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BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Bruins ended the night the same way they came in, locked in a three-way tie for the last three spots in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Only one thing had changed: they had one fewer chance to figure things out and end their scoring slump.
"There's only five games left, so there are 10 points out there," Bruins forward Michael Ryder said after Boston lost 1-0 to the Florida Panthers and remained fighting with five teams for the last three spots in the playoffs. "It's hard to find wins right now. You do feel that the team that puts it together first is going to be there."
Scott Clemmensen stopped 36 shots for his fifth career shutout and Keith Ballard scored for Florida, which ended a four-game losing streak. The Bruins' loss left them tied with Montreal and Philadelphia in sixth, with Atlanta two points back in ninth and the New York Rangers another two points back in 10th.
At least two of those teams will miss the playoffs.
"We could have jumped ahead of Philly and Montreal and gone four ahead of Atlanta — that's the disappointing part," Bruins forward Mark Recchi said. "For the most part, we controlled the game the whole game. That's obviously not good enough. We have to find ways to win these games."
The Flyers lost 6-4 to the New York Islanders, and Atlanta lost 2-1 at Washington. The Rangers and Canadiens were idle.
Florida is tied for 12th in the 14-team East and has only a remote chance of making the playoffs.
"We don't have a whole lot else to play for except upsetting some teams," Ballard said. "It was a big game for them. We are going to run into a few more of those in the last couple weeks here."
Ballard scored 7:15 into the game and the Bruins, who have scored 29 goals while winning just three of their last 17 home games, couldn't tie it despite controlling the puck much of the game. Boston attempted 86 shots, with 32 blocked by the defense and another 18 missing the net, to 30 for Florida.
"I got lucky on some saves. They are a little bit snake-bitten right now, and I kind of took advantage of that," said Clemmensen, who picked up his first shutout of the season. "Better late than never."
Clemmensen, who went to Boston College and played in the TD Garden in the Beanpot and Hockey East tournaments, shut out the Bruins for the second time.
"I have a special place in my heart for Boston," he said. "It's nice to look up and see BC as Beanpot champs and conference champs."
Ballard took a pass from Cory Stillman in the slot and put it past Tuukka Rask to end the goalie's shutout string of 121 minutes, 42 seconds, including an overtime shutout of the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.
"These kinds of games, with a team who's out of the playoffs, they come into our home building and we just can't win. It's frustrating," said Rask, who stopped 19 shots. "I hope it doesn't cost us too much at the end of the day."
NOTES: Rask was selected the Seventh Player in an online vote of Bruins fans for going above and beyond the call of duty. … Bruins forward Shawn Thornton missed the game with an undisclosed injury. … Florida and Boston each have five games remaining. … It was Ballard's first career goal against the Bruins.
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Colleen Rowe Harvey: Fifty Two
Colleen Rowe Harvey's first solo exhibition Fifty Two is a photographic and mixed-medium representation of the artist's one year journey. The opening event also features the book launch Fifty Two, a photographic essay across the US, Japan and the UK.
Runs 25 March – 2 April 2017
Private View March 25th from 6-8pm
Open daily 11am-6pm
Camden Image Gallery
174 Royal College St
London NW1 0SP
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Well this month I really lucked out and got some good finds my personal fave is The Brother from another Planet ! So I'll probably be putting that on heavy rotation LOL.I remember when I first saw that movie as kid and thinking it was really cool.
Well anyways I'm always searching the B-movie graveyard to dig up new movies for Sick Tv so stay tuned and enjoy the all night horror show.


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The study of atoms, electrons, neutrons, and protons is so complex that throughout history scientists have developed several models of the atom. From the early Greek concept of the atom, about 2400 years ago, to today's modern atomic model, scientists have built on and modified existing models, as new information was discovered. There are still concepts on which scientists do not fully agree. In an attempt to simplify the concept and describe how some materials become magnetized, we are using a simplification of the Niels Bohr Model of the atom. Niels Bohr was a Danish scientist and made his model in 1913. In his model Bohr depicted electrons spinning and orbiting the nucleus of an atom. In our exercise, the electron appears to orbit in the same path around the nucleus, but electrons do not really orbit in the same path. They change their path with each revolution and are commonly described as existing in clouds that surround the nucleus of an atom. Because electrons move so quickly, it is impossible to see where they are at a specific moment in time.
As the electrons circle the nucleus of the atom, they also spin, similar to the way the Earth spins on its axis.
What is the origin of magnetism?
The origin of magnetism is a very complicated concept. In fact, there are some details about magnetism on the atomic scale that scientists still do not fully agree on. To begin to understand where magnetism originates and why some materials can be magnetized while others cannot, requires a fair amount of quantum theory. Quantum theory is the study of the jumps from one energy level to another as it relates to the structure and behavior of atoms. However, explaining quantum theory is well beyond the scope of this material, so this subject will be reserved for high school and college chemistry and physics classes. Nevertheless, the basic scientific principles of magnetism can be explained if a few generalizations and simplifications are made.
What does matter consist of?
First, you must recall that all matter is made up of atoms. Atoms have a positively charged center called the nucleus. A nucleus contains one or more protons and neutrons and is orbited by one or more negatively charged particles called electrons. A simplified animation of an atom is what you observed above. You should have concluded that the electrons spin as they travel around the nucleus (which contain protons and neutrons) much like the earth spins as it orbits the sun. As the electrons spin and orbit the nucleus, they produce a magnetic field. In the early 1800s, A. M. Ampere first suggested the theory that magnetic fields were due to electric currents continually circulating within the atom. Ampere's insight was pretty amazing considering the electron would not be discovered for another 75 years.


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Happy Thanksgiving from Spy Vibe! Open Channel D to send a toast to all Spy Vibers around the globe with this original card ala The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Also on the web today, I launched a new blog called Art Pioneers, which includes the vintage holiday image below- but with a very different twist! Check it out. I hope everyone is having a great week. And to those agents racing away from diabolical masterminds in the snow, please do drive carefully!
Selected Spy Vibe posts: Popular Skullture, New Gerry Anderson Sets, New SECRET AGENT set, Art of Modesty, Avengers Blu-ray update, Tokyo Beat 1964, Polaroid Spy, Modesty Monday, Feraud Mod Fashion, Flint Scores!, Bond Danish, Home Movies, New Richard Sala Book, New 007 Comics, Designing Bond Books, Green Hornet Manga, Margaret Nolan Art, No 6 Festival, Barbarella Returns, 007 Audio Books Return, Designer: Gene Winfield, Avengers Interview: Michael Richardson, Ian Fleming: Wicked Grin, Jane Bond Hong Kong Records, Ryan Heshka Interview, Comics Week: Man From R.I.V.E.R.D.A.L.E., Comics Week: Archie, Comics Week: Robots, Comics Week: Cold War Atomic, Comics Week: SPYMAN, Comics Week: Jimmy Olsen, Rare Avengers Scripts, Man From Uncle UK Comics, Mattel X-15, Thunderbirds Comics, Shakespeare Spies: Diana Rigg, Shakespeare Spies I, Rodney Marshall Avengers Interview, Avengers Book: Bowler Hats & Kinky Boots, George Lois Design & Mad Men, Richard Sala: Super-Enigmatix, Danger Diabolik Soundtrack, Cold War Archie, Playboy Bunny Interview, The 10th Victim Japanese and Kindle, U.N.C.L.E. Japanese Books, The 10th Victim German Edition, The Saint books return, Trina Robbins Interview, Catsuits, Batman '66 Green Hornet Interview: Ralph Garman Ty Templeton.


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Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
North Wales Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
Welcome to 'Mental Health Matters' a website developed by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service.
We hope that this website will provide lots of useful information about ways to look after our mental health.
Mental Health Means a Healthy Mind !
We also hope that this website will provide help and advice to children and young people, parents and carers and people who work with children to know what to do if they are worried about problems which may affect our mental health.
Click on the short animation below which has been developed for children and adolescents who may be experiencing mental health problems.


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Formats and tools
- Unit Description
- Reconstruct the unit from the xml and display it as an HTML page.
- Assessment Tool
- an assessor resource that builds a framework for writing an assessment tool
- Assessment Template
- generate a spreadsheet for marking this unit in a classroom environment. Put student names in the top row and check them off as they demonstrate competenece for each of the unit's elements and performance criteria.
- Assessment Matrix
- a slightly different format than the assessment template. A spreadsheet with unit names, elements and performance criteria in separate columns. Put assessment names in column headings to track which performance criteria each one covers. Good for ensuring that you've covered every one of the performance criteria with your assessment instrument (all assessement tools together).
- Wiki Markup
- mark up the unit in a wiki markup codes, ready to copy and paste into a wiki page. The output will work in most wikis but is designed to work particularly well as a Wikiversity learning project.
- Evidence Guide
- create an evidence guide for workplace assessment and RPL applicants
- Competency Mapping Template
- Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners. A template for developing assessments for a unit, which will help you to create valid, fair and reliable assessments for the unit, ready to give to trainers and students
- Observation Checklist
- create an observation checklist for workplace assessment and RPL applicants. This is similar to the evidence guide above, but a little shorter and friendlier on your printer. You will also need to create a seperate Assessor Marking Guide for guidelines on gathering evidence and a list of key points for each activity observed using the unit's range statement, required skills and evidence required (see the unit's html page for details)
- Self Assessment Survey
- A form for students to assess thier current skill levels against each of the unit's performance criteria. Cut and paste into a web document or print and distribute in hard copy.
- Moodle Outcomes
- Create a csv file of the unit's performance criteria to import into a moodle course as outcomes, ready to associate with each of your assignments. Here's a quick 'how to' for importing these into moodle 2.x
- Registered Training Organisations
- Trying to find someone to train or assess you? This link lists all the RTOs that are currently registered to deliver RIICCM208A, 'Carry out basic levelling'.
- Google Links
- links to google searches, with filtering in place to maximise the usefulness of the returned results
- Books
- Reference books for 'Carry out basic levelling' on fishpond.com.au. This online store has a huge range of books, pretty reasonable prices, free delivery in Australia *and* they give a small commission to ntisthis.com for every purchase, so go nuts :)
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Plan and prepare
1.1. Access, interpret and apply compliance documentation relevant to the work activity
1.2. Obtain and confirm safety requirements from the site safety plan and organisational policies and procedures, and apply to the allotted task
1.3. Identify, obtain and implement signage requirements from the project traffic management plan
1.4. Select plant, tools and equipment to carry out levelling tasks consistent with the requirements of the job, check for serviceability and rectify or report any faults
1.5. Check levelling equipment for serviceability within specified tolerances, and report any faults
1.6. Identify environmental protection requirements from the project environmental management plan, and confirm and apply to the allotted task
2. Establish offsets for civil works
2.1. Establish offset and recovery pegs from survey controls to specified plans and drawings to meet project requirements
2.2. Re-establish earthwork and pavement control lines from offsets and/or recovery pegs in accordance with plans, drawings and specifications
2.3. Establish drainage offsets from survey control
3. Set up and use levelling device
3.1. Identify heights to be transferred/established from project plans or instructions
3.2. Set up and use levelling instruments correctly in accordance with standard operating procedures and manufacturer's guidelines
3.3. Transfer heights from the known to the required
3.4. Document results of levelling procedure and close them out to organisational requirements
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What is surprising is that the three levels of government has done little to deal with the issues that the Black Community brought to its attention five years ago that spoke about deeper issues that drive these young people to a culture of guns, drugs and gangs. Those issues include lack of enough adequate after-school programs, being kicked out of school under the draconian Education Act, being recially profiledby the police and other law enforcement authorities, being labelled and stereotyped - self-fullfilng amongst other issues.
The Federal Parliament made amendments to the Criminal Code as a result of the enactment of Bill C-2 which came into force on May 1st 2008 that increases the 'minimum terms of imprisonment' that must be imposed for various firearms and prohibited/restricted weapons offences, particularly where the offence has been committed with a restricted or prohibited firearm, in connection with a criminal organization, or by an individual with a previous conviction or a firearms and/or prohibited/restricted weapons offence.
With ten shootings in the past week in Toronto, the mandatory minimum penitentiary sentencing regime is attractive to those dangerous criminals. However, the principle of general deterrence does not really apply because it does not appear that the majority of them gets it - so we have a disproportionate amount of Black men being killed by gun violence and being jailed for being the perpetrators: NOT GOOD!!!
I have posted below a press release we sent out in August 2005, you will see that the issues raised then still exists today!!!!
Coalition of African Canadian Community Organizations Speaks out on Gun Violence and Calls for a
with all three levels of government Summit
We wish to make it clear that we consider the escalating violence and criminal behavior being experienced as unacceptable and a situation that must be of concern to all residents. These challenges to community safety cannot be allowed to go on unchecked and must be addressed under the provisions of the laws of this country.
We must emphasize however, that these activities are not disconnected from the broader and more entrenched socio-economic conditions that adversely impact our community. Limited opportunities; lack of access to jobs, services and programs; the increased targeting and systematic expulsion of our children under the Safe Schools Act, among other conditions, deprive our young people access to the privileges and opportunities afforded others in this society. These factors have left our community particularly vulnerable.
We believe that it is the collective responsibility of governments, institutions and communities to develop and implement strategies and measures that will address the systemic and root causes of youth violence and criminal activity. In addition, all three levels of government must act aggressively to determine the sources of the supply of guns that are being made accessible to young people and to stop the flow of these weapons.
We intend to fully engage all three levels of government, the police, the private sector, the media and our communities in developing a fully integrated response that empowers the African Canadian community to define and deliver community-based solutions. This must be done in a partnership in which governments and institutions, including the private sector play an enabling role in the funding of services and programs.
It is the fundamental responsibility of government at all levels to address the issues that continue to marginalize the African Canadian community and we look forward to and expect a strong and sustainable partnership between government, community organizations and our communities as we work together to safeguard and enhance the future of our youth and the African Canadian community.
The Coalition calls:
- For a summit to be convened with all three levels of government within the next 30-days to discuss and fully develop integrated strategies to address the issues raised by the Coalition;
- On all levels of government, public institutions and the private sector to play a leading and continuing role in the funding of services and programs that impact the African Canadian community;
- For better policing that is among other things, accountable to an independent, public oversight body. To ensure community safety, the relationship between the police and the African Canadian community must be improved.
- On all three levels of government to work collaboratively and hastily to identify the sources and methods of the supply of guns so readily available in our cities and to stop their supply; and
- On the Ontario Ministry of Education and Boards of Education to discontinue the Application and Implementation of the Safe Schools Act which discriminates against and disenfranchise African Canadian youth.
There is no need for further reports or studies. The time to act is now!


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Thursday, May 18, 2017
Four Generations
I've been wanting to scrap this picture for a long time. Today it finally went together just the way I wanted it. I wanted an old vintage feel to it and I thought I could make the May 15th sketch at
"STUCK ?! SKETCHES" work for it buy using doilies with the sketch. But then I got really lucky when I started looking through a stack on single sheets of paper from individual buys or odds and ends from collections. I really was looking for something to work for the piece behind my picture and I found this hounds tooth piece and right below it was the single sheet of this vintage look paper with the circle. I knew I could make it work with the sketch and have it all come out.
I'm guessing I was maybe 3 in this picture which would make it 1954 and I'm with my Mom, her Dad and his Mom. Making it 4 generations. I'm so happy I have this picture and finally made a layout with it. I'm pleased with them both.
Here is the sketch and the link to "STUCK ?! SKETCHES"
5 comments:
- Debbi Tehrani said...
A beautiful photo and page. Very elegant! So happy you played with us at Stuck?! Sketches!
- May 20, 2017 at 6:49 AM
- Tina Campbell said...
Beautiful layout and photo Barbara :) I see alot of Leslie from your Mom. Well done with that sketch too
- May 20, 2017 at 8:12 AM
- Helen Wallace said...
You've certainly done justice to the precious photo and kept the theme elegant and muted. Lovely work. Thanks for joining us at Stuck?! Sketche
- May 21, 2017 at 9:17 AM
- Laura Whitaker said...
Wow this is so pretty, love the layered background and pretty embellishing! Thanks for playing along at Stuck?! Sketches!
- May 25, 2017 at 12:18 PM
- Monique Liedtke said...
Sooo beautiful!! Love that photo and love your embellishing! Thanks for playing along with us at Stuck?! Sketches!
- May 29, 2017 at 4:39 PM
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NEw Sejuani skin incoming for Russia
The fuck, I want that skin too.
You want all the skins...
So, the next ultimate skin is udyr skin afterall. And its theme is just "Udyr, but better" which is bit dull. Looks cool though.
Wouldn't all legendary skins be that though? It's not like a skin actually does anything to the gameplay, so what's the problem? That fact that you said it is both dull and that it looks cool confuses me. The only thing a skin is supposed to do is look cool.
IIRC, ultimate skins were supposed complete reimaginations of the champion. Which this skin isn't. Its just Udyr with better/flashier spell effects, more closer to visual upgrade IMO. And I can't really think of any legendary that is "X, but better." Blackfrost Anivia is Anivia corrupted by watchers. Aetherwing Kayle, Battlecast Cho'gath and Eternum Nocturne are Scifi versions of the champions in question. They all have clear theme to them that is different than "x, but better." I'd say that that applies to even all the non legendary skins as well that aren't just recolors, and those aren't even supposed to be "complete reimaginations of the champion in question.So yes, the skin looks cool, but would have been better placed as visual upgrade (not that udyr needs that though), as Ultimate skin its just dull and unimaginative IMHO. Of course I don't play Udyr at all, so I don't care much either way.
I dont see how its Dull and unimaginative. This skin makes Udyr the fully realized Spirit Walker, compared to just one in training/figuring himself out. It's amazing to think that theyve been working on this skin since before they did work on Pulse Fire Ez [which i find rather lame, actually].
I'm fuzzy as to who the 'her' is he's talking about.
popular theory is Evelynn, before she was turned to the darkside of the shadow islesas for what killed her, idiots say its Yorick because"if i have to kill them twice" line. But all of the Shadow isle folk are undead. My bet is Thresh or less likely Hecarim. I say Thresh because hes the only one in Shadow ISle lore that actively moves through Valoran selecting and stalking targets and torturing them before killing them and taking their soul.
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After driving all night, the Code 3 team arrived at the Houston SPCA and hit the ground running. We were tasked with the management of field operations. Our first task was to turn the parking lot of the Houston SPCA into a Base Camp of operations for the other organizations and volunteers to operate from.
Teams from:
Code 3 Associates, Longmont, CO
The Humane Society of Missouri, St Louis, MO
Denver Dumb Friends League, Denver, CO
Humane Society of the Pike's Peak Region, Pikes Peak, CO
SPCA of Texas, Dallas, TX
Humane Society of Boulder Valley, Boulder, CO
Larimer Humane Society, Fort Collins, CO
Louisiana SPCA, New Orleans, LA
SPCA of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
56 volunteers have arrived or are arriving today to assist Houston SPCA in their effort to support their own shelter staff, support for the wildlife shelter which is part of HSPCA, assist Galveston Island with establishing an Emergency Shelter, assessment of the animal needs and Search & Rescue Efforts.
3 Search & Rescue teams made up of members from the Houston SPCA field services and Code 3 Associates responded to calls for 46 animals.
All team members are taking turns helping with the more than 300 Baby Squirrels that are being cared.


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Wild rockin' performances from The Playboys, Hi-Voltage, The Excellos, Paul Paterson and The Frantix filmed at the 1st Rollin' Records Revue!A great show featuring some of the rockin' scene's most exciting bands.Running time 100 minutes. All regions.
Raucous Records is the longest establisted 1950s Rock 'n' Roll, Rockabilly and Psychobilly CD, DVD and vinyl specialist on the internet.A world of Rockabilly, Psychobilly, Surf, Swing and 1950s Rock 'n' Roll delivered to your door.
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Interview with players9 July, 2015
Why do people like Words of Oz? We were curious about this and took the time to interview a few players. Vilija Židovainytė from Vilnius,
Why do people like Words of Oz? We were curious about this and took the time to interview a few players. Vilija Židovainytė from Vilnius,
We are so happy to announce that our Kickstarter campaign was successful. With 24 hours to go we reached our goal of 120.000 SEK. It
"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." ― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Creativity is somethings a bit like magic.
Support us here! Words of Oz on Kickstarter We are doing a Kickstarter campaign for our game Words of Oz. The goal is to get
The title "Poetry should be made by all" is taken from a quote by Lautréamont – a poet praised by the Surrealist art movement in
The autumn is coming to Malmö and the launch day of Words of Oz is coming closer. The thought that the game will finally be
It was very hard to choose but we have finally reached a decision. The overall winner, who gets her image in the base collection of pictures
Is there a formula for making poetry happen? We use strong symbolic images and words to inspire our players. The images are displayed on circular
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When its slow at work, I like to give myself some "Me" time. Today was fun because I got two new food magazines, so I was able to browse (and drool) for the majority of the morning. I started with Food and Wine, one of my favorite sources for good recipes. I came across this article that probably made my day.
There is this woman who lives in Sweden. She actually barters with bread she bakes herself. From Sour dough to charcoal infused bread, she makes each loaf with the intent to make it better than the last. What started as a convenient trade-of between friends became a type of home business. She has a Facebook page with over 1000 friends, all who will offer trades for her loaves of bread.
In the article, she admits she mostly gets jam, but she has also gotten a lot of cool things. She has gotten good tickets from a local play, a potted goji-berry tree, herbs, sea salt.. the list goes on even more than I can comprehend, I am sure.
The crazy thing about this woman, is this isn't her profession. She works in a manager for three different Levi stores. She bakes as a stress relief.
I just love this idea! Over the years, she has even created her own "mother," or starter. It's basically growing your own yeast culture that you use for sourdough bread that lives in a flour and water mixture. (I have plans to start growing my own, by the way. As of right now.)
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Few men in history have made as dramatic a contribution to their country's economic fortunes as did the founder of Reliance, Shri. Dhirubhai H Ambani. Fewer still have left behind a legacy that is more enduring and timeless.
As with all great pioneers, there is more than one unique way of describing the true genius of Dhirubhai: The corporate visionary, the unmatched strategist, the proud patriot, the leader of men, the architect of India's capital markets, the champion of shareholder interest.
But the role Dhirubhai cherished most was perhaps that of India's greatest wealth creator. In one lifetime, he built, starting from the proverbial scratch, India's largest private sector enterprise.
When Dhirubhai embarked on his first business venture, he had a seed capital of barely US$ 300 (around ` 14,000). Over the next three and a half decades, he converted this fledgling enterprise into a ` 60,000 crore colossus—an achievement which earned Reliance a place on the global Fortune 500 list, the first ever Indian private company to do so.
Dhirubhai is widely regarded as the father of India's capital markets. In 1977, when Reliance Textile Industries Limited first went public, the Indian stock market was a place patronised by a small club of elite investors which dabbled in a handful of stocks.
Undaunted, Dhirubhai managed to convince a large number of first-time retail investors to participate in the unfolding Reliance story and put their hard-earned money in the Reliance Textile IPO, promising them, in exchange for their trust, substantial return on their investments. It was to be the start of one of great stories of mutual respect and reciprocal gain in the Indian markets.
Under Dhirubhai's extraordinary vision and leadership, Reliance scripted one of the greatest growth stories in corporate history anywhere in the world, and went on to become India's largest private sector enterprise.
Through out this amazing journey, Dhirubhai always kept the interests of the ordinary shareholder uppermost in mind, in the process making millionaires out of many of the initial investors in the Reliance stock, and creating one of the world's largest shareholder families.
Reliance Life Insurance offers you products that fulfill your savings and protection needs. Our aim is to emerge as a transnational Life Insurer of global scale and standard.
Reliance Life Insurance is a Reliance Capital Company and is part of Reliance Group. Reliance Capital is one of India's leading private sector financial services companies, and ranks among the top 3 private sector financial services and banking companies, in terms of net worth. Reliance Capital has interests in asset management and mutual funds, stock broking, life and general insurance, proprietary investments, private equity and other activities in financial services.
Reliance Group also has presence in Communications, Energy, Natural Resources, Media, Entertainment, Healthcare and Infrastructure.
Nippon Life Insurance Company acquired 26% interest in equity share capital of the Company effective October 7, 2011 subsequent to receipt of all regulatory approval.
Nippon Life Insurance, also called Nissay, is Japan's largest private life insurer with revenues of Rs 346,834 crore (US$ 80 Billion) and profits of over Rs 12,199 crore (US$ 3 billion). The Company has over 14 million policies in Japan, offers a wide range of products, including individual and group life and annuity policies through various distribution channels and mainly uses face-to-face sales channel for its traditional insurance products. The company primarily operated in Japan , North America, Europe and Asia and is headquartered in Osaka, Japan. It is ranked 81st in Global Fortune 500 firms in 2011.
Empowering everyone live their dreams.
Create unmatched value for everyone through dependable, effective, transparent and profitable life insurance and pension plans.
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Cooking, decluttering, experiment, humor, kids, Martin Luther King Jr., Mountain Dew, potatoes, random, recipe, stairs
I love 3 day weekends. Of course, I also love that the reason we had a 3 day weekend was to celebrate an amazing man, Martin Luther King, Jr. Well, our weekend consisted of painting for my husband and laundry as well as decluttering for me. It was not all work and no play though… My daughter and I were able to sneak in a little excursion to a local museum today.
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Today we went to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts to see the Elvis and Mummy exhibits. It struck me that it was a wonderful activity to do today. Elvis' music transcended color and as we looked at the photographs taken of Elvis when he was 21 where he was eating at a segregated diner, it allowed me the opportunity to talk about segregation and Martin Luther King Jr. The mummy exhibit we went to after really did not have much to do with Martin Luther King, but it was still pretty cool.
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After the fun day at the museum, I had my friends over for dinner. After running to the store to pick up the stuff for dinner and then running back to the store to pick up steak that I needed for dinner, but forgot to buy… My husband cooked up some yummy steaks and I made some delicious Garlic Smashed Potatoes. I thought I pulled up the recipe that I had pinned, but realized later that it was not the same as the one. At any rate, I had to pin it to my Yumminess board. It was that easy to make, which was awesome considering I needed easy after my brain lapses at the grocery store.
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We have had a really weird winter here so far. It has been unseasonably warm and then it gets really cold. Of course, mother nature does not seem to be getting my hate mail or at least she does not see my hate mail as a threat because she has not add some precipitation to the cold days yet. I am not a big fan of cold, but I am an even less fan of really cold without snow. At any rate, I found this fun activity and thought it may be something fun to do if it happens to get unseasonably warm again, but if it would like to stay cold and snow, I would not mind to hold onto this idea until Spring. I am patient like that.


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A Giant Kudos goes out to Capt"s Steve Sr. Steve Jr. Carl, and of course Orla for helping to put this trip together. They not only gave us a great deal, but removed one of their scheduled trips in order to accommodate us, and give us these prime time dates.
TNT= Tuna and Tile, and everything in between. This is hands down one of my favorite adventures. On this very special Charter we should expect to see any and possibly all of the following: YFT/LFT/SWORDFISH/MAHI/TILEFISH/WRECKFISH/BARRELFISH/
HAKE/SQUID. We may also encounter Big Eye Tuna and Mako Shark as well, you just never know.
We will definately make an effort to put a few Swords on the Boat during our nighttime fishing.
Here's the details:
Depart: Sunday September 9th at 9:00 p.m.
Return: Wednesday September 12th at 9:0 p.m.
Cost: $635.00 per person (Not Including Gratuity or Fish Cleaning)
Boat: Viking Star
Note: This trip is limited to 19 Friends plus myself. I am not paying on this one and i want everyone to know that up front.
While no two of these trips are alike. Here's a general description of what you can expect
Daytime: We normally start off the day on the troll, looking for Tuna. Depending upon the current conditions and the Tuna Bite, we will switch off between Tuna Trolling/Jigging and Deep Drop fishing for bottom species. We may also hit up a few pots for Mahi. The goal here is to put as much meat on the boat and blood on the decks as possible.
Nighttime: Once we anchor up for the night, and get the chum slick going, everything and anything is possible. Some folks will be busy trying to catch live squid for Tuna/Swordfish bait. While others will be busy trying to jig Tuna. Still others will try deep dropping for hake. Everyone should have their favorite Mahi outfit rigged and baited as they often tear thru the chum slick.
Trolling Viking Style: These Guy's have this down pat and have developed a system that is fair to all. We will all have a trolling buddy, and will troll 10 outfits. When a tuna is landed "on the troll" that fish is split between you and your Buddy. You can take turns fighting your Tuna "if you like" or you and your Buddy can switch off. If you are not busy fighting a tuna while on the troll you should be busy throwing your favorite jig as a number of Tuna are landed this way.
Note: Tuna taken on the troll are not eligible for the pool. Only Tuna taken on a jig or on the chunk are eligible for the pool.
As with all Viking Charters, Your fish will be iced down for you, and ice for your fish is included in the price.
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1- Jfish Spot #50 & Bunk # 16T
2- Lester
3- Canvasback
4- Dennis Longhunter
6- The1jonc
7- Joenet
8- Capt. Eric
9- Joenet+1
10- Rrspike - PAID - Spot # 56 & Bunk 3 28b
11- Toprod
12- Fishfinder
14- Billy262 PAID - Spot#49 & Bunk #14T
15- Fishfinder+1
16- Elnath
18-Billy262+1 (Herb) - PAID Spot #48 Bunk #15B
19-Snowbank104 - PAID - Spot # 54 & Bunk # 24


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Not too long ago, email was a wonderful thing. It provided a fast and easy method to communicate with family, friends, and co-workers, regardless of timezone or location. Unfortunately, due to spam and viruses, many people now find email almost unusable. In this month's Tech Support, let's take back that inbox.
The first item on the agenda is eliminating spam. Spam, or unsolicited commercial email (UCE), is not only a nuisance, it's a productivity killer.
SpamAssassin (SA), which is distributed under the same license as Perl, helps put an end to this problem. Using its rule base, SA performs a wide range of heuristic tests on email headers and body text to identify and score spam. SA can also use blacklists and optional modules such as Razor, Pyzor, and a built-in Bayesian filter that learns new spam characteristics.
One of SpamAssassin's greatest assets is its flexibility. You can install SA in a wide variety of configurations, from a local install in your home directory (on a machine where you do not have root access), to a system-wide install that affects all users. You can also configure SA to allow each individual user to set their own rules, thresholds, and settings. And, because SpamAssassin tags messages by adding additional headers, it allows you to control what happens to each message.
To install SA, do the following as root:
# perl -MCPAN -e shell
cpan> install Mail::SpamAssassin
Alternatively, if you don't have root access, you can download the source from http://www.spamassassin.org and do the following after unpacking the tarball:
% cd Mail-SpamAssassin-*
% perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~/sausr
SYSCONFDIR=~/saetc; make; make install
After you install SA, look at the configuration file called local.cf. This file allows you to whitelist certain addresses, tweak rules, add custom rules, enable/disable specific tests, and change a variety of other options.
You can also choose how you'd like to integrate SA into your MTA (if site-wide), or how you'd like to process your mail with SA (local install). SA works well with sendmail, qmail, PostFix, Exim, and most others. It can even be called via procmail, milter, AMaViS, MIMEDefang, or QMAILQUEUE.
If you installed SA in your home directory, you can put the following two rules in your procmailrc file to run SA on your mail and sort spam into a folder named caughtspam:
:0fw: spamassassin.lock
| /home/user/sausr/bin/spamassassin
* ^X-Spam-Status: Yes
While running SpamAssassin as above is fine for small setups, most large or system-wide configurations should consider running spamd/spamc, which improves performance by avoiding the overhead of starting Perl for each message.
You may be thinking, "I use Linux, why do I need a virus scanner?" While it's true that not many viruses have targeted Linux, as Linux's popularity grows, it's likely that the number of viruses will increase. Beyond that, many people who run a Linux machine may have a mail server setup for a few friends and family. Some of these users likely use an operating system that is more prone to viruses. By scanning for viruses, you're not only doing them a favor, but are helping stop the spreading of viruses. After all, if everyone had an up-to-date virus scanner, the outbreaks that we've come to accept would be much less common.
Luckily, there is a free GPLed virus scanner called ClamAV (available from http://clamav.sourceforge.net/) that keeps updated definitions. Like SpamAssassin, ClamAV can be run in both system-wide and local configurations, and allows easy integration with many MTAs. It can also be called via procmail, milter, AMaViS, MIMEDefang, or QMAILQUEUE, and allows you to either reject or quarantine infected messages.
As ClamAV integration can be quite specific to your environment, specific installation and configuration instructions are beyond the scope of this article, but the install is the standard ./configure && make && make install. After installation, become acquainted with the configuration file clamav. conf, and choose between using clamscan or clamd/clamdscan. ClamAV also comes with freshclam. It can be run as a daemon or via cron to keep virus definitions up-to-date.
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This is not comprehensive and I will be continually adding to this. It's roughly in order of preference, though if it's on here, it already blows me away.
Pallas Athena, by Rembrant van Rijn
Antigone, by Fredrick Leighton
Detail of the Virgin's Face and Crown, by Sandro Botitcelli
Medusa, by Caravaggio (I have a very strange obsession with this one. I want this image as a pendant on a necklace.)
Sick Bacchus, by Caravaggio
Salome by Henri Regnault
Portrait of Velasquez, by Fernando Botero
The Arnolfini by Fernando Botero
Lucrezia Panchiatichi, by Agnolo Bronzino
Portrait of a Man, by Tamara de Lempicka
Portrait of the Countess de Martel de Janville by Giovanni Boldini
Garcon a la Pipe, by Picasso
Young Girls at the Piano, Renoir
Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels, by Jean Fouquet
Narcissus, by Caravaggio
The Metamorphosis of Narcissus by Salvador Dali
Napoleon Bonaparte in his Study at the Tuleries, Jacques-Louis David
Dona Isabel de Porcel, by Francisco de Goya
Flaming June, Frederic Leighton
Charon Passing the Shades, by Pierre Subleyras
Man with Turban, by Jan van Eyck
Die Tanzerine, Gustav Klimt
La Marchesa Casati, by Giovanni Boldini
The Black Sash, by Giovanni Boldini
The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, by Casper David Friedrich
The Rolin Madonna Detail of Chancellor Nicolas Rolin, by Jan van Eyck


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This sapphire and diamond ring would me a lovely cocktail ring. The ring is a dome shape with a row of channel set princess shaped blue sapphires over the top and pave set round brilliant diamonds on the sides. The ring is 18K white gold with a bright finish.
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Jan. 29 — A proposal to change how accountable care organization performance is measured would ensure that Medicare's program for ACOs remains attractive for participating providers, according to a health-care consultant.
The rule from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, however, won't benefit those providers until 2019 at the earliest, Josh Seidman, senior vice president at Avalere Health, a Washington-based consulting firm, said Jan. 29.
Certain ACOs may call for the CMS to move up implementation of the rule to 2017, Seidman told Bloomberg BNA.
Released Jan. 28, the proposed rule would update how ACO performance is measured. It would modify the process for resetting the benchmarks used to determine performance for Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) ACOs renewing their participation agreements.
The ACOs are groups of providers that share in rewards by lowering growth in Medicare Parts A and B fee-for-service costs while, at the same time, meeting performance standards on quality of care. Created by the Affordable Care Act, the MSSP, unlike other ACO models, is open to all providers. Under the MSSP, 434 ACOs serve more than 7.7 million Medicare beneficiaries nationally.
Members of Premier Inc., a group purchasing organization, believe the CMS's ACO benchmarking proposal is "a step in the right direction," Blair Childs, the company's senior vice president of public affairs, said in a Jan. 28 statement.
"I think CMS clearly has done a number of things to allay concerns that ACOs had about the benchmarking methodology," Seidman said. He added that under the current benchmarking methodology, some highly efficient shared savings ACOs believed they were being penalized for their own success.
In terms of explaining the current benchmarks, a Jan. 28 fact sheet from the CMS said performance in the MSSP "is currently measured using a multi-step process that evaluates an ACO's effectiveness in lowering expenditures for a group of assigned beneficiaries against a benchmark reflective of the ACO's historical costs." Through the proposed changes to the methodology for determining the ACO's rebased historical benchmark, the CMS said it's "seeking to reflect an ACO's performance against providers in the same market, rather than just evaluating the ACO against its own past performance."
Among the proposal's changes would be an annual update of the rebased benchmark to account for changes in regional fee-for-service (FFS) spending, "replacing the current update, which is based solely on the absolute amount of projected growth in national FFS spending." The agency said it believes this proposal "will improve the program's incentives for ACOs by recognizing an ACO's efficiency relative to its region and limiting the link between an ACO's performance and its future benchmarks."
"If you were a historically efficient provider, you had lower costs for your benchmark" under the current performance methodology, Seidman told Bloomberg BNA. The move toward regional benchmarks is a way to address concerns that the current methodology penalizes successful ACOs, he explained.
Seidman also said the MSSP benchmarking rule is the CMS's way of trying to create a more predictable methodology for providers. In doing this, they're also trying to create a more sustainable ACO program, he told Bloomberg BNA.
Overall, however, Seidman is unsure about whether the proposal will make much of a difference to providers. He told Bloomberg BNA the proposal's changes are important, but they may not make a "huge difference" to providers.
Premier welcomed the benchmarking changes. Moving away from benchmarks based on historical spending in favor of a methodology that sets targets based on regional spending and trends is encouraging, Childs said. "As we know from members of our Population Health Management Collaborative, the current methodology can limit or eliminate shared savings payments for high-performing ACOs for no other reason than they happen to reside in an area with lower than average spending," Childs said.
In the Premier statement, Childs also said the company "will continue to analyze the proposal and accompanying data and look forward to providing detailed comments to CMS on these efforts."
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A Smartphone, a Swiss Army Knife, and your Local IT Department
Let's start with your smartphone...
How much research did you do after you bought your phone? Do you know how to use all of its features and settings? Did you get it set up to a point where you could use it and be somewhat happy with it, then stop actively learning about it? Most of us add the cool apps we hear about, then only make changes to the phone when something breaks or an update changes things. There are tons of apps and features out there that may make you safer, healthier, and happier if you just keep actively learning.
A Swiss army knife is not nearly as feature friendly as a smart phone, however, it has tools built in that aren't used or known just the same. Unlike a phone, once you get the knife, you get all the features at once and that's it. You get a few standard blades, a corkscrew, toothpick, tweezers, can opener, bottle opener…all kinds of things. But how often are you using all of these options? It's pretty cool to know you have them…but again, you don't think about using them until you know what they can do. By the time you care, you've probably already tossed the manual.
So what the heck do these two things have to do with an IT department? Think about it for a second. How many times have you overlooked a problem or inefficiency because you were getting by well enough to ignore it? For example, have you had your computer crash and lost hours of work because your file wasn't saved? Did you know that some applications have auto-save options that may have prevented your data loss? Knowing that after the crash is a bit too late.
Unlike the phone and knife, an IT department doesn't come with an owner's manual and PROBABLY won't cut you if you use it wrong. But if you only rely on IT management to get the good word out and hopefully talk about something that can help you, you may be short changing yourself. To really learn what your IT department is capable of, you need to stay in communication with them. Set up a meeting and talk about your day-to-day problems, talk about your needs and those of your department, because working in conjunction with IT may help you reduce wasted hours.
Just as the phone and knife need a knowledgeable owner to be able to use them to their fullest potential, an IT department works more effectively with a knowledgeable and inquisitive user base. Make sure you or someone in your department has a contact in the IT department. They can be used to make your jobs much easier and much more productive if you let them.
Your IT department is a complex (and sometimes weird) tool that you have at your disposal; how you use it is up to you.


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Is it worth getting anyone to have a look at this thing as it is looks like it has not had a service for a long, long time, or should it continue it's life as a stage prop? (cool looking prop at that!)
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Asda faces mass action on equal pay
Supermarket giant Asda could face legal action from tens of thousands of mainly female employees who claim they have been underpaid.
Legal firm Leigh Day said it had been approached by 19,000 people, mainly women, after announcing it was taking action against the chain.
The firm said the legal challenge was launched after investigations revealed that employees in the Asda stores are being paid less than colleagues doing similar work in its distribution centres.
A law firm says it is taking legal action against supermarket giant Asda over claims some employees have been underpaid
If the claimants are successful, they may be entitled to six years' worth of back pay to compensate for the difference in earnings, the firm said.
Michael Newman, a discrimination and employment law expert at Leigh Day, warned that the implications of these legal claims were "enormous for Asda and many other supermarkets in the UK".
He said: "In the supermarkets the check-out staff and shelf-stackers are mostly women. The people in the warehouses are pretty much all men. And, as a whole, the group that is mostly men gets paid more.
"Our investigations suggest that the jobs are pretty much the same, in that warehouse staff are responsible for taking items off shelves, putting them on pallets and loading them into lorries.
"In the supermarket, they do the reverse: taking the pallets off the lorries, unstacking them and putting the items on the shelves. Where the jobs are not similar, we still think they are of equal value."
A spokesman for Leigh Day said the legal challenge is believed to be the largest of its kind in the private sector.
He added: "Although there have been huge advancements in equal pay within the public sector, there is still a long way to go in the private sector. Compulsory audits are the only way to make sure the gender pay gap is being narrowed.
"Until now cases simply have not been brought, so you still get very segregated workplaces."
Chris Benson, a partner at Leigh Day, said the pay difference between shop and warehouse workers could be as much as £4 an hour - a "big difference" when some of the employees are earning £7 an hour.
He said: "The vast majority of claimants are still employed by Asda, they quite like the job but want to be paid equally going forward.
"The women are pretty aggrieved. Quite a lot of them feel that part of the reason it hasn't been resolved is because they are very loyal to Asda. They like the job and are committed to it, but want to be paid equally."
He warned the challenge could be a "test case" and said other major retailers could face similar actions.
He said the firm had so far lodged 1,500 claims at Manchester Employment Tribunal, and were considering thousands more.
An Asda spokesman said: "A firm of no-win, no-fee lawyers is hoping to challenge our award-winning reputation as an equal opportunities employer.
"We do not discriminate and are very proud of our record in this area which, if it comes to it, we will robustly defend."
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PGA National Sports Performance understands that as we age, our body experiences certain physiological changes that have a direct affect on strength and power production. Consequently, we may lose the functional capacity to carry out everyday activities. In addition, it becomes difficult to maintain a high degree of ability in sports such as tennis, racquetball, and golf. Golf is becoming an increasingly popular sport with more and more seniors playing later, and longer, in life. A main concern with golfers is how to get more distance off the tee. It is theorized that resistance and power/ speed training will not only elicit improved functional movements, but also help to increase club head speed even among middle aged and older adults.
The team of sports performance trainers at PGA National Resort and Spa work with mostly recreational golfers who fall within this age category. More often than not, the desire to hit the ball further with the irons and driver is the most frequently given reason for beginning a golf specific exercise program. While flexibility and lower body and core stability are essential and preceding requirements for a powerful and efficient golf swing, let's face it, the golf swing itself occurs in less than two seconds. We need to produce a large amount of force quickly if we want to hit par 5's in two, or 4 for that matter! How do we enhance that ability to produce movement rapidly? Through strength and power training!
The Physiology of Aging Muscle
As we age, our ability to sustain skeletal muscle mass and produce power greatly diminish. This drop in the cross sectional area of muscle is referred to as Sarcopenia. Sarcopenia can greatly impair physical function and contribute to a look of frailty among older adults. Therefore, it can become increasingly difficult to carry out simple daily activities that require some degree of power, strength and balance.
Recent research has shown that after the age of fifty, men and women lose close to 1-2% of their muscle mass and 3-5% of their power potential per year. Tissue growth can become impaired through age related hormonal changes, such as a decrease in testosterone levels and growth hormones. The loss of muscle mass because of the death of motoneurons within the spinal cord will lower the muscle fiber numbers. A muscle fiber without a neural drive from the brain is like a car without a battery. With the loss of muscle fibers comes a loss in muscle mass affecting our force producing ability.
Muscle power involves a speed and strength or force component. Within the body, type II muscle fibers are responsible for generating quick, explosive movements. They can produce four times the power of a type I muscle fiber. Our trainers utilize explosive and ballistic type exercises to extract the power potential of these type II muscle fibers. Getting type II muscle fibers to activate becomes increasingly difficult as we get older and are affected by age for a number of reasons. First, the tension within the muscle fiber decreases as we get older. This can occur in both type I and type II muscle fibers. This means that our force producing capabilities are reduced. Second, the speed at which the muscles contract in older adults is reduced by about 25%. Third, the electrical signal sent from the brain slows down or can become delayed resulting in reduced excitability of the muscle. This can affect the number of muscles recruited, the muscles' firing rate, and co-activation of the muscles.
Effects of Resistance and Power Training on Golf Club Head Speed
The sport of golf is widely played by many middle age and older adults and involves a high velocity movement with multiple accelerating and decelerating parts. To control this high degree of force; the body must possess stability, mobility, and balance, all in the correct areas of the body's kinetic chain. If that chain is dysfunctional, both force and power, found in club head speed, may be sacrificed. In a recent study, eleven middle to older age male golfers' full golf swing was analyzed for club head speed (CS) and driving distance (DD) before and after an 8-week training program. The experimental group consisted of 6 participants. They each did weight and plyometric training twice a week while the control group, consisting of 5 participants, continued their normal training. The experimental group performed three sets of 6-8 repetitions of a combination of free weight resistance training and plyometric medicine ball work. The control group did mainly cardiovascular work with light machine exercises. After eight weeks, the experimental group showed an increase of 1.5% in CS, which equated to an increase in DD of 4.3 meters. The control group showed no improvement.
The affect of functional training on club head speed among older golfers was also published in a recent report. Eighteen male golfers, mean age of 70.7 years, were randomly assigned to an exercise group of 11 golfers, or a control group comprised of 7 golfers. The subjects participated in an 8-week functional training program including mobility exercises, stability exercises, core exercises, balance exercises, resistance exercises, and power exercises. They were all instructed not to take any golf lessons during the program. The exercise group showed a significant increase in club head speed amounting to 4.9%. Club head speed for the control group showed a slight decrease. In summary, this study detailed the significance of functional and power training behind the goal of increasing golf club head speed.
As with all sports, power is dependant on other factors like flexibility of the muscles, balance of the body and stability within the joints. Golf is no exception, placing a considerable emphasis on core and lower body stability. Since power is produced from the ground up, deficiency in the core area can result in faulty swing mechanics and an altered swing sequence. To elaborate, from the top of the back swing, power is generated by the initial acceleration of the hips, followed by the trunk, followed by the arms, and finally through the hands at impact. Each sequential body part must decelerate to allow for force transfer to the next moving part. This must all happen over a stable base of support. As we age, our flexibility decreases, our joints become misaligned and our muscles become weaker and slower. However, by partaking in a functional training program with an emphasis on power generation, the slowing of this decline may be achieved. It seems that a component of training for power must be included in any fitness program designed for the older population. The PGA Sports Performance Team includes at least one power exercise in our golfers' training regimen no matter what level of training they are at.


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By John Caleb Alarid
I. Introduction
The "Day of the Lord" ("the Day of Yahweh") is a central feature of the prophets' message in the Old Testament. This phrase and such closely related expressions as "the day of the anger of Yahweh," or "Yahweh has a day," occur over two dozen times in prophetic books. Similar terms, particularly "that day," "the day of," or "the day when" occur over two hundred times in the writing prophets and two times in the Psalms (Ps. 110:5; 137:5). DOL is an expression used by OT prophets, as early as the eighth-century prophet Amos (possibly earlier depending on the dating of Joel and Obadiah). The DOL expression is used to signify a time when Yahweh actively intervenes in history to punish sin that has come to a climax. The DOL is a theophany or visitation of Yahweh.
It's earliest use in Amos 5:18-20 shows that the phrase was already a standard one in popular culture. To the people it meant the day when Yahweh would intervene in history on behalf of Israel to defeat her enemies, irrespective of Israel's faithfulness to him. The Israelites believed their election by God guaranteed their future, and so they had no need to repent. Israel's false confidence is seen too in the hope associated with the DOL. The people expect a day of victory and vindication, but Amos and Joel in particular warn the people that it will be, rather, a day of defeat and judgement (Joel 1:15; 2:1-2; Amos 5:18,20). Amos and other prophets declared that the DOL will be a time of judgement and punishment upon Israel for her offenses in breaking the covenant (Amos 1:1-3:2). God will deal with the sin of his people and the other nations.
This punishment/ judgement may come through an invasion (Am. 5-6; Is.13; Ezek. 13:5), or through some natural disaster, such as a locust invasion (Joel 1-2). All lesser interventions come to a head in the actual coming of the Lord himself. At this Day truly repentant believers are saved (Joel 2:28-32), while those who remain enemies of the Lord, whether Jew or Gentile, are destroyed. There will also be physical effects on the world of nature (Isaiah 2).
"As the Old Testament prophets looked ahead, by the Spirit of God, to the future interventions of God they usually did not distinguish between near term and long term events. They could not see the time gap in between the two and so would merge them, including the two comings of Christ, as Isaiah did in 61:1-2 (see Jesus' quotation of it in Luke 4:17-21 where he stops before the last phrase because it refers to His second coming). Jesus left out the part about the vengeance of our God because that refers to his second coming and the DOL.The ultimate DOL will be the time when God finally cleanses the world of sin and removes all evil. This will be a dark day for the wicked but a day of blessing for the righteous.
The DOL and similar terms often occur in the NT contexts referring to the second coming of Christ. In reading the Greek OT (or LXX), Jews and early Christians very likely rendered the OT expression "Day of Yahweh" as the "Day of the Lord". The NT builds on the OT understanding of the DOL which points to a time when the Lord Jesus will return as the Righteous Judge and Warrior King to destroy his enemies (the wicked). At the same time, He will vindicate, save, and reward the righteous. The New Testament warns that all persons will be judged at the last day (Romans. 2:1-6; Hebrews. 4:13; Jude 14-15). For this reason we should live holy lives in the fear of the Lord, looking forward to the return of the Lord.
II. Day
Word Study:
Yom is by far the most frequently occurring expression for a unit of time.
The Hebrew word for day, 'yom', is used more than 1400 hundred times in Scripture.
"Day" can refer to more than one day; such as, to a period of time as in Gen. 2:4 and Psalm 118:24.
The term "day" is also used in a variety of extended meanings. The term day is used, for instance, to indicate a period of an action or state of being.
Therefore, it is not necessary to define day as a twenty-four hour period.
III. Day of the Lord in the Pentateuch
Although the phrase the DOL does not appear in the Pentateuch, there is an understanding of a "Day" or time when God will punish his people.
Exodus 32:34- " Now go,lead the people to the place I spoke of, and my angel will go before you. However, when the time comes for me to punish, I will punish them for their sin" (NIV).
This passage reaffirms the OT principle that the person who sins is accountable for his own sin (Dt. 24:16). "The time comes for me to punish" is literally "in the day of my visitation." Perhaps this is the beginning of the Day-of-the-Lord warnings so prevalent in the latter prophets.
The flood story in Genesis 6-9 points to the eschatological day at the end of time when God will punish the wicked and reward the righteous. The similarities to the DOL are the fact that Yahweh intervenes to destroy the wicked and save the righteous.
Genesis 6:5-8- "The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time. 6 The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. 7 So the Lord said, "I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created…for I regret that I have made them." 8 But Noah found favor in the eyes of the eyes of the Lord (NIV).
But Noah found favor with God, being a "righteous man, blameless among the people of his time and he walked with God, (Gen. 6:9, NIV)."
IV. Day of the Lord in the Historical Books
The historical books do not contain the phrase DOL. However, there are many stories of God intervening to give Israel victory over their enemies in the conquest of Canaan, including the day the sun stood still in Joshua. The Canaanites lived in wicked rebellion against the will and purposes of God. The Lord had predicted that Abraham's descendants would claim the land when "the sin of the Amorites" reached its "full measure" (Gen. 15:16b NIV). This "full measure" of sin was attained by the Canaanites in the generation leading to the Jewish conquest. The Lord punished the sins of the Canaanites by giving them over to the Israelites.
The people of Jericho were completely destroyed because Yahweh intervened by causing their walls to fall down. However, Yahweh also required a similar kind of wrathful judgement against his own people when they sinned. Following the battle of Jericho, a soldier named Achan took in plunder "a beautiful robe from Babylonia, two hundred shekels of silver and a wedge of gold weighing fifty shekels" (Joshua 7:21). He did so in direct disobedience to the divine command that "All the silver and gold and the articles of bronze and iron are sacred to the Lord and must go into his treasury" (6.19). For this sin, the Israeli army was defeated in the first battle of Ai. When Achan admitted his disobedience, he and his family were taken to the Valley of Achor where they were stoned to death and then burned (7:25). These passages shows that Yahweh intends to punish wickedness on the earth, even among his own people. Before the battle at Jericho, Joshua saw a man standing with a drawn sword. When Joshua asked, "Whose side are you on, ours or our enemies". The angel (possible theophany) said, "Neither." This points to the fact that God will punish sin among all people, including his own people.
V. Day of the Lord in the Writings
The phrase the DOL does not appear in the writings. However there are references to the coming King who will judge in righteousness. In Psalms 96:10-13, the Psalm moves to its climax. The cry, "The Lord reigns!" was a message to all Israel like the message of the lone runner in Isaiah 52:7, here a host of messengers spreads it to the world. The decisiveness of the Hebrew verb and the exultant response in 11-13 point to a new assertion of sovereignty. It announces God's advent, the Day of the Lord. The coming of the Judge is here a cause for joy. The Lord comes to establish "righteousness" and "truth" on the earth. The judgement of God includes both vengeance on the ungodly and the deliverance for the godly.
Palm 96:10-13- "Say among the nations, "The Lord reigns." The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity. Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad; let the sea resound, and all that is in it. Let the fields be jubilant,and everything in them; let all the trees of the forest sing for joy. Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes, he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in his faithfulness" (NIV)."
B. Psalm 110:5 (NIV) points to a day of wrath; "The Lord is at your right hand[a]; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath."
C. Proverbs 11:4 (NIV) refers to a day of wrath; "Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death."
Observe that righteousness not wealth will deliver one from the coming destruction.
VI. Day of the Lord in the Major Prophets
The DOL is a frequent prophetic theme emphasizing the certainty and decisiveness of the Lord's historical judgement in the future. It can be conceived in local or universal terms. In this chapter it seems to move from one to the other. The first oracle (13-14) of Isaiah is against Babylon, which was not a world power during Isaiah's lifetime. Isaiah saw judgement from the Lord upon Judah coming from Babylon, rather than Assyria or Egypt. Foreign foes were instruments of God's judgement on His people for their sins.The terror of the coming judgement is emphasized. A banner is raised (Isaiah 13.2 NIV) to call various nations to fight against the Lord's enemies. But these armies come from the "ends of the heavens" (13:5). This is not merely historical judgement but an eschatological one. The description of universal judgement and destruction from the Almighty points to the eschatological DOL.
Isaiah 13:6-9:
6 Wail, for the day of the Lord is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty.
7 Because of this, all hands will go limp, every heart will melt with fear.
8 Terror will seize them, pain and anguish will grip them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look aghast at each other, their faces aflame.
9 See, the day of the Lord is coming —a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger— to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it.
VII. Day of the Lord in the Minor Prophets
A. Summary of the Day of the Lord in the book of Joel
The actual phrase the DOL (yom yahweh) appears sixteen times in the major and minor prophets. Thirteen of those are in the minor prophets (Joel 1:15;2:1, 11, 31; 3:14; Amos 5:18 [twice], 20; Obadiah 15; Zephaniah 1:7,14 [twice]; Malachi 4:5). There are similar phrases throughout the Old Testament as noted in the introduction. There is no need to interpret every instance of the DOL in the Old Testament as referring to the time of Christ's return. In reality, the expression is not as specific in the OT as it is in the NT, and it applies to multiple days of the Lord. The DOL in the OT did point toward the ultimate DOL. In the NT the concepts of the DOL in the Old Testament are pulled together into an ultimate DOL. The "Day of Yahweh" is used five times in the book of Joel.
The overriding theme in the book is "the Day of Yahweh". Joel speaks of the DOL in relation to the events of his time (locust plague) in one place and the distant future in another and even points to the eschatological DOL. The expression is applied to different situations: a natural disaster in Joel's day in the form of a locust plague and drought, judgement on Israel's enemies in the context of the pouring out of the Spirit and judgement on nations that have oppressed Israel. The first one is not eschatological, while the latter two are. The book has three main messages, which are from different times in the prophets life.
The first (1:2-2:27) speaks of a locust plague that devastates the land. Joel makes it clear that the plague is punishment from God upon his people. He calls the people to repentance and implores them to turn to God, so that their circumstances will change. Joel declares that it is possible for Yahweh to change his mind and bring restoration if the people would heed the warning and turn back to God.
The second message (2:28-32) says that God's spirit would be poured out on all people, irrespective of social class or gender, so that they would engage in prophetic activities and experiences. Once again, the DOL imagery is used in 2:1 and 2:11 pointing toward the distant future. It would be a time of wrath against the enemies of God. However, all who call upon the name of the Lord would be saved, implying that those who did not call on the Lord would be destroyed. This passage is quoted by Peter on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:17-21). Peter declared this passage from Joel was fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost when the Spirit was poured out. However, it is the beginning to be fulfilled and its ultimate fulfillment will take place at Christ's second coming.
In the third message (3:1-21), Joel describes a time of wrath against the enemies of God's people. The Israelites had been sold into slavery to the Greeks by their enemies. The Lord would repay those nations for their evil deeds. The DOL is once again invoked speaking of a day of wrath against the enemies of Israel. Toward the end of the passage it shifts to a future time of peace, holiness, and God's presence.
B. Joel 2:
The DOL is mentioned three times in Joel 2.
1. Joel 2.1-"Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the Lord is coming. It is close at hand."
2. Joel 2:11- "The Lord thunders at the head of his army; his forces are beyond number,and mighty is the army that obeys his command. The day of the Lord is great; it is dreadful. Who can endure it?"
3. Joel 2:31 – "The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord."
The description of the plague continues in chapter two with a twist. The locust plague is now compared to an invading army. This attack is so awful that is must be connected to the DOL (1,11), which was already announced in the first chapter (1:15).The locusts are real and not merely symbolic. However the reality itself is so great as to carry overtones of an even larger reality. It is the harbinger of the ultimate DOL when God will exercise universal judgement.
In Joel 2:1, we see that a trumpet (ram's horn) was blown. This would have been the standard signal of approaching danger or general summons in Israel. The connection between the trumpet blast and the DOL is reminiscent of the trumpet that sounded when God came down on Mt. Sinai (Exodus 19:16). Furthermore, several places in the New Testament speak of a trumpet blast at the second coming of Christ (Mathew 24:31; 1 Th. 4:16-17; I Cor. 15:52). Also, verse 2 has a reference to "darkness and gloom". These terms signify the divine presence within the midst of his people (Genesis 15:12; Psalms 18:11). The darkness and gloom wording is also used to portray coming judgement and destruction (Isaiah 13:10). In verse ten we see the earthquakes and darkness which are signs of theophany (Ezekiel 32:7-8), which the Day of Yahweh brings. Nearness and certainty of its coming (imminence) are also emphasized in verse 1.
Joel 2:11 emphasizes the fact that this army belongs to Yahweh. The army is doing Yahweh's bidding. The numbers and strength of Yahweh's army are also emphasized. In verses ten and eleven we see a merging of the locust plague with the great DOL. The language reminds us of other OT descriptions of vengeful theophanies (Jeremiah 10:10). Yahweh's voice thunders as in Psalms 18:13, adding another dimension of terror and dread. Verse eleven sums up the preceding verses in this chapter. So great and terrible is this Day and the God that orchestrated it that no-one will be able to endure it. Here endure means to cope with it successfully or victoriously.
Joel 2:12-27 speak of repentance which leads to restoration. Yahweh will relent from judgement if his people will repent and turn to him with all their hearts. The in verse twenty-eight the Spirit is poured out upon all flesh, which is fulfilled, at least in part, in Acts chapter two. On the Day of Pentecost only part is fulfilled— the outpouring of the Spirit and salvation to those who call on the name of the Lord. The celestial wonders of Joel 2:30 were not seen. These passages have an already/ not yet nature to them. The prophetic perspective blends the present with the distant future and the present merges with the eschatological at an unclear time. Hence, Joel's day in 2:28-32 was all future, but from the Day of Pentecost on it acquired an it's here and it's coming quality. The prophetic perspective was much like looking at the mountain peaks from two distant mountains. From the viewers perspective there is no distance between the first and second mountain peaks. They appear to be one. However, there is a deep and long valley in between the mountains. In the same way the writing prophets many times merged the first and second advents of Christ. In verse thirty and thirty one we once again see the signs of a theophany—wonders in heaven, fire and smoke. These will all precede the great and dreadful DOL. There is an emphasis on the cosmic proportions of the DOL in the final DOL in chapter two of Joel. These yet unfulfilled cosmic signs point to the ultimate Day of Yahweh.
VIII. Conclusion/ Application for believers today
Paul stated that "If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied" (I Corinthians 15:19 NIV). But we fix our eyes not on what is seen for what is seen is temporary but what is unseen is eternal. We look forward to the Great Day of the Lord, when the kingdoms of this world will become the kingdoms of our God and of his Christ. This will be the day of God's ultimate triumph.
The Day of the Lord becomes clear in the New Testament. The DOL is the second coming of Christ. Paul and Peter proclaim the DOL as part of a hope that transforms believers toward holy living (I Thess 5:4-8; 2 Peter 3:11-15) In fact, the apostle Peter devoted an entire epistle, his second, to reminding believers of the imminent return of the Lord. He reminded believers how they should live in light of that coming. Peter encouraged his readers to "recall the words spoken in the past by the holy prophets"(2 Peter 3:2) concerning the Day of the Lord.
As leaders in the Body of Christ, we are responsible to declare the whole council of God. When pastors neglect eschatology it negatively impacts the sanctification of their flock because they also neglect our hope. Hope and holiness are intrinsically connected. Paul states that we can say no to ungodliness and worldly passions and live godly lives in the world "while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good" (Titus 2:13-14 NIV). John states that believers should live holy lives so that they are not ashamed at his appearing (1 John 2:28). He goes on to say in John 3:3, that "All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure." Knowledge of this hope gives us the right perspective and causes us to be obedient in our walk with Jesus.
The world may mock and challenge our hope and faith. Therefore Peter states, "you must understand that in the last days scoffers will come, scoffing and following their own evil desires.They will say, "'Where is this 'coming' he promised? Ever since our ancestors died, everything goes on as it has since the beginning of creation'"(2 Peter 3:3-4). The delay of the Day of the Lord is the mercy of God, as he gives time for the wicked to repent for it is His will that none would perish. The world mocks because there is no indication that any change in the order of things is forthcoming. The very idea that God intervenes in any way in the world is considered foolish. The coming of Christ to judge the earth is reproachable in this era of relative truth. The absence of any hope in the return of Christ leaves one without any foundation for present morality and ethics. If Christ will not return, "let us drink and be merry for tomorrow we die". Relative truth logically leads to anarchy where everyone does what is right in his/her own eyes.
However, one day we will all stand before the Judge of heaven and earth to give an account for our lives. It will be a day of judgement and recompense for unbelievers. But for us who believe it will be a day blessing and reward. In the last chapter of the Bible, Jesus says, "Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done (Revelation 22:12)."
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.


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Dear FRONTLINE,
It was terrific! Sensitive, interesting, good photography. I have no quarrel with the happy ending, but did wonder what happened to the rest of "the family." What are the UNHAPPY endings like?
Thanks for a good show.
Athens, GA
Dear Frontline,
The program that you aired which detailed the lives of some homeless people in New York was at once depressing and uplifting. It has prompted me to renew my committment to helping those who live without the comforts of a home in my city, San Francisco. Thank you for such an honest portrayal of a daily reality many of us try to forget.
Dear FRONTLINE,
Your presentation of the "Begging Game" on Frontline of Dec 19 1995 reminded me of how often we pass street people who seem to be faceless entities, devoid of identity or personality. They are there but we often wish they were not, pretending they do not exist. You brought out the struggles to survive, to maintain an existence, however subsistant. You have shown that under other circumstances some of these people might not be as they are.
I applaud the fact that you did not portray false sympathy for your subjects, but gave them the dignity they deserve. After seeing the presentation, I thought " There, but for the Grace of God, go I."
Thank you.
Dear Frontline:
Thank you for the interesting program. But I got the feeling that the program was trying to give the impression that feigning was was an integral part of panhandling; that the white lies they told to stay alive were treacherous. I agree that lying is an integral part of begging, to a certain extent, but fail to see how it differs from the manner in which some "respectable" institutions sell their products to us these days.
To those people who were taught at childhood that only pure hard work should be rewarded, and that giving alms would encourage a class of derelicts, I wish to make a point...Pan-handling will never proliferate if patronized, because unlike Hugh Heffner, who capitalizes on the baser instincts of humans, or General Dynamics that profits on destruction, the old lady with the paper cup and the man in the wheel chair try to make money off emotions that are scarce among human beings - EMPATHY and GENEROSITY. Please put programs such as this in the proper perspective. Compare it to the way the rest of us earn our daily bread...Remember that the people you analyzed do not have politicians or the media to support their cause. Worse crimes are being committed every day in the U.S.; Why hunt down the weakest?
The only thing worse than poverty is INSENSITIVITY to it!
Dear Frontline,
I recently saw your program on the homeless. I was touched by Teresa's story. I feel for the homeless but since I am not on their place I can't judge them. One thing that did upset me was the story of the young girl that was panhandling money for her mother who was on dialysis. I was hurt that she would lie the way she did and feel good about herself. She was 17 she is old enough to get a job afterschoo. I feel that she was a sell out. She had no self esteem level.
I was also very bothered by most of the homeless people that were panhandling always had a smoke in their hand and a bottle in the other.
I am 17 yrs old and go to high school and have a after school that I have for a year. So I know that it is possible to have a job and go to school.
I watched your program and saw the E-mail address and I wanted to write and tell you what I thought.
Thank you,
Dear FRONTLINE,
I was moved by your recent documentary on the street people in New York City. I am upset that I missed the first few minutes of it, but as soon as I flipped to PBS, I was hooked. I am extremely impressed by the exstensive interviews with these people and the in-depth research that was done on their backgrounds. The follow up information was also well done with "Teresa" and her street "family". I think this piece was fascinating, realistic, unbiased and informative.
Everyone seems to have a different opinion on the homeless situation and how it can be alleviated, but without this kind of in-depth research, people are not creating well informed ideas. I think it would be benificial for the American people and American political leaders especially to see this documentary on national television. Congratulations on a job well done!
Dear FRONTLINE,
Well, unfortunately at best an adequately-done Frontline.
I got the impression of a real superficiality in the reportage on this one. When dealiing with people panhandling, one MUST at some point confront - that's right - confront the issue of deceit. It WAS done in this story, but in a very irresolute manner. Sure, the reporter (i apologize i did not check the credits for her name) did, in a couple of instances mention that "a story didn't check out" or that "they actually live in this comfortable high-rise". But the confrontation was perfunctory: "We didn't find you on record as undergoing dialysis at New York Hospital. Why do you suppose?" Reply: "I dunno." Next issue. Hardly driving interrogatory, in my view. Granted, the interviewees were likely skittish and liable to bolt if pressed, but the pressure should have been advanced.
The issue of deceit by beggars/panhandlers/whatever is probably the core of the homeless situation in America today. Too many are seen as con-men, crooks, liars, no-goodniks that simply don't want to work. Therefore real people in need are neglected and rebuffed by basically honest people whose resources of money and empathy are limited, and whose patience with being taken advantage of has likely already been abused. By neglecting to confront this issue, the producers of this piece defaulted on the potential impact of their work.
Sorry, but I'd give it a C-.
Dear FRONTLINE,
Last evening, I watch Frontline for the first time.
My sincere compliments on your balanced and informative show. I have often wondered who the homeless people were, and how they got there.
Thank you.


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