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|The Flash Season 3 (DC Entertainment)
What did you think about the way that they handled Savitar this season? Was it the right choice, and did they execute it well enough?
Jack - Earlier this year I was worried because it was starting to seem as if this was to be some sort of actual speed god rather than a cult leader who thought of himself of a man. While they didn't stick exactly to the source, I am indeed happy with what they did with Savitar. This was a twist for all fans, including fans of the comics and it was a good twist that I believe was necessary and honestly, a time remnant that was driven to the dark side and wasn't but at the same time sort of was a speed god due to the circumstances is way better than a sacrificial cult leader. They actually kept a lot of those elements as well with Alchemy so all in all I approve. It was a genius twist and it was crafted beautifully.
John - Savitar was a good choice for this season as they needed to show another side of Barry; a side no one wanted to admit existed. They handled the character well and made the changes that needed to be made and Barry became the antagonist. Showing what can happen to a time remnant when left to its own devices is exactly what this show needed and let's face it, it's exactly what Barry character development needed. He needed to experience first hand what can happen when a speedster doesn't pay 100% attention to what he is doing and how it might affect the future.
Marlon - I think it was a great choice for a villain and wow did that final reveal blow me away. They definitely outdid themselves once again.
How do you feel about the choice to go with Clifford Devoe aka The Thinker for the villain in the fourth season?
John - The Thinker is a strange but possibly smart choice for the fourth season. If they stuff it up, it could go terribly wrong, but if they get it right it will be an amazing season like nothing we've seen before.
Jack - They needed to switch it up from speedsters. Speedsters are a big aspect of The Flash, but it's not the only aspect and we needed to avoid getting stale, as well as, showcase these other villains and how The Flash handles them. Bringing in The Thinker brings an extreme technical aspect that will test all of these technical minds like we have never seen before and likely drive the team closer. This is a unique villain that is not only new to the flash but to the entire DC CW TV Universe. The science talk will shift from Speed Force and dimensions and paradox's and will now show how The Flash translates these into technology and the mind. Huge possibilities here.
Marlon - It's without a doubt an interesting choice and it will be a refreshing change of pace to not have a speedster as the big bad. I would like to see where they take this one and if they could pull it off after dealing with speedsters for so long.
Do you think they did the right thing by ending it with Wally and Jesse and do you think they executed it properly?
John - Wally and Jesse were kind of cute, but there's no one to save in the relationship. No damsel in distress per say; which isn't a bad thing, except I think Wally wanted to save Jesse all of the time forgetting that she has had her speed longer than him and has more experience.
Marlon - Well, we need Wally. He is a big character that just hasn't been explored too far yet. Jesse is good to have for a cameo here and there, but with a relationship that makes either Wally go away or Jesse appear too often.
Jack - I think they did the right things ending it. I love both of the characters but the show would be too crowded to keep them both on full time and it won't work across dimensions. As for if they executed it properly, it's tough to say, because they did the right thing by trying to make you feel for both of them while also making you feel that it needed to end. However, the part I have a problem with is; then why even do the subplot?
Do you think they should have worked Jesse Quick into the finale, or do you think that they did it right by keeping the "three generations" theme; despite Wally not being Barry's nephew?
John - They could have worked Jesse into the finale. The generations should have been left until Impulse shows up, but that's just my opinion, maybe impulse will show up and not even have a relation to either Barry or Wally or anyone really. Obviously, they did what they did for reasons only known to them at this time.
Marlon - Case in point, they should have included Jesse in the final battle. It's exact moments like these where Jesse is a good addition.
Jack - I wish they would have included her, but perhaps the reason is that they felt Team Flash would be overpowered at that point and would lose its wow factor of the defeat. Perhaps they are working to completely phase the character out to make room for Impulse. I don't know why they made the choice that they did and I'm not sure that it would be better or worse off had they done otherwise.
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John - Caitlin's subplot ended really well. Killer Frost helped in the end and while she's no longer Caitlin, she was able to control her basic desires and instincts. I was worried they would try to lock her in the pipeline, but the way she just walked away, in the end, felt right.
Marlon - There is no good Killer Frost. If she can learn to control her powers and become Caitlin, that's fine. If she cannot, then she has to be a villain. There is no in between for this character.
Jack - This is tough. I like the way they did it, but next season is going to be decision time. I would love to have Caitlin be Caitlin and still have her powers, but it cannot be. I say this as a huge fan of the Killer Frost character as well as a huge fan of the character they have developed in this show with Caitlin. The whole point behind the Killer Frost character is that she is incapable a normal life because she is so cold that she is turned cold at heart. Personally, I would prefer them to bring back the Suicide Squad with King Shark, a real Artemis perhaps, Definitely Captain Cold, Black Siren and Killer Frost on the team. This would provide us a way to continue to root for Killer Frost as a villain and a hero without contorting the character. Not only that, but this would provide a great set of relationships and comedic rivalry between King Shark, Captain Cold and Killer Frost. A dynamic that can't be done anywhere else. Honestly, they don't even have to do the entire squad. They can just bring that trio back to The Flash, but I think doing so as part of the Argus program would make perfect sense with where they left off as well as provide my initial point of the ability to cheer for the villain. Fuck, why not do a Suicide Squad show? Fuck the movies. A show has always been a better format for that story.
Did The Flash let you surpass itself once more this season or did it let you down? What were your high and low points of the season?
John - In short, yes; I do believe that The Flash successfully surpassed itself again this year. The only downside to this season, I think was 'Brooding Barry'. It felt like Arrow far too often. Hopefully next season we return to a more happy and optimistic Barry.
Marlon - This show cannot do anything wrong, each season gets better. That is something I haven't seen anywhere else in comic book television and is a rarity in television in general.
Jack - This season started off a bit shaky, but pulled off the victory it needed in the end and defied the odds set not only by decades of television history but by the bars it had previously set for itself. If I had to pick a low point, I would say that it was Wally and Jesse's relationship, because I didn't see the point of even doing it if they were not actually going to go through with it. As for a high point, I would say that the best part about this season was that they threw even the most die hard Flash fans for a loop and that is something we needed. Would I have rather seen them do it with an original character? Yes, but I still approve of how they did it.
What does The Flash need to do next season to come out strong and stay that way for another successful season?
John - Next season, all they need to do is keep surprising us. Keep throwing us in a spin. Not just us fans either, even the casual watchers that have never rad the comics. that's the key. They have set the precedent and now they need to build off it in an even bigger way.
Marlon - Bring in Impulse and Blue Cobalt and it's a guarantee that ratings will soar. Enough said.
Jack - They need to bring more fun to the show. They need to bring more science and experiments and training and whimsical yet purposed dialogue. But most of all, they need to take a note from the comics and Agents of SHIELD. They need to do 2-5 episode arcs with their side character and have those everyday enemies affect how he adapts to his even larger threat, without having direct ties to one another. The flash doesn't just focus on one enemy. He has a city to protect. He also has one of the largest and most diverse Rogues galleries in all of comics. Use them. Bring us a 2-3 episode arc with Gorilla Grodd. Bring us a 3-5 episode arc with King Shark, Killer Frost, and Captain Cold. Bring us a Mirror Master, The Top, Captain Cold and Weather Wizard arc that requires all of the speedsters. Bring back The Trickster for a 2-3 episode arc. Let's see these villains! He is the fastest man alive! Push him to his limit and force him to evolve!
In conclusion, The Flash set out with high standards and a large hurdle in front of them. The goal was to do what no other comic property has done before and what Arrow failed to do. The Flash did just that with the third season in a row improving on the last. However, there are some who felt differently and that vote is only at risk of becoming more popular with another make or break season ahead of them. So far, it looks like they are aware of this and are making the proper changes to avoid this, but only time will tell. So check back with us next season when we review The Flash and determine if they were able to achieve another incredible feat.
Stay Tuned for our next installment of this Roundtable Review series where we give our End of Season Thoughts on Arrow.
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Arthritis is an extremely common problem in dogs, as it is in people. There are many different types, but all cause damage and pain and often develop progressive degenerative joint disease.
Arthritis means "inflamed joint" and in inflamed joints the synovial fluid, which is the joint oil, becomes watery and no longer helps the joint surfaces slide easily over each other. Other changes are that the joint cartilage becomes worn and breaks up and the body lays down new bone around the damaged joint to try and stabilise it.
What Causes Arthritis?
Some animals are born with defective joints which become arthritic, some have a weakness that results in arthritis when they are older, some get arthritis after an injury, some animals get infection in their joints and so become arthritic. Some animals become allergic to their joints and develop what is called rheumatoid arthritis.
Diagnosing the Cause
As you can see there are many different causes, and as many of the treatments are specific to one cause, we often need to find out what has caused the problem. Usually this involves radiography, sometimes blood tests and occasionally biopsies.
Treating Arthritis
There are three different main ways in which we treat arthritis; firstly we can modify the pet's lifestyle so as to reduce the wear and tear on the joint, secondly we can treat specific causes of arthritis, thirdly we can give drugs that will kill the pain.
Pressure on the joints is what increases the wear and tear on the joints and causes the cartilage to break up. It is therefore very important to reduce your pet's weight if necessary and keep it down. Excess weight does more damage than anything else and you will do more for your pet's quality of life by being very strict with their food than anything else.
Another major cause of wear is severe exercise, especially the twisting and turning involved when playing with balls and going out with horses. Regular controlled exercise, such as half an hour's walk once or twice daily, will keep them fit, help keep the weight down and stop the joints seizing up. However too much is worse than none at all so do avoid the occasional very long walks.
A properly balanced diet is also important. We always recommend that you either feed a proprietary food or give a complete vitamin and mineral supplement.
Specific Treatments
Specific causes of Arthritis, such as bacterial infections or Lyme's Disease require treatment with specific drugs in order to stop the progression of the disease. Just giving them painkillers will make them look better for a time, but will allow the infection to do more permanent damage. Rheumatoid Arthritis needs treating with specific cytotoxic drugs to control it, and often special diets will help as well. Some arthritises will require a surgical operation either to fuse the joint or replace it with an artificial one. In all of these cases we need to know what the cause is, and therefore will advise radiography and possibly other tests.
General Treatments
These can be divided into five different groups:
Firstly there are food supplements such as Synoquin that contain glucosamine hydrochloride (not sulphate!) and chondritin and injections such as Cartrophen are thought to help by improving the quality of synovial fluid, reducing the pressure inside the joints and protecting the joint cartilage.
In the second group are drugs which work like aspirin in people. They are anti-inflammatory, reduce the swelling in the joints and also reduce pain, and have been shown to slow down the progression of arthritis. In this group are drugs such as Metacam, Rimadyl, Cimalgex, Trocoxil and Previcox.
In the third group are drugs that powerfully reduce swelling and pain, but which can have side effects. In this group are drugs such as steroids, cytotoxic drugs and gold injections.
In the fourth group are drugs that modify how pain is felt, a bit like paracetamol in people. Pardale, tramadol and gabapentane are typical of this group.
In the fifth group there are physical treatments that are very effective at controlling pain. The two we routinely use are acupuncture and theraputic laser treatments.
Acupuncture is an effective method of reducing arthritic pain but does not slow down the progression of the disease. Your pet would usually need treating weekly for a month then every 2-4 weeks thereafter.
Theraputic lasers are similar. Again very effective at reducing pain and often monthly treatments are enough to keep your pet mobile and out of pain.
We feel that the object of treating arthritis must be to diagnose and cure the cause, if possible; to try to slow down the progression of the arthritis and to treat pain so that our pets can enjoy their life to the full for as long as possible.
We always recommend weight control and regular controlled exercise, a good diet and the use of dietary supplements such as Synoquin or Glycoflex. We will discuss trying to diagnose the cause with you and may prescribe specific treatments. We will usually recommend a non steroidal drug to slow down the disease and reduce the swelling and pain initially, and the use of other drugs, laser therapy or acupuncture if the drugs cause unwanted side effects or do not control the pain adequately.

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Reading has always seemed to be about as necessary as breathing to me, but once in a while I will pick up a book that I want to read again and again. The Shack by William P. Young has made me want to hold on to it and just flip back through its pages to some of the remarkable thoughts that have suddenly illuminated my beliefs.
Sometime back my parents called and asked a very direct question of us about our beliefs: Is there any way except through Jesus? Well, no. All the different religions and beliefs are ways that Jesus can get to us, I suppose, but our path to the One God is through Jesus.
Yes, I know: I was going to avoid sex, religion, and politics in this blog. Well, it's fairly easy at our age to avoid sex; politics feels a little like being invited to swim in a sewer these days; so that pretty much leaves religion. And somehow I don't feel that loving God is the same thing as religion. In fact, it's been several years since I sat through one of those interminable sermons that were filled with guilt, hell fire, tithing, and duty. For some reason I would rather give one of my students money for gasoline so she can come to class rather than pay the electric bill for a church building. And I don't feel the least bit guilty about that.
In The Shack the author deals with the "if onlys" that we knew when our daughter died. He looks at the realities of forgiving ourselves—and of forgiving others. And he speaks of reconciliation—not revolution: "Instead it will be the quiet daily powers of dying and serving and loving and laughing, of simple tenderness and unseen kindness, because if anything matters, then everything matters."
I have often felt that faith and love should be about relationships. And our identity should NOT be what we do as much as whom we are in the lives of others. A mother, for instance, may not live to see the huge differences in the world that her children will make. But she rocks the cradle of civilization with loving eyes and heart. She lays the foundation in quiet words and in hugs while her husband builds walls of safety and love around the entire family.
When I was a girl, Mom suggested that I read books by Gene Stratton-Porter and Lloyd C. Douglas. The first was a romantic naturalist and the latter someone who saw the human side of those who had walked with Jesus. Both had a profound effect upon my view of nature and of what it meant to follow Christ. I suspect that for this generation, The Shack may have a very important effect upon their view of religion, of relationships, and of God.
Today I saw a video of a man who was born without eyes who is able to paint and draw with perfect perspective. The Shack makes me pray: "If only we had eyes to see . . ."
Sunday, August 3, 2008
The Shack
Posted by Nancy Dickerson at 6:13 PM
2 comments:
- Lance said...
Now you are writing what you needed to write. Keep it up and go deeper!
- August 4, 2008 at 5:16 AM
Thank you for writing about "The Shack". It is the most inspiring book I have ever read. It sure does change a person's view of God and Jesus.
- October 22, 2008 at 9:20 AM
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Education: Michigan State University
Dr. Moiles is the owner and Hospital Administrator of the Kalamazoo Animal Hospital. He received his bachelor of science degree in biology and chemistry from Michigan State University in 1978. Dr Moiles graduated from the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine in 1981. He and his wife grew up in mid-Michigan and moved to Kalamazoo in 1983. They have two grown sons. Dr. Moiles also owns and operates the Texas Corners Animal Hospital . He enjoys fishing, gardening and is an outdoor enthusiast. Family pets include Max (a Miniature Australian Shepard), Willow (a Doberman Pinscher), and three cats (Sophie, Tara, and Gemma).
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Education: Michigan State University
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Walnuts are good for reasoning, researchers have reasoned.
Diets containing two percent, six percent, or nine percent walnuts, when given to old rats, were found to reverse several parameters of brain aging, as well as age-related motor and cognitive deficits, says James Joseph, PhD, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center at Tufts University in Boston.
Walnuts contain alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), an essential omega-3 fatty acid, and other polyphenols that act as antioxidants and may actually block the signals produced by free radicals that can later produce compounds that would increase inflammation. Findings from the studies by Joseph and his colleague Barbara Shukitt-Hale, PhD, show for the first time that shorter chain fatty acids found in plants, such as walnuts, may have beneficial effects on cognition similar to those from long chain fatty acids derived from animal sources, which have been reported previously.
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So it's only been like almost a year since I last posted. And man things are changing. Let's see...
Keith is walking, running, biting, making animal noises, climbing, definitely not saying mom, torturing the dog, and as fun and cute as ever. For the most part.
I'm currently 21 weeks pregnant. We have another little boy on the way! While I'm very excited, I'm also slightly terrified. The thought of two little boys vs. me on a daily basis... ahhh. I'm hoping that baby will hear how loud and crazy Keith is and will come out and be like "Mom, I heard what he puts you through, so I'm going to go ahead and give you a break."
Yeah, right.
Now that I think about it and write it all down, there really isn't that much going on. Huh. I've mostly been busy with my calling as Relief Society Secretary (who knew they were so buys!) and then family stuff. Just normal stuff.
But I am going to start blogging again.
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The senior thrived in the distance events. At the Baltimore County championships, Donadio captured the 800 in 2 minutes, 20.3 seconds, the 1,600 in 5:07.02 and the 3,200 in 11:08.4.
She won the same three events at the Class 3A North regional meet, taking the 800 in 2:23.37, the 1,600 in 5:13.04 and the 3,200 in 11:26.66. Donadio claimed her first individual state crown in outdoor track when she took the 3,200 in 11:08.91, and she finished fourth in both the 800 and 1,600. Donadio was named the county's Runner of the Year in cross country this past fall. Next year, she will compete in track and field for Towson University.


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The Polished Knob
Date: November 14th, 2011
Client: The Polished Knob
Type: Website & Live Feeds
Project Brief: This was a bespoke website developed for the Todmorden pub The Polished Knob.
Chris Hartley the owner of the pub came to us asking for a new website to promote his pub and the services the pub provides. In addition to the flash virtual tours and complex database system, the main key feature to this site are the live feeds that run from IP cameras in the pub. We are very proud of this feature as its one of the first websites to incorporate this for a pub.
Spec List: HTML, PHP, CSS, javascript, MySQL, live webcam feeds, virtual tours, embedded twitter and google maps, picture gallery, CMS database for add/ delete/ edit of food/ drinks , picture gallery and live bands
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text: FX: Family Experience Sunday is a great opportunity for the whole family to worship together. The morning worship was led by elementary age kids and teaching was done with the help of our elementary kids. In this message Associate and Children's Minister, Dylan Bjorklund teaches that generosity is a part of the character of God and because we are made in His image we should reflect His generosity, that we should give like we are giving to God.


text: Hailed as an ""original and far-reaching contribution"" to psychoanalytic theory and social thought, this is Fromm's ambitious and rather complicated rebuttal of Lorenz' innate aggressive instinct, built upon an amended version of the Freudian dichotomy between Eros and Thanatos. Animals act by instinct but people have ""character-rooted passions,"" an inner map which mediates and is largely formed by physiology and the social environment, which can be either ""biophilic"" (""life-loving"") or necrophilic (""death-loving""); considered as a set they constitute a person's character. Aggressive acts can also be either life-serving and hence ""benign"" or death-serving, hence ""malignant""; while benign aggression is reactive, self-terminating and undertaken in defense of what is deemed to be a ""vital"" interest, malignant aggression aims at controlling others, destruction and cruelty for its own sake, for the pleasure the aggressor gets. In sane life-loving societies it would be recognized as the pathology that it is; malignant character-types like Stalin, Hitler and Himmler -- Fromm's models -- would be ""harmless"" because they wouldn't have a chance to come to power. But one might ask, is it possible to draw a line between these categories? Are passions such as unquestioning patriotism, greed, jealousy and vengeance less destructive to life because the damage done was not consciously or unconsciously intended? Don't we also need a set of standards by which we could decide what ""vital interests"" to defend? And if the same goals can be achieved by less aggressive means, how can such choices be encouraged? Fromm's latest book -- eclectic but. labyrinthine -- digs up the roots of man's pathology, but he has no life-promoting prescriptions beyond those offered in his earlier Escape From Freedom, The Sane Society and The Revolution of Hope.


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Coming up on Sunday, February 26 at 10:30 am, our worship service will be a "UCM: The Musical" multigenerational service, led by Katharine Childs, Rev. Diane Rollert, with music by Maider Martineau, the Parts in Peace Choir and Sandra Hunt.
Come enjoy and participate in the next installment of our multigenerational community musical. We'll explore how our UU belief that love is the strongest force in the universe calls us to work for justice for all people. Hear tales from our community's past, and be inspired by stories of our heroes and the call to love and justice.
After the service the Ruth di Giovanni Documentary Film Series will be held in the Thomas Room at 12:15 pm.


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GC Houston offers a Delegate Resource Workshop (DRW) in January for all registered delegates. This is a chance for them to practice parliamentary procedure, interact with other students, and meet Dais members.
In our experience, first time delegates who attend the DRW feel much more successful and confident going into the conference in April because of the training they receive.
The DRW is also a chance for sponsors to ask questions and learn more about the conference. A sponsors meeting is held separate from the workshop, which proves to be a vital time for new sponsors to interact with more seasoned sponsors.
The following schedule is what students can expect at the DRW.
8:30 – 9:00 am.………………………………………………………………… Check-In
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Zero Requiem Corollary
Categories: Crack/Humor
Summary: Capes and such notwithstanding, Lulu made one seriously bad fashion choice.
Words: ~400
More subtextual Lelouch/Suzaku.
Takes place before the end but will still spoil you for the whole damn series.
"What the hell is that on your head."
Not taking his eyes from the mirror, Lelouch reaches up, adjusts the green dangle. "Don't you like it?"
Suzaku shuts the door behind him, walks about to face the emperor he's sworn to follow. He sets his fists on his hips. "It's hideous. It looks like you're wearing a serviette folded by a--"
"A blind man?"
"I would never joke like that. I can't believe you would."
"Power goes to my head. You know that." Lelouch leans forward and gives the hat another adjustment. "I'm going to wear it all the time. Every day."
"You are not. I can't even look at you."
"Every day. Until this hat is synonymous with my visage." His grin is terrifying. "This, my fine Knight of Zero, is all part of the master plan. The corollary, if you will, to the Zero Requiem."
"You have completely gone round the bend, and I mean besides in the way you already have."
Lelouch turns his attention back to the mirror, looking at his smile, eyes half-lidded. "Did you see that abomination of cloth and feathers Cornelia was wearing on her head in the throne room yesterday?"
"Of course I saw it. I was dodging swords and spears and yet I still couldn't take my eyes off it. I thought it was going to fly away squawking."
"You agree that she wore it because she thought it made her look grand and attractive."
"I have no--all right, yes, she must have. Because I can't think of any other reason. Why women believe they look best disguised as mutant geese will never make sense to me."
"Yes, well." Lelouch's eyes narrow further. "I will become the most hated tyrant the world has ever known, Suzaku. The world will unite against me and rejoice at my death."
"I know all that. Don't keep talking about it," says Suzaku, and his voice is hard-edged.
"And when my successor rises, and denounces everything about me, from my Geass to my regicide--"
"I'll be your regicide, dammit--"
"But you won't be my successor. Be quiet. My Geass to my regicide to my maniacal laugh--"
"That one is getting to be impressive, I will say."
"--then the thing I'm also counting on them to do," Lelouch takes a deep breath, "is to ban hats."
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"I told you I don't want to be held" I rolled my eyes and added "we've been through this a million and one times, why do this now?"
"Are you listening to me at all???"
I stood up angrily at that point and stomped into the bathroom.
He kept banging the door and begging me to come out. I was too angry and I knew it would be better for both of us if I remained in there. How did I end up angry in a bathroom, sitting on the toilet seat and pinging my girls, updating them!
Well, here it is…
I had known Bola for about three years and we even had history because at some point, we were "running things". He's a yahoo boy who never really makes money and even when he does make money, he never spends it on girls. A stingy, self conceited yahoo boy.
Since I'm not a girl driven by money/material things, I never asked him for money. I was "doing him" at the time because it felt good. And when I stopped feeling good, I stopped doing him.
We gradually stopped talking and I couldn't be bothered. Recently, he found me on twitter and we followed each other. He asked for my pin and I thought why not?
We got talking and I wasn't too friendly at first. He noticed I was reluctant to be friends with him and he claimed he'd changed, he was now a good person, in fact he could go out of his way for the other person.
He asked us to see, spend a little time together and I would be convinced he'd changed. Again I thought why not? But I rang it in his ears nothing was going to happen. He promised nothing was going to happen but because I want convinced and because I'd experienced a lot of "disturbances" when I hangout with some male friends I kept hammering for two whole months that nothing was ever going to happen.
"Stop it already" he said "what else do you want me to say? I swear all we'll do is talk". I finally stopped talking about it and decided to go see him last week.
Because I had things to do earlier in the day and because he had to travel the next day, we agreed on a sleepover. Before we moved to his place, I noticed he was all over the place and was really full of energy. Suspecting he might have had too much to drink, I asked him.
He denied it and laughed adding "I said I'm not like before dear. I have changed!". Well, I thought if he had said it a million and one times, I might as well stop pestering him.
Night came, he went to bed almost as soon as we got to his place. I slept almost immediately too. During the night, I suddenly felt something crawling up my body. I jumped up and nearly let out a scream. It took a while before I realised it was Bola touching me! I told him to stop and he said he was cold and had to hold me to be warm.
"Jeez! What were u holding when I wasn't here?" I asked. "It's never been this cold" he answered. And that was how I battled up until the time I stomped into the bathroom
I spent the remainder of my night in the bathroom and the next day, Bola said to me "I'm sorry I won't be offering you cab money. U demonstrated free will during the night and I might as well…"
I didn't let him finish. I packed my things and told him "You're too screwed up to change!" With that, I left the room and took him off my phone. Good riddance to lowlife yahoo boy!!!
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Philippine Liner Shipping Association (PLSA) member carriers are imposing a 32% increase in bunker surcharge on domestic cargoes, excluding transshipment cargoes, due to soaring fuel prices.
The adjustment will likely be adopted toward the latter part of the month and will cover all fuel price adjustments since February 2011.
Fuel expenses comprise about a third of shipping lines' operating cost.
"Based on our computation, the price of bunker has risen by 31.92% since we last increased our rates a year ago," a ranking official of a PLSA member line told PortCalls.
PLSA uses the weekly posted price provided by Pilipinas Shell for its fuel price computations.
"We can no longer subsidize the cost as cargo volume has not performed as projected in the past couple of years," the source who requested anonymity said.
Once imposed, shippers to and from all Visayan ports will have to shell out an additional P800 bunker surcharge per container and shippers to and from Mindanao ports, an additional P1,400 per container.
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I don't have a lot of experience but I guess I can soon make that better!
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As a board member of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival who chaired its education committee, Carol Ackerman played a pivotal role in bringing music into the lives of young people.
A former high school and middle school teacher, she worked closely with the Gloucester, Rockport, and Salem school systems to bring professional musicians into classrooms, which benefited students who otherwise wouldn't have that opportunity.
"Those efforts combined her two great loves, education and music," said her close friend Susan Gray, a trustee emeritus of the organization that is now Rockport Music. "She believed that music can transform lives."
Gray added that Mrs. Ackerman "had a very strong sense of social justice and was a natural leader. She projected a kind of quiet authority and possessed a great generosity of spirit."
Mrs. Ackerman, who was active in civic life on Cape Ann for nearly 50 years, died of cancer in her Gloucester home on Oct. 31. She was 75.
Over a 30-year career, she taught French and Spanish to more than 2,000 students in Gloucester, Rockport, Ipswich, Natick, and Bourne, and at Shore Country Day School in Beverly.
"She was very proud of her chosen profession and regarded teaching as the most valuable thing one could do in life," said her husband, Jerry. "She loved seeing a student's face light up when he or she grasped a new concept."
Mrs. Ackerman's civic contributions included chairing the board at Wellspring House in Gloucester, which offers shelter to the homeless, adult education, career planning, and job training, and at North Shore Universalist Church in Danvers.
She was also on the boards of the Sawyer Free Library and its public lecture and performance arm, the Gloucester Lyceum, and at the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church.
During her time on the music festival board, Mrs. Ackerman's efforts helped raise funds for the centerpiece of Rockport Music, the Shalin Liu Performance Center, which opened in 2010.
"She had a sense that we are all interconnected, that the well-being of one person is linked to the well-being of another," said longtime friend Barbara Braver, who served with Mrs. Ackerman on the Lyceum committee that made decisions about which programs or speakers would be a good fit.
Mrs. Ackerman's input, Braver said, was selfless and invaluable.
"Carol knew the pulse of the community because she was involved in so many aspects of community life," she said. "People admired her willingness to step in and do things that needed to be done, but it was never about promoting herself. It was about getting things done with a certain lightness of heart."
An avid gardener and quilter, Mrs. Ackerman was always willing to share that expertise. She also hosted exchange students and brought her own students on trips to France, which she first visited as a Fulbright scholar.
A recipient of the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church's citizenship award, she was a strong advocate of helping the less fortunate, said Dick Prouty, a friend and former board chairman at the church. "I admired her integrity and deep caring for others, he said.
Born Carol Nieter in Racine, Wis., Mrs. Ackerman attended Oak Park and River Forest High in Oak Park, Ill., and graduated with a bachelor's degree and a master's from Middlebury College in Vermont. She perfected her Spanish at a University of Arizona program in Guadalajara, Mexico.
She met Jerry Ackerman in Orleans through mutual friends. They married in 1967 and moved the following year to Gloucester, where she became a Girl Scout troop leader. Her husband, who is a mentor for start-up entrepreneurs at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, was an editor and reporter at the Globe from 1971 to 2001.
"Dinner with Jerry and Carol was always a delight, and the conversation was always enlightening and entertaining," Braver said.
Mrs. Ackerman's son, Steven, of San Francisco, said she taught him a love of the outdoors and nature, an appreciation of music, art, and culture, and about fine food and how to cook it. She also taught him "to be guided, even against prevailing attitudes, by one's personal values," he added.
A service was held in the Shalin Liu Performance Center for Mrs. Ackerman, who in addition to her husband and son leaves two daughters, Laurel and Suzanne, both of Arlington; a sister, Mary Nieter of Gaithersburg, Md.; and four grandchildren.
"She taught me through example that it's possible to learn to focus on what you truly want, not just what you think you should, and then build a plan to reach that goal," Laurel said.
Mrs. Ackerman, knowing she was terminally ill last summer, had a plan to deal with it.
"She mapped out how she would approach that," her husband recalled. "First, we would go ahead with a planned trip in July to introduce two of our grandchildren to London and Paris. Then we would go ahead with a previously planned party to celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary."
Mrs. Ackerman insisted that her husband then go through with a twice-postponed knee surgery, reasoning that she would still be well enough to help his recovery, and then he could help her.
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Far Cry 3 is the latest iteration in the Far Cry series. Released in the US in early December 2012, it uses the Dunia 2 game engine and is published and developed by Ubisoft. This action-adventure, first-person shooter offers both single player and multi-player modes.
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Frano Lufi basso
Frano Lufi began his musical studies in violin, accordion and piano. In 1985 he graduated in singing at the The State's Conservatory of Music in Tirana and
was hired by the State Theatre in the same city as stable bass, performing at the same time and teaching at the State Conservatory.
In August 2000 he trained at the Academy
Rossini in Pesaro.
In 1991 he won the International Singing Competition " George Enescu" in Romania.
In 1992 he won the International Singing Competition " Young hopes to
Opera" in the city of Skopje (Macedonia) .
In 1994 he won the second prize at the "International Singing Competition G. B. Viotti" in Vercelli.
He won also the Singing Competition "Katia Ricciarelii" and then, under the direction of Katia Riccerelli, he attended the Academy Opera Valance.
In the year 1994, together with the famous soprano, he sings the "Petite Messe Solenelle " and the "Stabat Mater" by Rossini.
In 1995 he debuted the role of Raimondo in "Lucia di Lammermoor" at Verona Philharmonic Theatre.
Yet at the Verona Philharmonic he plays the part of Christ in "Laudes Evangelii " by V. Bucchi, the first Nazarene in "Salome" by R. Strauss and the bass solo part in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
At the Teatro S. Carlo in Naples, Teatro Regio in Turin at the Fenice in Venice he plays the role of Trufaldino in "Ariadne auf Naxos" by R. Strauss.
Still in the Arena of Verona he sings the role of Count Monterone in "Rigoletto" by G. Verdi.
At the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome he plays the role of Lorenzo in "Capuleti e Montecchi" and Alidoro in "La Cenerentola" by Rossini.
Even at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice he sings the roles of the Commendatore in "Don Giovanni" by Mozart, Angelotti in "Tosca" by Puccini and Pistola in "Falstaff" by Verdi.
At the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania he is Colline in "La Boheme", Raimondo in "Lucia di Lammermoor", Monterone in "Rigoletto", Oroveso in "Norma", Samuel and Tom in "Un Ballo in Maschera", and Zio Bonzo in "Madama Butterfly.
With the same theater he goes on tour in Japan and he sings the roles of Colline, Oroveso and Conte Rodolfo, respectively in "La Boheme" "Norma" and "La Sonnambula".
At the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo he is the bass soloist in the "Great Messa da Requiem" by John Simon Mayer .
At the Opera Festival in Avenches, in Switzerland, he sings the roles of Basilio in "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" The King in "Aida" the High Priest of Belo in "Nabucco" and Melchtal in "GuglielmoTell".
In Theaters Brescia, Busseto, Politeama in Lecce, he plays the roles
of Ferrando in "Trovatore", Padre Guardiano in "Forza del Destino", Prince of Bouillon in "Adriana Lecouvreur", Verdi's Requiem.
In 2007, at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, he played the Prince of Bouillion in "Adriana Lecouvreur" by Cilea.
In 2008 he sings the role of Raimondo in "Lucia di Lammermoor" in Rome (Caracalla).
July 2009 he is still the Prince of Bouillon in "Adriana Lecouvreur" at theTeatro Regio in Turin.
He sang the role of Angelotti in Tosca at Locarno Theatre, in Switzerland.
In 2010, he sang the role of the King in Aida in Tokyo, Japan, with the NHK Symphony Orchestra.
In 2011 he played Zaccaria in Nabucco at the Theatre of Insbruch(Austria) .
In 2012, he sang the role of Ramfis in Aida at the Teatro Rossini in Lugo, and in Teatro Magnani Fidenza .
In the same year he sang Ferrando in "Trovatore" with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Udine.
In 2013, he sang several Verdi's Requiem in Italy and to the foreign: Teatro Alfieri of Asti, Verona, Como, Cremona and Mantova, Teatro Cantero in Chiavari, ecc.
In Politeama Theatre of Piacenza and in the Theatre of Sanremo he sang the role of the Ramfis in "Aida"; also he was Oroveso in Norma at the Teatro Alfieri of Asti and Cantero Chiavari .
In November 2013 he sings in Simon Boccanegra with the NHK Orchestra in Tokyo - Japan - directed by Nello Santi.
He sang also in several theaters abroad in different cities of the U.S.A., in Japan (Tokyo, Osaka , Otsu etc.), in Russia (St. Petersburg), in Oslo, Geneva and in the "Staatsoper " of Bern (Switzerland) - roles as: Doctor in "La Traviata", Colline in "La Boheme", Oroveso in "Norma", Re in "Aida, "Grand Sacerdote in "Nabucco" , Stromminger in "La Wally" by Catalani.
He sang under the direction of conductors as : Nello Santi, Jeffrey Tate, Maurizio Arena, Richard Bonynge, Gustav Kuhn, Giuliano Carella, Donato Renzetti, Anton Guadagno, Marcelo Viotti, etc. .
He has recorded for the labels of the Agora, Hungaroton and Arte nova classics, the "Great Messa da Requiem" by J. S. Mayer, the opera "The coffee country " by B. Galuppi , the opera "Ariadne auf Naxos" by R. Strauss .
He performs concerts in Italy, Holland, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Switzerland, singing operatic repertoire as soloist with several great orchestras as: Budapest's Opera Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Amsterdam's Concertgebau, Auditorium Stravinsky Montreux, Aalborg Congresshal, Tonhalle of Zurich, and so on.
14-30 Nov 2014 - Aida (Ramfis) - Seoul Art Center - South Korea (historic production by Teatro alla Scala di Milano del 1963).
15 - 17 May 2015 - Il Trovatore (Ferrando) - Cairo Opera House.
Jun - Jul 2015 - Tosca - Teatro alla Scala di Milano
2 - 4 Dec 2015 - Il Trovatore (Ferrando) - Cairo Opera House.
25 Feb - 7 May 2016 - La cena delle beffe (Fazio) - Teatro alla Scala di Milano
May 2016 - Salome - 1 Nazarener - Teatro Carlo Felice, Genova
5- 7 Jun 2016 - Macbeth (Banco) - Stàtna Opera Banskà Bystrica (Slovacchia)
Sep 2016 - Don Giovanni (Commendatore) - Pafos Aphrodite Festival (C: Beltrami; D: Lippi)
25 Oct - 3 Dic 2016 - Rigoletto (Monterone) - Teatro Verdi, Trieste


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Seismic Characterization of Fracture Propertiesby L. R. Myer, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, United States,
L. J. Pyrak-Nolte, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, United States,
D. Hopkins, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, United States,
N. G. W. Cook, Lawrence Berkeley Lab, United States,
Document Type: Proceeding Paper
Part of: High Level Radioactive Waste Management 1990
Laboratory measurements of the mechanical stiffness, hydraulic conductivity and seismic properties of three natural fractures were made as a function of applied normal stress. Seismic measurements were made under both dry and saturated conditions. Results showed that an empirical and theoretical correlation exists between seismic properties of a fracture, its hydraulic conductivity and mechanical stiffness, both the hydraulic and seismic properties could be ranked according to the mechanical stiffness of the fractures. By treating a fracture as a displacement discontinuity, quantitative relationships are developed between the mechanical stiffness of a single fracture and the seismic impedance of the intact rock, and the group time delay and amplitudes of the reflected and transmitted waves. For saturated conditions, additional relationships are developed between the group time delay and amplitudes of shear waves and the specific viscosity of a fracture.
Subject Headings: Hydraulic properties | Mechanical properties | Shear waves | Seismic tests | Seismic effects | Cracking | Hydraulic fracturing | Radioactive wastes
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Lab Director:
Dr. Leah Irish
Leah Irish is an Assistant Professor of Psychology at North Dakota State University and Adjunct Research Faculty for the Center for Health Outcomes and Prevention Research at Sanford Research. Prior to joining the faculty at NDSU in 2013, she earned her Ph.D. in Health Psychology from Kent State University in the lab of Dr. Douglas Delahanty and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine under the mentorship of Dr. Martica Hall. Broadly, Leah's research interests include the complex interplay of sleep and wakinghealth behaviors, the promotion of sleep health in the general population, and the sleep health disparities experienced by American Indians. In her free time, Leah enjoys reading, traveling, and spending time with her family.
Graduate Students:
Mike Mead
Mike joined the SLEEP Lab in 2014 as a graduate student in the Health Psychology Ph.D. program at NDSU. Before joining NDSU, Mike completed his B.S. at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, MI where he majored in psychology and minored in criminal justice. His research focuses on two main areas. First, he is interested using interpersonal models of health behavior to better understand sleep health. He is also interested in applying a 24-hour model of health behavior to identify temporal relationships between sleep and waking health behavior. Mike is also passionate about teaching psychology, earning his teaching certificate at NDSU. He has taught Research Methods in Psychology (both online and in person) and Introduction to Health Psychology. In his spare time, Mike likes cooking, watching movies, spending time with friends and family, and reading.
Alli Engwall
Alli became a member of the SLEEP Lab in 2016 as a graduate student in the NDSU Health/Social Psychology PhD program. She previously attended Iowa State University in Ames, IA, where she completed her B.S. in Psychology. Alli is interested in studying sleep hygiene, as well as social relationships and waking behaviors that influence sleep. Specifically, she is excited to study the impact of diet on sleep. During her free time, Alli likes to bake, read, and spend time with family, friends, and her dog.
Our amazing undergraduate research assistants:
Each year, we are fortunate to work with a number of talented and dedicated undergraduate research assistants. Our students include:
Fall 2016 Lab Members:
Zoe Citrowske Lee, Lab Manager
Shyla Furcht
Brandon Gibson
Amanda Jensen
Anna Montgomery
Bekah Peterson
Brett Turbeville
Rachel Westphal
Spring 2016 Lab Members:
Keaton Rummel, Lab Manager
Courtney Bolsted
Ian Dulka
Shyla Furcht
Hannah Ganskop
Ellen Honsa
Amanda Jensen
Leah Jesser
Zoe Citrowske Lee
Anna Montgomery
Morgan Wangler
Rachel Westphal
Fall 2015 Lab Members:
Kayla Bjorlie, Lab Manager
Keaton Rummel, Lab Manager
Courtney Bolsted
Ian Dulka
Ellen Honsa
Leah Jesser
Tim Karels
Alex Runholt
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I'm YamiShikiMoon, YamiShiki or Yami for short, and this is my blog~
I'm a
normal 24-year old woman, that just loves to watch anime, read manga, playing with video games and hanging out with friends~
Why did I start this blog? Well, it's quite simple really, I like to rant a lot, and like to talk with friends about well, anything anime, manga, game related stuff, so I figured it would be fun to give you guys my own opinion in form of reviews/rants. Occasionally I will do other things like, TOP10 lists, talking about movies, showing of my collection of whatever I might have xD and other stuff~
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WESTFIELD, N.J. – (January 28, 2013) – Jodi Luminiello, sales associate with the Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Westfield West office and founder of the Facebook community group "365 Things to do in Westfield (www.facebook.com/365ThingsWestfield)," organized a task force from the group's more than 5,700 followers to assist with relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
Luminiello, who was born and raised in New Jersey, said that after witnessing past natural disasters such as Hurricane Irene, she knew she needed to take action. After Hurricane Sandy, she began helping clients and friends clean up their homes. While helping in affected areas, especially Union Beach, she realized that the community was in need of more volunteers.
That is when Luminiello reach out to her social media group to recruit volunteers from the Westfield area. Soon after, Luminiello and a group of 14 other area residents anxious to help drove to Union Beach to assist in any way they could. Luminiello conferred with other volunteers and representatives from the Red Cross, Office of Emergency Management and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to determine where her group's help was most needed. Armed each morning with a list of tasks from officials at Union Beach Town Hall, the volunteer group from Westfield sorted piles of clothing and bedding donations, unloaded delivery trucks, and helped storm victims sort through whatever items they could salvage from their homes.
Luminiello and the other volunteers walked door-to-door, providing more assistance to residents who were searching through debris in their homes. As Luminiello recalls, they found a family gutting the first floor of their home because the water level had risen to shoulder height. The contents of the first floor of the home were piled high on the front lawn.
"This was unfortunately a common sight as we delivered hot lunches and clean-up kits provided by the Red Cross to those working day and night to clean up their homes," said Luminiello.
For more information, contact Jodi Luminiello with the Westfield West office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage at (908) 233-0065 or on her cell phone at (732) 713-0051. The office is located at 600 North Avenue West and can be visited online at ColdwellBankerMoves.com/WestfieldWest.
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Our Discovery professional development course on Go Back to Where You Came From saw another wonderful group of teachers come together for a full day of practicing visible thinking routines, planning and professional discussion.
The teachers in attendance enjoyed partaking in the different routines and classroom activities and left excited and energised about the new Area of Study: Discovery.
Below is a selection of activities from the day:
- The series promo establishes that the reverse migrant/refugee journey was very confronting for the participants. What gives you this impression?
- What do you see as the underlying purpose of the series?
- Why do you think it was planned to be as confronting and provocative an experience for these Australians as possible?
- In what ways do you think this series will challenge the participants' assumptions and beliefs about refugees and asylum seekers?
- In what ways do you think this series will challenge your assumptions and beliefs about refugees and asylum seekers?
Understanding Routine: Generate/Sort/Connect/Elaborate
This routine will help you to organise your developing understanding of the concept of Discovery and represent this understanding visually through a concept map.
- Generate a list of ideas and initial thoughts that come to mind when you think about the ways in which Episode One of Go Back to Where You Came From relates to the concept of Discovery.
- Using a concept map, sort your ideas according to how central or tangential they are. Place central ideas near the centre and more tangential ideas toward the outside of the page.
- Connect your ideas by drawing connecting lines between ideas that have something in common. Explain and write in a short sentence how the ideas are connected.
- Elaborate on any of the ideas/thoughts about the concept of Discovery that you have written so far by adding new ideas that expand, extend, or add to your initial ideas.
You can read feedback from teachers who attended this course below:
What do you see as the main benefit(s) of attending this course?
If you were to recommend this course to other English teachers who are preparing to teach the prescribed poems of Robert Gray for the new Area of Study, what would you say?
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Various sorts of banking/credit fraud/identify theft is increasingly common. Both small-time criminals and organized crime gangs are involved with stealing personal data. As a result they can compromise accounts or open new accounts in your name. For instance someone may open a credit card, line of credit, or even a mortgage under your name.
There may be accounts open under your name that you're not aware of. This can happen through no fault of your own!
You absolutely must order your (free) credit reports periodically. Inspect your credit file in detail and follow up on any errors or frauds you discover.
The Government has a couple web pages, which also describes what to do if you discover fraud:
Both Transunion and Equifax provide free reports by mail, though it can be a bit difficult to navigate the web site to find the correct instructions.
You can also order a free credit history by phone. There's some danger in providing all your personal info by phone of course (don't use VoIP or any potentially insecure line) and I recommend using a land line if possible.
From start to end, it took me 30 minutes to order reports from both agencies.
Transunion: 1-800-663-9980
Option 1 - use telephone system to obtain personal credit report
Equifax: 1-800-465-7166
Option 1 "disclosure" - to order file
Here are some tips:
Verify the correct phone numbers through their web sites.
If you have one, grab your most recent credit report. The phone system will quiz you about its contents.
If you moved recently, both agencies may not have the new address so you may try using a previous address.
I'm a native English speaker, yet the voice system had trouble differentiating 'M' versus 'N'. You may have to try it more than once.
One agency didn't know my current credit card number on a recently re-issued card. Since they use the CC number for verification, I had to use another CC number to pass verification.
If the data you enter doesn't match, the phone system will say the report can't be ordered. You can try phoning again and modifying something obvious like the above examples.
- Perpetual Bull, email@example.com


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Chennai, Jun 16 (PTI) Indias men and women chess teams have chances of winning medals in the World Team Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, if they play to potential, the coach R B Ramesh said today.
The men are seeded sixth while the women are seeded fourth in the 10-team tournament which starts tomorrow and if the players can play to the best of their abilities, a medal is a possibility, Ramesh told PTI.
Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi will spearhead the Indian challenge in the mens event, along with K Sasikiran who recently won the Capablanca Memorial tournament in Cuba.
The other members of the team are B Adhiban, Parimarjan Negi and Karthikeyan Murali.
"The players are raring to go. I expect both the teams to give their best. India has good chances of winning medals in both sections, if we play to potential," Ramesh, who is also captain of the mens squad, said. The tournament will also see the return of Parimarjan Negi, who had taken a break from competitive chess to complete higher studies in the US.
The womens squad comprises S Vijayalakshmi (captain), D Harika, Tania Sachdev, Padmini Rout and Eesha Karvade. The mens team had won a bronze in 2009, but the Indian women are yet to bag a medal in the tournament.
Apart from India, other participating teams are China, USA, Ukraine, Russia, Egypt, Norway, Turkey, Belarus and Poland in mens event. Georgia, China, Poland, Ukraine, Egypt, Russia, USA, Vietnam, Azerbaijan and India are the competing teams in womens event. PTI SS PDS PDS


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Edo News – Edo State Police command has issued a 14-day ultimatum to persons with unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition in the State to surrender them to the Police or face the wrath of the law.
The Commissioner of Police, Edo State, CP Folusho Adebanjo, issued the warning while briefing journalists at the State headquarters in Benin City, on the level of preparedness of the command to provide adequate security during the forthcoming polls.
Adebanjo explained that the police had got wind of plans by some unscrupulous politicians to unleash mayhem if they did not win the state primaries.
He said some persons had resorted to the use of illegal firearms at the ward congresses in the State, the police chief warned that the state command would not tolerate any form of violence among politicians in order to avoid "a theatre of war" in next year's elections.
Adebanjo, who assured that the command was "combat-ready" and would "deal decisively with any thugs apprehended, including their sponsors", also said that the police would offer a "handsome reward" for any information leading to the recovery of massive arms and ammunition build-up in the state while such information would be treated with utmost confidentiality.


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ok guys-
i'm writing to ask for your prayers, healing thoughts, positive energy (whatever you can offer) for kimber. she has been complaining of some rib/chest wall pain for about 5 weeks. we watched it and tried to figure out what was causing it but w/ no recollection of an injury just had her rest when it hurt. well this weekend she was complaining of pain again and told me she felt a bump, she has some sort of bump/mass/growth or something just to the left of her sternum. she has a dr appt tomorrow to have some xrays. i'm totally freaking out. if you all wouldn't mind taking a moment to help her out that would be much appreciated. i'll keep you posted.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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"Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart."
—1 Samuel 16:7b
I am often at a loss about what to wear these days. Our culture seems to have no rules or expectations to follow. Do I dress up, fancy suit and tie, or do I dress business casual, nice shirt and slacks, or do I dress down, jogging pants or jeans and T-shirt? I am comfortable each way, and each style describes me. So, I consider my role and the company I am with while at the same time try to be myself.
But, at times I wonder who I am. A song by Casting Crowns asks that same question, "Who Am I?" The song's chorus answers the question first with the fact of human frailty, "I am a flower quickly fading and a vapor in the wind." The chorus continues to describe who we are as believers in God's eyes, "And You've told me who I am, I am Yours." I may wonder who I am, but I know whose I am.
I am both slightly jealous and at the same time slightly sorry for those of you who know exactly who you are. On the jealous side, you are certain and know just how to dress and act. On the pity side, being so certain (did I say rigid) often makes it harder for you to roll with the punches. Life is full of changes, interruptions, and opportunities. But, whether we accept change easily or kicking and screaming, we are still the Lord's.
I have learned not to judge others too quickly or harshly. Do not judge by occupation. David was a shepherd boy, but God used this shepherd boy to slay the mighty giant, Goliath. Do not judge by age. The young Miriam (Exodus 2) watched over her brother Moses until he was rescued from the Nile by Pharaoh's daughter. Moses went on to deliver God's people from slavery and lead them to the Promised Land. Do not judge by living conditions. Jesus, the Son of God, was born in a barn and spent a large portion of His life in a carpenter's shop. You or I may seem like a piece of work to others, but to God we are each His Masterpiece of work.
Not looking at the outward appearance is difficult for human beings, but we can rejoice that the Lord looks beyond the outer decorations directly to the heart and motives. The description that set King David apart from his brothers and the other kings was his heart. The Lord said, "I have found David son of Jesse a man after my own heart" (Acts 13:22). David made his mistakes. His wife was even at times offended by the way he dressed and acted. But David had a heart of single devotion to God.
My prayer for this new decade, for my life and the Church, is that we would be entirely sold out for the Lord and for others. Jesus told us to "'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself'" (Luke 10:27). Make it so, Lord, in 2010. May we be totally Yours.
Randy Bain is the Senior Pastor of Oakland UM Church located at 1504 Bedford Street in Johnstown.
You may reach him through the church Web site www.oaklandumc.com.