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Jill Iacobelli Thistle is a wife, mother and lifelong fitness enthusiast with a passion for healthy eating and working out to build physical and mental muscles. At forty-one years old, she is in the best shape of her life, proving that with knowledge and dedication anyone can be fit and healthy at any age. She has worked in a special education high school for over 14 years and has an English as a Second Language tutoring business. Her healthy lifestyle has become a journey that she shares by reaching out to women, helping them to make a positive change in their lives. She is working on Mommy Muscles... a motivational book for women on how to be fit, eat healthy, and stay positive -- helping them lead happy and fulfilled lives by becoming strong inside and out.

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I really like the memorials on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. I took this image (or set of images, as this is a cropped HDR from 3 exposures) in the late summer. This is part of the Korean War Memorial, which was something I stumbled across on a past trip… literally it is a section I had never visited before, and I was walking in the dusk when I came across these statues- in a line, coming out of the trees, apparently on guard for attack… I love the details, the placement, the idea… I was glad to get to take this photograph, and hopefully it is a worthy image of the statues. The original photos had a large chunk of burned out sky which was very boring and distracting. I tried to add textures but I still didn't like the image much, it took so much away from these statues. I finally got the idea to crop it, and I like this much more. It loses a bit of the nice sunbeams, but overall I'm happier with it now.
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Short Sale Superstars wants to make generating leads easier for you. So.....we have partnered with the Short Sale Specialist Network to offer you.....
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Wendy and I knew we were onto something when we started Short Sale Superstars 3 years ago but never imagined we would one day have over 11,000 members.
We are also closing in on 1,000,000 unique visitors to the site. Short Sale Superstars is the most visited public Short Sale Network on the planet.
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Certified Pre-Owned 2015 KiaOptima EX FWD Sedan
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- Fuel Economy
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- Exterior Color
- Sparkling Silver
- Interior Color
- black
- Body/Seating
- Sedan/5 seats
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- Automatic temperature control
- Wireless phone connectivity
- Front dual zone A/C
- Auto-dimming rearview mirror
- Split folding rear seat
- Perimeter/approach lights
- Remote keyless entry
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Odometer is 4630 miles below market average!
23/34 City/Highway MPG
* 2015 IIHS Top Safety Pick * 2015 KBB.com 10 Best UberX Candidates
Our Internet Value Pricing Mission at Colonial Kia is to present Value Pricing to all of our customers.
Preowned Internet Pricing is achieved by polling over 70,000 pre-owned websites hourly. This ensures that every one of our customers receives real-time Value Pricing on every pre-owned vehicle we sell.
We do not artificially inflate our preowned prices in the hopes of winning a negotiating contest with our customers!
We do not play pricing games. After being in business for over 50 years, we realized that Internet Value Pricing is by far the best approach for our customers.
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Frugal Luxury
By bdel08 on Thursday, November 05, 2015My prior car was great don't get me wrong, and I really wasn't planning on purchasing anything when we went to look at Kia's, but we test drove my Dark Cherry Optima EX and immediately fell in love. It's very fun to drive, comfortable, and has more options than any other vehicle we cross shopped it with. Mine is fully loaded with Infinity Sound, Panoramic Roof, heated/cooled leather in the front, heated rear seats, heated steering wheel, back up cam, and keyless entry/go. Sure there are some trim surfaces of questionable quality in the interior, but everything else feels soft, plush, and quality. Not a single thing has gone wrong with the vehicle that I didn't cause personally, the only things I will say about the car that I don't like is the tires that Kia puts on them, and we had to have the dealer update the "steering profile" so that the steering actually had feeling. The Nexen tires are soft, wear quickly, are loud, and are not grippy at all in wet or winter weather. I plan on getting a set of Continental's on it and that will immediately fix all of the issues I currently have with it. I would recommend Kia to ANYONE, and will be getting a Cadenza next!
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By sassyraz on Thursday, February 19, 2015this is my 3 rd kia and i love it !! gas milage in about 35 mpg highway and i drive about 80 percent highway driving my only gripe is that the seats are too low and rather flat my wife hit a deer on the interstate with this car doing 65 mph and it held up beautifully having heavy front end damage which our auto insurance covered the optima is rock solid on the highway bluetooth and xm radio are an upgrade for us also the power seat is very useful to us
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By Snake on Wednesday, March 14, 2012The Optima SX Turbo (2011) has the looks, performance and overall quality of cars that sell for considerably more money. The ability to use regular gas is a plus and while the MPG quoted for this model is optimistic it should be attainable with a light right foot. The biggest complaint is the trunk opening had to make concessions to the styling folks. The trunk opening is too small to fit a cooler through without difficulty. The actual storage area, once bulky items have made it through the tight trunk opening is spacious but is compromised by the inexpensive hinge mechanism that protrudes down into the trunk. Short of these two complaints, KIA has really come a long way and quickly. This is a car well worth looking at.
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TV3 has secured the Irish rights to show the Champions League and Europa League finals for the next three years.
The broadcaster has won the rights to all Wednesday night games in the Champions League, all Thursday matches in the Europa League and the finals from both competitions starting from next season.
It will share rights for 16 Tuesday night Champions League games, with RTE having first choice for them.
Virgin Media, who acquired TV3 in 2015, now has Irish rights to 327 matches across both tournaments per season.
The deal is a huge scoop for TV3, who also won the rights for the Six Nations Championship for four years in 2015 after outbidding RTE.
Previously, RTE showed Wednesday night Champions League matches and the final, while TV3 broadcasted games on Tuesdays. Eir Sports had the rights for Europa League matches.
Speaking on the deal, Pat Kiely, Managing Director of TV3 said: "The UEFA Champions League is the biggest and most prestigious club competition in the world and we are delighted to extend our partnership with UEFA for both the Champions League and the UEFA Europa League.
"This landmark deal confirms Virgin Media as Ireland's leading connected entertainment business and is great news for TV3 viewers and Virgin Media Customers.
"Our award winning Sports Broadcasting team look forward to bringing the biggest clubs and the best players to our viewers and customers in new and exciting ways over the coming European football seasons ."
RTE Group Head of Sport Ryle Nugent described the deal as "truly positive".
He commented: "This is a truly positive result for RTÉ, the Irish audience and public service broadcasting.
"The sports rights market continues to evolve and RTÉ is now competing against major international companies both here and in the UK, both free and subscription, for the right to broadcast premium sports events in this country.
"To secure the UEFA Champions League first choice games on Tuesday nights for the next three seasons means that Irish audiences will continue to have free to air access to the world's leading club competition.
"This success, in conjunction with the rights to broadcast our national team's UEFA European and World Cup qualifers for 2020 & 2022, guarantees top class football on RTÉ platforms for the seasons ahead."
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Founded in 2007, Clear Story is a team of highly skilled professional artists, designers, and fabricators working to create visual and spatial experiences that communicate new narrative forms. Our crew represents a Pittsburgh-based network of talented, driven professionals uniquely suited to provide sensitive design grounded by production experience in an extensive range of disciplines. From architecture and fine arts to historical exhibition and performance, Clear Story has led and participated in complex collaborative projects under demanding conditions.
Clear Story's professional practice is characterized by a distinctly developed artistic vision that not only values creativity and imagination, but possesses the technical proficiency, rigorous attention to detail, and strong project management required to deliver outcomes that dazzle audiences and exceed client expectations all over the world.
Since the founding of the firm, Clear Story has continued to expand its menu of services to include: permanent and traveling exhibits; temporary installations; theatrical and performance productions; interior and exterior architectural lighting and projection; special event planning and production management; art handling, preparation, and preservation.
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While Equilibar's PTFE/Glass composite diaphragms can be used up to 232°C (450°F) at low pressures, the mechanical stress derating for PTFE at elevated temperatures makes the SS316 diaphragm a more practical choice in most high temperature applications. Diaphragms made of Hastelloy C276 are also available for some scenarios.
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Equilibar's HT Series back pressure regulators utilize a graphite seal for temperatures to 450°C and pressures to 5000 psig / 344 bar(g). The Grafoil GTA seal is nuclear grade purity (99.9% graphite).
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High Temperature back pressure regulators are now also available with C-seal metal O-rings. Using these metal seals in combination with full metal diaphragms extends the capability of the back pressure regulator to 550°C.
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Here comes my second Wedding card, with the gorgeous stamps from Stempelglede: Til brudeparet and Grunge Flourish Hearts. On the front I have used stamps from the Grunge Flourish Hearts collection.
I have embossed the heart, and used two different types. The one I have cut out and put on 3D pillows upon the other one. You can see the effect over. Between the two hearts I have placed some mesh. The letterstickers on the heart are from Making Memories.
I have used papers from Melissa Frances this time. On the first layer I have stamped the edges with swirls and "spots", with Distress Ink pad-weathered wood. On the second layer I have stamped with the same stamps, but now with Archival Ink-coffee. All edges are sewed and inked with Distress Ink, walnut stain and vintage photo.
The grungeboard from Tim Holtz is painted with crackle paint, picket fence. I have inked the edges with walnut stain. The whole card is sprayed with Glimmer Mist, Pearl and Dew Drop. On the photo over you can also see that I have placed tulle under the heart image, and a lace around it. The lace is placed with glue dots, mini.
The white rose is inked, added Stickles (Star Dust), and then a lot of Glimmer Mist.
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Japan disaster could cost insurance industry $60B
LONDON -- Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami may cost the global insurance industry as much as $60 billion, which would make the disaster the most expensive ever behind Hurricane Katrina, according to early estimates.
Global insurance stocks took a hit on Monday as traders reacted to images of flattened towns and ravaged coast lines, but analysts stressed there are some mitigating factors, including the fact that damage to residential property is covered by a state-backed system and that nuclear damage is excluded from policies.
Analysts said those elements mean insurance costs will likely fall short of those associated with the Gulf Coast's Hurricane Katrina in 2005, though the full cost of Friday's 8.9 magnitude quake won't be known for some time.
Expenses will continue to mount due to ongoing aftershocks from the massive March 11 earthquake off the coast of northeast Japan and shutdowns at electronics factories, car manufacturers and oil refineries. The official death toll of 2,800 is expected to rise above 10,000.
"Given the enormity of the earthquake that struck Japan ... it is still in the very early aftermath of the event," said Jayanta Guin, senior vice president of research and modeling at AIR Worldwide, which has put early estimates for insurance costs at $15-35 billion.
"Search and rescue efforts are still underway and damage assessment has only just begun, while considerable uncertainty still remains in the seismic parameters that define the event," added.
A Credit Suisse report suggested initial insurance cost estimates ranging from $10 billion to $50 billion.
Barrie Cornes, an insurance analyst at Panmure Gordon & Co. in London, warned that with the tsunami bill added in, the cost to the global insurance industry could rise above $60 billion dollars.
"The loss will be so large that it will probably provide the trigger to ensure a re-rating of the non-life sector -- a similar impact happened post 9/11," Cornes said.
Those upper ranges would make the disaster the second most costly to the insurance industry since 1970, behind Hurricane Katrina which led to global losses of an inflation-adjusted $71 billion.
Moody's ratings agency said a wildcard factor was the potential for so-called "business-interruption losses," which are influenced by damage to power and transportation infrastructure.
"We believe that estimating claims will be a protracted process, as the size and scope of the event will place significant strain on insurers' claims adjustment resources," the agency said in a report. "Moreover, aftershocks could last for weeks, causing additional insured losses."


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"The Things You Think I'm Thinking"
A black male burn-survivor and amputee goes on a date with a regularly-abled man for the first time since his accident.
short drama / 14:17
Prince Amponsah, Jesse LaVercombe
Directed by Sherren Lee
Written by Jesse LaVercombe
Produced by Charlie Hidalgo
Cinematography by Ian Macmillan
Edited by Simone Smith
Music by Casey Manierka-Quaile
Qualified for the 2019 Academy Awards
**International Shorts Grand Jury Prize** - Outfest, LA 2018
**Best Screenplay** - CMG Short Film Festival 2018
**Special Jury Prize** - Canadian Film Festival 2018
**Best Canadian Short** - Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival 2018
**Breakthroughs Award** - Toronto New Wave 2018
**Best Actor (Prince Amponsah)** - Toronto New Wave 2018
**AWFJ EDA Award** - Whistler Film Festival 2017
**Multicultural Golden Sheaf Award** - Yorkton Film Festival 2018
**Director Fiction - Award** + Nominations for Short Subject (Fiction), Kathleen Shannon Award, and Best of Fest - Yorkton Film Festival 2018
**Best International Narrative Short** - Drunken Film Fest Oakland 2018
**Best Men's Short Runner-up Jury Prize** - Out On Film Atlanta 2018
**Best Canadian Short** - OUTeast Queer Film Festival 2018
Other Official Selection and Screenings:
SXSW 2018 (Grand Jury Award Nominee)
Out Here Now 2018: Kansas City LGBT Film Festival (Celebration of Courage Award for Short Film - FINALIST)
NewFilmmakers Los Angeles Film Festival 2018 (Best Short Foreign Film, Drama Nominee)
Cardiff Iris Prize Shortlist 2018
Slamdance 2018
BFI Flare: London 2018
LA Film Festival 2018
TIFF Short Cuts: Love Letters and Mixtapes 2018
CBC: Canadian Reflections
SPECTRUM Film Festival 2019
Queer Screen Sydney 2018
Mezipatra Queer Film Festival, Prague 2018
NewFest, New York, 2018
CinemaQ Film Festival 2018
QFilms Long Beach 2018
Ridgefield Independent Film Festival 2018
Flickers.36 Rhode Island International Film Festival 2018
Dawson City International Short Film Festival 2018
Atlanta Film Festival 2018
CinemaQ Film Festival 2018
Interrobang Film Festival 2018
Zephyr Theatre, Stillwater 2018
Snake Alley Festival of Film 2018
Athens International Film + Video Festival 2018
Sarasota Film Festival 2018
Breakthroughs Film Festival 2018
OUTshine Film Festival Miami 2018
Lovers Film Festival Torino LGBTQI Visions 2018
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival 2018
Mostra FIRE!! 2018
Indie Street Film Festival 2018
Frameline42: San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival
Breakthrough Film Festival 2018
Oaxaca FilmFest 2017
PREMIERE: Atlantic International Film Festival 2017
"At its center is a person you don't often get to see on the screen: Sean, a burn survivor and amputee who re-enters the world of dating. In a bar, he meets with Caleb, an able-bodied and appealing man who appears to take a romantic interest in him. And while, despite having no hands, Sean has managed to master getting around with great agility and some panache, his next roadblock is himself and being able to overcome his fears, insecurities, and trust issues — something that's probably familiar to all of us. Ultimately, at the heart of the film are two people looking to make a human connection. And we found that we connect with them, too."
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LA liquid producer Eighth Moon is back with another pair of smooth, floaty rollers and once again it's a blissful summery vibe to enjoy the last of the sunshine with.
Western Horizon hums along with effortless melody and a sense of unabashed glee, but still somehow avoids coming off as overly cheesy, no mean feat in the world of melodic D&B where many producers end up with a distinctly cheddarstep sound.
Celestial Flight follows suit, keeping the beats rolling and the tone warm and fuzzy, with a playful bassline unpinning soaring synth melodies and a childlike exuberance sometimes lacking from more po-faced dance music. The release is avilable now at Eighth Moon's bandcamp, so check out the clips below and go grab it!
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Welcome to Tablescape Thursday and Foodie Friday. Please visit our gracious hostesses Susan and Michael to see more participants in these events.
This week's Foodie Friday's theme is June weddings. And how nice was it of my friends Debbie and Sid to accommodate me and have a June wedding? LOL!
This is a second marriage for both Debbie and Sid, so they wanted to do something small and casual. And since they're going to be honeymooning in the Bahamas, they went with a tropical theme. The wedding and reception took place on Debbie's sister's back patio.
I had seen a post on Kathleen Ellis' wonderful blog about floating tables, and thought it would make a neat cake table for the wedding. I brought my bistro table from my garden and covered it in a white cloth. Next I placed six clear votive cups upside down around the table (these will end up being the support for the glass). Then I put a strand of icicle lights all around the table top and votive cups. Next comes the glass, and voila! You have a floating table!
The cake was so cute, and the little adirondack chairs were edible!
The lady that made the cake also made these yummy little palm tree shaped cookies.


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Thomas & Eli - Green OH Spring Mini Sessions
Part of what I love about baby and child photography is that often times I get to watch a baby grow from a newborn to a toddler in just under two years! Eli isn't quite a toddler yet, but the jump from newborn photos to his 6 month photos here is so remarkable! Thomas, his older brother, is about the most relaxed little boy I've ever met and did such a great job cheesing for me. It helps so much that I know and love these little boys to know exactly how to make the most out of their photo session. 💙


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2 Peter 1:3-11 English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)
Make Your Calling and Election Sure
3 His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to[a] his own glory and excellence,[b] 4 by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire. 5 For this very reason, make every effort to supplement your faith with virtue,[c] and virtue with knowledge, 6 and knowledge with self-control, and self-control with steadfastness, and steadfastness with godliness, 7 and godliness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection with love. 8 For if these qualities[d] are yours and are increasing, they keep you from being ineffective or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. 9 For whoever lacks these qualities is so short-sighted that he is blind, having forgotten that he was cleansed from his former sins. 10 Therefore, brothers,[e] be all the more diligent to make your calling and election sure, for if you practise these qualities you will never fall. 11 For in this way there will be richly provided for you an entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
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Big Bus Tours New API Technology Makes Way for Paperless Ticketing
Big Bus Tours' has launched its' new API technology as the company focuses on its mission to reduce paper vouchers. The new technology also enables trade partners to easily book Big Bus Tours products and receive QR codes that can be embedded into standard partner vouchers, ready to be scanned by Big Bus Tours staff at the start of the tour.
This new technology has been successfully trialed with 10 global partners, and is currently being rolled out to a wider audience.
The API functionality enables customers and business partners to easily book tickets and receive QR codes, eradicating the need for a printed voucher and helping to improve the collective customer experience from booking through to redemption, in particular mobile customers.
The new trade specific API is built as a modular system, allowing partners to utilise as much or as little resources, to meet the needs of their customers.
Omid Golshan, Executive Vice President of Global Growth at Big Bus Tours says; "With the new API technology we have invested in dedicated new API resources, and we are really pleased we are able to get partners on board faster. The feedback from our trade partners and customers has been incredible. The new technology allows faster integration for our partners, which has seen a significant positive impact on sales growth and customer feedback."


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Vincent Mercogliano announces the winners of the Tom Whelan All Sports Awards Peter Carr, email@example.com
Athlete of the Year was North Rockland's Katelyn Tuohy as the winners of the inaugural Tom Whelan All-Sports Awards were announced today.
North Rockland also took home Large School of the Year. Pleasantville was the Small School of the Year, Stepinac was the Private School of the Year and the Lohud Sportsmanship Award went to Keio Academy. Awards were handed out by lohud sports team leader Vincent Mercogliano
ATHLETE: Finalists for the 2017-18 Athlete of the Year
LARGE SCHOOL: Finalists for the Large School of the Year
SMALL SCHOOL: Finalists for the Small School of the Year
More Tuohy honors
GATORADE: Tuohy wins Gatorade's top girls national award
SPORTS ILLUSTRATED:Katelyn Tuohy to appear on magazine's cover
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Holy Week Devotional - Monday
During Holy Week we will be emailing daily devotionals that reflect on what happened each day during Holy Week. We hope and pray the Lord uses these devotionals, and additional resources, to encourage you and grow you in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
These devotionals will be archived on our website, and can accessed here.
Please feel free to share any and all of these devotionals!
What Happened on Monday?
Suggested Readings
Jesus curses a fig tree
Matthew 21:18-19; Mark 11:12-14
Jesus cleanses the temple
Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-18; Luke 19:45-48
Are You Bearing Fruit, or Just Leaves?
In Mark 11 we are told that Jesus became hungry; a reminder to us that God with us, the second part of the Trinity, humbled Himself to the point of even experiencing hunger. So He approached a fig tree with leaves to see if He could find fruit. It should be noted, in this region fig trees do not fully bloom until summer. However, at this time of the year, spring time, fig trees would begin to produce leaves, along with 'taksh' - Arabic for a smaller, immature, yet edible fig, which was a common food source for the poor and hungry traveler. Therefore, seeing the leaves on the fig tree one would rightly expect to find taksh, and yet, upon inspection by Jesus, there is none to be found. So Jesus curses the tree. Why did Jesus curse the tree? Was He 'hangry' and that poor tree was just in the wrong place at the wrong time? No, of course not! That tree was sovereignly placed in that spot for that exact moment by God to present, as John Calvin once said, "an outward sign of the end which awaits hypocrites, and at the same time to expose the emptiness and folly of their ostentation." This event is a sobering reminder of the impending judgement of God and that there will be those who had leaves but did not bear fruit, and God's curse/judgement will fall upon them. But thanks be to God, in spite of our sin and knowing what awaited Him later in Holy Week, Jesus lovingly and willingly went to the cross so that in Him we could be redeemed and adopted by God! So with joy, humility, and love, let us willingly submit to the Father's will and live lives that bear and display the fruit of the Spirit. And though even our best days and greatest works are still tainted by our sin, cling to the promise found in 1 Corinthians 15:58, that if you labor in the Lord, your labor is not in vain.
Family Discipleship
Jesus cleanses the temple
Matthew 21:12-13; Mark 11:15-18; Luke 19:45-48
- Why was Jesus upset by what was happening in the temple?
- What kind of place was the temple supposed to be?
- How do we let our worship get distracted by other things?
Worship Through Song
Your Labor is Not in Vain
: chorus :
For I am with you I am with you
I am with you I am with you
For I have called you
Called you by name
Your labor is not in vain
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Your labor is not in vain
Though the ground underneath you is cursed and stained
Your planting and reaping are never the same
But your labor is not in vain
: verse 2 :
Your labor is not unknown
Though the rocks they cry out and the sea it may groan
The place of your toil may not seem like a home
But your labor is not unknown
: verse 3 :
The vineyards you plant will bear fruit
The fields will sing out and rejoice with the truth
For all that is old will at last be made new
The vineyards you plant will bear fruit
: verse 4 :
The houses you labored to build
Will finally with laughter and joy be filled
The serpent that hurts and destroys shall be killed
And all that is broken be healed
Additional Resources
Video: Holy Week - Monday
Filmed in conjunction with the book The Final Days of Jesus, this video features short explanations from and interviews with New Testament professors Nicholas Perrin (of Wheaton College) and Grant Osborne (of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), focusing in particular on the cursing of the fig tree, the cleansing of the temple, and the role of the temple in the theology and practice of Jesus.
Holy Week Spotify Playlist
We created a Spotify playlist with music focused on Holy Week. We hope these songs will help you reflect on this momentous week, and help prepare your heart as we reflect on and celebrate these events.
Check out our Easter Pinterest Board for activity and craft ideas for the whole family! You can find the board here.
The following two books were used to help prepare these daily Holy Week devotionals.
The Final Days of Jesus
A chronological arrangement, with commentary, to help one understand what happened and why it matters today.
More information here.
ESV Family Devotional Bible
Designed to help families read the Bible and apply God's Word together.
Study Guide
The Final Days of Jesus has a companion study guide available as a free PDF. You can download it here.


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Delta and KLM partner with India's Jet Airways/
Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines yesterday announced a new codeshare agreement with India's Jet Airways. The agreement takes effect March 27, 2016 and includes new Jet Airways flights between Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport and the Indian subcontinent.
Jet will also offer codeshares to its customers on Delta and KLM flights from Amsterdam to 11 U.S. and Canadian cities:
- New York-JFK
- Newark
- Chicago
- Washington, D.C.
- Houston
- San Francisco
- Los Angeles
- Vancouver
- Calgary
- Montreal
- Edmonton
This move makes sense to give Delta, KLM and SkyTeam customers from the United States and Europe better access to India, while Jet Airways customers get more routes to the US. The Indian carrier also will shutter its Brussels minihub and move its operations to Amsterdam. The codeshares will allow Jet to end Brussels to North American flights that are reportedly struggling financially.
Earlier this fall, when Delta ended its Atlanta-Dubai service, some suggested that the lack of a network or partner in the Indian subcontinent was a significant factor in the cancellation. Delta's Senior Vice President for Europe, Middle East and Africa, Nat Pieper, stated the impact of the Gulf carriers on U.S. carriers' ability to serve India was instrumental in this new partnership.
Regardless of the the broader strategic implications, this announcement will be good news for SkyTeam customers who want a more seamless flight experience when traveling to India. Whether checking bags through to their Indian destination or earning Delta, Flying Blue or Jet Privilege frequent flyer miles on codeshare flights operated by the partners this announcement is good news to Delta, KLM and Jet customers.


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My Schedule/Area
Understanding bookings and your schedule
Understanding bookings and your schedule
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Once you are an active Homekeeper, your schedule that you set will become viewable and bookable to Clients. Only you can make changes to that schedule, but you can do so at any time.
Being Booked:
On the TIDY platform, your schedule ("My Schedule" in the app) is available to Clients to book directly with you online. There is no need to confirm or approve bookings. There is no button to "claim" a cleaning. Your clients just see your schedule and book. Easy!
Viewing your schedule:
You can see bookings inside the Homekeeper App, and will receive a nightly email at 8pm for any cleanings confirmed for the next day. Learn more here:
Day of the Cleaning:
On the day of a cleaning, you will want to check in so your clients know you are coming inside of the Homekeeper App. Learn more about that here:
Get and Keep Clients:
Keep your schedule up-to-date. New Clients are booking all the time, and your previous clients will be able to see your live schedule and book additional cleanings or reschedule their current plan with you. Top earning Homekeepers typically keep a consistent schedule. Learn more about a consistent schedule here:
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Growing Young Adventists: Generations Thriving. . . Together/
Growing Young Adventists [#GYA] is a learning journey for local churches and leaders helping to build faith communities that will not only survive, but thrive in the years ahead. It is an inter-generational movement nurturing relationship building and cultural transformation that embraces young people and benefits all generations in the Adventist church.
Sparked by the North American Division, but taking root in the unions and conferences across our territory, #GYA endeavors to cheer, support, and resource congregations who desire the vitality of our young people and the great relationships they bring. #GrowingYoungAdventists is here to:
CHEER:We celebrate great Adventist people in warm churches who are building wholesome, authentic relationships with young people. GYA loves to tell growing young stories.
SUPPORT: We nurture Adventist churches and organizations who desire to grow young with the collective experience and shared wisdom of ministry leaders, point people, and passionate volunteers. GYA is here to help.
RESOURCE: We equip growing young communities by supplying mentoring, materials, and ministry training that help Adventists love next generations better. GYA has stuff to share.
Growing Young Adventists is based on groundbreaking research by Fuller Youth Institute in their book, Growing Young: Six Essential Strategies to Help Young People Discover and Love Your Church. The book profiles over 250 innovative churches that are engaging 15- to 29-year-olds. These churches—reflecting the denominational spectrum, varying in size, and located all over the country—are growing spiritually, emotionally, missionally, and numerically.
Authors Kara Powell, Jake Mulder, and Brad Griffin show that reaching young people doesn't boil down to hyper-entertaining programs, trendy locations, or other attractions. What matter most are relationships, empathy, community, and Jesus.
The authors outline six strategies essential to engaging young people:
Keychain leaders entrust others with access and authority, and empower all generations including teens and emerging adults with their own metaphorical "set of keys" to help influence and shape the direction of the church.
This means "feeling withyoung people" as they grapple with existential questions of identity, belonging, and purpose; as they experience "systemic abandonment" due to divorce and the self-absorbed adults around them; and as they act out a desire for connection through social media.
The authors were struck by how, in the churches studied, "Jesus reigns over poor theology and his words ring true for young sojourners hungry for life-giving direction." One young interviewee said, "The goal for our church is not really effectiveness with young people, but serving and following Jesus. And young people like me are attracted to churches that want to do that."
"Warm is the new cool" in these congregations, where authenticity triumphs over worship style or a multitude of programs. Young people who participated in the research praised their churches for "warm" attributes, such as welcoming, belonging, accepting, hospitable, and caring.
Churches in the study revealed a disproportionate prioritization of young people—an impulse that, rather than excluding older generations, breathed life into the entire congregation. As one pastor put it, "Everyone rises when you focus on young people." Involving young people in every ministry has allowed these churches to thrive with authenticity and intergenerational relationships.
The authors found that in churches growing young, the community accepts the difficult task of offering young people a thoughtful path to neighboring well. They provide opportunities for teens and emerging adults to serve others, pursue social justice, find their calling, interact with popular culture, and respond to heated cultural issues.
The authors debunk myths about the changes churches need to make to grow young, offer guidance on creating a plan for change, and include helpful sidebars, case studies and other tools.
Across the NAD, each union has a certified speaker offering support to local congregations, and many of our unions this past year have held training summits and events to help local churches become the best place for young people to grow. Discover more about #GYA at GrowingYoungAdventists.com
A.Allan Martin, PhD, is the teaching pastor of Younger Generation Church [ygchurch.com], the vibrant young adult ministry of the Arlington Seventh-day Adventist Church in Texas [USA]. Dr. Martin serves the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists [NAD] as point for the Growing Young Adventists initiative in collaboration with Young Adult LIFE and the Fuller Youth Institute.


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STARR ARMS Co. Støckel: Yonkers, NY, produced the STARR army revolver, patent 14118 on Jan. 15, 1856. From these 48,952 were delivered to the US government.
double action = first trigger to revolve the cylinder, second to fire the hammer
left side: STARR ARMS Co. NEW YORK
right side: STARR'S PATENT JAN. 15. 1856
on cylinder: 10316
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JWK = John W. Kelly army inspector 1853 - 1864
Starr Arms Model 1858 Army Revolver
serial #10316, caliber .44 percussion, 6" round barrel with fixed front sigh, underneath ejector attached. Double action = first trigger to revolve the cylinder, second to fire the hammer. Barrel and frame retain 60% original blue finish with the balance toning to a mottled brown. The cylinder is primarily a pleasing smooth dull gray and a turn ring is present. The hammer retains about 40% of its original case colors with the balance toning to a dark gray. The smooth walnut one-piece grip rates fine with sharp cartouches on both sides JWK = John W. Kelly army inspector 1853 - 1864. A few minor dings in the grip. The grip frame, cylinder and are grip matching numbered. A very good example overall of these neat large frame double action revolvers. Flayderman's # 7A-112: only 2,250 specimens made and rarely found with inspector stampings. sold
Starr Arms Civil War Army revolver, single
serial # 39232, cal. .44 percussion, 8" barrel with fixed sight,
iron parts bright blue, hammer with some case hardening,
varnished grip with cartouche showing army acceptance,
Flayderman's # 7A-114
In good working order, a few parts showing minor pinprick, otherwise fine condition. $3,750.
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text: Any employee can suffer from burnout at one time or another. Teachers can certainly hit the end of their rapidly fraying ropes as holidays approach. Construction workers may feel the urge to call it quits after working all day in 106-degree heat. And office workers sometimes feel the need to invoke the movie "Office Space"


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The era of the broadcast made-for-TV movie event is probably over. But if it ended with Holly Hunter beating Ron Silver in straight sets in When Billie Beat Bobby, a not-quite-noble genre at least went out in style.
University of Michigan professor Andrei Markovits is a world class sports bullshitter. Which is to say, he's an expert on the sports discourse. Along with former student Emily Albertson, he's explored the whys and hows of the way we talk about them, and what makes women take longer to learn the language.


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Advanced Uninstaller PRO
ASUS ROG Connect
A way to uninstall ASUS ROG Connect from your system
This page contains detailed information on how to uninstall ASUS ROG Connect for Windows. The Windows version was created by
ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
. More data about ASUSTeK Computer Inc. can be read
. Usually the ASUS ROG Connect application is to be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\ASUS\ASUS ROG Connect directory, depending on the user's option during install. You can uninstall ASUS ROG Connect by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line RunDll32. Note that you might be prompted for administrator rights. RC TweakIt.exe is the ASUS ROG Connect's primary executable file and it occupies approximately 3.55 MB (3725984 bytes) on disk.
ASUS ROG Connect is comprised of the following executables which take 14.15 MB (
bytes) on disk:
GPU TweakIt.exe (3.30 MB)
RC BIOS FlashBack.exe (760.42 KB)
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A way to uninstall ASUS ROG Connect from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO
ASUS ROG Connect is a program offered by the software company ASUSTeK Computer Inc.. Frequently, users try to erase it. This can be troublesome because removing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding Windows program uninstallation. The best EASY solution to erase ASUS ROG Connect is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:
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Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about ASUS ROG Connect, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
Opinions by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
Technical information about the application you wish to remove, by pressing the Properties button.
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8. After removing ASUS ROG Connect, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to perform the cleanup. All the items that belong ASUS ROG Connect that have been left behind will be found and you will be able to delete them. By removing ASUS ROG Connect using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no registry items, files or directories are left behind on your system.
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RT Compatible Lexmark 64035HA MICR Toner Cartridge
The RT 64035HA MICR Toner Cartridge (21k Yield) is manufactured with high quality components and our superior blend of magnetic toner for printing professional checks.
Renewable Toner offers reliable and affordable check printing supplies backed by a lifetime warranty.
Technical Details:
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- Magnetic toner for printing checks
- Yield: 21k standard pages; prints 63k checks @ 3 per page
- Replacement for OEM #: Lexmark T640 | 64035HA
Compatible Printer Models:
- Lexmark Printers: T640, T640n, T642, T642n, T644, T644n, T640tn, T642tn, T644tn, T640dtn, T642dtn, T644dtn, T640dn


text: Neodymium magnets are the strongest and most commonly available type of rare earth magnet. Many suppliers have developed a product known as tube or grate magnets to provide enhanced product protection against metal contamination. This report documents the pull strength and magnetic field strength measurements for twelve commercially available tube magnets.


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In honor of GM's recent article on the name of Dumbarton St. (not really) the Citizens Association of Georgetown is holding its annual gala on October 21st with a theme of "Streets of Georgetown".
Here's a bit more on the event:
Washington, DC, September 11, 2017 – The "Streets of Georgetown" will be celebrated at the annual Georgetown Gala sponsored by the
Citizens Association of Georgetown (CAG) on Saturday, October 21, at the Four Seasons Hotel. This community event brings together over 450
residents, organizations, businesses, and politicos to celebrate Georgetown and CAG's mission of historic preservation and improving
the life of the community.
This year's event, titled "The Streets of Georgetown," will highlight Georgetown's unique and historic neighborhood blocks in the
neighborhood. The gala committee, chaired by Michelle Korsmo, Colman Riddell and Amy Porter Stroh, is planning a special evening that
will include cocktails, a high end silent auction, a phenomenal dinner buffet, cigar bar on the terrace, and live music from the band, For The
Win, one of DC's premiere party bands.
The high-end silent auction will include: vacations in Paris, Costa Rica, San Francisco and Aspen; Wizards courtside seats; a dinner party for
eight by Susan Gage Catering; a rooftop party catered by Via Umbria; and a high end wine pull and dinner with author Kitty Kelley. More
silent auction items are being added. Check CAG's website for details and the most up-to-date listing.
GM's on the board and he knows this is a critical even for the organizations annual funding. So come out and have some fun for a good cause!


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Rap artist 21 Savage is facing another legal headache.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported Friday that a week after the Liberty County District Attorney's office rejected a felony case against the Atlanta rapper for a contract dispute regarding a 2016 performance, the club promoter has re-filed it as a civil case in Fulton County, where the artist lives.
Sadaetirs Kent Smith, who hired the rapper for a show, is seeking $60,000 for breach of contract and $1 million for emotional distress. She is also requesting a trial by jury.
Smith filed for a warrant in October 2016, but didn't pursue the matter until 21 Savage, who's legally known as She'yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested Feb. 3 by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for overstaying his visa and residing in the country illegally. The rapper spent 10 days in the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla before a federal immigration judge in Atlanta approved his release on a $100,000 bond.
Dina LaPolt, an attorney for Abraham-Joseph, said in an emailed response Saturday to a request for comment, "This is a civil matter and will be handled accordingly."
Smith alleges that Abraham-Joseph accepted a payment of $16,500 for a Sept. 4, 2016, concert at Club Bo'Maz in Hinesville, but never performed.
The rapper, 26, is alleged to have caused "damage to the property of the event's venue as he departed" and for "sneaking out of the venue after getting paid."
Smith's filing also notes that 21 Savage was granted up to 30 complimentary admissions for his guest list at a cost of $1,200. Additional money was spent for security and concert production, such as sound and lighting, the filing notes.
Abraham-Joseph was nominated for two awards at the Grammys, including record of the year for "Rockstar" alongside Post Malone. His second solo album "I Am I Was," released in December, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage, a British citizen, is in U.S. immigration custody
Demi Lovato deletes Twitter account over 21 Savage backlash
21 Savage was arrested 'based on incorrect information,' is being denied bail, attorney claims


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The Downside of Flash Websites
We've all seen those really cool flash websites popping up here and there on the internet. They can look great because they have an added bonus of a flashy website. The graphics can be extremely eye-catching and impressive. If you're a business owner considering a flash website, keep reading this article before making your decision. While the look of a website is very important from a usability stand point, you want to make sure that a flash website will be helping your business instead of hindering it.
The top 5 downsides of flash website are below:
1. Creating and maintaining the website is tricky work. You will need to get a professional flash designer to create the website and then you will most likely have to pay them when you want changes to the website done. If you are prepared to take some courses and training on flash in order to manage the site, then this option might still be feasible. Just be prepared for the hourly rates of your designer after the main project is complete!
2. When you are putting up a website for your business you will want people to find you in the search engines. This is extremely important to create new business. Flash websites can harm your chances of ranking in the popular search engines such as Google. A lot of flash websites are created on only a few URL's. This means there are less actual pages to the site than you might think. A drop down on a page may have a list of topics but it is all housed on one page. This is a HUGE problem as you cannot optimize each page and the search engines will become confused about when the pages are about.
3. Content is king – but not necessarily with flash sites yet. Most of the text on a flash website is images. This is a huge problem as the search engines are asking for content and you are giving them images.
4. If you can get people to your Flash website, you will next need to deal with a potential problem as soon as they get there. Flash websites have more glitz and glamour, but what come along with it is the chances for the page to not load as quickly or look as it should. I know many times I have landing on a flash website only to be held up watching the page load. Even if the website has something cool for you to watch during this time, this is BAD. It's the internet, you want to control how quickly you go through a website, and flash websites are proven to have a higher bounce rate than most websites. A higher bounce rate simply means the traffic didn't stick around through your flash show to find out more.
5. Now someone is on your website and it is working flawlessly, they enjoy the website design and are readying content. They look around to find the call to action (what they should do next), struggle and leave the page. Flash websites can be distracting and too busy to lay out what the viewer should be doing next!
It boils down to your business. Some websites are going to be receiving most of their traffic through direct means. Not the search engines. In that case you will have no problem with the lack of rank in Google. Also, sometimes you really need to have the glamour to your website. I have yet to find the perfect example of a business being better off with a Flash website, but I'm on the hunt!


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The Victoria Cougars (35-4-1-1) host the Oceanside Generals (11-27-1-3) this Thursday in one of two Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League games on tap.
Game time at the Archie Browning Sports Centre, located at 1151 Esquimalt Road, is 7:00 p.m.
Fans purchasing five dollars in 50/50 tickets will get into the game for only five dollars.
Thursday marks the third of four meetings between these two teams. Their previous matchup saw the Cougars skate away with a 5-0 win in Parksville. That game took place 95 days ago.
Gregory Maggio stopped all 21 shots he faced in net for Victoria.
11 days after having their 23-game winning streak snapped, the Cougars have rattled off wins against the Peninsula Panthers and most recently the Saanich Braves.
With seven games remaining, Victoria is two points ahead of the Campbell River Storm for the Andy Hebenton Trophy. The Cougars, who have finished the regular season with the most points the past five years, has two games in hand on Campbell River.
Victoria is led by Nathan Looysen whose 94 points leads all scorers in the VIJHL.
Mathieu Jallabert has been a revelation for the last-place Generals. The 18-year-old power forward from Nanaimo, B.C. has already surpassed his goal and point totals from last year and one more assist will set a new personal single season high. Jallabert leads Oceanside in goals (17), assists (25), points (42), and penalty minutes (156).
The Generals dropped a 4-3 decision to the Comox Valley Glacier Kings on Saturday extending a two-game losing streak. Jallabert lit the lamp twice and now has ten goals and 15 points over his last eight games.
That loss to Comox Valley was a crushing blow to Oceanside's playoff hopes. The scenario for the Generals to make the postseason is that they will need to win a sudden-death game against the Glacier Kings or Saanich Braves once the regular season is over.
As it currently sits, Saanich would be hosting Oceanside. The winner of that game would take over the fourth seed in the North Island Division and will square off against Campbell River in a best-of-seven series.
Should the Braves pass Comox Valley in the standings and move into sixth place overall, Saanich becomes the third seed in the North Island Division and the Glacier Kings will host Oceanside for the right to play the Storm.
If the Generals leapfrog over Saanich, they then would host the Braves.
It is a tough road ahead for Oceanside who plays the Nanaimo Buccaneers twice and Campbell River, Victoria, and the Peninsula Panthers once more.
Oceanside has a better record away from home than at home. They are 4-15-1-2 at Oceanside Place and 7-12-0-1 when playing on the road.
Elsewhere in the VIJHL, Grayden McInnes and the Comox Valley Glacier Kings visit Trent Bell and the Nanaimo Buccaneers at the Nanaimo Ice Centre.
STANDINGS: Victoria – 1st place, 72 points, South Island Division. Oceanside – 4th place, 26 points, North Island Division
OFFENSE: Victoria – 1st place, 5.46 goals for per game. Oceanside – T6th place, 3.05 goals for per game
DEFENSE: Victoria – 1st place, 1.83 goals against per game. Oceanside – 9th place, 5.00 goals against per game
TEAM LEADERS: Victoria – Nathan Looysen, 35 goals; Nathan Looysen, 59 assists; Nathan Looysen, 94 points; Kenny Britton, 109 penalty minutes. Oceanside – Mathieu Jallabert, 17 goals; Mathieu Jallabert, 25 assists; Mathieu Jallabert, 42 points; Mathieu Jallabert, 156 penalty minutes
GOALTENDERS: Victoria – Anthony Ciurro (1.69 goals against average, .929 save percentage); Gregory Maggio (1.91 goals against average, .915 save percentage). Oceanside – Matt Henwood (4.49 goals against average, .886 save percentage); Brandon Ward (4.76 goals against average, .881 save percentage).
POWER PLAY: Victoria – 1st place, 65-for-225, 28.89 percent. Oceanside – 8th place, 33-for-232, 14.22 percent
PENALTY KILL: Victoria – 1st place, 189-for-213, 88.73 percent. Oceanside – 9th place, 157-for-210, 74.76 percent
SEASON SERIES: Victoria leads series, 2-0-0-0
October 22, 2015. Oceanside Generals 2 @ Victoria Cougars 11
November 1, 2015. Victoria Cougars 5 @ Oceanside Generals 0
February 20, 2016. Victoria Cougars @ Oceanside Generals
HOME/AWAY RECORDS: Victoria – Home, 19-0-1-1. Oceanside – Away, 7-12-0-1
STREAKS: Victoria, 2-0-0-0. Oceanside, 0-2-0-0
LAST TEN: Victoria, 9-0-0-1. Oceanside, 3-6-0-1


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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) — There's a new way for Hampton Road Transit's VB Wave riders to navigate the Oceanfront this summer.
There's now an app for that.
It's referred to as "mobile ticketing."
"It really is just a simpler way to ride," said Alisa Crider with Hampton Roads Transit.
The app, called "Go HRT," has been out for about three weeks and is available on all smartphone devices.
It's with the goal of eliminating the step of going to a store to buy a pass or having cash on hand.
Riders are required to make an account before entering their credit or debit card information.
"We made sure that all people's personal information would be totally safe and it's actually hosted by PayPal, which many apps we're familiar with are today," said Crider.
HRT plans to get word out to tourists and locals through an aggressive advertising campaign.
People will see ads on the 14 trolleys that currently roam the Oceanfront.
Many tourists didn't even know the app existed.
"We went to the tourist information on the boardwalk and he advised us to go to Sunsations to buy a one day pass," said Eric Rhodes.
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Getting Started
The obvious first step to starting a kids' book club is to find some members. We started with six kids which has been a very manageable number. The main purpose for starting our book club was to keep my daughter connected with friends she knew from different places, so we had friends from our old neighbourhood, dance class, and our new neighbourhood. In other words, none of the members really knew one another very well, if at all. I think this was helpful at the onset because it was seen as less of a playdate and more of a meeting.
Book Club Invitation – Generic
The first book club consisted of six kids in grades 4-6, and all big readers. I let the parents know that I didn't care if the kid read the book themselves or had it read to them (my daughter really loves having books read to her more than reading them herself). I gave about 8 weeks notice to get and read the first book, but now our meetings are every 6 weeks which works out to about 8 books a school year.
Getting Started – Keep Them Engaged!
Knowing that 8-10 year olds who didn't really know each other might not want to speak up, I had to come up with a plan of how to start and keep the discussion going for the 90 minute meeting. The formula I started with seemed to work really well, and hasn't been changed too much. Basically, this is what a typical meeting looks like:
- Kids come in and immediately sit down to devour whatever snacks provided (I try to have book-inspired snacks when possible – fishy crackers seem to always be a hit!)
- Each kid fills out their Book Log with if they like/didn't like the book and any other comments they want to remember (Kid's Book Club List). FYI – these are the books we've done to date…there will be a blog entry for each book separately, including the activities we did, once I get around to posting them all!
- Each kid takes a slip of paper with one of the book's characters on it that I've made in advance. We then go around the table and each person says the character they selected, if they liked/didn't like the character, and why.
- We go around again with discussion questions that I've either found on the internet or come up with myself for the book. Again, I have each kid read a question and start the discussion, just so everyone has a chance to give their opinion at least once! It's amazing how engaged everyone is but the discussion can get a bit one-sided, so it's important to give everyone a voice.
- The next (and probably most fun) part of our meetings are some book-related activities. It's amazing the amount of puzzles, colouring pages, and other activities you can find on the internet these days. For each book I've been able to find something hands-on that we could do – whether it's how to spell their names with the Greek Alphabet (Percy Jackson and the Olympians) or make a star map to identify the Big Dipper (Seekers). Again, I will attach the activities I found for each book in their individual blogs – no sense re-creating the wheel!
- Our final part of the meeting is to select the next book. I've tried to get the kids to select two or three books at a time, but they really want to only select the book for the next meeting. I think they really enjoy bringing books they've discovered and try to convince the rest of the group to vote for it. There's usually some good-natured rallying for a particularly attractive book (they are a very visual group), but everyone feels okay with the final choices. We try to come up with a top three from the books everyone brings, then I let them vote for their first, second, and third choice. They usually guess the outcome before I've calculated it.


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Megan McKenna may be TOWIE's new It Girl – but is her job in jeopardy?
On Monday night, she horrified viewers by launching a shocking foul-mouthed rant against co-star Liam Gatsby, branding him a "fat c**t" for spreading rumours about her pal Amber Turner. The comments instantly sent Twitter into meltdown, with furious fans calling for Megan to be axed.
Digital Spy has reached out to ITV for comment, but we're still yet to hear back about whether producers will be taking action against their leading lady.
It wouldn't be the first time if they did. Here, we look back at some of TOWIE's most famous names to date and how ITV bosses didn't think twice about suspending them for bad behaviour...
1. Dan Osborne
Essex hunk Dan was suspended immediately back in 2015 after a secret recording was leaked, featuring him threatening to stab ex-girlfriend Megan Tomlin – the mother of his son Teddy.
An ITV spokesperson told Digital Spy at the time: "We are speaking to Dan about this incident, and in the meantime he will not be taking part in filming."
He later publicly apologised for the abusive footage but never returned to TOWIE.
2. Mike Hassini
TOWIE fans will probably remember Mr Hassini for all the wrong reasons (ie not his glorious six pack).
He was nearly three times over the drink-drive limit and in possession of cocaine when he crashed his Mercedes on the way home from a TOWIE wrap party last year.
ITV bosses weren't exactly chuffed when they found out. In fact, they suspended him instantly.
Mike was then sentenced in court to 180 hours of community service and a 21-month driving ban.
3. Mario Falcone
Mario was suspended twice before he left TOWIE for good.
Strike one happened after video footage surfaced of the hunk allegedly snorting cocaine – which he later issued a 260-word apology for.
He was then in trouble with ITV bosses again for breaching his contract by promoting slimming pills on social media.
Mario admitted he was "gutted" afterwards and announced his permanent departure from the show just weeks later.
4. James Argent
Back in 2014, rumours were swirling that Arg's wild behaviour was spiralling out of control as his closest friends began to turn their backs on him, including Joey Essex and Mark Wright.
Eventually, TOWIE bosses decided enough was enough and suspended him from the show.
Luckily, the drama was a wake-up call for Arg and he is currently taking a break from the show to work on his health and wellbeing.
5. Jessica Wright and Lucy Mecklenburgh
TOWIE sweethearts Jess and Lucy turned into Essex villains following a vicious bust-up with Jasmin Walia in 2013.
While the actual fight was never aired, fans did see snaps of Jasmin leaving a hospital with several bandages and plasters on her arms .
Fast-forward four years and all three Essex starlets have now left the show.
6. Gemma Collins
Even the legendary GC has faced the wrath of ITV bosses.
While she may be one of the most popular characters on the show, Gemma was axed in 2015 after allegedly hurling a plastic champagne flute at Vas J Morgan.
Luckily, she learnt her lesson during her time out and the star is now back on TOWIE where she belongs.
7. Lauren Goodger
Lauren was allegedly almost fired after an explosive showdown with TOWIE producers.
Back in 2012, it was alleged that she blasted ITV bosses for treating her badly and moaned about her scenes being pushed back.
She later quit the show altogether, but made a comeback last year and has since hinted at a possible permanent return.
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Ebola virus disease or simply Ebola is a disease of humans and other primates caused by Ebola viruses. Signs and symptoms typically start between two days and three weeks after contracting the virus with a fever, sore throat, muscle pain, and headaches followed by vomiting, diarrhea and decreased function of the liver and kidneys. At this time some people begin to bleed both internally and externally.
The disease has a high risk of death, killing between 25 and 90 percent of those infected with an average of about 50 percent. The 2014 Ebola epidemic is the largest in history, affecting multiple countries in West Africa. There were a small number of cases reported in Nigeria and a single case reported in Senegal; however, these cases were contained, with no further spread in these countries.
The world's biggest and deadliest Ebola outbreak began with a 2-year-old boy in a village in Guinea — near the West African country's borders with Sierra Leone and Liberia — a team of researchers reported. The boy died of unidentified causes on 6 December, followed a week later by his mother, then 3-year-old sister, then grandmother. Mourners at the grandmother's funeral brought the virus to other villages.
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In April, Leading Educators took seven Fellows to England in partnership with Teaching Leaders UK and the British Council. We are now featuring their reflections here.
Adrianna Riccio, who shares her reflections below, is a Reading Specialist at Glasgow Middle School in Alexandria, VA. She is in her first year of the Leading Educators Fellowship.
The aspects of a successful relationship, whether personal or professional, are trust, collaboration, and belief in potential. The feeling you get when someone trusts you to make a decision or believes that you have the potential to do something great is probably one of the best feelings you will ever experience. If you are lucky, you'll get to experience that feeling over and over again.
I became a teacher because I wanted to be the cause of this feeling in all of my students. I believe in my students' ability to succeed and I share this belief with them on a regular basis. We know the research and our experiences teach us that students thrive when they experience positive relationships. I believe this is also true for adults who work with children, namely teachers.
When I accepted my new position at Glasgow Middle School this year, I was nervous. It would be the first time that I would be given the responsibility of a team of teachers. It would be the first time in my career that I would need to make decisions about programs, best practices, teaching and learning and student achievement for students outside of my classroom. It would be my first formal leadership opportunity. A few months before accepting the position, I was inducted into the 2013 cohort of Leading Educators' teacher leadership Fellowship, the inaugural cohort in the Washington, DC area. I had just come back from the Leading Educators' week-long summer intensive and my mind was spinning with all of the things I wanted to implement during the year.
In American schools, the idea of middle leadership is really just starting to evolve. Typically in public education, the principal sets the tone for the school and others follow his or her vision. The principal makes the decisions, often with the help of a senior leadership team, but rarely will he or she ask for teacher input. Although the positions for middle leadership do exist in some schools, the communication is more like a pipe line rather than a collaborative discussion where middle leaders and teachers' ideas are regularly taken into consideration. Middle leadership in England is an established part of the education sector with defined goals and objectives. While some schools in the United States have moved in this direction, middle leadership in the United States continues to lack national momentum.
Middle leadership in the English school system has become a national discussion and goals and evaluation criteria have been established. Almost all leaders in the school, including the principal and vice principal, continue to teach and work with students. The senior leadership team relies heavily on the middle leaders and gives them the autonomy to make decisions within their areas of expertise. All leaders in the building encourage continuous professional development and collaboration and this idea is infused in everything they do, from the assistant teachers to the Director of Education. Teachers are collaborating with other teachers, other leaders and other schools. While it would be fairly easy to go back to the Unites States and explain to my principal that we need to collaborate more because doing so is what is making England so successful, I somehow think it goes deeper than just working together. I think it's because the senior leadership team has developed relationships with their middle leaders that are based around trust, collaboration, and the belief in potential.
Like every other experience I have had with Leading Educators, this experience taught me an unbelievable amount. I was most impressed with how often I witnessed trust and collaboration between leadership and teachers, and how everyone believed in the potential of both their peers on staff and the students. Middle leadership in the United States is a fairly new concept. Traditionally, the school leadership team consisted of only principals and vice principals.
The idea of giving teachers more leadership capacity is a recent development within education. Positions like subject area leader or instructional coach are affording teachers the opportunity to continue teaching while also exercising their leadership ability. Some middle leaders continue to teach, while others leave the classroom and assume leadership responsibilities full time. Some are given the autonomy to make decisions about their subject area or team of teachers, while others are simply passing on messages from the senior leadership team. They are able to bridge the communication gap between school administrators and classroom teachers. Middle leadership needs to become a national discussion in order for the field of education to advance.
In order to continue to improve middle leadership in the United States, middle leaders must be given the autonomy to make decisions within their field of expertise and it must become a national discussion so that we can create a standard of measure from which to improve. Only when we empower middle leaders to contribute to the success and improvement of their schools will we see all students reach their full potential.
The opportunity to collaborate internationally with other teachers and leaders was made possible because of the important work of Leading Educators and their sister organization in the UK, Teaching Leaders, and the British Council. It is because of organizations like these that the discussion of middle leadership is becoming more widely known. Programs like this in the future will continue to develop capacity in our future middle leaders and improve our schools.


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Trying to meet the present needs by the optimum utilization of the resources at hand ensures a sustainable development and the Indian Railways have come up with a great idea to do that.
With winters around the corner, the Indian Railways have come up with a unique way to help the homeless. Hyderabad state government has decided to use old train carriages, that have been put out of service, as shelters for the poor and homeless.
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The Telangana Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (TMEMPA) has directed 16 urban local bodies (ULBs), in whose areas 21 new shelters, six of them in Greater Hyderabad, are proposed to be set up during 2017-18, to submit their requirement.
The central government had proposed the use of old railway passenger coaches as shelters for the homeless till full-fledged new shelters are constructed in cities and towns.
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The places where new shelters are to be built in the current financial year include six in Greater Hyderabad and one each in Adilabad, Kamareddy, Karimnagar, Mancheriyal, Medchal, Bhainsa, Nirmal, Armoor, Nizamabad, Vemulawada, Shadnagar, Huzurnagar, Kodad, Yellandu and Bhongir.
The railway ministry suggested that condemned coaches may be used as shelters for the homeless after giving water supply and sewerage connections. Railways offered the condemned coaches on 'as is where is' basis and the coaches can be moved by the organisations to places where shelters are to arranged.
This well thought of move will certainly help many homeless people.
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We also believe that people should enjoy their work: this culture underpins our approach and is integral to our success. The atmosphere here is friendly and supportive – everyone's contribution is valued and we believe strongly in the importance of personal respect.


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2016 Grantee: Lower Mississippi River Foundation
Read more about the Lower Mississippi River Foundation on their website.
Grantee orientation meeting
(L-R) MDNHA chair Dr. Myrtis Tabb presents the grant to writer Boyce Upholt, with MDNHA executive director Dr. Rolando Herts and MDNHA grants committee chair Kim Terrell.
GRANT PROJECT: "Between the levees"
This grant supported the publication of 13,000 words that document the Mississippi River batture in local, regional, and national magazines, and seven public presentations on the topic. In addition, a chapbook of 9 essays titled "Between the Levees: Essays from a Walled-In Wild" was published in limited quantities. It has been available for sale locally, and is found in three local public libraries.
Published stories
Delta Magazine" "Waters Edge: exploration and settlement in the batture"
Delta Magazine: "Hernando de Soto expedition"
Delta Magazine: "History of Davis Island"
okra. Magazine: "Moonshiners on the Mississippi"
Boyce Upholt is an award-winning Mississippi Delta-based freelance writer with a particular interest in the way we shape place and the way places shape us. Boyce was named a 2016 "Writer of the Year" by the International Regional Magazine Association for his work at Mississippi Magazine, where he is the small-town spotlight editor. Boyce is also a professional member of the James Beard Foundation and a 2017 fellow with the 11th Hour Food & Farming Journalism program at U.C.-Berkeley.
The Lower Mississippi River Foundation is dedicated to promoting stewardship of the Lower and Middle Mississippi River through deep engagement.


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"We will continue to carry out 'one country, two systems' and the Basic Law in Hong Kong, which serve the interests of the nation, the interests of Hong Kong people, and the interests of foreign investors," said Xi, who was flanked by former Hong Kong chief executive Tung Chee-hwa (董建華). "The central government will firmly support and push for the democratic development in Hong Kong and will maintain the prosperous development in Hong Kong."
The Basic Law refers to the mini-constitution for post-1997 Hong Kong, which enshrines the "one country, two systems" formula.
Leading academics in Hong Kong have voiced support for the student boycott, with some offering to record lectures and post them online for students who miss school to watch later.
"As long as the spirit of democracy stays alive, we cannot and will not be defeated," Occupy Central cofounder Chan Kin-man (陳健民) said.
Student group Scholarism is planning to lead a boycott of secondary-school classes on Friday to rally further support for the democracy movement, while Occupy is expected to lock down the financial district on about Wednesday next week.
"I believe on Aug. 31, when the National People's Congress made their decision, it crushed the dreams of some Hong Kong people who have been fighting hard for democracy for the past 30 years," third-year student Hong Yuen said, referring to Beijing's decision to rule out full democracy.
Hong Kong has been dogged by a series of rallies this summer over the issue of electoral reform. A survey by the Chinese University showed more than one-fifth of Hong Kong residents are considering leaving the territory, spurred by concerns over its political future.