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Stamped bills
This week's guest blog has been written by artist Dano Wall, who designed a stamp which puts Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. Dano kindly allows us to use the stamp in some of our public education sessions at the Museum. Find out how and why he came up with this fantastic idea, as he writes:
On April 20, 2016, then-U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew announced plans to add Harriet Tubman to the front of the revised twenty-dollar bill, moving President Andrew Jackson to the rear. Lew instructed the Bureau of Engraving and Printing to expedite the redesign process, and the new bill was expected to enter circulation sometime after 2020.
The day after, on April 21, 2016, Donald Trump was interviewed on the Today Show. He made his intentions clear: "Andrew Jackson had a great history and I think it's very rough when you take somebody off the bill. Andrew Jackson had a history of tremendous success for the country.... I would love to leave Andrew Jackson and see if we can maybe come up with another denomination. Maybe we do the $2 bill or we do another bill. I don't like seeing it." In early 2017, shortly after taking office, the Trump administration officially announced it would no longer be revising the $20 bill. In response, I designed a stamp that replaces Andrew Jackson's face with hers and began a campaign to stamp as many $20s as I could.
This project is important to me not simply because of its current political relevance, but also because it highlights a deeper issue of representation that runs through our country's history. The ubiquity of currency makes it a powerful vector through which the mentality of white supremacy is able to continue to permeate our culture. Putting Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill would have constituted a monumental symbolic change, disrupting the pattern of white men who appear on our bills and, by putting her on the most popular note currently in circulation, indicate exactly what kind of a life we choose to celebrate; what values we, as a country, most hope to emulate. Harriet Tubman's unparalleled grit, intelligence, and bravery over the course of her long life certainly make her worthy of such an honor.
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The impact that seeing the face of Harriet Tubman staring back at you from a $20 bill should not be underestimated. Who we choose to honor as a society affects the moral attitudes that are baked into us as we grow up, and this sort of representation can subtly but deeply affect someone's conception of themselves and their place within society. Although the connections may not seem immediately obvious, representation and equity are issues intimately connected to larger problems we face such as homelessness, common sense gun reform, clean drinking water, even saving coral reefs. The notable lack of representation on our country's currency has ripple effects through all levels of society, perpetuating the idea of monocultural government, and ultimately leaves behind voices and ideas from underrepresented populations that could improve the quality of life for everyone in this country. A society incapable of accurate self-representation does not inspire confidence in its capacity to solve challenges that impact all of its citizens. Additionally, the political tools necessary to deal with unequal representation are the same that must be leveraged to fight the collective harms of racism, intolerance, and hate, so when we decline to address issues of representation we simultaneously dampen our potential to enact change. For these reasons I see putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 not as a trivial issue to be forgotten, but one of profound significance, worthy of continually pushing back into the spotlight. It is my hope to see Tubman $20s entering circulation in sufficient numbers to make it impossible to avoid a conversation about the proposed, now abandoned, plan to put Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, and ultimately exert pressure on those with the power to make that change.
The design for this stamp has been made freely available online under a Creative Commons License for anyone wishing to make their own, and stamps are also available for purchase through this online shop. On the question of legality, the law states that though anti-counterfeiting laws prohibit the willful destruction of, and stamping of advertisements upon, paper money, pursuant to I.I.18 U.S.C. § 333 of the United States Code, stamped currency is fit for circulation so long as its denomination remains legible. More detailed information about the laws regarding currency stamping can be found here.
Here at the International Slavery Museum, we use the Tubman stamp in some of our public events. try it next in our upcoming workshop, Slavery and Abolition, on 29 June.
About the artist: During the week I work for Adafruit Industries, an open-source educational electronics company. It was by virtue of having access to the equipment at my job that I was able to prototype the early versions of this stamp at low cost, and eventually gain enough traction to expand into a separate, self-sustaining operation. I was lucky to be able to identify this stamping campaign as a discrete action that I could take to try and push an important conversation into the spotlight, and luckier still to have the necessary tools available to me. I hope to be an increasingly responsible and effective steward of this project as it grows and reaches more people.


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On a trip to the East side of the state yesterday, I visited the Kensington Residence, a LEED certified home that is nearly complete. Here are a couple photos of the project. Stay tuned for more exterior and interior photos when it is finished!This home is designed by Visbeen Associates and built by Insignia Homes.

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June 6, 1999
White City, Illinois
9th of 11 in Big B
Seems like whenever I take Matt with me to race, conditions are just
horrible. There had been some rain during the week and the course
was total slop. Plus, it was hotter than a blowtorch and after a mere
10 minutes of racing I was dead tired. Near the beginning of the race
I got hung up on a steep hill and lost some time and energy getting
back up the hill on the second try. My front tire (the crappy
Bridgestone...jeez, why didn't I change it!?!?) was working just as
horribly as it was in the Cuba mudfest. Absolutely no control, just
slip-sliding in whatever direction. Matt and I had scouted one of the
steeper hills before the race, so it didn't give me any problems.
Somehow I got ahead of him, but then my throttle decided to stick
wide open and I rammed into a tree. He was behind me just as I got
going again, but then he passed me when I missed a turn and went
off the course for awhile. The throttle stuck a couple more times and
would cause more problems in future races.
At one point I crashed, got back up, and then felt my 'nads on fire.
Well, I didn't actually feel them (I'm not like that, during a race
anyway), it was just the sensation. I stopped to see what the problem
was (O.K., I didn't actually look at them right then; that came later)
and found the gas cap breather line had come off, and when I
crashed some gas had spilled onto my pants. The burning finally
subsided after riding another 10 minutes in hellish pain. I seriously
thought about dumping the bike and jumping into the creek.
The loop was 12 miles long and took over an hour to complete the
first time around. On the second loop I caught up to Matt, who had
stopped along the trail with fouled spark plug, so he was basically
done for the day. After a 5-minute rest talking to Matt, I felt much
better and actually rode pretty well for awhile. The course dried out
some as the race went on. But the last couple of miles were torture. I
had no energy left as I crossed the finish line and as expected, my
results were less than impressive, but I did beat Matt (he was in last
June 27, 1999
St. Joe State Park
Park Hills, Missouri
10th of 12 in Open B
This was the annual March of Dimes charity race at St. Joe State
Park. KTM brought their factory truck out, along with Guy Cooper
(their paid National rider) and his hot wife. The throttle problems
reared their ugly head right at the start. The bike absolutely refused
to start when the flag dropped. It had run fine before that. I had to
pull off to the side while row after row took off and I sat there and
kicked like hell. Looking back on it, I think the carburetor was sticking
open, which meant the more I kicked the more I flooded the engine. I
finally got going just before the ladies started, and then about 300
yards into the race the throttle stuck open in a section of whoops. I
crashed hard and bruised my thigh while the ladies all passed me,
but I caught up to them later. They are much faster than most people
think. Later on in the race the bike was running bad, like I fouled a
plug or something. I finished the lap and then went back to my truck
and wasted a lot of time changing the plug, and it ran just as bad with
the new one. The throttle stuck open a few more times, but I was
more prepared for it and didn't crash. I started fearing the
motorcycle, as if I was riding a horse with a mind of its own...very
scary. No control whatsoever, just hang on for your life. A nasty
storm blew in during the last lap and the St. Joe sand flats turned into
a reincarnation of the Dust Bowl. Then the rain came down hard, just
in time for me to have to load up the bike and change out of dirty
clothes. I didn't stick around to see how bad I did (found out later on
the internet).
July 11, 1999
Tebbetts, Missouri
8th of 11 in Open B
After some rain, I assumed this course would be in bad shape, but
trail conditions turned out nearly perfect. It was a typical rocky
course, 10 or 11 miles long, except the trail was much faster than
normal. Nothing tight, all 3rd, 4th, and 5th gear stuff. There was one
section about a mile long that was a rocky creek bed. Very tough. I
just couldn't figure out how people could be going so fast. There was
one place where you could go WFO (wide f***ing open) for almost a
mile, if you had the balls (I didn't). My finish was disappointing
because I didn't really make any mistakes, did my usual 4 laps, and
still ended up in the bottom of my class. I was beginning to wonder if I
really belonged in the B class.
White City, Illinois
Park Hills, Missouri
Tebbetts, Missouri
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I never know what to get for my male friends when birthdays or holidays arise. I always get stumped, and I never want to spend over $20 on them. Most men I have bought gifts for in the past end up in the trash or re-gifted.
I soon found though that if I bought them funny gag gifts they would actually use them, or proudly display them somewhere.
When my sisters husband turned 30, I wanted to get him something special, something funny, and something I knew he wouldn't mind having around the house. I searched local malls endlessly, and hopelessly, then finally hidden in the dirty section of a local gift shop I found the perfect gift.
The Weener Kleener. Oh man! When I saw this nasty little gag gift I knew it was something he would either try to use, or at least leave in his bathroom for guests to see.
The weener kleener comes cleverly packaged with a funny saying, which states that the Weener Kleener adds pleasure to their showering experience, at your age you will be grateful it does. If the Weener Kleener ever becomes stuck, soak the area with cold water.
The Weener Kleener basically is a ring of yellow/orange colored soap. It is designed to wrap around the penis for a good wenner scrub. It is a one size fits most dirty old men bar.
The bar can also be used by couples for some good clean fun!
Now I am not sure how well the Weener Kleener works, but by the looks of it, it should do just fine… that is if you actually intend on opening it up and using it. Mind you, I am not asking my brother in law how it worked.
When he opened it up, he got a good laugh from his new Weener Kleener.
He placed the Weener Kleener in his bathroom right by the toilet paper holder for all to see it when they are in the bathroom. I am glad that I finally was able to find a gift for a guy that he actually liked.
Recently though I noticed the Weener Kleener is missing from it's usual resting place. Dear God, I don't want to know.
I recommend the Weener Kleener for that dirty old man in your life. It makes for a fun controversial piece for the bathroom. I recommend you use it for bathroom decorational purposes only… but hey… if you're feeling lonely…
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Moderated by Olmix Group's Marketing Director, Ms Danièle Marzin, and attended by more than 200 participants, Prof. Dr. Bernd Kaspers (University of Munich, Germany) opened the symposium by giving an insight into the unique features of the avian immune system and the importance of microflora and bacteria in animals.
"The complexity of the immune system is not only that it is composed of several types of cells, but they develop and differentiate through time, and also they migrate to different tissues. Early gut colonization with proper microflora is essential to the development of immunity in animals… Actually, the contact with bacteria is essential for a proper development of the immune system and provide a good protection!," Dr. Kaspers explained, thus paving the way to Prof. Van Immerseel (Ghent University, Belgium), who later on went on stage to, precisely, focus on what the cost of the activation of the immune system involves:
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Another lovely afternoon in Lebanon, and another beautiful family. The city was busier than it was with the last family session (see November on Broadway and Main ). This time, the sidewalks were lively with visitors, many with the arms full of treasures from Broadway Antique Mall or wrapped around a loved one as they exited The Golden Lamb.
Yep, that's that's where we were, again…right in front of the Golden Lamb. A peculiar and charming spot for family photos. The old brick sidewalk, white pillars wrapped in twinkling garland, festive wreaths, antique storefronts and windows illuminated with lights feel like something out of a Christmas movie. And this family fit right in with their cozy scarves, cranberry red plaid and holiday cheer.


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I'm getting some problems with the format dates on openfda. Is there an existing method to format or process to show on a chart?
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2What is the exact nature of the 'problems'? What language are you working with? Etc. Imagine you are reading your own question and then try to answer it. – i_am_Halloran Jul 6 '15 at 22:15
Can you post an example, I would be happy to help? – Hans Nelsen Jul 7 '15 at 18:36
Here is a SO question about dates in JSON, which is the format in which you'll get your openFDA data after a request. Depending on the language you are to build something you can find a library to help you manipulate that data,like moment.js for javascript. Other languages, like python, will have their own libraries. – Diego Dec 16 '15 at 21:30


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"Whan that Aprill, with his shoures soote The drought of March hath perced to the roote."
This is the opening couplet to Chaucer's "Prologue" to Canterbury Tales. In high school I memorized the opening verses in the "Prologue" about wandering travelers who "tread new shores … (to) seek out far shrines renowned in many lands." I still fondly think about those tales as I wend my way – not to Canterbury, England, but to the banks of the Platte River in central Nebraska to witness possibly the greatest wildlife spectacle in North America. Each spring more than 500,000 Sandhill cranes converge on the Platte river valley between Grand Island and Kearney before making the long journey to summer nesting grounds in Canada, Alaska, and the Arctic.
If you are making the trip for the first time, The Crane Trust Nature and Visitor Center at the Alda exit on I 80 is a good place to stop and pick up information and a map of roadside viewing sites. I would also highly recommend a stop at the Ian Nicolson Audubon Center at Rowe Sanctuary. To find Rowe Sanctuary take exit 285 toward Gibbon and follow the signs.


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The Wealth Management in Australia 2017 Report is the result of an extensive project completed by The Dragon Banker's teams in the Philippines and Hong Kong over a three-month period in 2016.
The report is based off two surveys: One survey is on relationship managers and directors within Australian banks, specifically within their wealth management departments. The questions that were asked were about their products, how they view the market, their strategies and specific data that they were able to provide. The second survey was to 100 HNWIs in Australia. The questions that were posed dealt with how they view various banks, the specific services they are using, and how they use technology for wealth management purposes.
The report reviews the performance and asset allocations of HNWIs and ultra-HNWIs along with affluent individuals ($100,000 in investible assets). The report also includes projections of the volume, wealth and asset allocations of HNWIs to 2021, and a comprehensive background of the local economy. The report also provides a comprehensive analysis of the private banking and wealth management sector, the latest merger and acquisition activity, and the opportunities and challenges that the sector faces. This includes a SWOT analysis of the key banks, including ANZ, CBA, NAB, Westpac, Citi, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, HSBC and more.
The affluent and HNWIs population figures and data in the report are derived from The Dragon Banker's proprietary Wealth Model, which looks at residents and their onshore wealth. Total wealth here refers to wealth, which is net of liabilities, and including all investable assets (cash, savings, equities, mutual funds, fixed income, pensions).
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Why The Dragon Banker?
The Dragon Banker is a leading research and consulting firm on Asian banking, with a specialty in wealth management, asset management, and private banking. The Dragon Banker has produced cutting edge reports on wealth management in more than 20 Asian countries, and has clients from the majority of Asia's largest banks and fintech firms.
The Dragon Banker's research reports reflect our analysts' considered opinions and research of market trends, sizes, and challenges. In-house analysts write The Dragon Banker's research reports with extensive experience at a variety of top global financial services firms, technology vendors, and consultancies.


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The Gen XY Lifestyle
Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20 opens in the heart of Sukhumvit
The Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20 is AccorHotels' 19th Novotel in Thailand. The hotel is located in the heart of Sukhumvit, one of Bangkok's most vibrant districts and offers a dining hub for those seeking new culinary options.
The hotel's interior incorporates Thai elements incorporated into the thematic wallpaper, wooden furnishings, and artistic décor. There is an emphasis on glass, allowing for plentiful natural light and open space. The property has 244 guest rooms ranging from Superior, Deluxe, Executive Deluxe, Family and Executive Suites. Recreational facilities include an infinity pool, spa and "In Balance by Novotel" fitness centre, and Kids Club.
The Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20 offers guests a range of culinary options. The Food Exchange, designed to transport diners to Bangkok's Chinatown, is based on the concept of live cooking stations. It provides a modern interpretation of traditional food markets around the world by encouraging diners to interact with the chefs. The menu offers a selection of western dishes and authentic Asian delights.
Novotel's new signature bar – the Gourmet Bar – is the perfect place to enjoy an evening wine and a selection of traditional Thai, western and fusion dishes. To cap off a long day, simply enjoy the evening sunset at Sky on 20 located on the 26th floor.
Benjamin Krieg, General Manager of the new Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20, shared about the hotel opening: "It has been a very exciting journey for all of us to showcase many exciting new features such as the unique dining concepts at Food Exchange and Gourmet Bar. We are also the first Novotel in Bangkok to have a rooftop bar and the hotel also has one of the largest MICE facility in the city. All of these elements are unique brand offerings at Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20."
Opening promotion
To celebrate the opening of Novotel Bangkok Sukhumvit 20, guests can enjoy a 20 percent discount when booking a minimum of three nights with the 'Stay Longer and Save More' offer valid from now until 31 October 2017.
For more information and reservations, please visit www.novotelbangkoksukhumvit20.com.


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Heartland (CA)
Air weekdate: Sunday
Genre: Drama, Family
Channel: CBC
Status: Continuing
9.1/10(488 votes)
Alisha Newton as Georgina 'Georgie' Fleming Morris
Amber Marshall as Amy Fleming
Amber Marshall as Amy Fleming
Anna Ferguson as Mrs. Bell
Ben Cardinal as Victor Whitetail
Chris Potter as Tim Fleming
Cindy Busby as Ashley Stanton
Craig Arnold as Jeff Crawley
Gabriel Hogan as Peter Morris
Graham Wardle as Ty Borden
Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running?
Heartland (CA) season 12(1511 views)
Heartland (CA) season 13(647 views)
The events of the longest drama on the channel also take place on the Heartland Ranch in the fictional city of Hudson. Amy and Ty continue to develop their business, as a result of which, they will face the inevitable difficulties of entrepreneurship. In addition, they have their little daughter Lyndy and his adopted son Luke, so they will face difficulties in children's education. Thus, a number of upcoming difficulties will test their marriages for strength repeatedly in the upcoming season.Read more »


text: July 02, 2018By Alison SmithGetting in a Fight with GodThe past couple of years I have been facinated with movies and tv shows about fighting. I LOVED the movie "Creed"- the illegitimate son, Adonis, of legendary boxer, Apollo Creed, who follows in his father's footsteps and boxes a world champion. It has everything I love- a good underdog story, training montages, action and excitement, a love story, and best of all: Michael B. Jordan. I'm also into the Netflix series, "Glow"- a show about a group of rag-tag actresses who find themselves on a women's wrestling show. Women who kick butt- yep that's awesome.


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Advantageous Experience of Linux, Monitoring & Troubleshooting, Essential – Understanding of enterprise architecture including networking, load balancing, LDAP, DHCP, DNS, NTP, AD integration. Scripting Language (bash/perl/python). Knowledge of DevOps operations models is ideal but not required.
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Maintain iptables, Proxy server, Docker, Nginx, Handle Local Server and maintain log and monitor, configuration management tools such as Jenkins, Puppet and Ansible.
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47Billion Technologies is looking for a Java engineer with experience in building high-performing applications. This role includes managing Java application development while providing expertise in the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing.
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Technology Department Policies
Below you will find several important documents that relate to computer use in the district. These documents familarize you not only with the dos and don'ts of tech policy, but also with the practices associated with file storage and back-up, email, tech support, and so on.
Help Desk and Service Level AgreementThe Technology Department maintains a online HelpDesk system that users can access simply by sending an email message to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include a short description of the problem in the subject line.Messages sent to that address automatically get registered with a case number, and within 24 hours (often less) the case will be assigned to a staff member. You should receive an immediate email notification that a case has been opened on your behalf.
Tech Dept Hours
Office Hours Sept-June:
Monday thru Friday 7:30 am - 4:30 pm
Monday-Thursday 8:00 am -3:00 pm
Off-hours via HelpDesk:
Daily 6:00 am -6:00 pm
Note: we monitor HelpDesk email during off-hours but generally do not respond until next business day.
The Tech Department staff monitors all district network systems 24/7. We are notified via email immediately of any system failure by our network monitoring system.
How Cases Are Prioritized:
The department makes every effort to respond to issues and problems in a timely manner, but each case is give priority based on both severity AND systemic impact.
Response Time = Issue acknowledged by communication from TD (submitted through the HelpDesk) with a reasonable estimate of time to resolution. Excludes: nights, holidays, weekends.
Resolution = Issue is fixed or requested resource provided.
Special Circumstances:
Beginning of the school year:
The start of the school year is always a very busy time. From late August through mid-October, response times and resolution of cases may not conform to SLA guidelines.
Major district-wide initiatives and construction projects can negatively impact TD workload, causing longer waits for help.
Power Outage:
As we all know, power on Vashon can be unpredicatable, particularly in the winter months. Our network operations center is now on power generator backup, but many district systems are not. In the event of a power outage we cannot guarantee service. Once power is restored, we cannot guarantee that all systems will return to the previous state.
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Sirius Resources has recently made public specification of a solar/diesel power facility for the Nova Nickle Mine within Fraser Range in Western Australia.
Zenith Pacific intends to build, possess, maintain and implement a 200 megawatt combined diesel/gas consistent power station coupled with a 6.7 megawatt solar plant to provide power to the existing mining companies.
The solar unit is intended to produce approximately 12.5 million kWh/year. The incorporation of solar power will reduce the consumption of diesel power, which is approximately 3 milllion litre per year.
Exactly half of the energy required by Nova Nickle Mine will be generated from solar energy when the sun is at its climax.
Solea AG form Germany, which built the world's first world's first 1MW ground mounted diesel/photovoltaic dual electric power station for use by mining industries, is in partnership with Zenith Pacific for this project. Solea AG is experienced in integrating commercial-scale solar photovoltaic with remote and off-grid electricity.
Sirius Resource has expressed their keen interests in this project.
"I am personally very proud to have the opportunity to apply renewable green technology at a mine site, using a proven system and at no capital cost," stated Sirius' Managing Director Mark Bennett. " It shows that mining and environmental responsibility are not mutually exclusive concepts, and that it is possible to operate in a way which benefits our shareholders, other stakeholders and our planet."
Very soon Australia will be the country with the world's largest off-grid solar power plant used in the mining industry; 10.6 megawatts solar farm at DeGrussa Copper Mine in Western Australia.


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Vice President for Business and Finance
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- Meredith College
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Salary
- Salary Not specified
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- Aug 31, 2020
- Position Type
- Executive, Other Executive
- Employment Level
- Executive
- Employment Type
- Full Time
VICE PRESIDENT for BUSINESS and FINANCE
Meredith College seeks nominations and applications for the position of Vice President for Business and Finance (VPBF), who will report to President Jo Allen and become a key member of an experienced, dynamic Executive Leadership Team (ELT). The anticipated start date is January 2021.
The current tagline of the College, "Going Strong," reflects the positive spirit of the institution, as well as its strengths in student outcomes, financial position, alumnae achievement and loyalty, successful fundraising, and stability of continuing senior leadership. This is an extraordinary opportunity to be part of an historic yet innovative and evolving institution and to make a positive difference as the College continues well into its second century of academic excellence and leadership development for women.
The VPBF provides visionary, ethical, and strategic leadership for all financial operations of the College. Areas of responsibility include financial planning and budgeting; accounting and business operations; financial reports and audits; human resources; facilities management, including renovation and construction; procurement and contracting; information technology; risk management and investments; and, in coordination with the ELT, articulating and implementing the College's strategic plan. The Vice President also serves as the staff liaison to the Trustees' Business and Finance Committee and the Investment Committee.
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Meredith College is a private, residential women's liberal arts college and coeducational graduate school in Raleigh, North Carolina. Chartered in 1891, Meredith College—then known as the Baptist Female University—opened in 1899 with just over 200 women. Separate from the North Carolina Baptists since 1990, Meredith now enrolls approximately 1,600 women in its undergraduate programs and 300 women and men in its graduate programs. The College's reputation as a strong academic institution in North Carolina has increased 22 percentage points since 2013.
Meredith College, with an annual operating budget of approximately $56 million, is in a strong financial position, earning a high rating for financial responsibility from the U.S. Department of Education. The College's Standard & Poor's rating was raised in 2017 from BBB to BBB+, where it has remained steady. The net assets of Meredith College were valued at $191 million in 2019. Although the COVID-19 pandemic has certainly challenged this and other institutions in many ways, Meredith's enrollment picture for 2020-2021 remains stable.
Recent capital and comprehensive campaigns have been very successful, reflecting the dedication of senior leaders, alumnae, and friends of the College. The Beyond Strong campaign, launched publicly in 2016, raised more than $90 million by 2018, far exceeding the $75 million goal even earlier than projected. At the beginning of the campaign, the endowment was approximately $67 million; at its highest point in recent years, it has reached $116 million. The endowment value as of June 30, 2020, was $115 million. Moreover, while the previous campaign yielded 3 gifts of $1 million or more, the Beyond Strong campaign increased the number of such gifts to 32—a remarkable achievement and confirmation of the College's strengths and reputation.
These highly preferred credentials for this position ensure that candidates have a detailed knowledge of accounting practices in a higher education setting:
• Master's degree in Finance (or a closely related field) with seven years of experience, or an equivalent combination of education and senior financial management experience;
• A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license;
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Although the search remains open until the position is filled, the Search Committee will begin to review applications in October 2020; submission of applications is therefore encouraged by October 10, 2020, for full consideration.
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Morris Canal Update:
I called that number I was giving from Environmental Protection and it was the hot line for restoring industrial sites and removal of storage tanks. Clearly not what I wanted, and this tells me that the guy I talked to last night wasn't listening to me and just said "YES your right" to keep me temporarily satisfied. I will send out a few more emails to the parks and if no progress happens than I will start to contact the environmentalist groups of New Jersey. This shouldn't be this difficult, should it?
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Sandwiched: Chickpea, Shrimp, and Chorizo Pitas
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I like to MacGyver meals; come dinnertime I'll wander into the kitchen and hang out at the fridge, door hanging open. The place is usually a disaster. Today for instance, there's a rather large cake propped up by buttersticks and a toothpaste-like tube of Swiss mustard (I had to remove a shelf and the cake stand needed a boost to properly bypass a second, recessed shelf), a tub of leftover icing, champagne, beer, the entire dairy section of the supermarket, four chickens, wilting herbs, and a lot of miscellanea related to two photo shoots I'm working on this weekend.
So you'll understand why, at the day's end, the last thing I want to do is cook for myself. I've been baking, writing lists, shopping, cooking for shoots, etc., but man cannot live on bread alone, and, in my case, peanut butter and Biscoff spread alone (by the way, have you tried that stuff? I thought it was fiction, but it is physical fact!), so I do spelunk and play Jenga in the bursting-at-the-seams fridge and cluttered pantry and find enough ingredients to cobble a somewhat sensible, but more importantly, tasty dinner.
This is a sandwich version of a go-to dish I make when I'm tired: chorizo, shrimp, chickpeas. Quick and easy and better still, made with ingredients that have a long shelf-life, which in my circumstances translates into ingredients that have gathered dust and a bit of frost but can still come together, refreshed, revived, and delicious. And there's only one skillet to clean up.
If I can work this one into my schedule, you can, too.
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Bottom Line
The AOC AG273QCX offers exceptional value for the price. You get an immersive image quality, smooth performance, excellent design and connectivity options, and plenty of additional features. The brightness flickering issues may put off those with NVIDIA cards, but they are tolerable considering the price as they won't occur in every game.
The AOC AG273QCX is an affordable 27″ 1440p 144Hz gaming monitor with 1ms MPRT, FreeSync 2, DisplayHDR 400, and plenty of additional features.
This gaming monitor was initially priced at $500, but nowadays it goes for ~$300 which makes for an exceptionally good deal.
Image Quality
Based on a VA (Vertical Alignment) panel, the AOC AG273QCX monitor offers a high static contrast ratio of 3,000:1, which translates to significantly deeper blacks than other panel technologies (IPS and TN) with a 1,000:1 contrast ratio have to offer.
The colors are not as vibrant and accurate as what you might see on similarly priced IPS models, but they are significant nonetheless with a wide 90% DCI-P3 color space coverage.
The AOC AG273QCX also supports HDR (High Dynamic Range), and it's been certified by VESA with its entry-level DisplayHDR 400 certification.
This won't provide you with an otherworldly HDR viewing experience the high-end displays offer. Instead, you just get a glimpse of HDR can do, which is understandable at this price range.
HDR content gets a boost in peak luminance (up to ~450-nits), which in addition to the wide color gamut (10-bit color depth is supported for HDR) and high contrast ratio, provides a noticeable upgrade in image quality.
Finally, thanks to the screen resolution of 2560×1440 pixels, the 27″ AOC AG273QCX has a pixel density of 108 PPI (pixels per inch), which means you'll get sharp details as well as plenty of screen space without having to use scaling.
Our unit didn't have any dead/stuck pixels nor prominent backlight bleeding. AOC offers an excellent four-year dead pixel warranty under their 'Re-spawned' program.
FreeSync & G-SYNC Compatibility
Moving on, AMD FreeSync 2 is supported over both DisplayPort and HDMI on this monitor. If you have a compatible GPU, you can synchronize the monitor's refresh rate with your GPU's frame rates within the 48-144Hz variable refresh rate (VRR) range.
By doing so, you will eliminate all screen tearing and stuttering as long as your FPS (Frames Per Second) rate is within the VRR range. In case your FPS rate drops below 48FPS, LFC (Low Framerate Compensation) takes over and forces the monitor's refresh rate to run at double or triple the frame rate for less tearing/stuttering.
The AOC AG273QCX is not certified as G-SYNC compatible by NVIDIA, but you can use FreeSync with compatible GPUs (GTX 10-series or newer). However, there are some issues when utilizing FreeSync with NVIDIA cards on this monitor.
First of all, the VRR range is limited to 60Hz-144Hz, and sometimes brightness flickering occurs when the FPS rate suddenly drops and when LFC is triggered (including in in-game menus).
Keep in mind that this issue may vary in intensity from one unit of the monitor to another.
Secondly, when FreeSync is enabled (with an NVIDIA card), response time overdrive becomes locked to 'Off,' meaning that you'll get more ghosting as opposed to when FreeSync is disabled and the Strong overdrive preset is selected.
With AMD cards, you can use FreeSync and 'Strong' overdrive simultaneously without any issues. Note that you can use FreeSync and HDR at the same time with both AMD and NVIDIA cards.
So, you may want to disable FreeSync in certain games if you have an NVIDIA card.
Other than that, there are no issues with performance.
The AOC AG273QCX input lag amounts to ~6ms which makes for imperceptible delay while the GtG response time speed of 4ms (using 'Strong' overdrive) eliminates most of visible trailing of fast-moving objects, except in darker scenes where black smearing is more noticeable – as expected from VA panels.
The amount of trailing/black smearing is tolerable – unless you're a hardcore FPS competitive gamer in which case you should opt for a 240Hz display at this price range anyway, though you won't get nearly as good image quality.
In fast-paced games, you can use the Motion Blur Reduction technology which via backlight strobing reduces the amount of visible ghosting at cost of the screen's maximum brightness.
Using the MBR option in the OSD (On-Screen Display) menu of the monitor, you can manually alter the strobing frequency (motion clarity vs picture brightness ratio).
The OSD menu of the AOC AG273QCX display is quite user-friendly and you can effortlessly make alterations either by using the joystick placed beneath the bottom bezel of the monitor or via the provided QuickSwitch device.
Gaming features include the Game Mode picture presets (FPS, RTS, Racing, and three 'Gamer' customizable profiles), Shadow Control and Game Control (color saturation and gamma curvature adjustments), Overdrive (Off, Weak, Medium, Strong), Dial Point (custom crosshairs), Low Input Lag Mode, and Frame Counter.
Setting the overdrive option to 'Boost' enables the Motion Blur Reduction technology. You cannot use MBR and VRR at the same time.
Other features include LowBlue Mode (filters out the harmful low-blue lights), standard picture adjustments (brightness, contrast, color temperature, etc), and Light FX Mode which allows you to customize color, pattern, and intensity of the RGB LEDs placed at the back of the monitor.
Note that the backlight of the monitor is flicker-free as it doesn't use PWM (Pulse-Width Modulation) to regulate brightness, so those sensitive to flickering won't be getting headaches after prolonged use.
Design & Connectivity
The AOC AG273QCX HDR gaming monitor has an ergonomic stand with up to 110mm of height adjustment, +/- 30° swivel, -4°/22° tilt, and 75x75mm VESA mount compatibility, but no pivot/rotate function.
Other design features include a headset hanger, a carrying handle, and a light matte anti-glare screen coating.
Connectivity options are very generous with VGA, two HDMI 2.0 ports, two DisplayPort 1.2 inputs, headphones and microphone jacks, a mini USB port for the QuickSwitch keypad, and a quad-USB 3.0 hub (one port with fast charging).
Note that when using HDR and 10-bit color depth, the refresh rate is limited to 120Hz at 1440p due to the DisplayPort 1.2 bandwidth limitation. Since most games support only 8-bit color and the difference between 8-bit and 10-bit color in games is negligible, this is not a significant downside.
The AOC AG273QCX is also one of the rare monitors that work with Xbox One X at 1440p 120Hz with FreeSync.
There are also two 5W integrated speakers with TruVolume HD, and five DTS sound presets (Game, Rock, Live, Classical, and Theater).
Price & Similar Monitors
The AOC AG273QCX price is only ~$300, which makes for incredible value for the money as it used to go for around $500 when it was first released.
There's also a model of this monitor with NVIDIA's G-SYNC module and 165Hz overclock, the AOC AG273QCG, which is a lot more expensive (~$500).
Alternatively, you may want to consider the Samsung C27HG70 1440p 144Hz curved VA monitor with DisplayHDR 600. It offers a better HDR image quality, but it doesn't handle ghosting as good, yet it's more expensive (~$500).
For $500, you'd be better off with the LG 27GL850.
Finally, if you don't care for HDR but want a 1440p 144Hz curved display, there's the MSI MAG271CQR with better G-SYNC compatibility, but also a higher price.
If you're not from the US and want something similar at this price range, check out the Samsung C27JG50.
Visit our best gaming monitor under $300 and best gaming monitor under $400 buying guides for more choices at this price range.
The AOC AG273QCX provides an immersive image quality thanks to its high contrast ratio, wide color gamut, and 1440p resolution while AMD FreeSync, 1ms MPRT, and 144Hz ensure a smooth and responsive gaming experience.
The plethora of additional features as well the ergonomic design and exceptionally rich connectivity options are a big plus as well.
For AMD GPU users, the AOC AG273QCX is the best 27″ 1440p 144Hz gaming monitor for the money.
If you have an NVIDIA GPU, you won't be able to utilize the full potential of this monitor, but it's workable:
At high frame rates, you will want to use MBR due to the overdrive issue (which may get fixed with NVIDIA's drivers update). Or you can just use the Strong overdrive mode, but since you're not getting VRR, might as well make use of MBR.
In games where your FPS fluctuates a lot or sits around 60FPS, you will need to lower your picture settings or upgrade your PC rig (to gain more FPS) – or simply disable FreeSync.
Overall, you should be able to find the settings that work best for you depending on what you are most sensitive to (brightness flickering, tearing, ghosting, etc).
If you don't want to compromise when it comes to using FreeSync with NVIDIA cards, check out the above-mentioned MSI MAG271CQR with better G-SYNC compatibility.
AOC AG273QCX Specifications
|Screen Size
|Screen Curvature
|Panel Type
|Aspect Ratio
|16:9 (Widescreen)
|Refresh Rate
|Response Time
|4ms (GtG)
|Response Time (MBR)
|1ms (MPRT)
|Adaptive Sync
|FreeSync 2 (48Hz-144Hz)
(60Hz-144Hz with NVIDIA GPUs)
|2x DisplayPort 1.2, 2x HDMI 2.0, VGA
|Other Ports
|4x USB 3.0, Headphone Jack, Microphone Jack
|400 cd/m2
|Contrast Ratio
|3000:1 (static)
|1.07 billion (8-bit + FRC)
|Yes (75x75mm)
|VESA DisplayHDR 400
The Pros:
- High contrast ratio and wide color gamut
- AMD FreeSync 2 and HDR400
- Plenty of gaming features including 1ms MPRT
- Ergonomic design and extensive connectivity options
The Cons:
- Design lacks pivot/rotate function
- Moderate ghosting in fast-paced games, mostly in darker scenes
- FreeSync issues with NVIDIA cards


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- Morning Prayer in the office (cathedral nave being worked on).
- Debriefed with the Archdeacon over some ongoing issues.
- Worked with Sue on some communication details about the November clergy conference.
- Worked on some Nashotah House business ahead of next week's meetings of the Corporation and the Board of Directors.
- Traded emails with the senior warden of a vacant cure, which resulted in a later-morning phone conversation with another bishop. But it all ended happily, as we finished the day with a signed Letter of Agreement, with the call to be announced in that parish this Sunday.
- Edited, refined, and printed a working text of my homily for Trinity Sunday, to be delivered at St James', Marion and St Andrew's, Carbondale.
- Met with the Dean of St Paul's over a short array of concerns.
- Lunch at home. Leftovers.
- Met with the Archdeacon and the Administrator for a ritual that usually takes place midsummer, but is moved up by my impending sabbatical--"elections and appointments." On the elections side, it's a pre-Synod move to make sure that we have a least one name on the ballot for every vacancy. In a diocese a small as Springfield, this is a necessity. The "appointments" are exactly that--looking at the whole list of offices that need to be filled, considering who's available, and making a decision. Some reading this very blog may receive a phone call from the Archdeacon because their name came up in this meeting.
- Worked on the liturgy program for an upcoming ordination to the diaconate.
- Hand-wrote a note to some former parishioners who are getting married.
- Worked on some Living Church Foundation business.
- Evening Prayer in the office.
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AAHH Summer! Love it! We had a beautiful Sunday on the river. Hot, and sunny.Subway, tunes and teenagers. Who could ask for anything else? Did I just say that out load???
Did someone say "candid camera" or punked?
We came home to a cracked water heater! Soaked workshop, and guest room. BUMMER! So im up and adam this morning, and off to Lowes. Hi i need 2 waterheaters, and can they be installed today?! Yeah there on there way! Problem fixed. (knock on wood).
I swear we have a running joke around here. I think im always on candid camera or punked. Im just waiting for someone to hop out and yell suprise! O'well keeps life exciting.
tada! heres my finished swap project! The amazing Jenny Heid Hosted the" bits and pieces" swap. What fun! My swap partner is Sue Bollonger, from Lockport, LA. Hope you like it! Went priority mail on Friday. Thanks Jenny, what a great swap idea. Had a blast!
New Finds:
OMG! You have to hit you local Michaels store. The new Martha line is pretty fab. My favorite thing is the "GLITTER" ultra fine, smoothe, great coverage. great price. Like $5.00 a bottle.I also boughtsome of her gkitter glue, nice. It has a really fine tip! Loving it.
YUMMY! My new purchaces from the wonderful Tammy Gilley. You have to check out her etsy shop. I love everything i got. Vintage wallpapers, tickets, and gorgeous handmade tags!Gorgeous! So very talented! SHOUT OUT!!!!
SSHH!!! This is a little somethin, somethin iv'e been working on for "silver bella" Hope "they" like them. More to come.
"CROWN" For a week!
Drumroll pleas! This weeks "crown" goes to my beautiful daughter TAYLOR. She helped my set up this site. Im getting much better, hardly have to ask for any help. Yeah!
Drumroll pleas! This weeks "crown" goes to my beautiful daughter TAYLOR. She helped my set up this site. Im getting much better, hardly have to ask for any help. Yeah!
She's a doll.And she definatally wears the crown well!
"QUOTE of the week!"
All in all it's been a great weekend!Todays is Monday! New start, right? Im sure there will be more drama to follow!
I will be posting a awesome give away later in the week, one of Miss Foof's PaperBella projects. details will follow! Keep checking in!
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(you might notice from my pictures that ladies no longer wear kimono like we used to do during this season, my mom used to spruce up wearing them and I learned how to wear it from her)
*To the loacal shrine (you can see the long line and hubby)
*New Year's gift money for kids
Otoshidama is a Japanese custom in which adult give children money over the New Year's holiday when people visit neighbors, and relatives between January 1-3.
Bills are folded into three sections and put into small envelopes like these, then handed to the children of close friends as well.
Usually kids are really looking forward to getting some spending money. Sure was happy and exciting new year days when young,
New Year is always busy for me (or every housewife in Japan); making dishes and entertaining (? p;) guests and so on.


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I suppose tonight was more like 250 in 9, but the 200 and 10 just look better together.
I raced to get to my word count tonight because I totally failed this evening and almost didn't write anything at all today. I managed 253 words (I just read another page of Phantom Tollbooth and hope she'll be done soon.) tonight and I owe it mostly to coming to a point where I let Damen speak in first person.
I go through waves where I'm unable to write first person and then it's all I can write. Tonight, seemed like the latter. I can't say I'll continue to write for the rest of the evening though. Lego Clone Wars calls and I must answer it. 🙂


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5 personal mantras that can get me through basically anything
When you're in the midst of something rough, it can often feel like you've been treading water in a storm, and your limbs are tired with no lifeboat in sight. Personally, I've been through some things that I've thought I'd never see the end of. But it can help to have some personal mantras that you repeat to yourself over and over to signal to your brain that you've been through this before, you've seen better times, and you will again. Here are a few of mine, feel free to use them verbatim for yourself or use them as a guide to make your own:
"No one can take care of me like I can take care of myself."
I use this one when I'm feeling either like I've been too needy, or like people in my life don't have time for me or haven't been reciprocating the care that I've given them. I also use it to remind myself that I'm strong and a good caretaker, even if it doesn't feel that way. It's scary, at times, but it reminds me that we're all somewhat on our own — it enables me to say no to things I don't want to do when it feels like others are asking too much of me, and conserve energy for myself. It also reminds me that I have the power to take care of myself if I truly listen to what I need.
"I've made it through every bad day I've ever had before."
I tell myself this on catastrophic, mind-numbing bad days. There has never been a bad day that I haven't survived, and I've always lived to tell the tale — they've all made me stronger, and many of them have even taught me valuable lessons about who I want to be, and how I want to do things better in the future. It's my own variation on "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
"I never have to see these people again."
While I don't condone acting like an idiot in a public place just for the sake of it, this is my way of calming my fears of being an *embarrassing person* when I need to cry on the subway or while I'm walking home from dropping my brother off at the train when I know I won't see him for a while. I don't think there's anything wrong with crying in public, especially in a city like New York, and I have long gotten over the embarrassment factor by telling myself that I will likely never see any of these people again — and even if we do cross paths, it's unlikely they'll remember I was the girl crying into my pizza on Broadway.
"I can only be responsible for what I'm feeling."
I used to try to make other people understand my point of view until I was blue in the face. I'd tell them over and over what I meant, and try to clear up misunderstandings, and it would honestly just go on and on until we were both exhausted. It was partially because I was so desperate to be liked, and partially because I never wanted anyone else to feel bad on my account. I've learned, as I've gotten older, that to some extent, I'm only responsible for what I'm feeling — as long as I've communicated my feelings and listened to other people, and not done or said anything with irresponsible or malicious intent, I can't worry so much about what other people think. This isn't a way to do things without taking responsibility, but it is a way to stop worrying so much if other people just don't *get* or like me. That's just how things work sometimes, and that's okay.
"My body is here for a lot more than aesthetics."
This one has taken me the most time to truly believe, and that might be why it's the most important for me to constantly say. We hear and see so many different messages every day about what our bodies are supposedly for that we often forget what they DO for us. They are the reason we exist; they help us move around, communicate with each other, and just BE. As someone who has struggled with disordered eating and body image issues for my whole life, it's easy to forget all the good things about my body — sometimes, I just think about how I look, and it doesn't lead me down a happy road — but reminding myself that aesthetics are not the sole, or even most important, purpose of my body is an important thing to do.


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- London rivals Wimbledon and Hampstead & Westminster are preparing to do battle at Kings College Sports Ground in the Men's Hockey League Premier Division on Sunday.The two sides faced each other three times last season, twice in the league and once in the League Finals weekend, with Wimbledon winning twice and Hampstead and Westminster holding them to a draw on the other occasion."Games against Hampstead are always tough, and this will be no exception," said Wimbledon's Director of Hockey Ben Marsden."Kwan Browne has done a good job, recruited well and got them very well organised."We will be looking to improve on last week's performance against Beeston, it was a bit slow and nervy from both sides, but we think they are easy issues to fix."Wimbledon have been strengthened with Ed Horler and Jonty Griffiths joining from Loughborough over the summer, as well as Ali Brogdon from Rotterdam and Iain Lewers from Holcombe.But Michael Hoare is out for another 6-8 weeks following surgery, and Phil Roper missed the Beeston game following a foot injury in training and is a doubt for the Hampstead clash.Elsewhere, last season's champions Surbiton – who beat Wimbledon in the Final back in April – have a home game against top flight newcomers Sevenoaks on Saturday evening.Holcombe entertain Beeston on Sunday in their first league match of the season following the postponement of their opener at East Grinstead last weekend.Similarly, East Grinstead make a delayed start to their league campaign with a trip to Brooklands Manchester University. And in the Premier Division's other match-up, Reading are hosting Canterbury on Sunday.Newcomers the University of Nottingham made a great start to life in the Men's Conference North when they won 4-2 at Preston last weekend, and they will want to keep that form going this weekend when they play Deeside Ramblers at home. Elsewhere, last season's champions the University of Durham head to Sheffield Hallam.In the Men's Conference East Southgate head to Oxted as they bid to continue their great start to the season, having won 6-1 at home against Old Georgians last Saturday.Second last season, Teddington play host to Brighton and Hove and are looking for their first Conference East win following a 1-1 draw at Cambridge City last weekend.And in the Conference West, Team Bath Buccaneers and Olton and West Warwicks both won 4-2 on the opening day of the season last weekend. They face each other this Sunday.* The attached photograph shows Chris Gregg in action for Wimbledon versus Hampstead and Westminster. Credit Simon Parker.FIXTURESSaturday, September 30 2017Men's Premier DivisionSurbiton v Sevenoaks 18:00Men's Conference EastOld Loughtonians v Chichester 17:00Richmond v Cambridge City 18:00Men's Conference NorthLoughborough Students v Bowdon 18:00Sunday, October 1 2017Men's Premier DivisionBrooklands MU v East Grinstead 14:00}Holcombe v Beeston 14:00Wimbledon v Hampstead & Westminster 14:00Reading v Canterbury 14:30Men's Conference EastOxted v Southgate 13:00Teddington v Brighton and Hove 13:30Old Georgians v West Herts 14:00Men's Conference NorthUniv of Nottingham v Deeside Ramblers 12:30Sheffield Hallam v Univ of Durham 13:30Cannock v Preston 14:00Doncaster v Leeds 14:00Men's Conference WestUniv of Exeter v Cheltenham 12:30Clifton Robinsons v Cardiff & Met 13:00Fareham v Isca 13:30Olton & West Warwicks v Team Bath Buccaneers 13:30Havant v Univ of Birmingham 14:00


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Terror suspect on the run: Did Somalian escape in a burka from mosque prayers? ~ November, 4, 2013
The Metropolitan Police said Mohamed attended the An-Noor Masjid Mosque in Acton, West London, at 10am on Friday.
Terror suspect on the run: Did Somalian escape in a burka from mosque prayers? ~ November, 4, 2013
A suspected Islamist terrorist supposedly under close monitoring has gone on the run.
|Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed
Somalian-born Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed is believed to have evaded police observation by dressing up in a burka.
The 27-year-old went to pray at a mosque in West London on Friday and has not been seen since, Scotland Yard announced last night.
Police released CCTV pictures of the man, apparently wearing the traditional garb. Scotland Yard refused to comment on the offences he is suspected of.
However they said he was not 'a direct threat to the public.'
His escape will prompt renewed political debate about the role of the appropriateness of Islamic dress in British life.
It follows a court case earlier this year in which a woman was required to show her face to jurors and the judge while giving evidence.
Mohamed is one of a small number of terror suspects whose movements are restricted by a court order because of the threat they pose to the public.
Worryingly, he is the second person under a Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures notice to have absconded in the past year. Nine such orders are in force.
It follows the disappearance on Boxing Day of Ibrahim Magag who failed to return home on time to comply with his curfew. He has still not been found.
The Metropolitan Police said Mohamed attended the An-Noor Masjid Mosque in Acton, West London, at 10am on Friday.
He was seen inside the mosque at 3.15pm. A spokesman said he changed into Islamic clothing and 'has not been seen since'.
A spokesman said: 'The Counter Terrorism Command immediately launched inquiries to trace Mr Mohamed and these continue.
'Ports and borders were notified with his photograph and details circulated nationally. Public safety remains our priority.' He said anyone who sees him should call 999.
Mohamed is described as 5ft 8ins tall and of medium build.
Magag, 28, was the first person to go missing while on a TPIM. It was later claimed he fled simply by jumping into a black cab. The case prompted a review of how such terror suspects are monitored.
TPIMS are a watered down form of control order which allow the courts to place restrictions on a terror suspect's behaviour.
They can be required to obey a curfew, are banned from mixing with named individuals and using the internet.
Control orders were watered down in 2011 following demands from the Lib Dems who said they breached civil liberties.
Security Minister James Brokenshire said: 'National security is the Government's top priority and the police are doing everything in heir power to apprehend this man as quickly as possible.
'The police and security services do not believe that this man poses a direct threat to the public in the UK.
'The Home Secretary, on police advice, yesterday applied to the High Court for an order protecting anonymity to be lifted in order to assist with their investigation.'


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Who can say it better than Wikipedia? According to their official site, "Off-price retailers sell clothing and accessories from major-label brands to non-branded goods at a significant discount. These companies take advantage of overruns, canceled orders, and forecasting mistakes made by their counter-parts in the full-price retail sector. When a designer or manufacturer produces more clothing than it can sell through specialty retailers or department stores, or a store can't move all of the items in a particular line, the excess inventory is sold at a 20%-60% discount to an off-price retailer. The company passes these savings onto consumers, marking up goods by a lower percentage than full-price stores and instead building their operating margins by moving a high volume of inventory quickly, at rock-bottom prices."
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Psalm 35:1 -2 "Contend, O LORD, with those who contend with me; fight against those who fight against me. Take up shield and buckler; arise and come to my aid."
This psalm is certainly a prayer of petition by the author who is asking for the Lord to deliver him from his enemies. Verse 5 and 6 speak of angels driving his enemies away and also pursuing them. It speaks of more than a physical enemy. This attack is rooted in the spirit realm. David is asking for the Lord's intervention where he can't go. He was a mighty and valiant king who was not adverse to taking the sword up and going to battle. But he was also a prophet and saw beyond the natural realm into the realm of darkness where our enemy, Satan, operates.
I Corinthians 10: 3 states: "For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does." We battle in the spiritual realm with weapons that are supernatural with the power to demolish strongholds. The fights we face are best won in the realm of prayer before we attack in the natural.
Some times flesh and blood does truly seem to be our enemy. It is very difficult to distinguish in highly stressful situations between the person and the force that is instigating and driving them forward. But we must, for our battle is not against our fellow man. Ephesians 6:12 says: "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." We need to be wise and not naïve about this realm of conflict. If we aren't, we will attack our family, friends, and acquaintances as if they were the true enemy. They aren't, they are more likely pawns in the enemy's schemes. All people can come under the influence of "the ruler of the kingdom of the air, the spirit who is now at work in those who are disobedient" if we are not careful and discerning. If we can be so influenced, then let us be wise in regard to our fellow man.
If we contend in prayer, the Lord will contend for us in the heavens. Psalm 35:27 – 28 sums up the believer's victory: "May those who delight in my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, "The LORD be exalted, who delights in the well-being of his servant." My tongue will speak of your righteousness and of your praises all day long."
Prayer: "Lord, open my eyes to see and my ears to hear what is happening in the heavenly realm. Quicken me to battle firstly in prayer before going forth in the natural. Show me where I have not discerned what is truly happening and give me the wisdom in how to pray. Amen"


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ROME — Things started going downhill for Pope Francis this year on a plane returning from a trip to Chile. In a demonstration of remarkable tone deafness to the issue of clerical sex abuse — and to the media environment in which he operates — the pope doubled down on accusations of calumny against survivors of clerical sexual abuse.
Standing next to the pontiff as he spoke that day in January 2018 was Greg Burke, the Vatican communications director, whose counsel he had not solicited before speaking. In fact, Mr. Burke, an American, rarely had significant access to the pontiff, who keeps a small circle of special advisers, or to the Vatican power players who often kept the press office out of decisions critical to the pope's message and agenda.
On Monday, amid tumult in a Vatican communications department undergoing an overhaul and ahead of a critical February meeting on clerical sex abuse, Mr. Burke and his deputy, Paloma García Ovejero, abruptly quit.
Their supporters said they had grown frustrated with years of seeking, and failing, to modernize the Vatican's rickety and anachronistic communications department and to convince the pope and his top lieutenants that in an age defined by media, communications could not be an afterthought.
"Paloma and I have resigned, effective Jan. 1," Mr. Burke wrote on Twitter on Monday afternoon. "At this time of transition in Vatican communications, we think it's best the Holy Father is completely free to assemble a new team."
Noting that he had joined the Vatican in 2012, under Pope Benedict XVI, Mr. Burke, a former reporter with Fox News and Time magazine, said, "The experience has been fascinating, to say the least."
Francis on Monday named Alessandro Gisotti, a longtime employee of the Vatican's communications apparatus, as an interim replacement.
Paolo Ruffini, who oversees the newly consolidated Dicastery of Communication, seemed surprised by the resignation, saying that "I have learned of the decision" of Mr. Burke and Ms. García and that "today, faced with what is their independent and free choice, I can only respect the decision they have taken." He added, "The year ahead is full of important events that require the greatest effort in communication."
People with knowledge of the deliberations leading to the resignations said they had been in the works and were not a direct response to overhauls announced this month inside the larger communications apparatus. Francis recently replaced the editor of the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano and named a new director of editorial content for all Vatican media, the Italian journalist Andrea Tornielli.
But the resignations did apparently reflect contrasting visions between Mr. Burke and the entrenched Vatican bureaucracy over how a press office will need to operate in 2019.
The Vatican newspaper and radio and other assorted media are oft-ignored outlets for papal speeches and church-focused content, but Mr. Burke and his supporters wanted the press office to have a role in shaping, or at least protecting, the pope's message on the front lines of social media, international media and global perception. They sought to make clear to Francis and other church leaders that when it comes to how his message plays in the wider world, the pope does not have the benefit of infallibility.
They were apparently ignored.
In October, the pope and his top advisers failed to closely consult with the press office on a decision to give a heroic send-off to Cardinal Donald Wuerl, the archbishop of Washington, when he stepped down. The pope cited the "nobility" of Cardinal Wuerl, who had recently been named in a Pennsylvania grand jury report that accused church leaders of covering up abuse, for volunteering to resign.
The pope's lengthy and gushing letter, which was released directly by the Archdiocese of Washington, reaffirmed for many critics the notion that Francis fundamentally did not understand the damage the sexual abuse scandal posed to the church.
Critics and supporters of Francis say that the pope's grave missteps in responding to sex abuse have risked eroding his moral authority and, as a result, his political capital on issues dear to him, such as defending migrants and the environment. Observers of the Vatican have pointed out that one need not look far back in the history of the church to find entire papacies derailed by avoidable public-relations accidents.
In 2006, early in his pontificate, Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI, delivered a speech in Regensburg, Germany, that offended Muslims, who saw it as an attack on Islam. It was far from an isolated incident, and was followed by a spate of public-relations disasters, including lifting the excommunication of a priest in 2009 who some Vatican officials knew to be a Holocaust denier.
Those missteps deeply handicapped Benedict's papacy, and in 2012 the Vatican, in a rare acknowledgment of error, hired Mr. Burke from Fox, where he was a Rome correspondent. A devout Catholic, Mr. Burke joined the Vatican's Secretariat of State as a communications adviser.
And then, in 2013, it seemed there would be nothing more to worry about.
The election of Pope Francis was for Mr. Burke and the Vatican press shop manna from heaven. For years, it seemed Francis could do no wrong. His folksy candor and occasional bombshells — "Who am I to judge" he once said when asked about gay priests — all helped cement his status as radical reformer and great communicator.
In 2015, Mr. Burke became the Vatican's deputy spokesman and in 2016 he became the face of the Vatican. The ascent of an American with deep experience in global media, and then the hiring as his deputy of Ms. García, from the Spanish broadcaster Cadena Cope, seemed consistent with the pope's efforts to de-Italianize the Roman bureaucracy that runs the church and better reflect its universal character.
While still far short of transparent, Mr. Burke and his team added briefings, sought to depend less on stilted prepared speeches and brought in associates who could talk to reporters in their own languages. Mr. Burke himself learned Spanish and sought to use modern technology to de-emphasize the necessity for reporters to be in the Vatican press office, a seemingly trivial innovation that democratized information and took some power away from the gossipy, and largely Italian, press corps.
But Mr. Burke and his aides never cracked the pope's inner circle, or really even his outer one. And without real access to the pope, and without the buy-in of players in the Roman curia, they were powerless to influence Francis' message or impose message discipline on a pope whose own blind spots have increasingly led him into danger.
Some longtime papal observers, mindful of the February meeting Pope Francis has called with the presidents of bishop conferences around the world to address the sexual abuse crisis, feared the worst in the unexpected resignations.
"What's more," Rocco Palmo, a well-known Catholic commentator and blogger based in Philadelphia, wrote on Twitter, "given the standard rule of crisis communications that you don't leave in the middle of the storm, but ride it out, to lose both the Vatican's top press hands (both quite devout) in mid-scandal appears to signal that something has become professionally untenable."
There are likely to be more headaches to come after the February meeting, including the findings of a canonical investigation into former Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who has been accused of sexually abusing minors and adult seminarians.
The pope is also scheduled to make trips to Panama, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, Bulgaria and Macedonia.
Mr. Burke has other plans.
"New Year," he wrote on Twitter. "New Adventures."