by focusing on Truth.
Connect with Kristen:
Blog :: Facebook :: Twitter :: Pinterest
Show Notes:
- Compassion International
- "Rhinestone Jesus: Saying Yes to God When Sparkly, Safe Faith is No Longer Enough" book
- Mercy House Kenya
- Fair Trade Fridays Club
When you stop and consider God calling you to say "yes", what fears come to mind?
How to Listen to the Declare Conference Podcast:
1. Listen on the blog. Go to DeclareConference.com and click the play button at the beginning of this post (on your computer. . .doesn't work on smartphones).
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There are two aspects of this recipe that I'm proud of:
- It includes blackberries. The last time I had blackberries, I thought I didn't actually like them that much.
- It includes nondairy cream cheese. The last time I had nondairy cream cheese, I thought I didn't actually like it that much. 😉
As it turns out, blackberries are delicious. Before, I found them annoyingly seedy. I didn't have that problem at all this time! There were only a couple seeds, and they were smaller and less obtrusive. As for the nondairy cream cheese, I thought it tasted almost exactly like dairy cream cheese–which simply tells you how long it's been since I've had dairy haha.
As for the lime, it's a beautiful addition to this recipe. Not only does it add another depth of flavor, but it brings out the tartness of the cream cheese (which is lost a little bit in the nondairy version).
What you'll need:
- 1 cup milk of choice, or water
- 1/2 cup rolled oats (I use Country Choice Organic)
- 1 tbsp lime juice (juice of one lime; use just half the lime for more subtle lime flavor)
- 4-6 fresh blackberries
- 1 tbsp plain cream cheese spread (I used Tofutti)
- pinch of salt
How to make it:
- Bring milk (I use 1/2 c almond milk and 1/2 c water) to a boil, add oats, and reduce heat to medium. (If you'd like to add a teaspoon of flax or chia seeds, do so now.)
- Juice the lime (you can do this while you're waiting for your liquid to come to a boil, too).
- Add most of your blackberries to the saucepan; save a couple for later.
- Once more of the liquid has absorbed, add cream cheese, lime juice, and salt. Stir.
- When you're pleased with the consistency of the oatmeal, transfer to a bowl. Add a splash of your milk of choice, remaining blackberries, and any other additional toppings (shredded coconut, nuts, etc.).


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Ambos Nogales
The night skyline of Ambos Nogales
Nogales, Mexico is on the left and Nogales, Arizona on the right
Ambos Nogales – Both Nogales
Although they are in different countries, these two adjoining border cities are physically separated only by a border wall and three international border crossings.
As such, there are many shared attributes between the two – the natural environment, international customs, freight trains, and of course, the border wall itself.
Both cities shared a close bond and were fairly similar in size until the advent of cross-border "maquiladora" factories in the 1970's, after which Nogales, Sonora experienced rapid population growth due to an influx of people from various parts of Mexico seeking employment in the maquilas.
Now, Nogales, Mexico is more than 10 times as large as its northern namesake. And along with the size difference Nogales, Sonora is also a more economically active and cosmopolitan city than its sleepy neighbor to the north.
And while you may expect that life on both sides of the border is quite different, in many ways it is very similar. Language, customs, culture and traditions still hold Ambos Nogales in an embrace that can be felt on both sides of the border.


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I returned Sunday from Chattanooga where I attended Lifeway's #dotMOM women's conference. I went for the first time last year, and found encouragement through new friends, amazing speakers, spectacular worship, and God's comforting grace and assurance.
This year, a childhood friend who now lives in Birmingham was able to join me, and the opportunity to catch up with her was worth the entire trip. (Ahh…..the abundant blessings of uninterrupted conversation, toddler-free dining, and a buddy to help you scour the parking garage for your lost mini-van. Gold, people. Pure gold.)
This year was also encouraging and instructive, but I must admit, the conference seemed to court an interesting juxtaposition of messages about motherhood. There's so much I want to share from the main sessions and breakouts that I'll likely never find time to blog it all, so I'm just going to jump in with what's most on my heart.
The Boundary Mom?
One of the main session speakers, Angela Thomas, shared some thoughts on being a mother in His kingdom. A mother of four, author of 15 books, and respected Bible teacher, she had a lot of good to share. A few highlights:
- Keep Christ at the center of your home. In our culture, children often become the center of decision-making; seek first the kingdom of God.
- My laughter and joy is a ministry to my children. God is serious about his followers living in joy! While one definition of "joy" refers to the emotion; another refers to the choice we make each day to be joyful, no matter our circumstances.
- Let our kids see us being redeemed and changed by God in our times of trial.
However, Thomas and several other speakers also seemed to push a "protection" theme that gave me pause. Don't get me wrong. I know the world is full of ugliness and evil, and I'm all for protecting our children in an age-appropriate manner. There will always be horrible things we should fight to the death to keep away from our children. Yet, I also think as Christian mamas, we can easily fall away from living like Jesus when we start drawing lines in the sand. We can become over-protective to the detriment of our ability to raise disciples.
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As one of her arguments, Angela argued that we should focus on the spiritual health of our homes so that our children live every moment under God's spirit. She said the word of God calls her to be the "boundary mom" and shared anecdotes of confiscating video games from visiting children as they entered the house and calling to shame a parent for allowing his young son to borrow poker chips for a game of Texas Hold 'Em. She seemed to suggest that Christian mamas should build a fortress to keep our children safe from outside sinful influences.
And I've got to admit, that part is conflicting for me at the moment.
I started thinking, does God really call us to be the "boundary" mom?
Proverbs 4:23 does indeed warn: "Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." And so, as mothers, we try to keep our kids safe from the world. After all, there are a hundred sermons stemming from John 17, calling us to be "in the world, but not of the world," that drive many Christian parents to create a faith-based cultural quarantine for their children, complete with Christian clothing, music, movies, dating practices, and more in an attempt to keep away the "sinners."
Yet, no matter the strength or duration of our efforts, the world is going to find its way in. And I think it's worth discussing, at what point does our protection stop serving God and instead hinder the formation of disciples who must operate outside our carefully constructed boundaries? Where is the line for constructing such boundaries? How do we guard hearts without teaching them to build walls against others?
I'm asking.
When I think of Jesus, he seemed to be more about tearing down walls. Crossing divides. Ignoring boundaries in favor of love. While the religious elite huddled in the safety of their temple walls, our Savior roamed the countryside, healing on the Sabbath, dining with tax collectors, and embracing lepers, drunkards, prostitutes and all the others hovering on the fringes of society. He welcomed with compassion and open arms….not closed doors.
And if we truly trust God with our hearts (and the hearts of our kids) doesn't that also mean we might have to watch those hearts go to some dangerous and risky places in learning how to serve and best love others?
I admit, the speaker's examples of sin knocking at the door probably struck a unique chord with me. After all, I have fond memories of sitting at the kitchen table in a friend's house playing penny-poker on rainy afternoons. (For the record, none of us ended up with a gambling problem.) And this weekend, while I was at dotMOM, Charlie opened our home to our daughter's friends, and a group of girls spent Saturday night in our bonus room, playing video games (probably not all rated "E"), watching scary movies (probably not rated "PG"), and listening to music with "spirited" lyrics.
See, as a foster mom adopting older kids, attempts to be the "boundary" mom are a bit more complicated for me. My older daughter and my guys came into our lives already well on their way to adulthood. Throwing down a blanket rule against this music or that television show would likely have little result, and more importantly, would only create division. In fact, watching a show I normally wouldn't watch or listening to a new song has often provided an opportunity to get to know one of my kids better and build trust.
Does this mean that I'm going to allow my two-year-old free access to anything she wants? Of course not. Raising her from infancy, I'll have a lot more control over how and when we set boundaries, but even considering Ellie, I started seriously thinking about how much of a boundary mom I want to be. What else could those boundaries teach my kids? That I wouldn't approve of someone? That this friend wouldn't be welcome in our home? I never want to be the reason my kids fail to reach out to someone in love.
As Christian mamas, we need to find balance and beware of the dangers of putting up too many walls. When it comes to the boundaries pushed by more conservative church culture, I think of all the children of God who will fall on the outside. Kids like mine….who might well be turned away because they brought Eminem instead of Toby Mac.
Thus, while percolating on the "evils" in my own home, I prayed for clarity this weekend, feeling a bit out of place.
And then….came some of that lovely juxtaposition I mentioned.
Jen Hatmaker finished the weekend as the last main session speaker, and for a moment, I felt like she was speaking directly to me. She began with the same message from last year's dotMom: "brave moms raise brave kids," encouraging us to stop fearful parenting and raise true disciples for Christ.
But near the end, she made a few changes…
She said that as Christians, we should create safe places for outcasts. In as close to direct quoting as my messy notes will allow, she said:
"Putting boundaries around our families teaches our children to fear. It teaches that others are the enemy. Jesus came to seek and save. He's not against you, but for you."
With tears in her eyes, she implored the audience, "Our kids KNOW how we feel about those who are different, mamas. Let's open our doors wide…"
Amen. Exactly. Amen.
Because when that kid shows up at my door with baggy pants, pink hair, facial piercings, tattoos, bloody video games, or God forbid, poker chips, I want him to know he's welcome. Heck. I love games. I'll sit down, and we'll play for jelly beans. When my teenagers want to watch the latest paranormal thriller, I'll say "Absolutely not!" but I'll gladly bake cookies while sending Charlie upstairs for a movie night.
Again, I'm not advocating a complete lack of moral direction for our children. As Jen pointed out, there's nothing wrong with protecting our kids to a degree, but our parenting should be designed in a way that supports them as they gain freedom in making their own choices and encourages them to love others.
Instead of keeping our kids separate from the the outside (and thereby teaching them to fear all in it who are different), it's up to us to walk beside them through new experiences. Go see the movie with them and use it as a catalyst for discussing race/sexuality/violence/etc. The kid with the mohawk, pot-habit, and cursing issue? Invite him to dinner. The kid with the gambling chips? Invite his parents over for a poker night, with the winner buying pizza for all. It's up to us to teach our kids to navigate the world with wisdom, compassion, grace, and understanding rather than fearfully avoiding it altogether. And I've been shown again and again, that there is so much room for God to work outside the boundaries.
Sometimes, living like Jesus means we're going to have to invite the kingdom into our homes, and that can get messy. The kingdom doesn't always follow our rules or behave the way we'd like, but we're called to love, nonetheless.
In the study companion to her book, 7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess, Jen address the idea of being in the world but not of it:
I artfully skipped over the part where Jesus said, "I am not praying that You take them out of the world…As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world." I avoided this concept, preferring a protectionist view-point,meaning pull-out, detach, ignore, disengage, disconnect, wall it off. My answer was to live in a Christian bunker…
But Jesus chose a different way to protect us: truth. Evidently, He deemed that enough to anchor us; severance was apparently unnecessary. Armed with truth, we can live in this world with great purpose, extreme effectiveness, boundless hope. Truth is the linchpin, protecting both our holiness and usefulness.
So, let's be there for one another as we seek truth. I certainly don't have it all figured out, but I'm fairly certain it begins with love. And maybe even a poker chip.


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Minnesota coach Jerry Kill suffered a seizure in his home on Saturday morning and will not coach the team against Michigan.
Coach Kill suffers from epilepsy and has a history of seizures on game day, including one earlier this year near halftime of the Gophers' game against Western Illinois.
The University of Minnesota Athletic Department released a statement explaining their coach's status:
Coach Kill was not feeling well on Friday morning and decided to meet the team in Ann Arbor on Saturday. He then suffered a seizure on Saturday morning and will remain at home in Minnesota for today's game.
Kill has been in contact with his coaching staff, and defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys will serve as head coach for the game.


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LOS ANGELES – It started with a shove. Actually, it started well before that. We'll circle back to the shove.
Rehearsals for the show Cody Kessler and JuJu Smith-Schuster put on in No.8 USC's 59-9 victory over Idaho on Saturday at the Coliseum began in January. The two worked and worked on their timing – Kessler the returning senior quarterback, Smith-Schuster the rising sophomore aspiring to be his go-to guy.
Considering all the hours they had put in, it was surprising that they failed to connect on a deep ball in the Trojans' season opener. It wasn't surprising that they figured it out a week later.
Kessler completed 26 of 31 passes for a career-high 410 yards and three touchdowns. Two went to Smith-Schuster, who finished with career bests of 10 receptions and 192 yards. Significantly, the two touchdowns came on downfield passes, traveling 50 and 41 yards.
"Practice makes perfect," Smith-Schuster said. "Cody put it on the spot. He told me, 'Every time you go deep, I'll put it in the air. All you've got to do is run under it.'"
Kessler missed on two deep passes in the opener, both of them too long and too flat. Coming out flat against the Vandals (0-2) was a concern for the Trojans (2-0) given the circumstances: USC was heavily favored – by 44 points – and Stanford looms next Saturday.
"These games sometimes can be difficult," USC coach Steve Sarkisian said. "You're supposed to win by a bunch of points, and Pac-12 play starts next week. I thought our guys came in really focused and played with good energy."
Sarkisian emphasized three themes to the team during a pregame huddle: energy, effort and enthusiasm. USC added a fourth "E" word – execution – in dismantling Idaho.
The Trojans had 35 first downs to the Vandals' 19 and 737 yards to their 311. USC averaged 10 yards per play, Idaho only 4.
Smith-Schuster had a hand – two actually – in helping the Trojans find and maintain their focus for an inferior opponent.
Toward the end of a lackluster Tuesday practice, Smith-Schuster delivered a forceful push to fellow receiver Isaac Whitney, who had blown an assignment. Smith-Schuster felt the Trojans were too sluggish, and his shove let them know that wasn't acceptable.
"I'm a very competitive person," Smith-Schuster said. "Although it's Idaho, you can't make mistakes like that."
Whitney, a junior college transfer, caught his first touchdown pass as a Trojan, a 28-yard dart from Kessler in the third quarter.
"Everybody needs to do their assignment," Whitney said when asked about Smith-Schuster's shove. "I was kind of surprised, but I felt like I deserved it. I feel good now."
Several players remarked about how difficult practice was Tuesday and Wednesday. USC worked in full pads, and the temperature climbed into the 90s. Although it was Idaho, the Trojans were going to take the Vandals seriously.
"It was a great night," Sarkisian said. "We also understand what lies ahead."
Now that the Sun Belt portion of the schedule is complete – USC outscored Idaho and Arkansas State by a combined 114-15 – the Trojans can turn their attention to the Cardinal. Although Stanford lost its opener at Northwestern, the game represents a major step up in class.
"It's a good test to see how the season is going to go," said junior tailback Justin Davis, who returned from a rib injury to rush for 74 yards and two touchdowns.
Junior linebacker Su'a Cravens said "there's going to be a little more static in the air" for Stanford. Despite two one-sided victories, there are still areas in which USC needs to improve.
The Trojans converted only 1 of 6 third downs, making them 4 of 16 in two games. They also allowed a touchdown on the opening drive of the second half for the second game in a row.
"That's completely unacceptable," senior cornerback Kevon Seymour said. "Overall, we played OK as a defense. We've got more in us."
It's going to take more to beat the tougher teams that are coming.
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Welcome to BASHandSlash.com's CoD4: MW zone
Over on the left menu, you will notice we have a selection of sub-menus:
News: Here you will find all the late breaking details on your favorite FPS game, CoD4.
Tweaks: Articles on how to modify your stock game will be available here.
Strats: All topics on strategy and tactics.
Maps: Our exclusive tactical maps are here.
Downloads: We have started up a section for CoD4 downloads. If you have mods/maps/scripts anything you would like to give the community, send it to us we are glad to provide you the bandwidth.
If you have just installed CoD4 and would like to patch it, you will need to first install patch v1.6, then you will need to install v1.7 which is the final CoD4 patch.
Get the two patches here:
Patch 1.6
Patch 1.7
Patch 1.6
CoD4 the Game
Now, if you are a newcomer to IW style gaming and/or completely baffled by what CoD4 is all about here is a mini-FAQ:
What is Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare?
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is the latest installment of the very popular, first-person shooter (FPS) gaming series, Call of Duty.
Who created CoD4?
Call of Duty is produced by the American entertainment company Activision and developed by the Encino California-based Infinity Ward (IW). With CoD2 already under its belt, IW can no longer claim the title of newbie-dev-on-the-block as it did when many of its developers (twenty-two in all) broke away from EA's faltering MoH series in 2002 to create what would become a juggernaut gaming company in its own right.
Soon afterwards, in 2003, Activision bought the new company.
"This acquisition is aligned with Activision's strategy to acquire companies with a history of creating high-quality products, which, over time, can enhance the company's financial operating model," was the statement Ron Doornink, president and CEO of Activision Publishing uttered at a press conference outlining the purchase. "Infinity Ward has a very talented team of programmers, designers, and artists, many of whom were members of the team that developed Medal of Honor Allied Assault, one of the most acclaimed PC games of last year. We are confident that this studio's development strengths will further establish Activision as a leader in the PC action genre."
After tremendous acclaim for their CoD2 game, the IW folks decided that they had had enough of the tired WWII scene and struck out to make something that could fall out of today's headlines.
Modern Warfare was born. MW as it is known to gamers, is set in the not-so-distant future, and also deviating from previous titles (CoD, CoD:UO, CoD2 and CoD3), the game's settings are, for the most part, fictional.
The game's primary locations are generically set in the Middle East and Russia. Though some, like that in Pripyat, Ukraine are specific and realistic (Pripyat is the town that sprung up near Chernobyl to house the workers involved in the cleanup effort after the nuclear disaster there a few years ago). In addition to land-based scenarios, CoD4 takes us out to sea with the US Marines.
The game pits the elite forces of the British SAS and American Marines against "evil" Russian Spetsnaz and nationalist Arab forces.
Nationalist Russians and their Arab dupes are the antagonists who are hell-bent on carving out their own version of the new world order.
What gaming platforms can COD4 be played on?
Infinity Ward is releasing CoD4 on the following platforms:
* Playstation3 (finally a game you can play on this thing!) and
* Xbox 360.
CoD4 will also be available on the Nintendo DS and this is being produced by the games developer n-Space.
What gaming engine does CoD4 use?
Infinity Ward has created its own proprietary graphics engine-based on the Quake graphics engine. The new software is heavily modified though. This "new" engine introduces cinematic quality
graphics and sound . You can now get realistic depth of field,
rim-lighting, character self-shadowing, texture streaming and
physics-enabled effects like death scenes which combine rag doll with
death animations.
What is CoD4's destructible environment all about?
Environments in COD4 have some degree of destructibility built in. You
are able to shoot through walls and floors now. You can shoot tires and
blow up cars. Bullet penetration is a function of the weapon calibre
and the strength of the material you are firing at.
What are the PC gaming system specs required?
"Recommended Specs"
CPU: 2.4 GHz dual core or better is recommended
RAM: 1GB for XP; 2GB for Vista is recommended
Harddrive: 8GB of free hard drive space
Video card: 3.0 Shader Support recommended. Nvidia Geforce 7800 or better or ATI Radeon X1800 or better
"Required (min) Specs"
CPU: Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 2.4 GHz or AMD(R) Athlon(TM) 64 2800+ processor or any 1.8Ghz Dual Core Processor or better supported
RAM: 512MB RAM (768MB for Windows Vista)
Harddrive: 8GB of free hard drive space
Video card (generic): NVIDIA(R) Geforce(TM) 6600 or better or ATI(R) Radeon(R) 9800Pro or better
Once you guys download the demo on the PC and play be sure to stop back
by and let me know what you think. This is the first time anyone
besides press is getting their hands on Single Player so I'm anxious to
hear your guys thoughts and reactions!
The Four Horsemen, is the biblical term used IW to refer to the antagonists in the plot. However, only three of them are named. Does this suggest that a sequel is coming?
The Plot
The Single Player story is quite involved for a CoD game, or for any FPS game, for that matter. It is short, brutal and action filled.
It is told from the first-person perspective of a 22nd British SAS operative in Russia and an American 1st Force Recon operative in the Middle East.
The complex plot points also contain a flashback to a mission that is set 15 years in the past that takes place in Pripyat, Ukraine, where a young Captain Price from the 22hd SAS
Regiment is featured.
A Russian extreme nationalist named Imran Zakhaev tries to turn back the clock to better times; specifically, Soviet times.
Zakhaev, attempts to start a coup in the Middle East to provide some
significant misdirection for his ulterior plans: seizing a nuclear weapon stockpile and openly revolting against his government.
He's thinking that war
in the Middle East will provide distraction for his play in Russia,
which otherwise would be stopped by the do-goody west.
Zakhaev has the backing of some elements in the Russian army and his buddy, Khaled Al-Asad - his Arab dupe in the middle east.
What he doesn't know is that the SAS Commandos are on his tail!
In a flashback mission, the game sets the clock back 15 years ago in
Chernobyl. What looks like a descendent of the famous Captain Price
from 22nd SAS Regiment, the only character to appear in both of the
first two games of CoD, tries to remove Zakhaev with extreme prejudice,
but fails.
Will the Americans get sucked into this trap?
"Everyone knows the Americans are a sucker for a conflict in the Middle
East," says Grant Collier in a PC Zone Preview interview. So...you know they will!
The British and U.S. governments find out about the plot while
monitoring Zakhaev's activities and they launch operations to stop the chaos.
Spoiler alert:
A nuclear weapon is detonated by Al-Asad's men in the capital city of the Middle Eastern region to thwart the USMC as it attempts to interdict Al-Asad. The nuke eliminates the invading U.S. Marine forces. However, Sgt. Paul
Jackson, succumbs to the effects of the blast.
Al-Asad eludes the marines and escapes to a safe-house in Azerbaijan and is later
executed by Captain Price when the SAS discover that Al-Asad was behind the bombing and was supplied the bomb by Zakhaev..
Cue the pychedelic music, we're about to have a flashback!
Price tells us of the story of a "black-op" into Chernobyl. The goal of that op was to terminate a Russian extreme-nationalist.
Price, a Lieutenant with the SAS during that op, was accompanied by Captain
MacMillan. The two get past their objectives guard and shoot Zakhaev. But the wily nationalist manages to survive.
Meanwhile back to "present day...."
British SAS elements in Russia try to kidnap Zakhaev's son to question him on his dad's whereabouts. However, the son as 72 virgins on his mind because he commits suicide in the kidnap attempt. This riles the father and he orders a nuclear ICBM launch against targets on the American Atlantic Coast.
Only a last minute force of SAS and U.S. Marines, attacking the missile launch center stops the missiles from flying away.
In this mission, Griggs is
killed saving Soap and Gaz is executed by Zakhaev.
Soap himself almost gets it...but is saved when a loyalist helo lands distracting Zakhaev who was just about to pull the trigger.
Captain Price, seriously hurt from the fighting passes a loaded weapon to Soap and kills Zakhaev. The fate of Price is unknown.
What weapons are there in the game?
COD4 has a huge arsenal of weapons and equipment and we can't mention all of them here. COD4 is featuring an available arsenal of more than 70 new and authentic weapons and gear from assault rifles with laser sites, claymore mines, .50 caliber sniper rifles, Javelin antitank missile and M-249 SAW machine guns. With accessories like night-vision goggles, thermal goggles, GPS jammers, IR sighting laser, weapon silencers and ghillie suits, for maximum concealment.
Can you still *BASH* the bejeezus out of someone?
Sadly, bashing is now done with a combat knife now. No wonder we had to rename BASH to BASH and SLASH!
Can you sprint in CoD4?
IW has introduced sprinting into the game - a feature glaringly missing in CoD2.
Multiplayer is what the CoD series has been all about.
The multiplayer mode in Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
A "Class" system
There are five preset classes which have default
weapon load outs and so-called "perks" associated with them. assigned to them. In addition, the player can create (using the Create-a-class system) five customized classes and apply three different "perks" to each class.
The five default
classes include Assault, Special Ops, Light Machine Gunner,
Demolitions, and Sniper.
Two are default classes which are availabe to a first time player and the rest are "unlocked" as the player gains more
experience points (XP) online and gets a higher ranking.
Create-a-class is unlocked
at level 4.
XP's can be obtained by fragging enemy combatants or
completing challenges (various missions)
The number of XP's gained depends on the type of match the user
is playing. The player's rank will increase until level 55 is reached. Unlike the Playstation 3 or XBox 360, there is no "Prestige mode", this is a mode wherein the player can restart the game and start over at level 1, in exchange for a mark next to their player tag signifying that they have been through one complete round. This prestige "round" can then be repeated ten times or 11x55 = 605 ranks to achieve.
Not so for the downtrodden PC players. The best we can do is to savor our total score which is cataloged.
Many of the newer weapons and perks that players can gain in the game are unlocked as they gain higher ranks. Additional benefits such as kit-add ons are only obtained by completing challenges.
MP Game Modes
The maps were not conducive to CTF, so it currently has been left out.
How many players can play at the same time in online multiplayer?
For the PC, 32 can duke it out in a server, while consolers top out at 16.
Will CoD4 have a Kill Cam?
Hell ya. How else are you gonna catch noob hax0rs.
Can you cook nades?
Yes!. This is a really big no-no in real life soldiering though. The
most common name for a soldier that cooks in nades is: Lefty
Can you pick up a thrown grenade?
Yes, but in practice you will probably die trying because the nades are cooked and you won't have much time to throw the hot-potato back.
What is "Hardcore Mode"?
This is a realism mode that has been introduced to provide less "arcady" gameplay and pushes CoD4 into more of a "realistic" gameplay environment. Undoubtedly, this mode is attempting to assuage the tournament gamers to take CoD4 seriously. It has met resistance with the hardcore/tourney guys though. This is due to the fact that the hardcore guys are looking for *more* health, not less and there is now no means to find out where your mates are on the map (no HUD) - something cherished by the tourney guys.


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The German aftermarket specialists at ABT Sportsline have pulled the wraps off their latest creation, a modified Audi S8, named the AS8, which gets 620 PS, along with other goodies.
If you want to travel in style and you can't afford vehicles like the S63 AMG, the Audi S8 is a valuable second choice and if you already own one, than this news is definitely for you. ABT Sportsline has recently revealed a new aftermarket upgrade package for the Audi S8 which brings an interesting power boost to the luxurious German vehicle.
"For us, the new AS8 is the best of both worlds, that is, the best in terms of both comfort and acceleration and agility. After all, the AS8 has to meet our premium customers' standards when it comes to performance and luxuriousness", as ABT is saying in its official press release.
According to the tuning company, the 4.0 liter twin-turbo V8 engine from the Audi S8 has been upgraded and it's now producing a total output of 620 PS (612 HP) and it gets a peak torque of 572 (780 Nm). The output has raised by 100 HP and 130 Nm of torque and this allows the large vehicle to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in about 4.0 seconds and from 0 to 200 km/h in 13 seconds, before reaching a top speed of 290 km/h (180 mph). A fresh set of either 19- or 20-inch rims is also available for the model, along wit ha lowering module air-suspension.


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