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Taman Negara
Taman Negara National Park was established in Malaysia in 1938/1939 as the King George V National Park. It was renamed to Taman Negara after Independence, which literally means "national park" in Malay. The total area of Taman Negara is 4,343 km².
Getting To Taman Negara
on the boat on the Sungai Tembeling River from Kuala Tembeling to Kuala Tahan (Taman Negara)
Most travellers will visit Taman Negara from Kuala Lumpur. This journey will include take you to town of Jerantut first. Jerantut is easiest reached by bus (3-4 hour ride). The second leg from Jerantut can either be accomplished by bus (faster, about 1h) or boat (scenic ride on the river trough the rain forest, 2-3h). The boat ride starts in Kuala Tembeling (at 9am and 2pm), a 20-min taxi ride outside of Jerantut. While everything be arrange as you go by yourself (see more information here), there are also a couple of tour providers that will offer the entire journey a single ticket for ease of mind. These tickets can convinient bought only, see the links below.
From Taman Negara (but also the other way around), it is also possible, instead of going back to Kuala Lumpur (in case you came that way), to travel onwards to Cameron Highlands or to Kuala Besut (jetty for the boat ride to Perhentian Islands). Or you take the bus or boat back to Jerantut and the take the train from there which give you the option to go directly to Kota Bahru or Kuala Lumpur or with transfer to another train to Singapore or Thailand.
Book tickets for bus ( & boat) right here online:
to Taman Negara:
Kuala Lumpur - Taman Negara
Cameron Highlands - Taman Negara
Kuala Besut - Taman Negara
(jetty to Pulau Perhentian / Perhentian Islands)
from Taman Negara:
Taman Negara - Kuala Lumpur
Taman Negara - Cameron Highlands
Taman Negara - Kuala Besut
(jetty to Pulau Perhentian / Perhentian Islands)
Excellent alternative online resources:
Kuala Lumpur - Taman Negara, Kuala LumpurTaman Negara
More information on the combined bus and boat journey from Kuala Lumpur to Taman Negara National Park and back.
Taman Negara - Perhentian Island, Perhentian IslandsTaman Negara
How to get from Taman Negara to Perhentian Islands
Taman Negara - Cameron Highlands, Cameron HighlandsTaman Negara
How to get from Taman Negara to Cameron Highlands by bus
Boat Ride to Taman Negara, Taman Negara
The scenic 2.5 h boat ride between Kuala Tembeling and Kuala Tahan (Taman Negara Headquarters) makes the trip to the park itself a highlight.
Orang Asli Village, Taman Negara
A village at the park border welcomes visitors during the day and offers a fascinating glimpse in the life the Malaysia's indigenious people.
Canopy Walk, Taman Negara
Taman Negara's spectacular canopy walk is 530m long and up to 40m above the ground
Kuala Tembeling Jetty, Taman Negara
The jetty in Kuala Tembeling is the starting point for the 3h boat ride to Taman Negara
Han Rainforest Resort is the biggest accommodation in Kuala Tahan with private rooms of various standards and also dorm room. All package tours that we recommend include accommodation here.... more
Resort with bungalows, restaurant and swimming pool in Kuala Tahan. With a big parking lot in front, it is mainly catering for tour groups.... more
Budget Accommodation in Kuala Tahan near the jetty... more
Taman Negara Tour
Taman Negara Day Trip Tour
Elephant Sanctuary & Taman Negara Combo Tour
basic guest house in a green and colorful setting near the mosque, 10min from the jetty
Located outside of the village in a secluded area by the river offering acccommodation in 10 capsules


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On this Fourth of July weekend most of us give at least a passing thought to the value of our freedom as a country. But have you ever given much thought to our freedom in Christ?
We hear much today about the increasing restrictions the government is placing on our Christian practice. These changes and laws are most troubling. We have a right and even a responsibility to speak up as bigotry toward Christianity becomes more and more acceptable. But I am less concerned about these things than I am about the threats that Paul talks about. Attempts at political repression usually result in bolder proclamation. The threats to our spiritual freedom are so subtle that they threaten the very fabric of the gospel.
The dangers Paul lists this morning could be called the threats of legalism, mysticism and asceticism. However, I don't think that communicates to most people. So I will call them the threats of: Those who Judge by Externals; Those who Advocate a Different Authority and Those Who Enslave by their Restrictions. Each of these is prevalent and acts like a cancer in the Body of Christ. These things arrive unnoticed and often when they are noticed . . . the damage is irreparable.
Those who Judge by Externals (16,17)
In the Old Testament when David was chosen to be the next King, nobody thought he was the man for the job. His brothers were bigger, stronger, more experienced. Samuel anointed David with these tremendous words, "Man looks at the outward appearance, God looks at the heart".
One of the perennial problems of the church has been the problem judging each other by external behavior. This is generally referred to as legalism. Legalism is a focus on what we DO. It adds to the gospel of grace a number of "qualifying clauses". Philip Yancey writes, "legalism contains enough inherent dangers to elicit the strongest warnings in the Bible. NO other issue-not pornography, adultery, violence or the things which most rankle Christians today-inspired more fiery outburst from Jesus.
Listen to Paul's words again,
Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however is found in Christ.
As always, the "Therefore" at the beginning of the text means it is a conclusion drawn from what has come before. In the verses preceding these verses we were reminded that Christ has done what was necessary for our salvation. He changed us, He made us alive, and He has forgiven us in Christ. The job is done. We have received His fullness.
So, Paul says, don't let other people evaluate your spiritual life by their external standards. We are not saved by externals. We are saved by the internal work of God in our life. Legalism, therefore is deadly to the church because:
- It gives power to the wrong person. Paul says these are only a "shadow of the things to come." When we focus on rules and regulations we are not focusing on Christ. There are plenty of people that would like to control our lives. But if we let them "call the shots" then we have given them the position that is alone reserved for Christ. We are turning away from Christ to the one who seeks to control us. This is idolatry!
- It puts the focus in the wrong place. Legalism focuses on superficial spirituality. It is a lot easier to keep external rules than deal with the issue of the heart. It's easier to "not play cards" than it is to deal with bitterness in our heart. It is easier to put on clothes that conform with acceptable standards of the group, than it is to put on the nature of Christ. What legalism does is distract us from the real issues of discipleship and life.
- It gives people a false sense of security. They feel good that they are fitting in and don't realize that all they have done is conform to peer pressure . . . they have not come to Christ at all.
- It makes us narrow and divisive. The legalist insists that everyone attain the standard that they have adopted. In other words, everyone needs to be like me. These people miss the delight of diversity and the growth that can come from others of different experience and culture. The legalist chooses to walk in a tunnel when the Lord has given us a great and wonderful world to enjoy.
- Legalism alienates the world. There is nothing that pushes people away faster than legalism. Steve Brown writes,
My friend, Jim Green, told me about an interesting incident that happened on the first live nationwide television broadcast. Because it was a first, a number of prominent people were asked to address the nation. Conrad Hilton was among those who had that opportunity. Everyone waited to see what this great man would say to such a tremendous audience. He said, "A number of you have stayed at Hilton hotels. Let me ask you to do something for me. When you take a shower, make sure the shower curtain is on the inside of the tub." (Living Free , Steve Brown p. 105)
What an opportunity missed. Mr. Hilton could have told people how much he appreciated their business. He could have shared his philosophy of service. He could have encouraged people to persevere. Instead he whined about the shower curtain.
This is the way Christians sound when they spend all there time talking about rules. They portray Jesus as someone who is more like a Drill Sargent than a friend. He is concerned that you: "Stand up straight, cut that hair, put out that cigarette, turn off that radio, don't read that book, sing this song, read this version of the Bible, pray this way, seek this experience." Is it any wonder that many want nothing to do with the Savior? Legalists make it impossible for people to see Jesus. No one is going to get to Heaven by keeping rules. They can only get there by trusting the Savior who loves them and has set them free from the drudgery of rule keeping.
Paul moves on to a second threat to our spiritual life: the threat of those who advocate a different authority. The text says,
Do not let anyone who delights in false humility and the worship of angels disqualify you for the prize. Such a person goes into great detail about what he has seen, and his unspiritual mind puffs him with idle notions. He has lost connection with the Head, from whom the whole body, supported and held together by its ligaments and sinews, grows as God causes it to grow.
Notice the stern warning that is given here. Paul says, "don't let these people "disqualify you for the prize". The word for disqualify carries the idea of an umpire who is calling you out because you have not obeyed the rules. This is a very serious danger so it's important we understand what we are dealing with. Let's look at how Paul describes these people,
- they have a false humility. They present themselves as humble and holy but in reality are filled with themselves and feel a sense of spiritual pride and superiority over other Christians.
- they worship angels. Their focus is often on other spiritual beings other than Christ.
- they have seen visions. These people are eager to tell you the "latest word from the Lord".
- they are "puffed up with idle notions". They draw false conclusions. They come up with all kinds of aberrant teaching that promises to lead a person TO God but is really leading them AWAY from Him.
Do you see the inherent dangers here? First, there is the reality of subjective bias. We simply cannot trust our own emotions and imaginations. We have all been "sure" of things in our life only to find out we were wrong. Why? Because we wanted what we wanted so bad that we projected it as coming from God.
Everyone of us has weird dreams on occasion because of something we ate or something we watched on television. It is dangerous to try to seek to draw a spiritual meaning from these things. It is also dangerous to make our experience the measurement for truth. There is only one objective (unbiased) standard of truth. That is the Word of God. It must be given careful attention and placed alone in a position of supreme authority.
In the Great Awakening two of the prominent leaders were Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield. At that time they saw many strange and different things happening among their people. Edwards wrote extensively against the excesses he saw in those days. He and Whitefield for awhile disagreed on the issue of "new" revelation. Whitefield believed that God often spoke through visions, dreams and impulses. I quote the rest of the story as recorded by John MacArthur.
George Whitefield learned the hard way that subjective impulses can be tragically fallible. When Whitefield's wife was expecting her first child, he prophesied that she would have a son who would become a preacher of the Gospel. The child was indeed a boy, but he died at the age of four months. He was Whitefield's only child. Murray writes,
"Whitefield at once recognized his mistake saying: 'I misapplied several texts of Scripture. Upon these grounds, I made no scruple of declaring 'that I should have a son, and that his name was to be John.' When back in New England, in 1745, he could say feelingly of what had happened there, "Many good souls, both among clergy and laity, for a while, mistook fancy for faith, and imagination for revelation.' (MacArthur, RECKLESS FAITH p. 188)
What is happening in some churches today is that some "prophets" are encouraging people NOT to evaluate and weigh their teaching. These people are told instead to simply take these truths "by faith" (which is a synonym for without evaluation.) Anyone who questions is considered to be a skeptic and a non-believer. In other words, it is impossible to evaluate what these people are saying without being called a non-believer. They have removed any check on the subjective bias.
The second danger is this, We will be lead away from God. Paul says that these people have "lost connection with the head." Let me ask a simple question: How much life is left once the head is severed from the body?
In the same way, the church is no longer the church when we drift after these false teachers. We begin seeking an experience rather than holiness. We look to men rather than to God. We ignore our minds rather than check out everything that is said. We begin to look inside ourselves rather than look outside ourselves to the Savior.
This was the argument at the time of the Reformation. The Catholic Church said the Bible, the Pope and the Church had equal authority. The Reformers responded with the phrase "sola Scriptura" meaning Scripture alone is the standard and the measurement for everything else. We have come full circle! Now some believers are claiming that they have authority equal to the Word of God. This is deadly.
Those who Enslave by their Restrictions (20-23)
Paul has one more threat to our Christian freedom,
"Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belonged to it, do you submit to its rules: Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!. These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence." (vv. 20-23)
These rules focus on personal denial. They were telling people not to handle, taste, touch in order to curb in their appetites.The thing is, this sounds really good on the surface. Certainly we are called to "deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him." We need some discipline in our lives. But these men were after something different. They were telling these people that these disciplines were necessary for fellowship with God. They urged a rigorous introspection.
According to the church father Athanasius, Anthony, the founder of Christian monasticism, never changed his vest or washed his feet. He was outdone, however, by Simeon Stylites, who spent the last thirty-six years of his life atop a fifty-foot pillar. Simeon mistakenly thought the path to spirituality lay in exposing his body to the elements and withdrawing from the world. Even Martin Luther, before discovering the truth of justification by faith, nearly wrecked his health through this rigid introspection.
Luther became a monk so he could be more isolated. He did all the acts of penance. He went without food. He denied himself every and any pleasure. He hoped that these acts would give Him a sense of God's presence. It was only when Luther understood that we are made right with God through Christ's work and not our own did he find life and peace.
Listen to Paul's reason for avoiding this kind of extreme prescription. First he says we have a new Perspective. Paul reminds us that we don't belong to the world anymore. We don't try to get to God the same way as the rest of the world does. We aren't trying to earn our place in heaven. We have received the gift God has given in His Son. We are children of Heaven. We live by grace, not by works. The false teachers may sound spiritual but we see through them . . . we know we cannot earn God's favor. We can only receive it.
Second, We have a new Value System. Paul tells the Colossians that we shouldn't sweat the stuff the teachers were concerned about because "these are destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings." We understand that the things of this earth are temporary and the only thing that lasts is the eternal. We can deny ourselves all we want in this life but it will make no eternal difference. In fact, Paul says, "these things lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence." Why? Because no matter how hard we work we can't will sin out of our lives . . . we need God's power working within us. Luther worked harder than most of us would ever work . . and all he found was frustration. That is, until he stopped working and starting trusting Christ's work on his behalf.
Finally, we have a new attitude. Rather than the constant introspection and always seeking to stamp out anything fun in our lives, we now rejoice in the Lord. We understand that he has "given us all things freely to enjoy" (1 Tim. 6:17). God has given us this life to teach us, to prepare us and to delight us.
The church, says Robery Farrar Capon, "has spent so much time building into us the fear of making mistakes that she has made us like ill-taught piano students: we play our songs, but we never really hear them because our main concern is not to make music but to avoid some flub that will get us in trouble. (What's So Amazing p. 189)
The believer who is spiritually free is learning to appreciate music. They are learning to see the blessings God has given. They are learning to laugh, smile and enjoy. Why give this up to make yourself miserable?
Do you see why these things are dangerous? If you asked the typical non church goer to describe Christianity what would they say? Wouldn't they talk about a faith that involved a lot of don'ts. In fact, some would say, once you become a believer you can no longer do anything fun again.
Why is that? Don't they see the joy and freedom that comes from forgiveness? Don't they see the tremendous satisfactions that comes from His grace? Don't they see that peace that passes all understanding? Is it because we have allowed these other things to get in the way? Have we allowed these threats to our spiritual freedom creep into our lives?
Let me ask you, "What is your Christianity like?"
- Is it focused on yourself or on Christ?
- Is it focused on sin and failure or grace and forgiveness?
- Is it anchored in personal experiences or in the Word of God?
- Has it set you free or tied you up?
- Does it make you cry, or dance?
On this Fourth of July weekend it's my prayer that God would protect us from those who would steal our spiritual freedom and help us to find the freedom that will allow us to enjoy the adventure of discipleship.

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A part of this viewing list: Criterion Collection Spine #175: Terry Gilliam's Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
America is the first country to have gone from barbarism to decadence without the usual intervening period of civilization.
—Oscar Wilde
I've never used any sort of illegal drug, so offering an examination of the verisimilitude of Hunter S. Thompson's and Terry Gilliam's portrayal of drug-induced behavior isn't going to happen. I also thought about writing this review as HST himself would have written it, but that would be [possibly] the worst thing I have ever written. Anyway. This film and book are about as American as they come. I'm not talking about a mythologized America, although that is present, or a nostalgized America [also present], but a subtle simulacrum of the actual American psyche. I'm going to talk about the film and the book interchangeably, since Gilliam's presentation is generally spot on. They are about pursuing the American Dream and getting lost along the way, something that eventually happens to all of us. In the film, the American flag, in the hyperbolically American city of Las Vegas, literally litters most scenes. It is trampled, blanketed, torn and ignored for virtually the entire film, as the main characters go on their vision quest for the reality behind the symbol. Failing at that, they revel, albeit paranoically, in their drug-induced haze until, abruptly emerging into the glare of the desert, they are left with a feeling of satisfaction, despite not knowing how they've arrived at it. Count the commas.
He who makes a beast of himself
Gets rid of the pain
Of being a man.
—Dr. Johnson
The drug-driven self-reflective atavism becomes a rhythmic counterpoint to the ostensibly noble pursuit which Dr. Gonzo and Duke claim to be chasing. Yet even this itself is a very American situation. The pendulum between barbarism and decadence. When the film swings to the animal end it shows the more realistic aspects of Americana: violence, sex, rage and power. But here there are also moments of an almost primeval quiet, the quiet that Duke is constantly seeking and which seems to offer him continual epiphanies. At the famous "wave speech" Duke realizes that he's not going to find/beat the American Dream though he is now far too committed to simply give up. Perhaps his manic glee at the end of the film is the result of his realization that although he didn't beat the American Dream, he at least fought it to a draw.
And as serious as this review has been, the fact that this film and this book are comedies should not be neglected. In fact, the comedy is the icing on the cake in terms of the American-ness of the film. My mom would say that the film has a smart mouth, but the kind of lip it keeps giving is salty for a reason. Gilliam and Thompson knew they outcome was futile, so true to American form they cloak the deadly earnestness with a dismissive attitude. At some level we all feel that the truth lives with the barbarians and the ideals with the decadent; never shall the twain meet. Fear and Loathing is more ethnography than acid trip.
• Criterion Essay by J. Hoberman.
• Jacket copy for the book by Hunter S. Thompson.
• Fear Under The Microscope: A Comparison of the Terry Gilliam/Tony Grisoni and Alex Cox/Tod Davies screenplays for Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
• Gilliam Grisoni Screenplay.
• Tons of clips on YouTube.
• Lots of journalism on the film from the Las Vegas Sun.


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Business Reporter
ZimTrade will today conduct an export awareness training to over 20 banana producers in Honde Valley. The training aims to develop and enhance export skills of banana producers as well as inculcate a culture of formal and organised export trade.ZimTrade will also utilise this opportunity to unpack the trade agreements to which Zimbabwe is a signatory and to explain regulations which govern the exportation of bananas.
In a research conducted by USAID in 2014, it was established that Honde Valley has the capacity to produce 15 000 tonnes of bananas per annum, worth $4,5 million.
According to Trade Map, Zimbabwean banana exports have been fluctuating from $424 000 in 2011, $89 000 in 2012 and no exports were recorded in 2013. There was a slight recovery in 2014 when exports reached $72 000 in value. There are opportunities to grow our banana exports to countries such as Namibia and Botswana. The two are predominantly desert countries without commercial banana production.
From 2010-2014, the import bill for bananas for the two countries averaged $9 million per year with South Africa being the major supplier.


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Dave,Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
Do not take this the wrong way, but I am less than half of your age and I still remember most of these phrases.
sadly enough, I still see some "curb feelers" on the east side of town and I have a "steering knob" on my front loader and dump truckOriginally Posted by FunnyWheels
My brother and I were just talking about that last week how my grandfathers car had a filler panel about 18" long between the decklid and the chrome bumper so the fiberglass spare cover could be proudly displayed in between.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
I still refer to them as an "E-brake" which is following todays shorthand for everything like when you get some KFC and watch a DVD.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
I dont recall that but when I was little my father had a big chrome foot print for a gas pedal.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
I used to ride in the bed of dad's Ford Highboy with the newspaper and the garbage cans though.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
"Store-bought" comes up quite a bit at holiday dinners, but mostly as a cheap shot refering to my aunt Nancy's laziness rather than baking from scratch.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
Yeah, world wide is not too exciting any more. Heck, I can ship something "world-wide" in 3 days for $20 now.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
I ripped up all of the carpeting in my house a year or so ago to replace it but found nice finished hardwood underneath. Now there is no carpeting at all in our house, not even throw rugs.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
Now you accidentally "knock-up" your girlfriend and life only changes a little. It is so commonplace now that nobody even looks twice. I've heard of stories how the single mothers were driven to the outskirts of town many years ago.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
Now, the majority of marriages end in divorce(54%) and the words "Marriage" or "commitment" are seen less, even if you "knock-up" your girlfriend.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
I must be to young for that one.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
"Rat Fink" makes me think of crazy one of a kind acid-induced automotive designs.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
That one is new to me too.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
What about "Wonka-vision"?Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
Although I have never had the pleasure, I was threatened with a table spoon of the stuff when I was young.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels
Sadly, I have not had "supper" with the family since my father passed away in 1988 when I was eight years old.Originally Posted by FunnyWheels


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 I promote my own project (Jellybean) occasionally, but I think other people put up with it because I also occasionally give good answers. We try to accept everyone here, but sometimes people want you to earn the right to do things a little differently.
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Michigan Wolverines Football: Looking Forward to 2010....November 24, 2009
Man was that a roller coaster of a season. Starting 4-0. Finishing 1-7. Awful in the Big Ten. The collapse of the defense. The relative flat-lining of the offense. Just how disappointing was it? According to our fan poll, which closed a few weeks ago on Oct. 29, only two percent of us thought that the Wolverines would finish 5-7.
Forty-seven percent thought we'd finish 7-5 and 25 percent thought we'd finish 8-4. Ugh. The excitement. The disappointment. Goodbye 2009.
The good news is Rich Rodriguez will be back for 2010 (barring some crazy NCAA finding). That's good for team unity, stability, and recruiting. We'll need a great class this year, and we know Rodriguez can recruit (except DTs). It looks like we're well on the way to getting a really good class. We obviously need to continue focusing on defensive players.
Assuming Donovan Warren stays at Michigan, we return the most starters of any school in the Big Ten. 18 out of 22 return. That's huge. But the biggest factor for our success, in my opinion, is how the development of this year's freshmen goes heading into 2010.
Sure, a few guys from the 2010 class will make an impact next Fall, but the biggest impact will be shoring up our 2-3 deep. As Coach has said, we need quality competition at every position. We won't get that unless the frosh develop properly this offseason.
Everyone says the biggest jump occurs between your first and second year. Tate needs to reduce his turnovers and improve ball security. Justin Turner needs to be in a position to compete for a starting corner spot next year. Teric Jones and J.T. Floyd need to be right there. Mike Jones and/or Brandon Hawthorne need to put on some bulk and step up their level of play.
As do Vladimir Emilien and Thomas Gordon. We absolutely must have more quality competition at LB and Safety, our two weakest positions in 2009. Anthony LaLota needs to push for the other DE spot (assuming he's not OL).
Taylor Lewan, Mike Schoefield, and Quinton Washington also have to have great off-seasons, put on the necessary size/muscle, and push for playing time.
The progression of this year's frosh will be the most important factor in my mind heading into 2010. The vast majority of our 18 starters will improve. But without quality competition behind them, the team will have new weaknesses in 2010. We need quality competition and we need it now.
Returning 18 guys is huge, but even more important is making sure that the guys underneath them will be pushing for playing time (and not the kind that occurs by default).


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Bristol, United Kingdom-based artist Filthy Luker has more than just a curious moniker. He has a talent for turning ordinary streets, parking lots, parks and corners into surreal forays of the imagination.
From tentacles popping out of buildings to trees with giant googly-eyes to over-sized banana peels splattered on the sidewalk, Luker puts a decidedly whimsical spin on everyday life.
What is perhaps most impressive about the street artist's work is the sheer scale of it. It's one thing to happen across some interesting graffiti or an odd sculpture, it's another to see tentacles that would be at home on a giant squid bursting out of buildings. Still, this is not to say that Luker's work is overbearing. Rather, it has all the imagination and curiosity one would expect from a life-size cartoon.
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www.office.com/setup Blogs: May's Customer of the Month is Melanie Hohertz, Online Communications Lead, Cargill.
I've been supporting Yammer as a work platform for Cargill for almost a year. We're early in our adoption, but it's been an amazing experience. I am learning, daily, how Yammer can change the way people and teams work and add value in a company that is more than 140,000 strong and spread throughout 65 countries. Our network will pass 10,000 members soon and already, you can't stump us on anything. From food to agriculture to financial and industrial products and services, Yammer is helping Cargill use what Cargill knows, and that's a lot.
Yammer can connect people across silos based on organization, geography and hierarchy. I've seen customer reps talking directly to product management, and senior leaders listening to recently-hired employees. We have new ways to realize the power of our communities of practice to speed up ideation and action. Sure, we still have a long road ahead before Yammer is as ubiquitous and instinctive as e-mail, but we throw a heck of a YamJam, and the signal-to-noise ratio in our network is beautiful.
Bottom line, we bought Yammer to save money, make money, and create opportunity. All these hard benefits depend on engagement. I consult with and train business units, teams and key stakeholders throughout Cargill to set objectives and support people in understanding why, how and when to work differently. Change is a process, and while resistance is guaranteed, you'll also see colleagues grabbing hold of these new tools and creating value their way.
I believe in social collaboration. I feel it has the power to harness people's energy and expertise, optimize workflow, connect virtual communities, drive value for shared services, revitalize communications and company events, and enable personal development and mentoring.
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NASHUA, N.H., May 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/– SkillSoft PLC (Nasdaq: SKIL), a leading provider of enterprise e-learning, announced the winners of SkillSoft's annual Excellence in e-Learning Awards on April 21 at the company's Perspectives conference. Each year, SkillSoft recognizes individuals and organizations that have demonstrated innovation, significant business results, leadership, and other accomplishments in enterprise learning. The award winners were announced at a special dinner hosted by SkillSoft and presented by SkillSoft executives Jerry Nine, chief operating officer, Chuck Moran, president and CEO, and Greg Priest, chief strategy officer and chairman of the board.
Winners of the 2004 Excellence in e-Learning Awards are:
- E-Learning Leadership: Deloitte's internal learning initiatives were recognized for innovation, thought leadership, and business impact. Today, approximately 80% of Deloitte's learning is delivered electronically. The company has established industry-leading best practices in blended learning curriculum to achieve cost efficiencies, reach global employee audiences, and support strategic business initiatives. The breadth and depth of Deloitte's learning resources are instrumental in the ongoing skill development of its professionals and its ability to attract and retain the "best of the best." Accepting the award were Candy Haynes, director of consulting learning U.S., and Tony Gleeson, global e-learning leader for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu.
- Industry Achievement: Jim Malanson, director of global development for HP Services Workforce Development. Malanson was one of the first executives to recognize the value of enterprise distance learning for a global workforce. His teams have relied on e-learning to deliver training designed for ongoing skill development, to facilitate business change resulting from mergers and acquisitions, and to keep pace with an aggressive competitive climate. Today, HP's learning audience exceeds 65,000 employees.
- Instant Learning: Deloitte was recognized for its use of informal learning throughout the organization – 110,000 employees in 150 countries. In addition to supporting the "instant" information needs of professionals, Deloitte has incorporated online Referenceware(R) in strategic learning initiatives for Six Sigma and performance coaching. Candy Haynes, director of consulting learning U.S., and Tony Gleeson, global e-learning leader for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, accepted the award
- Training Administrator of the Year: Two winners for this category were announced: Maureen McCormick, director of learning and development for The University of Iowa, and Abbie Edwards, senior manager of MCI Technical Training Center.
In response to a variety of business challenges, Edwards and her staff have built a distance learning program to provide timely, quality technical training to MCI employees, with a special focus on MCI's 10,000 employees involved in operations and technology. Last year, the MCI Technical Training Center offered training programs in MCI systems, safety, networking, DXC, routers/switches, transport, protocols, programming, fiber, power, operating systems and IP technologies – most of which was delivered through televised broadcasts, interactive web broadcasts, and self-paced learning.
"We are proud to recognize the achievements of these SkillSoft clients," said Jerry Nine. "These organizations truly represent the 'best of the best' in enterprise learning and offer the industry outstanding examples of how learning can successfully address business challenges and deliver significant business impact."
SkillSoft's Perspectives user conference, held in Orlando from April 21 – 23, was attended by more than 200 client organizations.
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Content offerings include SkillSoft's Business Skills Library and IT Skills and Certification Library; ITPro, BusinessPro, FinancePro, and OfficeEssential Referenceware collections by Books24x7; and health and safety compliance courseware by GoTrain.
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As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead) skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.
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Windows 8 – Feature – File Historyon June 12, 2013 at 10:16 am
Windows 8 includes an awesome File History feature, it can regularly and automatically back up your libraries, desktop, contacts and favourites to a second drive (even a Removable flash drive – just plug it in, then choose 'Configure this drive for backup using File History').
To set this up, go to Control Panel > System and Security > File History. Click Exclude Folders to help define what you're saving, Advanced Settings to choose the backup frequency, Change Drive to choose the backup destination, and Turn On to enable the feature with your settings.
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Who doesn't love spring? It's a great time of year that brings about blossoming flowers and trees, warmer weather and a sense of renewal. It also means that more families are going on vacations, and the lazy days of summer are just around the corner.
Despite all of the great things that spring has to offer, unfortunately it is also a time when crime is on the rise. This is particularly true of home break-ins. Spring is a good time to begin looking at the best security systems, and considering the possibility of security system installation.
SecuritySystemReviews.com, a site dedicated to providing consumers with comprehensive information about the world of home security, created a list of tips on home security specifically for the spring season.
1. Choose your hedges wisely. It's a good idea to put bushes and shrubbery under windows that have some sort of prickles, such as holly bushes, because this type of vegetation will serve as a deterrent to would-be burglars. All bushes and trees located around a home should also be trimmed carefully during their growth season in the spring. If a home is shrouded by the cover of bushes and trees, or looks like it isn't well cared for, it can be seen as a target for criminals.
2. When spring cleaning, consider do it yourself home security systems. A home with a security system is over 300% less likely to be broken into than a home without a security system, and spring is a great time to consider installing your own security system. A DIY system is a cheap security system that makes a nice alternative to more expensive systems installed by professional companies.
3. Keep your lawn well-manicured and weed-free. Just as unruly trees and bushes can make a home a target, so can a lawn that is full of weeds or overgrown. It may be a sign to would-be burglars that the residents of the home are away, so even if you are planning to be away, hire someone to mow your lawn and keep your home looking as if someone is present and taking care of the area.
4. During your spring cleaning, take inventory of all valuable items in the home. In the event of a robbery, the best way to have a chance of recovering stolen items or having insurance cover losses is to have a detailed inventory that includes pictures of all valuables.
5. Keep doors and windows locked. This may seem self-explanatory, but during spring, homeowners often become so excited about the warm weather that this is something they forget to do. Even when at home, it's best to keep doors and windows locked, no matter how tempting it may be to enjoy a warm breeze.
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During the Quaternary Glacial, Color Pearl was collected by glacier carrying cobbles in various colors, and came out after millions of years deposition. All of our products have passed rigorous tests, such as CE and ASTM. Since it is famous for its rich color, clear pattern, high density and original nature, Color Pearl has been well accepted by our customers at home and abroad, and also been widely used in the design of large gardens, fancy hotels, luxury clubs, private villas and so on.
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Minwax makes a hardner that works on soft wood or wood that I would call rotten. It works very well and I have seen vases turned after it was used and you could not tell it had been treated. I don't know if it would work in your case as the wood has to been sumerged in it overnight and as was said it could get real expensive.
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Can you recover files from a formatted hard drive? How to recover formatted files from external hard drive? how to recover data from a reformatted hard drive? Lost files after desktop/laptop computer reformat? It is possible to undo Windows hard drive/memory card/USB device reformat and recover formatted photos videos documents music data.
When storage like hard disk/memory card/USB is formatted, system marks the space as free to use, so that all space of HDD/memory card/USB can be used to save new files. The actual data are still there. So it is possible to scan the memory card and get back formatted data.
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You may skip this step if you recover files from desktop/laptop internal hard drive.
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[notice]2012-09-07 – Note that I've added a more robust version of this function into SPServices v0.7.2, which at this writing is in beta but will be released soon. See the docs for SPFindPeoplePicker.[/notice]
I was working with several People Pickers in a form for a client project last week where I needed to set or get their values at various times in the page lifecycle. These things are pesky little compound controls, I often need to find them in the page, and I get tired of writing new script every time I want to do it. I've posted in the past about how to get the value with JavaScript, set the value with JavaScript, set one with jQuery, and more. It seemed high time to just write a little function to give me everything I needed in one go.
Here's what I came up with:
[important]UPDATE 2012-04-24 – I made a dumb mistake by using :contains() in the selector for thisRow, which occasionally returned unwanted results. I fixed it with the .filter() function below.[/important]
// Find a People Picker in the page // Returns references to: // row - The TR which contains the People Picker (useful if you'd like to hide it at some point) // contents - The element which contains the current value // currentValue - The current value if it is set // checkNames - The Check Names image (in case you'd like to click it at some point) $.fn.findPeoplePicker = function(options) { var opt = $.extend({}, { peoplePickerDisplayName: "", // The displayName of the People Picker on the form valueToSet: "", // The value to set the People Picker to. Should be a string containing each username or groupname separated by semi-colons. checkNames: true // If set to true, the Check Names image will be clicked to resolve the names }, options); // Find the row containing the People Picker var thisRow = $("nobr").filter(function() { return $(this).text() == opt.peoplePickerDisplayName; }).closest("tr"); var thisContents = thisRow.find("div[Title='People Picker']"); var thisCheckNames = thisRow.find("img[Title='Check Names']:first"); if(opt.valueToSet.length > 0) thisContents.html(opt.valueToSet); if(opt.checkNames) thisCheckNames.click(); var thisCurrentValue = thisContents.text(); return {row: thisRow, contents: thisContents, currentValue: thisCurrentValue, checkNames: thisCheckNames}; }
This function doesn't just find the People Picker in the form, it also allows you to set it and, if you choose, click the Check Names image automagically. It also returns a JSON object which contains references to the important elements which make up the People Picker so that you can work with them later. Unfortunately, the only thing I can key on to find the darn things in the page is the <nobr> element which contains the DisplayName of the column. There's just not anything else in the People Pickers which distingishes them from each other other than the standard comment, like so:
<!-- FieldName="Site Contact" FieldInternalName="Site_x0020_Contact" FieldType="SPFieldUser" -->
Uising that comment has always seemed even less reliable to me than the DisplayName, even though I select for it in SPServices in several places. (If I'm missing something, please let me know.)
Here are a few example calls:
// Set the Site Contact to the current user siteContactPeoplePicker = $().findPeoplePicker({ peoplePickerDisplayName: "Site Contact", valueToSet: $().SPServices.SPGetCurrentUser() }); // Find the Stakeholders People Picker in the form for later us stakeholdersPeoplePicker = $().findPeoplePicker({ peoplePickerDisplayName: "Stakeholders", checkNames: false });
In the first call, I'm setting the Site Contact to the current user and resolving the name. In the second call, I'm getting references to the important objects for the StakeHolders People Picker so that I can set the value variably later, like so:
// Set the Stakeholders column value stakeholdersPeoplePicker.contents.html(stakeholderNames); stakeholdersPeoplePicker.checkNames.click();
I think some variation of this would be helpful to add to SPServices, even though it has nothing to do with the Web Services. Would you use it? What else would you want it to do?


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If you talk to policy makers, insurers, employers and even patients themselves, each knows that a perfect solution is in short-supply. However, there is a need to do something different, and fast. Rising health care costs have created by a perfect storm: our aging population and the increase in (sometimes) preventable illnesses such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease, and add to that the increasing cost of medical advancements that we have come to expect.
Twenty percent of the population accounts for 80 percent of healthcare expenditures [according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 5 percent of the population accounts for almost half (49%) of total health care expenses.]. Most of the expense comes from conditions where lifestyle and prevention have a heavy hand. The majority of the expense comes from ER visits, hospital re-admissions and medication for chronic, preventable illness. This doesn't account for loss of income, economic hardships on families, loss of productivity and most certainly not missed quality of life.
A recent medical study done by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, said that by 2020 there could be a 60% obesity rate in the State of Ohio. We could potentially be raising the first generation of children who will not outlive their parents because of the obesity problem. And if we only dealt with the child obesity piece and the metabolic syndrome by which we can determine, seven years in advance of when diabetes is going to occur, we could take $850 billion dollars out of the healthcare dollars spent, like that. If we took smoking, that would reduce another $400 billion in spending, and all we did was change two behaviors."
All this requires a fundamental change in the nation and our thinking about healthcare. At Akron General, we've made that leap. And our ideas are spreading beyond northeast Ohio. Other healthcare providers, insurers and employers are seeing the future also.
The nation can no longer rely on the acute care model. Akron General has pioneered the wellness prevention model in our area, and the lessons we learned can apply all across this country. Our current advertising campaign is "Knowledge Is Power." But what that is really about is innovation. And what healthcare systems need to be about is not just about taking care of the sick, but about being innovative. And our collective knowledge can lead to new ways to thinking about healthcare and to innovations that will manage costs while improving our lives.
There's a personal piece in this, the patients must change, the payers must all be involved. And to deal with this on a governmental level only looking at the payers' side, only is covering one leg of that three-legged stool. It's all of our problem, folks, but it can be changed. And I think it can be by changing from a sick care model to a well care model. At Akron General, we are proving that every day one patient and one LifeStyle member at a time, and that is how we can afford to stay healthy.
(Excerpted from Dr. Stover's Akron Roundtable Address, October 18, 2012)
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'Listen to Jesus,' Pope Francis preaches during parish visit
March 17, 2014
Pope Francis visited Santa Maria dell'Orazione, a parish on the outskirts of Rome, where he met with the sick and disabled, members of the Neocatechumenal Way, and groups of children and parents.
After hearing confessions, the Pope offered Sunday Mass and delivered an extemporaneous homily. "The first duty of a Christian is to listen to the Word of God, to listen to Jesus, because He speaks to us and He saves us with His Word-- and with His word, He also makes our faith stronger, more robust," the Pope preached. "Listen to Jesus!"
Further information:
- Visita Pastorale Alla Parrocchia Romana Di Santa Maria Dell'Orazione A Setteville Di Guidonia (Holy See Press Office)
- Visit to the Roman Parish of "Santa Maria dell'Orazione" (YouTube)
- Pope Francis on parish visit: "Listen to Jesus!" (Vatican Radio)
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These (products) represent just the forerunners of the comprehensive health platform that we have in our pipeline.
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MonaVie, a global leader in premium nutrition products made from the rarest ingredients in the world, announced the promotion of two of its executives, Katy Holt-Larsen to Vice President of North America and Dr. Shawn Talbott to Chief Science Officer.
Dr. Shawn Talbott, Chief Science Officer
As the new Chief Science Officer, Dr. Shawn Talbott will advocate and head MonaVie's global product strategy and product development efforts. He is a well-known scientist and expert in metabolism, weight loss, sports nutrition and human performance. His mission is to champion the development of high quality health products that make people feel better, look better and perform better.
In January 2012, he joined MonaVie as Vice President of Research and Product Development. He was responsible for developing and overseeing the creation of new products and MonaVie's research efforts to provide credible, third-party validation of MonaVie products.
"With MonaVie now having the ability to influence millions of people's lives in 24 markets around the world, it is vitally important that we have someone who can help us identify our core values and global product strategy," says MonaVie Founder Dallin A. Larsen. "Dr. Talbott is a well-known and respected scientist with the perfect experience and skill set to lead MonaVie into its next phase of strategic product innovation."
"I'm looking forward to this expanded role to help MonaVie deliver positive change to the lives of millions of people around the world," said Dr. Shawn Talbott. "I think MonaVie is in an extremely unique position to develop innovative products and health platforms that are coordinated globally. For example, our superfruit juices, our RVL weight management line and our VIEW Antioxidant Scanner are already category leaders—but these represent just the forerunners of the comprehensive health platform that we have in our pipeline. MonaVie is truly poised for a period of unprecedented growth, with a range of cutting edge new products leading the way."
Katy Holt-Larsen, VP of North America
In her newly appointed role as VP of North America for MonaVie, Katy Holt-Larsen will be working alongside MonaVie Founder, Chairman and CEO Dallin A. Larsen to create and drive strategy and run daily operations for the entire North America market. Formerly, Katy served as the Executive Director of MORE Project, MonaVie's charity, a position she retains.
Katy has more than 15 years of experience in organization and leadership development. Prior to joining MORE Project in 2005, she was the director of training, development and quality assurance at a well-known online retail company, and was responsible for the creation of learning 2.0 strategy and online learning. Before 2005, Katy worked with Fortune 500 companies around the world as an external consultant to implement knowledge management strategy solutions.
Katy explained why she chose to be part of MonaVie when she said, "I was drawn to MonaVie because of its compelling vision: A More Meaningful Life. I have worked closely with the executives, distributors at every level and with employees for close to five years now, and am humbled by the quality of individuals MonaVie attracts—people who care deeply about their families, their friends, their God and about changing lives; people who work hard day after day to achieve their dreams; people who give from their hearts to those in need. We are a community."


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I am beginning a search for family of Oliver Friar.My grandfather was born Oliver Friar on 12-5-1893. However, His mother, Nora Eaton died soon after.HE was taken in by Sterry family in Kent, CT. and his named changd to Lewis E. Sterry. His birth father is listed as Oliver D. Friar b. 1859.
Oliver D. Friar's father was Oliver Friar of NY., born 1815.He was married to an Eliza ODell.This is the info that I have so far.Would love to hear from you if you have info or think we could be related.


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In November after a normal weight lifting session I had severe pain in my left testicle on the bottom (doesn't feel like the testicle but the sack), previously it happen around four years ago out of nowhere. The pain subsided like it did the years before but I went to the doctor in December and he ruled out torsion but said it was a possible it was a hernia. He told me no strenuous activities until I go see a specialist and to wear briefs to strengthen. From December until my urologist appointment april 12, the discomfort went away but often times came back at random and lasted from hours to days. Lately however the discomfort has been lingering and it only goes away if I take a pain reliever like Motrin.
I took a weight lifting class in high school for two years in a row and didn't have any pain or discomfort what so ever
So I went to a urologist yesterday and he said it wasn't a hernia and explained something to the effect of a small tear (the example he gave was similar to this) "like when your eating a piece of chicken and when you get closer to the bone, the meat on the bone doesn't come off easily, but you have to tear it off". As for a cure for the daily discomfort he said just take a pain reliever like Motrin and that I can start to exercise again. So am I going to have to live with this discomfort of should I seek a third opinion ?
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Newport Shores
Newport Shores is located just across Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) from the Pacific Ocean. It is a small community of just 440 homes, and is surrounded by the Newport Salt March Wildlife Preserve, which many residents refer to as simply "the canal".
Newport Shores homes range from those homes built originally in the 1960′s, to homes which have been highly remodeled and updated to homes that are completely custom and newly built. Some of the homes have ocean views, and a small portion of the residents are fortunate enough enjoy homes along the canal and the wildlife which comes to visit. The homes along the canal come at a premium for obvious reasons.
Despite very low association dues, Newport Shores has many amenities including a recently rebuilt clubhouse (which can be rented for private parties), an olympic size pool, volleyball court, tennis court and basketball court. The community also enjoys several holiday parties and planned events throughout the year.
I have been fortunate enough to live in four Newport Shores Homes, and my favorite annual activity was the Newport Shores Fourth of July celebration, which featured a bike parade through the community on our decorated bikes, swimming, and watermelon seed spitting contest. We spent hours the night before each July 4th decorating our bikes.
There is shopping and several restaurants to choose from right along PCH, including Newport Burgers, which has been part of the neighborhood for years.
Childen who are residents of Newport Shores typically attend Newport Elementary School, Horace Ensign Intermediate School and Newport Harbor High School.
Please see the map below for homes currently for sale in Newport Shores.
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If you would like information about buying or selling a homes in Newport Shores, please call me at 714-319-9751.
For more information about Newport Beach, please see the City of Newport Beach.


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The Daniel Nguyen 'Scopes of Disposition' editorial features a multitude of eccentric wardrobe selects. Styled to perfection, this bold portrait series shines a spotlight on wild wig accessories.
From untamed turquoise coifs to chic and sophisticated bobs, this fashion-forward shoot explores a variety of fashion fads, popular in different eras. Lensed by the fashion photographer Daniel Nguyen, this editorial spread is captured inside a residential setting.
Looking as though she's playing dress-up, the shoot's starring model poses in different rooms, decked out in a mix of eclectic ensembles. From bold prints to sleek tailoring, this eccentric spread is a contemporary take on the vibrant style of the past. Paying homage to the electric hues of the 80s and the sleek style of 60s mod fame, the Daniel Nguyen Scopes of Disposition editorial is bold and dynamic.
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Prevent Injuries and Extend Your Season
Endurance athletes often get overuse injuries. We want to do too much too soon, throw in too much speed work or just log way more miles than the muscles and joints can handle. The body will try to adapt, but if it's too much, it


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Not only do we have terrestrial ghosts, goblins and other costumed characters roaming the streets Thursday evening, but there are also celestial signs of Halloween lurking in the night sky.
I want to show you some tricks to find some of the great treats in the sky. You may want to pull out the full October star map from my website www.lynchandstars.com.
My first Halloween treat in the Northwest sky is the bright star Arcturus. In fact, it's the brightest star in the entire evening sky this time of year. It's a great Halloween star because of its orange color that's easily seen early in the evening. As soon as it's dark enough, look for it just above the low west-northwest horizon.
Astronomically the great pumpkin star Arcturus is considered to be a bloated red giant star near the end of its life. Within a billion years or so it will gravitationally shrivel down to a white dwarf star.
Arcturus is haunting us from distance of 214 trillion miles.
There's an extended ghostly image in the heavens known as the Milky Way Band. Now, all of the stars that we see in the sky at any time are all part of our Milky Way Galaxy, but if you're lucky enough to be celestially trick-or-treating away from heavy city lighting, you'll see that ghostly band of light running roughly from the northern horizon through the zenith and onto the southern horizon.
This band is made up of the combined light of billions of stars. You're peering into the plane of the 100,000 light-year diameter disk-shaped spiral of stars we call our own home galaxy.
My favorite Milky Way lore comes from American Indian tribes. They considered the band to be the collective light of the campfires of souls taking a break for the night on their way to heaven.
Next on my list is another ghostly image, but it's so small and dim that you'll have to dig for it a bit with a pair of binoculars or a small telescope to see it unless you're well out in the countryside far from city lights.
Even then it will only appear as a tiny faint cloud patch. It's the Andromeda Galaxy, the next door neighbor to our Milky Way Galaxy, a mere 2.5 million light-years away, and is perched in the eastern evening sky.
Just one light-year equals almost 6 trillion miles. That's a six with 12 zeros after it.
On the October sky map you'll see that it's above the constellation Andromeda, which is attached to the great square of the constellation Pegasus, the winged horse.
My final but favorite Halloween treat is the Pleiades Star Cluster.
Anyone can see it no matter how much city light you have, unless maybe you're in some kind of super bright megastore parking lot.
Just look in the low east-northeast sky a little later in the evening this week, about 9 p.m., and you'll spot it on the rise.
At first glance it resembles a shrunken Little Dipper, or Big Dipper for that matter.
Many cultures of old believed that when this cluster of stars reached its highest point in the night sky this time of year that disasters, wars, plagues or whatever were soon to follow.
Hopefully no disasters are in the wings for you when you see this bright cluster on the rise it the east. Be careful out there Thursday night.
The Pleiades are also called the Seven Little Sisters cluster because, according to Greek mythology, these seven stars represented the seven weeping daughters of the old god Atlas, who was being forced by newer gods like Zeus and others to hold the whole world up on his shoulders.
Even though it's called the Seven Little Sisters there's really only six stars of the cluster that you can easily see with the naked eye.
With a pair of binoculars or a small telescope you can see many, many more stars. Astronomically the Pleiades is a cluster of young stars that formed together about 100,000 years ago, located a little more than 400 light-years from Earth.
Mike Lynch is an astronomer and professional broadcast meteorologist for WCCO Radio in Minneapolis and is author of "Stars, a Month by Month Tour of the Constellations." Check his website, www.lynchandthestars.com.
The Everett Astronomical Society: www.everettastro.org/.


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AUDIO: Lincoln Davis Tells Tennessee's Congressional Republicans to Stop Playing Politics and Avoid Pushing Constituents Over Fiscal Cliff
December 31, 2012 by Matt Mullen
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This morning Congressman Lincoln Davis held a statewide press call to urge Tennessee members of Congress to act in the best interests of the middle-class Tennesseans they claim to represent. Congressman Davis was joined by veteran, Bob Tuke, small business owner, Earik Beann, and Tennessee State Director for The Action, Justin Wilkins. Listen: http://tnca.org/audio/davis-fiscalcall-31dec2012.mp3 Congress […]


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Among the most widely known and unanimously beloved NFB documentaries, Wolf Koenig's Lonely Boy is a behind the scenes portrait of the then 19-year-old superstar singer and songwriter, Paul Anka. The film was produced by the NFB's highly influential Unit B known for their experimentations with documentary form and for taking advantage of the latest portable technology, creating reflexive works of direct cinema. Capturing Anka at the onset of his promising career, the film takes a sly look at the exploitative commodification of pop stars and the superficiality of celebrity, cleverly figuring him as a tragic figure rather than a success story.
Free Victoria Day ScreeningsTo honour the birthday of our cinema's patron, the late Ted Rogers, we present free screenings of four landmark Canadian documentaries in partnership with TIFF's Canada on Screen program.
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2017 Social Media Cheat Sheet
The new year is underway and as you set out to execute your business plans it's always nice to look over your presence online and make sure your business is being represented to the best of its abilities. From the proper dimensions on your profile images to the ideal time to post content, there is a science to this digital world. Fresh from the good people at SWM. Here's a convenient cheap sheet you can cross reference your activity with to get the most out of all the major platforms. Just hit the jump for the full sheet.
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Economic Systems Market Command Traditional Mixed Most resources and businesses are owned by private citizens.
Business owners keep the profits they earn.
Economic questions are answered by people as they participate in the economy. The government owns most of the property, natural resources, and businesses.
The government makes basic economic decisions.
The government also sets prices of goods and what people earn for their work. Economic decisions are based on custom and tradition. Elements of more than one of the other economic systems are used to make economic decisions. The way that a society answers its three basic economic questions. What are the basic economic questions? Economic Questions What to produce? For whom to produce? How to produce? What is an economic system? What kinds of goods and services should be produced? What resources are used to produce goods and services? Who gets to have the goods and services? Give answers to Describes how the economy of a society or country is organized. There are not enough productive resources to provide all the resources or goods wanted by citizens of a country. Scarcity: natural resources
labor resources
capital resources Determines how a country will use its productive resources. A main feature of the U.S. economy is the economic freedom given to private companies. Businesses are allowed to make the majority of economic decisions decide what and how much the U.S. economy produces. This economic freedom is enhanced by relatively low levels of government regulation and involvement in business, as well as a federal court system that protects private individual's right to their property and enforces contracts. Today, the United States is home to 29.6 million small businesses, 30% of the world's millionaires, 40% of the world's billionaires, as well as 139 of the world's 500 largest companies.
The United States has many mineral resources and fertile farm soil, and it is fortunate to have a moderate climate. It also has extensive coastlines on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, as well as on the Gulf of Mexico. Rivers flow from far within the continent, and the Great Lakes provide additional shipping access. These waterways have helped shape the country's economic growth over the years and helped bind America's 50 individual states together in a single economic unit. American economy?
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God has established boundaries in His creation and for people. Man comes along and establishes legalisms that are not of God.
(NASB) Luke 4:40 "While the sun was setting"¦"
In the traditions of the elders (in the Jewish faith) the Sabbath prohibitions started at sunset and ended at sunset. People were not to travel more than 2/3 of a mile or carry a burden on the Sabbath. God never gave these laws. He did establish a Sabbath rest "" for people to be renewed.
I am legalistic, God is not. In desiring to do what God says, some set stringent limits where God does not. His limits are for people"™s best. His boundaries (and He has set boundaries) give room to move.
The people began to bring those needing healing "˜While the sun was setting"¦"™
(NASB) Luke 4:40 "all those who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him; and laying His hands on each one of them, He was healing them."
Jesus is not limited, He is able to heal all illnesses. Notice that He tended to each person as an individual. He did not wave His hands and heal all of them at once. Individuals are of great worth in the sight of God "" and He expends His time and energy to heal individuals.
Jesus heals people, one at a time. So we can know that when we go to Jesus He gives us His undivided attention. Jesus focuses on you and me (yet, He is so great, that He can do this for any number at one time!).
(NASB) Luke 4:41 "Demons also were coming out of many, shouting, "˜You are the Son of God!"™ But rebuking them, he would not allow them to speak, because they knew Him to be the Christ."
Demons demanded attention and determined to draw attention to Messiah as a deterrent to His ministry and His mission.
For this reason, Jesus rebuked the demons from shouting out His title and relationship to God.
What distracts you from believing in Jesus?
What distracts you from asking Jesus
for His healing and help?