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Republican Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana last weekend won re-election with a staggering 65.8 percent of the vote in a state that remains heavily Democratic. It is, the governor�s office contends, the highest percentage achieved by a candidate since the state�s open primary was created. Jindal won all of the state�s 64 parishes, increasing by four the number of parishes he won in 2007.
One might expect this to be big news beyond the state, but most newspapers and TV media outside Louisiana either buried Jindal�s win on inside pages and deep into their newscasts, or ignored it.
In a telephone conversation, I asked Gov. Jindal why? �It runs contrary to the political thinking in Washington, which is about more spending and bigger government,� he said. The big media don�t want to focus on successes that come as the result of smaller government and less spending because it not only reduces the size and power of government, but the influence of journalists who see themselves co-equal with, if not superior to, government.
Republicans don�t do well, Jindal says, �when we are not consistent with our principles.� The coming election, he adds, needs to offer a clear choice between �a permanent central government in Washington and a conservative approach� that will achieve what everyone says must be done: Social Security and Medicare reform, a transformed tax code and smaller government. He calls November 2012 a �tipping point election.�
Jindal says Texas Gov. and GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry, whom he has endorsed, can best advance the conservative ideas they share because of Perry�s executive experience, energy policies, job creation and commitment to reducing the size and cost of government.
Would Jindal take vice president if the eventual nominee offered him the job? He gives the standard answer, �I already have a job,� but given what he sees as a �once-in-a-lifetime� opportunity to effect real change, it�s hard to believe he would reject the offer should he get the call.
It would be nearly impossible for President Obama to criticize Jindal�s record in Louisiana, including his success in turning around failing schools following the destruction of Hurricane Katrina. That disaster has led not only to new school buildings but also reconstructed curricula, school choice and improved grades.
While President Obama makes speeches and wants to spend money we don�t have in a phony attempt to create jobs, Jindal is succeeding with conservative ideas.
In his re-election campaign, Jindal pledged to overhaul his state�s tax structure in order to improve the business climate that was stifling job creation. His office maintains that �he quickly cut taxes that were directly penalizing business investments, which create more Louisiana jobs. He also fulfilled his 2007 campaign commitment to enact targeted tax credits that would lead to job creation in high-growth industries. Over the past 3� years, Louisiana has seen a job creation turnaround, with the state announcing projects that create more than 45,000 new direct and indirect jobs and more than $10 billion in capital investment. CATO�s Fiscal Policy Report Card, which weighs revenues and tax changes, gave Louisiana an �A� in its 2010 ranking because of new tax changes.�
Jindal also confronted wasteful spending, which Washington politicians often talk about but do little to reverse. He reduced the state budget by $9 billion, or 26 percent, in part by eliminating unnecessary government jobs and streamlining services.
For the third year in a row, Southern Business and Development named Louisiana �State of the Year� for attracting business investment and creating jobs. People are migrating to Louisiana after several years of emigration. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, �this is the fourth consecutive year of Louisiana population in-migration.�
Bobby Jindal�s electoral and economic successes should serve not only as a model but also as an inspiration to Republican candidates for president and Congress. The miracle of Louisiana can also work in other states and in Washington because Jindal is the latest conservative to demonstrate that conservative principles work and that those principles should not be shied away from, but embraced.
His resume and track record commend him for vice president, whoever the eventual Republican nominee turns out to be.
Cal Thomas writes for Tribune Media Services Inc. Leave email at


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No Boundaries
As Christians, our marching orders, "The Great Commission" is to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ everywhere we go. Too many times we forget the promise Christ gave us that He is always with us, "even to the end of the world." No matter where you are right now - God is with you.
Our prayer is that these songs speak to you no matter where you are in your life. Whether you are encouraging others or need encouragement, praying for someone or needing prayer, looking for answers, guidance or comfort in your life. Regardless of where your are right now - God is here for you. There is no river too wide, no ocean too deep, or mountain too high for God.
May God guide and direct you, for with Him there truly are "No Boundaries".
Song Title:
1. He Is To Me
2. He's Watching Me
3. Did Angels Cry
4. Praying Man
5. Angel Band
6. Save Me A Seat
7. Bread Upon The Water
8. In God We Still Trust
9. God Saw A Cross
10. I Got It
11. Long As I God King Jesus

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Last week we had two days of team building. The first day Lumen graduates came to share how what they learned in Lumen has helped them to be successful in college and the workforce. They all shared about how the Genius Hour projects they did throughout their high school years helped them to find out what they were passionate about and gave them direction for what they wanted to pursue for a career. It was inspiring and motivating for everyone.
The second day we focused on working together collectively as a group. We did an activity where we had to move a marble from one end of the room to the other using small plastic tubing. Students had to deivse a plan, make adjustments, and work together to complete the task. We all learned more about ourselves and each other. In addition, we had a discussion about what things we did well first semester and what we need to make improvements on for second semester. Both days were challenging and fun!


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The College's Corporation includes 17 members or governors. In line with the Instrument and Articles of Government the Corporation's membership includes the Principal, 12 governors, two student governors and two staff governors.
This page is under construction, please check back soon for updated information.
Governors have a critical role in:
• Ensuring the financial wellbeing of the College and monitoring the effective and efficient use of resources and the quality of its services
• Assuring that the College's educational character meets the needs of the community which the College serves
• Ensuring that the College mission and vision both reflects the needs of the community it serves and informs and directs every aspect of the College's activities
• Monitoring the ethos of the College
Further information is available from the Clerk to the Corporation, including:
• Agendas, reports and minutes considered at meetings of the Corporation and its Committees
• The Register of Interests of Members of the Corporation
• The Corporation's Financial Regulations and Procedures are also held by the Clerk and may be inspected by mutual arrangement
Please make any correspondence through the Clerk to the Corporation:
Askham Bryan College
Askham Bryan
Alternatively please call 01904 772277 or email us.
Corporation Members
Catherine Dixon
Anthony Alton (Corporation Chair)
Alan Bowe (Corporation Vice-Chair)
Jennifer Bartram
Ian Brown
Andrew Cobb
David Lynch (Co-optee Audit Committee)
Peter McKenzie (Audit Committee Chair)
John Smith (Non Academic Staff Governor)
Ian Snowden (Academic Staff Governor)
James Standen
John Williams
Judith Clapham (Clerk to the Corporation)
Kathryn Harrison-Graves
Maureen Vevers
SU President & Vice President
Gwendoline Greaves (Co-optee Quality and Standards Committee)
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One of the BEST MODELS I EVER MET…
…and you know WHAT?
😓She doesn't want to work with me anymore😓
Because her friends and parents seen those #upskirt shots and told her to stop…😱
THE BIGGEST PROBLEM of all humans is:
We listen to others and we live how they want us to live.
It's the worst thing you could do to your life.
How Banksy told us: If you want to achieve greatness stop asking for permission.
Anatoly Borodin
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Sail to success
Every student is given the opportunity to be involved in a sport, so we offer a large selection of sports in which boys and girls can participate individually or as part of a team.
Both boys and girls can choose from: Football (Soccer), Australian Rules, Touch Football, Volleyball, Softball, Hockey, Golf, Skipping, Cheerleading, and the Kilometre Club.
© The State of Queensland (Department of Education) 2019


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If, as the Comic Lens proposes, that the Bible is a comedy from beginning to end, and everything in it intends to be experienced as funny (or at the very least a build-up to a punch line), then it also follows that the Bible wants us to experience every incident in our lives as funny, or on its way to a laugh. I know that sounds absolutely audacious, but could that be true? Is that not the message of Easter, the ultimate biblical account?
It also means that we can ask ourselves, in the midst of every incident in our lives, how might the Bible be telling us to seek - and find - the humor in our midst?
And that includes what happened in and around September 11, 2001.
There are, I am sure, many great stories of surprising gifts of laughter and grace and perfectly timed silliness breaking through the tension, tears and tragedy of that horrible day and the days soon thereafter (for our present purposes, we'll call that period of time "September 12.") Many of Jesus' parables tell us, in wonky, sometimes ridiculous fashion, that that is so often how God's goodness is revealed in and around a time of crisis.
There is a grimmer humor that comes into focus when we look at the period of time after that, when a "new normal" set in. (For our present purposes, we'll call it "September 13."). Now the task was for US leadership to come up with strategies for effective retaliation against 9/11's perpetrators.
A couple of articles I read earlier this week especially compelled some Comic Lens ponderings.
One article, from the LA Times, provided reportage on the state of Al-Qaeda today. This terrorist organization is stronger and more widespread than ever. Have the US efforts spectacularly manned and equipped efforts to snuff A-Q out not only failed but fueled its growth??
The second article is a very personal, haunting op-ed by Joe Quinn, a young man who lost his brother in the Twin Tower that came down when an American Airlines plane piloted by evil Al-Qaeda operative Mohamed Atta blew it up. Quinn instantly joined the army to assuage his rage and exact his revenge.
Quinn describes, in well-paced and dryly ironic fashion, the most important thing he learned from the whole experience: it's not the discovery of beyond-language strength of heart that comes when you're risking everything to defend and protect your brothers and sisters on the battlefield (and, sometimes, retrieve their dead bodies); it's not the discovery of endlessly corrupt and exploitive behavior by the Afghan army and government to American offers of assistance; it's not the discovery of Osama Ben Laden's strategy of spending less than $20,000 to get a few fanatics trained to fly planes so, armed with box cutters, they can execute one almost perfectly-timed act of shock and awe to get the US forever entangled in Middle Eastern armed conflict and bleed it dry.
No, these of course have all very important things for him to realize, and yet they still aren't as important as the most important thing: the target of his rage and retaliation - Mohamed Atta - was on that plane that exploded his brother's Twin Tower. Atta was already dead.
Wow. Most bitter of ironies. Not at all "funny" per se, but still a clever take on reality, to be found on the far end of the humor spectrum. Eliciting an acrid snort both inwardly and out…
…and thoughts of scriptures that, in bitterly ironic fashion, speak to the situation.
One is the "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" law mentioned a few times in the Old Testament, including at Exodus 21:23-25 and Leviticus 24:19-21. This sort of "tarnished Golden Rule" invites retribution equal to the crime. (Btw "an eye for an eye" comes not from Hebrew tradition but rather from the ancient Babylonian Code of Hammurabi.)
Many (many Christians?) condemn this "Old Testament" dictate because of the violence it condones. They point to Jesus who, at Matthew 5:38, suggests the even better, Kingdom-creating response: "turn the other cheek. Fair enough. But consider what might have happened if American foreign policy had taken a nod from even Old Testament (and ancient Babylonian) thinking.
1) The war would have ended once 2,996 Al-Queda (or A-Q harborers) had been killed.
2) Hundreds of thousands of Middle Eastern civilian lives would have been spared.
3) Thousands of US soldiers' lives would have been spared as well
4) Untold amounts of money would have been saved by both the US and Afghan nations.
5) Subsequent corruption in Afghanistan might have been minimized, as respect and adherence to honorable biblical law by Western liberators would have inspired a like response from Islamic opposition.
(Btw, the "eye for an eye" dictate was considered most civilized and progressive in its day, limiting responses of aggression and de-escalating conflict.)
I smile a bitter smile imagining what would have happened, if Washington had announced, at enemy casualty 2,996, things were now settled in the matter. I'm guessing Joe Quinn would, too
Another text that comes to mind is the beloved tale of David and Goliath, found in 1 Samuel 17. Of course we love it when we see ourselves as David, needing nothing but a stone, slingshot, crackerjack skill and God on your side to fell a sneering, lumbering giant. That's a vibrant, rollicking adventure story!
It's a different kettle of fish when you're the Goliath, knowing the clever pipsqueak has/is continuing for any number of reasons to get the best of you. Maybe it's time to for us to admit that in the biblical imagination, giants never win. And we can see, with a sacred fool's anticipation, where God's crazy imaginative grace takes things because we decided to put our faith in that instead
Finally, the Comic Lens wants to sends some focus upon the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse found in Revelation 6", and especially Horsemen One and Two.
John of Patmos has a vision that the End of the World begins with a horseman on a white horse, with a bow and a command to "Conquer!".
The second rides a bright red horse and is commanded to take peace from the earth so all can slaughter one another.
i have written (and performed!) extensively on the satire of the Four Horsemen (er, Horse Feathers!) of the Apocalypse. All four mock the Roman Empire and its claims of moral superiority and military invincibility. Horseman One mocks the reality of a scrappy little army - the Parthians, who were expert bowmen - that, try as Rome might (pun intended), could not bring down no matter how it tried and expended countless resources to do so.
Horseman Two alludes to the great Pax Romana, a claim Rome made that if your far-off nation struggling with in-fighting and the like invited its great super-power in to take over and aright things, all would be well. This is how Rome ended up with control over so much of the globe. It was the reason Rome came to control Israel, and most unpopularly so, a couple of centuries before Jesus was born.
The satire in Revelation promises that Pax Romana leads to nothing but the opposite of its claims; rather it incites incredible increase of bloodshed. After all, there simply is no such thing as true peace coming from a military solution, especially when the military "soluting" is an imperial force. (No matter who that imperial force may be.)
It is easy (and depressing) to see in the pronouncements of the Revelation what it sees for the outcome of American imperial aggression in the Middle East. From the point of view of the little guy over there, it's laughable. We're nothing but a bunch of unenlightened, destructive suckers.
I, and the Comic Lens, are fully aware that the United States is a nation that separates Church and State, and that's as it should be. The Bible should never be used to dictate US foreign policy.
Oh, but what, if at least in this situation, it did….
Besides, don't all of us - even those of us who don't adhere to the Bible - finally get over it when every April 2 rolls around and the pranks of April 1 are behind us??
I form one more bitter smile and smh as I prepare to enter, with the rest of us, into September 14….


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Chris will present The Amazing Power of Outcome-Based Thinking at this year's Workforce Symposium.
The world of business is moving fast. In fact, it is hard to keep up. Leaders are highly focused on what needs attention right now or what looks good on paper. The sense of urgency takes over, and the needed result gets lost. How can a leader end urgent tasks, correct the course, and lead the organization to the right result?
By taking a breath, a leader can utilize Outcome-Based Thinking to assess where an organization needs to go and map out the best course of action to get there. Whether a leader is in the C-suite, middle management, project management, or an individual contributor, outcome-based thinking aligns a team and organization, generates positive momentum, and corrects the course to achieve the right results.
Join Chris at this year's Workforce Symposium and meet up with other leaders striving to achieve better results.


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In this article you will learn what I believe to be the best approach to migrate your WordPress website from your existing hosting to a new host.
I have recently been through this experience myself by moving this website from 1&1 hosting to A2 Hosting (the reason why is not really the topic for this article, but let's just say that it is related to price & speed!). This experience has provided me a great opportunity to fully realise the best way to perform the migration and some of the pitfalls that can occur during it.
I am assuming, like all good web hosts, your new web host has provided you with a new temporary URL for you to access your website in a web browser. In this article, I assume that you have this, it is essential in fact, so please ensure you have this or arrange to have this from your new host. If you don't have this, did you know it could be even be a subdomain of your existing domain?
Also, I am assuming that your current website (on your old host) is still active and that the WP Admin is still accessible as you will need to refer to this later in this article.
What needs to be done
Here is a list of everything that needs to be done in order to successfully migrate (by the way, this first list is in no particular order, but the list afterwards is!):
- Install a fresh WordPress instance on your new host
- Transfer the WordPress content – pages, posts, comments, menus, taxonomies
- Transfer the WordPress media – i.e. uploads, which is all your images and videos
- Transfer the WordPress plugins and their settings
- Transfer the WordPress theme or themes (if you use a child theme) and their settings
- Configure the WordPress settings – general, reading, writing, discussion, media, permalinks
- Modify the domain
- Move the SSL certificate for your domain
- Test!
And here is the order in which I recommend you carry out these steps:
1: Install a fresh WordPress instance on your new host
Thats a given- you need a clean copy of WordPress to get started and if you are feeling brave it is a good opportunity to upgrade to the latest version of WordPress, or if you prefer to save that fun for another day, install the same version your site is using.
2: Move the WordPress plugins & themes
Here I have combined the two tasks that we need to get done (moving the WordPress plugins and moving the WordPress themes) to be as productive as possible. With this task you are literally just moving the files of the plugins and the files of the themes to your new host…thats it! Normally you can access your websites files via a File Manager from a Control Panel that your web host provides- by doing this, you can select all of the files, compress them (or compact them or zip them) and then download directly from the server, which is much quicker than using FTP to download the files.
Here are the manual steps to follow to transfer your WordPress plugins and themes files to your new host:
- Access your old web host's File Manager
- Find where your fresh WordPress instance (from above) was installed
- Browse to the "wp-content/plugins" folder
- Select all of the folders (not files) and compress
- Then download this compressed file
- Then, browse to the "wp-content/themes" folder
- Select all of the folders (not files) and compress
- Then download this compressed file
- Now you have 2 compressed files that need to be uploaded to your new web host
- Access your new web host's File Manager
- Browse to the "wp-content/plugins" folder
- Upload your plugins compressed file that you downloaded previously
- Once uploaded, uncompress this file into the "wp-content/plugins" folder
- Then, browse to the "wp-content/themes" folder
- Upload your themes compressed file that you downloaded previously
- Once uploaded, uncompress this file into the "wp-content/themes" folder
Interested in finding about the easy way? Send me a message below!
3: Move the WordPress content
This is potentially the easiest task- but also potentially…not. In theory this task will move all of your WordPress posts, pages, taxonomies, menus, custom fields, custom post types, custom taxonomies and media (i.e. uploads, which is all your images and videos) in one fell swoop.
Here are the manual steps to follow to transfer your WordPress media to your new host:
- Login to the WordPress admin on your old host
- Go to "Tools" in the sidebar, "Export"
- Then select "All content" and press "Download Export File"
- After a moment an XML file will begin to download to your computer
- Once downloaded, login to the WordPress admin on your new host (note: see Assumptions above)
- Go to "Tools", "Import"
- On this page, go to the bottom and under "WordPress" press "Install Now" – this will install WordPress's own plugin for importing WordPress export files
- After a while, this plugin will be installed and activated
- Then press "Run Importer" under "WordPress"
- Choose the file that you downloaded previously and press "Upload file and import"
In this last step, WordPress conducts a process where it will recreate all of your content (posts, pages, etc) in your new site. It will also try to download all of your images and videos from your old site and create them as media in your new site- however this is where the easy task often fails to be easy. In my experience, WordPress is never capable of successfully completing the import of the media and so I am left performing a manual task to move the media across. I hope that this is not the case for you- I would recommend to try it because my research leads me to believe that it differs for each web host.
Interested in finding out about the easy way to do this? Send me a message below!
4: Configure the WordPress settings
Now that you have all of your WordPress content in place you can go ahead and configure your WordPress site settings. Unfortunately there is no magic import/export built into WordPress that is going to take care of this for you and so you need to go through each of the Settings pages (general, reading, writing, discussion, media, permalinks etc) on your new host and input the same settings that you have used on your old host- just don't change your WordPress Address or Site Address as your new site will stop working!
5: Activate & configure your Theme
Now this is where you finally start make your site look something like it should!
Here are the manual steps to follow to activate your WordPress theme on your new host:
- Login to the WordPress admin on your new host
- Go to "Appearance" in the sidebar, "Themes"
- You probably have multiple themes here so you need to identify the theme you uploaded previously
- Press the "Activate" button for the correct theme for your site – if unsure, please refer to the themes page on your old host
- WordPress will now activate your theme
The majority of themes utilise settings and options to allow you to customise them as you wish. So having just activated your theme, you should now configure your theme with the correct settings and options.
Below I have included the manual steps you need to follow to configure some of the most popular WordPress themes:
- Login to the WordPress admin on your old host
- Go to "Divi", "Theme Options"
- Press the "Import & Export" button
- Press the "Export" tab
- Then press "Export Divi Theme Options"
- After a moment, a JSON file will download to your computer
- Login to the WordPress admin on your new host
- Go to "Divi" in the sidebar, "Theme Options"
- Press the "Import & Export" button
- Press the "Import" tab
- Press "Choose File"
- Then find, select and "Open" the JSON file you just downloaded
- Press "Import Divi Theme Options"
- Divi will then be correctly configured according to your settings
- Login to the WordPress admin on your old host
- Go to "Theme Options" in the top menu bar, "Export/Import Options"
- Under "Export/Import Options" you will see a textarea full of random characters
- Select everything in this textarea and copy to your clipboard
- Login to the WordPress admin on your new host
- Go to "Theme Options", "Export/Import Options"
- Under "Export/Import Options" select everything in the textarea
- Then paste the contents of your clipboard into this textarea
- Press "Save Options"
- The7 will then be correctly configured according to your settings
- Login to the WordPress admin on your old host
- Go to "Theme Options" in the top menu bar, "Import/Export"
- Press the "Export Theme Settings File" button
- A TXT file will then download to your computer
- Login to the WordPress admin on your new host
- Go to "Theme Options" in the top menu bar, "Import/Export"
- Press the "Upload Theme Settings File" button
- Press "Select Files" and then browse, select and "Open" the TXT file you just downloaded
- Then press "Insert Settings File"
- Enfold will then be correctly configured according to your settings
6: Activate & configure your Plugins
Now your theme is working, it is time to activate and configure your plugins.
Here are the manual steps to follow to activate your WordPress plugins on your new host:
- Login to the WordPress admin on your new host
- Go to "Plugins" in the sidebar
- On this page you can select the checkbox next to all of the plugins that you want to activate on your site – it is a good idea to refer to the plugins page on your old host to see what is active because you might not want to activate all plugins in the list
- Now choose "Bulk Actions", "Activate", "Apply"
- WordPress will now activate all the plugins you have chosen
As you're probably already aware most plugins require more than just activation, just like themes, they need to be configured to your requirements. Thankfully the majority of plugins will give you the ability to export and import settings just like you did previously for your theme. So you now need to export and import all the settings for all of the plugins you have activated.
There are A LOT of plugins available for WordPress, but I wanted to give you an illustration using one of the most popular plugins how it should be possible to transfer your settings to your new host.
Yoast SEO
Here are the manual steps you need to follow to transfer your settings for the Yoast SEO plugin:
- Login to the WordPress admin on your old host
- Go to "SEO" in the sidebar, "Tools"
- Press "Import and Export"
- Then the "Export settings" tab
- Press the "Export your Yoast SEO settings" button
- A ZIP file will then download to your computer
- Login to the WordPress admin on your new host
- Go to "SEO" in the sidebar, "Tools"
- Press "Import and Export"
- Then the "Import settings" tab
- Press the file upload input on this page, browse, select and "Open" the ZIP file you just downloaded
- Then press "Import settings"
7: Test!
Well done! You have finished the bulk of the work that needs to be done 🙂 This is now an ideal time to leave the WordPress admin and go to the homepage of your website to see if it is working as you expect it to. Browse through all of the pages, use all of the features, be sure everything is working correctly. If not, it is most likely due to your theme being incorrectly configured or one of your plugins. Send me a message at the bottom of this page if are having problems!
8: Move your SSL certificate
Do you know what an SSL certificate is? I hope so 🙂 Your site probably has one, in fact all modern websites should, and it is therefore an important part of migrating your site to your new host.
What I suggest you do is use a new SSL certificate, instead of trying to move your SSL certificate to your new host. Quite simply the reason being that both hosts will require a certificate. After you have updated the DNS for your domain (in Step 9), it will take up to 48 hours (usually it is less time) for everyone around the world to view your website on your new host, not your old host. So as you might understand, you still need an SSL certificate on your old host so that you website continues to work correctly there, as well as a new SSL certificate on your new host so that your website works correctly there also.
Does this concern you getting a new SSL certificate? You need not worry as your new host will probably includes one for free, or you can sign-up to Cloudflare (free CDN provider) who will give you a free wildcard (so it can be used for subdomains as well) certificate for 15 years!
However, if you do need to get a new SSL certificate you can go to any authorised supplier online, buy and download a certificate and then install it on your new host. Or, more simply, you can go direct to your new host and buy and install a new certificate from them- they will usually then make the process of installation for your website very easy.
Some advice! As you have not yet modified your DNS, when you are previewing your site, it will be with a temporary URL, and so you will not see this new SSL certificate in use as it will be tied to your domain. However, once your domain is pointing to your new host, you will see your new SSL in effect.
I talked about 1&1 hosting and A2 Hosting earlier in this article so here is some specific advice if they are your new host:
1&1 hosting
How to order an additional SSL certificate with 1&1
How to setup an SSL certificate with 1&1
A2 Hosting
Order an additional SSL certificate with A2 Hosting
Install a SSL certificate on A2 Hosting that you have bought externally
9: Modify the domain
Before continuing to modify the DNS for your domain, if you feel competent enough to do so, I would recommend that you modify your computers host file so that your website domain points to your new host. By doing so, you can preview your website on your new host using your actual domain and thus verify that it is working correctly- this is a preview of what it will be like after the DNS has been modified.
Visit Rackspace for a great article on how to modify the hosts file for Windows and Mac
How does it look? Is your website working and looking as you expect it to? If so, thats great news and you are now in a position to complete the last step of modifying your domains DNS, if not, please send me a message below and I will help you.
Here are the manual steps to modify the DNS for your domain:
- Identify which company is managing your domain – e.g. GoDaddy, 123 reg, Namecheap etc
- Visit their website and login to your account
- Identify if you have either nameserver (NS) records or if you have individual DNS records that point to your old host
- Having done that, I would recommend to follow the same approach for your new host
- So, to alter the nameservers, identify the correct nameservers for your new host – your new host can tell you that, in fact they probably have already in an email that they sent when you signed-up
- Now, change your old nameservers to the new nameservers
- Or, to alter the DNS records, identify the correct IP for your website on your new host – again your host can tell you that
- Now, change your old IP address in your DNS records to your new IP address
Admittedly these steps are very brief, and I would suggest you look-up a knowledge base article from your new host for advice on how to change your domain. Don't forget, you also have the option to move your domain to your new host so that they become the company that is managing it and you will end up paying them instead of your existing company.
I hope! How has this experience been for you? Have you had problems? Or do you have some more advice to add to my article? Please do let me know in the comments below


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Good time girl Sadie Frost must have read the book to sobriety upside down judging by her latest night out.
The mum of four decided to enjoy a night on the tiles at London's Bungalow 8 nightclub.
But looked a little worse for wear as she bumbled out on the doorstep.
The former model bared red wine teeth, rolled her eyes back and had to be helped out by celebrity chum, drag queen Jodie Harsh, as the group of friends attempted to leave a late night binge.
Worrying for Primrose Hill's queen-bee, the latest door-step stuttering comes just weeks after she was pictured looking worse-for-wear struggling to exit fellow caner Amy Winehouse's Camden home in the early hours.
That night she appeared to enter the singer's abode in high spirits but a few hours inside Wino's den of debauchery left her locked inside peering out the letterbox reportedly seeking help.
Sadie's spate of wild-nights contrast a vow made some two years back to clean up, revealing a visit to an Aids project in South Africa had spurred her to give up drinking all together.
At that time the 41-year-old said: 'It was the beginning of a new way of thinking for me. I analysed a lot of my own life and began to appreciate it more than ever.'
Frost insisted she had swapped the high life for charity and circus acrobatics exercise. Well, she certainly got the clown bit right last night.


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Published by Random House Australia
This is one of my go-to baby shower gifts! This stunning, count-along board book goes through a variety of Australian animals.
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June Callwood Park Revitalization
Work is expected to start in 2019. Stay tuned for a detailed schedule.
The City of Toronto is bringing the heart back into June Callwood Park. The proposed enhancements include:
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June Callwood Park is located at 636 Fleet Street, north of Fleet Street and south of Fort York Boulevard. The 0.4 hectare park was dedicated in 2005 to honour June Callwood, an internationally acclaimed community activist, journalist, author and television host. She died in 2007. The Park was designed by Toronto based multi-disciplinary firm gh3 and was opened to the public in 2014.


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Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Jason Bateman announced on Twitter Wednesday that Netflix has renewed his crime drama Ozark for a third season.
"I'm happy for me, but concerned for Marty - it's official Ozark 3 is on its way," Bateman said in reference to his character on the series, alongside an image of the number three.
Netflix also confirmed the renewal on Twitter.
Ozark, which also stars Laura Linney along with Sofia Hublitz, Skylar Gaertner, Julia Garner, Jason Butler Harner, Peter Mullan, and Lisa Emery, follows Bateman's Marty as a financial adviser and money launderer who works for a drug cartel.
I'm happy for me, but concerned for Marty - it's official OZARK 3 is on its way. pic.twitter.com/xeGXZxfrjB— Jason Bateman (@batemanjason) October 10, 2018
The second season of the series debuted on Aug. 31. Ozark received three Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for Bateman and Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series.


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When it comes to developing a strong brand, you don't need to say everything— you need to say the right things.
This is how we get there:
It's important to feel totally comfortable with and confident in the writer you hire. I offer a free 30-minute consultation call to give us an opportunity to get to know one another, discuss your project, and determine if we're a good fit to work together. I'm happy to share relevant samples of my work and connect you with references upon request.
If we decide to move forward, I will prepare a project agreement with our agreed upon fee, timeline, and deliverables. This document outlines exactly what you can expect from our work together and gives us a roadmap to follow. Once we both sign off, I will block off time on my calendar for your project and we'll get started!
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We begin with homework for you, research by me, and a kickoff meeting where I ask lots of questions and you do lots of talking. Listening to you speak about your business helps me to write in your voice and adds depth to the finished product.
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Friday, 21 March 2008
Yet another Tilda Card
I promise this will be the last Tilda card of a while lol
I used 2 colours of adirondack ink pads applied with a sponge.
Image has been stamped on plain cream card then in coloured pearlescent card and cut out over the top. Just thought I would have a play see how it looked.
Card has been finished with some ribbon which I have inked to match. The flower is cut from a large Sizzix Daisy Die and finished with one of my bargain designer brads.
2 comments:
- Andrea said...
loving the colours on this tilda x
- 8 April 2008 at 17:59
- Joana said...
love all your Tilda's :) you have done wonderful work with her
- 10 May 2008 at 08:12
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Includes RipStixx, StepStixx and other tee/accessory brands
(BRENTWOOD, Tenn.) - PrideSports announced the acquisition of SPL International, a Denver, Colorado based supplier of the RipStixx, StepStixx, TubeStixx and other branded tee and accessory products. The acquisition was completed September 30.
"We are very excited to continue the success that SPL International began over two decades ago," said John Hohman, Vice President of Marketing, PrideSports. "Steve Lastofka and his team at SPL developed and grew the RipStixx, StepStixx and other golf tee products into an assortment that is recognized and desired throughout the U.S. We look forward to continuing their success and growing the business in the future."
PrideSports was formed in January 2003 following Pride Manufacturing Company's purchase of Softspikes, Inc., and its sister company Trisport, Ltd. of England. PrideSports is owned bv Centre Partners, a middle market private equity firmed based in New York, NY.


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Nokia "the stainless-steel " 8800
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This is the model of Nokia that we already have seen. For example, other Nokia model`s were 8810, 8810i, 8850 etc. This model is diferrent, he has some new options, also tft in color ( you remember that previous models didn`t have colored TFT). This is an excellent device for business people.The 8800 has an exclusive user interface with its own styles, themes and ring-tones.
Nokia 8800 dimensions are 107 x 45 x 15 mm, 67 cc and his weight is 134 g. Nokia 8800 is both heavy and sleek at the same time. The secret lies in a stainless steel cover, giving the 8800 a luxurious feel. But when you open the slider reveals a 0.5 megapixel camera on the back with 800 x 600 pixels. I expected that he will have at least 1.3 mp and that you can take nice pictures but we see that he only has 0.5 mp. This is a disadvantage.
The TFT display have 256K colors with 208 x 208 pixels. Also, TFT display have scratch-resistant glass and you can`t make a scratch on the screen. This is very good !
I always had problems with scratching my TFT display, but now for the first time I can say this is very good thing because you don`t have to think did you put your device in the purse or with keys. The phone's menu is reached by pushing at the center of the 5-way navigation pad, where Nokia now actually has incorporated a button to improve usability compared to navigation pads found in so many of its earlier models. It is a little difficult to use, but with practice you will learn. He supports FM radio, MP3 player, bluetooth, usb, GPRS, EDGE and GSM 900/1800/1900 MHz for data and voice connectivity. He doesn`t have symbian , he supports JAVA MIDP 2.0.
His intern memory is 64 MB, but another disadvantage is that he doesn`t have card slot. When you want to store a little more information's on your device, or , however, you want to store more pictures you have to set the quality picture on low level.
When we speak about phone-book, he is the same : you can store up to 1000 names with fax number, phone number, mobile number, e-mail etc. Battery is standard, Li-Ion 600 mAh (BL-5X). His talk time is up to 3h and his stand-by is up to 190h. You can find Nokia 8800 in one color: Silver, Black Edition (for the Russian market).
Nokia 8800 offers integrated handsfree speaker, XHTML browser, polyphonic and MP3 ringtones. Featuring a 3D image engine for enhanced graphics, it should also be mentioned that playing games on the 8800 is a surprisingly pleasant experience, both in terms of loading speed and visual performance.
If style is what matters to you, then you may love the Nokia 8800, but there are too many issues to ignore, particularly battery life and poor audio quality.


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In the fourth conversation of our Conversations with Berlin Buzzwords series Nina talks to Uwe Schindler. Uwe is a committer and PMC member of Apache Lucene and Solr. His main focus is on the development of Lucene Java and he has talked about Lucene at various international conferences including the previous Berlin Buzzwords, ApacheCon EU/US, Lucene Revolution, Lucene Eurocon, and various local meetups.
Nina and Uwe discussed all things Lucene and the reasons why Uwe keeps coming back to Berlin Buzzwords. Also listen out for Uwe's advice for German open source enthusiasts and much more.
Our Berlin Buzzwords Project Manager, Nina Müller, has been speaking to some of the important and interesting people who have been involved with Berlin Buzzwords over the years. Over the coming weeks we will be publishing these conversations to give you some insight into the world of Berlin Buzzwords. In two weeks we will bring you our interview with Ellen Friedman.
Follow Uwe on twitter @thetaph1
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Ilana Tolpin Levitt will deliver the keynote speech at the Mid-Hudson Association of Women in Higher Education Fall 2018 Conference. The role and expectations for leadership in higher education is increasingly complex and evolving as the pressures of the industry change and intensify. Many professionals enter this field in order to stay affiliated with academic interests, provide service to students and advance within their administrative areas of interest and expertise. Leadership, politics, changes in the industry, and enrollment can all influence and challenge advancement opportunities and career trajectory for Higher Education professionals. How can employees stay true to their interests and goals, stay relevant, and manage their careers?
Workshop will explore:
Critical role and expectations of leadership in Higher Education today
Managing relationships with supervisors/leadership and navigating workplace politics
Exploration of role of gender in this equation
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In three separate sessions Ian will explore the heart of the City of London:-
The Medieval Guildhall - a London nerve centre for 2,000 years
In the centre of the City of London stands its ancient headquarters, the medieval Guildhall. The present building dates from 1411 and stands on the site of London's Roman amphitheatre. This session explores the fascinating history of the Guildhall exterior and interior.
Romans and Romantics – The Guildhall Art Gallery, one of the country's real hidden gems
The City of London Corporation has been commissioning and acquiring art for nearly 350 years and now owns a vast and diverse collection. This lecture explores the outstanding display of works in the Guildhall Art Gallery.
An armchair stroll around the Square Mile
Within a short walk of the Guildhall and St Paul's Cathedral is a treasure trove of wonderful buildings and public art. This talk starts with a look at the institutions that are the backbone of the City of London – including the Bank of England, Lloyds, the Stock Exchange, and the City Livery Companies. Then we will dive into medieval alleyways to explore hidden churches and gardens and finish with a peek at some of the City's gleaming new skyscrapers.
Ian Swankie is a Londoner with a passion for art and architecture. He is an accredited Arts Society lecturer, an official guide at Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Guildhall Art Gallery and St Paul's Cathedral, and gives tours at each venue. He is also a qualified and active freelance London guide.
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If you have combinations of any of these symptoms, maybe it's not a bad idea to check-in with your medical care provider.
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Early Years Lead – permanent contract
£19,430 per annum pro rata; £10.07 per hour (NJC scale 4, spinal point 20)
20 hours per week. The playroom is open Tuesday to Friday, from 10am to 1pm.
Actual working hours to be arranged
Closing date: Friday 11th May 12 noon Interview date: TBC
Required qualification level: Minimum Level 3. EYP / EYT status desired
The Brighton Unemployed Centre Families Project (BUCFP) is for the people of Brighton and Hove who are unemployed and low-waged. We offer low cost meals, laundry facilities, computer facilities, courses, benefits advice, parent support and quality childcare and education.
We operate an Ofsted registered environment which we call our 'playroom' which follows the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) and offers free drop in places for the children of our centre users. Parents can volunteer or take part in free or low cost activities while their children are in the 'playroom' which is run by a qualified Early Years Teacher and a team of Early Years Practitioners and Volunteers. Parents/carers stay on the premises while their children are with us.
We are looking for an Early Years Lead to support the Early Years/Parent Support Co-ordinator in the running of the playroom, to support and guide our staff team with EYFS and to deputise when required.
Applicants must have a minimum Level 3 qualification in early years practice (Early Years Professional (EYP) / Early Years Teacher (EYT) status is desirable but not essential); experience of working in a supervisory role in an early years environment is also essential alongside experience of working well within a team; good literacy and communication skills; excellent knowledge of the EYFS curriculum and practical knowledge of planning, observations and assessment; good knowledge of the Ofsted welfare requirements, of early years legislation / policy and safeguarding.
The role is to provide direct support to the children and families attending the playroom, to support the implementation the EYFS and Ofsted welfare requirements and to support the day to day delivery of this.
The Playroom works with a diverse range of families and children, many of whom have English as an additional language, we embrace this and work hard to establish and maintain positive and respectful relationships with parents and children. The playroom service is free at the point of delivery and many of our parents become playroom volunteers. The successful applicant will need to feel comfortable working within a mixed team of paid and volunteer workers.
This post is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
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text: Construction sites are dangerous places. Approximately 20% of workplace fatalities were in the construction field in 2015, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). 65% of these deaths resulted from what OSHA calls the Fatal Four: Falls (38.8%), Struck by Object (9.6%), Electrocutions (8.6%), and Caught-in/between (7.2%). While accidents happen, there are preventative measures that can be taken, especially when it comes to electrocution.


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a shop like norms, two orders were made, logistics is very strange with them and there are some problems with cashback. the first order was at the beginning of December, the cashback is still not accrued, how long to wait is not clear. From the second order appeared, hangs in the expected. phones better than any restored and unknown Avito.
Hello Vyacheslav!
Thanks for the feedback.
By request №99545 we sent a request to partners. Do not worry, please, as soon as we receive the answer, the manager of the service of care Julia will inform you. We hope the issue will be resolved as soon as possible :)
There will be questions - write, we are always in touch.
Respectfully, LetyShops team
I bought an iPhone X. Everything is in order, but a little more than a month has passed since the purchase, but there is no cashback. Wine shop rather than fly.
Hello Andrey!
Thanks for the comment.
Do not worry, please, we remember your question. On request, we sent a request to partners. Care Manager Elena monitors the change in the status of the application and will give you an answer as soon as something becomes known.
Hope for your understanding.
Store norm! Goods packed and shipped quickly. The product is five points, a whole and works properly. But the subcontractors fail, I mean the delivery service. Work for a deuce.
Place an order here. Delivered to the city quickly. And then it began. Delivered to the city on December 4, 2018, phoned to me, set a time for delivery by courier - December 8, 2017. He postponed all his business, waited all day. I didn't wait for a call from the company or a courier! I called the office, "yes, they had to deliver today" But, for some reason they did not deliver. :( At almost midnight, 23.15 the pleasant voice of the operator rings, and with an apology for the delivery, offers delivery 12/20/2018 !!!! As they say- Feel the difference! To which I replied that under such conditions I would come myself and pick up the order wherever you say! I was answered ok, wait for the SMS, we will inform you. Fuck who said until I personally came to the office and wondered about the fate of the order. As a result, I took it. The goods are in the description, it works properly. Now, judging by the work of the organization, we will wait half a year for ke a. The result, the rate of the goods and delivery notification client leaves much to be desired.
Hello Sergey!
Thank you for sharing your shopping experience.
We agree that a very unpleasant situation has arisen. We hope this does not happen again.
The cashback from the SmartPrice store is usually confirmed within 30-45 days from the date of purchase.
If difficulties arise, you can always contact us. We will be happy to help.


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New Puppet Module for Managing Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines; Puppet Application Orchestration Now Available
PORTLAND, OR--(Marketwired - Dec 8, 2015) - Puppet Labs, the leading provider of IT automation software, today made available new products that enable organizations to configure, manage and orchestrate more of their business-critical applications and infrastructure. Building on Puppet Labs' first class support for Windows, Puppet Labs is making available a new module to provision and manage the Microsoft Azure infrastructure with Puppet Enterprise. Puppet Labs is also releasing Puppet Application Orchestration, an entirely new way for organizations to orchestrate the deployment and management of business-critical infrastructure and applications.
For IT teams to keep up with business and user demands and manage the complexity of the modern data center, they need much more efficient ways to provision, orchestrate and manage new infrastructure and applications. And they need to be able to do it quickly and seamlessly, whether they're deploying on premise, in the cloud, on bare metal or via containers.
"There is no future with fewer servers or fewer services that are less complex or less critical," said Luke Kanies, founder and CEO of Puppet Labs. "Today, we're taking a big step forward in helping reduce that complexity by providing the industry's only unified solution to automate the entire lifecycle from initial infrastructure provisioning through application deployment, regardless of whether those applications run on Microsoft Azure or other cloud providers, virtual machines, physical servers or containers."
Microsoft Azure Module
Azure is Microsoft's cloud platform for building, deploying and managing applications and services. Puppet Enterprise already works great on Azure, but with this new Azure module, Puppet Labs is making it possible to provision and manage Azure infrastructure with Puppet. With the new Azure module, users can model their desired state of Azure Virtual Machines in Puppet code and add these models to version control so changes and modifications to the code can be reviewed and shared across multiple teams. Puppet Enterprise will ensure that the model in the code matches the model in production and correct anything that has drifted from the desired state.
Now, with Puppet Enterprise, organizations on Microsoft Azure can use Puppet Enterprise to spearhead common DevOps practices and reduce the time needed to deploy and manage applications.
"Microsoft is committed to meeting customers wherever they are, thanks to our unique hybrid cloud offerings and our first-class support for Linux technologies," said John Gossman, architect for Microsoft Azure. "With Puppet Enterprise for cross-platform support and the new Azure module, it's now easier than ever for our joint customers to seamlessly transition from the data center to the cloud. Whether you're running Windows or Linux applications or workloads in Azure, Puppet Enterprise helps you get the most out of your investment."
Puppet Application Orchestration
Puppet Labs is also announcing the general availability of Puppet Application Orchestration. Puppet Application Orchestration dramatically reduces the complexity of deploying and managing applications that are composed of many different services, and span many different servers and devices. Built on the strengths of Puppet and its unique DSL, Puppet Application Orchestration lets organizations model applications, including the relationships across their supporting services and underlying infrastructure. Based on that model, a new orchestrator ensures that the right things happen in the right order on the right machines as the application is deployed, updated or destroyed. This allows organizations to deploy secure, reliable applications in a consistent and repeatable way.
Puppet Application Orchestration is now available as part of a customer's Puppet Enterprise license.
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I've been meaning to blog this fooooorever (you know how that goes!) - finally found a few minutes to sit down & share ... plus, I know her schedule is starting to fill up with some August celebrations (oh a birthday for her 2yo and a wedding cake in the works to name a few ;) ) ... if any of you are in need of a cake - of any kind - for your party or birthday celebration, you'll have to contact Susan. You can see her family's session here. Well, little did I know at the time that I had the talents of a professional culinary master at my disposal! Yes, she went to culinary school & I have the smash cakes to prove it! ;) I've already had a lot of people ask (who saw the cakes on FB or IG) - so here's her contact info: mommy2koen @yahoo (facebook too)
For the record: we loved them! The attention to detail was just amazing!
Thanks for the amazing work you do, Susan! Master Chef!
I can't believe my littles are one already!


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Campaign aims to retain fair energy export payments for small solar generators
13 December 2018
The #Fair4Solar campaign, led by the Solar Trade Association and actively supported by ECA, aims to retain fair energy export payments for small solar generators and it has made significant progress in recent weeks.
In November, during BEIS Select Committee Oral Questions, Energy Minister Claire Perry answered questions on the proposed ending of the export tariff, saying that solar power "should not be provided to the grid for free" and that the Government would "shortly be announcing the next steps for small scale renewables".
A full summary of recent progress by #Fair for Solar can be read at Solar Power Portal.


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Not enough sleep this past week.
I went to read on the couch in the living room, and ended up napping for about an hour out there. Came back in here to go to bed, only to find that I couldn't sleep. This morning I couldn't sleep past 10:30am, and woke up every hour or so all night long, due to phones or cats or something completely inexplicable…
It's been a week since I've slept well. The last good night of sleep I had was last Saturday (not last night.) And now I'm tired, but not sleepy.
Discord is surrounding me, it's upsetting and throwing me rather off-balance. People make no sense sometimes. Even when it doesn't involve me… I'm just too affected by my surroundings to be able to disconnect from things.
Of course I run from conflict. Didn't you know that it's always my fault anyway? If all else fails, you can blame it on me.


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Gennady Golovkin the boxing champion got away from a bodybuilding MMA fighter that harassed him the other day. This guy has also harrased the bodybuilder Rich Piana and we made a post about it as well. You can watch it here!
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Coke Buys Office Buildings So It Can Evict Its Archrival
Coca-Cola Co. may have discovered the key to world beverage domination: Buy every office building in sight.
Coke hasn't closed its purchase of Atlanta's Inforum, but the products of archrival PepsiCo Inc. are already disappearing from the shelves of Bytes Cafeteria, which feeds workers and visitors at the downtown building.
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Thambidurai is LS Dy Speaker
Thambidurai is LS Dy Speaker, AIADMK leader M. Thambidurai was on Wednesday unanimously elected the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
New Delhi : AIADMK leader M. Thambidurai was on Wednesday unanimously elected the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha. The motion for his election was moved by Home Minister Rajnath Singh and seconded by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj. Almost all parties, including the Congress, supported his election.
Congratulating Thambidurai, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "He is an academic, activist and an agriculturist too. I assure the government will give complete cooperation to you."
He said Thambidurai is a "multi-faceted personality" and thanked all parties, especially those in the opposition, to have made his unanimous election possible. Thambidurai filed his nomination for the post on Tuesday.
The AIADMK has 37 MPs in the lower house of Parliament and is the third largest party after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress.
Thambidurai, a five-time member, represents Karur constituency in Tamil Nadu. Leader of the Congress Mallikarjun Kharge, whose party has still not been given the post of the leader of the opposition, said Thambidurai was "large-hearted" and will help the opposition to put forth its point of view.
He was escorted to his designated seat in the Lok Sabha by Modi and Kharge.


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Last year's flower picture:
Here is a picture I did take today. About 6:30 p.m. when it was still 105 outside, during my son's baseball game. This picture was taken using one of my camera apps on my phone.
Here is another picture taken that day we had rain in the morning. These are steps in the cemetery I like to go to. They had had a memorial service for fallen police officers a couple days before, so I'm assuming this flag is a remnant from that.


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LINDSAY at Fatty's 1717 2nd St in SeabrookOne, two, three… The bubbly blonde has over three and a half years of bartending experience and has been at Fatty's since August.
Her signature drink to make is - Sex With An Alligator. (They say once you go alligator… Never mind!) This tasty beverage has a fruity flavor made with a melon flavored liqueur, Razzamatazz on the bottom, Jägermeister on the top, and a splash of pineapple juice.
A Red Raider at heart! Lindsay was living in Lubbock and pursuing a business marketing degree from Texas Tech. And now, with only a year left, she is considering finishing her degree at University of Houston.
No to snow! The La Porte native is happier with beach weather rather than cold, snowy weather.
She prefers movies over books. Lindsay doesn't like scary movies and recommends seeing "Django Unchained" even though it is a little long.
Must love dogs! When not at work, she regularly takes all three of her dachshunds to the dog park.
Are dogs better than men? She smiles and says "Well, they don't talk back!"
Yellow may be her favorite color, but… Lindsay predicts the Houston Texans will take their "Battle Red" far into the playoffs.
It's a new year - Lindsay won't be missing 2012 and resolves to have more fun, have peace, and live simply in 2013.
Some of her favorite music is from: Norah Jones, Linkin Park, Jack Jonson, and Michael Buble.
You may not know… She loves seafood and scrapbooking!
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Closing event: Open Summer of Code 2013
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
Friday, July 19, 2013 from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Event Details
This year's Open Summer of Code comes to a close on July 19. Come see our young, passionate civic technologists present the results of 3 weeks of non-stop coding, designing and the occasional ice cream break.
Words of Welcome
Kat Borlongan, Co-founder of Five by Five and #oSoc13 Program Director
Michiel Vancoillie, #oSoc13 Program Director
Kick off speech
Pieter Colpaert, Board Member of OKFN
Our guest of honor
Daniël Termont, Mayor of Ghent
Bart Rosseau, e-Strategist for the City of Ghent
Romain Lacombe, Head of Innovation, Etalab (French Prime Minister's Taskforce for Open Data)
Project presentations
The fellows take the stage, followed by Q&A by the audience.
See the full list of #oSoc13 projects
Closing remarks from the #oSoc13 team
End of the Open Summer of Code.
Start of the Gentse Feesten.
And, of course, celebratory drinks.
When & Where
AC Portus
Keizer Karelstraat 1
1st floor
9000 Gent
Friday, July 19, 2013 from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM
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Saturday, March 24th, 2018
As You Like It and Henry IV parts 1 &2 (combined)
The Saratoga Shakespeare Company of Saratoga Springs, NY, is casting two summer productions: Shakespeare's As You Like It directed by Elizabeth Carlson-Guerin, and Shakespeare's Henry IV parts 1&2 (combined), directed by David Girard. The company is celebrating its eighteenth summer season of free outdoor theater in beautiful Congress Park in downtown Saratoga Springs, NY.
Rehearsals begin on Monday, July 2nd, 2018 for As You Like It, and performances are scheduled for July 17th – July 28th. Rehearsals begin on Wednesday, July 18th for Henry IV, and performances for Henry IV are scheduled for July 31st – August 4th.
The Saratoga Springs, NY auditions are scheduled for Saturday, March 24th from 9:30 am – 4:30 pm, on the Skidmore College campus in Saratoga Springs, NY, in the Janet Kinghorn Bernhard Theatre (JKB) rehearsal studio (2nd Fl). Skidmore College is located at 815 N. Broadway, Saratoga Springs NY, 12866. Both production directors and the SSC Artistic Director and Executive Director will be at the audition. For an appointment, please contact Linda Bertrand at email@example.com or 518-306-5931 (If necessary please leave your name and a call back number) and e-mail a current headshot and résumé to email@example.com.
Equity SPT 5 approval pending.
Actors are auditioning for the season. All roles are open (except where noted), and in several cases, actors will be cast in both productions. We are seeking male and female performers of all ages, genders and ethnicities to perform all roles, and performers of all ethnic and racial backgrounds and gender identification are strongly encouraged to audition. Actors must move well, be physically fit and have the ability and a felicity to play multiple distinctive characters. Singing, dancing, juggling, stage combat, and/or the ability to play an instrument is a plus, but not a requirement.
Actors should prepare two Shakespearean monologues at least one of which should be comic (three minutes total) and should bring their headshots and résumés to the auditions.
As You Like It Cast:
Seeking a diverse cast for a vibrant, outdoor production. Movers and musicians are especially encouraged to submit. (Unless noted- the roles are non-age or gender specific)
Henry IV (1 & 2 combined) Cast:
Seeking a diverse cast for a theatrical and physically demanding outdoor production. Character actors that move well and have experience with fight choreography encouraged to submit.
Special Note: additional casting assignments will be assigned as show is devised and rehearsed
King Henry IV (ALREADY CAST)
King of England. Deeply disappointed in his son and heir, he seeks to reform his son and secure the family legacy in the midst of quelling a rebellion in England.
Prince Hal (ALREADY CAST)
Male, 30s. Henry's eldest son. Transforms from truant prankster to a mature and responsible man. Eventually assumes his place as rightful heir to the throne as King Henry V.
Ensemble 1 MALE
Characters include: Falstaff, surrogate father to Prince Hal. Drunk, lecherous and unrivaled in wit and wordplay; et al
Ensemble 2 MALE/FEMALE
Characters include: Hotspur, Hal's nemesis seeking to redeem his family's name through a rebellion against the King; et al
Ensemble 3: MALE/FEMALE
Characters include: Northumberland, Hotspur's father; Sheriff; Traveler to London; Sir Walter Blunt: Member of the Court; Bardolph, a Falstaff crony; et al
Ensemble 4: FEMALE
Characters include: Westmoreland: Aide-de-camp to King Henry; Mistress Quickly, Hostess of the tavern; Doll Tearsheet, A smart, saucy, knife-wielding, prostitute, and Falstaff's favorite "companion"; et al
Ensemble 5: MALE/FEMALE
Characters include: John of Lancaster: Henry's youngest son; Mortimer: Hotspur's brother-in-law; Pistol, A low-life, mean-spirited trickster and criminal mastermind; et al
Ensemble 6: FEMALE
Characters include: Lady Percy, Hotspur's wife; Poins, Hal's partner-in-crime in pranks; et al
Ensemble 7: MALE/FEMALE
Characters include: Worcester, Hotspur's uncle; Glendower, an egotistical Welshman who believes he is supernatural and wants to help the rebellion; Gadshill, Member of Falstaff's circle; Douglas, Renowned fighter from Scotland; et al


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Ep.05: The Female Prison Experience; Award-Winning Alvin Ailey Dancer Jeroboam Bozeman; Trauma & Creativity
We explore the female prison experience, hearing the unique perspective of a mother on the inside and a transgender black woman and former prisoner who is now leading an organisation to negotiate the safety and future of transgender inmates.
We also hear from Synergy Theatre Project - a UK organisation that uses the the arts to transform the lives of inmates.
Stance meets Lydia Higginson - a girl who made her own clothes over the course of one year after being sexually assaulted at gunpoint, channeling her horrific experience into something that was honest and healing.
And we profile the award-winning choreographer and lead dancer of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater Co, Jeroboam Bozeman.


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Weeeeeeell it's the Big Tent: NXT at Download Festival
What I believe to be a big part of NXT's appeal is its presentation, and a big part of that is their use of music. With #NXTLOUD bringing about a new incarnation of a rock 'n' wrestling connection, giving us licensed music for TakeOvers, featured artists on entrance themes, live performances as well as a partnership with the Download Festival. For the past couple of years, NXT has been a featured act at the festival alongside some of the biggest acts in the rock, punk and metal worlds. I was lucky enough to attend this year and got a plentiful helping of the graps over the three days I was there, curious to see just how different a wrestling show would be in the strange setting of a tent in Derbyshire.
Sheltered from the elements under a huge tent, the open air setting was literally a breath of fresh air from what are usually quite stuffy environments at wrestling shows. Admittedly, sitting in the fourth row was quite cramped, worsened by the guy to my right having stuffed his pockets with what I can only assume was a brick and a sea urchin, but most of the time I was stood at the back (and you can spot me in some of WWE's clips on YouTube with my arms crossed like an old school World of Sport fan). For me at least, I found standing to be quite pleasant. There was no fannying around getting up for entrances and wondering when the appropriate time to sit back down was, no stretching your neck to see around the heads in front of you, and there was plenty of freedom to move somewhere with a better view whenever you liked. On top of all that, you had some lovely shade, a sought after rarity at the festival. The crowds seemed to always be packed with wrestling fans rather than people looking for a reprieve from the June sunshine or waiting for their next bands to play. The line for the pre-show signings would always gather large numbers, the top stars always got their deserved pops and when a match came round that gripped us, we were a rowdy bunch.
Another noticeable difference about the tent arena was due to the nature of the setup, the sound production was significantly different. Without the benefit of the typical acoustics an indoor venue would provide, and being limited for speaker placement, those tunes came flying at you pretty raw. What's more, at a music festival, even though the stages are spaced a fair ways apart, you're still competing to be heard by the most people possible and draw them in. As a result, whenever the first beat of Pete Dunne's theme song hit, your bollocks flew across the bloody field.
But, what of the actual wrestling?
The major focus of these shows was hosting the first round of the WWE United Kingdom Championship Tournament to determine who would compete at the Royal Albert Hall. For whatever reason, all of the tournament matches I saw felt somewhat clunky, with each one having at least a couple of noticeable miscues, such as Kenny Williams elbow dropping the top rope rather than his opponent, and Tucker dropping very short on his suicide dive. It seemed like those with stronger presences on the British scene, like Joe Coffey and Dave Mastiff, had their contingents of fans in attendance, but I think the trend in sloppiness coupled with the majority of the crowd not having been exposed to these UK division wrestlers made for their matches to be some of the shows' low points. I like to think I give all the matches I watch a chance, but sticking Tyson T-Bone in there with Jordan Devlin for ten minutes with some ugly botching and little heat, you're killing me. Despite all that, I still have ultimate faith in the newly announced NXT UK brand, I'm proper buzzing for that. It's coming home!
With the festival taking place just a week before TakeOver: Chicago, the marquee matches were based around the high profile feuds, which resulted in some real gems, but I will forever curse my A-Levels for making me miss Ciampa versus Gargano on the first night. My 'Match of the Weekend' definitely goes to Pete Dunne defending his UK Championship against that complete bastard of a man, Tommaso Ciampa. Just when I thought joining in with 'Adam Cole Bay-Bay!' was taking the cake for my favourite chant, I got to experience the pure euphoria that is shouting along with 'Fuck You Ciampa!'. Considering how WWE like to throw us a curveball every so often and have title changes at house shows, most recently with AJ Styles winning the United States Championship last summer, I was sucked into each pinfall attempt much more than usual. When the referee went down, I was near enough convinced I was about to see Dunne get robbed of his belt, but what I did get to witness was the monstrous roar of Johnny Gargano's music hitting and sending us all ballistic, to Peter retaining the championship.
Though the main events were stacked like a house of cards every night, the undercards did have their shining moments. Fabian Aichner, a man I've grown to love since first seeing him in the Cruiserweight Classic in 2016, really demonstrated his worth over the weekend in particular, putting on a pair of great matches against Ricochet and Tyler Bate. Though his opponents were definitely set up as the stars of these bouts, Aichner provided the perfect counter to them. With this pair he was able to power them around whatever which way he wanted whilst still matching their pace in the quickest of sequences. But above all else, his crowning moment was responding to the 'Right Said Fred' chants with; 'I'm too sexy for this ring!'.
Nikki Cross also made her presence felt over my few days there, receiving cheers that rivalled some of the brand's biggest names and used that support to create some of the most crowd-pleasing moments of the weekend. She veered towards the more comedic side of her crazed character for these, scaring her tag team partner in Stephanie Newell more than anyone else, as well as poor Candice LeRae after coming to her aid. It was like watching an excitable Labrador looking to play with your one friend who's not really keen on dogs, their face full of fear and confusion.
Another standout from the weekend was the man that made Purple Rain my drink of choice, The Velveteen Dream. It's easy enough to rave about how charismatic the man is on TV, but witnessing him in living colour really hammers it home. He was hugely engrossing, beckoning people from outside the tent to 'come see The Dream' and dragging out his entrance, knowing full well he had our entire attention in his grasps. His antics continued beyond the ring, embracing the character so consistently during the pre-show autograph signings that the man sat next to my brother sent a text reading; 'Just met Velveteen Dream, he's a cunt.' When you can elicit that kind of response before the show even starts, you know you're a good heel.
Overall, NXT at Download was an odd yet very enjoyable experience. It had everything you'd expect from a house show in terms of the cards and sending the crowd home/back to their tents happy, a mixed bag of roster selection, joined with varying match quality from 'just fine' to 'pretty damn great'. The one-of-a-kind setting and atmosphere set it apart from all other shows I've attended, and I'd absolutely go again if the opportunity arises. So, if you're ever at Download and find yourself with some time, go have a look-see at the wrestling; I'm positive it will entertain you much more than you'd think.