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The WOM group will meet on Tuesday, February 2, at 10:00 a.m. for their annual Mission Study and Luncheon. The study, led by Carol Brown, will focus on the work of CBF field personnel who are sharing Christ's love through literacy ministries. The study will highlight the Together for Hope initiative that is bringing renewal to God's world with literacy ministries in South Florida and on the U.S. - Mexico border.
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A short-handed LA Clippers team stunned the Houston Rockets in their series-opener Monday night, stealing Game 1 117-101, behind Blake Griffin's second consecutive triple-double.
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Griffin finished with 26 points, 14 rebounds and 13 assists in the big victory.
BG did it all for his squad with an injured Chris Paul watching from the sidelines, and even displayed some of his teammate's mannerisms on the floor en route to his third triple-dip this postseason.
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Alright, well we've had a lot of fun this past month. Dave had a birthday and got lots of "work clothes" as he calls them, and P90X. We'll see if he really uses it this go-round!
We did a lot of swimming at the Farmington Pool, including the planning and carrying out of our ward swim party there.
Since that party Brigham asks me every time we go there if we get a popsicle this time!
Since that party Brigham asks me every time we go there if we get a popsicle this time!
Notice the fork, which he calls his "sword". He has a "sword" with him at all times, including when he goes to sleep. Silly boy!
Jack got very brave this summer as he climbed his way up to the top of the high dive and jumped off several times.
I really think he was just trying to impress his dad...
...who tried to talk Jack into doing things like this off of the high dive! Dave, he's only four. That's what I have to tell him over and over again.
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
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Statement of Manish Tiwari for WAL-MART Loby blame by BJP in RAJ SABHA AND PARLAMENT "BJP FIRST BLAME AND REPEATEDLY RAISING THE ISSUE"
This is true for congress leaders,First frame the fales charges/alligation si with study or knowing the facts of Gujarat made on Narendra ModiJI to Misguide the public of Gujarat who very well known about the progrss of C.M GUJARAT Narendra ModiJi.
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Wednesday, October 17, 2012
narendra was made communal leader by political and media,not by himself we maybe i in karnataka support narendra modi as prime minister,in state we fellow yeduraapa karnataka janata party,to really to say advani is real communal leader,
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Monday, December 10, 2012
Large Amount are being spent for creating group against for publicity of lies spread by gujarat congress and top leaders of congress including Sonia and Manmohan sing during Gujarat Assembly Election 2012 to bring corrupted congress in Gjarat state.
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in third Q 2012 shown in Third Q 2012 Report of WAL-MART. Stay of SONIA in USA for treatment which was kept secreat by Govt of India.
Congress wants to Win this Gujarat Assembly 2012 with the help of Wal-Mart money spent for permission of Retail Business throgh FDI which was declarede first by P.chitamberam but SC raised objection and same has been approved government with having low majority with help from Mulayam and Mayawati.
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Yesterday I have seen one clip in TV-9 Gujarati News channel. It shows that there is 40% childrens in Gujarat are suffering from hungers. I think this clip is shut on Non gujarati family who are coming from Bihar, UP, Andhra, Maharashtra Adivasi for labour in Gujarat. There was not a single children of Gujarat people. This type of hunger (kuposhan) I have not seen in Gujarati Family. I think Congress is doing is doing Gujarat Badnam in India through this type of advertisement. I not agree with Congress for that.Regards
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Crystal Palace set to offer Oumar Niasse escape route after a disastrous debut season at Everton
Toffees player will go down as an expensive flop with just two league starts since his £13.5m move
CRYSTAL PALACE are willing to end Oumar Niasse's Everton nightmare by attempting to sign the forward on loan.
Niasse, 26, has endured a torrid time in the Premier League since his £13.5million switch from Locomotiv Moscow last January.
The forward has yet to play a full 90 minutes for the Toffees and started just two Premier League matches last campaign.
But Palace chief Alan Pardew is willing to offer him an exit route and hopes to reignite his career by taking Niasse on loan for the season.
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It comes after winger Yannick Bolasie could be heading in the opposite direction for a fee thought to be around £25m.
Everton boss Ronald Koeman is looking to add new faces to his squad ahead of the upcoming season and hopes Bolasie will be available for the curtain raiser against Tottenham.
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Empire Mode let's the player chose from four scenarios ranging from the Battle of Kawanakajima, Battle of Anegawa, Battle of Honnoji, Battle of Sekigahara and also a Divided Land scenerio in which the player sets up the clans around Japan. The player's goal is to unite the land of Japan under his chosen clan. In Empire mode the player has the options to invade other territories, defend his territories, help an ally buy sending an officer to defend the clans territory and also participate in a joint attack against another clan. The player is required to research Tactics and Formations in order to use them in battle. The player can also increase his territories harvest and defense and also do harm to other clans territories like causing riots.
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February 14, 2019
Dox Thrash: Creator of Opheliagraph
SAIC alum Dox Thrash depicted African American life through a printmaking process he helped invent and perfect called carbordundum printing. Thrash used the medium's incredible range of black-and-white-gradation to create transfixing portraits of African Americans before the dawn of the civil rights movement.
February 12, 2019
Ayesha Singh Mentioned in Forbes 30 Under 30
Ayesha Singh (MFA 2018) has been named 30 Under 30 in Forbes India for her artistry.
February 11, 2019
Caroline Picard Takes a Look at Creative Placemaking
Caroline Picard (MFA 2010) recently shut the doors of the Logan Square bookstore, gallery, and performing arts space Sector 2337.
February 8, 2019
STATE and Diorama Performances Featured in Newcity
STATE, the performance by Ingri Fiksdal and Henrik Vibskov at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, along with Diorama, a collaborative outdoor performance with Fiksdal, Fredrik Floen, and MFA students from SAIC were featured in Newcity.
February 8, 2019
Eric Leonardson Leads Soundwalk through Chicago Pedway
The Chicago Reader recently spoke with Eric Leonardson (MFA 1983) the founder of the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE) and adjunct associate professor in the Sound department about soundwalks in the Chicago Pedway.
February 4, 2019
Zhu Shengze's Film Wins Top Prize at the 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam
Zhu Shengze's (MFA 2017) film was named the winner of the 2019 Tiger Award presented at the 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam.
January 29, 2019
Apichatpong Weerasethakul Wins Artes Mundi 8 Prize
Artist and filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul wins the UK's leading prize for international and contemporary art.
January 25, 2019
Eduardo Kac's Work Featured in Show and Anthology on Internet Art
Professor of Art and Technology Studies Eduardo Kac's 1985 work Reabracadabra is featured in an exhibition The Art Happens Here: Net Art's Archival Poetics at the New Museum.
January 25, 2019
Rashid Johnson's Native Son Picked up by HBO Films
Rashid Johnson's (SAIC 2003–04, HON 2018) first film, Native Son, has been picked up by HBO Films reports Vulture.
January 23, 2019
Carole Frances Lung and Wu Tsang Awarded 2019 USA Fellowships
Carole Frances Lung (BFA 2005, MFA 2007) and Wu Tsang (BFA 2004) were among the recipients of the United States Artists (USA) 2019 Fellowship Award, which grants up to $50,000 in unrestricted funds to artists.
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Ni'Ja Whitson Receives a 2019 Creative Capital Award
Ni'Ja Whitson (MFA 2007) was awarded the 2019 Creative Capital Award.
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What a Bore We're about to Hold Political Conventions Again. Why?
Shribman, David M, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA)
On Tuesday evening, the circus becomes a carnival. Two presidential nominees whose identities have been known for months, along with running mates whose names will be no mystery, already are streaming into Southern cities for sweet tea and the sweet serenades of the faithful.
We call it a national political convention. I call it a waste of time and money.
This of course is treason to my tribe, political writers who love these quadrennial assemblies. And in truth, I enjoyed them in my years as a political correspondent, a time when the phrase "social media" meant the opening-night press party, which, by the way, usually was full of twits, not tweets.
But not one decision of consequence was made in the 11 conventions I covered, though plenty of good meals were consumed, especially in Chicago, host to 26 of them, including Theodore Roosevelt's Bull Moose convention 100 years ago this month. My guess is that the same will occur in Tampa this week, where massive quantities of the regional classic Sopa de Garbanzo will be gulped down.
But before I launch into my quadrennial ritual, arguing that the conventional convention needs to be overhauled if not junked, let me concede that modern conventions did have some important moments, though they were mostly speeches by people who were not, not yet, or no longer candidates for president.
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's 1980 vow that "the cause endures, the hope still lives and the dream shall never die" remains one of the great rallying cries of liberalism. Gov. Mario M. Cuomo's 1984 exhortation that America was more a "Tale of Two Cities" than a "Shining City on a Hill" is an expression of conscience that haunts us still. Barack Obama's 2004 statement that "there's not a liberal America and a conservative America" helped catapult him to the presidency. And Gov. Sarah Palin's 2008 trumpet summons to conservatism still echoes across the country.
But these are just a few moments -- in truth, just a few sentences --in a cascade of words and showmanship that these events produce every political cycle. That's not counting Barry Goldwater's "Extremism in the defense of liberty" remark in 1964, which pretty much ended his campaign right there in San Francisco's old Cow Palace.
The original purpose of conventions was to nominate a president, construct a platform, provide a forum for the faithful to meet, exchange views and send the party nominee off to the general election on an emotional and rhetorical high.
But increasingly these events have become television shows, and not particularly riveting ones. Because this year's nominees are especially accomplished control freaks, don't expect any spontaneity -- and (caveat emptor) be suspicious that any outburst of spontaneity you see on the platform is itself scripted. Yes, they are that cynical.
I'm trying to think of an actual moment of suspense at a modern political convention, and I've come up with only two, both momentous in 1980 but barely historical asterisks today: Would Ronald Reagan invite former President Gerald R. Ford to join him on the GOP ticket as kind of a co-president? Would, a few weeks later, Ted Kennedy, defeated in his challenge of a sitting president, hold his hand aloft with President Jimmy Carter after the latter's acceptance speech? …


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Baroness 'could still win her fight to get letting agents recognised in law'
Leading figures in the lettings industry remain confident that Baroness Hayter will continue her fight to get letting agents recognised in law as estate agents.
Last week, the Government made plain that it would not support her bid to extend the scope of the Estate Agents Act to include letting and managing agents and she withdrew her amendment.
But both ARLA and RICS said that the amendment was far from dead.
Peter Bolton King, global residential director of RICS, said that the withdrawal was purely a matter of political procedure, and Ian Potter, managing director of ARLA, said: "We are working closely with her [Baroness Hayter] behind the scenes to support her amendment."
Lucy Morton, former ARLA president and who was personally named in the Lords' debate last week as London's "queen of lettings", also expressed confidence. She said that the withdrawal of the amendment was perfectly normal, and there was still a chance it could go through.
She said: "I have for many years been advocating the regulation of lettings agents and worked with Baroness Hayter on the Property Standards Board.
"She proposed an amendment to extend the scope of the Estate Agents Act to include letting and managing agents and this was debated in the House of Lords on Wednesday. She rightly said that there is ample evidence of rogue agents in the industry and we need to find a way to ensure that these agents do not get away with it any longer.
"At the very least, all agents should have client money protection, professional indemnity insurance and sign up to a redress scheme.
"The amendment was withdrawn; however, this is very normal and generally means that it will come back in the report stage and that an amendment may still be possible.
"It never ceases to amaze me that the Government will not regulate our industry and a small amendment to include lettings agents under the Estate Agents Act would go a long way to improve standards and professionalism in our industry and put a stop to the rogues."
According to Hansard, Baroness Hayter herself dropped only a small hint that she would try to reintroduce the amendment at a later stage. She said, at the very end of the debate, that the support that her amendment had received gave her the confidence "if I needed it".
The amendment drew vocal support – including from Conservative Lord Deben, the former Tory minister John Selwyn Gummer – but, speaking for the Government, BIS (the department for Business, Innovation and Skills) under-secretary Viscount Younger of Leckie made plain the Government's unyielding stance.
He said: "While the Government acknowledge that poor practice exists in some parts of the letting sector, ministers believe that new regulation would be disproportionate and would drive some businesses from the market. This would increase costs for consumers and reduce the choice and availability of accommodation on offer to tenants."
The Government's opposition is despite what the baroness, and other speakers, pointed out: that in 2007, the current housing minister Mark Prisk tabled "almost identical amendments".
In the debate, Hayter – former chair of the now defunct Property Standards Board – told fellow peers that the lettings industry is a big one, but completely unregulated. "There is ample evidence of rogue agents in this field," she said.
Landlords and lettings agents may have nowhere to go if they wish to complain, she said, and lettings agents cannot be banned for bad practice.
She said the industry itself was behind her bid to regulate letting agents and Knight Frank had written to endorse her amendment.
She said: "This is a king-sized roll call. The industry is completely signed up to the initiative."
She went on: "There is a major mischief at the moment as an estate agent banned by the OFT can open up the very next day as a letting agent."
Speaking in support was Baroness Hanham, who said she would "come back with an amendment of my own about managing agents".
Also speaking in support, Baroness Howe said the loophole should have been closed years ago.
Lord Deben said: "We must find a way to ensure that rogue letting agents do not get away with it any more. There is no argument that can be put up by BIS that can overcome the simple matter of the rights of the consumer."
As reported in Hansard, Hayter withdrew her amendment.
* Meanwhile, the RICS has taken its lobbying campaign, aimed at reforming the private rented sector, to Westminster.
The RICS hosted a cross-party event in the House of Commons, providing an opportunity for politicians to hear from the lettings sector and to find out what change will mean for businesses and their constituents.
The Commons meeting was chaired by RICS global residential director Peter Bolton King and attended by shadow housing minister Jack Dromey.
Also in attendance was Baroness Hayter.
Housing minister Mark Prisk was not present at the meeting, but the RICS said it will continue to lobby both him and his Lords counterpart, Baroness Hanham.
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Carol of the Bells, Jazz a capella Rocking Round the Christmas Tree Rejoice with Exceeding Great Joy
This year's festival takes place on September 30th. Unfortunately, we haven't enough male voices available to enter the full choir, so the ladies will be rehearsing hard over the next few weeks and hope to put on a good performance… Continue Reading →
We were thrilled to come second place in our class at the Penistone Music Festival. Lots of hard work at rehearsals but it was worth it to win a Trophy!
Tonight our chairwoman Anna was delighted to present a cheque to Dave Rose on behalf of Parkinson's UK (Sheffield branch) for £363.91 which was raised at our recent concert at Wesley Hall, Crookes! Thanks to all who came to watch,… Continue Reading →
On April 9th 2016, we performed Karl Jenkin's 'The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace' with Stannington Choir and some special guests at the Victoria Hall in Sheffield City Centre.
We held a 'Come and Sing' open night on Tuesday 27th September 7.30pm at The Venue. It was lovely to see some new faces and there was loads of cake!! We made a start rehearsing our Christmas programme too.
Saturday 15th October sees us performing at the beautiful Winter Gardens in Sheffield City Centre as part of the 'Classical Sheffield' weekend. We will be singing at around 3.15-4pm approx. We will be performing a Billy Joel song 'And So… Continue Reading →
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Q: If Obama, Pelosi, Reid, and Schumer were all in a boat in the middle of the ocean and it started to sink, who would be saved first?
A: America!
The National Health Care bill was passed. This is absolutely the end of America. One sixth of economy in the toilet. This bill has nothing to do with health- it is about power and control. This is a 2,200 page document NOT ONE CONGRESSMAN READ. Not one Senator read it. Not one Representative read it. Pelosi actually said, "We have to pass it to see what's in it." She actually said that! Like the Patriot Act, it was passed by Congress without knowing what was in it. This is 2,200 pages of the framework for a totalitarian Marxist police state. It's not about health at all- it's about taking away what few rights you have left. Support a movement in your state that makes National Health Care illegal in the state you live in.
This is a hard chart to fine courtesy of StockCharts.com and Rich Guthrie. This is the Dow to silver ratio for the last six years. 2009 was not a good year, but 2010 is going to be a very good year. Silver has far outperformed the stock market for the last decade. The ratio peaked at about 1900 to 1. It is now about 615 to 1. It is going to 25 to 1 and maybe a lot less. At 300 to 1 silver might be $30 and the Dow 9,000. It could easily go to 12 to 1 if the Dow falls to 5,000 and silver skyrockets to $400. This proves silver has been the best investment in the world for the last decade. It will continue to be the best investment in the world. Silver is four times better than gold, and will return to the traditional 15 to 1 ratio (for example: $200 silver and $3,000 gold). We have been 100% invested in silver since 2000, and have made almost 40% a year uncompounded. This is basically impossible, but true. Soros, Trump, Buffet, Slim, Soros, Gates, and the rest of the billionaires didn't do that. Nor have they ever done that well over a 10 year period. It will only get better from here for silver. The manipulation is over finally. The Big Banks can no longer manipulate the COMEX price. Their last attempt almost failed. They are out of ammunition. The physical demand, and real world shortage of silver, is going to make the price explode. Reality always ends all manipulations. All manipulations eventually end in shambles in the real world. Always. Silver was $50 back in 1980 when we had an endless surplus of it. Adjusted for inflation that would be $140 today, but we are almost completely out of silver. No, mining can't begin to come up with the needed silver every year. If silver was $140 today it would be a non-event. Gold would be about $2,400 adjusted for inflation from the $850 high in 1980. $2,400 gold today would also be a non-event. They are both severely undervalued.
The stock market miraculously just make a new short term high over 10,900. The Dow Jones and S&P 500 are going to crash and burn any day. The entire stock market is a house of cards held up by hot air and bubble gum. The problem is that silver and gold stocks will probably crash when the general stock markets crash. When the Dow falls under 10,500 and if the HUI falls under 400 SELL ALL YOUR SILVER STOCKS. We are currently holding all our silver stocks. When you see the Dow under 10,500 and if the HUI falls under 400 just dump every silver stock you own. Put the money into silver bullion. Yes, the silver (and gold) stocks have been a huge disappointment in the short term. Nothing matters in the short term though. All great men have gotten rich by investing in value over the long term, never the short term.
The median home price has already fallen to only $165,000. We have been predicting a median home price of $120,000 for a long time now. We are getting closer and closer. In a few years you will be able to buy the average home in America for 600 ounces of silver. There is about 0.9 ounces of silver in a real silver dollar, so you will be able to buy the average home for 666 silver dollars. Just stop and think about that. You are going to be able to buy the average home in this country for a mere 666 silver dollars, or six 100 oz silver bars.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." -Thomas Jefferson
Look at the chart above. The same applies to silver as to gold. For the last ten years only silver and gold would returns any profits. You would have lost a fortune in the stock market, real estate, bonds, or anything else but gold and silver. When adjusted for inflation this is much, much worse, and much better for silver and gold. Only silver and gold have real value.
The gold to HUI Index usually varies from about 1.5 to 2.5. Currently it is 2.6, which means gold and silver stocks are totally undervalued. The silver to HUI Index is basically just the same. It is a very poor time to sell your stocks and convert them to bullion. Wait until the ratio is about 2.0 to 1 and sell your silver stocks and buy all bullion. This would mean, for example, $1,000 gold and 500 HUI, or $1,200 gold and 600 HUI, or $1,400 gold and 700 HUI, etc. The stock market is ready to collapse and fall. It may well go over 11,000 very temporarily. When the Dow falls be-low 10,500 and if the HUI goes under 400 sell all your silver stocks and get out. A stock market crash will most probably take silver and gold stocks with it. The metals however will prosper in a market crash as the lemmings flee to value. We have been recommending bullion only for months now, but still hold our very undervalued silver stocks. The problem with stocks in a socialist or Marxist economy is they get taxed to death. Metals can be sold freely without any paperwork. Own silver bullion physically, and never "paper" silver like SLVs and such.
Look at the above chart. We did a similar chart in the last issue. The commercial COMEX short positions per se don't matter. Look at the RATIO (red line) of the short to long positions. The silver price is the blue line. This RATIO is all important. It just bottomed at 2.0 to 1. $14.80 was the low for silver. We got back in at $16.60. The red line shows that when the ratio hits about 1.8 silver bottoms. (The blue line is the silver price)This time it could only go to 2.0. This proves the commericals can no longer maniupulate the price efectively. It took them months and billions of dollars to get the price to drop a mere $3. Last time in 2008 they made it fall $12 from $21 to $9.
SELL YOUR IRA AND 401 K! The government is going to nationalize your IRA and 401k and steal your life savings. This will be put into worthless Treasury annuities. SELL YOUR IRA AND 401K and put the money into silver bullion. Yes, take the penalty and get out! We've been preaching this for years now. Do not look to the Republicans for help. There is only one party in this country- the Republicrat Party. Vote Libertarian.They are two sides of the same coin. If Neocon McCain had been elected things would be every bit as bad, only in a different way. Don't look to the Tea Party as it hasBeen infiltrated and ruined already with pseudo-conservatives like Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and Newt. Gerald Celente says we're going to have a REAL Third Party, but I don't see it. Do you? The Libertarians are the true Third Party but got 1% of the vote. Ron Paul is the only libertarian in Congress. This November the lem-mings are just going to rearrange the deck chairs on the Titanic, and elect more traitors who will continue to turn this country into a Marxist, totalitarian, welfare, poverty-stricken police state. Do everything you can to get National Health Care repealed in your state. We cannot survive this. This is purposeful to bankrupt America. You cannot rule affluent people, only poor people.
Look at the chart below. The Federal reserve isn't federal and has no reserves. It is a consortium of private backs with almost total secrecy.Since it's inception in 1913 the dollar has lost 96% of it's value. There should be no inflation. Inflation is only due to printing unbacked Monopoly money. That green paper in your wallet is worthless. The Federal Reserve is a fraud and should be dropped. The Constitution says the government prints the money and it has to be backed by gold and silver.
The next step is amnesty for tens of millioins of illegal immigrants. 31 million illegal immigrants already got free health care. Now criminals will be rewarded intead of jailed. All of these criminals are going to get "free" health care at your expense. Just imagine that the Health Care Bill rewarded 31 million illegal alien criminals with free health care the rest of their lives for breaking the law- at your expense.
You want absolute proof that Limbaugh, Hannity, Levin, Boortz, Coulter, Beck, Savage, and all the rest of the pseudo-conservatives are just disinformation agents posing as patriots? Almost none of them will admit Obama is a Kenyan citizen, and his birth certificate proves that. These same frauds will not tell you about the FEMA concentration camps. They will not tell you Ft. Knox is empty. They will not tell you 9/11 was an inside job unrelated to "terrrorists". They just tell you the surface facts like how bad the health care bill is. Everyone knows that. You'll notice every day the media is busy hunting down Osama bin Laden and quoting him. Folks, he died years ago. The military intelligence has been well aware of his death for years. It's common knowledge he's long dead. This is how much you are lied to.
Do not think you are going to change anything by electing Republicans this fall. Congress now has a mere 10% approval rating. That 10% are mostly all on welfare and government aid. The Democrats are hopeless in the November election. Not that it makes any difference between which Republicrat wins. We have a one party Republicrat system. The Left is going to resort to every dirty trick they can to steal votes. How are they are going to do it? Here are four ways:
Universal voter registration: Now being secretly prepared by at least two prominent members of Congress, this is essentially a scheme to legalize voter fraud by shifting responsibility for registering to vote from the citizen to the government, meaning people are automatically registered to vote, based on DMV records, income-tax returns, welfare rolls, unemployment lists and other government databases.
Illegal immigrant registration: Since government databases contain names of non-citizens, not to mention mentally incompetent individuals and felons – factors that would ordinarily disqualify a person from voting in most states – universal registration would open the floodgates to fraud. And since many people own property in more than one location and pay taxes to numerous government entities, they would be afforded the opportunity to vote in multiple locations.
Amnesty: Disguised once again by euphemisms like "comprehensive immigration reform," amnesty will create millions of new Democrat voters. As Obama adviser and SEIU executive vice president Eliseo Medina said recently regarding amnesty: "Can you imagine 8 million new voters who care about our issues and will be voting? We will be creating a governing coalition for the long term, not just for an election cycle."
Convicted felons voting: The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals late last year cleared the way for inmates to vote from prison. The court overturned a
Folks, after 234 years America is dead, over, finished, through. Don't kid yourself. We now live on one big Prison Planet with no free country anywhere on earth. More and more you can see this is End Times. Nuclear war is coming closer and closer. An attack on Iran is coming closer and closer. This will be the worst mistake we have ever made, and we will pay for it horribly. Do what you can to get national health care overturned in your state. Contribute to the causes you believe in. You'll find 99% of Americans are brain dead, and won't listen to anything you say. 53% voted for Marxism, 46% voted for Neoconism, and only 1% voted for freedom. 99% of Americans get their political education from American Idol and Dancing with the Stars.
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Monday, February 26, 2018
In a national and global marketplace, companies are choosing to locate in Ohio. Our robust infrastructure makes it possible and easy to obtain materials and then move finished products through the world. We have the fourth largest interstate system, are within a day's drive of 60 percent of the nation's manufacturing, have four air cargo terminals, and ten major rail yards. This makes it possible to move goods where they need to go with ease and convenience.
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Client: German Auto Center
About German Auto Center: German Auto Center of Austin focuses on repairing Audi, Mercedes, Porsche, BMW, Mini Cooper and Volkswagen models (German vehicles). The shop is led by Len Gilmore, whose passionate vision of providing quality auto repair services at prices below major German dealerships, is the driving force behind the company's growth.
URL: http://www.germanautocenter.com/
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German Auto Center came to us with the vision of building their online ecosystem, which included expanding their reach in organic search, paid search, social media and referral sources. However, they faced big challenges as their rankings needed some major improvements, their paid search campaigns needed some revamping, their social presence needed to grow and there were advertising opportunities on industry related sites that were not yet explored. The objectives derived from these observations included the following:
What We Did:
Utilized SEO to begin improving the site's organic rankings, revamped the pay per click campaigns to make them more cost effective, enhanced their company Facebook profile and kick stared an ad campaign and partnered up with industry related sources for more referral traffic.
Why We Did What We Did:
Search engines influence commerce and traffic in many ways. In order for any site to compete in search engines, they need to follow 'The Rules of the Web.' It starts with having a site that people can trust and people behind the site who can deliver. With the help of internal support such as subject matter experts, it was easy to develop a content strategy and find partner website that would be willing to cite the company website. Leveraging internal assets can be a huge competitive advantage as these materials are often hard to replicate.
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The results below are compare June 1 2013 – December 31, 2013 vs June 1 2014 – December 31, 2014:
Organic Search:
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Paid Traffic
Social Media (focused on Facebook)
*Non-branded organic traffic indicates visitors who reached the website who used a keyword in a search engine that did not include the name of the brand or company URL.
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The Nepean CAPA High School Parents & Citizens' Association (P&C) would like to invite all parents and community members to our P&C Meetings. These meetings bring the school community together and are an excellent way of finding our more about the school and our chidren's learning.
Meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of the month during school terms.
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Focusing on the area of IC design management (DM) our semiconductor industry has often coded their own version control systems that made a lot of sense at the time the need was identified. A common architecture to start with for data management uses a single server per project as shown below:
There are some limitations when using a server per project for design management, like:
- Difficult to share or re-use semiconductor IP across projects
- Little scaling
- Limited performance
A more modern approach to DM tools is to re-use existing version control software, have a centralized architecture, and scale across an entire organization. Here's a picture of this architecture:
Some of the immediate benefits of this centralized approach is how easy it is to share IP and updates across the entire company.
OK, so the modern approach looks better than the server per project idea, so which commercial DM tool should I even consider? Well, first consider selecting a vendor that gives you a choice in file versioning system instead of locking you into a proprietary file versioning system. The idea is that you can choose a commercial file versioning system that has the best scalability and reliability to handle your biggest SoC designs easily. Proprietary version control systems don't scale well to support the giga-size volumes that modern SoCs demand.
Being able to easily share all of the semiconductor IP within your company to all projects is a big plus with the centralized server architecture, because there are no more silos of data to stitch together. With a Platform Based Design methodology each of your project teams can get quick access to the most updated version of IP and support files, then get alerts when there's been any updates. With a Single Source of Truth your company is going to spend less time on IT and support costs.
Here's a summary of what you should be looking for in a modern, IP management system:
- Scalability, reliability, supporting 10,000+ users and projects at once
- Quick access to remote users
- Minimize network traffic and disk space
- Track all IP, release management, workspace contents, versioning, bug tracking
- Identify each IP developed, capabilities, and build workspaces per IP specifications
- Report the quality status of IP, bugs, versions, retirement status
- Usable within design tools, command line, or browser
- Support traceable export control
That's quite the list of IP management requirements and one EDA vendor that meets this list is Methodics. Engineers at Methodics have created ProjectIC that enables IP centric Platform Based Design using the concept of Single Source of Truth by handling all of your IC project:
- Design Files
- Permissions
- Hierarchy
- IP Versions
- Bug Tracking
- Labels and Custom Fields
- Release Management
- Hooks
- IP Usage Tracking
- Workspace Tracking
The technology to enable file sharing while reducing the size and network bandwidth by up to 90% is called Warpstor, and it's going to come in handy when your SoC workspace exceed 100GB. Best of all Warpstor is invisible to design engineers.
One of the best file versioning systems around is Perforce Helix because it has server technology that supports tens of thousands of users.
Cadence IC design users will be right at home with Methodics because the VersIC design tool integrates ProjectIC and Perforce into their familiar user interface.
Now that you know a bit more about DM from Methodics with their Single Source of Truth, you get to compare that versus any internal or proprietary system in use now. Many design groups opt for a commercial tool because of the features, performance, reliability and integration. Read the full White Paper on this topic.
Related blog - Requirements Management and IP Management Working Together
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"For in the final analysis our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet, we all breathe the same air, we all cherish our children's future, and we are all mortal." John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Saturday, June 27, 2015
A Decision To Be Proud Of
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I don't know, Dennis. Can't quite get caught up in the celebration. I think where the majority erred here is not so much on the merits, but in judicial trampling of states rights. Certainly, the Federal Government can extend Federal benefits to whomever they wish. The court went further than that.ReplyDelete
Where I get concerned is that the proponents, who have managed to define a protected class and frame this as an "equality" issue, will now try to use this decision as precedent to force institutions to accept the new morality. Trying, for instance, to revoke the tax exempt status of a church which will not perform a marriage that is against their beliefs.Replies
I don't believe that a right, and I think the ability of two consenting adults to marry is a right is something that has to be parsed out among states and their various perspective. I don't think a couple (whether heterosexual or homosexual or interracial is any less married in Texas than in Connecticut. Sometimes we have to look at these issues in the context of the country versus state by state because it puts an undue burden on people if something like marriage is considered to be decided on the whim of people in one location. How far does it go? Does a city have the right to say that gay marriage is illegal in a State that says that is is? I also disagree the court has created a "protected class". Married people already are a protected class when the state considers things like property rights, tax levies, etc. So, same sex couples who get married aren't creating a "new" class, just joining one that currently exists. Also, I take issue with the idea that the government is forcing institutions to accept a new morality. Marriage is an evolving institution. It wasn't that long ago women had no property rights or power of attorney relative to their marriage's assets. Additionally, it wasn't that long ago that women couldn't file for divorce through no-fault laws. As society evolves, and the data is overwhelmingly in support of the evolution of acceptance of same-sex marriage, then we will always place new factors on past traditions. The government hasn't done this. The people have. Finally, the idea of revoking the tax exempt status of a church that doesn't perform a marriage against their belief is a strawman argument. There have been many, many reasons in the past for revoking tax exempt status of churches well before this issue came up and it hasn't happened. I think the notion of anyone doing this is highly unlikely as it would be political suicide for a lawmaker to offer such legislation.Delete


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So, I took Karen to the train station, her boarding pass supplied by Dr. Raleigh, along with a gift-certificate for a two-week stay at Rejuvenations–getaway spa to the stars. My health insurance covers this? How awesome is that?
Karen was thrilled, though a little nervous. We haven't spent this much time apart since we met. But Dr. Raleigh assures us this is what we need. Privately, he assures me this is what I need. Now, it's up to me. I have two weeks to make a female friend.
Do online friends count? Dr. Raleigh didn't specify. Why wouldn't that count, right? Comment me, ladies!
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Hi Little brother. I hope you take this time apart to get to know some other people. I still have that friend I told you about. Nothing serious, but you can get together over drinks. I will always support you! LuBu


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I just looked upon the new Happy Meal toys for the film 'Night at the Museum 2". The movie looks great but I am disturbed by the look of one of the toys that depicts a giant octopus who himself must have a part in the movie. If things stick to form then they will make it a hero instead of the villian of the peice that it should be. I may just have to get this figure when it is released so that I can use my scuba divers to fight against it when I take my tub. I will add a picture of the octopus when I find him but until then watch the trailer and check out this flash presentation that shows him in all his evil. In fact seeing it jump in the reflecting pool only means a battle with the giant stone Lincoln of the memorial. FINALLY the Great Emancipator joins the fight...like he would have...if he was still alive...and the slaves were free...and a giant octopus threatened all of us.
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There's one thing that I quite often mention when bringing up food: that I am not very good at sticking to a recipe. I tend to add to, subtract from, and change amounts of almost 99.999999999999….% of the time. My quick reading and doing got me into trouble this time. (Recipes will come after the science. You know the drill!)
Money is very tight right now, due to almost no work all winter, so I have no honey and no maple syrup and no money to buy them with. We don't use sugar anymore (we're doing SO great with that!); it's not an option. However, molasses is extremely cheap when you compare the usage and price of molasses to the usage and price of honey or maple syrup. I can buy a gallon of honey for $50-$90 locally, a gallon of maple syrup for $50, and a gallon of molasses for $8.76. When baking, if the recipe calls for 1 cup of sugar, I use 1/2 cup of honey or 2/3 cup of maple syrup (if!). When substituting molasses, I can use 1/3-1/2 cup molasses for every 1 cup of sugar. Oh yeah, I'm saving money!
Molasses has other benefits, too. According to Natural Health eZine,
By adding two teaspoons of blackstrap molasses to the food and drink you consume, you'll be getting 10% or more of the recommended daily allowance (RDA) of iron, calcium, manganese, magnesium, copper, potassium and several other essential nutrients and minerals. Blackstrap molasses is also a great source of selenium and Vitamin B6.
In fact, I give my goats molasses in water or with their grain when they are anemic and after they give birth because of the high levels of iron and potassium. But, wait: where does molasses come from? Sugar. Yes, molasses is a "by-product" of taking dark, raw sugar and changing it to the white sugar that everyone wants. And yet it's healthy? Yes, molasses is good. Sugar is bad.
Is molasses processed? Yes, molasses is processed. It is not a complete whole food. Like everything else, molasses should be consumed in moderate quantities. If you're choosing a sweetener, artificial sweeteners and sugar are among the worst; honey, molasses, and maple syrup are among the best.
Enough of the research and back to my kitchen "ooooops!" Monday night, I wanted a sweet treat. I scoured the net for recipes using molasses, since that's what I have. Finally, I found the one: Brown Butter, Molasses, and Cider Shortbread Cookies by Amy, of A Stool at the Counter. I read the recipe.
1/2 cup butter
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup molasses
1/2 cup apple cider
1 teaspoon vanilla
It looked yummy! I ran to the kitchen and furiously mixed. (The kids were in the tub; had to work fast if I wanted quiet time!) As I was mixing, I just couldn't figure out what someone would put cider vinegar in cookies. But, the recipe said to (not!), so I was going to do it and trust it turned out. After all, I've used vinegar in cooking before, and it does sometimes turn out sweet. So I happily worked away, and pressed the yummy (but acidic) smelling dough out into a cookie sheet (I decided to make a bar cookie. Saves time!). I placed it in the oven, and started on the glaze.
1/2 cup plus 3 teaspoons apple cider, divided
1 cup powdered sugar
No sugar in this household, so I decided to substitute with honey. I poured the vinegar into the pan and set it to boil. It boiled, and boiled, and boiled… until it was reduced by half. It stilled smelled vinegary to me, but who am I to argue with a recipe?! The cookies came out, they cooled. The glaze went on; we tasted. Blech! Nasty, nasty, nasty apple cider vinegar taste. I took Danny to the computer. I pointed, I explained, I ranted. (I really wanted cookies!) Finally, he brings up the fact that he was wondering why I was using a recipe that needed cider when we had none. "But we have apple cider vin……e…..gar…." I started. Then it clicked. Big oops. I used apple cider vinegar, not apple cider. Which was what the recipe called for. Palm to forehead, right?
To Amy- forgive me for so totally messing up your recipe. I'm going to make it again one day, and this time, I promise to follow your recipe completely and totally (Well, I have to use honey instead of sugar. Is that okay? See, I made this New Year's Resolution…). I'm positive that your cookies are delicious. And I'm sorry that this silly recipe-changer messed up your recipe so badly!
To make up for my hideous mistake, I made Danny an old-fashioned molasses cake yesterday. I followed the recipe. 🙂 I didn't even substitute whole wheat flour this time. I followed the recipe to the letter. And you know what? When you follow a recipe, and don't use apple cider vinegar, molasses desserts are oh-so-good.


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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Fashion Fracas Leaves Two Dead
"MIAMI, FL — A community came together for a candle light vigil Monday night to remember teenage brothers killed in an apparent murder/suicide.
"Family says Steven Odeus, 14, shot and killed his brother Stanley Blanc, 16, then turned the gun on himself. According to relatives, the boys were fighting over clothing.
"Officials said the shooting occurred just after 11 p.m. near on NE 71st Street and 2nd Avenue in Little Haiti.
"`It started off as a small petty argument over clothes that escalated into a fight,` said Marc Blanc, the victims' brother.
"`Stanley wanted to wear Steven's clothes, Steven didn't want him to,` said Kedner Louis, a family friend.
"The argument, according to Blanc, began inside the family's apartment at the New Haven Gardens public housing complex. He said family members separated the two, but the fight flared-up again outside.
"`Right before my eyes my brother just shot my other brother,` said 18-year-old Mark Blanc who says he witnessed the shooting. `I heard my second brother die because he shot himself,` said Blanc.
"After Odeus shot his brother, Blanc said he ran across the apartment complex and took his own life in the parking lot."
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well i've been seeing online alot of crochet project's about cup hugs, cup cozies so i started doing one and it was to big for my cup so i went looking around the house for some different ways i can use this. and so i stuck it on one of my Yankee candles and it was perfect and gives it a cute look. I also was thinking you could put it on a med size jar fill it with beads or plant stones and put your crochet hooks in there would be cute too . So let me know what you all think.
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If you are a newbie with Road Bikes, a cheap one produced by the major bicycle producers will do. Now, when it arrives to Road Bikes, whether or not cheap or not, you'll require to set up your own established of requirements in choosing to assure quality in your buy. Right here are some of the most important suggestions that you should know about correct bike.D.Gas powered scooters can maneuver rather nicely - A gas scooter is a great way to move via visitors. They dart in and out between vehicles, especially gridlocked traffic. Envision how good you appear arriving at the office ahead of the car driving staff.If you apply inside, you don't have an obligation to transfer around, you can just function on your stability indoors. If you don't have space indoors, attempt it out on a flat surface outside, like in an vacant parking lot.Purchase low cost Road Bikes on auction sites - Online auction sites such as eBay provide a broad variety of bikes and also some of the best deals accessible. If you are going this route, then be sure to deal with a trustworthy seller and that you discover as a lot as you can about the bicycle before buying.Already have your debts paid out off and an unexpected emergency fund in place, then use the cash to start an education fund for your children. Use the cash to open a 529 plan or an Educational Savings Account.People who are riding a Mountain Bike for the first time, are mostly in confusion that whether or not they will enjoy biking. So, logically they wait to make investments a big sum of money by purchasing reputed mountain bikes For men weighing over 250 lbs. For the newbies, purchasing bikes on sale is the very best choice."Transportation has always been an important component of human life. Everyone ought to journey to different places for different functions. In the Stone Age, people utilized to journey on foot. Later, he started the journey on the back of a camel, horses, donkeys, elephants, etc. As individuals have some knowledge by making use of his brain, it attaches to the cart to be pulled by tamed animals and used to journey with their whole family members.The Electrical Bike is a normal pedal cycle that has a small battery powered motor. This motor runs at a constant or variable pace and lasts until the battery energy does. These mild Battery driven bikes are simple to park, produce nearly minimal air pollution, and are easy to weave in and out of metropolis visitors. Furthermore they bring in a feel great sensation as well because by using an electric bicycle, a individual is also performing his / her little bit to reduce pollution.Mountainbiking is an exhilarating activity where you trip rugged bicycles on tough terrain. There are lots of various kinds of bikes, but all share a few common traits. The tires are broad with large knobs. The body is particular large and solid. Shock absorbers are generally installed for extra maneuvering and ease and comfort. Mountain bikes are very tough, and they also weigh a great deal of more than most road bikes. This is a tough sport that requires a lot of endurance and coordination.Possibly fashion of electric bikes in the look and fashion you like, if you want it to be like the scooter, which then think in purchase for a type scooter should meet the details to be a scooter, if 1 assumes that it is an electric bicycle, then it should satisfy the specification of electrical bicycles. Has enabled the 15MPH max pace of an electric bicycle. This is the only measure of speed of a motor can run for you. If the bike is above or about the speed limit then obviously it's not an electrical bicycle.Last but certainly not minimum is brakes. Most of the present electric bicycle kits require entrance and rear hand brakes. This is mostly in the form of "v" or "u" fashion friction brakes. There are a couple of kits that will accommodate disc brakes but these a quite uncommon at the second. You can use a rear coaster brake but only if you use a entrance drive package and you should also have a front hand brake. There is a safety device built into electric bikes that causes the motor to cut out as soon as you activate the hand brakes. With out at minimum one hand operated brake, the bicycle will be unsafe to ride.Of program, you need to think about your budget. But you require to keep in mind that when purchasing a bicycle or any other car, you require to think about not just the cost of the vehicle by itself, but also your expenses on the use and maintenance of the bike and its components, particularly the battery. This is why you shouldn't just depend on searching at the lowest-priced electric bikes, but also the durable types.That is why the mountain biking adventures in Jackson Hole Wyoming maintain us coming back once more and once more. You cannot beat the "Wow" factor of Lithium path, the new downhill path from Teton Move. This is an expert's only trail but there are numerous easier trails for the novice and intermediate rider.


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April 22, 2015
Footing poured in cold, wet and windy conditions. Working on south foundationat front entrance.
April 17, 2015
Construction has begun. Construction Manager, Don Freeburg is on site. Trenches for footings were dug this week. Here are Bob Jacob and Dave Boleyn assisting.
November 5, 2014
Elgin First Baptist ready for growth
Brian Smith
In 2010 the First Baptist Church of Elgin began seriously discussing the idea of bidding on some property west of Elgin that was scheduled to be auctioned off in February. The church had been discussing the possibility of purchasing property in order to increase available ministry space for some time. The congregation voted to put in a bid and it was a successful one. The church closed on the property by the end of March that year. The journey toward establishing a new place for First Baptist to worship and conduct its ministries had begun. The groundbreaking that occurred on Sunday, Nov. 2, signified a first step in the actual building process.
"The original plan was to renovate the building that was already on the property and use it as additional space. However, when we considered the square footage of that building, the cost, and some other logistical issues, we began to pray about and ultimately pursue building a new worship/ministry center," said Pastor Lee Boleyn.
The existing building's square footage was less than half of what was needed for ministries that the church is already involved in, such as Awana clubs and vacation Bible school. Awana clubs are currently held in three different locations and the annual vacation bible school uses up all the space inside their current building, plus some outdoor space. The new building will allow more space for nursery and toddler aged children, provide more available parking that would be located off the street, and will have more seating capacity in the sanctuary/multipurpose room. In short, the new building would allow the church to house all of its ministries, including worship needs, under one roof.
"The total square footage of the new building will be 15,000 square feet. Our congregation is especially going to notice the increase in classroom space and the nursery/toddler rooms," noted Boleyn.
So many people have been involved in the planning, donating, and work that was required to get to this point, that Pastor Boleyn was reluctant to mention specific individuals. However, the church did have two teams that were a major part of planning and fund raising. The Property Planning Team consisted of Rhett Jensen, Stan Shaffer, Dennis Marmann, Diane Boleyn, Judy Rothlisberger, Sharon Rich, Marilyn Schaer, and Pastor Boleyn. The Fund Raising Team included Mark Putney, Marilyn Schaer, Sharon Shaffer, Dean Hilgerson, and Judy Rothlisberger.
"Really the entire congregation has been on board with this throughout the whole process, with prayers, encouragement, and financial support. Also, former church members and friends of FBC have given financially and have been praying for us as well," added Boleyn.
The church hopes to be finished with the new facility within a year to 18 months. They plan to pour the footings this fall and then put up a shell by the end of January, 2015. The goal is to be in the new building by the end of 2015 or early in 2016.
Once in place, Boleyn believes that having the new building will carry with it several advantages. There will be less stress for parents bringing their children to the Awana program, as it will now be a "one stop" trip as opposed to the possibility of multiple stops. A large lobby area should also decrease congestion inside the building and allow for more and deeper fellowship time in a less crowded space. Finally, more adequate space for dining should make pot-luck dinners, funeral dinners, and family VBS meals much more efficient and comfortable. Most important of all, the new building will be a place of spiritual growth where those who come will experience a safe and friendly environment where God is honored and lives can be changed.
"Our mission is to be disciples of Jesus and to make disciples for Jesus, so our goal is to reach every person in northeast Iowa that we can with the good news of God's forgiveness. This new building will provide a place for worship and ministry where we can continue to provide individuals and families opportunities to worship together, just as we have been doing at our current location for 135 years," the Pastor explained.
Excitement and anticipation are words that best characterize the mood of the congregation as the church breaks ground on this project. Boleyn says that the church has experienced significant miracles during this process regarding congregational unity and financial needs. Every vote taken along the way has been a unanimous one to keep moving forward.
"The generosity of everyone involved has resulted in God providing immeasurably more than we could have imagined to this point. We are excited and ready to get the project going," closed Boleyn.
The congregation at First Baptist in Elgin is looking forward to an exciting adventure as the new building takes shape. They are anticipating a great harvest from the seeds that have been sown, both now and for generations to come.
November 2, 2014
Ground Breaking
August 2014
Don Freeburg of Rudolph, WI, is named Construction Manager.
June 2014
Goal of $800,000 to begin construction exceeded with Fifth-Sunday offering. With thanks and praise to our God!
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Auriemma Consulting Group Joins the Merchant Advisory Group as a Silver Sponsor
June 14, 2016
(New York, NY): NEW YORK – Auriemma Consulting Group is pleased to announce it is now a Silver Sponsor of the Merchant Advisory Group (MAG). Support for the MAG is the latest development in ACG's lengthy history of serving retailers, starting with the launch of the first co-brand credit card nearly 30 years ago.
The membership reiterates ACG's commitment to serving all facets of the payments landscape, including retailers, issuers, networks, and others in the ecosystem. The MAG is one of the most prestigious industry groups for the retail community, with a focus on industry innovation and education for its 100+ retail members. ACG will also be speaking at the MAG Annual Conference Sept. 27-29.
"Each of ACG's practice areas comes into contact with the retail industry, and this relationship is a natural next step to driving a dialogue regarding the future of our industry," said Michael Auriemma, President, Auriemma Consulting Group.
"The MAG is delighted to have Auriemma Consulting Group on board as new sponsors," said Mark Horwedel, CEO, MAG. "It is critical to add valuable voices to the MAG retail members' ongoing dialogue with key stakeholders in the payments space."
ACG's current retail clients include many major players, such as Nordstrom, Target, L.L. Bean and Cabela's. The consultancy's multi-faceted retail work, which spans each practice area, has helped its clients drive incremental sales, improve customer service, prevent fraud and increase operational efficiency and customer loyalty. Some examples include:
PARTNERSHIPS: ACG's Global Partnerships practice helps the retail community plan, build, and manage co-brand programs throughout their entire lifecycle. From developing best-in-class value propositions to finding the best partners and managing the ebbs and flows of the regulatory environment, ACG's Partnerships team has decades' worth of experience in building customer-first programs that drive the underlying performance of a retailer's business.
PAYMENT INSIGHTS: ACG's consumer research arm offers retailers insight into how payments influence shoppers' preferences and buying behavior. The practice's proprietary research reveals answers to vexing challenges, such as how mobile payment acceptance influences where consumers shop and how to quantify the reputational risk of data breaches. The resulting analysis can impact retail strategies, from reducing EMV-related friction at POS to enhancing the value proposition of a non-tender loyalty program.
INDUSTRY ROUNDTABLES: Merchants with credit card portfolios participate in ACG's Industry Roundtables to extract strategic and tactical operational solutions that improve their bottom line. Membership benefits include executive meetings and recurring data benchmarking to improve effectiveness in areas such as customer service, loyalty, fraud and collections. Upcoming Roundtables will focus more broadly on retail challenges, including online and in-store fraud.
CORPORATE FINANCE: Retail's treasury functions are served by ACG's Corporate Finance team. ACG helps its retail clients who extend credit and customer financing develop funding strategies or facilities, as well as perform valuations on their portfolios. In addition, the firm helps retailers evaluate whether they should extend credit, start a de-novo program or spin-off a card portfolio into a standalone business.
"The MAG is focused on education, networking and advocacy for its members which aligns with our core principles at ACG," Auriemma said. "We are focused on tackling important industry issues – from fraud to EMV – and exchanging ideas for the betterment of our industries."
About Auriemma Consulting Group
ACG is a boutique management consulting firm with specialized focus on the Payments and Lending space. We deliver actionable solutions and insights that add value to our clients' business activities across a broad set of industry topics and disciplines. Founded in 1984, ACG has grown from a one-man shop to a nearly 50-person firm with offices in New York and London. For more information about ACG, please call Jeff Tennenbaum, Director, Global Business Development at 212-323-7000 or email@example.com.
About The Merchant Advisory Group (MAG)
The Merchant Advisory Group (MAG) was founded in 2008 by a small visionary group of merchants in the payments field dedicated to driving positive change in payments through multi-stakeholder collaboration. Today, the MAG represents over 100 of the largest U.S. merchants who account for nearly $2.6 Trillion in annual sales at over 430,000 locations across the U.S. and online. Roughly $1.5 Trillion of those sales are electronic representing over 41 Billion card payments. MAG members employ nearly 11.5 million associates.


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Thinking about expanding internationally? You should develop an international and localized marketing strategy. A foundational component of this will be international market research. Below are 5 international business and localization considerations that can have an impact on your international business objectives.
- Localize currency
While localizing currency may seem like an obvious task, it can be overlooked, which will impact profit margins and revenue. Customers also want to see prices in their currency.
- Set prices
Pricing is critical. Are you going to simply apply an exchange rate to prices from your domestic market? You should research the target market to align your pricing strategy and align this with your operating margins. You may be able to increase your rates in international markets, but you may also have to reduce rates to be competitive. This is why market research is important.
You also need to decide whether you're going to set international prices with an annual price list or an Open Exchange Rate API. An annual price list can be risky to your margins and therefore your bottom line. An Exchange Rate API will reflect the change in exchange rates ensuring that your margin and price is fixed to your business plan.
- Translate and localize content
Please don't rely on Google Translate for this. You will need to describe, present, comment, discuss, sell and respond in the native language. Being fluent means that you take into consideration local jargon and cultural reference points. Poor marketing copy adds a barrier to purchase.
Editing content for new markets is not merely a matter of translation. Localized content will also be required if you're exporting to countries that speak the same language as the domestic market.
- Localize payment, delivery and returns policies
Make sure you select payment options that are suited to your target international market. You will need a specific payment and delivery policy for each international market. Research your markets and understand more about your consumer expectations and their cultural behaviours. You also need to research operating and consumer protection laws, which can differ from market to market.
- Service and support
How are you going to deal with after-sales support for a new market, and potentially new language? Do you have anyone in the team capable of reading and returning emails or social media messages in the target language? What about phone calls?
For a successful launch of an international venture, you need to have a plan in place to engage with your local, international markets and customers.


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For Lily, several days bled into lonely evenings. Dusk invariably found her heart heavy. Each passing February day's light faded but her sorrows increased in counterpoint. Her thoughts turned upon her as opponents. She wrestled invisible foes during her dreams while she fought to rest. Beth's visage plagued her mind–the fake black fingernails, the masculine hands, the ruined hair. Lily suffered when alone. When not teaching, she sought comfort in reading and at Beulah on weekends. She longed for Thomas McDavid to attend Beulah, but it did not appear he was active at Beulah or otherwise in a local church body.
When Sunday arrived, Lily rose as if she had slept upon stones rather than a bed. She ached in her hip and lower back. The gray in her hair, she believed, betrayed her melancholy. But Beulah promised Tim's teaching Sunday school, seeing Donald, and perhaps Nathanael. She washed, dressed, and drove towards Beulah.
As she pulled into Beulah's parking lot and exited her car, sunlight shone above and around Beulah's steeple. She stepped from her car. "Christ," she said.
"What's that?" an elderly woman asked. It was Mrs. Ellen Aims.
"I'm sorry, what?" Lily asked.
"You said 'Christ' as you got out of your car. I'm sorry, but I saw you pull in and I was watching you. You remember me, right?"
"Yes, of course. I'm sorry," Lily said, "but I did not realize I had said anything. How are you, Mrs. Aims?"
"It's alright, dear. I talk to myself, too," Mrs. Aims said.
"I was just thinking as I pulled in, and I saw the sun and steeple… I'm rambling. Sometimes I just see things, you know?"
"It's really alright, dear. If you cannot say 'Christ' here, when can you?" Mrs. Aims said. "Would you care to walk in together?"
"I would love that. Thank you," Lily said.
Ahead Lily could see Donald at the front door of the church, smiling at her and Mrs. Ellen Aims. Lily grinned to herself, thinking of the Jergens scent she'd soon inhale. She walked beside Mrs. Aims, looking towards Donald, as the sun fell upon them like a benediction.
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These are the essays and stories that other people will send me.
D&D stories: from the perspective of both DM and player. By: John Mattson
This is the story of a couple of events that happen in some games that a friend of mine was in. I will keep on adding more of his stories to this file as I get them. Enjoy
Shapeshifters and Mage By: Tyson, The Lord of Gremlins.
This is an essay on how it is possible to combine mages and shapeshifters in White Wolf's World of Darkness role-playing system. Tyson is a regular at the Gamerchick Planet forum and an avid WoD player. The top one is the later, toned down version, and the bottom one is the first, harsher version. Be afraid, very afraid.