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|Spurgeon: One of England's greatest Protestant preachers
"After all, there is a Protestantism still worth contending for; there is a Calvinism still worth proclaiming, and a gospel worth dying for."
See here for my introductory page to this project on Spurgeon's Protestantism. This is a major ongoing work. I thought it best, at least, to get it started. Currently up to Vol 34 of his sermons.
How these sermons are referenced: (1:106) refers to the first volume of CHS sermons and the page numbered 106. The usual manner of referencing a Spurgeon sermon is to give the Volume number and the sermon number also. However in a work this size, such would lead to a great increase in the already heavy workload. Also note: Messages by other preachers were included in the MTP Vol 7 which included references to the Protestant faith. Although Spurgeon was present and had editorial jurisdiction over what was printed, yet ultimately these were not his statements. They have not been included here, although it is evident that he was in full agreement with them. Also, some of the comments below are effectively paraphrases for the sake of time and space, yet (upon inspection) they will be seen to be accurate of Spurgeon's sentiment. Readers are advised to consult the original sources before quoting.
"After all, there is a Protestantism still worth contending for; there is a Calvinism still worth proclaiming, and a gospel worth dying for."
See here for my introductory page to this project on Spurgeon's Protestantism. This is a major ongoing work. I thought it best, at least, to get it started. Currently up to Vol 34 of his sermons.
How these sermons are referenced: (1:106) refers to the first volume of CHS sermons and the page numbered 106. The usual manner of referencing a Spurgeon sermon is to give the Volume number and the sermon number also. However in a work this size, such would lead to a great increase in the already heavy workload. Also note: Messages by other preachers were included in the MTP Vol 7 which included references to the Protestant faith. Although Spurgeon was present and had editorial jurisdiction over what was printed, yet ultimately these were not his statements. They have not been included here, although it is evident that he was in full agreement with them. Also, some of the comments below are effectively paraphrases for the sake of time and space, yet (upon inspection) they will be seen to be accurate of Spurgeon's sentiment. Readers are advised to consult the original sources before quoting.
Note: Spurgeon often referred positively to Wordsworth's old maxim that "The Bible only is the religion of Protestants" but later had cause to doubt and even deny it as the Pusseyite movement invaded the COE and brought in many Popish errors.
THEORETICALLY TRUE: 1:380/1:280/3:100/4:603/5:611/both 9:83/33:291/
PRACTICALLY UNTRUE: 10:401/17:195/"a terrible lie" 19:454/22:892/28:260/29:184/30:868/
CHS encountering a double minded Protestant man (1:106) In some countries, your Protestantism can only be held w/ bated breath (1:117) Only when Protestantism comes, that there can be freedom (1:17) Turning from Catholicism to Protestantism is not salvation (1:197) All sections of Protestant Christians have a remnant according to the election of grace (1:210) Now, my hearers, "the Bible alone is the religion of Protestants:" but whenever I find a certain book much held in reverence by our Episcopalian brethren, entirely on my side, I always feel the greatest delight in quoting from it. (1:280) "The Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible," is still the religion of Protestants; and the selfsame truth which moved the lips of Chrysostom, the old doctrine that ravished the heart of Augustine, the old faith which Athanasius declared, the good old doctrine that Calvin preached, is our gospel now, and God helping us, we will stand by it till we die. How will ye quench it? If ye wish to do it, where can ye find the means? It is not in your power. Aha! aha! aha! we laugh you to scorn." (1:380) Paedo Baptists not the majority in Protestant Christiandom (1:380) There are true Protestant churches standing now that have made unholy alliances with governments. (1:521) No consistent Protestant can hold Christmas to be sacred (2:47) There can be merit mongering even among Protestants (2:158) Even the worse Protestant denomination has a few in Sardis (2:192) Pleased CHS to read the Puritans were the most zealous Protestants in the nation (2:221) Told an ancedote of persecuted Protestants in Switzerland (2:631) Reference to Protestant Church persecuting Benjamin Keach (3:13) God has given to the people of England such a bold Protestant spirit (3:73) Pusseyism a threat to "our Protestantism" (3:73) Roman priests now preaching as good a sermon as some (compromising) Protestant ministers who do not bring out the anglar parts of "our Protestant religion" (3:73) Justification by faith only is the doctrine of all Protestant churches, although some may not preach it (3:261) "Ireland is a disgrace to the Protestant church. Why do not they go and preach there?" (3:332) Protestantism in England would have been aroused if Protestant missionaries had been killed in Ireland (3:332) Used "the commencement of Protestantism" as the starting point concerning Evangelical preaching in England (3:437) Reference to the massacre of Protestants in Ireland in 1641 (3:494) Complained that some Protestant ministers would not make helpful translation changes in the Bible (AV?) to evangelise (3:619) Described Pusseyism as a terrible plague spot on the Protestant church (4:40) Wanted neither Pusseyites or the Devil in Protestant Church (4:40) The "old faith of the Protestant Church" (4:100) "But we have even in Protestant churches too much priestcraft." (4:300) "Certain it is that wherever you find Protestantism, you find liberty, and wherever you leave Protestantism behind you, you begin to feel the yoke, and to hear the groans of the oppressed." (4:333) Slavery is not the natural effect of our Protestant religion (4:333) Rhetorically answers sinner who claims to be true Protestant (4:481) If COE does not get rid of the Confessional, she will cease to be a Protestant church (4:714) Astonished at the want of earnestness that there is in the Protestantism of the present age (5:348) The Protestants; and the Protestantism of England is the pay-master of the Pope. (5:349) Take heed ye Protestants of England (5:349) Hoped that many a Protestant would die with the words which a dying monk took on his deathbed (5:411) Those who trust in man to save them have no place in a Protestant Assembly (5:461) Protestant Christians coming out from the trammels of Rome (5:589) Loyalty to the throne among Protestant Dissenters (5:612) Claimed Baptist churches did not originate in Protestantism but preceded them (6:121/7:412/) RC's in Dublin listened to God's word as well as Protestants (6:155) Inconsistent English Protestants in Paris did much damage (6:402) Protestantism divided in a certain mission field did much harm (6:403) "Much of Popish superstition and idolatry has passed under my observation, and if nothing else could make me a Protestant, what I have seen would do so." (European travels) (6:468) "We Protestants" can have too much doctrine and not enough of a personal relationship w/ Christ (6:468) Protestant Lutherans had gone back to Rome- but not Calvinists (6:544) Unutterable disgrace that Antwerp Protestant burnt Popish candles (6:657) "Never did I feel my Protestant feelings boiling over so tremendously, as in this city of idols, for I am not an outrageous Protestant generally…" (6:657) Political alliances of England: "We must look to a Protestant country to stand by us, and not to a Romish land." (6:657-658) "The fact is, it is only a combination of free and Protestant states that can be of lasting use, and a cordial alliance with Romish and despotic powers is a dream and a delusion." (6:659) In the name of our Protestant religion, I ask whether a minister of the Church of England is allowed to bow before the altar of a Popish church? (6:667) The old motto of the early Protestants was an anvil, because" the Church" said they, "is an anvil that has broken many hammers." (7:143) Communion held in Met Tab w/ various Protestant bodies to denote "the Oneness of the Church" (7:248) Still a strong tendency to priest craft in Protestant countries (7:282) Baptists persecuted by Romanists and Protestants alike (7:412/7:1039) Controversy between the Protestant and the Romanist is more vital than that between the Calvinist and Arminian (7:545) Vicar of Bray type Protestants in the days of Bloody Mary (7:723/11:665) "You know among Protestants there is a great deal of popery." (7:884) One thing to be a Protestant in doctrine but not yet saved (7:1005/10:122) Protestant in name but relying on Papist doctrine of good works (7:1074) Spoke of man who was a Protestant in England, a RC in Rome and a Muslim in Mecca (8:174) Although England was a Protestant country, yet enough merit mongers (8:180) CHS sermons in many "Protestant languages" (8:689) Protestant statesman refusing gifts from the Pope (8:743) Tolerate things from Protestants which cannot be tolerated from Scripture (9:83) Let our Proterstant churches which have some Popery in them purge themselves (9:233) Protestants need to protest for what is right as well as against what is wrong – otherwise nobodies (9:254) Protestants should not quarrell with Papist picture of Eransmus hanging between Heaven and Hell (9:506) Protestant could be hotheads (10:7) Protestant churches now tolerating Popery and infidelity (10:198) many superstitious performances even in Protestant churches (10:299) Unaware of any Protestant Church in England teaching Baptismal Regeneration except the COE (10:390) COE (teaching BR) calls itself Protestant (10:392) – an atrocious situation (10:401) Day coming when there would be no union w/ those professing to be Protestant yet teaching Popery (10:407) The Protestant Bi-Gott story (10:463) COE is "dressed in garments half Protestant and half Popish." (10:497) The Catholics who persecuted Protestants during Bloody Mary's reign were cannibals (10:506) Address the "sturdy Protestant of England" how long he will tolerate Pusseyism in the National Church (10:680) In "many parts of the earth Protestantism is openly acknowledged, and the gospel is preached" (10:737) Being a Protestant doesn't make you a Christian (10:867) Knew a Protestant who opposed use of Crosses etc., but committed fornication (11:100) CHS describes himself as a "true Protestant" (11:294) Wicked Protestants who believe in Limbo (11:305) 1859 Revival in Ulster saved stolid Protestants (11:339) Polished sermons can hide the gospel from Protestants (11:387)Wrong to say that being Protestant automatically makes you Christian (12:14) Protestants may oppose Pusseyism - but do you oppose your own tears or baptism as the way to God? (12:353) Saw Romanist Juan De Yaldes, as a "good Protestant for all that" (12:408) Doctrines of grace are in all sorts of Protestant creeds, yet little preached (12:527) COE has ceased to be Protestant (12:553) Never was a day when Protestantism trembled in the scales than CHS's day (12:668) Seemed that the vocation of some Anglican ministers was to show the patience of an Anglican country (12:668) "He who hopes that the battle of Protestantism will be fought by the [COE] Evangelicals, trusts in a broken reed." (12:761) Popery usurping the place of Protestantism (12:777) Time has gone when you would have said that England being a Protestant country would not tolerate Popery (12:860) Infant Baptistism maintaining Popery in COE (13:154) Some turned to Protestantism but not to Christ (13:227) Romanist infiltrating Protestant Churches (13:291) Old Protestant motto of the church being the anvil that has wore out the hammers (13:348) Admired the courage of those who stood up for Rome in face of Protestantism and those who stood for protestantism in the face of Rome (13:420) On unbloody sacrifices: "What right have they to eat the bread of a Protestant people while doing the Pope's work?" (13:473) Address those who are Evangelical Protestant in doctrine but lax in morals (13:518)Example of a Protestant betrayed by someone he had helped (14:385) Melanthon's efforts to stop Protestant infighting (14:481) "True Protestantism does not live upon political favouritism or national supremacy." (14:549) Opposition to those who were in Protestant churches and yet called themselves "priests" (14:569) "We cannot hope, in this England of ours, to see restored to us the purity of the gospel until Protestants cleanse themselves of this Antichristian, Popish belief and reverence for our postures, and places, and men, and days, and books, and I know not what beside." (14:648) Sad that a sturdy Protestant family be led away into Pusseyism (14:748) Marvelled that in a Protestant sect there should rise up a dogma as villainous as purgatory (15:15) The Protestantism of Luther generally unknown in England even among church goers (15:118) COE's Popish catechism causing the Protestant land to become Popish (15:305) Peace with god is not found through the mere reception of a Protestant (and others) creed (15:529) England was an "exceedingly Protestant country" and yet salvation by works was the accepted creed (15:642) In the last 16 years, the COE had gone from being generally Protestant to become generally Popish - effectively two Roman churches in England (16:458) Godly men in the COE were protecting those who bore a Protestant name but were doing the Pope's work (16:458) Quoted the Irishman who talked about becoming a Protestant heretic and going to Heaven at once (16:574) Protestants in Perugia accused by RC priest as having renounced Christ and worshipped the Devil. How God overruled it (17:88) "After all, there is a Protestantism still worth contending for; there is a Calvinism still worth proclaiming, and a gospel worth dying for." (17:250) "I trust I am as ardent a Protestant as any man living, but I know too many red-hot Protestants who are but little better than Romanists..." (17:540) Agreed with zealous Protestants but warned that many an othordox Protestant would be lost (17:540) Answered one who mocked that Protestantism was small and would never dominate the world (17:698) If Protestants are free from Mary worship, they are often guilty of another error i.e. ministering unto ourselves (17:840) The slaughter of the Protestants in France (18:121) Men who eat Protestant bread teaching Popish doctrine (18:335) Men in London who attended Protestant churches yet horrified at the doctrine of justification by faith alone (18:365) Described himself as Protestant lamenter watching Anglican Popery at work (19:62) "Therefore, let every Englishman, let every Protestant, and, above all, let every Christian, denounce priestcraft of every sort..." (19:128) "the work of reformers and of Protestants must now be done over again." (19:259) Liberalism would not have given us the Protestant Reformation (19:328) Christians watched "our Protestant forefathers" die as martyrs to learn how it was done (19:367) The bulwarks of Protestantism were men who preached Jesus Christ and nothing else (19:685) Spiritual pauper who ascribed to crotchet of Protestantism, yet felt he could have scored high in reagrds to his own self righteousness (19:770) "...if Protestant Christians ever fall into the idea that are must not think too much of the blood and wounds of Jesus, they will lose the richest spiritual sustenance, and we shall cease to have eminent saints among us." (19:805) Professing Protestants who believe in self salvation (19:827) Self salvation Protestants lower God (19:837) Protestant priciple stops people from beoing Papists (20:8) COE is an un-protestant church (20:70) "Our bold Protestant forefathers were of a different breed from the present race of temporizing professors." (20:70) The Protestant who refused to bow before Cross and said "By God I wont" became a "bigot" (20:71) A Protestant could rest on his Bible or prayers and not be saved (20:406) Answered a Bishop who thought that much Protestant theology came from milton and Bunyan rather than the Bible (20:494) The "old Protestant enthusiasm" etc., is an indivinity evidence of the divinity of our faith (20:558) The "great Protestant doctrine" ... and "the grand Protestant doctrine" is that you come to God yourself (20:586) "I believe that the bulwark of Protestantism against Popery is family worship." (20:628) Some Protestants spared immediate death by Duke/Alva only to be slowly starved (21:187) Defended Moody and Sanky who "they preach nothing but what has the general consent of Protestant Christendom." (21:422) Moody and Sanky's attackers probably glory in their Protestant faith while they hooted at its central doctrine i.e. justification by faith (21:422) "The contest lies really between the Popish doctrine of merit and the Protestant doctrine of grace, and no man who calls himself a Protestant can logically dispute the question with us and our friends." (21:422) Those who attacked Moody and Sanky attacked "our common Protestantism" (21:423) COE was a so called Protestant church (21:599) Spurgeon's Baptist forefathers: "Our sires were Protestants before the Protestants." (21:746) Would people have embraced Popery "had they been fully instructed in the doctrines of our Protestant faith? I do not believe it would have been possible." (21:763) Thanked God for the Protestant Reformation when doctrine of justification by faith alone was revived again at Reformation and preached long after (22:137) A man could be a firm Protestant and not love Christ (22:160) "How quickly does this recreant race of Protestant people swallow their principles." (22:298) "this once Protestant land" (22:674) Protestants who are flinging away their liberties as cheap dirt will rue the day (22:800) Vatican sneers at Protestantism with her divisions (23:28) Protestantism is losing its sap and soul i.e. justification by faith alone (23:214) Bohemia thought they had kept down Protestantism, but religious freedom shows how much they failed (23:387) Protestants were devoured in England by [Bloody] Mary and Charles as by wolves (23:596) "I fear that the ancient power of Protestantism has evaporated through the influence of those who hold loose views upon inspiration, and who are busy manufacturing new gospels instead of preaching the old one which is already in the word." (23:631) Family prayer is the castle of Protestantism (24:68) Protestants forsaking the Reformation truth of justifcation by faith alone b/c it is too gracious (24:113) "Justification by faith is the one doctrine upon which all Protestantism turns" (24:113/25:735) Praising those who held fast when many in Mary's day turned from Protestantism to Popery (24:421) Opposed those who were ordered by the state to build a Protestant church are dismantling it (24:451) "What have we to do with giving either a Protestant or a Catholic sense to Scripture? Is it not our duty to give the true sense, be it what it may?" (24:685) "Protestantism may slumber, but I will warrant you Jesuitism never does." (24:833) On modernism and ecumenism: "O foolish Galatians!" said Paul. O silly Protestants! I am inclined to say." (24:854/26:494) This land...where we boast of our open Bible and our Protestant pulpit." (25:178) Protestants condemning Rome for speaking the mass in another language yet delivering flowery sermons over the people's heads (25:236) Being a Romanist or A Protestant or a Baptist cannot save you (25:690) Story of persecuted Protestant who said that he could not burn - but his house caught fire (26:520) Protestant and RC's are neightbours (26:791) Anabaptist martyrs before Protestants were heard or thought of (26:798) Ecumencial Protestant ministers who face towards Canterbury but row towards Rome (27:151) Look again at the triumph of Protestantism in this country - balmy days (27:318) Rome has perecuted Protestants and Protestants persecuted one another (27:356) How the Protestant missionaries in the South Seas had taught their people to withstand error (27:356) By God's grace as ready as "our Protestant forefathers" to seal faith with blood (28:694) Heaven or Hel lafter death and no purgatory - the "cornerstone of Protestantism"(28:733)Ancedote of an Italian asked if he was a Protestant (29:46) Some "so called Protestants" puffed up with the hope of salvation by formal religion (29:119)"What Protestant can refuse to love the holy Bernard? Was there ever a more consecrated servant of God or a dearer lover of Christ than he? Yet he was most sorrowfully in bondage to the superstitions of his age and of the Romish Church." (29:247) "Martyrdom made England a Protestant nation for so many years. (29:303) CHS would not say England was Protestant now (27:303) Some Protestants preaching purgatory (29:332) Conversion of an Irish Catholic lad in ireland through Protestant minister (29:733) Popish doctrine that few can be sure of their salvation lingers in the air of Protestantism (30:516) Many relics of the Roman harlot found among so called Protestants (30:589) Scripture alone Protestants: "I should like to see a few more such Protestants" (30:868) "How often since the days of Cromwell Rome has been allowed to dim the light of our Protestantism, and how it labors to do so still!" (31:417) Popish spies sent to gather evidence from sermons of Protestant divines were sometimes converted (31:451) Some of the Popish murderers of Protestants though they were doing God service (32:327) Some Protestant ornaments in worship (32:469) Angry at sight of crosses in Protestant churches (33:556) Wished England would copy the Swiss Protestant villagers who displayed Scripture on their door posts (33:752) Preach to all the people. Popish doctrine of reserve must not be held among Protestants (34:495) St Paul's cathedral called Protestant but is as Popish as it can be (34:582) So called Protestants setting up Popery in national churches (34:583)


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Who would have thought the Today Show would have inspired a couple of items for my Thanksgiving list? Friday's show carried the ceremony for a group of people who took the oath of allegiance to the United States, their final step toward citizenship. They came from North and South America, Asia, Africa, and Europe. Several took the oath in American military dress, already serving our country as soldiers. One had a row of his buddies sitting on the side in attendance, looking sharp in their uniforms, supporting him on his big day.
I was struck by the multiplicity of ages and ethnic groups represented – a beautiful variety that will add to the mosaic that is America.
One young woman caught and held my attention with a wide smile she wore throughout the festivities right up to the moment when Lee Greenwood began to sing, "I'm proud to be an American . . ." Then her tears flowed right down through her smile. To be honest, I shed a couple myself.
These new citizens have reminded me to add gratitude for my own citizenship to my thankful list. I sometimes take for granted the privileges and freedom that are part of my life every day. I have little knowledge of my many-generations-removed Scotch, English, and Scotch Irish ancestors and the difficulties they must have faced in their journey to America or in their early days making a life in their new country.
Now that my attention has been gained, I will add to my list (1) thankfulness for my American citizenship and (2) gratitude for the beautiful reminder by these new United States citizens.

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Peter Harrison
Expertise in extremely high volume web based Video on Demand systems; cloud computing / grid computing; large scale online social networks; the deployment of content delivery networks (CDN); hosting high volume websites for Fortune 500 companies and large scale data center migrations.
- It's not all business. I also have a variety of other interests.
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15+ years of success guiding development of leading-edge technology solutions that drive business growth. Full market responsibility for several Latin American and Caribbean economies. Effective analyst, problem solver, and communicator able to foster excellent relationships with team members, upper management, and clients. Extensive experience in leading large-scale technology transition programs, including migrations, upgrades, and relocations.
- Author: "Linux Quick Fix Notebook" – Prentice Hall
- Multilingual: English, Spanish and Portuguese
- North American, South American and Caribbean business experience
- International sales, business development and marketing
- Specialization in IT operations of extremely high volume websites
- Administrator: OLPC forums
- Grid and cloud computing, search server farm systems
- Social networking infrastructure using virtualization
- Extremely high volume streaming video on demand (VoD)
- The deployment of content delivery networks (CDN)
- Hosting high volume websites for Fortune 500 companies
- Large scale data center migrations
The things I've done.
Chairman and President – The Palisadoes Foundation
January 2016 – Present
A California based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on improving ICT university education in the Caribbean.
CTO and Co-Founder – Colovore
July 2013 – Present
Located in Silicon Valley, Colovore is a high density colocation data center providing 20kW per rack wall to wall.
PROGRAM MANAGER – GOOGLE Search Capacity Planning
November 2012 – June 2013
Capacity modelling and forecasting for all ancillary Search software development groups in each Google datacenter. Accounted for differences in hardware platforms and infrastructure architecture.
September 2010 – October 2012
National IP video headend construction and operation for the Google Fiber FTTH deployment in Kansas City. Over 500 TV channels.
February 2010 – August 2010
Doing many new and wonderful things in support of a large, rapidly growing infrastructure. Ownership of server maintenance for all companies acquired by Google and internal corporate systems. Responsible for defining the tiers of support, scope of the migration and the degree of integration of systems into those used internally. Cross functional management between global data center resources and internal product manager teams. Responsible for post integration internal service level agreement compliance and process improvements.
Program Manager – Network Edge at Google
June 2009 – January 2010
Responsibility for server maintenance for all content caching locations. Created global regional leadership program for technicians for all new YouTube installations. This provided project management, escalation and autonomy skills to senior technicians who remotely supervised installation teams working overseas. Developed network engineering training scheme for over 300 data center employees worldwide. Included technical and business process courses tied to Google's career evaluation system.
Director of Operations at Shopping.com (eBay)
January 2008 – May 2009
Ownership for the infrastructure to support shopping.com's B2B and B2C comparison ecommerce products. Responsible for numerous large search grid cloud computing farms, their data center facilities and supporting network interconnectivity. Role included managing systems administration, networking, data center rack & stack operations as well as outsourcing vendor management. Staff of 12, multiple data centers across the continental US.
Achievement Summary
- Reduced non-staff IT costs by 20% while maintaining key metrics through virtualization, application rationalization, improved CDN performance, legacy system retirement, SAN storage consolidation and vendor contract renegotiations.
- Created a capacity planning model for search grid performance depending on expected query types and systems architecture. Used company-wide to predict spending needs and the profitability of business partner deals.
Network Manager at Netflix Inc.
June 2005 – January 2008
Voice and data communications manager for the company's DVD distribution centers and three corporate offices. Led initiatives to improve the centralization and automation of network management systems. Lead for the network re-architecture efforts to facilitate better product delivery to customers while improving vendor management.
Responsible for the design and implementation of the modular Netflix content delivery network (CDN) services for the distribution of streaming video on demand (VoD). The development of a scalable and cost effective solution that could be deployed rapidly with easy maintenance and monitoring was the primary design goal.
Assisted in establishing peering relationships with partner ISP networks at national Internet exchanges. Participated in the negotiation of the legal and technical contract requirements. Led the analysis of network traffic and trends for both capacity planning and identifying areas for peering expansion
Infrastructure Summary
- 500-seat call center
- 50+ corporate offices and distribution centers
- Web site that grew from 3 to 7 million members.
- Managed team of 6. Automation allowed us to scale, not additional staff.
- $2 million annual budget.
Leadership Summary
- Transformed under-performing team into top-notch department respected throughout the company.
- Developed company-wide IT strategic plans, with emphasis on projecting architecture needs based on customer, employee, and geographic company growth.
- Deeply involved with vendor relationship activities, including strategic sales and support contract negotiations, and program management for various ISP and CDN providers.
Director Networking and Security at Navisite Inc
February 2005 – May 2005
Managed a team of up 15 engineers, serving over 600 customers and 3,000 web servers.
Achievement Summary
- Led the network equipment rationalization project for the West Coast data centers. Reduced equipment maintenance costs by over 50% through the phased removal of equipment from the San Jose data center. This was achieved through a series of over 30 planned change windows.
- Led the Networking team lead in the migration and integration of all customers from the Scott's Valley, Avasta, Progress Software and Conxion data centers to Navisite's San Jose data center. This involved moving over 750 servers.
- Member of the customer Incident Review team created to implement proecess changes based on customer impacting events to improve the company's 99.99% uptime service commitment.
Network Manager at Navisite Inc
January 2003 – January 2005
Member of Navisite's team responsible for making the San Jose data center SAS70 compliant in accordance with the requirements of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.
Achievement Summary
- Lead engineer for the management of Navisite's HotRoute/AnyCast content delivery systems used by Computer Associates and Oracle for their software download sites.
- Created the "Socrates" web portal to provide information to disparate network engineering groups, from multiple acquired companies, with centralized documentation on the various deployed architectures and subsequent integration projects.
- Lead for the "Architecture Desk" which has responsibility for the research, evaluation, approval and implementation of all equipment additions to our customer topologies with an eye to long term supportability.
- Team lead for architecting and implementing Navisite's New Delhi (India) offices established as part of the company's globalization efforts.
Senior Networking Engineer at Navisite Inc
August 2000 – December 2003
Member of the final technical escalation team for all for 16 web hosting data centers network events and post sales customer support.
Achievement Summary
- Team lead for a number of formal training exercises for the Engineering, NOC and Customer Care organizations. Developed a "Technical Lunch" program to provide technology briefings to "top 30" customers on the architectures used in their hosting topologies.
- Team lead for the annual code upgrading process for all network devices.
- Member of the systems compatibility test systems lab responsible for verifying the functionality of various vendors' equipment, supplied by customers or internally, with Navisite's existing infrastructure.
- Hands on familiarity with products from Cisco, Nortel / Altheon, Juniper, Netscreen, Nokia, F5, Blue Coat, Foundry and Avaya.
Systems Consultant to United Airlines SFO MOC at eFinity Management Consultants
June 1999 – July 2000
Member of the team that managed the systems and associated network devices used to control the maintenance of all North American aircraft. LAN/WAN network of 1,100 TCP/IP based data collection devices controlled by over 20 high speed servers and 20 Cisco routers.
Achievement Summary
- Team member for replacing legacy Cabletron Layer 2 switching equipment with Cisco 6509 Layer 3 switches to act as a campus backbone. Pre-sales work to migrate from OpenVMS to UNIX / Solaris.
- Project manager for migrating all aircraft maintenance systems from legacy disk storage to RAID arrays. Resulting annual maintenance contract savings of $400,000
Chief Executive Officer at Trinidad & Tobago Trading Co
June 1998 – June 1999
Established the first overseas based trade facilitation company created by the government of Trinidad and Tobago and the Trinidad & Tobago Manufacturers' Association (TTMA). The primary focus was to increase non-oil manufactured exports from Trinidad to Latin America via the Colon Free Trade Zone in Panama, the largest free zone in the Western Hemisphere. Services provided include trade promotion, warehousing, freight consolidation, customs clearance and business development prospecting. The company also acts as the sales / buying agent for a number of T&T importers and exporters.
Achievement Summary
- Led efforts in providing assistance to Trinidadian companies seeking start-up and expansion initiatives in the region. Developed and implemented business development strategies, marketing programs, identified key sponsorship activities, and attended association events and trade shows to build relationships. Guided companies in specific business development activities within region. Played key role in the increase of Trinidadian trade with Latin America to full distributor representation for the country's top non-petroleum manufacturers (e.g. Peake Industries, S.M. Jaleel, Bermudez, others).
- Managed incoming trade missions, produced client deliverables, and researched/identified market opportunities. Contributed to development of Latin American sector strategy plans for Government of Trinidad and Tobago.
Sales & Export Manager at Dr. Ian Sangster & Co. Ltd.
June 1996 – September 1997
Full responsibility for sales of over US$2.0 million annually for this manufacturer of rums and liqueurs. Distribution in nine Caribbean nations including Antigua, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Grenada, St. Lucia, Trinidad, and the US Virgin Islands. Participated in distributor contract negotiations. Managed all aspects of sales, marketing, advertising and promotion. Specific responsibility for branding, modified product positioning, new label design, product line streamlining, the production of print media and radio advertising, distributor selection, marketing surveys, customer newsletters, trade show sponsorship and the manufacture of promotional items. Frequent considerations had to be made for varying market conditions, cultural preferences, competitor strategies and customs duty regimes. Staff of 20.
Achievement Summary
- 1996 sales climbed 26% over 1995 with exports rising 67% during the same period.
- Identified the need for a value market rum product for the cruise ship gift shop market. Launched the successful Caribbean and Jamaica Rum Cream lines which accounted for over 50% of sales in 1997.
- Reopened the Cayman Islands market with shipments of a 40 foot container of product every quarter in 1997.
Marketing/Sales Team Lead at Eli Lilly & Co.
June 1994 – July 1996
Western Caribbean market responsibility for US$3.0 million in annual revenue for this multinational pharmaceutical company. Led sales of antibiotic, endocrine, central nervous system and cardiac medications through wholesale distribution channels. Directed professional education programs for medical staff in diabetic care, infectious diseases and depression. Team of 3.
Achievement Summary
- Project leader for the team that created the highly successful Diabetes Educator Program for all Jamaican government pharmacists and endocrine nurses. Territory with US$2.0 million annual sales.
- Sales (US$) up 50%, 1995 vs. 94, in an economy growing less than 1% during the same period. This was driven by expanding the number of physician conferences in which Lilly participated and creating a Lilly-sponsored Psychiatry Continuing Education series for doctors chaired by opinion leaders in this therapeutic field.
Deputy General Manager at Island Microsystems Ltd.
June 1990 – June 1992
Technology leader for Jamaican arm of Caribbean value added reseller (VAR). Supported the full line of Acer computers and Xerox document processors in both pre and post sales functions. Team of 10 sales and support engineers.
Achievement Summary
- Business lead for the group that prepared contracts, terms of reference and provided software consultants/programmers for the National Insurance Scheme Computerization Project for the Ministry of Labor Welfare and Sports. (400,000 records) Also contracted and managed the performance of the software personnel assigned to the Ministry's Food Stamp project. (300,000 records).
- Business lead for the development of a demonstration prototype system for the GOJ's Administrative Reform Program intended to manage the disbursement of funds to all GOJ ministries and departments. This bid was a joint venture between IMS, Axsys Systems of Pennsylvania, Fourgen Software from Seattle, and Informix and Acer/Altos information technology systems from San Jose, California. Acted as the local agent for these companies.
- Business lead for the analysis, design and development of a computerized customer service/preventive maintenance system for the company. Features included, fault reporting, job scheduling, billing, commission calculations, and warranty monitoring. Tracked a database for over 400 customers.
Senior Manager – Technical Support at Fiscal Services Ltd.
June 1986 – June 1990
Managed computer network for the Government of Jamaica's (GOJ) revenue collection departments. Experience in network & systems management in financial transaction environment, client server distributed computing, facilities management, capacity planning, performance tuning, systems security, workflow analysis, budgeting, tendering, procurement, installation, systems development, data conversion, IT systems maintenance, training and procedures development and more. In all cases, successfully aided in re-engineering engrained end user manual processes through automation in a highly regulated public sector framework. Supervised teams of up to 12.
Achievement Summary
- Prepared and administered information technology RFP/RFQ tenders on behalf of the Government of Jamaica using USAID & European Union funds. Equipment obtained was used for the automation of several government departments.
- IT lead for team responsible for constructing the central 10,000 sq ft GOJ data center from green field to production readiness. Provided hands on supervisory, planning, installation, monitoring and maintenance management in the creation and expansion of the FSL 400 user wide area network.
- Implemented the first business systems for the GOJ Administrative Reform Program. Sponsored by USAID.
- Led team that designed and implemented the the first network interconnecting the GOJ's revenue collection departments including: The Revenue Board, Income Tax, Customs and Excise, Land Valuation, the Stamp Office, and General Consumption Tax. Program funded by the European Union with support from CSC Datacentralen of Denmark.
- Lead IT system support team that won the contract to computerize the National Water Commission, the nation's water utility.
- Stanford Certified Project Manager SCPM / SAPM (2010)
- Stanford University, California, USA
- Post-Graduate Diploma, International Trade (1998)
- ICADE, Universidad Pontificia Comillas
- Master of Business Administration (1994)
- University of West Ontario, Ivey School of Business, London, Ontario, Canada
- Post-Graduate Diploma, Management Studies, With Distinction (1992)
- University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Honors Graduate (1986)
- University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad
- 1997 Spanish Agency for International Cooperation (AECI) Scholarship;
- 1992 Canada Jamaica Training Project Scholarship (Administered by CIDA);
- 1985 Commonwealth Fund for Training and Cooperation Scholarship
- CCIE – Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert – #8710
Core Competencies
- Grid computing / cloud computing / search server farm systems using virtualization
- The deployment of content delivery networks (CDN)
- Business Development
- Latin American / Caribbean Business Experience
- Emerging markets / developing economies / developing countries
- Strategic Technology Planning
- Sales and Marketing
- Bilingual Spanish Fluency
- P&L/Budget Management
- Turnaround Project Management
- Team Building and Leadership
- Process Reengineering
- Complex System Implementation
- Business System Integration
- Client Service Optimization
- Vendor Management and contract negotiation
Complementary Career Skills
- Thought leadership amongst peers
- Self-motivated entrepreneurial spirit
- Ability to set high goals and independently execute on them
- Clear thinker with ability to make quick decisions and take appropriate risks
- Business processes and performance standards management skills
- Bottom-line results orientation: Financial acumen, analytical and operational skills
- Solid analytical skills and problem solving skills with the ability to manage P&L
- Strong customer service orientation
- Experience in driving efficiency across business units
- Proven people management and motivational skills
- Articulate, clear and concise with experience presenting at the highest organizational levels
- Ability to work effectively across/up/down the organization
- High level of emotional intelligence
- Proven B2B marketing skills
- Experienced in managing various elements of a brand;
- Including: resource allocation, positioning, budgeting, forecasting, marketing and sales execution
- Knowledge of driving revenue across product sets to target diverse customer segments
- Including: cross selling, up selling, referral, loyalty and win back marketing initiatives.
- Active Non-Profit / NGO volunteer experience


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I can't believe it's taken me this long..
a) to say these words,
and b) to blog about this, but...
It's true! After 9+ years, this girl & boy are making it official!!
Alex proposed July 22nd & it was {get this...} a surprise!!! Yep, that's right, he got me! I thought before there was NO way that was happening and he MADE it happen!! He gets major points for that one! ;)
I don't know why, but I'm really paranoid about wedding websites from sites like The Knot, etc. so I am making my own, of course! Stay tuned (for real this time!} for that. I've gotta figure at least a couple things out before I post it. Until then, just look at how happy my man is... ;)
We are so excited and can't wait to share this time in our lives with everyone! And I can't wait to share with y'all all the craziness going on inside my head and all my fab new Pinterest finds!! Woohoo!!


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What Are the Benefits of a Food Diary?
Keeping a food diary, either on paper or electronically, might take a bit of time, but it can help you achieve the weight-loss results you desire. The act of writing down everything you eat appears to help get better results when dieting, provided you do it the right way.
Eat Less
Keeping a food diary can help you eat less, since it will help you realize just how much you were eating before. Most people underestimate their caloric intakes by about 25 percent. However, you may be less likely to take a candy from the office candy bowl or have a taste of the food you are cooking if you know you are going to have to write it all down. During the day, keep a running tally of your total calories; if you eat a bit extra during the morning or afternoon, you can adjust what you eat later in the day to keep within your daily calorie budget.
Eat Healthier Foods
Writing down everything you eat will help you realize how healthy or unhealthy your diet is. Use your food diary to pinpoint nutritional shortfalls, whether a daily candy snack at the office or nightly bowl of buttery popcorn while watching television. Then adjust your eating patterns to get more nutrients while consuming fewer calories. Change one unhealthy eating habit at a time to gradually move toward a healthier diet without feeling deprived.
Discover Triggers
Include a column in your food diary to record how you were feeling when you ate a particular meal or snack. This can help you discover emotional triggers that may be causing you to eat even when you aren't hungry. You can then come up with strategies to avoid eating out of boredom, happiness, sadness or for other emotional reasons in the future. These strategies could include calling a friend, knitting or going for a walk.
Lose Weight
A review article, published in "The Journal of the American Dietetic Association" in January 2012, found that self-monitoring activities, including keeping a food diary, were consistently associated with weight loss. In one six-month study by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, participants who kept food diaries lost twice as much weight as those who didn't.
Keeping a food diary won't cause weight loss by itself. You also must make changes to your diet and eat fewer calories. Other factors, including exercise, eating at home more often and not skipping meals, are also important. Food diaries are most beneficial if you record what you eat right away, include details about the amount and type of foods you eat and the times you eat, and are honest. If you wait until later, you may unintentionally leave out some things you ate or drank, and if you aren't honest, you won't be able to use the food diary to make the necessary changes to achieve weight loss.
- Family Doctor: Nutrition -- Keeping a Food Diary
- American Council on Exercise: Keeping a Daily Food Log Could Be Your Secret Weapon to Weight Loss Success
- Journal of the American Dietetic Association: Self-Monitoring in Weight Loss -- A Systematic Review of the Literature
- Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: Self-monitoring and Eating-related Behaviors Are Associated With 12-month Weight Loss in Postmenopausal Overweight-to-obese Women
- Good Housekeeping: The Single Best Way to Lose Weight
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A talented food artist has paid tribute to the late Lynda Bellingham by creating a stunning portrait using only OXO CUBES and water.
The actor, who starred in adverts for the stock cubes for more that 15 years, tragically lost her battle with cancer last week, at the age of 66.
Nathan Wyburn, 25, from Abergavenny, decided to remember Lynda with a piece of art work, painting onto canvas by using beef Oxo Cubes mixed with water.
He specialises in creating celebrity culture using food, and household items as his chosen medium.
Nathan managed to create the fabulous tribute to Lynda in just two hours.
Nathan said: "I wanted to create a fitting and respectful tribute to Lynda, and thought it was only appropriate to use Oxo Cubes."
Other pieces of work by Nathan include portraits of Prince William and Kate Middleton made out of crackers, and Joey Essex and Katie Price crafted using fake tan.
Nathan said: "The work was great fun to create.
"I love using food as an art medium, there's so many colours, textures and even smells that make the portraits quite unique."


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In 2014, the most popular boy names in India included Aarav, Mohammed, Vihaan, Aditya and Sai. Other top boy names were Arjun, Aryan, Reyansh, Vivaan and Krishna. For girls, Aadhya, Ananya, Saanvi, Aaradhya and Anaya were in the top 10, as well as Aanya, Anika, Pari, Myra and Shanaya.
Aarav, which means "peaceful," was the most popular Indian name for boys for five years. Saanvi, which means "Goddess Lakshmi," was among the top three names for girls for three years. It was the most popular girls' name in 2012 and 2013, then fell to third place in 2014.
Among Indian-American families living in the United States, Arjun, Deven, Ishaan, Aditya and Pranav are favored boy names. Samir, Nikhil, Arnav, Rishi and Rahul also top the list of boy names. Popular names for girls include Maya, Tara, Shreya, Mira Mina. Other favorites are Anjali, Avani, Priya, Indira and Akasha.
Modern Indian names have their origin in a variety of Indian languages, such as Hindi, Bengali and Punjabi, as well as Arabic and Persian. The names vary by national region and may also reflect the family's faith background, such as Hindu, Sikh, Muslim, Christian and Jain.
Surnames are derived from local languages and often reflect a family's background in profession, place or origin, or caste.


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Vocation is a fiercely independent brewery, hell-bent on producing punchy and distinctive beers.
Over long days and sleepless nights, they pursue perfection with dogged determination and never compromise their vision.
This relentless persistence makes their beers bold, brave and exhilarating.
John Hickling, the founder of Vocation Brewery, previously founded Blue Monkey Brewery In Nottingham. He has moved north, up to Hebden Bridge to bring his expertise to Yorkshire.
Vocation Brewery, based in based in Hebden Bridge, has a production capacity of more than 17,000 pints a week, using American hops and fruity flavours including citrus, peach, pineapple, grapefruit and mango.


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February 7, 2011
Dow Asks, What's the Business Case for Protecting Nature?
The business logic for protecting nature has always been a harder sell than making the case for other green initiatives.
Companies are increasingly seeing the obvious benefits of slashing energy use, and beginning to include in their calculations the considerable risk reduction from managing water well or limiting the use of toxic chemicals. But there are aspects of going green that are much less directly quantifiable than kilowatts or tons of carbon -- or the avoidance of regulations or a lawsuit.
For example, how should companies handle the overuse of natural resources and the reduction in the planet's "biodiversity" (that is, the abundant variation in plant and animal life)?
One large company, Dow, is now tackling this issue, working with the environmental NGO The Nature Conservancy to try and make the business logic clearer. This odd couple announced a collaboration last week to "work together to apply scientific knowledge and experience to examine how Dow's operations rely on and affect nature."
But we don't have to wait for their work to come to fruition to cite a number of possible compelling arguments for managing the intersection of business and natural resources well, including:
- Human life support: Earth's natural systems provide "ecosystem services," such as purifying water, enriching soil, providing natural infrastructure that reduce floods and protect assets (think wetlands on the Gulf Coast), and providing clean air and a stable climate (here's a fun video on these services). The long-standing, best estimate on the value of ecosystem services has been $33 trillion annually, roughly the same order of magnitude as the global economy.
- Climate and carbon market value: The world's forests and farms can sequester carbon that could be worth billions in a carbon markets (however, the prospect of a functioning carbon market in the U.S. is very low in the near-term).
- Self-interest: Species provide us medicine and sources of food. We find species that result in blockbuster new drugs to fight heart disease or cancer, for example.
- Business continuity: All companies depend on natural services, such as water, either directly or in their supply chains. For a business wanting to, say, expand a facility, integrating the value of this input into investment decisions will be critical.
- Inspiration, best practices, and biomimicry: Over billions of years, Nature has found the most efficient way to do things. Think of spider silk as a model for strong, flexible fibers or a shark's ultra-efficient movement through water, which has inspired everything from Speedo's now-banned swimsuits to Airbus' more aerodynamic plane fuselages. (See 15 cool biomimicry stories.)
- Innovation: By cataloging our dependencies on nature, we can identify opportunities for better products and services, such as Bayer's drought-resistant crops (Note: Bayer is a client of mine).
- Risk reduction: Managing your nature-sourced supply chain well can help avoid headaches and possible litigation. Gibson Guitars found this out the hard way in 2009 when the Fish and Wildlife Service raided the company for allegedly using illegally harvested rosewood in its instruments (giving an ironic twist to the word "ax").
In the end, all of these arguments are really part of a much larger logic, which was laid out best in the 1999 groundbreaking -- and now classic -- book Natural Capitalism by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and Hunter Lovins (more info on ongoing work by the Lovinses here and here). In total, it's about a systematic and realistic view of the world.
In some sense, asking "What's the business case for valuing nature?" is ridiculous. We live in an integrated network on a single planet with limited resources. Either we manage these resources well, or we don't survive. In our current mode, we're systematically knocking down pieces of our own support structure. Or in business terms, we're drawing down the assets on the balance sheet of the world. This is no smarter than taking out load-bearing walls in your home.
But regardless of the macro-logic, business does run on financial valuations. Since none of the benefits above are truly measured in our models, we need news tools to value the natural world in business. This is why I was excited to see the announcement about the work Dow's doing with The Nature Conservancy.
The novel alliance will look at Dow's business and its supply chain through a natural world lens. They will identify risks and opportunities at Dow's facilities and in its products and supply chain, and try to value them correctly. In short, the $10 million collaboration will "advance the incorporation of the value of nature into business." But perhaps more importantly, the project will be an open-source exercise, with the partners sharing all the tools and lessons learned. As Michelle Lapinski, TNC's Director, Corporate Practices, says, "We hope to demonstrate to other companies that incorporating nature's services into decisions is a responsible, smart and viable business strategy."
As part of the joint press conference and announcement, Dow's CEO Andrew Liveris put it all in context: "This collaboration is designed to help us innovate new approaches to critical world challenges while demonstrating that environmental conservation is not just good for nature -- it is good for business...companies that value and integrate biodiversity and ecosystem services into their strategic plans are best positioned for the future by operationalizing sustainability."
The Nature Conservancy's CEO Mark Tercek talked recently on his blog about the opportunity here for Dow and for nature. "Imagine the potential of a company with the size and reach of Dow making a commitment to incorporate nature into its global business strategies. What might that mean for green infrastructure? What might that mean for nature? What might that mean for a company's bottom line? What might that mean for the health and prosperity of the communities around the world? Together, we're going to find out." (For longer views on this partnership and perspectives from Dow's VP of Sustainability Neil Hawkins and the Conservancy's Mark Tercek and Glenn Prickett, see excellent pieces from GreenBiz's Joel Makower and TIME's Bryan Walsh.)
As usual with sustainability strategy, companies must strike a tough balance between pursuing competitive advantage and the kind of open-source partnership needed the tackle global-scale issues. But the companies that "get" how to value nature in their operations first will have the advantage, even if they then share that information. The leaders will win by integrating these new valuations effectively into their processes, products, and services. They will create an advantage through superior execution. It will be fun to watch how Dow navigates this tricky path -- while developing the tools for other businesses to follow in their footsteps.


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It's been a few months since my Special Situations portfolio acquired more stock in TFS Financial (NASDAQ:TFSL), and I'm back now to announce another purchase. The bank remains ridiculously cheap and has plenty of ways to create value for shareholder, including ways that have nothing to do with how the market performs. I pointed all this out in my prior buy recommendation.
TFS Financial is finally free of the regulatory action that prevented the company from freely buying back stock and trying to initiate a dividend. The company's first action after getting out from under regulators was to announce a stock buyback, a move that management had telegraphed for years. And management came out swinging, committing to buy 5 million shares, or about 6% of the approximately 80 million shares with an economic interest in the bank.
With the stock trading around 60% tangible book value, buybacks are an immediately and hugely accretive use of cash. I love to see management make this capital allocation move. Each share that remains then becomes even more discounted. Management has a history of strong buybacks, too.
I estimate that following the buyback – which I suspect is close to completion already – the company will have about $150 million at the holding company that it could immediately use for buybacks. So that could be another 15% or so of the stock that it could repurchase in short order. I'm anticipating another announcement shortly after the completion of this repurchase authorization. And we could hear something next week as the company reports earnings.
But that's only one source of value. The second major source is expanding the balance sheet, and the company is working to put its massive excess capital reserves to work in growing the loan book. The market is just not pricing in growth here. If we see a drastic spike in quarterly earnings, the stock might take off. If not, buybacks will continue at depressed prices.
Finally, management is trying to initiate a dividend that would be approximately 2% at current prices. To do this, they have to get a waiver from the owners of the non-economic interest in the bank, the mutual holding company. The verdict on that should be complete by July 30.
I'm agnostic on the dividend, except to the extent that it encourages investors to buy a stock that they wouldn't otherwise. With the stock trading at 60% of tangible book, it's much more capital-efficient to repurchase stock all day long rather than pay a dividend.
So that's three ways to win with TFS Financial.
Foolish bottom line
So that's why I'm adding more to my position in TFS Financial, even though the stock already comprises 11% of my Special Situations portfolio. On the next market day I'll add another $500 to the position. Interested in TFS Financial or have another stock to share? Check out my discussion board or follow me on Twitter, @TMFRoyal.


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The Wood Shed Axe Throwing
The Wood Shed was built to change the way that Central Alberta thinks about a night on the town. We are a recreational sporting venue unique to the region. We started this axe throwing facility to bring people together and take them out of their comfort zone. Our goal isn't just to teach you how to throw an axe – it's to step out of the day to day.
Check your expectations at the door, throwing an axe is going to be a blast! We operate casual and competitive axe throwing events for social, corporate, collegiate, and league audiences. Parties, team building events, a casual night out with friends that's so much cooler than another trip to the bar. We welcome anyone who's ready to embrace the rugged history of our sport and master something totally different! Our trained coaches will share their knowledge with you and help ensure your safety while you throw, guiding groups through structured tournaments lasting approximately two (2) hours. When was the last time you truly did something together with the people that matter in your life? When was the last time you did something on the cutting edge of culture, that stayed true to Alberta's logging heritage? When was the last time you did something for the first time? We simply set out to change that. You will have fun, learn more about yourself and the things you're capable of.
Forge deep connections with your group as you're all experiencing this one-of-a-kind activity together. Parties, team building events, a casual night out with friends that's so much cooler than another trip to the bar. Once your axe is in the air you'll only have one thought: this is fantastic!
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My 10 year vision: (age 36)
I wake up today with an intense feeling of gratitude. I am exactly where I want to be. My lover is sleeping soundly beside me and we have just adopted our first child. Life is beautiful. I am in the home of my dreams! We have designed it to be both modern and vintage with plenty of cozy wooden accents. We have a massive, inviting kitchen and have friends and family over at least once a week for gourmet meals made fresh from our garden. Most of our house is run from solar power and we have minimal waste as we compost and recycle. We have a beautiful view of the ocean and the house's open-design concept allows us fresh air and plenty of natural sunlight. I walk to my garden sanctuary where I have created a meditation space for my morning moment of appreciation. After my daily yoga and meditation, I water the plants and get ready for another amazing day. I am more spiritual and intuitive than ever before, unencumbered by limitations.
I feel blessed to have such a fulfilling career. My business is run with a mission to remind others of the powerful healing potential within their bodies. I serve to reconnect people with their mind, body and spirit by reconnecting them to their food. I use graphic design and photography to create strong visual campaigns. I give talks in countries worldwide; however, at this point I do most of my work from home. This gives me time freedom, and allows me to work on the expansion of my charity and the growth of my family. My brand and blog are very well known; I use this popularity and my strong social network for philanthropic efforts.
I continue to indulge in photography and adore taking pictures of my family and my beautiful natural surroundings. When my family is not at home we are spending time at our cozy island cottage. In the next few years I hope to set plans in motion to write my own book and create a documentary. I plan to travel to 10 new countries per decade, adopt more children and maybe have a few of my own =)
My Goals
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My Declaration
"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back-- Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth that ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now."
-W.H. Murray


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Organic–inorganic heterostructures with programmable electronic properties
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2016 for Prof. Jean-Pierre Sauvage of ISIS
Enlightening and flexing memories
Researchers from the University of Strasbourg & CNRS (France), in collaboration with the Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany) and the University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia), have shown that a carefully chosen blend of a small photoswitchable molecule and a semiconducting polymer can be used to fabricate high-performance memory devices that can be written … Continue Reading ››
Highly luminescent silver clusters encapsulated in zeolite cages
Researchers from the Université de Strasbourg & CNRS (France) and KU Leuven (Belgium) have shown that highly luminescent clusters of silver atoms can be assembled in the porous framework of minerals known as zeolites. The high efficiency of light emission from the materials along with cheap and scalable synthesis makes them very attractive … Continue Reading ››
Enhancing 2D self-assembly on graphene by chemical functionalization
The research labs headed by Marco Cecchini and Paolo Samorì in ISIS have recently demonstrated that the chemical functionalization of a prototypical PAH (coronene) by perchloro substitution significantly enhances its propensity to form a self-assembled monolayer on graphene. By using a combination of computational and experimental techniques, we showed that perchlorination enhances coronene … Continue Reading ››
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Chiral resolution by shear flow
Thomas Hermans and his team (Non-equilibrium complex systems laboratory) recently developed a novel method for chiral separation without the use of any stationary phase. In fact, this resolution relies on the opposite behavior of two enantiomers in a well-defined shear flow. The preliminary results led to a valorization project financed by SATT Conectus … Continue Reading ››


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Sunday, October 19, 2014
Breaking Free - Wordle 183
this week's Sunday Whirl Click on the link, and then click on Mr. Lincky to find the others.
Breaking Free
The witchdoctor said
I'm crazy, not a martyr.
She called my soul out,
saying it should shine
bright white with stranger laughter
making your steel crack,
your childhood shake all
apart - its shadow turn gray -
your diamond dim
and change to drab sand.
I'm not shackled, prisoner
to your freaky whim
any longer, sport.
Just toddle off. Find your seer.
Tell him your secret.
October 19, 2014 1:02 PM
14 comments:
- AnonymousOctober 19, 2014 at 1:42 PM
There is an overwhelming sense of victory and personal power to this piece....I particularly like....ReplyDelete
"I'm not shackled, prisoner
to your freaky whim
any longer, sport.
Just toddle off. Find your seer.
Tell him your secret."
Indeed :-)
ha, i just want to click; i love it. clcikReplyDeleteReplies
Click away, my love.Delete
redemption in personal power. sweet.ReplyDelete
I wanna click too..!ReplyDelete
Interesting what people are seeing in this. I only sort of understand what I wrote.ReplyDelete
I mean you guys are helping me with my own work here.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 19, 2014 at 7:53 PM
Toddle off to freedom, to find your seer. Break out. Make the steel crack. My reading at least.ReplyDelete
I like this breaking free!ReplyDelete
I think we all enjoyed toddle off...somehow more effective than a fuck off - shows much more self belief and control over your destinyReplyDeleteReplies
Toddle off - exactly the sort of thing my old colleague Carroll F. Raaum might have said, actually did say in some context. I have books from his library distributed after his death from complications of a form of Parkinson's.. He left a hole in my heart.Delete
Find the seer and usually within.ReplyDelete
Great words, did have a laugh with the toddle off part.ReplyDelete


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Our Vision
Educators are innovators.
The Construction Workforce Development Alliance of West Michigan (CWDA) was created by the Associated Builders and Contractors Western Michigan Chapter(ABCWM), American Subcontractors Association of Michigan (ASAM), and Home Builders Association of Greater Grand Rapids (HBAGGR).
That's a lot of initials for a pretty simple goal: We want to present the construction industry as a smart career option for people like you. Here's why you should consider construction. This is a look at different construction career paths. Check out the Construction Trade programs at Grand Rapids Community College.
Construction isn't just about getting your hands dirty. It's about possessing the creativity to imagine something out of nothing, and the conviction to make that something take shape.
The Construction Workforce Development Alliance of West Michigan (CWDA) would like to thank these Visionary Founders for their creativity and conviction:


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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (Reuters) - One of the convicted killers who led law enforcement on an intense three-week manhunt after escaping a maximum-security prison in upstate New York pleaded not guilty to an escape charge on Thursday.
David Sweat, 35, in his first court appearance since the June 6 breakout from Clinton Correctional Facility in Dannemora, New York, appeared for his arraignment in a green prison jumpsuit, his right arm in a sling, in the courtroom at Clinton County Government Center in Plattsburgh.
"Yes, I do," Sweat said when asked by Judge Patrick McGill whether he understood his legal counsel would be Plattsburgh attorney Joseph Mucia.
The judge then entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of first-degree escape on behalf of Sweat, who was serving a life sentence without parole at Clinton.
Sweat faces disciplinary charges by the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision for the prison break, according to a department statement in July.
The department had said Sweat could remain in an isolation cell for an extended length of time or be subject to other penalties.
Sweat was shot and captured by law enforcement on June 28 near the Canadian border days after his accomplice, Richard Matt, 49, was shot and killed by a federal agent.
Matt and Sweat, who were both convicted of murder, cut holes in their cell walls, climbed down a catwalk and navigated through a steam pipe, emerging from a manhole outside prison walls on June 6.
Two Clinton Correctional employees have been charged in connection with the escape. Authorities accused prison tailor shop supervisor Joyce Mitchell, 51, of smuggling tools to the pair and corrections officer Gene Palmer, 57, of helping them get behind prison walls to hide contraband.
At least a dozen Clinton personnel have been placed on administrative leave following the escape. The prison's superintendent, Steven Racette, retired on July 31.


text: On Thu, 2012-05-03 at 23:09 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 17:36 +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > > On Sun, 2012-04-29 at 16:54 +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > > > I can do an alpha build of CDs whenever they're desired, just let me > > > know when things are looking ready. > > > > Ah, I'd somewhat assumed that Otavio's "Steve, yey!" above meant that > > he'd already talked to you about that. :-/ > > > > From the -release side, I think we should get on with producing and > > testing images asap. Forgive my ignorance on the d-i side, but is there > > an easily accessible / parseable list of reported issues with the > > dailies which might be considered "show stoppers"? I guess they'd have > > to be fairly severe to be blockers for an alpha though. > > Any hints? So, in the absence of any replies or better ideas on IRC, I've scheduled a binNMU for d-i on amd64. If that goes okay then I'll do the other architectures and we can look at where we go from there. Regards, Adam


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Thank you for visiting my site!
I'm Anna Verghese, and over the last ten years, I've developed a real passion for helping small businesses and charities grow. I've been lucky enough to work with a wide range of organisations, ranging from pre-startups to international organisations, and across a broad spectrum of sectors and industries, including education, healthcare, food, and manufacturing. Projects I have facilitated range from product and service development, through to cultural change and industry transformation.
Each business, its staff and its needs are unique, and so I dedicate a lot of time to really understanding my clients' requirements and constraints, to ensure that I can fully support them in finding the best way forward for their business.
As well as supporting organisations in planning for growth, and finding and applying for financial support to deliver it, I also believe that people are the fundamental basis for success. I can support you in gaining the confidence to move forward; and also find, and introduce you to external colleagues who might be able to help you achieve your vision. Once these relationships are established, I can work with you to make sure that where appropriate, they are nurtured to become long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships, both on- and offline.
Academically, I have a BA(Hons.) in French and Russian from the University of Exeter, and a Masters degree in Applied Management with Distinction from the University of Reading. I am also a graduate of the Digital Mums social media programme.
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I've posited similar questions behind this post numerous times over the years; but has the time of the daily Newspaper reached its concluding death throes? A recent news story from television station WQAD listed local newspaper the Quad City Times' parent company, Lee Enterprises, as one of the businesses that could fail and disappear, as soon as 2017. A 2015 story from Pew Research Center suggested that a decline in subscribers and revenue has deeply cut into the value of daily newspapers. The articles I have read suggest that media sources are concentrating on reinforcing their radio, television and Internet broadcasting ventures while investing less into the daily newspaper. Of those I tend to use the Internet more than the others in searching for news. On another personal level I quit subscribing to the local Dispatch/Argus over a year ago. My family had been subscribing to the Dispatch since I was young boy and I carried on the practice as an adult. And it has been even longer since I actually used it for advertisement.
My preference for news has always been the daily newspaper. It always offered me more information than the wham, bam, thank-you Mam, quickie news blurt you get from radio and television. But like the wandering bards and town criers the daily newspaper as a source of information seems headed towards extinction. Sure, newspapers are scrambling to get their product switched to Internet form. But so far it is at best clumsy to navigate and all but the most Dominate stories are lost to Internet Hell obscurity. Nor does their attempts at product merchandising for their advertisers seem to scream use my media source to improve your business revenue. And I am not even sure the media companies trying to make the switch even understand their product enough to make the switch to the Internet. When the local newspapers first started making the switch to the Internet – they both had a strong community following that included vociferous exchanges of the articles they presented. Neither paper seemed to understand how to manage the gold mine that lay before them. Instead of nourishing and gardening the discussions they watched over the sites like a bar-room thumper. Like the newspapers that hosted them, as a whole those extensions and the interest they generated have dissipated.
Maybe it is for the best that the daily newspaper is dying the slow death of extinction. Individuals that actually like to look past the shallow outer extremities of daily news are an aging breed. They are slowly being replaced by narcissistic selfie-taking zombies that follow in-vogue fads like lemmings. Television and Radio news bites fit their transient all-about-me lifestyle.
I have always been a Watcher. I like to watch. I get fascinated by shadows that make up all the nooks and crannies of life. The way they push and shove against the constant tides of life, creates the shorelines that help define the boundaries of existence. That is why I have always liked reading Newspapers. The daily newspaper was one of those nooks and crannies that helped to create foundations that the shoreline of existence could used to hold its form. And though their are replacements available, their products are much like trying to eat at a Haute Cuisine restaurant that serves you a food plate that looks like a da Vinci but has all the sustenance necessary to create enough energy for an individual to scratch their ass.


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Top Things People Would Do if They Win the Lottery
Have you ever thought about what you would do if you won the lottery? Of course you have! Who hasn't? We've all been there; sitting at our desk at work and daydreaming about the endless possibilities of things we would buy and do if we became a millionaire overnight. If you haven't thought about it before, you definitely should. You never know when you might hit a jackpot, so you should set a vision early on and set a plan for the lucky day!
We at LottoGopher.com varied quite a bit from the following list, but regardless of what we would do, here is a list of the most common things that people would do if they won the lottery.
1. Help Family and Friends
Business Insider reported that a 2012 poll conducted by the European Lottery Guild asked people what the first thing they'd do if they won the lottery was, and 47 percent said that they'd help out family and friends who were low on cash before doing anything else.
"The most interesting thing about this survey was the question itself, which actually asked about the 'first thing' the players would spend their money on, not the biggest," said Elisabeth Moore, customer relations manager at ELG.
2. Start a Business
Another recent survey concluded that a vast selection of contestants surveyed said they would buy the tools and supplies needed to start or continue their business. This in itself shows that many Americans would want to continue to work, even after making it rich by winning the lottery. Go, Americans!
3. Buy a Recreational Vehicle
The same survey conducted showed that the third most desired item was a recreational vehicle. It kind of makes sense, as many respondents also said they wanted to travel the country to visit their friends and family. Throw a mobile WiFi or 4G device into the mix, and we'll gladly tag along for the ride!
4. "I'm going to Disney World!"
The next most common answer for things people would do if they won the lottery? They would take their families to Disneyland or Disney World. We suppose it really doesn't matter how old you are; Disney would be a perfect vacation getaway filled with fun and adventure for the entire family! Can you imagine the things you would do and buy at the park if money were no object? The priceless smiles, laughter and joy that this trip would bring makes this the top destination of people surveyed.
5. Get Pampered
A massage. A private chef. Chauffeur. The 5th most common thing that people would do if they won the lottery is to pamper themselves! Can you imagine enjoying a fine assortment of cheeses and a glass of wine while getting a massage? Or how about enjoying your favorite meal prepared by a world-class private chef? Imagine pulling up to your favorite fine-dining restaurant in a stretch limo with your friends and family… Whatever it is, you just won the lottery, so you should be certain to enjoy some of the finer things in life!
So the real question is this: What are the top five things you would do if you won the lottery?
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Turkey's new underground rail network harnessed cutting-edge engineering technology to connect Europe and Asia under the waters of Istanbul. But the project has also literally unearthed Istanbul's history, yielding surprises and challenging assumptions about one of the world's greatest imperial cities.
The $2.8 billion megaproject built by a Turkish-Japanese consortium offered an opportunity for archaeologists to conduct excavations of unprecedented scale across Istanbul, allowing them to reach under the surface of previously off-limits business and residential districts. At times, tensions have flared between government officials frustrated with project delays and archeologists calling for sensitivity toward the city's storied heritage.
Some of the 35,000 artifacts unearthed during the excavation are planned to be presented to the public in an ambitious outdoor museum project called Archeopark. Archaeologists are still not finished excavating and cataloguing artifacts, according to Istanbul Archaeological Museums, which is leading the project.
Here's some of the most eye-catching findings:
- The excavation showed Istanbul to be thousands of years older than the historians had thought. Still a decade ago, the city was widely accepted to be 2,700 years old, but human remains and artifacts found proved the city's history dates back at least 8,500 years ago, to the New Stone Age. Early this year, in Pendik, at the Asian end of the under-construction metro network, archaeologists unearthed a complete village from that period.
- The largest harbor of the early Byzantine period – the Port of Theodosius – was also resurfaced thanks to the Marmaray project. The location of the port – which was thought to once be the world's largest – was roughly known, situated in the densely populated area of today's Yenikapi, but the findings allowed experts to draw a much more detailed map of the early Byzantine-era Istanbul, called Byzantion at the time.
- Archaeologists found dozens of well-preserved ancient vessels, some 15 meters long and 5 meters wide, which shed light on the city's maritime history, ship construction and trade, as well as the city's links with the outer world, according Istanbul Archaeological Museums. Cemal Pulak, a maritime archaeologist from Texas A&M University, said that after the ships were resurfaced in 2005, excavators struggled to keep the vessels moist and not allow them dry up and crumble apart "as biscuits dipped in a cup of tea."


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The two girls stood for an hour in a busy shopping arcadeIs it any wonder - if a man like me started to talk to two little girls, personally unknown to me there is a high possibility I'd end up in jail accused of all sorts of nastiness.
They were filmed as part of a social experiment for television
Astonishingly, only one person stopped to help them
Hell in this day and age it could even be a police sting to identify pedophiles - they do this on the internet so why not in a mall.
And men will not be seated next to unaccompanied children on Air New Zealand flights - men are dangerous to children you see.
After fifty years of feminist harping men have gone from being the protectors of women and children and been transformed into predators1
(1) I used Ele's post because she is a very nice woman, as all agree, to show just how pervasive the men as predators meme has become.


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been some interesting movement on the draft boards, considering we're still in the wake of free agency, Much more than I would have thought, but I am in on 2 of the 4 trades I believe has happend. so that makes sense as well. lol.
4 trades? I only see 3 .
my bad Gert, there has been just 3 trades, and I have moved picks in 2 of those.
Hehe, just wanted to make sure I didn't missed anything ;). I'm 2/3 involved too. Not too bad .
A couple more then 4 trades done now!!! Lol!
Yeah, things got to rockin yesterday. There were more moving picks than a Patriots' pass pattern!
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