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The Financial Crisis and the Regulation of Finance
Edited by Christopher J. Green, Eric J. Pentecost and Tom Weyman-Jones
Chapter 7: Implementing the Macroprudential Approach to Financial Regulation and Supervision
Claudio Borio
Claudio Borio INTRODUCTION1 Banking and regulatory issues have always been central to David Llewellyn's illustrious career as an academic, policy advisor and public servant. He has proved to be a particularly acute observer of trends in the banking industry (Llewellyn, 1999a). Above all, he always explored those trends not in the abstract, but with the objective of deriving implications for public policy. It is this natural inclination to pursue the public interest, I think, that explains his strong focus on regulation and supervision (Llewellyn, 1986, 1999b and Goodhart et al., 1998). In analysing these issues and in drawing policy prescriptions, Llewellyn's trademark has been a distinct and effortless mix of intellectual rigour and British pragmatism. We have all learnt a lot from him. In what follows, I develop some reflections on a theme in regulation and supervision that has come to prominence in the wake of the recent financial crisis. Recent international reports have recommended that financial regulatory and supervisory frameworks strengthen their macroprudential orientation (G20, 2009 and de Larosière et al., 2009). The term has become so well accepted that, paraphrasing Milton Friedman, one could say that 'we are all macroprudentialists now'. And yet, a decade ago, the term was barely used and it would have been hard for supervisors to recognise that their tasks involved a significant macroprudential dimension, let alone that it would have been desirable to strengthen it. In fact, the term is not new. At the Bank of International Settlements (BIS), its usage goes...
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Prayer & Worship
Below is a variety of Pro-Life prayers the faithful are encouraged to pray.
Pro-Life Rosaries
- A Rosary for Life: The Glorious Mysteries
- A Rosary for Life: The Joyful Mysteries
- A Rosary for Life: The Sorrowful Mysteries
- A Rosary for Life: The Luminous Mysteries
- Pro-Life Rosary Prayer Intentions
- Intercesiones del Rosario pro Vida
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, I love you very much. I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of abortion.Spiritual Adoption Prayer of Venerable Fulton Sheen
Intercessory Prayers
Saint Gianna Beretta Molla was a physician, surgeon and pediatric doctor. She devoted her life-work to the medical field, especially in regards to mothers, babies, the elderly and poor. Pregnant with her fourth child, she developed a fibroma on her uterus and refused an abortion, which doctor's claimed would save her life. Instead, she chose to save her baby's life, which she did, but lost her own seven days later. At her canonization Mass, Pope Saint John Paul II described her as a "significant messenger of divine love." Today Gianna is known as the patron saint of mothers, physicians, and unborn children. (Condensed excerpt from Pray More Novenas, St. Gianna Beretta Molla Novena)
Novena for intercession of St. Gianna Beretta Molla
Litany of St. Gianna Beretta Molla
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Whoever thought that there might be a decline in the number of racing games, May 2010 has showed us that is far from reality. May among being one of the best months of gaming in recent memory, also is jam packed full of arcade racers. Today we are checking out Split/Second from Black Rock Studio the developers behind the very popular ATV racer Pure which came out a few years back. Now going into the arcade car racing genre, does Split/Second have what it takes to compete in a very crowded field? Read our full review to find out.
When I first put in Split/Second I came into it with an empty slate. I had heard very little about the game and had not seen very much coverage of the game from the major outlets. As I mentioned at the onset of this review, this has been a packed first half of 2010 so it's not surprising that some games might get overlooked. In all honesty that all changed the moment I started my first race in Split/Second where I saw the mayhem that was brought to life in this game.
I have seen my fair share of over the top arcade racers in my ten plus years of reviewing video games so I feel like I have a good idea of what to look for in this genre. With Split/Second you will notice right away that the action is fast and chaotic. You build up power by drifting, drafting, and of course getting as much air as possible off of jumps. This power is then used to reek havoc on the environment and by doing so taking out your opponents. I have to say the first few times I triggered these events it was breathtaking. Each of the eleven tracks in Split/Second has unique take downs that are all unique and quite stunning.
Split/Second has a single player campaign which is loosely (and I mean very loosely) tied to a reality TV show, but to be honest its just a rather cheap way of stringing races together. It's an alright premise and does its job in moving you through the games different tracks and for that it gets the job done. The other hook is the online play which isn't all that deep just giving the basic options to jump into a race. I did find that lag was at times detracted from the experience but that was neither a consistent issue nor one that plagued every race.
So flat out the racing in Split/Second is actually really good, in fact it's excellent. There is one glaring issue though and that is that Split/Second is sort of a one trick pony. After a couple of hours of playing through the game you quickly loose the excitement of the takedowns and it becomes a rather run of the mill arcade racing game.
Visually Split/Second is really on par if not even a little ahead of the curve when it comes to the representation on the track. First off the way that the environment literally crumbles before your eyes is quite impressive. I was also quite impressed by the fact that the game manages to really keep its head above water with a solid frame rate even when the action in the game becomes overwhelming.
Fun Factor
Split/Second is a blast for the first couple of hours, and its even more fun in those first couple of hours if you are playing with a friend. What happens unfortunately far too quickly however is that the game becomes saturated and the experiences that once got your blood pumping are now just part of the game. The experience though is still an enjoyable one, it manages to offer really good arcade racing that although may not have the lasting appeal still is quite enjoyable while it lasts.
Split/Second is one of those games that has a really solid concept and runs with it from start to finish. What ends up happening with this game though is that it looses that initial flare and ends up fizzling into a pretty standard arcade racing title. I do think Split/Second is worth a look, it makes for a great weekend game, and let's face it who doesn't love driving around and blowing stuff up.
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Siegecraft: Sticking to THEIR Line
The Mantra and the Mantra Approach work because, instead of showing our own inventiveness and our own macho, we simply throw the anti-whites logic right back at them.
I am still bemused by commenters who are frustrated by anti-whites saying race does not exist. ōIf race doesnÆt exist, why is it that for only white majority countries you demand massive immigration and assimilation?ö
And donÆt let them escape that point.
In 1860 the Southern senators should have kept their seats. They could have said to the North, ōWell, you say we are still in the Union. Until you come to your senses we will stay right here.ö
Can you imagine the difficulties of mounting a full-scale war against the South while a major portion of both Houses openly represented the South?
It never occurred to Southerners then.
And I remind you of what HAPPENED to Southerners then.
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The iconic line that forms, perhaps, one of the most gasp-worthy moments of cinema. Calm down nerds I know this line wasn't actually spoken by Darth Vader. But now that I have your attention, I'd like to direct you to a more Indian version of it:
That one line summarises most of the life of the average Indian, trying to act tough, like Nemo trying to act gangsta with the sharks. From a club to a school, I mean you could probably even trace this as far back as the Messiah. Remember when Jesus said, "OYE! TU JAANTA HAI MERA BAAP KAUN HAI ??!!", being the Son of God and stuff.
On a serious note, though, this little line of pseudo tough melodrama is a symbol of all the frustration that most of us have pent up in our psyche. Look around, you'll see more frustration per square inch than there was last year. Ask your parents, it'd have been exponentially less during their childhood. And so on.
All the things that were sold to you in the name of 'making your life easier' have turned against you. A dead phone battery, a punctured tire, a slow laptop, a bad road and that frigging lift under service!
And aside from these matters of materialism, there also lies the problem of the average Joe, who tries to push his limits at every step, but soon learns how even that has its limits.
Overspending to make an impression leads to fiscal trouble. Trying to get rid of that nagging guilt leads to alcoholism. Trying to justify that leads to shitty health and broken families. And that leads to more fiscal trouble. And the vicious cycle goes on.
It's this frustrated cycle that devours large swathes of the populace in this country. Road rage becomes as common as your use of the word 'like' in one sentence. Riots break out because some political leader had a better twirled moustache and whatnot. Finally, India gets called intolerant and shit.
And then there is the other half, those who misuse this Baap facility with impunity. The people who's baaps are in influential positions in the pecking order of society. Everyday you're flooded with stories of some politician's kid getting away with law breaking, or some traffic officer's kid driving underage and drunk, and getting away with it.
Although it is true that India hasn't invaded anyone in 10,000 years, but with the amount of acumen that our dear country holds, we could conquer the whole world. Seriously. We've all heard the American jokes on Asians being smarter than everyone else, haven't we? Why then, have we not been able to figure out for ourselves, that we could solve half of our life's problems just by taking shit a little easier. Being a little more relaxed. Not throwing fits when the driver in front of us is slower than we'd like him to be. Not getting mad when someone says something we don't like. Most of these things can be solved with a calm dialogue. We'd not be mad about people littering the road, spitting on walls, peeing where we walk, nah!
But we'll have our tits on fire if we are ever asked to wait for a table to eat. We find it easier to be one of them, the entropy just comes easy!
As much as you'd wish life was easy, for most of us it isn't. You have to wade through piles of competition, tons of literal and metaphorical shit to get anywhere in life, and that pisses you off. You try to choose the easy way out of everything. But when you find none, you get mad and you vent. Now I'm not making allusions to Marijuana or anything, but I am saying that if everyone would just calm the fuck down down for a second, our world would be a much safer, more peaceful and better place to live in. Everyone's baap can then get back to work that isn't about bailing their kids out of trouble.
Peace out.
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How To Say 'Blackwall' Audio
Phonetics For 'Blackwall'?
A Quick Overview of Blackwall
Blackwall is a station on Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in Blackwall in east London. The station is close to the northern entry to the Blackwall road tunnel under the Thames.
Blackwall station is on the Beckton branch of the DLR between Poplar and East Indiastations, and is in Travelcard Zone 2. The DLR station opened, with the Beckton Branch, on 28 March 1994.
- There was a previous station on the same site, called Poplar station, which was served by the London and Blackwall Railway from 6 July 1840 to 3 May 1926.
- Blackwall station on the London and Blackwall Railway was actually farther east.
- The location of these two stations on the London and Blackwall Railway can be seen in the bottom-right hand corner of the Map of Poplar, 1885, referred to under External links.
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Children and Church: Reflections in the Week after September 11th
Before I begin this sermon, I need to say that I have never felt the weight of the pulpit, or of being a minister, more than this week. Yesterday, as I worked on this sermon, I realized I was somewhat frantically trying to grasp all the news on the radio and in the newspaper, read all the sermons and letters coming from the Unitarian Universalist Association and the UU Service Committee, and reread everything I could think of related to children and church and hope. In short, I realized I was trying to figure out how to say everything, and how to say it perfectly, perhaps because I myself feel so much in need of all the right words just now.
And when I realized that, I took a breath and said to myself,
OK, Linda, time to practice what you preach. No one expects you to say everything, or to say anything perfectly; no one expects you to have all the answers. Say some of what you are thinking and feeling, and trust what you've learned so deeply over the past seven years--that the benevolent listeners of Peoples Church will forgive the gaps and mistakes and limitations. More than that, they will fill in the gaps and correct the mistakes and offer their own wisdom and love.
Truth is possible only in community, Linda, just like love.
And so I offer this sermon as one voice among all of ours--inside and outside of this congregation--seeking the path of truth, and one heart among all of ours seeking the path of love.
It seems ironic that, last Tuesday morning, I was set to pay close attention to an NPR story on education when Bob Edwards broke in with the news that a plane had hit the World Trade Center in New York City. I was looking forward to Susan Stamberg's interview with a young man just beginning his teaching career--a young man who had had very little interest in school until a high school teacher took a special interest in him. As I looked forward to the interview, I thought with gratitude of the teachers in our religious education program and all the adult volunteers who work with our children and youth--people who, like this young man's teacher and now this young man himself, make a difference for the better in our children's lives.
What moves me about this young teacher and the teacher who inspired him, and all the teachers and volunteers at Peoples Church, is that their care for our children is an exercise in hope. And now, just as the radio interview was interrupted by the horrible events of last Tuesday, so have our own lives and work been interrupted, and perhaps so has our hope.
Writer and teacher Scott Russell Sanders tells of a painful encounter he had with his son, Jesse, on a camping trip meant to bring them closer together ( Hunting for Hope: A Father's Journeys, Beacon Press, 1998). Instead Jesse, overwhelmed by his father's criticisms of the state of our world, accused his father of giving him despair.
"You've got me seeing nothing but darkness," [Jesse] tells me, his voice cracking with pain. "I have to believe there's a way we can get out of this mess. Otherwise what's the point? Why study, why work, why do anything if it's all going to hell?"
I cannot scour from my vision the darkness that troubles my son [Sanders goes on], because I have witnessed too much suffering and waste. I know too much about what humans are doing to one another and to the planet. I cannot answer Jesse's questions about hope, or [my daughter's], or those of my students, by pretending that I see no reasons for despair. Anyone who pays attention to the state of the world knows that we are in trouble. Anyone who looks honestly at the human prospect realizes that we face enormous challenges: population growth, environmental degradation, extinction of species, ethnic and racial strife, doomsday weapons, epidemic disease, drugs, poverty, hunger, and crime, to mention only a few. These stark realities press on my mind as I write. . . . (185)
These words of Scott Russell Sanders were published three years ago. At this moment it is not necessary to pay close attention to the state of the world to know we are in trouble. To all the enormous challenges Sanders names, and out of some of them, we add the horrors of the last week and the fears of what may yet come.
But Sanders goes on, and I believe would still go on, even after the events of this past week:
"[But] they are not the only realities, nor the most powerful nor durable ones. I see light shining in darkness. I live in hope" (185-186). But where, in the midst of all these problems and the events of last week, do we find hope? And how do we give hope to our children?
At a time in her own life when there was apparently little reason for hope, writer Anne Lamott found it in the congregation of St. Andrew Presbyterian Church ((Traveling Mercies: Some Thoughts on Faith, Pantheon Books, 1999).
When I was at the end of my rope [she writes], the people at St. Andrew tied a knot in it for me and helped me hold on. The church became my home in the old meaning of home--that it's where, when you show up, they have to let you in. They let me in. They even said, "You come back now" (100).
I do not know the particular circumstances that brought Anne Lamott to the end of her rope, though it sounds as if single parenthood and poverty may have been among them. But when Lamott, early in her pregnancy, announced to her congregation that she was going to have a baby, the congregation cheered. "They brought clothes," she adds, "they brought me casseroles to keep in the freezer, they brought me assurance that this baby was going to be a part of the family. And they began slipping me money" (101).
What makes the gifts of money in Lamott's story especially moving is that the congregation to which she belongs is full of people--many of them older, many of them African-American--with very little money themselves. Yet it was the older black women who slipped tens and twenties into Lamott's pockets, and one older black woman named Mary Williams who brought Lamott little plastic Baggies filled with dimes. Years later, she still does.
Mary doesn't know that professionally I'm doing much better now; she doesn't know that I no longer really need people to slip me money. But what's so dazzling to me, what's so painful and poignant, is that she doesn't bother with what I think she knows or doesn't know about my financial life. She just knows we need another bag of dimes, and that is why I make Sam go to church (104-105).
Anne Lamott doesn't need the dimes, but she and her son Sam need the kindness of people who give even more than they can afford out of love. I'm struck by the connection between this reflection on Mary William's dimes, which which Lamott ends her essay on "Why I Make Sam Go to Church," and the more general reflection with which she begins her essay and we began our service this morning. Let us hear those words again.
. . . I want to give [Sam] what I found in the world, which is to say a path and a little light to see by. Most of the people I know who have what I want--which is to say, purpose, heart, balance, gratitude, joy--are people with a deep sense of spirituality. They are people in community, who pray, or practice their faith; they are Buddhists, Jews, Christians, [Muslims]--people banding together to work on themselves and for human rights. They follow a brighter light than the glimmer of their own candle; they are part of something beautiful. . . . Our funky little church is filled with people who are working for peace and freedom, who are out there on the streets and inside praying, and they are home writing letters, and they are at the shelters with giant platters of food (100).
Clearly the beginning and the end of Lamott's essay speak to the same need--the need for kindness--not just the kindness of particular acts like Mary Williams' gifts of dimes, but the vision that underlies them: that we creatures of this earth are all "of a kind," that we are all more alike than different, that we are all in this world together, and that we must work to see beyond and to undo all the prejudices and artificial barriers that blind us to our real connection to one another and tear our world apart.
Why do we bring our children to church? Why do we come ourselves? I hope it is because here is a place--not the only place, but an important place--where we try hard to correct the skewed vision we so often find in the larger world. In the larger world, it's too easy to believe that things matter more than people, that the animals and plants of the world matter only insofar as they serve our immediate desires, that people with money matter more than people without it, that young people matter more than older ones, that beautiful people matter more than plain ones, that lighter-skinned people matter more than darker-skinned ones, that straight people matter more than lesbian or gay people, that people who are like me in skin-color or sexual orientation or religion or political party matter more than people who aren't, that I (and perhaps my family) matter more than anybody else. I'm not immune to the power of these prejudices; I suspect none of us is. But here we try to do just what Lamott's congregation of St. Andrew Presbyterian is doing: we seek by particular acts of kindness to create a community that challenges and transcends these prejudices, and we seek to bring our vision of "kindness"--that all of us are "of a kind"--to life in the larger world. Of course we fall short in both efforts; like everyone else we can be unkind, like everyone else we can be blinded by our own prejudices. But we keep coming to church because we believe that we and others can grow and change; we keep coming to church because we have some hope and because we need more of it.
Let me be more specific. I am deeply troubled by the language we are now hearing from some of our political leaders that this is a war of "good vs. evil," and that our response to this tragedy will be to "rid the world of evil." Yes, what was done to us in the United States this week was evil, and we must work to eradicate terrorism from our world. But to take the posture that we in the United States are purely good, while those who oppose us are purely evil, is surely to mirror the mindset of the terrorists themselves, who no doubt thought of their cause as the good one and us as the evil presence in the world.
It is here in church that we can be reminded, and can teach our children, that human beings are not divisible into good ones and bad ones; every single one of us has the capacity for good and for evil, and until we face up to our own worst potentials, we cannot achieve our best. We have seen powerful and moving examples of good in our country this week--courage, compassion, self-sacrifice, generosity. And we have seen shameful examples of evil in our country this week--especially in those people who have been threatening or attacking mosques or individual Muslims or people of Arab descent. As UUA President Bill Sinkford reminds us, if we are going to use the analogy of Pearl Harbor, we must "remember also that Pearl Harbor led to the impounding and imprisonment of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans" ("Letter to Colleagues," UUA website, September 13, 2001).
It grieves me that my goddaughter, married to a man in Bahrain, is afraid to come home to the States now with her husband and their child. And it heartens me to witness groups like the Inter-Religious Council of Linn County and so many individuals in our community and others stressing our solidarity with our Muslim neighbors who are grieving as deeply this week as the rest of us.
At the same time as I am troubled by some of the language of our political leaders, including President Bush, I cannot imagine the burden and weight of their responsibility just now. I was moved to note President Bush's tears this week, and troubled to hear him criticized for not being "strong" enough to hold them back. I hope in this church our children will learn that an openness to feelings, to vulnerability, is among the true marks of strength. And I hope that President Bush's compassion will help him to guide us wisely in this time.
The hope that Scott Russell Sanders offers to his son, Jesse, and to us is not an easy one--not a hope that we can make everything all right; not a hope easy to live out.
My search for hope [he writes] has convinced me that we can change our ways of seeing and thinking and living. We can begin living responsibly and alertly right where we are, right now, no matter how troubled we may be about the human prospect. If we set out to solve the world's problems, we are likely to feel overwhelmed. On the other hand, if we set out to act on our deepest concerns and convictions we may do some good. We can begin making changes in our own lives without waiting for such changes to become popular, without knowing whether they will have any large-scale effect, but merely because they are right (Hunting for Hope,186).
The kind of changes Sanders suggests are, not surprisingly, just the kind of changes so many people in our "funky little church" are already trying to make--living more simply, being responsible consumers, caring about our families and neighbors and communities, doing public service, participating in our democracy, putting the common good ahead of our individual interests (186-187).
Whether all such efforts, added together, will be enough to avert disaster and bring about a just and enduring way of life, no one can say. In order to live in hope we needn't believe that everything will turn out well. We need only believe that we are on the right path (186).
And that is just why Anne Lamott brings her son Sam to church--so that he too will have "a path and a little light to see by," and so that Sam will know he never has to walk that path alone. I don't have children, but I do know that when my vision or my courage or my will falters, you are there to help me stay on the path--whether your help comes in the form of baggies full of dimes or other particular acts of kindness or the many models you provide of ways to make a difference in the world.
I did one more thing yesterday when I was feeling overwhelmed by the task of writing a meaningful sermon. I remembered another of Robert Fulghum's stories--how, when he is depressed or feeling overwhelmed by the world, he listens to Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the symphony Beethoven never heard himself because he was deaf when he wrote it. And so I turned off the radio and listened to Beethoven's Ninth. "In the midst of oatmeal days," Fulghum says, "I find within Beethoven's music an irresistible affirmation" (All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Ballantine Books, 1986, 1988, 112).
Julie Hanson told me that our country's new poet laureate, Billy Collins, when asked this week what poem might be good to turn to, replied that (in Julie's words) "any poem one might turn to, any poem even arbitrarily opened, would be against this. Poetry, he said, is about life, and about love." As I listened to Beethoven, as I read Julie's words, as I too found myself turning to poetry this past week, I felt glad that here in our church we teach our children that "sacred texts" are not limited to the Scriptures of any particular religious view, but can be found as well in the art and music and literature of our diverse world. In the midst of so much negation, we and our children need all the sources of "irresistible affirmation" we can find.
How important that affirmation is now, whether it comes in the form of symphonies or poems or birthday parties like the one for Tom Moss to which we're all invited at the end of this service. UU minister Frederick Wooden, writing from Brooklyn this week, ended his open letter to friends across the country (UUA website, September 13, 2001) by saying:
People say that this [tragedy] reminds you of what is really important, and it does. But should not everyone [also] have the luxury of worrying about their own lives? . . . The playground, with a view of lower Manhattan and its smoldering sad skyline, was full of children [Wednesday]. They played and laughed.
And a little child shall lead.
Sometimes we help our children find the path; sometimes they guide us to it. The important thing is that here in our "funky little church" we are dedicated to finding that path together, and to helping keep one another on it, and to light it up as best we can for the rest of our weary and hurting world. Please keep coming to church; please keep bringing your children. We need one another. We need the good company of congregations like St. Andrew Presbyterian Church and the Islamic Center and Temple Judah and so many others. And the world needs us.
So may it be.
Sermon delivered at Peoples Church UU in Cedar Rapids, IA on September 16, 2001.


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The greatest treasure of Moretonhampstead's parish church is its position. When you first see it from the Exeter road it makes a striking impression – standing atop its hill majestically, as if it is particularly proud of itself. From the opposite direction it looks humbler, against the backdrop of the higher hills to the north and east; but the tower is still easily visible from the high moor and the road from Dartmoor. Indeed, it is such a landmark that one suspects that this purpose was in the minds of its builders in 1418: to guide the tinners and other moorland travellers. Like Widecombe, 'the cathedral of the moor', it dominates its locality with an expression of prestige that is rare in this humble, far-flung corner of England.
The present church is not the first to stand on the site. Not only do we have references to a church here that predated the existing fifteenth century building, there is visible proof that an earlier structure stood here. The most significant evidence is the mark of the earlier roof against the internal wall of the tower, which was built in 1418. This earlier church is often said to have been of thirteenth-century date, itself a replacement of an older, Saxon or Norman church. However, while this is not impossible, it is more likely that the roofline is the shadowy remnant of the first church to be built in Moreton, and that was probably built around the year 1100.
Extract taken from "A guide to the history and fabric of St Andrew's Church Moretonhampstead" by Bill Hardiman and Ian Mortimer (available from the church, price £2.00)
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Author: James Lee Burke
Synopsis (from the publisher): Languishing in a recovery unit on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans, Dave Robicheaux is fighting an enemy more insidious than the one who put a bullet in his back a month earlier in a shootout on Bayou Teche. The morphine meant to dull his pain is steadily gnawing away at his resolve, playing tricks on his mind, and luring him back into the addict mentality that once threatened to destroy his life and family.
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Early heat wave points to more miserable days ahead.
Southwest Kansas is mired in a heat wave far too reminiscent of last year's vicious onslaught of extremely warm temperatures.
Summer arrived just five days ago, and already the region has a multiple count of high temperatures topping the century mark. The forecast calls for more of the same all this week.
Just like last year, the heat has a way of threatening anyone and anything outside. People, pets and plants � namely crops � all are at risk.
Unfortunately, too many of us take the heat in stride and fail to take necessary precautions.
Everyone should be cautious when going outside, whether it's to work or participate in other outdoor activities that may not seem strenuous. but can be perilous in extreme heat.
Hot weather can attack anyone who isn't prepared. Heat cramps, heat exhaustion, heat stroke and other ailments may occur with prolonged exposure and/or physical activity when temperatures soar.
The National Weather Service reminds people to drink plenty of water; wear lightweight, light colored clothing; take plenty of breaks during outdoor activity; and avoid prolonged exposure between 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. on hot days.
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Animals at home and on the farm also require more shade and water. Like people, they can suffer from dehydration, heat stroke, sunburn and other problems if overexposed to the heat.
Pets should be kept indoors whenever it's extremely hot. When that's not possible, they need plenty of fresh, clean water and shady places to cool off. And never leave a dog or cat inside a parked vehicle in the heat, even for a few moments.
After the ugly heat of 2011 � including a record-setting July with 21 days over 100 degrees � it seemed unlikely that we'd see a repeat of such misery. Yet we could be in store for as much if not more.
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One of the most difficult parts of the divorce process is the division of property. This can be particularly complicated for couples who have significant or complex financial assets--such as stock portfolios, vacation properties and retirement plans. In any case, it is critical that property and assets are divided appropriately in order to protect the financial interests of the parties involved.
In order to divide property as part of a divorce in Georgia, it needs to be determined which assets are separate property and which are part of the marital estate. Under state law, marital property must be divided fairly and equitably. Separate or premarital property is not subject to division, however in some cases a piece of premarital property increases in value during the marriage--and it may be determined that the amount of appreciation, but not the property itself, is marital property.
For example, Cherokee County residents may have heard that American oilman Harold Hamm is currently going through a divorce. Hamm, a billionaire, is the founder and controlling stakeholder of Continental Resources, Inc. Last month, it was reported publicly that a judge has ruled that Hamm's 125 million shares in the company are his premarital property. However, those shares appreciated in value substantially during his 26-year marriage, and that appreciation may be considered a marital asset.
The appreciation of premarital property during a marriage is a multifaceted concept, and different states handle this issue differently in divorce statutes. In general, the non-titled spouse may have a stake in the value of appreciation if the appreciation is deemed "active." This is appreciation that occurs as the result of some type of marital effort.
Parties to high-asset divorces, or any divorces involving complicated property division issues, should be sure to protect their rights by working with experienced family law attorneys.
Source: Bloomberg, "Continental Resources Founder's Stake at Risk in Divorce," Brendan Coffey, March 19, 2014


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Phenomena arising in the digital business models domain with a particular focus on entrepreneurship, pricing, value creation, sustainability, competition and data protection stand in the center of investigation. Further fields of research reside in the adoption and diffusion as well as effects of innovative IT artifacts and services. Herein, particularly the effects and usage of technologies like cloud computing, electronic services and smart electricity grids are current research topics. Within the public sector, issues of interoperability, regulation and feasibility of IT systems as well as their effects on societal and political developments stand in the foreground.
Quantitative and qualitative empirical research methods are applied for theory building research as well as a deep understanding and explanation of such phenomena. The aim is twofold. Aim one is to generate theoretical insights and distribute these towards a scientific public. Aim two is to forecast developments and derive best practices and governance guidelines for decision makers from practice, industry and political domains.
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Firefighers battle blaze at barn in St. Thomas
ST. THOMAS, Pa. - Between 75 and 100 firefighters worked about four hours Tuesday to control a barn fire at Apple Way and Diehl's Woods roads, according to Thomas Bigler, fire chief for the St. Thomas Township Fire and Rescue Department.
The report of the fire came in about 4:30 p.m. The blaze was in a two-story barn of about 3,000 square feet on what is known as Emmass Acres, the site of a caregiving facility, Bigler said.
"It's a total loss," Bigler said of the barn.
No firefighters or individuals on the property were injured and cattle in the barn were safety removed, he said.
About 15 companies were on the scene, mostly to provide water tanker support in the rural area, Bigler said.
Although the fire was under control Tuesday night, Bigler said firefighters planned to keep it under close scrutiny.


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So on Saturday, I get home and my mom said that my camera was on my bed. . . I paused for a moment, wondering what could she mean, when she clarified it, "Your camera came, its in your room" I freaked out and ran down the hallway. . hehe
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The Format Age: Book launch and discussion
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Location: Northampton Suite. Entrance via Northampton Square (venue has been changed since original publicity)
Panel discussion on TV formats to launch a new book by Jean Chalaby - The Format Age.
Few trends have had as much impact on television as formats have in recent years. Long confined to the fringes of the TV industry, they have risen to prominence since the late 1990s. Today, they are a global business with hundreds of programmes adapted across the world at any one time, from mundane game shows to blockbuster talent competitions, from factual entertainment to high-end drama. Based on exclusive industry access, this book provides an in-depth analysis of the complex world of the TV format from its origins to present day.
Sir Peter Bazalgette is a pioneering TV producer who helped establish the independent TV production sector and went on to become Chief Creative Officer at Endemol. He is currently Chair of Arts Council England
Tim Hincks became CEO of Endemol in 2008 and helped the company become one of the largest independent producers in the country. He is currently President of Endemol Shine Group.
Stephen Lambert is one of Britain's best-known creative television executives. His programmes, from Wife Swap to Gogglebox, have won many international awards. Prior to launching Studio Lambert in 2008, he was Chief Creative Officer of the RDF Media Group.
Andrea Wong, was Vice President of Alternative Programming at ABC between 1998 and 2007, and is currently President of International Production, Sony Pictures Television, and President of International, Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Professor Jean Chalaby (author) joined City University London in 2000, following a PhD in Sociology at the London School of Economics and a post-doctoral fellowship funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.His research focuses on international communication and global media, and he has published five books and in excess of 60 articles and book chapters. He was Head of Department (Sociology) between 2012 and 2014 and is a visiting professor at the University of Geneva's Global Studies Institute.
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OSHA gives companies 15 days to agree to the penalties, request an informal hearing with the area OSHA director or contest the fines and citations before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission.
Here's a follow-up to an article posted on the Web site on Jan. 15 titled, "Syracuse, NY Company Needs to 'Venture' Toward Safety."
Following negotiations with OSHA, New Venture Gear, the company featured in the article, agreed to pay nearly $87,000 in fines for exposing employees an extensive list of safety hazards, including unguarded moving machinery and electrocution hazards. OSHA originally proposed fines of $133,500.
The OSHA area director, Diane Brayden, called the settlment an "amicable resolution," adding that although the fine has been reduced, the 32 citations issued by OSHA will stand.
OSHA conducted an inspection of the company from Aug. 6 through Jan. 3, as part of its "site-specific targeting program," under which it inspects certain worksites with high rates of lost workday injuries and illnesses. The company was previously inspected in 1999 under a similar program and was issued citations with a proposed penalty of more than $100,000 at that time.
According to Brayden, 27 of the citations were classified as serious. Examples include failure to provide fall protection on aerial lifts, failure to maintain dry floors and failure to guard floor openings. Poor maintenance was also cited for ladders and stairs, fire extinguishers, exits, forklifts and slings, as well as failure to provide guarding on grinders, shafts, belts and pulleys and to maintain electrical equipment, conduit and flexible cords and guard electrical equipment.
Three alleged "repeat" violations included the company's failure to maintain overhead hoists, below the hook lifting devices and bridge rails; inadequately guarded moving parts on machinery; and inadequately guarded points of operation on machinery. Two alleged "other-than-serious" violations were issued for the company's failure to provide adequate general housekeeping and to properly maintain stairway treads.
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The fact is that humankind has neither the tools nor the technology to enable projection. What if the scientific world took an interest in astral projection? What if a scientist invented a tool that could enable everybody, even the least spiritually developed person, to project at will and explore the astral realms? Would humankind abuse this gift as it has abused the knowledge of atomic power?
One or all of the following might happen if such a tool were to be discovered.
1. Crumbling of world establishments
Life on earth is dependent on ignorance of the future. If everybody could project at will, ignorance of the future would be dispelled.
Since the astral planes transcend space and time, one could easily foresee the future of the stock market, lottery and race results, outcomes of sports events, and so on. World economy would teeter and collapse. What if one could foresee the results of an election? No wonder, the idea of projection is unpalatable to political parties, giant companies, and sports organizers. They would do everything in their power to prevent the popularization of astral projection.
2. Crumbling of major religious beliefs
Astral experiences would prove beyond doubt that there is neither heaven nor hell, two concepts the Semitic religions thrive on. Although Christianity has remained silent on astral traveling, it certainly wouldn't accept something that poses a threat to its very foundations.
3. Listless living
The less spiritually developed among us would lose an interest in daily living after viewing the wonders of astral planes. In truth, life one earth teaches valuable lessons that the other planes cannot teach, which is why one has to live it. However, after visiting the astral world, people might feel that there is no need to sweat it out on earth. This would lead to listless living or suicide.
Undeveloped souls could use an astral traveling device just as they would use an addictive drug…to get away from the harsh realities of life.
There are two major advantages of astral traveling…enhanced healing and easy traveling. First, people would find it easier to heal their diseases. Signs of a disease appear first in astral bodies before manifesting in physical ones. And curing the astral body is always easier and quicker than curing the physical.
Traveling would become cheaper, easier, and more fun. Not only can you visit the beautiful places of the world, but you can also travel to a different historical era. If this doesn't appeal to you, zoom to Jupiter or check out the latest on Moon. The sky is literally the limit. What's more, you can travel free of charge. Since this will put all the travel companies out of businesses, they wouldn't approve of astral projection either.
The world has still to develop spiritually before astral projection can be widely accepted as a natural phenomenon. Only then, we might expect an astral projection tool or device, which humankind might not abuse. As of now, any discoveries in the field of astral projection will be jealously guarded by power-hungry clergymen, politicians, and businessmen and prevented from reaching the public.


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Someday My Gay Will Come . . .
I love this picture, I took it with the Iphone at Teargit.
I am excited, we are heading to Phoenix and Sedona, Arizona over the holiday weekend. We have never been, so are pleased about taking a new adventure. If anyone knows of anything fun or interesting in Arizona, please say so.
So this is pretty funny. We have a friend who we adore and think of more as family than a friend. After purchasing a new car the new license plates arrived. Being a little on the heavy side, they became rather upset when the plates read 239 XXL. They said "There is no way this could be random!" lol
They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. - Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol - US artist (1928 - 1987)
Thursday, May 22, 2008
3 comments:
- Laurie said...
HA! I want plates that say
- May 22, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Ur-Spo will have all the info you need on Arizona and what to do! I'm reconsidering my license plates as well. They're vanity plates, but reflect my job. :-|
- May 22, 2008 at 2:52 PM
- Oldyeller said...
You will love Sedona--I was there recently. We had lunch on the patio at Enchantment Resort-great view but a little pricey.
- May 22, 2008 at 4:17 PM
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Fearne Cotton, 34, and her rocker husband Jesse Wood welcomed their second child on 9th September.
Taking to Twitter, the radio DJ and TV presenter shared her happy news with fans, writing: "Jesse and I are over the moon and buzzing with love, as our baby daughter Honey Krissy Wood came into the world this morning."
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My response to the daily prompt titled Original which asks;
Write a new post in response to today's one-word prompt.
Original – A word that terrifies Hollywood.
Far easier just to remake things over and over again, do pointless sequels, or 'reboot' a franchise than come up with an original idea or property.


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According to a press release from Rashtrapathi Bhavan, The Udyanotsav,the annual opening of the Mughal Gardens for the public was opened from February 10th and closes for them on March 11.
The Mughal Gardens shall be open to the following category of persons on the following days:
1. Farmers on March 13th
2. Differently Abled Persons and Visually Challenged on March 14th
3. Defence and Para-Military Personnel on March 15th
Entry points and timings will be as follows:
1. Farmers in Gate No. 35, near North Avenue from 1000 hrs to 1600 hrs.
2. Differently Abled Persons in Reception of Rashtrapati Bhavan from 1000 hrs to 1300 hrs.
3. For schools and organizations meant for Visually Impaired Special Children in Gate No. 12, situated near Church Road, opposite North Avenue from 1430 hrs to 1530 hrs.
4. For Visually Challenged Individuals in Gate No. 12, situated near Church Road, opposite North Avenue from 1530 hrs to 1630 hrs.
5. Defence and Para Military Personnel in Gate No. 35, near North Avenue from 1000 hrs to 1600 hrs.
Visitors of all categories are requested not to bring water bottles, briefcases, handbags/ladies purses, umbrellas, cameras, radios/transistors, cell phones, any writing material, umbrellas, arms/ammunitions and eatables. Such articles, if any, will not be allowed to be carried into the Mughal Gardens and will have to be deposited at the entry point at the owner's risk.


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I spent way too much time yesterday trying to track down the touring schedule for these statues. If they had still been in New York, I was ready to go touch them.
I am so ashamed of myself.
Not because I gave in to superstition, but because I gave in to superstition not three days after ridiculing the folks in the neighborhood where I work for staying home on a "bad luck day". Which is, really, no crazier than believing that touching a carved piece of wood could have any impact at all on my old eggs and recalcitrant uterus. Not to mention the boy's less-than-primo sperm.
I am a bad person.
(But if I hear that they're coming back to NYC anytime soon, I'll let you all know how long the line was to touch 'em. Because, you know? At this point, I'll try anything.)


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The first Irish-born Muslim cleric has said schools who do not stage nativity plays or put up Christmas trees "are wrong".
Ibrahim Michael Noonan from Co Waterford, who was born into a Catholic family, said while Muslims do not celebrate Christmas he "does not get offended by it".
"We hear of schools not having nativity plays and putting up Christmas trees for fear of offending non-Christians and I think this is shocking personally," he said on BBC Radio Ulster's Sunday Sequence.
"I actually think the schools are wrong in doing this."
He added: "Ireland, Northern Ireland, southern Ireland and the whole of the island of Ireland is predominantly Christian and they have their right to celebrate what they believe in.
"For example my own family, my parents, brothers and sisters, I will probably be visiting them over those few days and I am going to walk into a house full of decorations and I am not going to turn around and say I am offended. That is their faith and that is what they believe."
The imam – now living in Omagh – added: "I do appreciate that schools are conscious of this (Muslim faith) but I do think it is wrong and if they want to put a Christmas tree up it is a Christian country."
He added that any Muslim who would insist on a school not celebrating a Christian Christmas is "absolutely going against the teachings of Islam".
He said that Muslims will probably "meditate and reflect" on Christmas Day as "their neighbours and friends are probably still Christian so they would be thinking about it but not in a celebration sense".
"We don't send Christmas cards but we do send out cards wishing people the best for the coming year, but you wouldn't get on the card happy Christmas. If someone said happy Christmas I wouldn't be offended but see it as a good intention from a Christian friend – but I know there has been certain mind sets of Muslims who would take offence at that."
The imam spoke out after last week's report which called for an end to daily acts of collective worship in Ulster schools.
The Commission on Religion and Belief in Public Life said schools should hold instead "inclusive assemblies". Its report said these should be "appropriate for pupils and staff of all religions and beliefs".


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Lawsuits were filed on Friday, August 22, 2014 by hobbyists, research universities, and commercial drone interests against tough regulations against drone use in the United States. The Minneapolis Startribune is republishing the story here.
They are challenging the FAA as much of the drone research is done at the amateur and university level as it is still a market in its infancy. As I showed a few posts ago, drone use is growing across the world (past post example in Nigeria by a Indian GIS/Geomatics company). While some regulation is needed, the FAA needs to be more responsive and keep to their no later than September 2015 deadline. There is great potential in growing commerce and public safety through better mapping with expanded drone usage.
Here are some story excerpts:
The three lawsuits asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to review the validity of the directive, which the Federal Aviation Administration issued in June. The agency said the directive is an attempt to clarify what is a model aircraft and the limitations on their operation.
Part of the agency's challenge is to distinguish between planes flown by hobbyists and those used for commercial applications, a distinction that's become harder to draw as the technology for model planes has grown more sophisticated.
The FAA directive is a backdoor imposition of new regulations on model aircraft hobbyists and commercial drone operators without going through required federal procedures for creating new regulations, said Brendan Schulman, a New York attorney representing the groups that filed the lawsuits. Federal procedures require an opportunity for public comment on proposed regulations and an analysis of the potential costs of the regulations vs. the benefits.
The lawsuits were filed by the Academy of Model Aeronautics, which represents more than 170,000 model aircraft hobbyists; the Council on Governmental Relations, an association of 188 research universities; and several commercial drone and model aircraft interests. Among them are UAS America, a fund that invests in the commercial drone industry; SkyPan International Inc., an aerial photography company; FPV Manuals LLC, a company that sells video systems for unmanned aircraft operators and an association representing commercial drone operators. All argued that the FAA policy would impede their activities, from hobby use to research and innovation.


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Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth, is a cosmopolitan genus of annual or short-lived perennial plants.
Known to the Aztecs as huauhtli, it is thought to have represented up to 80% of their caloric consumption before the conquest. Another important use of amaranth throughout Mesoamerica was to prepare ritual drinks and foods.
Because of its importance as a symbol of indigenous culture, its gluten-free palatability, ease of cooking, and a protein that is particularly well-suited to human nutritional needs, interest in grain amaranth revived in the 1970s. It was recovered in Mexico from wild varieties and is now commercially cultivated. It is a popular snack sold in Mexico, sometimes mixed with chocolate or puffed rice, and its use has spread to Europe and parts of North America.
Although several species are often considered weeds, people around the world value amaranths as leaf vegetables, cereals, and ornamental plants. The root of mature amaranth is a popular vegetable. It is white and cooked with tomatoes or tamarind gravy. It has a milky taste and is alkaline. In China, the leaves and stems are used as a stir-fry vegetable, or in soups. A traditional food plant in Africa, amaranth has the potential to improve nutrition.
Amaranth greens are a common leaf vegetable throughout the tropics and in many warm temperate regions. Amaranth seeds contain lysine, an essential amino acid, limited in other grains or plant sources. Amaranth may be a promising source of protein to those who are gluten sensitive, because unlike the protein found in grains such as wheat and rye, its protein does not contain gluten.
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Hydnora africana
Hydnora africana is an plant native to southern Africa that is parasitic on the roots of members of the Euphorbiaceae family. The plant grows underground, except for a fleshy flower that emerges above ground and emits an odor of feces to attract its natural pollinators, dung beetles, and carrion beetles. The flowers act as traps for a brief period retaining the beetles that enter, then releasing them when the flower is fully opened.
The plant body is completely leafless, void of chlorophyll and is brown-grey. As it ages, the plant turns dark grey to black. A network of thick rhizophores or subterranean stems and roots traverse the soil around the host plant.
Plants only become visible when the flowers protrude through the soil after good rains have fallen. Under favourable conditions it takes at least one year for a bud to develop into a mature flower.
Fully grown, ripe fruits of Hydnora africana may measure up to 80 mm across and contain up to 20 000 seeds per fruit. The brown pinhead-sized seeds are embedded in an edible gelatinous pulp with a slightly sweet and starchy taste. These fruits are favoured by mammals such as porcupines, moles, baboons, jackal and also birds.
Hydnora africana is found from the western coastal areas of Namibia, southwards to the Cape and then northwards throughout Swaziland, Botswana, KwaZulu-Natal and as far as Ethiopia.
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Is this a flower or something else?
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Erotic roses
Erotic roses
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Erotic tulips
Erotic tulips (tulipa erotica)
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Erotic "female" flowers
Perhaps that is why women like flowers
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Clitoria flower
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Erotic "male" flowers
"Flowers are erotic in nature. How could it be otherwise?"
Marcelina Martin, photographer (http://www.marcelinamartin.com/index11.html)
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Nature has a dirty mind (by shaylinn http://shaylinn.deviantart.com/art/Nature-has-a-dirty-mind-85013016)
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Erotic cacti
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Alex Centelles signs contract extension until 2021
Valencia CF and left-back Alex Centelles have put pen to paper to a contract extension for two further seasons for an undisclosed fee that will see the player continue at the club until the 30th of June 20201. The player arrived at the club at eight years of age and at 18 years of age he has featured in 36 games with the B team this season.
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Ambassador Nyenabo presents credentials to King Phillippe of Belgium.
Written by ISAAC C. YEAH, Minister Consular, Press and Public Affairs
Tuesday, 28th April 2015
Brussels, Belgium -Liberia's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, Amb. Isaac W.Nyenabo II has presented his Letters of Credence to His Majesty, King Phillippe of the Kingdom of Belgium.
The presentation ceremony took place on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 at the Royal Palace of Belgium, the official seat of the Belgium Government.
Ambassador Nyenabo extended greetings on behalf of Her Excellency, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, President of Liberia to King Phillippe and commended the Government and people of the Kingdom of Belgium for their support to Liberia over the years.
He said Liberia remains forever grateful to the Belgium people for the medical and other assitance provided them during the height of the outbreak of the Ebola virus, and before that the years of crises, a relationship that dates back to 1859 when both countries enjoyed the exchange of state visits by their Head of States.
'' The rôle of Belgium medical doctors and other medical professionals in the fight against the Ebola virus disease outbreak and the MSF-Belgium continue presence on the ground during the Liberian civil crises, have played a significant part in helping the country recovery process, and thus adding impetus to the health sector and the population at large'' Ambassador Nyenabo added.
Ambassador Nyenabo appealed to King Phillppe for more assistance to the country's health sector, as Liberia prepare for its post Ebola recovery process, provide scholarships and other educational opportunities to the country's educational sector and students to study medicine and other sciences and its support to the agriculture, trade and commerce industries.
He also welcomed Belgium investment in Liberia in the areas of energy, trade and support to the country's good governance, the rule of law and assistance to the University of Liberia and other higher institutions of learning across the country.
Receiving the letters, His Majesty, King Phillippe acknowledged Liberia's recovery strategy through the 'Marshall Plan' and investment potentials and pledged his country's support to those initiatives.
King Phillippe said Belgium will work closely with Liberia in strenthening and sustaining its bilateral relationship and the cordiality of friendship between the two countries and peoples.
The new Liberia Ambassador to Belgium has served as Vice President of the Agricultural Cooperative Developmnet Bank,Comptroller General Republic of Liberia, Senator Grand Gedeh County, and President Pro Tempore of the Liberian Senate.
Amb. Nyenabo earned three Master Degrees in International Relations, Business Administration and Public Sector Management from the University of Liberia and the Cuttington University Graduate School all in Liberia.
Amb. Nyenabo is a PhD graduating student in Political Science and International Relations from the California Creek University, USA.
President Sirleaf appointed Ambassador Nyenabo, confirmed by the Liberian Senate last year and commissioned by President Sirleaf in February this year as Liberia's Ambassador to the Kingdom of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg and the European Union.


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Tony Popovic says he is immensely proud of his players who extended the Wanderers' record winning streak to 10 consecutive matches.
Western Sydney coach Tony Popovic says he is immensely proud of his players who extended the club's record Hyundai A-League winning streak to 10 consecutive matches on Saturday night with a 3-1 victory over Melbourne Heart.
The Wanderers are currently eight points clear on top of the A-League ladder and will be crowned premiers in their debut season if Central Coast fail to beat Brisbane on Sunday.
But Popovic maintains he has not thought about that prospect and is only focused on next week's local derby with Sydney FC.
"We haven't really reflected on that yet," Popovic said post-match.
"I just spoke to the players (and) told them that we're immensely proud of them and we focus for next week.
"We've got a great derby coming up, something the players, the fans, everyone involved with the club, is really looking forward to and we'll focus on that.
"We've put ourselves in a position that we control what will happen, if we keep winning then obviously the Premiers' Plate is ours."
But while Popovic insisted he has embraced the A-League finals system, the Wanderers coach believed if his side finished on top they would be worthy champions of Australia - regardless of who won the grand final.
"When you're in Europe, you're used to first (team) past the post (being crowned champions) and that's the way it is there," Popovic said.
"We in this country love a grand final, we love a finals series but if you're on top after 27 rounds, well then you're a worthy champion."
Popovic said the victory over the Heart was even more pleasing given star Japanese import Shinji Ono was missing with a hamstring injury and the way the Wanderers' finished off the match after a tight start was also a source of satisfaction for the Western Sydney mentor.
"In the second half I thought it was a dominant performance (by the Wanderers)," Popovic said.
"That second-half display, they just got stronger and stronger as the game progressed and we were playing against a team as well that's desperate for a victory who have a very good home record.
"The way they dominated that second half, away from home, is really pleasing."
The only sour note for the Wanderers was a quad injury suffered by Jerome Polenz who was substituted in the 28th minute.
But Popovic was confident he'd make a speedy recovery.
"I'm told it's not serious so the medical staff will assess him tonight and obviously tomorrow once he wakes up and we'll take the appropriate measures to make sure he gets back as soon as he can," Popovic said.


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I've been really interested lately in feminine energy, expression and presence, and how this plays itself out in the workplace. More accurately, how it doesn't play itself out in the workplace. Why is this? Because we still function in a work world unbalanced, in terms of structure, behavior and mindset. Which is a bit odd, given the fact that in the US, over 57% of working age women are in the labor force. Slightly over 70% of those women have children under the age of 18.*
I recently posted two blogs to The Huffington Post on the topic. One dealt with the challenge working women face when they choose not to express the expected, masculine-based attitudes and behaviors at work. The other probed how common business language is tipped toward traditionally masculine terms, and how that colors the ways business approaches markets, customers and employees.
I have to admit that this is still nascent work for me. Exploring masculine-feminine expression goes well beyond a discussion of men and women at work. It taps into the very way we approach what it means to be a professional, how we present ourselves to others and what we believe is expected to succeed. It gets to the heart of the structures we create and support in our lives.
What does it mean to be a working woman these days? Is it about leaning in, walking away, re-invention or having it all? To me, it's unclear. What is clear are the voices of many women I have known throughout my career – woman who want to fulfill the dream of a rich, balanced life but find themselves making choices that fit as comfortably as a too-small shoe. It may look good on the outside but it hurts like hell.
As long as we keep finding ourselves in work structures that laud masculine friendly definitions of success, behavior and achievement, we will promulgate an unbalanced view of business life. I don't mean to say that the masculine friendly view has no value, far from it. But cleaving to any approach too long is unwise. And please, do not think I am assuming these attributes and characteristics are solely the provenance of one sex or another. It is the free and balanced expression of masculine and feminine energy I speak of – not men vs. women.
Now is the time to ask questions. Questions about the win-lose choices working women and men feel they have to make to properly operate within an unbalanced model. Questions about why feminine attributes of cooperation, sharing, compassion and humility are not valued in equal footing. Questions about why, just why, we don't start making small yet powerful changes in our everyday places of work.
Questions about how much longer we want to be unbalanced.
* US Bureau of Labor Statistics, published April 2013, data as of 2012.
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text: Hi, I apologize if someone asked this already, I tried to find it but I didn't see it. Anyway i'm new to mac, I recently got a 15in powerbook, yay! But I can't figure out how to listen to audio files on sites like amazon.com. I read some posts and figured out that a lot of people use vlc? so I downloaded that and still when i click to listen to a sample of something on amazon it prompts me to download it in stead of just playing it, and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Should I just download windows media player?


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Where Will You Be When You Get Where You Are Going?
Wendy DeWar Hughes related the following (Reader's Digest, 10/2002, p 121) — "Once, after a long, hard week, I leaned my head on my husband's shoulder and sighed, 'Let's run away together.' He replied, 'We did, and this is where we ended up." Where will you end up? That depends, doesn't it, on the decisions and choices we make today. Choices are important — every road we choose to travel leads somewhere. The famous opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti once told that when he was a boy, his father urged him to develop his voice. Arrigo Palo, a professional tenor in Luciano's hometown of Modena, Italy, took the young Pavarotti as a pupil, but while he studied voice Luciano also enrolled in a teacher's school. Upon graduating, he asked his father, "Shall I be a teacher or a singer?" his father replied, "Luciano, if you try to sit on two chairs, you will fall between them. For life, you must choose one chair."
Choices matter when we are choosing a career, and choices matter when it comes to developing character. Where we are tomorrow is determined by choices we make today. Doug Parsons once noted in a church bulletin article that the future is rooted in the present, and the present is rooted in the past. Years ago I heard a story about an older gospel preacher who was preaching a gospel meeting. He quoted many passages from the Bible and throughout the week masterfully preached the gospel. The last night of the meeting a middle-aged sister complimented him at the back door and gushed, "I'd give half my life to know the Bible as well as you do." Without hesitation the veteran preacher told her, "That's exactly what it will cost you, sister." His point was clear. You don't learn or become or achieve anything of any significance in life, including the development of spiritual character, without making the choices that lead there.
Choices really do matter. A single choice to drink or smoke or use other kinds of drugs often begins a downward spiral that ends in addiction and loss that is immeasurable. Marriages and homes and hearts are broken because men and women make bad choices. Young people choose to be sexually immoral which often leads to painful emotional and physical consequences, and always to bad spiritual consequences (see Hebrews 13:4). People choose to spend money they don't have and use a plastic card to dig a financial hole that burdens their family and proves hard to climb out of. Sin is a choice, and it is always a bad one (Romans 6:23a; James 1:15). Regarding where we will be for eternity, we actually have but one choice — heaven or hell. Jesus lays it out in Matthew 7:13-14 with words that stagger us if and when they ever really sink into our souls — "Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find if." Many choices matter but the one Jesus describes matters more than any choice we ever make. We won't just accidentally wake up someday in either heaven or hell. In eternity, where we will be when we get where we are going depends upon the road we choose to travel. How about it — are you trveling the narrow way to life, or the broad way to destruction?
Dan Gulley


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The National Basketball Association, or NBA, is widely considered as the foremost professional men's basketball league in the world, and as such is one of the most popular amongst sports betting enthusiasts. While Kiwi punters may be fans of the National Basketball League of New Zealand, the NBA provides a larger betting market, and the odds are far more alluring. With NBA betting tips we aim to bring punters all the information needed to kick off the action.


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Sharon Crawford came to computers in a roundabout way. In the early '80s, she was an electrician repairing subway cars in New York City. Though it seems astonishing that anyone would want to leave such a glamorous job, she did, in order to return home to California.
After arriving in California, she went back to school to study the finer points of electronics, and in 1988, armed with a degree and some ingenious lies, she landed her first technical writing job.
After a couple of years, Sharon was fortunate enough to get a job in the technical department of a computer-book publishing house. After a few months, she convinced a gullible acquisitions editor to give her a shot at writing a book. Since then, Sharon has written about two dozen books, on her own and with collaborators. The most recent include Windows 2000 Server Administrator's Companion (Microsoft Press) with Charlie Russel, ABCs of Windows 98 (Sybex), and Windows 2000 Professional for Dummies (IDG) with Andy Rathbone.
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text: SYNOPSIS doveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_query doveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_query -A doveadm [-Dv] flags [-S socket_path] command flags search_query -u user DESCRIPTION This command is used to manipulate flags of messages. OPTIONS Global doveadm(1) options: -D Enables verbosity and debug messages. -v Enables verbosity, including progress counter. Command specific options: -A If the -A option is present, the command will be performed for all users. Using this option in combination with system users from userdb { driver = passwd } is not recommended, because it contains also users with a lower UID than the one configured with the first_valid_uid setting. When the SQL userdb module is used make sure that the iter- ate_query setting in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-sql.conf.ext matches your database layout. When using the LDAP userdb module, make sure that the iterate_attrs and iterate_filter settings in /etc/dovecot/dovecot-ldap.conf.ext match your LDAP schema. Oth- erwise doveadm(1) will be unable to iterate over all users. -S socket_path The option's argument is either an absolute path to a local UNIX domain socket, or a hostname and port (hostname:port), in order to connect a remote host via a TCP socket. This allows an administrator to execute doveadm(1) mail commands through the given socket. -u user/mask Run the command only for the given user. It's also possible to use '*' and '?' wildcards (e.g. -u *@example.org). When neither the -A option nor -u user was specified, the com- mand will be executed with the environment of the currently logged in user. ARGUMENTS flags Message flags as described in RFC 3501, section 2.3.2 (Flags Message Attribute): \Answered, \Deleted, \Draft, \Flagged, \Recent and \Seen. And the IMAP keywords $Forwarded, $MDNSent, $SubmitPending and $Submitted or user-defined keywords, e.g. Junk, $NonSpam or $Label1. One or multiple flags and/or keywords can be specified. doveadm flags remove [-u user|-A] [-S socket_path] flags search_query In order to remove the given flags from the current set of flags, use this command. flags replace doveadm flags replace [-u user|-A] [-S socket_path] flags search_query This command is used to replace ALL current flags with the given flags. EXAMPLE List and manipulate the message flags of the message with uid 81563 doveadm fetch -u bob 'uid flags' mailbox dovecot uid 81563 uid: 81563 flags: \Answered \Seen NonJunk doveadm flags -u bob remove NonJunk mailbox dovecot uid 81563 doveadm flags -u bob add '\Flagged $Forwarded' mailbox dovecot uid 81563 REPORTING BUGS Report bugs, including doveconf -n output, to the Dovecot Mailing List <email@example.com>. Information about reporting bugs is available at: http://dovecot.org/bugreport.html SEE ALSO doveadm(1), doveadm-fetch(1), doveadm-search-query(7) Dovecot v2.2 2013-08-02 DOVEADM-FLAGS(1)