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RE has a special contribution to make towards the spiritual, moral, social and cultural education of our children, and is therefore an important subject at Darrick Wood Junior School. It is part of our basic curriculum and is taught in accordance with the Bromley Agreed Syllabus for Religious Education (2013), as is required by law.
Our syllabus is predominantly about Christianity, but Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Sikhism are also covered. As well as the systemic units which focus on these major religions, our Scheme of Work also encompasses some thematic approaches, which draw on a number of religions.
Our aim is to learn about religions, i.e. understanding what people of faith do, and how they express themselves; but also to learn from religion, i.e. making sense of who we are, of life, and of right and wrong. As well as developing pupils' knowledge about the world's principal religions, RE therefore provides valuable opportunities for reflection, and encourages our children to develop their sense of identity.
We adopt a creative approach to our studies, which embraces active learning, artistic and practical activities, story telling, dramatic interpretation, discussion, group work, and technology as well as traditional independent recording of our learning. The children enjoy investigating our well resourced artefact collection, and also benefit from visits to places of worship and receiving visitors from faith communities in school.
In accordance with the law parents also have a right to withdraw their child from Religious Education lessons. If this is the case we would encourage you to discuss the matter with the class teacher before making a final decision. Should you then choose to withdraw your child from RE please notify the school in writing of your decision. Parents wishing to view the Religious Education Policy should contact the school office.
Collective Worship
Collective worship is held daily and is based on themes to extend the children's understanding and knowledge of religious beliefs and values. Year group and class-based assemblies are held each week to celebrate successes and to develop an increasing sense of responsibility. We invite parents to class assemblies, which we usually hold on a Friday.
The school has a Collective Worship policy that has been approved by the Governing Body. This policy gives a definition of Collective Worship and outlines how we ensure that a daily act of Collective Worship takes place in accordance with the law.
Our intention is that Collective Worship, as part of our daily assembly, should be an inclusive activity, respecting the integrity of all concerned. It is hoped that all parents will want their children to be involved. However, in accordance with the law, children may be withdrawn from Collective Worship if their parents request it, but we would encourage you to discuss this fully with the class teacher before coming to a final decision on this matter. The school will make alternative arrangements for children who are withdrawn from assemblies.
Parents wishing to view the Collective Worship Policy should contact the office.


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Top 10 Musical Resolutions for the New Year
Astronomically speaking, the beginning of a new year is pretty arbitrary. I mean, humans decided that January 1st would be the start of a new year (when we started counting 2016 years ago), instead of July 1st or March 30th. However, we tend to put a big significance on the end of one year and the beginning of another, that we don't put on the end […] Continue Reading

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A huge, colorful cannon appears in the circus, something incredible is happening: the artist steps on the arena, she is reckless… it is the first time in history she is performing this show. She will be inside the cannon and will be shot up in the air! Cover your ears as they light up the wick and… BOOM! What a noise! She flew like a feather and landed on a huge red net without a scratch, impressive!
Laser-cut woman made cream acrylic and clothes made by mint green, red, gold acrylics. All pieces has been assembled and made by laser-cut acrylic in our studio in Spain.
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First Look: Little Trouble
See and be seen at the new Westside noodle bar and cocktail lounge
Walking into the new Westside bar Little Trouble feels like entering a dark, gritty, back-alley bar in Chinatown; that is, after handing keys to the valet, walking past a bevy of fancy shops and walking under Ford Fry's posh new steakhouse. Whether the new joint from the team behind Victory Sandwich bar is a restaurant, a club, or a bar is a tough call. It's easier to just say, "It's cool."
Little Trouble has no signage. Instead, a long concrete tunnel ending at a sizable neon emblem summons one from street view. From the entrance, Little Trouble breaks off into two sections: to the left is the bar area and to the right is a dining area and a club-like lounge section with low tables and benches. Reflected neon comes at you from every direction. It has both an industrial imperialism vibe and a futuristic noir feel.
Melissa Allen, co-executive chef of Victory Brands used her experience cooking at Miso Izakaya to forge a street-food-like menu of Asian snacks that go well with cocktails. It's simple, fun food. The meat on a stick section of five includes a small, braised pork meatball with strong lemongrass flavors ($5) and chewy but nicely charred baby octopus ($7). Both dumpling choices are stellar. Steamed Thai beef ($8) bundles are filled with minced, tender beef, scallions, cilantro, and a mild chile with a tart and slightly salty dipping sauce. The golden fried crab dumplings ($9) give way to creamy mascarpone and zesty lemon with bits of crab as you crunch into them. Choose between pork or beef buns ($5) or get both. They are snack sized.
There are salty bites that go well with libations. A pile of fresno-honey pork rinds ($6) easily satisfies a group of three. Finger-sized, blistered shishito peppers ($6) topped with flakes of sea salt are flawlessly roasted. Tempura selections ($11) change with what is in season and come lightly battered and fried.
Two dishes at Little Trouble could be considered entrée sized. On my visit, the cold ramen ($8) was light and refreshing with brightly pickled carrots and daikon (radish). Noodle filled bowls of hot ramen ($14) had a curry and coconut snapper broth, with peppers, celery, mushrooms, and topped with an egg.
The wells of the wooden L-shaped bar sit a few inches lower than seating, which makes it easy to watch the drink-making action below. The wall behind the bar looks like it was made out of a shipping container emblazoned with the logo of fictitious "Super Heavy Industries."
With a sister establishment like the now-defunct Paper Plane, one would assume the cocktail game would be strong. It is. Try the Old Fashioned riff called Improved Whiskey Cocktail stirred with rye, bitters, maraschino liqueur, and absinthe. The Found Art with mezcal and rye is a smoky, layered sipper. If you're with a group in the lounge area, it's fun to choose from the selection of highball cocktails, which can be ordered individually or in portions serving two to four. My party liked the bitter, botanical profiles of the Green Girl made with aromatic genepy, tequila, earthy sage, lime, and tonic ($10 for two people/$36 for four). Bartenders also know the classics and weren't fazed when we ordered a Last Word, swapping the gin for smoky mezcal.
The beer list is small but carefully chosen with a few locals like 3 Taverns' Night on Ponce and Creature Comforts' Tropicalia. Emergency Drinking Beer, the collaboration beer of from Paul Calvert (formerly of Victory Brands) and Wild Heaven, is also available. Sapporo is the only beer on tap. The wine list holds a couple of whites, a couple of reds, a sparkling, and a rosé — all European in origin and all easy food wines.
Little Trouble feels like walking onto the set of an '80s sci-fi flick. There aren't billboards on blimps floating by, but this place is a little slice of Blade Runner. It's more than a bar, but it doesn't quite feel like a full-on, sit-down dinner restaurant either. The snacks are flavorful and easy to share. Between the buns and bowls and stuff on sticks, the moody new lounge succeeds at serving all the stuff you crave when drinking. It's definitely a place to go if you're looking for a dark, neon-filled change of pace, or if the night's objective is to see and be seen.


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I've always had a thing for maps. When I was a little kid and my family went on a road trip, I'd monitor our progress from the back seat, eagerly poring over the easel-sized Rand McNally Road Atlas that sprawled over my lap. Call me a nerd if you like, but it sure beat asking, "Are we there yet?" every five minutes.
Of course, the lines-on-paper variety aren't the only useful kind of maps. We all make mental maps that help us do the things we need to do—like pick up groceries, run to Target, and drop off library books, all before the little one's nap time—or do the things we love.
I love surfing (even though I currently live an appalling distance from the coast—in Kentucky!), and surfing is all about catching good waves. But finding good waves can be tricky. They are the product of a delicate interplay between swell direction, size, period (the distance between waves), tide, wind, shifting sandbars, and more. So a dedicated surfer constantly refines a mental map of where he or she will find the best and least crowded waves. For the region I grew up surfing in Northern California, the mental map readings sound something like this: A 10-foot northwest swell that's washing out a northern pointbreak will be perfect for the inside section of a certain spot in town once the tide drops. And a negative low tide will drain the life out of the points on the east side, but it will awaken that fluky little reef around the corner. The payoff, of course, is good surf. Though the hunt is part of the fun, too.
Maps serve a very practical purpose: they help you get where you want to go. In fact, if you've got a good map and a sense of direction, you will basically never get lost. As I'll occasionally remind my wife when a minor uncertainty arises concerning driving directions, I may not know what to do next, but I'm not lost—I know exactly where I am. (The Jamieson men are renowned, at least among ourselves, for our sense of direction.)
That's one reason why I stubbornly refuse to use a GPS. It's a useful tool in its place, but it's no substitute for a map and a sense of direction. A map gives you the whole picture. It enables you to see far beyond the next freeway exit. And the very act of using a map helps you to make sense of where you are. But when you rely on a GPS, you're wholly at the mercy of some disembodied voice named Stella telling you in her pseudo-British accent that, because of that last turn you just missed, she will now spend the next several minutes "recalculating" while you barrel blindly down the freeway. A map, on the other hand, tells you not just where to go, but where you are.
Now the point in what I am saying is this: God has given us a road map for living the Christian life, and that map is sound doctrine.
In an ultimate sense, the Bible itself is our map—and the lamp for our feet and light for our path (Ps. 119:105). But sound doctrine simply sums up the message of the Bible. It synthesizes whatever Scripture has to say about any given topic, whether that topic arises from Scripture or from life in the world. It's like what English teachers sometimes say about new vocabulary words: you don't know what a word means unless you can define it in your own words. You cannot just define a word with the same word. Doctrine is like this—it's putting the Bible's teaching on a particular topic in our own words. And doctrine is sound whenever our own words summarize the content of the Bible rightly or faithfully, like getting an A+ on a vocabulary quiz. In English class, you get an A+ whenever your words rightly or soundly reproduce the meaning of the vocabulary words.
So how exactly should we define "sound doctrine"? Here's a working definition: Sound doctrine is a summary of the Bible's teaching that is both faithful to the Bible and useful for life. Doctrine should not consist of imposing our ideas on the Bible. Rather, it should be nothing more or less than a summary of what the Bible says on a topic. It presents the teaching of Scripture as a coherent though complex unity, which is why I have called it a map. It relates the whole to the parts and the parts to the whole.
Like any good map, then, sound doctrine serves a very useful and practical purpose: sound doctrine is for life. Instruction is for action. We listen to the teaching of God's Word for the purpose of living it out. Sound doctrine isn't an information archive that serves only to present facts. Rather, it's a road map for our pilgrimage from this world to the world to come.
Doctors have to make complicated decisions on short notice with a lot at stake. What enables a good physician to make wise choices is an extensive knowledge of the human body. You can't know if a kidney's failing unless you know what a kidney is and how it should work. That's why doctors spend many years studying human anatomy and physiology so that they can make accurate diagnoses and prescribe appropriate remedies—sometimes with life-saving consequences.
In some ways, the Christian life isn't all that different. We have to make complicated decisions in real time, sometimes with a lot at stake. And, as in practicing medicine, there is no easy formula for some of those decisions, so we need wisdom. The foundations for that wisdom, like the foundations of a doctor's good judgment, lie in a bedrock of knowledge—knowledge of the things God has revealed in his Word. In Scripture, God tells us about who he is, who we are, where we've come from, what's wrong with this world, how God is fixing it, and more. If we're going to live lives that please God, these are the things we most need to know.
Scripture is not exhaustive—there are plenty of true things Scripture doesn't say. But it is sufficient. In his Word, God tells us everything we need to know to be saved and to live a life that is pleasing to him (2 Pet. 1:3). Scripture doesn't tell us how to perform heart surgery, but it does lay bare the desires and deceits of all human hearts (Heb. 4:12-13). Scripture doesn't tell us how to get from London to Tokyo, but it does tell us how to walk wisely in the way of the Lord and avoid the snares of the devil (Col. 4:5; 2 Tim. 2:26).
Scripture itself teaches us that sound doctrine is for life. In Titus 2:1, Paul instructs his colaborer, "But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine." Then in the next nine verses he describes how different groups of people in the church should live and relate to each other:
Note that in verse 1 Paul doesn't command Titus to teach "sound doctrine," though he does insist on that elsewhere in the letter (Titus 1:11; 2:7-8). Instead, Paul commands Titus to teach what "accords with" sound doctrine—what fits with it and flows from it. Titus is to teach the church in Crete to walk in the path that sound doctrine marks out. Their lives are to color in the outlines that sound doctrine provides.
Similarly, in 1 Timothy 1:3-5 Paul writes,
As I urged you when I was going to Macedonia, remain at Ephesus so that you may charge certain persons not to teach any different doctrine, nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies, which promote speculations rather than the stewardship from God that is by faith. The aim of our charge is love that issues from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith.
Paul left Timothy in Ephesus so that Timothy would refute those who were preaching false doctrine (v. 3). These false teachings were promoting speculations rather than the stewardship—a rightly ordered life—from God that is by faith (v. 4). For what purpose did Paul give Timothy this charge? So that the Christians in Ephesus would embody the love that flows from a pure heart, good conscience, and sincere faith (v. 5). Sound doctrine leads to sound faith, sound hearts, and sound consciences. And these become the fountain from which flows an entire life that is pleasing to God. The aim of sound doctrine is sound living. As one Christian put it over four hundred years ago, "Theology is the science of living blessedly forever."
Sound doctrine is God's road map for living faithfully in the world. Sound doctrine tells you not just where you are, but who you are, and who God is, and how God has saved us from sin and enabled us to live lives that are pleasing to him. Sound doctrine is essential equipment for navigating the twisting city streets of our lives. So don't leave home without it.
When I was a kid, I played basketball, baseball, and soccer for several years. I enjoyed them all well enough, even though I was thoroughly mediocre at each. My favorite sport, if you can call it that, should come as no surprise: surfing.
Surfing is great fun to share with others, especially friends and family, but the act itself is fundamentally individual. A person sits on a board, paddles into a wave, stands up, rides it toward the shore, and then repeats that sequence for as long as one's arms can hold out. Seeing others catch good waves—or, dearer to the heart of most surfers, having others see you—certainly adds to the experience. But that hardly makes it a team sport.
Sports like basketball or football, on the other hand, are inherently corporate. Money and adulation might be lavished on a favorite shooting guard or star quarterback, but the game is played together. It's won or lost together. There's no such thing as a one-man team.
I bring this up because I think most American Christians treat their Christianity more like surfing than like football. We think of our walk with the Lord as something fundamentally individual: I pray. I read the Bible. I attend a worship service to experience God and grow in knowledge of Scripture. I love my neighbor. I share the gospel with others. Sure, it helps to go to church and have Christian friends. But what structures our priorities, what defines the shape of our discipleship, what serves as our decision-making grid is, most often, just me and Jesus.
But Scripture teaches that Christianity is much more like a team sport. It is true that each of us must turn from sin and trust in Christ in order to be saved (Rom. 10:9-10). Each of us will give an account of ourselves to God (Rom. 14:10). Each of us is responsible for what we do (Gal. 6:5). However, unlike surfing, the very nature of the Christian life is corporate.
And growth as a Christian is consistently defined in corporate terms. How many of the fruits of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23) can you practice alone on a desert island?
Consider how Paul describes Christian growth in Ephesians 4:11-16. Christ gives gifts of leaders to his church to equip the saints for the work of ministry (vv. 11-12) "until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood" (v. 13). We speak the truth in love to one another (v. 15) so that we grow up into Christ "from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love" (v. 16).
Do you see how closely Paul intertwines the individual Christian's growth and the church's growth? The primary way that we mature as Christians is through the life of the church. The members help the body grow, which means helping each other grow. We are built up as we build others up. Christian growth is a team effort. But Christians are far more than a team—we're members of the same body.
Another passage that unpacks the church's life as a body is 1 Corinthians 12.
While the "body" metaphor also applies to the universal church, what Paul has in mind here is Christians' participation in a specific local assembly. This is where we suffer or rejoice together, show honor to one another, and interact with members who are radically different from us. This is where we show God's wisdom in composing the body not of one member, but of many (1 Cor. 12:14).
As a member of the body of Christ, your life in a local church should structure your priorities, define the shape of your discipleship, and serve as one of the main grids through which you make many decisions. What it looks like for you to live as a Christian day in and day out should be defined in large part by the life of your local church.
This means that the godly life which flows from sound doctrine is not merely an individual matter. Rather, sound doctrine is for life in the church.
We see this clearly in Romans 12, where Paul appeals to us "by the mercies of God" to live new lives in light of the gospel. After spending eleven chapters expounding the gospel and the doctrines that surround it ("the mercies of God"), Paul shows us that the gospel he preaches has nearly infinite implications for daily living.
What are some of them? First, the gospel and the doctrines that connect to it lead us to devote our lives totally to God, and to be transformed by the ongoing renewal of our minds (Rom. 12:1-2). The gospel calls us to be conformed to God's mind, will, and ways—not the world's. But immediately after this, Paul tells us not to think of ourselves more highly than we ought (v. 3), but instead to use our gifts to build up the body (vv. 4-8). The gospel teaches us to put others before ourselves, and to use the strengths God has given us to edify our fellow church members—both of which are impossible to do in blissful solitude. Then, in verses 9 through 13, Paul fleshes out more specifics about how we are to love one another, honor one another, and care for each other's needs. When Paul specifies what it means to live in view of God's mercies, he turns immediately to life in the body of Christ.
How can you live in view of God's mercies? By loving and building up the body of Christ. The life that sound doctrine lays out for you is shaped like your local church.
Sound doctrine is for life—life in the church.
If sound doctrine is for life in the church, it's also for the life of the church.
Think about the life of a family. What kinds of things would you look at in order to describe it? Here's what you wouldn't do: you wouldn't simply record what each individual family member does throughout the day and then slice and dice your observations into a composite whole. Instead, you'd look at what the family does together. Do they eat together? What do they talk about? Who does the talking? When do they spend time together? What do they do? What are the rules, traditions, customs, and so on that shape how they live together?
The life of a church is similar: what a church does together defines the life of a church. And a church's way of teaching and worshiping and praying and so on deeply impacts every member of the church—just like the culture of a family indelibly stamps every member of the family.
The life of the church is displayed most fully in its corporate worship gatherings. But it's also useful to think about other times members of the church come together. Church members gather outside the main weekly gathering for things like additional teaching, outreach, accountability, and meals in each other's homes.
One of the main arguments I'll be making throughout this book is this: just as sound doctrine is crucial for life, and specifically life in the church, so it is also essential for the life of the church. Like a good map, sound doctrine is eminently useful, so churches should use it.
So in chapters 3 through 6, we'll see how sound doctrine should flow through the whole life of a church and nourish holiness, love, unity, worship, and witness. First, though, we'll look at the fountain itself: how does sound doctrine impact reading and teaching the Bible?


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How To Create Expansion With Your Business
Today I want to talk to you about expansion. I always have this conversation of being omnipresent, and growing our business.
But what I see happen is a lot of entrepreneurs… especially in the fitness industry, and the whole influencer industry… is they lose and take a step back, instead of trying to take a step forward, and expand.
Let me explain.
As you grow in your business, you tend to "tap out" of an opportunity or see that there are more opportunities out there.
So you can go about it two different ways.
The first, and more popular path is to follow the "Shiny Object Syndrome" and say…
"Hey, I'm selling coaching, but now I'm going to sell T-shirts", "Or I have been in the fitness space, but I want to start promoting something completely different in the beauty blogger space."
It's very incongruent with what you are already doing.
"I'm going to try this out, or that out," because like everyone, we have "Shiny Object Syndrome" AND we have a fear of missing out.
We think it's simpler, we think it's faster, we think it might be the easiest thing in the world, and we're going to get more.
All of those things are wrong because when you're expanding into something, you need to find avenues that are logical to what you're already doing.
I'm going to give you an example.
For a long time all I focused on was how to help entrepreneurs build and scale their brands.
Then we built an agency that took ownership of those certain companies. That was an expansion of what we had already created in the influencer space.
We realized, quickly, that we didn't want to take too many of those companies on. We are very particular with that.
So we then went on to build another agency that works with influencers. We help fund their traffic, build their funnels, create their content strategy, build their relationships with brands… etc.
Then, we built a coaching program that helps influencers get through mental hardships and difficult times.
Mindset is everything in this business. And we found that may influencers don't have the right mindset.
We build one thing. We have one conversation. BUT this can hit you in different angles, depending where you are in your business.
We've expanded through maintaining the same content, and having essentially "different arms" in our business that serve different people doing the same thing.
As you can see.. we are staying in the same lanes. While creating different pockets of growth.
That is what you need to be doing when you're expanding your product or service.
The second thing is a channel expansion.
A lot of you guys are killing it on Instagram. You're excited, you've got 100k – 1 million followers. That's amazing.
But you have nothing on any of the other platforms. What would you do if Instagram went away… or the platform shifted?
You can't ignore it, it is happening all the time. BUT no one really (wants to) thinks about it.
You need to be focused on creating an expansion process. We have a 10 point process that we have, where we amplify content.
I create a piece of video content and what's going to happen with that one video is this..
It's going to be edited and uploaded to YouTube, IGTV, Facebook.
It is also going to get chopped and borders will be added for my Instagram feed. Then cut and uploaded as a podcast.
Then we are going to put paid advertising behind it.
We're going to also break this down into written content. We create an article and that article is going to go into LinkedIn, Medium, our website… etc
Then it gets broken down again. We create smaller pieces of content for other social platforms such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook… etc.
We are doing one video and then we are expanding that into multiple pieces of content, of products, and services.
That is what you need to be creating.
The final thing.
Once you truly create expansion in your product suite, and you've created expansion with your content… you need to expand your niches.
Like I said earlier, we started AND expanded in the fitness space.
We've done a great job and we're continuously growing. My goal is to be the biggest fitness influencer and marketing company in the world.
But, I know that's just one niche.
So now that we've got that tight… we have expanded into real estate because we can use the same systems, processes and procedures.
Once we have expanded and systemized to the point of steady operation we will start the same process again in financial services.
Once we're done with financial services, we'll go into something else.
As you can see through this whole process explained… I'm doing one thing, and I'm expanding that one thing into multiple things within that space, that make sense and are congruent.
Not once did I hit you with the "Shiny Object Syndrome".
I never said anything like… "And then, I don't know maybe we'll do some other thing that can make a ton of money."
A lot of things can make a ton of money, but be very aware that everything takes time, effort and money.
And you're already putting your time, effort, and money into this.
Continue to expand in these ways.
I guarantee you and your business as an influencer will turn into multiple, successful, consistent brands


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The foreign exchange market is one of the largest
in the world if not the largest. 9 billion, more than 3 times larger than the
stock / equities market and more than 5 times bigger than futures, give Forex
traders nearly unlimited liquidity and flexibility. It has been estimated that
approximately $ 2 trillion USD of currency exchanges hands each and every day.
The world's currencies are on a floating exchange
rate and are always traded in pairs, for example EUR / USD or USD / JPY or USD / INR.
The Forex currency pair is a single unit, an instrument that is bought or sold
in the Forex market. Each currency pair is expressed in units of the counter
currency needed to get one unit of the base currency
The first currency is called the base currency and
the second listed currency is called the quote or counter currency. The base
currency is the basis for the buy or sell transaction. For example if you place
a BUY order in the EURO / USD pair you are effectively buying EURO dollars and
selling US Dollars.
Interest rates are due to fall in the US and
therefore you believe the Euro will appreciate due to the European Union having
higher interest rates. Therefore in order to take advantage of this and make a
bet against the US dollar you would BUY EURO / USD. This buy order effectively is
buying EURO dollars and selling US Dollars.
Alternately if you think the EURO dollars will
fall due to economic problems such as high inflation and increasing unemployment
and want to make a trade that the EURO dollars will fall against the US dollar
you would need to SELL the EURO / USD currency pair. This sell order also referred to as
GOING SHORT effectively is selling EURO dollars and buying US dollars.
Therefore in summary:
BUY EUR / USD (Long the EURO) – Buy EURO Selling USD
Assumption EURO to appreciate against the USD
SELL EURO / USD (Short the EURO) – Sell EURO Buy USD
Assumption USD to appreciate against the EURO.


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It should be no secret that this series of articles tends to focus on methods of proactive risk management in business enterprise design and operations. That topic has been addressed as it applies to startups, employment, finance, communications and assets. Best practices on those and other matters have been suggested. And the use of professionals and consultants as part of the overall "team" was (strongly) recommended.
Now, who is not hoping for a creative, productive and prosperous 2019 full of innovation and performance? (Assumedly everyone reading this magazine…) As the sounds of "Auld Lang Syne" waft quietly away, it is certainly worth a review of why business people should care at all about devoting any resources to worrying about what could go wrong before those concerns ever arise. [Special note: This article is not addressing resolutions. Planning – yes; dreaming – no.]
Let us reduce the entire subject of proactive risk management in action to three connected words: return-on-investment. That is it. The core of forward-thinking risk planning.
"Risk" itself is based in the environment within which an enterprise operates and serves as a predictive function concerning knowable and unknowable forces within an always-changing environment. As it concerns business, risk…
- is full of contingencies,
- and it relates to that environment, considering the place, time, mix of personalities involved and current legal and regulatory environment.
So, then, why should you, actual business founders and operators, care about risk? Because…
- life in all its richness is full of surprises, and
- it is less expensive to attempt to understand in advance what can occur in all its possible permutations, and then to respond accordingly.
From the lessons our elders taught us, this all makes sense. Managing risk in their terms means…
- learning from experience
- going through the learning curve, and
- planning for the worst and hoping for the best.
Back to the core ROI concept embedded in proactive risk management, what is the anticipated outcome to a company as a result of engaging in proactive risk management? By regularly addressing the environment within which the business operates and making preparations to act within that environment routine and second-nature, that enterprise can focus its energy and creativity on innovating and bringing those innovations to market.
Now that we have this refresher in-place, future pieces will take this theory and put it into action. That is, how to engage in proactive risk management planning and – more importantly – the inherent value in implementing those plans.
Is everyone in their running blocks? Then on we go to 2019 and beyond!
For more information, call Philip N. Kabler, Esq. of the Gainesville, FL office of Bogin, Munns & Munns, and P.A. at (352) 332-7688, www.boginmunns.com/Office?Office=Gainesville, where he practices in the areas of business, real estate, banking, and equine law.
This article is not intended to serve as legal advice, and readers should not rely on it as such. It is offered only as general information. Readers should consult with an attorney regarding their legal matters, as every situation is unique.


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WSJ hires Vartebedian as venture capital reporter
Alec Davis, venture capital editor at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following announcement on Monday:
All,Please join me in welcoming Marc [Vartebedian] as he starts today with the Pro Venture Capital team in S.F. Marc is covering venture firms and the future of cities.We were fortunate to get to know Marc during his summer internship in the buro earlier this year, when he also contributed to the VC team. Marc just earned a master's in journalism from UC Berkeley, and one of his better mentors there was WSJ alum Yukari Kane.Previously Marc was a Reuters tech reporting intern. He has also reported for the Eureka Times-Standard on cops and cannabis, including a piece filed from an illegal pot farm. He has written for the L.A. Times, the Atlantic and the Washington Post.A native of Long Beach, Calif., Marc graduated from UC Santa Cruz, where he honed his mastery of economics and surfing. He also is an avid tennis player. Be forewarned if you challenge him to a match. He is a veteran of the European professional circuit.Cheers,Alec


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Duck, Duck, Goose
Duck, Duck, Goose
Adrienne BoettingerWednesday,3 December 2014
The Snap:
Less than two weeks until this lame duck Congress is cooked so we've got to quickly set the rules of the game. Obviously, every time someone says the word lame duck, you do a shot (or if you're in recovery, allergic or morally/religiously abstaining, you stuff as many Peeps in your mouth as possible while saying "Lame Duck Sucks"). But that's all been done before back in the days of the "Fiscal Cliff" and the too-soon yammering about the 2016 election as soon as the 2012 ones were over. So use the phrase "lame duck" and you'll have to do a shot and then waddle around for 15 seconds whilst quacking. If you are a member of the "lame duck" Congress then you will buy shots for all the sad sacks of constituents you fail to represent. PLUS you will wear a duck costume and be forced to waddle around Dick Cheney's property on the Eastern Shore.
The Download:
It's one of those rare fortnights when Congress is actually in session and DC is humming with the nervous anticipation of thousands of lobbyists. Will Congress arise from their two month slumber to do more than throw tantrums on the steps of the Capitol, pose with guns, or talk about castrating pigs? Um, maybe. But only because they're forced to with actual deadlines like yet another potential government shutdown.
Governing by crisis is all the rage these days. You can't get politicians to show up for work just because it's the job they've been elected to do. You need to dangle network time in front of them plus the opportunity to blame the other Party for the failings of the behemoth federal bureaucracy. Here is Congress' to do list for the next two weeks:
1. Come up with budget or continuing resolution. They gotta agree to something to keep the lights on past December 11. And though Chief Oompa Loompa is saying there ain't no chance of a shutdown, we will venture nothing more than cautious optimism that things won't grind to a halt while the House decides how to punish President Obama for taking the same type and scale of executive action that his Republican and Democratic predecessors exercised.
2. Tax Extenders package. To extend or not to extend, that is the question. Or rather the question is who gets the extensions.
3. Assorted other items. The President has asked Congress to fund the fight against Islamic State militants, measures to stop the Ebola epidemic from worsening, and dealing with the glut of Central American children who entered the country illegally and unaccompanied. Plus there's other stuff like the government's terrorism risk insurance program and extending the ban on state and local taxes on using the Internet.
Plus there needs to be time for Secret Santa, composing odes for the War on Christmas, caroling, baking cookies and staging "It's Christmas, Charlie Brown." Representative Louie Gohmert will play the title role, Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi will star as Lucy, Senator Ted Cruz as Snoopy, Congressman Joe Barton as Linus, and Congressman Rodney Davis as PigPen.
P.S. If you're among the near 90 percent of Americans who disapprove of Congress AND also among the 63 percent who didn't bother to vote last month, then take two doses of shut-the-fuck-up and don't call us in the morning. We know Santa and you are definitely on the naughty list. Only lumps of environment-friendly fuel for you.
Take Action!
Hat Tips:
Politico, The Hill, New York Times, Politifact, PBS, Image Credit: Flickr


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Learn to Play
Sometimes children who are blind need support and direction as they learn to play. This page provides suggestions on helping children learn to explore toys and toy companies that have toys that appeal to the senses.
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By: Carmen Willings
Updated October 30, 2017
Many students with visual impairments will need to be taught how to interact and participate in activities. You may have to teach the student how to explore toys & materials. As stated in Guiding Principles, students who are blind or visually impaired need many opportunities to play with real objects. That doesn't mean that you will not want to provide the student with toys. In selecting toys, you do need to choose toys that meet the students learning needs. If the student has low vision and is distracted by visual clutter, you will want to select toys that are simple and have bold colors. If the student will only visually attend to a certain characteristic (red, or metallic), obviously you should look for toys with these features. For a student with minimal or no vision, you will want to look for toys that are tactually interesting. As you explore toys in the toy aisles, close your eyes and feel the toys. Does it just feel like a lump of hard plastic or does it have tactually interesting features that will encourage exploration and interest?
Exploring Toys
Introduce new materials and activities intentionally and provide the student with plenty of time to explore them. When you present materials to the student, provide the student with a verbal prompt and understand that you may need to guide the student's hand to explore the toys. Show the student how to explore the details of materials and objects. Provide the names of the objects he is exploring and a description of what it is used for.
Although random exploration provides lots of information for the student, intentional teaching can help the student learn scanning skills to look for and piece together features. It helps to sit behind the student and help guide their hands in a systematic search pattern. Show the student that you are paying attention to the activity that he is engaged in by talking about it, or helping him visually and/or tactually explore it (but not taking over). Be sure to monitor your talking and verbal descriptions as talking can distract the student and interrupt their exploration and visual attention toward materials.
Playing Alongside or Cooperatively
Students may need extra time to familiarize themselves with other student's style of playing. The quick, unpredictable movements of other students can be disorienting, perhaps even frightening at times for students. It takes time for some students to gain the skills and the confidence they need to enjoy playing with other students.
Toy Companies...
The following companies publish catalogs of toys, many of which are appropriate for use with infants and young children who are blind or have low vision. In some cases, you will be able to discover comparable toys in a local discount store at significant savings.
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The TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC is a digital pdf available for download. It is designed specifically for fellow itinerant Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI's), and consists of over 400 activities and topic areas of discussion for instructing students in the Expanded Core Curriculum. The activities are age-neutral and multi-sensory and therefore can meet the needs of the broad range of students served on an itinerant caseload serving. The activities can be individualized to the students various learning modalities and scaffold in order to challenge students but ensure success. Select those activities that align with the student's learning objects based on the student's unique visual needs and academic and developmental level. In addition to the core activity areas, each of the 32 Thematic Units incorporates additional unique ECC concepts and skills providing you with a years' worth of activities. These units are cyclical and can be used repeatedly to help students build on prior knowledge and develop a deeper understanding of concepts. Each unit includes suggestions for activity adaptation associated with the unit. These include lists of objects, possible community-based experiences, environmental print, poems, children & young reader books, children's songs, pop culture songs, movies, and websites.
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The Near Magnifier Fluency Worksheets is a Grab and Go supplement to the TVI's Guide to Teaching the ECC. This workbook is a pdf download that can be printed on demand for use with students. It contains five different types of worksheets for developing visual motor skills and near magnifier fluency skills particularly with the use of a video magnifier. As a companion to the TVI's Guide to the ECC, the worksheets correspond to each of the 32 ECC Thematic units. The worksheets, along with a list of environmental print for each thematic unit, are designed to help students refine their visual motor skills while reinforcing ECC concepts presented in the thematic units.
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The Thematic Keyboarding & Braille Fluency and Maintenance Grab and Go ECC worksheet packet is a print on demand workbook that contains worksheets in print and simulated braille to use for data collection. Present the student with a hard braille copy and use the worksheets to document accuracy and fluency in reading braille. As a companion to the TVI's Guide to the ECC, the worksheets correspond to the ECC Thematic activities presented in the curriculum guide. These word lists and sentences will help the student refine their keyboarding or braille reading skills while bridging ECC concepts presented in the thematic units. Although the lists and passages can be produced using a manual braillewriter, you may also copy and paste the passages into any braille translation software for quick production on an embosser. They may also be entered into a typing program such as APH's Talking Typer to build keyboarding fluency.
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Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments can have a extremely varied caseloads. It is possible to go several years without having a student on your caseload who requires braille instruction. Like other skills, if you do not practice your braille regularly, it is easy to lose those skills. Use these checklists and cards to maintain your braille skills. Fold the checklist along the line dividing the print from the braille. Choose to either read the print and produce the word in braille using a braillewriter or read the simulated braille and decode it. Finally, these vocabulary cards and checklists may be used with family members or peers who are interested in learning and practicing the braille code.
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Skip to comments.Oil rig worker says he saw missing plane go down: report
Posted on 03/12/2014 12:33:06 PM PDT by Fitzy_888Edited on 03/12/2014 12:35:14 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
ABC News correspondent Bob Woodruff has obtained a letter that an oil rig worker in Vietnam wrote to his employer claiming he saw Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 go down in flames.
Mr. Woodruff tweeted an image of the letter saying, Oil rig worker claims in employer confirmed letter-he saw the plane go down. Vietnamese say they found nothing.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
Would the Chinese deny complicity in shooting down the plane, irrespective of what air power was tasked? Consider, would the Soviets for weeks deny the Chernobyl disaster against all logic...yup they sure did.
This whole situation is becoming absurd.
2 days ago, there was a report "the Malaysian Military" tracked it on the Western side of Malaysia, not the Eastern side, where it was supposed to be. Today, the Malaysians' reply is "sorry - human error. That's not correct."
3rd world cultures and government bureaucracies amuse me.
They have backed off the u-turn, Malaysian air force tracking claim. I thought it most likely went down en route.
Because of the certainty and clarity expressing the object was moving in line with his observation point, making no attempt to assert whether it was coming toward him or moving away from his location, I'd say that increases is credibility.
Why on Earth would China shoot down an airliner? They have a very sophisticated intel group. If they wanted somebody dead that person would have an allergic reaction or a heart attack. If they wanted the airliner to go down there would be an "obvious" cause like a failed engine or an electrical short. Why risk becoming the world's pariah? Remember what the Soviet Union went through after shooting down Korean Airlines flight 007? (They thought it was an American recognizance plane called Cobra Ball. From the angle of their radar the two images crossed. When they separated the Soviets misidentified 007 as Cobra Ball. KAL 007 was off course and passed over a Soviet airbase. It was chased from the rear and the fighter, overextended, fired a missile at extreme range. He never had a visual and could not ID the target as a 747 instead of a 707. The missile flew up an engine and the plane fell several miles while breaking apart. It was a nightmare for the Soviets.)
He's not a reliable witness since he doesn't have an official government employee title.
I keep wondering if China shot the plane down thinking it was violating "their" airspace in the South China Sea.
I need to say that this guy, Mike McKay, has provided EVERYTHING needed to find this wreckage. What a perfect, scientific report. All the revelant and supporting data is clearly reported.
He must be an engineer on the rig.
8.375064, 108.706183
I converted these to Decimal degrees if anybody wants to search the location on google maps.
I'm having trouble believing anything they say, too. This report gives a lot of detail about the siting; bearing, wind, Lat and Long. Everything except the actual time of the observation.
Whoa! That Facebook pix + the coordinates. Finally some real info.
If you want to see where this "sighting" was, you can go to this site and enter the lat & long for the point.
Lat. 08* 22' 30.23" N, Long. 108*42' 22.26" E
It's the green arrow.
There have been a number of passenger's families who have called cell phones on that flight and had someone pick up the calls, and then click off.
I do not believe that can happen when a plane crashes.
If the Chinese had reason to believe the flight was high jacked and headed toward their main land do you think they would hesitate for a second to shoot it down? They kill people even babies all the time to serve the greater good. They are "good" like that.
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Hulu will soon be producing the comedy series Shrill, which is based on a memoir that was released two years ago from author Lindy West. The story, although already attached to some very recognizable names, has just gained another, as actress Julia Sweeney is set to co-star on the program as the mother of the main character, Annie.
Sweeney is in great company on the production, as Annie will be played by Aidy Bryant, a current SNL featured player who has been with the show since 2012. She has also had roles in movies like The Big Sick and Amy Schumer's I Feel Pretty, as well as also appearing in a few television episodes in shows like Girls and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Aidy is set to play the main character of the series, Annie, a woman who, despite being very overweight, wants to evolve without shedding pounds.
This is a relatively unexplored plot line in television, as many overweight characters instead accept the fact that they are unhappy with their physical makeup, attributing it to both physical and emotional problems, and take the steps to change that. This can, however, prove to be incredibly difficult, with setbacks and emotional hurdles around every corner. This theme is even prevalent in shows that simply follow real people around and depict the difficulties that come with everyday activities because of their weight.
Shrill, however, seems as though it will be taking a much lighter spin on the otherwise-heavy topic, allowing fans to laugh alongside Annie. After all, the series will be a comedy, and has the potential to be hilarious due to both Aidy's presence, as well as that of the show's executive producer, Lorne Michaels. Michaels is a staple in comedic television, and has been for more than 40 years. Having created, executive produced, and managed decades of Saturday Night Live episodes, Michaels's name is nearly a synonym for comedic television. He has also served as producer for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers, 30 Rock, and many more.
As if the SNL connection was not deeply rooted enough for future fans of Shrill, the latest addition to the cast, Julia Sweeney, is likely to be familiar to fans of the new program, as she was also a cast member on the sketch comedy show for 4 years. In addition, Sweeney also went on to star in It's Pat, a movie in which she played Pat, a character that was original to her and first appeared as a semi-regular figure on SNL.
Having the tight bonds that they do, those at Shrill have the definite potential to make a wildly funny series, and will likely provoke immense anticipation and high expectations from those waiting for the series to air. The first season of the show will premiere on Hulu for a six-episode run.


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Introduction to Permaculture Course
Sat 7-Sun 8 Aug 2010
- 9.30am – 5.30pm with fabulous social event Saturday night.
- Venue: Hazelhurst CSA Coop Ltd, Big Pond Field, Hazelhurst Lane S8 8BG
- Cost £30-£120 based on income.
The guide to Sheffield's
radical, alternative, ethical
business and groups
Sat 7-Sun 8 Aug 2010


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Carol Baldwin
Blogmeister, Teen Track Teacher, Writer
Carol Baldwin's most recent book is Teaching the Story: Fiction Writing in Grades 4-8(Maupin House, 2008). Carol enjoys teaching writing and has presented at many educational and writing conferences. She has published widely in newspapers and magazines and along with Joyce Hostetter, co-publishes Talking Story, a newsletter for educators and media specialists. Find her thoughts on the writing process, book reviews, and giveaways on her blog. Her current WIP is Half-Truths, an historical novel which takes place in Charlotte, NC in 1952. When she isn't writing or blogging, you'll find her golfing, walking with friends, biking, or playing with one of her six wonderful grandchildren.
Samantha Bell (Advisory Panel)
Author, Illustrator, and W2I Webmaster
Samantha Bell is a homeschooling mom by day and an author and illustrator by night. She has written or illustrated more than one hundred books for children, including picture books and nonfiction for the school and library markets. Her articles, stories, and poems appear in magazines both online and in print, including Boys' Quest, Hopscotch for Girls, and Kids' Ark, and she's a regular contributor for Focus on the Family's Clubhouse Jr.
You can find her online at SamanthaSBell.com.
Cathy John Biggerstaff
Author and W2I Financial Director and Registrar
Cathy John Biggerstaff is passionate about children and the God who creates them. He has called her to write both literature and church curriculum for children. Cathy's devotions, poems, and articles have been published in print and online. Cathy also shares the Good News of Jesus through "Jewel the Clown" in her Christian clown ministry, Silly over the Savior.
Cathy lives in western North Carolina with her husband, the love of her life for fifty years. She has three grown children, four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Gail Wofford Cartee
Author, Blogger, Educator, and W2I Web Content Contributor
Gail Wofford Cartee is a pre-K teacher in the Upstate of South Carolina. She holds a degree in Early Childhood from USC Upstate and an MEd from Southern Wesleyan University. She enjoys teaching a teen Sunday school class and writing. Her passions—creation, family, and teaching—often appear in her writing.
Gail comes from a family of storytellers—a background that sparked her interest in writing. She has contributed to Guardian Angel Kids and Country. In 2016, she self-published Tsali: Legendary Hero of the Eastern Band Cherokee, a historical-fiction picture book for ages eight and up. Gail is currently working on picture books about her beloved Appalachia, and she writes a weekly blog of family devotions at GailCartee.blogspot.com.
Brenda Covert
W2I Critiques Coordinator and Twitter Maven
Freelance author and editor Brenda Covert was first published for pay in 1999 with an article in the May/June issue of Today's Christian Woman and a Thanksgiving poem in Clubhouse Jr. Since 2002, Brenda has written more than four hundred short children's stories for Union Gospel Press's Sunday school curriculum. Her stories, most of which are written for the nine-to-eleven age group, entertain as well as offer a lesson on living for our Savior. She also published numerous scripts for use in schools, the two most popular being K.C.'s Dream and The Constitutional Convention. Additionally, she has written poetry for the Adult Bible Study published by Union Gospel Press.
Brenda has been editing since 2002, first in the educational field and then in the Christian/family-friendly market. Her editing experience goes from picture books to chapter books—including Johanna's Journey: Call to Freedom (a finalist for the 2015 Selah Award)—to YA novels and adult fiction and nonfiction, including inspirational books and Bible studies.
Brenda has two grown children, a new grandchild, two blogs that she promises to devote more attention to, and more cats than an allergic woman should have! (Want one?)
You can find Brenda online at BrendaCovert.blogspo
Deborah S. DeCiantis, PhD
W2I Director
Debbie DeCiantis first connected with Write2Ignite Conference when she was called on to act as liaison between North Greenville University and Write2Ignite in 2009. She accepted the role of acting director in 2016 and the role of director in 2017.
While most of her writing has focused on nonfiction articles and poetry, both volunteer and paid work with children and young adults has sparked her interest in writing for those age groups. Attending the Write2Ignite conference each year has inspired her to write stories for younger audiences, including her six grandchildren.
She has loved books since she was old enough to hold one. Her many years in education include teaching English and French on both middle-high and college levels, homeschooling her own children, and serving as K–12 school librarian at two Christian schools. Most recently, she taught English at North Greenville University and advised the staff of the student literary-art journal from 2006 to her retirement in 2017.
Debbie currently does freelance editing and critique writing. She enjoys living in the country and spending time with her husband, four adult children, six grandchildren, and too many dogs.
Mary Jane Cobble Downs
Author, Blogger, and W2I Prize Coordinator
Mary Jane Cobble Downs is a speaker and teacher and a writer of poems, short stories, devotionals, and children's stories. She has been published in Awe Magazine, at InspiredMoms.com, in Writers Advance! Boot Camp's blog, at Schoolbox.com, and in The Muffin blog, and she has judged weekly writers' contests for FaithWriters.com. In addition, Mary Jane has been published in two books: Pearls of Promise and Ancient Stones, Timeless Encouragement. She also writes a weekly inspirational blog, Joy in the Morning.
Grace Geide (Advisory Panel)
Editor and W2I Content Contributor
Grace Geide is a freelance writer and editor. She holds a master's degree in English from Bob Jones University, and she served as an editor at BJU Press for over five years, specializing in secondary history materials.
As the oldest of six children and the mama of a little boy, Grace knows the value of providing good literature to children. She loves writing—and reading—children's stories. (In fact, her trips to the bookstore often include long visits to the children's section!)
Robyn Grage, Graphic Designer
Robyn Grage began a career in graphics at age fourteen, when her father offered her a summer job setting type. She has worked for several print shops over the years, and has been with the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities for more than two decades. She currently operates the school's in-house graphics and printing facility.
Robyn recently self-published her first book: A BIG Little Bear, which is a children's picture book for ages two to six about a little bear who wants to grow up too fast.
Robyn assists with both writing and providing graphics for a Sunday school curriculum project that her church is preparing to publish. She is also part of the church's music team.
She and her husband live in Simpsonville, South Carolina. They enjoy bicycling, hiking, and (most of all) spending time with their children and grandchildren.
Darcy Hendrick, W2I Research
Darcy Hendrick, a native of Dover, New Jersey, spent most of her adult life in the High Desert of California, often wishing that she could return to the East Coast. Her wish came true in 2007, when she moved to South Carolina.
Darcy is the mother of four grown sons. During the hectic years of raising them, she began to find stories running through her brain: stories of children and adventures and of squabbling siblings (go figure) and their canine companions. She also dreamed up silly poems and mysteries involving spunky kids with quirky friends. She signed up for the Institute of Children's Literature (ICL) correspondence course, eventually completing it after the cross-country move from California to South Carolina and her first experiences attending the Write2Ignite conference.
Darcy writes nonfiction articles, short stories, and middle-grade chapter books. She also writes much-admired Facebook and blog posts, which often feature her wonder at the beauty of God's world and lessons learned through interactions with dogs. She delights in introducing books to her first grandchild, and watching his reactions.
Jan Prahl (Advisory Panel)
Homeschool Educator, Blogger, and former Bookstore Manager
As a wife, mother, and nana, Jan Prahl sees the importance of worthwhile literature for children and the need to share the Christian faith through positive stories and stories that actively further spiritual growth. In fact, she became involved in Write2Ignite to help pass the Christian faith to future generations and invest in those who influence children through written words.
At the Write2Ignite conference, you'll find her at the book sales table.
Cindy Lynn Sawyer
Author, Educator, and Graphic Designer
Cindy Lynn Sawyer is a writer, designer, creative planner, adventurer, and lover of all things chocolate. As CEO of Duh Moments (a self-inflicted title), she finds herself experiencing more than her fair share of embarrassing situations. This title pairs nicely with her directionally challenged superpowers, which give her the not-so-supernatural ability to turn the wrong way 100 percent of the time.
Despite the oddities of life, Cindy has discovered that God works through both big and little "duh" moments. She has also learned that, amid unanswered questions, surprising twists, embarrassing moments, and unexpected turns, He blesses us with truth, enlightenment, and new adventures.
Cindy has published over four hundred articles, including ones purchased by Clubhouse Jr. and Focus on the Family's Single Parent Magazine. Her articles include "Showdown at the Homestead Corral," "The Road Off Welfare," and "Forgiving the Other Woman." Currently, she's a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators and two exclusive writing critique groups.
Cindy works for Child and Parent Services, a child abuse prevention organization, as a communication and outreach manager.
Read more about Cindy's writing adventures and duh moments at NeveraDuhMoment.com.
Tony Snipes
Although he's an illustrator at heart, Tony has always found himself helping creative people reach audiences and engage the public.
For more than 20 years Tony has carried out this calling professionally for newspapers, TV and now Christian radio, helping each traditional industry tell their stories using digital and social media platforms.
Tony's path is starting to come full circle, as his experience in Marketing and Media are now being applied to ministry, coaching and the creative arts.
One of Tony's cherished moments as an artist that happens to write, was publishing his book "God's 7 Keys for Creative People", an illustrated guide for individual and group study.
When it comes to Write2Ignite, Tony hopes to bring a new look at the proven business practices he's seen corporate content creators use everyday. He believes Christian creatives can use the same practices to support and sustain their projects. He also foresees Write2Ignite being used as a springboard for young Christian storytellers, pointing them toward possible careers in Journalism and New Media.
Catch a glimpse of Tony in action at YourCreativeMission.com, and his latest visual storytelling project "The Portsmouth Aeroshipbuilding Co."
Helen Jimmie Weigt
Graphic Designer, Educator, and W2I Registration and Information Table Facilitator
Helen Jimmie Weigt considers it a joy and privilege to serve Write2Ignite Conference as one of the conference team's graphic designers. She has considered it a blessing to communicate with the team during her four years of involvement.
She has graduated one of her two homeschooled daughters and recently relocated from North Carolina to Nova Scotia.
April Williams
Homeschool Educator and W2I Bookstore and Media Adviser
April Williams is an ideas person who loves to promote writing among teens. She's a widowed mommy to Kalie (eighteen years old) and three other adult daughters, who no longer live at home. She's currently homeschooling Kalie. April lives in Travelers Rest, SC.


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So, let's begin. The garage roller is a part of the door, that makes the movement of this door easier and smoother. When you open and close the door, there is no noise — and that's exactly what door rollers do.
The reasons why you do want to replace your old rollers with some new ones can vary. Maybe, your old rollers break — when this happens, opening and closing the door becomes really rough.
The main thing you have to know is: the replacement of a door roller isn't a problem at all. Basically, you'll have to open the door, to fix it with a clamp to release the door from the opener and remove the rollers to insert the new ones. After that, you'll have to re-install the door.
I simplified the process and skipped some steps, but you've got the idea. Now let's talk about the differences among the different types of door rollers. Spoiler: it's quite simple, too.
So, there are two things you must consider: the size and the material. As for the garage door rollers sizes, it's easy as that — you'll have to remove the roller (or open the door if you can't remove it) and measure the width of its head. The most common sizes are ¾, 1 ¾, 2 ¾ inches.
The material is another, more interesting question. The thing is, the majority of the rollers are now made of two materials: steel and nylon. The differences are quite clear:
- nylon rollers are much, much quieter. They simply minimize the vibration thus reducing the noise level
- nylon rollers are not as durable as the steel ones. The thing is, steel is harder, so they will work for 20 years or so, while nylon rollers may work for 10-15 years (the figures aren't 100% accurate, but they are close to reality)
So, the choice hasn't become more clear, right? What I can say here is that the score of the game "Garage door rollers: nylon vs steel" is 1:1. However, I prefer the nylon garage door rollers because they are really much quieter.
Let's finally do what you're here for — review the top-5 rollers. There are 4 nylon rollers and 1 steel roller here, the garage door roller sizes vary from 1 ¾ to 2 ¾ and they all have one thing in common: all of them are extremely good. Let's continue.
List of the Best Garage Door Rollers:
1. F&T Garage Door Steel Rollers 12 Pack
The very first thing for you to do: buy these two additional products: SK7103 door hinge made of steel and the WD-40 spray. The door hinge is necessary to install the rollers and the WD-40 is a great lubricant, which would extend the life of the rollers.
Now, when you are ready and prepared, let's talk about the rollers.
They are made of steel, which means they are really strong and durable. According to the manufacturer, the tests were carried out and these tests showed that 10,000 openings and closings weren't a problem at all. They used a 100 lb load (45kg) so the result is really good.
I've just said that the main problem of such rollers is that they are noisy — but it seems like I was unaware of these rollers then. The bearing balls contain 13 balls here so they are as quiet as possible. I like it.
Well, that's basically all I can say about these steel rollers. They work smoothly and quite quietly, pardon the pun — and they are really durable. However, the nylon rollers are still quieter.
P.S. They are quite cheap, just like all the steel rollers.
2. Dura-Bilt Nylon Garage Door Roller
I recommend buying this Blaster lubricant together with this door roller — if you want the rollers to work literally for decades, you can't miss it. And it works in all types of weather, both cold and hot.
What I like most is the level of noise. It's very, very low — I mean that when you open or close the door, you can't hear the noise at all. Just a pure perfection.
Smooth and quiet work, extremely low price, simple installation — this Dura-Bilt product can really make your garage a much more comfortable place for work.
3. 2 Inch 13 Ball Nylon Garage Door Rollers
The rollers with 13 balls are the best rollers in 2018. They are the quietest and the most durable ones, and this one is another typical representative of such rollers.
Typical, but very good. It's one of those garage door rollers 1 ¾ size that can work for dozens of years, and I'm not exaggerating here — what's more, they are also really easy-to-install so you'll have no problems with it even if you are new to the DIY world.
I also recommend buying this isolation kit in order to maximize the results. If you haven't ever used one of such kits, you'll be surprised by the reduced vibrations and noise — and together with these rollers, this kit works wonders.
These rollers have longer stems, and it's a brilliant idea because with the long stems a garage door won't come out of the bent track if something goes wrong.
4. Dura-Lift 6200Z Nylon Garage Door Roller
Perfect for wooden and for steel doors, extremely quiet yet a little bit more expensive than the previous rollers — meet the 6200Z nylon roller!
If you replace your plastic or steel rollers with this product, you will be shocked. These rollers are very quiet, strong and easy to install, but I've already written all this stuff about the other rollers. So, what's the difference?
This roller is extremely durable and strong. According to the test, 100,000 openings and closings aren't a problem for this roller — just imagine, if you open and close your garage door 6 times a day, you will have to replace the roller after 45-50 years or even later!
I also love their new bearing idea. The thing is, these rollers have only 8 bearings instead of 13 — but because of the design, they are still tenfold stronger!
5. Dura-Lift Ultra-Life MAX
Can't say too much here. This roller is the winner, the perfect and the best roller on the market — thanks to maximum protection, maximum performance, and more than 120,000 door cycles (enough for 60+ years).
You just have to see it with your own eyes. Be ready that you'll have to spend a lot of money, but is it a problem if we are talking about the thing that you'll have to replace somewhere in the 2080s?
As with every other product, here you have a choice. You can spend less and buy the steel rollers — they are still cool, but a little noisy.
You can spend a little more and solve the problem for the next 15-20 years or you can spend quite serious money and forget about the rollers for 60 years or so — I've tried to collect all the options here. Hope you've found something here.


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The smartphone industry is changing. More and more customers are switching to equipment installation plans, whereby the cost of the handset is disclosed at the start of the arrangement and is paid back over a period, typically two years. Customers also have an air time agreement signed at the same time, which is independent to the handset repayment plan. This is one way that customers can save money on their smartphone plans: the cheaper the handset, the less the regular monthly payment and this is something that has not always been consistent with the old fashioned plans. Carriers generally like equipment installation plans as they are able to charge full price for hardware rather than subsidize it, and by January 2016 all four of America's national carriers had phased out the old, legacy style, subsidized service plan in favor of the new style equipment installation plan.
However, only a few weeks after stopping the traditional style two year service plan we have learned that Sprint has reintroduced them. America's smallest national carrier explained that it was reintroducing the plans in order to provide customers with more choice. Sprint's spokeswoman, Michelle Leff Mermelstein, told our source: "Sprint is the only carrier to offer the most choices to obtain a new device — lease, installment bill, two-year contract or pay full retail price." Sprint's website was updated this morning to include the new, old, way of buying a cell phone.
Sprint's decision is interesting because it reverses the trend within the industry that T-Mobile US started in 2013. Industry experts believe that Sprint is reinstating the traditional contract because it offers something that the competition do not, even though one of the reasons for the change in the industry is because customers appear to prefer the equipment installation plans. Verizon Wireless reported that in the fourth quarter, two thirds of phone activations were on equipment installation plans compared with just one quarter for the end of 2014, although the company admitted that the take-up of installation plans was a little below their expectation of 70%. However, as at the end of 2015, over 40% of Verizon's customers were on an unsubsidized device service plan. It will be interesting to see how many of Sprint's customers adopt the traditional two year contract going forward, and if the trend of switching to service plans continues regardless of the reintroduced offer.


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Peer review is intended to improve the accuracy, clarity, and completeness of published manuscripts and to help editors decide which manuscripts to publish. Peer review does not guarantee manuscript quality and does not reliably detect scientific misconduct.
Peer reviewers should be experts in the manuscript's content area, research methods, or both; a critique of writing style alone is not sufficient. Peer reviewers should be selected based on their expertise and ability to provide high quality, constructive, and fair reviews. For research manuscripts, editors may, in addition, seek the opinion of a statistical reviewer.
The editor has complete responsibility and authority to accept a submitted paper for publication or to reject it. The editor may confer with reviewers for an evaluation to use in making this decision.
Peer reviewers advise editors on how a manuscript might be improved and on its priority for publication in that journal. Editors decide whether and under which conditions manuscripts are accepted for publication, assisted by reviewers' advice.
Peer reviewers are sometimes paid for their efforts but usually provide their opinions free of charge, as a service to their profession. Editors should require all peer reviewers to disclose any conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise, related to a particular manuscript and should take this information into account when deciding how to use their review. Generally speaking, people with a direct financial interest in the results of the manuscripts should not be reviewers.
Editors of peer-reviewed journals need not send all submitted manuscripts out for review. Manuscripts that seem unlikely to be published in that journal may be returned to authors without external review, to allow authors to submit the manuscript to another journal without delay and to make efficient use of reviewers' and editors' time.
The editor should avoid situations of real or perceived conflicts of interest. Such conflicts include, but are not limited to, handling papers from present and former students, from colleagues with whom the editor has recently collaborated, and from those in the same institution.
Editors should state their journal's peer review policies, including which kinds of article are peer reviewed and by how many reviewers, in the instructions for authors. Editors should also periodically publish statistics describing their journal's review process, such as number of manuscripts submitted, acceptance rate, and average times from manuscript submission to rejection letter to authors and, for accepted manuscripts, time to publication.
All published articles in world journal of pharmaceutical sciences are peer reviewed and all manuscripts submitted follows the procedure outlined below.
Initial Manuscript Evaluation: All manuscripts submitted for publication in Journal are firstly evaluated by the Editorial Board Members. The editors employ double blind reviewing, where both the referee and author remain anonymous throughout the process.


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This is an interesting momento from SamuraiMaster. In the last 15 minutes ( I still want to type hive tean ) of the game, Shival sent these buggy cameras directly to our backpacks ( thank goodness I had a slot open after that loot flood )
He took a picture while we were on White's prop and I thought that was it, game over early. It did end bugging my chat and crashing everyone else, and when I left the prop it crashed my client so I was scrambling in the last 10 minutes of the game to regroup with my team in the right instance of Nimbus, tripping over friends along the way.
Anyways, you can see the crazy quality of picture it takes. I took a short video of the camera in action and will get that up sometime, but you double click on the camera in your backpack and it automagically uploads the picture to imgur.com, pretty neat.
So this picture is really the last minute of the game, lights went out maybe 20 seconds later. I think it's really fitting in it's strange, buggy quality and I was right where I wanted to be, in Nimbus with friends.
Thanks Sam for sharing this 🙂


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06 July 2010
Spa and skincare brand appoints PR
O Spa London has appointed Halpern to handle PR. The brand operates luxury spas in landmark London locations as well as producing an organic range of premium skin and body care products. Contact.
New press office contact at Japanese lifestyle retailer
| pr news |
From Monday 12 July, Rachel Mellor will be the new in-house Press Officer for Japanese lifestyle retailer Muji, dealing with all editorial enquiries. For all other PR and Marketing enquiries please contact Christina Grundy. Contact.
| DIARY dates |
Added, amended or confirmed:
- Divertimenti Christmas in July
- TRESemmé haircare launch
- Emu Australia BBQ
- PretaPortobello.com pop-up sale
- Sustainable Fashion Gets Fierce!! 123 Launches
- Currys and PC World Christmas Product Showcase
- Push PR Christmas Press Day
- Warehouse Christmas press day
PR appointed for new tattoo cosmetics kit
True Grace PR has been appointed to handle the PR for Tattoo Secret, a new cosmetics kit containing all the tools and make-up required to temporarily cover up tattoos. Developed with the help of Maggie Richards, a professional skin camouflage expert, the kit comes with a detailed step-by-step guide. Contact.
DeVetta PR client wins
DeVetta PR is now representing fashion labels Ella Moss and Splendid. Contact.
Editorial assistant on consumer title goes freelance
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Siam Goorwich, editorial assistant at Grazia, is leaving her position to go freelance. Siam will be developing her fashion blog, www.not-just-another-fashion-blog.blogspot.com, and accepting freelance commissions. Siam's last day in the office will be Friday 9 July. Jo Oliver has been appointed as editorial assistant/PA to the editor at Grazia and will begin her new role later this month. Her contact details are yet to be confirmed.
Australian jewellery brand appoints PR for UK launch
Essence Communications has been appointed to handle the UK press and PR for Peter Lang jewellery. Contact.
EDITORIAL REQUEST: Beauty writer looking for beauty travel kits suitable for Caribbean and Arctic cruises for magazine piece
Freelance beauty writer Jennifer O'Shea is looking for beauty travel kits suitable for Caribbean and Arctic cruises for Cruise International Magazine. Please direct samples/press releases to her via e-mail or to her postal address. Contact.
Luxury haircare brand appoints agency to handle all PR
PJPR is handling all PR for luxury haircare brand Shan Rahimkhan and will be delivering a comprehensive beauty PR campaign for the 'True Volume Collection'. Contact.
Facialist and skincare line client win
TCS Embryo Has been appointed to handle the UK public relations for facialist Vaishaly, Vaishaly The Clinic in Paddington Street, London W1 and her signature Vaishaly skincare range. Contact.


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Play Game Below
Haunt the House Terrortown is a side-scrolling action puzzle game developed and published by the SFB games. The game was released originally for the PlayStation Vita in early 2013 and months later was available on Desktop as an online browser game and on Android and iOS platforms as well. The game has been released on Valves Steam Store also which can be downloaded on a Desktop.Unlike most horror games, the objective of the game is to scare people. Haunt the house is a story based puzzle game which explains the story of a ghost who lives in an abandoned bell tower in an abandoned town called the 'Terrortown'. The ghost is in peace until people start moving into the town.
The new residents seem to never sleep and thus disturbing the ghosts sleep. The ghost's task is to scare away all the people from Terrortown so once again he can Rest in Peace.
If you don't know how to play this game please watch the video below!
House Games Unblocked
Setup And Controls
The game is divided into different levels. Each level is designed in different setups such as a Theatre, Party Home, Hospital, and Museum etc. The main objective is to spook the people in each building. The level is completed when all the people have been scared out of the house.
The ghost is controlled by the arrow keys for users on Desktop and by corresponding touch commands for users on Mobile devices. The movement allows the ghost to maneuver through the house or the building. People are spread over all the rooms and keep moving back and forth. A number of objects are found all over the building and can be possessed into to scare the residents. While hovering around the house, if the ghost is near to a possible object, a hint on the screen appears. The player can press the Space key to enter the object or in case of Android or iOS users, double tapping the object does the task.
Haunt The House The Game
Each object has a different way of spooking the party makers. For example, you can possess a lamp and move it left or right.You can also use the lamp to perform an odd ghostly action that definitely scares the nearby people. As you are on your way to scare the people, there is present an atmosphere meter on the screen at all times that indicates the terror intensity you have caused in the house.
The more you scare the people and more the terror meter, the easier it becomes to run out the remaining guests. In addition, scaring more people causes the ghost to perform spookier actions through the household objects. For instance, you can normally possess a glass and move it left or right or maybe even make it fly around. But once you have scared out enough people, you can have the ability to even crack the glass causing even more fear to the remaining residents.
It's Not That Easy
Though it may seem easy to roam around the house or theater and possess objects and scare people. But it's not that simple. Different people might have a different reaction to the same spook attempt. Someone might get scared of flying utensils in the kitchen while some other guy might just blink and walk away. But there is a breaking point for everyone. Different objects need to be tried before finally getting them out. These cases may occasionally cause a lot of frustration as these people keep shifting rooms up and down before finally quitting.
Haunted Games
However in some cases, if you spook people too much, they tend to commit suicide by jumping from the windows. Though causing people to jump from the windows decreases the Spirit energy. Low spirit energy means you have limited options with possible able objects.
SPOILER! Throughout the game, you come around 9 certain characters that won't get scared away. You will have to find the correct object and action to kill them only to find that they are the people from the picture in the bell tower. These people become part of the ghost family and can be utilized as usable avatars in the game.
Haunt The House is supposed to be a horror genre but the cartoony theme and the cute characters make the game entertainingly fun and enjoyable. The game has the perfect tone to match the comical spooky atmosphere. It does not require a lot of skill to move around the house and control objects. One only major downside is the short story of the game. The whole game can be completed in an hour or two at max. Since its release, only one Christmas DLC has been released. The game comes to an end too soon but can be amusingly fun while it lasts.


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Birth of a Baby Daddy (The Baileys #3) by Piper Rayne
Publication date: 2nd May 2019
Genres: Contemporary Romance
If you're having fun living your bachelor life in your Alaskan hometown and out of nowhere a woman shows up holding a baby she insists is yours, you need a plan-a birth plan.
BP Step #1 – Lift your jaw off the floor.
BP Step #2 – Figure out the baby's age-do the math.
BP Step #3 – Try to remember the woman and with any luck, her name.
BP Step #4 – Double check that she's not confusing you with your twin brother.
BP Step #5 – Ignore your five sister's scowls as your entire family watches the drama unfold.
There's only one thing you shouldn't do.
BP Step #6 – Don't assume she's there because she wants your daughter to call you Daddy. You'll only end up disappointed.
Time to figure out a new plan-one that changes her mind.
I read this book on the commute to and from work. A single day's round trip lasting a total of approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes. And I have to tell you, dear reader, that the train I was on could have been stopped by a points failure, and I wouldn't have noticed. THAT is how engrossed I was with this tale.
Now, for obvious reasons, I am not going to tell you which twin is involved. That would, after all, completely spoil the surprise. What I can tell you is that this writing team have once again pulled a great story out of their writing hat. The story doesn't go where I expected it to – the characters respond in unexpected, (but highly satisfying) ways and the ultimate outcome is, well, just very very right.
I'm loving these Baileys. And with that ending? Let's just say that the next book is eagerly anticipated!
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced reader copy of this book.
Piper Rayne, or Piper and Rayne, whichever you prefer because we're not one author, we're two. Yep, you get two USA Today Bestselling authors for the price of one. Our goal is to bring you romance stories that have "Heartwarming Humor With a Side of Sizzle" (okay…you caught us, that's our tagline). A little about us… We both have kindles full of one-clickable books. We're both married to husbands who drive us to drink. We're both chauffeurs to our kids. Most of all, we love hot heroes and quirky heroines that make us laugh, and we hope you do, too.


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When our middle child graduated from high school and a few months later left for college, I negotiated with myself. I promised myself that I would not call him or text him every day. I would allow myself one call a week, Sunday afternoons. But I still had to deal with missing him and the fact that I had to pass his empty bedroom every time I walked down the hall. Sometimes I would sit in his bedroom with our dog and I would resist texting, "Did you floss?" Eventually, our dog, processing her own grief, would fall asleep on his pillow, and I would sit there with my broken heart, second-guessing myself.
Some people return to their kitchens again and again to make certain the stove is turned off before they leave home. I wrestled with similar feelings. There was a nagging in my mind, Did I tell him this? Did I tell him that? Did he hear me? The third question is the relevant one, Was I heard?
My children and husband say I'm thorough when giving advice. I'm a dot-my-i's, cross-my-t's kind of gal when it comes to "It's a jungle out there and you need to know these things." When I worried, I reminded myself of my thoroughness, assuring myself that I told him important things so many times, he had to have heard me. But then it occurred to me: what if my son was tuning me out when something new came out of my mouth, something essential?
To deal with my nagging mind, my heavy heart and the lump in my throat, instead of texting my college freshman every day with bits of advice that would only confirm what he knew already, that his mom was on edge (aren't we all, don't they make us that way?), I started to draw pictures of things I wanted him to know. I drew and drew and drew whenever I had that horrible feeling of, "Maybe I already told him this, but I have to tell him again."
I found that when I allowed myself time with my notebook to feel what I had to say, I was able to cope with not purchasing his favorite food when I went grocery shopping, the absence of his shoes piled at the front door and the funny stories about his day that I didn't get to hear in the kitchen at night.
Instead, I was able to think through the things I wanted him to know about drinking and girls and life.
I knew, like most freshmen away from home for the first time, he would most likely get sick, and I wanted to tell him how to take care of himself. That's what that transition is all about, isn't it? Learning how to take care of yourself.
I also wanted him to learn about resilience and passion and discipline, about loving intimately, being kind and being faithful. I wanted him to soak in sunshine and fun and friends while at the same time getting to know professors and challenging himself. I wanted him to have the courage to be different from everyone else if that's what his life purpose required.
After months of drawing pictures from my heart, I learned several things. Each time I sat in my office chair with my notebook and pen having just completed another drawing full of advice, I would stop, breathe and ask myself, "Is this love?" And every time my answer was yes. When I looked carefully at my anxiety and my sorrow, I saw that behind the fear and the grief was a huge reservoir of love. When I found the love, I found strength and peace.
This is how I discovered the most important thing I needed to tell my son: It is a jungle out there -- a beautiful, ugly, unfair, glorious, devastating, exhilarating world -- and the most important thing to keep with you at all times so that you never, ever feel alone is a deep knowledge that you are cherished and you are loved.
These drawings are from Kathleen Buckstaff's Mother Advice To Take With You To College: Humor, Inspiration and Wisdom To Go. Kathleen Buckstaff is the author of two books that celebrate motherhood:Mother Advice To Take With You To College and The Tiffany Box: A Memoir.


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Medical Language Accelerated
Medical Language Accelerated
1st Edition
by Steven Jones and Andrew Cavanagh
Copyright: 2017
Pub Date: 2.12.2019
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Listen in as Steve Jones, author of Medical Language Accelerated, discusses how he makes the course accessible and engaging for students.
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About the Authors
Steve Jones
Steven Jones holds a B.A. in Greek and Latin from Baylor University, an M.A. in Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies from Bryn Mawr College, and a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Texas at Austin. Steve has held previous faculty appointments at Trinity University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Baylor University. Currently, Steve is Assistant Professor of Classics at Houston Baptist University, in Houston, TX, where he also serves as the chair of the Department of Classics and Biblical Languages and as the Director of the Master of Arts in Biblical Languages Program. He teaches courses on Latin, Greek, Classical Civilization, Early Christianity, and the Classical Roots of Medical Language. When not breaking down medical words, Steve enjoys spending time with his wife and four daughters, watching baseball, drinking ice cold Dr. Pepper, and showing off his parallel-parking skills.
Andrew Cavanagh
Andrew Cavanagh holds a B.S. in Genetics from Texas A&M University and an M.D. from Texas A&M College of Medicine. After completing his residency at Palmetto Health Children's Hospital, he joined the Pediatric practice of the Austin Regional Clinic in Austin, TX. In addition to being Board Certified in Pediatrics, Andy has served as the Pediatric Specialty Chief for Dell Children's Medical Center and on the board of Dell Children's Medical Center Executive Committee. He is currently Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Texas A&M College of Medicine. When not comforting sick children at work or wrestling with his own two kids at home, Andy enjoys mountain biking, travel, Bible study, and trying to make his wife laugh.


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An unexploded World War II piece of ordnance was found buried in sand on the Kita-Nashiro Beach in Nashiro, Itoman City, Sunday afternoon.
WWII shell found on Kita-Nashiro Beach
Date Posted: 2011-06-09
A 37-year-old Naha City man discovered the unexploded shell while his young child was playing on the beach. He immediately called police after spotting the 90mm shell about 5 p.m. Itoman City Police say the unexploded shell was made in the U.S., and had its fuse intact.
Although there were swimmers on the beach, authorities say no evacuation was ordered. The Ground Self-Defense Force unexploded ordnance disposal party received the emergency call. EOD technicians removed the shell two hours after first examining it on the beach.