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Gary Sturgess may not be a household name, but it should be. As the architect and father of the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption his legacy has been longer lasting than he expected, or wanted.
I caught up with Sturgess this week and asked him whether his baby has fulfilled his expectations.
By now, he thought, "it really ought not to exist". It should have had such a marked effect on the culture of public life that no one would dare put a foot out of line.
He believes that for a time ICAC lost its way and after the fiasco of the Greiner affair it became risk averse.
"Clearly, Eddie Obeid or Ian Macdonald had no fear of ICAC. They seemed to operate with impunity."
The public hearings that have just concluded would have gone a long way to changing perceptions. Everyone in town is talking about the Obeid-Macdonald hearings and Sturgess thinks that has helped people to better appreciate the values that are required for public office. "It has been a useful outcome."
It was the Greiner government that gave birth to ICAC in 1989 and it was ICAC that destroyed the Greiner government three years later in 1992. Needless, to say there was a lot of pain in that for Sturgess. He was head of the Cabinet office at the time and in charge of all the big policy reforms.
The concept of a standing anti-corruption body was hatched while the Liberals were in Opposition and while the Wran government was in full-swing. There was lots of fertile material that fuelled the need, including the Rex Jackson affair (a minister accepting bribes for the early release of prisoners) The Age tapes and Lionel Murphy, chief magistrate Murray Farquhar and case fixing, and the Street Royal Commission, which cleared the then Premier of allegedly trying to influence the outcome of the prosecution of rugby league administrator Kevin Humphreys.
Intertwined through this was the on-going sleaze and corruption of Kings Cross with its drug lords and bent coppers.
In Sturgess' view corruption in NSW was institutionalised and systemic and what was needed was a permanent organisation with royal commission powers in its DNA to look at cases, causes and education.
Sturgess and then then attorney general John Dowd went to Hong Kong to look at the colony's Independent Commission Against Corruption. What they found was a truly terrifying body that had enormous powers and could lock-up people.
Sturgess' instincts in designing NSW's ICAC were different. His own background is that of a somewhat conservative civil libertarian.
At Queensland University law school he was influenced by Paul Finn, now a Federal Court judge, then a lecturer in equity who had a special interest in "public trust".
You can see Finn's presence in one of the essential provisions of the ICAC legislation, section 8 dealing with what constitutes "corrupt conduct": any conduct of a public official that "constitutes or involves a breach of public trust".
This was also the era of Ralph Nader, civil liberties and police brutality.
The famous Brisbane barrister Des Sturgess, a cousin of Gary's father and a leading campaigner against police verbals, became a significant mentor.
The young blade arrived in Sydney and a job at The Bulletin under the baton of Trevor Kennedy, where he found Bob Carr, Rob Drewe and David Armstrong also scribbling out stories. It was here that he got his first whiffs of police corruption in Sydney.
So all these threads came together in the design of ICAC. Wide definitions of "corruption" at the top, narrowed in the next breath to more specific details about criminality and disciplinary offences.
He didn't want a body that could invent offences after the event or one that intruded into political behaviour that was not inherently dishonest.
"While we may not like some political behaviour, if its purely political it ought to be judged by the electorate, not a lawyer or a judge making it up as they go along."
That is what precisely happened to Sturgess' boss, Premier Nick Greiner - who was implicated in a scheme to offer Terry Metherall, a former Liberal MP who became an Independent, a job at the Environment Protection Authority, and so free-up his seat for a winnable by-election.
The first ICAC commissioner, Ian Temby, a former Commonwealth DPP, found that Greiner's conduct did not constitute a criminal offence or bribery, yet was corrupt conduct as he knew Metherall was being favoured for the job and that it would be advantageous for the Liberal government.
This was politics and party politics at that, and the Court of Appeal overturned Temby's finding. By that stage, with a finding of corruption over his head, Greiner was gone as Premier. The idea that governments couldn't jockey to strengthen their position was not part of the original ICAC concept. This was stuff on which the voters should be making judgments.
According to Sturgess, the consequence of the Greiner case was a conservatism by politicians towards ICAC and what it should be allowed to investigate and a degree of risk averseness on the part of subsequent ICAC commissioners.
Consequently, for a time "corruption prevention struggled", which explains the audaciousness of the politicians currently under investigation.
Sturgess says: Corruption is behaviour between consenting adults, in secret. It's a crime of the powerful."
Because it's secret it's often difficult to get evidence and to prosecute successfully.
"What we have is a process of shame, exposure and cleansing. It's a morality play, to be played out in public."
This is a republished version of story which ran on May 23 2013.
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And so, we've come to the last of these head to head comparisons. I wanted to look at a couple interesting names in the infield. Obviously we've all been through discussions of Roman Quinn, Maikel Franco and Cody Ashce, and we know a lot about some of the older guys like Cesar Hernandez and Darin Ruf, (if you want to call him a 1B still, which I guess you could). The rest of the top 30-ish infielders are young guys, drafted in 2011 or 2012. So let's talk about Zach Green, Mitch Walding and Andrew Pullin.
A little history, for comparison – Green was a third round pick in 2012, (#125) who signed for $45k over slot, or $420k. Pullin was the 188th pick, (5th Round), who signed for slot, just north of $200k. Walding was a fifth round pick in 2011 who signed for supplemental first or early second round money, ($800k).
Now, when we're looking at their limited stats, we've got basically half a season of each. Green and Pullin took about 100 fewer PAs than Walding, but all have fairly reasonable samples to consider to account for streaks, even from the short season leagues where they played.
Pullin got 162 PA in the GCL. His walk rate of 7.4% could be better, but it's not horrid. His K rate is the same, at 19.8% – pretty unimpressive. He triple slashed .321/.403/.436, for an OPS of .838. He did benefit from a .398 BABIP, though on a LD Rate of 21%, which is pretty good, and tempers the negative connotation of the extreme BABIP a little.
He moved from the OF to 2b during the season, and wound up putting in a handful of games there in August. If he's going to hit line drives and show a little pop and play a decent 2b, he could have a chance to prop up his value greatly. The fact that we heard he was going to play 2B in instructs and wound up there before the end of the year leads me to conclude he's handling himself pretty well. Otherwise, why bother? Solid logic, I know.
Walding took 292 PAs in 2012, playing 3B exclusively. There were some positive scouting reports on him early in the year, and he had a fine half a month to start his pro career, OPSing .952 in June. But as the year wore on he struck out considerably more, ending up with 22.6% K Rate to go with a pretty good 10.6% bb rate. His triple slash would up at .233/.326/.308 on a .312 BABIP with a 15% LD rate. You have to like that he was able to keep his patience at the plate, though a little bit more solid contact would be nice as well.
Green triple slashed .284/.333/.426 for an OPS of .759 in 183 PAs. He played some SS but mostly 3B, which is where the CW seems to project him in the long run. That .142 ISO is a little lower than one might hope for a 3B prospect, but really, in this day and age of weaker hitting 3B, it's not a disqualifier if he holds in that range as he progresses.
What could quickly become a concern is his BB and K Rates. He walked just 8 times for a 4.3% rate, and struck out at a 23.4% clip. I can handle 23.4%, if it comes with double digit walks and a good amount of power. We'll have to see how he handles himself the next couple years with bigger samples of data, but if he can't take a free pass, well – I'll just say this – Sebastian Valle's defense and position holds his prospect value a bit. Not sure Green's would do the same. Uncertainty there is dragging him down in my eyes.
And so, to rank them, it's a tough call. I think they all throw up some flags. Scouting and some of the results from Green look nice until you see that brutal walk rate. Walding has some very positive scouting on his side, but little in the way of results. And Pullin has that very high BABIP fueling his stats a bit, though he did hit a lot of line drives. I found these three guys floating close to one another as I tinkered with my rankings, from as high as #17 at one point, (Green), all the way to where they landed, with Pullin at #26, Walding at #30 and Green the "best of the rest" at #31.
How about you? Am I reading too much into the Green BB Rate or is it a big flag for you all as well? Am I overvaluing Pullin's LD rate? What should we think about Walding showing inferior numbers to the others while playing against better competition?
Hope this series has helped you all out. I've certainly figured out some issues I was worrying about all the way through my first couple passes of the rankings. I'm sure we'll rehash some of the same stuff when we get into the poll over the next several weeks, but it's nice to get a little headstart on the conversation. Happy voting to you all!

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Why should anyone care?
I've had it tough for over a decade and it's not been very easy to deal with. People come and go, that's a given. People do stupid things and don't realise the effects it can have on others. I'm sure I've been one of those people at some point.
But I've been on the other side of that and it's shit, to be quite frank. People tell you things they don't mean; tell you what you want to hear and when you want to hear it to shut you up, to keep you quiet and to avoid any distress.
And that's the problem.
It causes me distress and I know when someone's lying a lot of the time.
The reason behind it would definitely be uncertainty linked to past experiences of being constantly lied to, emotionally manipulated and essentially emotionally bullied.
bag tote Black 'Tina' Oasis scallop A friend and I used to joke about how "clingy" I am and I won't deny it, that's really not a lie. I can be clingy as hell when I've found someone I don't want to let drift away. If you mean a lot to me, you're not leaving. That sounds threatening and it probably is.
I don't know what goes through someone's head when my name's mentioned or when people are talking about me. I know people talk and gossip, of course they do; it's human nature. And I'm pretty darn needy (but that part we won't talk about, maybe later).
I'm a pessimist and even though I don't have a clue what people really think or say about me when I'm not there, the pessimism is dead set on them not being good things. Because, in my opinion, why would they and why should they be good things?
I mean, I try to be a kind and loving person and I know at times, I may come across too strong, but I'm not letting anybody come to the assumption that I'm treating them in a negative way. I've personally had too much of being treated negatively.
But why do I need constant reassurance?
Because I need to know I still mean something to you.
scallop Black 'Tina' bag Oasis tote It might be a bit needy (I said I'd come to this), but I need the small things to keep me reminded that you think about me. You know, the "Good morning" and "Goodnight" messages. The "How are you?" and "How was your day?" messages. The "You can talk to me" and "Tell me what's wrong" messages.
It might sound dumb, but when something like that becomes a routine and when I notice that it becomes less consistent, I do wonder and I do get upset. I guess it just scares me. How do I know you're not drifting away from me? That the relationship is starting to become circumstantial? That when you see something, it no longer reminds you of me? That's what utterly petrifies me. I'm afraid of losing you. And I know, there's a lot of people already lost, some ready to be lost and a lot to lose in the future but I don't want you to be one of them.
I need to be told now and again that I'm still cared about, that I'm still loved and appreciated. And I don't just want to be told that every time I'm upset. I shouldn't have to be a blubbering mess every time you feel it necessary to reassure me. That just shouldn't be how it is.
And trust me, I'll give you all the reassurances as possible. You need to know the same as what I need to know.
That's why it has to be constant. If you care about me, please put the effort in. I'm not asking for a lot, just a bit of effort.


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I had to share with you some pics from our loft today. I love the place, I used to paint watercolours there when I had
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Time Management Strategies
Are you one of the 78 percent of adults who wish they had more time to stop and smell the roses? If so, this article is for you. In today's fast-paced business environment, managing time is critical. The average American works 46 hours a week on the job and takes six hours of work home with them. Therefore, managing and making the most efficient use of your time really matters!
This article includes:
Through this article, we hope that you will realize you are not alone with too much to do, and not enough time to do it in. Keep in mind, this time period in history, unlike preceding years is "information rich." More information has been produced in the prior 30 years than since 1497! The British newspaper, The Sunday Times, contains more information than a person in the 17th century would come across in a lifetime. The amount of information that is available to us through computers and telecommunications doubles every year. Unlike ever before, we must be able to rapidly keep in touch with our field and be able to hone in on key information.
Before jumping into the ideas in this article, assess your efficiency by completing the Efficiency Quiz.
I. Interactive Efficiency Quiz
Directions: Answer Yes or No for each question by clicking on the correct response with your mouse. The article will count your responses for you.
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II. Basic Strategies
Numerous articles have been written on time management. These articles present various strategies for increasing your effectiveness and ultimately your time. They all agree, however, on having a clear mental picture of your lifetime goals and immediate goals (one year or less) and work each day toward reaching those long- and short-term goals. This idea is evident in various planners. Without knowing what your goals are you may be working without a sense of direction and merely putting out fires or handling crises. Remember, you won't know if you get there, if you don't know where you are going or where you want to be.
Note: The following strategies and tips come from personal experience and the various resources found at the end of this article.
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III. New Strategies for Today's Technology
Imagine a day without pagers, cell phones, email, facsimiles and other technologies. Using these items may help us to get things done more efficiently, but they may also enable us to take on even more work. Using new technologies increases our ability to multi-task, or accomplish many activities at one time.
Multi-tasking is not just a term used to describe a computer's capability to do multiple functions simultaneously. It can be used to describe today's worker. While driving to a meeting, it's not uncommon for a busy executive or business owner to make some phone calls, listen to voice mail, and open up some mail. Although this may be an efficient use of time, it can be dangerous when done behind the wheel of a car! Multi-tasking can overwhelm you by creating problems with focusing on the task at hand yet provide you with those precious extra minutes in the day. When doing multi-tasking, remember if the task requires you to focus on it, do not attempt to do another task simultaneously.
Here are some strategies for multi-tasking:
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IV. Getting Organized -- Pen and Paper vs. Computers and Keystrokes
Fifty-two percent of all working people in this country use a calendar or planner. Planners have become an industry in United States. The three most popular planners are Franklin Quest, Day Runner and Day-Timer. Numerous types of calendars can be found in stationery stores; other common planners include Rolodex organizer and Time Resource planner. As responsibilities grow, the type of planner you need may change. Organizers and planners save individuals an average of 51 minutes a day.
The primary secret to successful time management with a datebook or planner is to use it. It should be carried around with you daily to schedule important meetings, keep track of projects, plan and prepare.
Wheeler suggests the following tips for using organizers:
Most individuals could do without desktop organizers. But others feel that the flexibility of actual calendar type organizer is always available, doesn't require access to the same computer, and are adaptable to many settings and situations. Computer programs are flexible in allowing the scheduling of multiple appointments, some up to 75 per day. Although not pragmatic for an individual, they would work well for scheduling medical appointments in a clinic.
Personal information managers can maintain a daily schedule and keep track of conversations and meetings. People may use these software programs to better manage time and resources but may resort to their Franklin and Day Timers.
Common software time management programs vary greatly in price and what they include. There is an arsenal of new technology to enhance your time management techniques for scheduling, planning and tracking projects. Three of the more common ones include:
For many, the difference between a computerized system and a pad and pencil is merely a matter of comfort, what you get used to, what is available, and prior successes. It is recommended to go to a large office store and try some of these various software and technologies to see what best fits your needs.
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So, where do you go from here? It's easy to read this, answer the questions and think you'll start following the suggestions tomorrow. Instead, consider your goals and objectives; you wouldn't have read this if you didn't think you needed to improve.
Challenge yourself by downloading, printing out and completing the following Reflections on My Time Worksheet. Seal it in an envelope and address it to yourself. Give it to your secretary or someone else reliable and ask them to mail it or give it back to you in three months. In three months, reexamine how you are doing in managing your time and meeting your goals.
Reflections on My Time Worksheet
Complete, seal in a self-addressed envelope, and give it to someone who will mail it to you or give it to you in three months. When you get it back, reflect on where you are and what you need to do to get where you want to be in managing your time.
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So, where do you go from here? It's easy to read this, answer the questions and think you'll start following the suggestions tomorrow. Instead, consider your goals and objectives; you wouldn't have read this if you didn't think you needed to improve.
Challenge yourself by downloading, printing out and completing the following Reflections on My Time Worksheet. Seal it in an envelope and address it to yourself. Give it to your secretary or someone else reliable and ask them to mail it or give it back to you in three months. In three months, reexamine how you are doing in managing your time and meeting your goals.
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BooYarr needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 79 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
We need a logo and a favicon..
Needs to be Web 2.0+,Bright, Innovative, Simple, Professional, Easily recognizable. No big crazy characters and all that stuff hanging around the text.
Big fans of logos like:
Both effective but simple!
We need the logo in various image sizes, but a smaller version will be the one used the most.
BooYarr -- http://www.booyarr.com
So we need a logo and a favicon, we are a brand spanking new internet consumer company.
We have built (so far) a firefox extension so the logo will be used on the homepage as well as in the extension its self. Favicon will be used as a favicon as well as a button (need a few image sizes as well).
We need this logo to set us apart for everything else, we want everyone to remember us for our logo. (I spose everyone does, but we are willing to take some design risks).
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|My father is on the right of the middle row, identified as Perce Weston.
In "A Pigeon Sent the News" I told how my father John Percy Weston (1912-2003) wrote down memories of his early life in Brosely, near Ironbridge, Shropshire.
Unfortunately I only had a broad indication of year for the event, which made tracing it in local newspapers difficult. In an effort to find out more, I contacted Shropshire Archives and Brosely Historical Society who put my enquiry on their online newsletter. The Archive Centre sent me background information on the school and church. But I am delighted to say I have heard from three members of the society with more personal memories - and even better have a photograph of the winning football team, with my father on the middle row right, identified as Perce Weston. I always thought he hated his middle name Percy, but he seemed to be known by that as a child.
This is the earliest photograph I have of my father and I am so grateful to the Society for filing this gap in my family history. My father retained his love of football all his life and was an avid watcher of matches on television, right up to his death at the age of 91.
And an important lesson from this - don't forget the value that can be gained from contacting local societies and archive centres.


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Earlier today, Senator Rick Santorum and Congressman Peter Hoekstra released a declassified document relating to discoveries of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Here are excerpts from Hoekstra's press release:
U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, today announced that a declassified Army report provides further insight into the chemical and biological weapons programs in Iraq.
"Saddam's use of chemical and biological weapons to murder thousands upon thousands of Iranians and his own people confirmed long ago that he had them and was more than willing to use them," Hoekstra said. "The question has always concerned what happened to them."
The unclassified summary report of the Army's National Ground Intelligence Center states that since 2003, coalition forces have recovered approximately 500 munitions containing mustard or sarin nerve agent. It also states that chemical munitions are assessed to still exist in Iraq.
"The unclassified report provides further insight into Saddam's WMD, but it does not complete the picture of prewar Iraq," Hoekstra said. "The report simply provides additional evidence on what the Iraq Survey Group has already concluded – that Saddam Hussein was not in compliance with numerous U.N. resolutions requiring Iraq to destroy all of its WMD."
Here is the declassified document; click to enlarge:
This is certainly significant, but what they're talking about is old munitions left over from, presumably, before the first Gulf War. This doesn't appear to constitute evidence that Saddam's regime had continued to manufacture chemical weapons in more recent years. What it does demonstrate is that the picture with respect to Iraq's WMDs is much more nuanced than the usual "he didn't have any" mantra. There is no doubt about the fact that Saddam had, and used, chemical and biological weapons. Nor is there any doubt about the fact that he eagerly pursued nuclear weapons. Further, the Iraq Survey Group report says that he had every intention of resuming his programs as soon as the coast was clear and the U.N. sanctions were behind him. Add to that the fact that hundreds of chemical weapons, at a minimum, were secreted in various locations around Iraq–as also shown by this document–and it is reasonable to conclude that, even though the CIA and nearly all other observers over-estimated Iraq's WMD capabilities, the fear that Saddam might use such weapons, or slip them to a terrorist group, was well-founded.
SCOTT adds: Michael Ledeen writes:
Please point out to your readers that Negroponte only declassified a few fragments of a much bigger document. Read the press conference and you will see that Santorum and Hoekstra were furious at the meager declassification. They will push for more, and we all must do that. I am told that there is a lot more in the full document, which CIA is desperate to protect, since it shows the miserable job they did looking for WMDs in Iraq.
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Some future historians will have fun with the CIA's bureaucratic turf wars. I just hope that they're writing in English, and not Arabic . . . .


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SACRAMENTO — A San Diego man faces charges of operating a website that let people anonymously post explicit photographs of others, then extorting hundreds of dollars from the victims to remove the photographs.
California Department of Justice agents arrested Kevin Christopher Bollaert on Tuesday.
Bollaert, who is 27, is charged with 31 felony counts of conspiracy, identity theft and extortion. It was not immediately clear if he had an attorney.
The Justice Department says Bollaert created the so-called "revenge porn" website ugotposted.com a year ago.
The victims were identified by name, age and other information, leading to the identity theft allegations.
The department says Bollaert then charged victims up to $350 to remove the images.
He was being held in San Diego County jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.


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In recent weeks I posted a three part series at Crosswalk.com called God's Weight Loss Plan. The plan was to shed the weight of bitterness and pain brought on by a lack of forgiveness. Nothing makes my heart ache more than seeing the damage of unforgiving hearts. I see bitterness and anger ravage relationships, marriages, church unity and the body of Christ. I have been guilty. I am guilty today. Even as I write I am trusting God for the healing and strength to forgive a hurt from years past.
The iPod shuffle landed on a song by Melissa Greene today and the lyrics reminded me of how tough this forgiveness clause in our Christian contract can be to execute.
The song is "The Long Road to Forgiveness". The lyrics are written from a woman's point of view but the pronoun is irrelevant. This is a gender neutral issue.
She's pointed fingers and stood her ground and built a wall around her heart
She didn't want to lose a battle in a war she not start
She carried grudges long enough but they've only weighed her down
but the bridges burned are just lessons learned that she carries with her now
That little lyric bridge pretty much outlines every reaction of our flesh to being hurt. Step one is to blame someone else. Step two is to vow not to back down and give in because, after all, you were wronged. Step three is going into hiddenness and despair. Step four is being too proud to lose the battle. Step five is hanging onto the grudge even as it's weight crushes your spirit.
That is an ugly little sequence but it is a pattern I have repeated far too many times in my journey. I have heard it said that bitterness is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies. I imagine the heart of Jesus being broken by our stubborn refusal to consider His forgiveness extended to us and consequently refusing to lean on His power to help us forgive. This passage in Paul's letter to the Church at Colossae powerfully makes the point.
Christ is all that matters, and he lives in all of us. Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Make allowance for each other's faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful. (Colossian 3, NLT)
I don't see a lot of wiggle room in that text. If I claim that Christ is all that matters and that He lives in me then I must forgive those who offend me. Can someone find a loophole here? Please?
The chorus of Melissa Greene's song reminds me how hard this road can be.
Down the long road to forgiveness there is fear at every turn
And she knows she needs to go the distance
Where her heart can finally rest, break these chains of bitterness
God will heal her brokenness
Down the long road to forgiveness
There is fear on that road if you take your eyes off of Christ. Your heart cries out in protest. What if they reject, scoff or take advantage of my forgiveness? Jesus reminds us gently that He understands.
When you break those chains and allow God to heal your heart the weight of the world will lift off of your soul. It is a long road to forgiveness. Sadly it is too often the road less taken. But it is the road that will make a difference in your journey with Jesus. I pray you will have the courage to start down that road today. Jesus will meet you there.


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'The Visit' is the second of a year and a day of weekly short stories set in the Split Worlds. Each story is the perfect length for a tea break and is narrated by the author, Emma Newman (who hosts the Tea and Jeopardy podcast).
The Split Worlds is an urban fantasy series featuring mad sorcerers, evil Fae and lots of tea and cake. The first three novels are out now and you can find out all about them and the Split Worlds Masked Ball LARP on the dedicated Split Worlds website.
Don't worry if you haven't read the novels – these stories can be listened to before, during or after reading the books. Some characters are featured in both, but there are no spoilers for the novels.
P.S. At the time of writing this, the kindle edition of the first novel in the series 'Between Two Thorns' is at a bargain price to celebrate the re-launch of the series with its new publisher, Diversion Books. You can find it on Amazon UK and Amazon US – enjoy!


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As part of a project I have been working on we wanted to assign categories to items in SharePoint 2010 and decided to use Managed Metadata. Wictor Wilén has a good post explaining what Managed Metadata is and how to set it up. Like Wictor, I also prefer to provision site columns and content types using a combination of declarative CAML and feature receivers. I followed the Wictors post but found he didn't add the extra steps required to make the solution work.
I've outlined the steps we took to provision a managed metadata column to a site content type.
Step 1 – Create a TaxonomyField and a Note field
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"> <Field ID="{087C759A-7BD2-4B66-9CF5-277A3399636D}" Type="TaxonomyFieldType" DisplayName="MMSCategories" ShowField="Term1033" Required="TRUE" EnforceUniqueValues="FALSE" Group="_Custom" StaticName="MMSCategories" Name="MMSCategories" /> <Field ID="{437B0ED2-A31B-47F7-8C69-6B9DE2C4A4F6}" Type="Note" DisplayName="MMSCategories_0" StaticName="MMSCategoriesTaxHTField0" Name="MMSCategoriesTaxHTField0" ShowInViewForms="FALSE" Required="FALSE" Hidden="TRUE" CanToggleHidden="TRUE" /> </Elements>
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <Elements xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"> <!-- Parent ContentType: Item (0x01) --> <ContentType ID="0x0100aa33de693811427c886a5d27f17ed23d" Name="Taxonomy Spike - MMSContentType" Group="Custom Content Types" Description="My Content Type" Inherits="TRUE" Version="0"> <FieldRefs> <FieldRef ID="{437B0ED2-A31B-47F7-8C69-6B9DE2C4A4F6}" Name="MMSCategoriesTaxHTField0"/> <FieldRef ID="{087C759A-7BD2-4B66-9CF5-277A3399636D}" Name="MMSCategories"/> </FieldRefs> </ContentType> </Elements>
Step 3 – Wire up the Note field to the TaxonomyField using a feature receiver
The TaxonomyField has a member called TextField, with the following remark on the MSDN page…
"Every TaxonomyField object contains a related hidden text field that contains a string representation of the taxonomy field value. The hidden text field is identified by the GUID returned by this property."
…so as well as the defining the Taxonomy Field we also need to define something to store the string representation.
1: public override void FeatureActivated(SPFeatureReceiverProperties properties)
2: {
3: SPSite site = properties.Feature.Parent as SPSite;
4: Guid fieldId = new Guid("{087C759A-7BD2-4B66-9CF5-277A3399636D}");
5: if (site.RootWeb.Fields.Contains(fieldId))
6: {
7: TaxonomySession session = new TaxonomySession(site);
9: if (session.TermStores.Count != 0)
10: {
11: var termStore = session.TermStores["Managed Metadata Service"];
12: var group = termStore.Groups["Test Store"];
13: var termSet = group.TermSets["Categories"];
14: TaxonomyField field = site.RootWeb.Fields[fieldId] as TaxonomyField;
15: // Connect to MMS
16: field.SspId = termSet.TermStore.Id;
17: field.TermSetId = termSet.Id;
18: field.TargetTemplate = string.Empty;
19: field.AnchorId = Guid.Empty;
20: field.TextField = new Guid("{437B0ED2-A31B-47F7-8C69-6B9DE2C4A4F6}");
21: field.Update(true);
22: }
23: }
24: }
Line 20 is the important one, this is the code that wires the Note field created declaratively to the TaxonomyField.


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RALEIGH, N.C., Aug 10, 2005 — Red Hat, Inc. (NASDAQ: RHAT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions to the enterprise, today announced its presentation time for the CIBC World Markets 5th Annual Enterprise Software Conference on August 11, 2005 has been changed. Red Hat's Chief Financial Officer Charlie Peters will be presenting at 8:55 a.m. ET, not at 2:50 p.m. as previously reported.
The webcast link is: http://www.veracast.com/webcasts/cibcwm/enterprise05/46210151.cfm
A replay of the presentation will be available at this URL following the live web-cast. A replay will also be available on the Investor Relations page of Red Hat's web site, www.redhat.com.
About Red Hat
Red Hat is the world's leading provider of open source software solutions, using a community-powered approach to reliable and high-performing cloud, Linux, middleware, storage and virtualization technologies. Red Hat also offers award-winning support, training, and consulting services. As the connective hub in a global network of enterprises, partners, and open source communities, Red Hat helps create relevant, innovative technologies that liberate resources for growth and prepare customers for the future of IT. Learn more at http://www.redhat.com.
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Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors, including: risks related to delays or reductions in information technology spending; the effects of industry consolidation; the ability of the Company to compete effectively; the integration of acquisitions and the ability to market successfully acquired technologies and products; uncertainty and adverse results in litigation and related settlements; the inability to adequately protect Company intellectual property and the potential for infringement or breach of license claims of or relating to third party intellectual property; the ability to deliver and stimulate demand for new products and technological innovations on a timely basis; risks related to data and information security vulnerabilities; ineffective management of, and control over, the Company's growth and international operations; fluctuations in exchange rates; and changes in and a dependence on key personnel, as well as other factors contained in our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (copies of which may be accessed through the Securities and Exchange Commission's website at http://www.sec.gov), including those found therein under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations". In addition to these factors, actual future performance, outcomes, and results may differ materially because of more general factors including (without limitation) general industry and market conditions and growth rates, economic and political conditions, governmental and public policy changes and the impact of natural disasters such as earthquakes and floods. The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as of the date of this press release and these views could change. However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release.


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Colors Sticker Book - 400 reusable stickers inspired by natureA rainbow of hues for creative collage and superior photos of natural objects, plants, and animals for matching, language, and science activities. 400 vivid, die-cut, peel-and-place stickers organized by color range. Learn More
Glass Prism - Functional prism for experiments with lightChildren can set this prism in a sunny window and see for themselves what Newton discovered — a beam of visible light can be split into a rainbow when it shines through a glass prism like this. Learn More
All the Colors of the Rainbow - A Rookie Read-About Science bookDelightful photos and close-up diagrams introduce younger children to the wonders of light, color, and rainbows. Simple text for early readers explains refraction, color, and the visible light spectrum. Paperback, 32 pages. Learn More
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Transparent Color Paddles - 18 plastic paddles from Learning ResourcesChildren will enjoy exploring the exciting world of color mixing with these color paddles. Includes learning guide with suggested activities and 18 separate, sturdy plastic paddles (3 each of six colors); 2¾" x 6" long. Learn More
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Subdivision: Meridiana
- Price Range $274.9K - $345.9K
- Sqft Range 2,384 - 3,522
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Buyers can have the home of their dreams in Meridiana, a 2,700-acre community near Pearland's bustling retail corridor. Meridiana is zoned to the coveted Alvin Independent School District, with an on-site elementary school opening in 2016. Elegantly landscaped creeks, bayous and water features will create a natural ambiance in the development and Iowa Colony Regional Park will give residents many opportunities for outdoor recreation. Meridiana's location just east of Highway 288 near Highway 6 means downtown Houston, the Texas Medical Center and premier shopping and dining in Pearland are just a short drive away. With so much to offer, Meridiana promises to be a unique community for your new Plantation home.
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The Thin Blue Line "The Green Eyed Monster" The promotion board will be visiting the Gasforth police station and Grim and Fowler are the most likely candidates. When Grim tells Fowler that they usually go for family men, Fowler proposes to Dawkins in a most unromantic way, causing her to break up with him.G
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My Family "The Heart of Christmas - Part 2" Newly qualified as a massage therapist, Abi decides to pay for her and Roger's room by working in the hotel spa, leaving Roger jealous of her clients. Janey sets out to find a gift that tops Kenzo's dad's pony. Alfie needs help to find Uncle Idis, who has wandered off again. Part 2 of 2G
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My Hero "Pet Rescue" Faced with watching a dog for friends, George orders an ear-piece from Superhero Monthly to allow him to talk to the animal.G
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Are You Being Served? "Night Club" Mr. Grace asks staff members to come up with suggestions for ways the store could make money after shopping hours.G
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As Time Goes By "Alistair's Engagement" Judy invites her new boyfriend, Paul, to stay while Jean and Lionel are out of town.G
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The Cafe "Deal Or No Deal" It is Carol's birthday and she has a very difficult decision to make.G
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The Red Green Show "Back to Nature" Harold rents out the lodge to a group that turns out to be a nudist organization. Red finds a purpose for accordions.G
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Keeping Up Appearances - The Memoirs of Hyacinth Bucket "The Candlelight Supper" Hyacinth plans a candlelight supper to impress the head of the local amateur operatic society and show off her vocal talents.G


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This full view of the giant asteroid Vesta was taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, as part of a rotation characterization sequence on July 24, 2011, at a distance of 3,200 miles (5,200 kilometers). Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
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Enormous troughs that wrap around the giant asteroid Vesta may actually be dropped blocks of terrain bounded by fault lines, suggesting a geologic complexity beyond that of most asteroids. Since the discovery of the troughs last year in data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, scientists have been working to determine the story behind these unusual features. The research reinforces the claim that Vesta has a core, mantle and crust, a structure normally reserved for larger bodies, such as planets and large moons.
An extensive system of troughs encircles Vesta's equatorial region. The biggest of those troughs, named Divalia Fossa, surpasses the size of the Grand Canyon. It spans 289 miles (465 kilometers) in length, 13.6 miles (22 kilometers) in width and 3 miles (5 kilometers) in depth. The complexity of the troughs' morphology can't be explained by small collisions. New measurements from Dawn indicate that a large collision could have created the asteroid's troughs, said Debra Buczkowski, a Dawn participating scientist based at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Md., who is the lead author of a new paper in Geophysical Research Letters, a journal of the American Geophysical Union. The crustal layer at the surface appeared to stretch to the breaking point and large portions of the crust dropped down along two faults on either side of the downward-moving block, leaving the giant troughs we see today.
The scale of the fracturing would only have been possible if the asteroid is differentiated - meaning that it has a core, mantle and crust. "By saying it's differentiated," said Buczkowski, "we're basically saying Vesta was a little planet trying to happen."
For more information on the paper, see http://www.agu.org/news/press/pr_archives/2012/2012-42.shtml .


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FMCG: Analytics for sales schemes and credit notes issued. Integrated with custom application.
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Supply Chain Management: Chain Management: Analytics for sales, inventory movements and holding and other MIS, reports and analytics. BI solution integrated with Tally ERP
Services: MIS and Reporting Solutions for clients alongwith web dashboards for direct client access. Integration of Tally.ERP9 and Qlikview
Retail: Retail and Supply Chain Analytics and SMS integration for reporting of store sales. Excel and SMS integration for capturing purchase, inventory and sales data.
Services: Business Analytics, Reporting and Consolidation solution for 30 odd branches and corporate office. Integrated solution with Tally ERP
Capital Goods: Procurement Management through consolidation of multiple project material requirement and auto purchase order placement. Integrated with Tally ERP
Seeds: Expense, sales and debtors reports and MIS. Integrated with Tally ERP with multi location deployment
Real Estate: Reports and MIS for Directors based on existing real estate specific ERP.
Automobile: Integration of Tally.ERP9 data with Oracle based Dealer Management Systems for analytics and reporting
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Compare IR and Low Light Technology in Bakersfield, CA
See the difference between standard, super low lux, and IR CCTV security cameras.
Use this tool to see how different no light and low light camera implementations compare in Bakersfield, CA. The use of no IR illuminator, a built-in IR, or an external IR illuminator will have a significant impact on image quality.
- Normal light - this shows how the scene appears under regular indoor lighting conditions.
- Low light with day/night cam - although this is a day/night camera it does not have IR illumination and needs ambient light to capture an image.
- Low light with low lux cam - this image is generated by an extremely low light black and white camera without an IR illuminator.
- No light day/night cam with IR illuminator - this day/night camera is in black and white mode with an external IR illuminator next to it.
- No light low lux with IR illuminator - this image is from a low light camera using an external IR illuminator.
- No light with built in IR - this camera has the IR illuminator built into the camera.
- No light with built in IR and IR illuminator - although this camera has a built-in IR illuminator it is also using an external IR illuminator to increase IR strength.


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Celebrating illustration, design, cartoon and comic art of the mid-20th century.
Monday, December 26, 2005
New Sets Added on Flickr
Thanks to everyone who has commented here at the TI blog or emailed me in private. I know from the counter that many people visit but hearing from you is always a treat.
As promised, I've been adding new sets of old scans to my Flickr account. You can now see examples of work by the likes of Bob Peak, Edwin Georgi, Joe De Mers, Jon Whitcomb and quite a few others - including many unidentified illustrators which I'm cataloguing by subject.
Check back often and be inspired all through the holidays!
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I am super geeked to welcome Elsie Chapman to the virtual offices today. Her book DUALED, Random House, hits stores shelves February 26th 2013. This is one of my most anticipated 2013 reads, so I'm thrilled to chat with Elsie.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Describe yourself in 140 characters or less.
[Elsie Chapman] Mangler and consumer of words, nurturer of little humans and furballs, lover and friend, loud music hound, sushi and caffeine enthusiast.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Can you tell us a little about Dualed?
[Elsie Chapman] At its heart, I can say it's a story about finding self-worth, and what it means to different people, under different circumstances.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How did you come up with the concept and the characters for the story?
[Elsie Chapman] My son asked me one day, how did we know we all didn't have a twin out there and just didn't know about them. So the idea pretty much took off from there. I wanted a girl MC who was strong but still vulnerable, and a main love interest who was able to let her be her own person.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three words best describe West?
[Elsie Chapman] Loyal, solid, stubborn.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If West had a theme song, what would it be?
[Elsie Chapman] Run by Snow Patrol. I listened to that one a lot while I was writing Dualed!
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Name one thing West won't leave the house without.
[Elsie Chapman] Her gun. Or her set of switchblades.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What are your greatest creative influences?
[Elsie Chapman] Music, movies, lyrics, the odd quote.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What three things do you need in order to write?
[Elsie Chapman] Music, tea, time. I tend to write in major gluts, so if I'm on a roll, I just kind of disappear for a while.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What is the last book that you read that knocked your socks off?
[Elsie Chapman] The very last book I read that still had me thinking about it days later was The Curse of the Wendigo by Ricky Yancey. It's book 2 of the Monstrumologist series, and I absolutely cannot wait until I have time to read book 3, The Isle of Blood.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] If you had to pick one book that turned you on to reading, which would it be?
[Elsie Chapman] For reading in general, I can't remember. But I read a lot of Stephen King when I was young, and he was the author who kept me reading.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] What do you like to do when you aren't writing?
[Elsie Chapman] My to-be-read pile keeps growing, so I try to work on that. I'll clear out the PVR, marathon some movies, bake. Most recently, while I was waiting for edits to come in, I decided to finally check out Tumblr. It was way too much fun so now I'm on that, as well. Though it's not author or book or writing related at all, just super random stuff I happen to enjoy.
[Manga Maniac Cafe] How can readers connect with you?
[Elsie Chapman] You can find me at all these places! And thank you for having me on your blog, Julie!
Goodreads: goodreads.com/elsiechapman
Blog: elsiechapman.com
Twitter: twitter.com/elsiechapman
Facebook: facebook.com/elsiechapmanauthor
Pinterest: pinterest.com/elsiechapman
[Manga Maniac Cafe] Thank you!
You can pre-order DUALED from your favorite bookseller or by clicking the widget below. Available in print and digital
DUALED Blurb:
Two of you exist. Only one will survive.
The city of Kersh is a safe haven, but the price of safety is high. Everyone has a genetic Alternate—a twin raised by another family—and citizens must prove their worth by eliminating their Alts before their twentieth birthday. Survival means advanced schooling, a good job, marriage—life.
Fifteen-year-old West Grayer has trained as a fighter, preparing for the day when her assignment arrives and she will have one month to hunt down and kill her Alt. But then a tragic misstep shakes West's confidence. Stricken with grief and guilt, she's no longer certain that she's the best version of herself, the version worthy of a future. If she is to have any chance of winning, she must stop running not only from her Alt, but also from love . . . though both have the power to destroy her.
Elsie Chapman's suspenseful YA debut weaves unexpected romance into a novel full of fast-paced action and thought-provoking philosophy. When the story ends, discussions will begin about this future society where every adult is a murderer and every child knows there is another out there who just might be better.
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Elsie Chapman's suspenseful YA debut weaves unexpected romance into a novel full of fast-paced action and thought-provoking philosophy. When the story ends, discussions will begin about this future society where every adult is a murderer and every child knows there is another out there who just might be better.


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1630s, from Medieval Latin sermonizari, from Latin sermo (see My Suitcase Wood Hello Luggage Name Is Is Card Ch Carry My My Hello Hello Name Is Chloe Cy Chaim Name Tag On ID qERSWnF6Ew). "Chiefly depreciatory" [OED]. Related: Backpack School Leather Pu 01 Bag 3Pcs Women 01 Sermonizing.
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