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Spirit led Leadership.
Spirit led Leadership.
Revelation 1:9-11, 19
I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet 11 saying, "Write what you see in a book and send it to the seven churches, to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamum and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea….
19 Write therefore the things that you have seen, those that are and those that are to take place after this."
John is a great leader and example to follow. Notice that he considers himself a part of the family, "your brother." He leads the family of God by partnering with them in a few different ways:
If we are disciples of Jesus, then we are going to experience the distresses of serving Jesus, the benefits of serving Jesus, the responsibilities of serving Jesus, and the need to patiently endure the persecution that results from serving Jesus. Are you willing to suffer together with the family of God? The suffering may include being banished from all other believers, like John experienced on the island of Patmos.
While banished on the island away from fellowship with other believers, John was in complete fellowship with the Lord as the beginning of verse 10 says, "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day." No one can keep us from being in close fellowship with Lord since the Holy Spirit dwells in us (Ephesians 1:13-14). Because John stayed in fellowship with the Lord even in the midst of persecution, we are blessed with a written document to help us know how to live in the present and be prepared for the future.
We need to stay in fellowship with the Lord during the distressing troubles that result from carrying out the assignments Jesus has given us. If we do, then Jesus will enable us to benefit many people. Set your mind now to remain strong in the Lord even in the midst of persecution.
John wrote the message Jesus had given him in a book and had him send it to seven local churches in Asia. John obeyed the Lord and millions have been blessed by what he wrote down from the Lord in 95 AD. As we obey the Lord by completing our God-given assignments, many will benefit. Set your mind to obey God no matter how tough your circumstances are. Look in the word of God and see plainly your God-given assignments. If you cannot see through the word of God what your assignment(s) is then ask the Lord to help you see just as He helped John.
May you know your assignment from the Lord and do it.
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Grace and Peace from God.
Grace and Peace from God.
Revelation 1:4-9
John to the seven churches that are in Asia: Grace to you and peace from him who is and who was and who is to come, and from the seven spirits who are before his throne, 5 and from Jesus Christ the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead, and the ruler of kings on earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood 6 and made us a kingdom, priests to his God and Father, to him be glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even so. Amen. 8 "I am the Alpha and the Omega," says the Lord God, "who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty." 9 I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and the kingdom and the patient endurance that are in Jesus, was on the island called Patmos on account of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus.
What a way to start out the revelation of Jesus Christ, "Grace to you... and peace from Him..." In verses 4-6a John introduces himself to the seven churches in Asia and bestows grace and peace on them from the triune God described as: Him who is, who was and who is to come (God the Father); as the seven spirits who are before His throne (God the Holy Spirit); as Jesus Christ, the firstborn from the dead, the ruler of the kings on earth, the one who has freed believers from their sins by his blood and made believers a kingdom of priests to His God and Father (God the Son).
In verse 6b John instructs us that "to Him" (the triune God) belongs glory and dominion forever and ever.
In verse 7 we are told that God the Son is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him, and all the tribes of the earth will wail or mourn because of Him. Daniel, the prophet, predicted the return of the Christ on the clouds (Daniel 7:13-14). An angel told the disciples that just as Jesus ascended in the cloud to heaven, He will come again from heaven the same way (Acts 1:9-11). When Jesus comes it will be very public and all will see His coming (Matthew 24:25-31).
In verse 8 we are told that the Lord God (who is, who was and who is to come, the Almighty) is the Alpha and Omega. Jesus is also the Alpha and Omega, the returning Creator God (Revelation 1:17-18; 21:6; 22:13). Alpha is the first letter in the Greek alphabet and Omega is the last letter in the Greek alphabet. Jesus is the first and the last, the beginning and the end.
We, as believers, serve the Creator God. Jesus is returning to reign in righteousness as King over all the earth. Until then we are free from the power of sin and are to be willing to serve God in tribulation with patient endurance as we make known the good news of Jesus Christ to the people in our sphere of influence.
May you know God and make Him known.
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The Revelation of Jesus Christ.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ.
Revelation 1:1-3
The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who obey what is written in it, for the time is near.
The Revelation to John was given to him in about 95 AD. He was on the island of Patmos because he was actively living for and testifying about Jesus Christ and the gospel of salvation. He was banished to the island of Patmos because he obeyed God rather than men when he was told to quit speaking about Jesus Christ and the Kingdom of God.
Would you obey God rather men if you were going to be imprisoned on an island for proclaiming the gospel?
The revelation of Jesus Christ was given to John to write down because God wanted His servants to know what was going to take place in their lives. God revealed His will to the seven churches and to all the Church throughout all time before the return of Christ. This revelation is not in chronological order, but is rather more like a Power Point presentation that takes us to the time just before the return of Christ and then back to cover a shorter period of time in more detail three times.
The revelation includes four key themes:
In the content of the revelation, we find teaching that is to be obeyed by the Church throughout the ages.
John saw the revelation and recorded it for the benefit of the Church. Those who read the revelation to the church (or teach it) and those who hear and obey the revelation will be blessed. With all that is going on in our world today, this is a very relevant book to know. It teaches us what is going to happen and how to live until all that will happen occurs.
I encourage each of you who will go through this devotional trek through Revelation to read through it as many times as you can to get a more complete picture of what is now and what will be as we move closer to the coming of Christ. Remember, the blessing comes to those who obey. This is not a mere intellectual exercise, but rather motivation to live obedient to Christ now, even if it means persecution.
May you learn, live out, and pass on this teaching to others.
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Confidence in Knowing Jesus.
Confidence in Knowing Jesus.
1 John 5:20-21
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life. 21 Little children, keep yourselves from idols.
Jesus has given every true believer the capacity to understand His word. The Apostle Paul states this in 1 Corinthians 2:12, "Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God." The true believer knows he can understand the scriptures and studies them trusting the Holy Spirit to give him understanding (John 14:26).
If the believer does not understand the word of God, then, he prays asking the Lord to give him understanding. This is God's will and he will gain understanding. As we read and understand the scriptures we get to know the Lord and are not fooled by people preaching a different Jesus (2 Corinthians 11:3-4). There is only one name given in heaven and earth by which people can be saved and that name is Jesus (Acts 4:11-12).
John wraps up his letter with one last command: All believers are commanded to keep themselves from idols. An idol is something we are trusting to give us what we need. Idols can be money, jobs, people, intellect, etc. We need to keep our trust in God alone to meet our every need.
Idolatry is spiritual adultery. We are the bride of Christ and are not to go outside our marriage covenant with Him to get our needs met. John wants to make sure we know we have a relationship with Jesus and then he encourages us to remain faithful.
As the Apostle John writes, "I write these things that you may know you have eternal life..."
May you know Jesus and walk in Him.
(Tomorrow we will start a study through the book of Revelation. You will not want to miss out. Tell a friend.)
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Evidence of being Born of God.
Evidence of being Born of God.
1 John 5:18-19
We know that everyone who has been born of God does not keep on sinning, but he who was born of God protects him, and the evil one does not touch him. 19 We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.
In our world today the genuine Christians are those that do not practice sin. If a genuine Christian sins, he regrets it, repents, confesses it to the Lord, receives His forgiveness and makes restitution to the one sinned against (usually by asking for forgiveness). Many claim to be Christians, but are deceived and have no desire to obey the Lord, but much desire to continue on in their habits of anger, laziness, sexual sin, abusive speech, and more, with no repentance. These "name only Christians" think they can sin all they want with no repentance because in the end God will forgive them.
Real faith is characterized by a desire to obey and not by unrepentant practice of sin. Satan tempts believers to sin, but Jesus protects those who are truly His. True believers know they belong to the Lord, and that the world is in the power of the evil one.
True believers are not letting themselves be conformed to the ways of the world, but are renewing their minds in the word of God, are practicing the word of God by faith in the Son of God. They are being transformed into the image of the Christ more and more each year they are alive. The transformation of the real Christian will be obvious to all around him.
May you run to Jesus today.
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Prayer for Believers caught in Sin.
1 John 5:16-17
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask, and God will give him life- to those who commit sins that do not lead to death. There is sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that. 17 All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin that does not lead to death.
The believer is instructed to ASK God to give life to his brother when he sees him committing a sin that does not lead to death. The believer is also instructed to NOT pray for a believer that is committing a sin that leads to death. This is a hard passage to understand, but let's dive in together. It will be worth it.
How do we know if the sin a believer is committing leads to death or does not lead to death?
We know for sure what sin this is not referring to. It is not the unpardonable sin of unbelief because in Romans the Apostle Paul prayed for his unbelieving country men to be saved (Romans 9:1-3; 10:1). Paul prayed quite passionately.
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"I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit— 2 that I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart. 3 For I could wish that I myself were accursed and cut off from Christ for the sake of my brothers, my kinsmen according to the flesh."
We do know that there are sins that lead to physical death for believers. What are these sins?
Remember the deaths of Ananias and Sapphire in Acts 5:1-10 and the deaths of Corinthian believers who were disciplined by the Lord in 1 Corinthians 11:29-32. The sin of Ananias and Sapphire was lying and I'm sure more in their heart like greed. Ouch. Yes, lying is sin, but just because you may choose to lie it doesn't mean you will die.
So, what are the sins that lead to death for believers? There are not specific sins, but instead, specific circumstances where God disciplines His children by making them weak, sick and even dead (taking them home to be with Him).
The Lord must reveal to us if a believer's sin is unto death, just as He did to Peter and to Paul (Acts 5:9; 1 Corinthians 11:29-32). I have not witnessed this personally, but it can happen. Unless the Lord reveals it specifically to us we are to assume the sin of a believer does not lead to death and diligently pray.
One last thought, we are not to talk to others about a brother's sin, but we are to pray God will turn the brother away from his sin and return him to abundant life. Prayer is powerful. Spend some time in prayer today for your family and those in your sphere of influence.
May you engage in prayer to help set people free from sin today.
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Confidence in Christ.
Confidence in Christ.
1 John 5:13-15
"I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God that you may know that you have eternal life. 14 And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us. 15 And if we know that he hears us in whatever we ask, we know that we have the requests that we have asked of him."
The Lord wants each person who has repented of his sin and believed the gospel to know for certain that he has eternal life according to 1 John 5:13.
John gives us four ways to know for certain we have eternal life with Jesus:
Not only does the Lord want us to know for certain we have eternal life with Him, but also He wants us to be confident He will answer our specific prayer requests. 1 John 5:14-15 says if we ask anything according to His will, then we know He hears us and if we know He hears us, then we know we have what we have asked for.
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I know the Lord desires us to hear His voice (John 10:27). If I pray a certain believer will hear Jesus' voice, I know he will hear the Lord's voice. As we pray the prayers of the New Testament, we know He hears us and we have what we have asked (2 Thessalonians 1:11-12).
May you know for certain you are a child of God and pray with confidence.
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1 John 5:6-12
This is he who came by water and blood - Jesus Christ; not by the water only but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is the one who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth. 7 For there are three that testify: 8 the Spirit and the water and the blood; and these three agree. 9 If we receive the testimony of men, the testimony of God is greater, for this is the testimony of God that he has borne concerning his Son. 10 Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. Whoever does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has borne concerning his Son. 11 And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. 12 Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.
The Apostle John is making the case that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. The people of his day understood more clearly than we do that "Son of God" makes a person equal with God. The Son of God is by nature God, the Creator (John 10:33-36).
John writes in John 1:1-3, 14 that Jesus Christ is God. John gives three witnesses to validate that Jesus is the Son of God. The Spirit and the water and the blood testify that Jesus is the Son of God.
Verse 11 gives us what the testimony is that John is writing about, "And this is the testimony, that God gave us eternal life, and this life is in His Son." The Spirit, the water and the blood testify that having Jesus is having eternal life. John and every believer proclaim this testimony that God has given eternal life to all who believe in His Son.
Those who believe God have the testimony of verse 11 in him. Whoever does not believe the testimony of verse 11 calls God a liar. Does this make sense?
We who believe that God has given us eternal life in Jesus Christ need to follow the Apostle John's example given in 1 John 1:1-4. We need to testify we have eternal life because we believe Jesus is the Son of God and proclaim it to all around us.
Who will you share your testimony with today? Who will you proclaim the gospel to today? How about this week? If you have received Jesus as your Lord and Savior tell your family, tell somebody.
May you know you have eternal life with Jesus.
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1 John 5:4-5
For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world- our faith. 5 Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
The Greek noun, nike (victory) and the Greek verb, nikao (overcome) are used multiple times in the above passage. In the words nike and nikao all the vowels are pronounced. The point the Apostle John is making is that each person who has been born of God by repenting of his sin and believing the gospel is victorious over the sinful world.
Sin is destructive, deceptive and deadly. All people and all creation have been infected by sin. Sin ruins families, destroys nations, and brings death to all. Jesus' death on the cross, resurrection from the dead and rule from His heavenly throne overcomes the world. We live in victory over our sinful body and environment by faith in Jesus, the Son of God (which is another way of calling Him the Creator God).
Jesus has made it possible for us to have families that overcome sin and are whole and complete rather than divided and fractured. Jesus has made it possible for us to live an abundant life in the midst of sinful people and our sin infected environment. Jesus has made it possible to overcome death and live eternally with Him in a new heavens and earth.
We can live as victors over sin instead of as victims of sin. We do this by living by faith in Jesus, the Son of God. We live by faith by learning what we are to be and do by systematically learning the Bible. We live by faith when we attempt to live what we learn expecting Jesus to fulfill our attempt with His power.
It is easy to live as a victim. It takes living by the power of God to live as a victor.
May you experience victory today.
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The Greatest Commandments.
The Greatest Commandments.
1 John 5:1-3
Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the Father loves whoever has been born of him. 2 By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God and obey his commandments. 3 For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not burdensome.
The two greatest commandments given to us by Jesus in Matthew 22:37-39 are, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself." When we repented of our sin and believed the gospel we received the Holy Spirit and the capacity to love God and love people (Ephesians 1:13-14; 1 John 4:19). The Apostle John instructs each believer how to express love to God and people in our text today.
We express love to people by loving God and obeying His commands. We need to learn to love people. Jesus commanded the Apostles to teach every disciple to obey everything He commanded them. He commanded them to teach each disciple how to express love to people.
An example of expressing love to people is given us in Matthew 5:23-24, "So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift." We are commanded to be reconciled to our brother who has something against us. Taking action to heal broken relationships is expressing love to people.
We express love to God by obeying ("keeping" means "obeying"). We express love to God by obeying His commands. Remember, expressing love to God is not burdensome.
An example of expressing love to God is given us in Luke 18:1. Jesus commanded each believer to always pray and not lose heart. We can confidently go to God in prayer and receive grace to help us in our time of need (Hebrews 4:16). Grace to help means we receive what we need to help us as a gift from God. There is no burden in going to God to have our needs met.
We can love God and people by faith at any time rather than only when we feel like it. We are not hypocrites when we express love void of feeling love, because we are obeying God's commands from a sincere faith in God. Saving faith obeys. When we obey we express love to God and people.
May you love others by obeying God's commandments.
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Report: Ole Miss AD confirms Florida had interest in hiring Freeze
In a report from the Orlando Sentinel early Thursday, Ole Miss Athletic Director Ross Bjork admitted Florida had considerable interest in hiring Hugh Freeze before pivoting to current head coach Jim McElwain.
"There was some reality in all of that," Bjork told the publication during the SEC spring meetings. Florida never made any official contact with Freeze, but Bjork acted quickly. Freeze agreed to a contact extension three days before McElwain was hired by Florida.
This public development could definitely add some juice to the contest on Saturday. Florida has to be happy with McElwain at this point early in his tenure. The Gators are currently undefeated, and are ranked for the first time since 2013.
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The Angus burger is an American tradition touted by everyone from Bob Evans to Burger King.
The Angus burger is an American tradition touted by everyone from Bob Evans to Burger King.
Even McDonald's is getting in on the act: The chain began testing its new Angus Third Pounder burger in southern California this year -- and introduced it in central Ohio this month, also as a test product.
"Burgers are a significant part of our business," said McDonald's USA spokeswoman Danya Proud, "and we recognized that there is an opportunity to provide our customers with a more premium, juicy burger -- at a value that only McDonald's can offer."
But what does "Angus" mean? Does it really signify better beef?
Angus is simply a type of cattle originally bred in Scotland.
"The Angus breed specifically is known to have high marbling," said Elizabeth Harsh, executive director of the Ohio Cattlemen's Association.
Marbling refers to the amount of fat flecked within the muscle, adding juiciness and tenderness.
"Marbling is king. There's no question that's the single biggest factor in a great steak and a poor steak," said Brent Eichar, senior vice president of Certified Angus Beef, one of the best-known Angus brands.
Marbling also plays a part in burgers.
"It's a major component of flavor," Eichar said.
Angus is also one of the most common U.S. cattle breeds, which might account for some of its name recognition.
"A lot of consumers today hear Angus and think quality . . . but there can be a wide range of Angus," Eichar said.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture grades beef into three main categories: prime, choice, and select. Angus beef can fall into any category.
Other breeds, too, have their own marketable characteristics, Harsh said. Limousin and Charolais breeds are known for a high yield of meat, while Herefords require less upkeep than many large breeds.
"Every consumer is slightly different in terms of taste preferences, whether it's a high marbling product or maybe a little leaner product," Harsh said. "Different breeds speak to different consumer preferences."
"The Angus breed specifically is known to have high marbling."Elizabeth Harsh
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|My Uthando doll wearing a "Little blue wrap around dress" accessorised with a silver "ribbon" belt with yellow daisy buckle and a "fruit" print bag with daffodil feature :)
|Little pink tie ribbon dress with feature daffodil
|"Cupcake" print dress with white feature daisy
I didn't use much of the material for clothes provided in the $5 kit as it needed hemming ... but made my doll's clothes from "cut" up socks - even the fruit and cupcake dresses/skirts were socks!!
My apologies to everyone for being a naughty Blogger this year - it's been a very busy year and I also don't take my camera out and about with me much as back in May I got a new Samsung S4 mobile phone and take all my pics with that - I have only just found the time to sit at my main computer and work out how to get the photo's from the phone to go on here! being a little bit computer illiterate as I am ! :) Now I know how to do it - I will be able to blog more regularly.... yay!
Back to the Uthando Doll - my friend Maureen saw a lady selling the kits at a craft show here in August last year and mentioned it to us at my Stitchety Grubs Embroidery group ... would we like to do one??? ... she bought the kits at the fair this past August and 4 of us are making them ... I will see if I can get a pic of them all before they are sent off.. there is no deadline other than we decided to do ours by Christmas... I finished mine yesterday... I hope whatever little girl ends up with her that she has many hours of enjoyment from her :)


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Homeowners Insurance 101: What You Need to Know
Q: We are about to settle on our first home, and we don't know the first thing about buying homeowners insurance. How do we get started, and what do we need to know?
Kimberly Lankford:
Congratulations on buying your first home! Start by getting a price quote from the company that handles your auto insurance -- you generally get a discount on your auto and home insurance if you have both policies with the same company. If you have an auto insurance agent, find out whether he or she works for one company or is an independent agent who works with several companies. An independent agent can give you price quotes from several insurers. You may also want to contact a few big insurers separately, such as State Farm, which doesn't sell through independent agents. And if you have any military connection in your family, it's worthwhile to contact USAA, too (see USAA's page for a list of who is eligible). If you don't have an independent agent, you can find one in your area through the Independent Agents and Brokers of America agent search.
But before you start comparing quotes, you'll need to decide how much coverage to get. A home's insurance value is based on the cost to rebuild the house, not the market value. And even though market values are still down in many areas, rebuilding costs are on the rise. You can get an estimate of the home's rebuilding cost at AccuCoverage.com, which asks a lot of questions about the size of the house and the building materials and details, then uses the same building-cost database that insurers use. Or you can work with the agent or the insurer to come up with an estimate.
Homeowners insurance automatically provides coverage for your possessions based on a certain percentage of your home's insurance value -- 75% is typical. So if your home is insured for $200,000, you'll also have up to $150,000 of coverage for your possessions. But homeowners insurance policies usually have lower limits for certain kinds of items -- such as $2,000 or $3,000 for all of your jewelry, for example. If you have any particularly valuable possessions -- such as jewelry, artwork or special collections -- you may want to get extra coverage for those items. See What Does Homeowners Insurance Really Cover? for more information about special coverage for valuables.
You'll also need to choose the deductible amount. One good way to lower premium costs is to choose a deductible of at least $1,000. That will reduce your premium and discourage you from filing small claims that could get you dropped by the insurer or cost you a claims-free discount. Then be sure to keep enough money in your emergency fund to cover the deductible, in case you need to file a claim.
Before you settle on an insurance company, check out the insurer's complaint record through the National Association of Insurance Commissioners Consumer Information Source. Saving a few dollars in premiums can backfire if your insurer ends up hassling you about claims.
If you're concerned about flooding, which isn't covered by homeowners insurance, go to www.floodsmart.gov to see the home's risk of flooding and get prices for flood coverage through the National Flood Insurance Program. You can buy flood insurance through most homeowners insurance agents. Your mortgage company may require flood coverage if you live in a high-risk area, but it can be worthwhile to get the coverage even if it's not required. See Protect Your Home and Finances Against Floods for more information.
When you move into your new home, it's the perfect time to conduct an inventory, which will streamline the claims process if you have to file a claim in the future. Take photos or a video of every room, keep receipts for valuable items, and keep a copy of the file somewhere away from home so it's easy to access if needed. See How to Prepare for an Emergency for details.
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Gamasutra 2014 Game Industry Salary Survey
July 25th, 2014
Gamasutra recently finished their 2014 Game Industry Salary Survey. The survey details many different aspects of compensation in the industry, giving students a good idea of what to expect when they begin working in the industry. See the link below for more information.
Gamasutra 2014 Game Industry Salary Survey
Student Team Makes Top-5 at E3 Collegiate Games Competition
May 15, 2014
Student team "Underhaus" has been named a top-5 finalists in the 2014 E3 College Game Competition for their game "Data Helix"! Data Helix will be demonstrated June 10-12 at E3 in the Los Angeles Convention Center. Congratulations to team members Andrew Bustrack, Ian Conner, Thomas Divelbiss, and Daniel Hanna.
Professor Sturtevant Presents at 2014 Game Developers Conference
March 22, 2014
Professor Nathan Sturtevant spoke at the 2014 Game Developers Conference at a session titled, "Rolling the Dice: Leveraging Monte-Carlo Tree Search in Game AI" . The talk abstract was:
"As the complexity of potential state spaces that AI agents have to explore moves beyond more traditional games like chess, search-based approaches like minimax are no longer feasible to employ. Worse, when imperfect information is involved, the problem becomes largely intractable. What is needed is a way of exploring that multi-layered possibility space and coming up with a "good enough" answer, even if it isn't the "mathematically perfect" one, and still do it in a reasonable amount of time. Using examples from a suite of successful commercial mobile games, as well as the winner of the annual StarCraft AI Competition, this session explains how Monte-Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) works and how it has become a viable tool for AI agents in a wide variety of games."
Photos from the GDC conference are posted below:
Professor GauthierDickey Chairs NETGAMES 2013
December 5, 2013
The 12th Annual Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games will be held in Denver December 9-10. Professor Chris GauthierDickey is serving as both Program Committee and General Chair.
Professor Leutenegger and STRIVE Prep Network Schools awarded Entertainment Software Association Grant
August, 1, 2013
Professor Scott Leutenegger and the STRIVE Prep Schools system have been awarded and Entertainment Software Association Education Challenge Grant to promote STEM learning. The grant, titled, "Behind the Scenes With the SIMS", will teach computer programming to 6th graders in an after school elective. Students will explore The Sims and then create their own SIMS game using Android App Inventor.


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As promised:
1. Part two of the porn series I worked on is now available at Whitworthian.com. Part two is also split into three stories, addressing Internet filters: individual's constitutional limits at private institutions, the filter implemented at Whitworth and it's effectiveness.
2. The multimedia on "Hakka: the art of intimidation" post I made earlier is also available below. Click here for portraits of the Hakka men via Flickr.


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ScanSoft has repositioned its popular OmniForm forms software, dividing it into two versions aimed at different markets. Like the prior 4.01 version, OmniForm 5.0 remains priced at $149.99 (direct), but some of its business-oriented features have been pulled out. These features are now available in OmniForm Premium 5.0, aimed at business users ($699.99 direct).
Both programs share the same underlying strengths that have made OmniForm so popular. You can easily create new forms (from scratch, a scanned image, or a Word document), and you can build in sophisticated validation and error-checking features such as automatic serial numbering of records. You can also export your form data to other databases or Microsoft Excel for processing.
Version 5.0 adds some attractive new features. You can define User and Client Profiles and use them to fill in forms automatically with data stored in matching fields. You can also attach files to a record, such as a scanned image of your receipts along with an expense report.
You can post your form to ScanSoft's eOmniForm Web-based service, where users can fill in your form; data collected can be downloaded later into an OmniForm database. As with Version 4.01, you can store one form free for a year with the basic program. The Premium version lets you store five forms with up to 10,000 records each (with a 10MB total limit) for $145 per year after the first year. Premium also lets you create HTML, rich text format (RTF), and PDF versions of your forms for distribution and posting on other Web sites.
Both versions include 100 "fillers"forms that can be sent via e-mail and then filled in by a recipient who doesn't have ScanSoft. There are also Filler/ Data Manager programs that let users work with forms but not create or change their design.
OmniForm databases let programs have shared access across a network. The basic version includes one of these, while Premium has 20 licenses. At $39.99 per additional license, this alone may be worth more than the difference in price between the two versions.
For a business that needs a program capable of working with more users and greater flexibility, the higher-priced Premium is the way to go.


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It's GRILLIN' Season! Break out the Bar-b-que… and let's say "Howdy Sunshine!" with this glorious Grilled Honey Mustard Chicken! Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast are marinated in a simple 4 ingredient Honey Mustard Marinade! Yep…I said FOUR ingredients! (I know…I impress myself occasionally too! Like when I walk into a room and remember why! Granted it's the bathroom…but let's not get picky!)
I should feel guilty for even doing a post about such a simple recipe, except for the fact that this particular recipe is OUTSTANDING! It's one of my all-time favorites ! It makes regular appearances during the summer months at this Nest, and I wanted to share it this year with you and the birds at your Nest.
In a large zip lock bag… place 4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves. Add 1/3 cup Dijon Mustard, 1/4 cup honey, 2 Tablespoons mayonnaise, 2 teaspoons steak sauce. (I have mad photography skills! National Geographic will be calling any day! Insert eye roll!)
Zip the bag shut! (I just want to make sure…sometimes it's the small things that can make a BIG difference!) Then squish it all around and place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes…up to 24 hours. I don't want you to feel rushed. lol The longer it marinades the better the flavors.
TIPS: Let's talk Honey! Since one of the main ingredients in this recipe is Honey, I feel it is really important to use a really good quality honey! REAL Honey is expensive! If you're getting a bottle of honey for less than $5.00 You are not getting Honey! I don't know what you're buying…but it's not real honey! The 50,000,000 bee's from the Bee Workers Union want you to know this!
I recommend a raw honey! The flavor is outstanding and the Queen Bee gives her stamp of approval!
TIP: I like to fillet my chicken breasts. It's a great way to stretch a meal and cut down on cook time. The breasts I buy from Costco are ultra thick. In addition, if you fillet them, you can make a great Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwich! Skip the burgers and go for a chicken sandwich instead.
Preheat the grill for medium heat. Lightly oil the grill grate. Grill Chicken over indirect heat for 18-20 minutes, turning occasionally, or until juice run clear.
Note: I used an indoor grilling pan because it was too windy to grill outdoors. However, if you can, I highly recommend grilling this over an open flame. The smoke adds an extra depth of flavor. It's excellent either way…I just prefer outdoor grilling when I can.
I like to mix up a second batch of the marinade and use it for basting the chicken the last 10 minutes of cook time.
Once the chicken is done remove from grill and allow to rest for 5-10 minutes. Isn't that a beautiful dish!
I serve this with grilled left over baked potatoes and grilled sweet peppers! The chicken is covered in a creamy honey mustard glaze that gets added zip from the steak sauce. The flavors are rich, deep, slightly sweet, and truly so spectacular! They truly compliment each other.
You can use this recipe with Chicken Tenders and thread them on skewers for an amazing fun family dinner menu main course.
I know your family will love this Grilled Chicken as much as our family does. I see long summer nights and lots of "family"time with this dish front and center stage! Perfect!
I'm sharing this delicious recipe with all my friend over on Meal Plan Monday and The Weekend Pot Luck. Click to join the parties!
Enjoy! Happy Nesting Friends…
A creamy honey mustard marinade gets added zip from steak sauce. A delicious easy summer grilled chicken recipe.
A creamy honey mustard marinade gets added zip from steak sauce. A delicious easy summer grilled chicken recipe.
Stepping back to the early 60's today with this retro dish! Crispy Parmesan Oven…18 May 2018
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Sounds wonderful, Norine! I have to see if we have any steak sauce on hand, but otherwise, we're set!
I would love to know what steak sauce you used we have 2 on hand. I think 57 sauce would add great zing?
Hi Lesa!
Sorry it has taken me so long to get back with you. We had a death in the family and had to make the long drive to Texas to attend the funeral. I'm just getting back and caught up.
I used A-1 sauce. We always only have two in this house too…A-1 and 57! I'm going to try the 57 next time. Did you use it? I'd love to know how it turned out.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a GREAT week!
Happy Nesting!
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Is there a lesson in all this? Is there a key to focusing on the poverty problem? What, if anything, do these numbers tell us about a strong family unit?
Single Mothers and Children, 2014
More than 15.5 million children lived in poverty in 2014, more than two out of five of whom (43.8 percent) lived in extreme poverty. More than one in five (21.1 percent) children were poor.
Poverty rates were particularly high, at more than one in three, for black (37.1 percent) and Native American (35.3 percent) children, and more than three in ten for Hispanic (31.9 percent) and foreign-born (31.1 percent) children.
The poverty rate was 14.0 percent for Asian American children and 12.3 percent for white, non-Hispanic children. The poverty rate for female-headed families with children was 39.8 percent, compared to 22.0 percent for male-headed families with children, and 8.2 percent for families with children headed by a married couple.
Nearly half of black female-headed families with children (45.6 percent), Hispanic female-headed families with children (46.3 percent), foreign-born female-headed families with children (44.8 percent), and more than half of Native American female headed families with children (56.9 percent) were poor.
The poverty rate was 32.0 percent for white, non-Hispanic female-headed families with children and 28.9 percent for Asian American female-headed families with children.
Over half of all poor children (56.7 percent) lived in families headed by women. Nearly 666,000 single women with children (14.0 percent) who worked full time, year round in 2014 lived in poverty.
Source: National Snapshot: Poverty Among Women & Families, 2014 – NWLC
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It's a familiar lament: Executives at business-to-business (B2B) companies say that their customers have never been more demanding. But whereas some companies are simply caving in to price pressure, others are trying to create and capture more value through their sales approach.
A client-centric approach is where it is at. According to Alma Tejpar, Miller Heiman Group senior sales and training consultant and facilitator, "In today's complex, longer sales cycle, buyers are making their decisions in the intervals between interactions with the salesperson. More often than not, they are doing so with incomplete information. This means that to ensure you stay top of mind, your sales interactions need to give both you and the customer a greater understanding of their problems, why they matter, who cares about them, and what the desired business outcomes are. This is the nature of the consultative sale: You're co-creating the solution as you sell it."
How much will be remembered by your customer when you are not there? As Alma explains, two principles of effective communication tell us that:
- People value more (and believe) what they conclude than any stories you tell them, i.e., they don't argue with their own data.
- People value more what they ask for than what we freely offer.
Highly effective sales performers influence the "value balance" we all use when weighing up a decision. They influence the customer's value scale by doing the following;
- Ask questions with a clear intent.
- Frame the questions so that customers view them as necessary, relevant, and valuable—they should show evident planning, but the delivery should come across as conversational.
- Flow the questions logically, based on customer responses.
- Ensure that questions are in line with the planned outcome.
In sales, as in life, your ability to ask questions, listen actively, and demonstrate understanding are really what separate the amateurs from the pros.
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Learn all about the letters of the alphabet!
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Other educational animations not related to time. They are: a) How the heart works b) How the eye works. c) A magnifying effect over a cell. d) Testing for aural skills


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Guest Opinion Post: TV: Cultural Wonder of the World by Patrick H
In my final year of university, as most students do, I was planning my dissertation. I wanted it to be a comprehensive analysis of street gangs; what they were, where they came from, their manifestation patterns in different countries, their prominence and what effective ways there were of combating and preventing them. I was asked what my inspiration was. I replied, 'television'.
The reaction was of disappointment. It didn't matter that it came from HBO's 'The Wire', dubbed one of, if not the, greatest TV drama of all time. The fact that a tawdry medium like television, responsible for the likes of Jersey Shore and Baywatch, sparked my interest meant that I must be a pleb who spends his days moisturising bed sores while inanely seal-clapping the jokes of daytime TV presenters.
Now, I'll be honest. I work in TV. I work for a current affairs and factual production company. I've been mad about television since I was conscious. I used to read through the week's TV listings to see what was where, what new programmes there were and what I should be watching. I wanted to understand television. Yet I passionately believe that television is a medium that comfortably sits alongside other arts. In fact, I think television is now far ahead of cinema.
Let's set aside the logical fallacy that because a medium churns out bad content it itself is somehow bad. Crime by association is no crime at all. Cinema is littered with American Pie sequels and literature is chock full of Andy McNab clones. Art features a glass of water sitting on a shelf and computer games include 50 Cent: Bulletproof. Let's just judge TV.
TV has a reputation and it isn't a good one. People who like it are stereotyped as being couch potatoes who must like particular forms of programming. The reality is different.
Television is a medium like no other and fills a gap, sitting friendly with its other cultural relatives. Let's take fiction. Cinema allows a big, self-contained group of stories on related themes to be told in the space of, say, two and a half hours. When you leave a film, you have developed a degree of closeness with the characters and gone on a journey that is provocative to some degree. It's one short, sharp hit.
Cinema tends to 'pop'. Both stylistically and in terms of story it has to grab you. This has an impact on what or how stories can be told. You can't develop them, really, across many instalments. Going back, if The Wire had been a film it would have missed out on a huge amount of detail. On paper, The Wire is unsuitable as a film, but is perfect for television.
Through several instalments – episodes or books – story arcs and character development can really draw in the audience, go into a level of detail film can only dream of and provide fully immersive, rich content.
Yet The Wire would also work as a book. Indeed, the format the writers were aiming for was of a good book. Each episode feels more like a 'chapter' than an actual episode. Viewers would be forgiven for thinking that, on first viewing, not much happens in the first episode of the series. Truth be told, The Wire would probably work quite well in written form and literature can go into an unparalleled level of detail.
So what makes television stand as a medium in its own right? Or, perhaps, is it merely in the shadow of literature?
A new example: the 2004 Battlestar Galactica series. For those unaware, Battlestar Galactica is the story of a populous whose planet is destroyed by their own creations. Just thousands of the entire species remaining, they set off in search of a new home, pursued by those responsible for their old home's destruction.
The series is a reimagining of a 1970s series of the same name. It deals with politics, morality, international relations and more. It is a tremendous achievement. Action, drama, tragedy, epic, saga, thriller – you can use any of these words to describe the series. It is thunderously good. Yet would the experience related to it be as visceral if it were a book?
Through not just writing, but via editing, cinematography, the score, direction, acting and design the experience afforded through television matches that of cinema with the added bonus of intricate, rich story arcs and deep character development. The emotion felt is underlined and intensified through all the tricks TV (and film) offers.
This is not in any way to diminish any medium or suggest a hierarchy of media, but to say that television can sit in its own right, out of another form's shadow. Some content is more suited to one form than another – film, book, TV show etc.
Television, however, is an easily digestible medium. It appeals and is watched by a huge amount of people. It's mainstream. Not just the medium, though, but also the content. It would be easy to slam this, as the reason awful content is produced, but again every medium has a wealth of dross. And because something is accessible, are we really suggesting that in some way diminishes TV? In my opinion, it's one of TV's greatest strengths. Superb fiction is made on TV, but this mainstream nature also is of profound importance in factual television.
Let's just look at one element of factual television, ignoring property, cookery, travel shows and such, though these can also have good value, and instead focus on documentaries.
While some issues make good non-fiction books, films or articles, TV offers something very different to important stories through its accessibility as a medium. In the UK, the financial abuses of the British National Party exposed by the BBC's Panorama programme or the physical abuses of school children in London uncovered by Channel 4's Dispatches would not have been big enough for a film and though they would have made a splash in print the response from having it televised was far bigger.
Television allows important issues to be explored and exposed to a mass audience. It provides a public service that bolsters democracy by educating the electorate more effective than print because of TV's bigger audience figures; figures bigger because of the nature of television as a medium.
In both factual and fiction TV serves a unique purpose that offers superb content and an incredible experience. Whilst it's true that there is a lot of bad content in television this is true across all media.
Programmes like The West Wing, Star Trek, The Wire, Sherlock, Mad Men, Father Ted and The Thick of It are just a small batch of the incredible content that TV affords. These are programmes that have entered our consciousness, attached us to truly memorable characters, moved us, provoked us and enthralled us. They have affected the public consciousness and enriched our culture. Good television can easily stand up with great content from any other media and should receive the respect it deserves. I was interested in gangs because of some of the best fiction in the world, and that fiction was a television show.


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All Films.All Above Board.NOW INCLUDES TV SHOWS & TV LISTINGS
Norman Wisdom is taken on as a shop assistant in a department store. His ambition is to become a window dresser, and he falls in love at first sight with his dream-girl, Sally. After a disastrous start (chasing a bus on roller skates, entering a shop girl's hostel, the usual sort of thing), events conspire to make Norman an unlikely hero.


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Episode 73: GoldieBlox with Jenna Chalmers
There is a big problem with girls in STEM fields. But thanks to Kickstarter originated GoldieBlox, that may soon be a thing of the past. Little girls have a wide variety of engineering and other STEM related toys geared directly for them.
This week we have the privilege of speaking with Jenna Chalmers from the GoldieBlox team. She is the Director of Mobile Game design and they are launching a brand new app very soon. This one is focused on getting girls to try out programming and it promises to be a solid addition to their growing lineup of apps.
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From Museums to Playstations
"This is about art and play", Gabi Czöppan, art editor of Focus magazine introduces the panel. She is joined by Max Hollein, director of Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Thomas Alt, CEO of Metaio and Sophia George, artist and co-founder of independent game studio Swallowtail Games.
Hollein starts to speak about digital strategies in mueums. Augmented reality can be used to lay out the stories and context of the artworks. However, we shouldn't fill up the museum with digital enhancements too much either because the average time of museum visits haven't changed. The average time invested into a visit is 10 minutes to 1 hour. Therefore the focus should be on the objects within the exhibition, while offering a digital platform to spend more time with the works beyond the museum visit. It doesn't make too much sense to create a virtual experience of the museum within the museum.
Thomas Alt agrees with Hollein: Building virtual exhibitions doesn't do the trick. Alt says what his company Metaio is trying is to teach mobile devices to see the environment. The idea is to create context through the devices. You are in a real environment that is augmented with additional content.
Gabi Czöppan asks Sophia George if gamification could also be a digital strategy of museums to raise interest in exhibitions. Sophia says, it can make sense, especially for kids, but she doesn't see games just as a strategy, but also as a content for museums. Games can be a form of art themselves.
As the panel is already running out of time Czöppan recommends to go and visit the museums and explore its digitization and accompanying media soon.


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Month: December 2015
Marines Letter To Michelle Obama… This Marine Tells Her Like It Is!
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ISIS Threats Traced to UK Government
ISIS Threats Traced to UK Government
This story shouldn't bother you unless you're concerned that our own government is so inundated with Muslims that you can smell the falafel in Southern Virginia.
Hackers have claimed that a number of Islamic State supporters' social media accounts are being run from internet addresses linked to the Department of Work and Pensions.
A group of four young computer experts who call themselves VandaSec have unearthed evidence indicating that at least three ISIS-supporting accounts can be traced back to the DWP's London offices.
Every computer and mobile phone logs onto the internet using an IP address, which is a type of identification number.
The hacking collective showed Mirror Online details of the IP addresses used by a trio of separate digital jihadis to access Twitter accounts, which were then used to carry out online recruitment and propaganda campaigns.
At first glance, the IP addresses seem to…
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McElroy would come in for any injury to Mark.
Our fullback/punt protector would continue to Wildcat since he is a horrible NFL quarterback
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I believe he has only missed 1 game in his career, he is a tough qb and has proven he can take a beating.
But it's very possible that he was forced into playing hurt (by himself and the coaches) because the alternative has always been Brunell. Unfortunately Sanchez at 50% was better than Brunell.
Now that presents an interesting scenario, if he starts taking a pounding does Tebow come in or do they go with a battered Sanchez. Not saying he is injury prone but he has been beaten up over the last few years and has always gotten up and stuck it out.
McElroy would come in for any injury to Mark.
Our fullback/punt protector would continue to Wildcat since he is a horrible NFL quarterback
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I rebel against the tebow zombies not the man himself. Better than Sanchez or not doesn't enter into your question here.
Tebow is our back up and he is a good QB, of course he should play when Sanchez is hurt. Are we going to keep him out and damage our number one further just because the media will jump up and down and say "See, we were right, they put Tebow in because Sanchez couldn't hack it!"
Which is exactly what will happen but so what? I'm smarter than to believe that and most fans are too.
I would like to see any quote from the front office or players implying that McElroy is stepping in after Sanchez if he goes down from injury or struggles. Is my understanding of a "#2 QB" mistaken?
I've said before that a viable backup for Sanchez (and by viable I mean "able to step into the game") might have gotten the Jets into the playoffs if Sanchez was actually as injured as some have claimed.
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After 4 weeks of Sanchez playing like he has the past 3 years, he will be replaced by Tebow. Why are we still discussing this? This is exactly what is happening and if you do not believe this, well you dont know much about football.
He's a tough as nails type of kid. The only way Sanchez isn't playing is if the coaching staff forces him to sit (week 17 against the Bills) or if he's carted off the field on a stretcher. Kid takes a beating, gets right back up, only to take another beating. Just a tough quarterback.
Kid has taken these types of beating time and time again, he gets up each and every time. Kid has guts. To answer your question, the only way Sanchez isn't playing is if he's physically unable to perform.
Sanchez will be on the bench. But it will because of ineffective play, not due to injury.I am talking about if he is injured to the point where it affects his game.
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Rex will have Sanchez on a short leash knowing he has Tebow.
He will pull Sanchez after 4 games and the Jets will say its due to an injury as to not bruise Mark's sensitive ego.


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Big Bank CEO: No Dividend Increase in 2014
If you're a shareholder of BB&T and were hoping it'd raise its dividend next year, I have bad news for you. According to its CEO Kelly King, the mid-Atlantic-based bank isn't planning on doing anything of the sort.
"There is still this downward pressure ... in terms of dividend payout rates," Kelly said on the company's most recent earnings call. He then went on to explain that it will be "challenging to raise dividends at a high level because ... we already have a very high level in terms of payout and dividend yield."
What Kelly is referring to when he mentions "downward pressure" is the Federal Reserve-administered comprehensive capital analysis and review process, or CCAR, which gives the central bank an up-or-down vote on a bank's capital plans.
In this year's CCAR instructions, the Fed didn't mince words, saying that "requests that imply common dividend payout ratios above 30% of projected after-tax net income available to common shareholders in either the BHC baseline or supervisory baseline will receive particularly close scrutiny."
Herein lies BB&T's dilemma.
As you can see in the chart above, it distributed nearly 54% of its earnings to shareholders over the last 12 months. This is more than any of its close competitors. For instance, JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, and U.S. Bancorp all sport payout ratios in and around the 30% threshold.
The net result is that, for better or for worse, BB&T will be left with share buybacks as the only means to return capital to shareholders.
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Simon21 wrote:Tiompan wrote:E.P. Grondine wrote:Hi shawomet -
Its not my definition of henge - it is the one commonly used here and elsewhere.
Then why can't you provide the evidence to support that , whilst ignoring the evidence that shows that not to be the case ?
PS .Anything that I have said that is wrong about impacts , please provide the quotes , I'm more than happy to be informed of errors .
Well that is certainly not true
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Reno R. Kulmac, 24, of Bristol passed away on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Born December 3, 1993 in Meriden he was the son of Slade Kulmac of Cheshire and Valerie (Dewitt) Rasmussen of Bristol. He was employed by Rex Forge, Plantsville. He loved the outdoors and fishing.
In addition to his parents, Reno is survived by a son, Reno R. Kulmac Jr. of Meriden; two brothers, Daniel Rasmussen and wife Caitlin of Holliston, MA and Tyler Kulmac of Bristol; three sisters, Mandy Rasmussen of Southington, Erica Rasmussen of Meriden and Diana Kulmac of New Haven along with nieces and nephews, Harley, Darla, Trae, Lucas and Haven.
A graveside service will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Thomas Cemetery, Meriden Ave., Southington. Calling hours will be Sunday from 12-3 p.m. at the DellaVecchia Funeral Home, 211 N. Main St., Southington. For online condolences please visit, www.dellavecchiafh.com


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Someday Lounge, Portland Oregon
February 12th and 19th 2012
Doors @ 6:00 – Curtain @ 7:00
Only $5!
For our third Ten Minute Play Festival, all of the plays were Space themed. This was the first festival that we had a theme, and it was awesome. The plays ranged in tonalities, styles and the interpretation of space. There were plays about aliens traveling to Earth to steal gravy, a delusional man on a spaceship, two dudes at a psychedelic train station, a quirky couple trying to pick out a pillow, and a guy named Jimmy who lives in a crawlspace. To name a few. Some of the audience attended in space attire and the evening became a space-extravaganza. After this festival we decided to stick with the themes.


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Friday's TV talk show lineup
7 a.m. (ABC) Good Morning America Singer Lorde performs. (New)
7:00 (NBC) Today Jodi Arias sentencing update(N)
9:00 (CBS) The Ellen DeGeneres Show Actor Daniel Radcliffe. (N)
9:00 (FOX) LIVE! with Kelly and Michael Actress Kimberly Williams-Paisley. (N)
10:00 (ABC) The Doctors The latest medical headlines. (N)
10:00 (FOX) Rachael Ray Governor Mitt Romney. (N)
11:00 (ABC) The View Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs (N)
Noon (MY) Jerry Springer A man that has too many choices seeks Jerry for answers. (N)
1 p.m. (ABC) The Chew "Extra Value Friday: Mexican Fiesta." (N)
1:00 (MY) Maury "1 Husband... 3 Sisters... Who is He Cheating With?" (N)
2:00 (CBS) The Talk Acting legend Raquel Welch. (N)
3:00 (ABC) Katie TV star Judge Judy. (N)
3:00 (CBS) Steve HarveyEllen DeGeneres and Dr. Phil. (N)
3:00 (FOX) Dr. Phil "Ask Dr. Phil."(N)
3:00 (NBC) The Dr. Oz Show Artificial sweeteners.
4:00 (NBC) The Queen Latifah Show Singer Gladys Knight. (N)
11:00 (CW) The Arsenio Hall Show Actress Gina Gershon. (N)
11:35 (CBS) Late Show with David Letterman Musical guest Albert Hammond Jr. (N)
11:35 (NBC) The Tonight Show with Jay Leno Musical guest Nelly performs. (N)
Midnight (KET2) Tavis Smiley former Mayor David Dinkins of New York City. (N)
12:36 a.m. (NBC) Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Chef Mario Batali. (N)
12:37 (CBS) The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson Actor Justin Long. (N)


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Port Elizabeth – No violence had been reported in Port Elizabeth by noon on Friday after violent protests earlier in the week, Eastern Cape police said.
"Since 6pm last night, no incidents of violence have been reported to the Bethelsdorp police in Port Elizabeth," Brigadier Marinda Mills said in a statement.
"All indications are that the violent protests have ceased and will not flare up again. School attendance and public transport returned to normal today."
She said five of the 21 people arrested since Tuesday, the day the protests began, appeared in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate's Court earlier on Friday.
All five were remanded in custody until a formal bail application next week.
"They have been charged with possession of suspected stolen property as well as public violence, including malicious damage to property and resisting arrest," said Mills.
"The remaining 16 suspects have already appeared in court earlier this week, and were released on warning."
A large police presence would remain in the Booysens Park area and several crime prevention operations were taking place, which included the tracking of wanted suspects, she said.
Captain Stanley Jarvis said earlier on Friday that police had saturated areas where the violent protests took place.
Police on Thursday patrolled informal settlements in the northern part of the city after two days of unrest.
A Somali man was stabbed to death in Greenfields, Port Elizabeth, on Thursday, the third murder in the area this week.
Captain Stanley Jarvis said at the time the man was stabbed in the head, chest, and abdomen.
It was alleged that a group of people went to the Somali's residence, where a confrontation ensued.
The man was taken to hospital, where he died. The motive for the attack was not yet known and no arrests had been made.
Police said the attack was not linked to the protests.
Jarvis said a case of murder and public violence had been opened.
The unrest was sparked by the murders of two men and the arrests of community leaders.
On Tuesday, police arrested three community leaders from Greenfields and Vastrap for the murders of two men accused of robbing a spaza shop.
After the arrests, residents blockaded roads with rocks, poles, bushes, bricks, and burning tyres, said Jarvis.
Police used rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse the crowd. Twelve people Ä five minors and seven adults Ä were arrested. They appeared in court on Wednesday and were released on a warning.
On Wednesday, violence flared up in Cleary Park and Timothy Valley. Jarvis said this was a spill-over from Greenfields and Vastrap.
Ten people were arrested in Cleary Park for public violence after looting foreign-owned shops. They blockaded roads, burnt tyres and threw stones at passing vehicles.
Jarvis on Wednesday said the crowd became "very aggressive" and police again used rubber bullets and stun grenades.
Timothy Valley residents also looted shops and barricaded roads. Police helped Somali shop owners pack their goods and escorted them to places of safety. Jarvis said most residents had returned to their homes on Thursday.
Violence in Diepsloot, north of Johannesburg, started on Sunday when Somali Bishar Isaack, 39, allegedly shot dead two Zimbabweans outside his shop when they tried to rob him.
He was arrested and appeared in the Pretoria Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. The case was postponed to June 4, when he was expected to bring a formal bail application.
Gauteng police spokesman Lt-Col Lungelo Dlamini said residents later stoned and looted the shop, and also looted several other shops.
In the Vaal, police received around 100 complaints of looting and vandalism of shops belonging to foreigners and South Africans, following service delivery protests in the area last week.
Scores of people were arrested for the attacks in both areas. Dlamini said Diepsloot was quiet on Thursday following the violence. Police deployed in the area would remain there until satisfied the situation had returned to normal, he said. – Sapa
Article source: http://www.thepost.co.za/pe-quiet-after-violent-protests-1.1525465


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I hope the rest of Malaysia catches the "I hold the power to control the future of my country, my vote matters" disease, too- I hope that BN is actually toppled next election.
I live in Australia, but am registered as a voter- I will put my money where my mouth is and come back home to vote. I'm so inspired by many brave Malaysians- it keeps hopes alive amongst those of us who lost it and left.
Australians voted for change when they voted for Kevin Rudd.
Americans voted for change when they voted for Barack Obama.
Malaysians can do it, too. If Malaysia Boleh anything, then boleh vote.


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The basic capacitor discharge system consists of a capacitor, a high voltage D.C. power supply, and a means of connecting and disconnecting the capacitor to the center conductor of the faulted cable such as an impulse control gap. These components are shown in the simplified diagram below. The fault is shown as a gap. This is an accurate description of faults on URD type cable since a fault is a hole or cut in the insulation between the center conductor and the grounded semiconductor, shield wires and earth.
The objective of the system is to dump the stored electrical energy in the impulse capacitor into the cable fault such that an audible noise or thump is made. The thump should be loud enough to be heard and felt by personnel without detectors walking above the cable. The amount of energy available at the fault to "thump" the ground or ductwork is related to the characteristics of the fault gap, the electrical impedance of the path from the discharge capacitor to the fault and back, the energy in the discharge, the voltage of the discharge, and the rise time of the discharge. A fast rise time provides maximum noise at the fault with the least energy.
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text: Stanisława Walasiewicz / Stella Walsh /February 19, 2014 by Molly Schiot Walasiewicz on the right (changed her last name to Walsh) set over one-hundred national and world records, including fifty-one Polish records, eighteen world records, and 8 European records. Her success did not come without controversy. Walsh was thought to be a man, despite birth records that clearly indicated she was female. She was killed during an armed robbery in 1980, an autopsy confirmed that she possessed male genitalia. A detailed investigation later revealed that Walsh was born with both an XX and an XY pair of chromosomes.


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— How would you describe Mykonos Villa in a nutshell?
We were able to create something that seamlessly mixes contemporary design with a traditional Greek ambience. The villa is modern in terms of equipment and furnishings yet the style is Greek with white walls, gray accentuating pieces and marble floors. Rock walls, wooden furniture and a subdued color palette create a sense of warmth amidst the whitewashed structure."
— Pool lounge area
— Please describe the layout of the villa.
The villa has a beautiful 120 square meter terrace with the best view of the island at full sunset. There is also a nice marble pool and a garden-like area with plants and flowers, as well as a lounge area outside. We really wanted the property to have many different places to relax at.
The design of the house and all its interiors beautifully reflect the radiant sea views. The villa is the perfect place to take in the brilliance of this location, lean back and relax.
For guests who bring a car we have a garage that has space for up to 3 cars and scooters. The villa was newly built and opened in the Fall of 2016."
— Living area
— Please tell us about the rooms.
All bedrooms have satellite TV, great Wi-Fi, and a safe to store personal belongings. The bathrooms are equipped with sound systems and feature Italian showers with marble tiling.
Everything at the villa is of a very high quality but with a homey feel. Inside the house, it is very cozy and invites you to relax. There are books and personal things, accessories and the like to make you feel at home away from home."
— Who should stay at Mykonos Villa and who should rather book something else?
— View from the pool
— Please tell us about the food.
We also have the option for guests to hire a personal chef to prepare breakfast and other meals. We do provide a guide for our guests that lists our recommendations of restaurants, things to do and see on the island, what beaches to visit and so on. Also, our concierge can give recommendations for restaurants in the area and take care of the reservations."
— Dining area
— Please tell us about other facilities and services offered.
The house is controlled by an alarm system and we do have staff available onsite who takes care of the maintenance of the house and handles any technical problems. Our house manager acts as a concierge and takes care of the guests, to make sure all their needs are met. She can organize food shopping, reservations, and make recommendations for things to see and do. There's also a cleaning team who visits two times a week to change all the sheets and clean the house. If the guests want something done daily, we can arrange that as well."


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CategoryTravel France
Thursday, April 7, 2011
11 comments:
- Brenna said...
Wow, I never thought of how snarky ex-pat Mom life can be. They should do "real housewives of paris" soon!
- April 8, 2011 at 10:49 AM
Sorry to hear these women make you feel jealous. I´m even more sorry to hear that your German friend has no respect for her employees and needs to call them servants in order to pump herself up.
Sad. Very sad.
Did your midwestern friend arrive in Paris straight from 1953??? Who in the world uses the term, "to small to CONTAIN the mess"? It sounds made-up.
I certainly hope these women are figments of your imagination or their pretentious behavior is overexagerated for the sake of entertainment. I can´t imagine people so foolish actually exsist.
- April 8, 2011 at 5:17 PM
- La Mom-an American Mom in Paris said...
@Anonymous In a way, you're right, these women are imaginary -- but based on real conversations and real situations. I did know a German family a few years ago in a very similar situation. Same for Midwestern Mom. And there are a lot of other stories WAY more pretentious than this, believe it or not.
In contrast, I also know a lot of people who live in 550 square foot apartments with two kids. (Hey, maybe another blog post...)
Friends? Not exactly. The expat world is a small one and you meet a lot of different kinds of people, a lot of whom are in town on a three-year contract. You quickly learn to draw a line between real friends and acquaintances.
And c'mon, who *wouldn't* want to live in a triplex apartment in Paris?!?
La Mom
An American Mom in Paris
- April 8, 2011 at 6:35 PM
- Fifi Flowers said...
oooh you give moi such a laugh!!!
Bon weekend mon amie!
- April 9, 2011 at 8:44 AM
- Elisa @ Globetrotting in Heels said...
ah, expat moms politics. There was so much of that in Westchester, with the German School New York moms.
I am so glad to be rid of that now, because Zurich just doesn't have the same swanky effect. Also, I don'y have to hang out with private school moms anymore. Yay!
- April 9, 2011 at 8:45 AM
- Beadboard UpCountry said...
You are hysterical!!!! I was just looking at my blog ...Ho Hum, and it is 3 AM and I stumble or your flippin Momoply thing.....I had to read it and now I am wide awake!!!
To the expat moms WAH,WAH,WAH,lUCKY THEM THEY GOT TO DO AT LEAST FOR A LITTLT WHILE....
Maryanne. Hugs
- April 11, 2011 at 9:58 AM
Maybe you will want to add a twitter icon to your site. I just bookmarked this url, but I must do it by hand. Simply my suggestion.
- April 12, 2011 at 4:04 PM
- Fifi Flowers said...
Merci Beaucoup to YOU for posting on Reading is Fashionable TODAY 4/12/11...
- April 12, 2011 at 8:03 PM
- Viv said...
Yep it is hard to make "friends" in the expat life. My friends from back home ask if I had made any friends, my response well sort of...Not the kind of women I would share a few bottle of wine and have real heart to hearts with. But they are supportive after our immediate family all we have is each other.
- April 13, 2011 at 3:16 PM
Paris in itself is a playground and being outdoors far exceeds anything going on inside an apartment no matter how big or small. If these "ladies" don't get that, they don't deserve to be living there. From reading your blog, YOU get it and know how to enjoy it.
- April 14, 2011 at 2:13 PM
Seems like the secret is out on Mommy Dakota, urban VIP, and far west of where she should be.
- April 28, 2011 at 12:22 AM


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Although on hold, desal plan draws criticism from fish regulators
By J.M. Brown
Santa Cruz Sentinel, 8/29/13
SANTA CRUZ -- State and federal agencies negotiating with Santa Cruz over fish-habitat protection say the city has not thoroughly studied alternatives to a proposed seawater desalination facility designed to boost water supply.
Letters from the National Marine Fisheries Service and California Department of Fish and Wildlife critiquing an environmental evaluation of the now-stalled desal project say the city should explore the cumulative potential of its own infrastructure improvements and regional coordination.
The agencies -- whose requests for improved river and stream flows have been cited by the city as a primary reason for pursuing desal -- say a host of additional alternatives were rejected without adequate investigation.
The regulators have not taken a position on desal, but are among a host of agencies that would have some permitting authority over the plant.
"Unfortunately, the alternatives analysis does not appear to thoroughly evaluate alternatives recommended by the NMFS and CDFW through more than 10 years of technical assistance provided to the city" in the development of a fish conservation plan, the federal agency said in its letter.
The Sentinel obtained the July 19 letter, as well as one from the state dated Aug. 13, ahead of the city's planned September release of comments on the desal environmental report. The remarks from fisheries managers reflect the uphill battle faced by the city in convincing the public about the need for and impacts of desal.
"Both CDFW and NMFS have worked with the city for years going over system modeling and learning about how our system works, so the detail in their questions isn't unexpected," said Linette Almond, the city's deputy water director. "Answering them will, as you'd expect, require a significant amount of effort and possibly some additional supply modeling. But we simply haven't even begun those discussions yet."
City officials declined to make further remarks regarding public comment on the environmental evaluation, saying the more than 400 submissions received during a 90-day review period will be addressed thoroughly during completion of the final report, which may take up to a year.
On Aug. 20, the city's top two officials called for a halt in developing the desal project amid a unfavorable political climate they said was driven largely by a lack of public understanding about the generations-old supply shortages and exacerbating effect of fisheries protection. The mayor and city manager have recommended the City Council not place the project before voters in 2014 as first planned.
The massive environmental review, which so far has cost $1.6 million to produce, discusses a number of alternatives, including revised reservoir management, inter-agency transfers and greater conservation. The city concluded that transforming ocean water into drinking water was the only plan that would supply enough water to safeguard against seasonal drought and habitat degradation for threatened and endangered fish species.
But the state criticized the city for using outdated data in citing impacts of flow restrictions and for not more fully exploring the potential of recycling treated wastewater. The Fish and Wildlife letter says the city's analysis doesn't "examine any reasonably feasible combination of the alternatives that make common sense, and when implemented together, may have a synergistic effect on increased water supply."
Jonathan Ambrose, a biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service, said the city's voluntary move a dozen years ago to improve fish habitat is not driving desal. He noted that Santa Cruz promoted desal as a supply solution long before regulators proposed the current stream and river flows that city officials say will be difficult to achieve in dry years.
"I don't believe it's appropriate to put desal on the backs of fish," Ambrose said. "We are really trying to find ways to make it work without desal, but it's their decision."
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Don Carson reflects on the importance of his parents' example in prayer, and the enduring effect they've had on him as he seeks to order his days. This is a great reminder of the importance of prayerful parents:
My father was a church planter in Québec, in the difficult years when there was strong opposition, some of it brutal. Baptist ministers alone spent a total of eight years in jail between 1950 and 1952. Dad's congregations were not large; they were usually at the lower end of the two-digit range.
On Sunday mornings after the eleven o'clock service, Dad would often play the piano and call his three children to join him in singing, while Mum completed the preparations for dinner. But one Sunday morning in the late fifties, I recall, Dad was not at the piano, and was not to be found.
I finally tracked him down. The door of his study was ajar. I pushed it open, and there he was, kneeling in front of his big chair, praying and quietly weeping. This time I could hear what he was saying. He was interceding with God on behalf of the handful of people to whom he had preached, and in particular for the conversion of a few who regularly attended but who had never trusted Christ Jesus.
In the ranks of ecclesiastical hierarchies, my father is not a great man. He has never served a large church, never written a book, never discharged the duties of high denominational office. Doubtless his praying, too, embraces idioms and stylistic idiosyncrasies that should not be copied.
But with great gratitude to God, I testify that my parents were not hypocrites. That is the worst possible heritage to leave with children: high spiritual pretensions and low performance. My parents were the opposite: few pretensions, and disciplined performance.
What they prayed for were the important things, the things that congregate around the prayers of Scripture. And sometimes when I look at my own children, I wonder if, should the Lord give us another thirty years, they will remember their father as a man of prayer, or think of him as someone distant who was away from home rather a lot and who wrote a number of obscure books.
That quiet reflection often helps me to order my days.


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And, while we're on the topic .... what do you think about a laundress apron? I mean, when you look back historically, it's always a place you saw women wearing an apron and I love the idea of how simple, functional and utilitarian the design could be. Would love your thoughts.
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A Man and His Van, removalists, Old Pittwater Road, Brookvale. Bob Comport, works as removalist, pictured in the back of the van loading boxes Picture by Jim Trifyllis.
After six years as a removalist, Bob Comport knows all the tricks of the trade. Squeezing large four-seater couches through tight stairwells? No problem. Bulky bed frames through tiny doors? Easy. But he also knows that some things just won't fit. "We moved one guy into a penthouse apartment and he had a large outside furniture set. We had to hire a cherry picker and hoist it up over the top of the building," he says.
Comport, who works for Brookvale-based removal company A Man and His Van, enjoys these challenges. "It's not as boring or mundane as some people think," he says. "I really like the variety — every house you go to is different; you have to get your brain into gear to work out the best way to do things. I'm a keen surfer as well, and because of the variation of work, every now and then I'll have a short day, which means I can go and have a surf."
Comport originally worked in IT in the UK. He started working in removals when he came to Australia and found he enjoyed it. But as many clients soon discover, there is an art to being a good removalist. "You do need to learn how to do it properly," he says. "Injury is a major concern. "Many husbands are happy to get stuck into helping us with the offloads at first, but you generally find that after about 20 minutes, they find a really important job they have to do, like tuning the television."
There are numerous courses offered at TAFE to prepare for a career in the removals industry, ranging from a Certificate II to a Certificate IV in Transport and Distribution. The courses teach skills such as how to drive different sized trucks, pack and unpack loads and maintain your vehicle. Occupational health and safety, communication and customer service skills are also taught. Courses can be done as part of a traineeship, which provides exposure to the industry while studying. To boost your employability, you can also become a registered removalist with the Australian Furniture Removal Association.
While being fit is a must, Comport says brawn is not necessarily best. "We've had guys start with us that are pretty big builds, who are strong, but for some reason don't have the technique or the co-ordination," he says. "You've also got to have the right attitude. We'll know within a couple of days if someone is keen or lazy." Comport says many clients are surprised he can endure such constant physical work.
"It's really not that bad," he says. "You become used to it. It's like anything, if you do it every day then it's not an issue. You get to meet different people every day and get to see different parts of Sydney as well."
How did you get into your job: It wasn't a conscious decision. I was looking for work and I wanted to work outside. When I started I found I really enjoyed it.
Upside: Working in a different place every day, physical work and being outdoors.
Downside: You can meet people who are pretty unreasonable. Often it's not the clients, but people who don't want the truck parked near their driveway.
By Aimee Brown, The Daily Telegraph, August 14, 2006.