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Putting Their Hands in His: Teaching Children How to Pray
Ruthie Jacobsen, well-known speaker and author, shares insights on how to teach children to pray. Each chapter includes personal applications by Noelene Johnsson. Topics include: The power of a song, sharing stories, prayer and wonders in nature, big prayers and little prayers, family summits, and…
Simply Put
There's a lot of noise in our world. Retailers squabble endlessly for our hard-earned dollars, creditors squawk for their money, politicians bellow transparent promises, families demand time and energy, employers insist that we owe them our time and energy, electronic gadgets blare the latest…Related Products 28 Fundamental Beliefs | 28 Fundamentals | 28 Beliefs
Simply Put (eBook)
…other eBook stores. There's a lot of noise in our world. Retailers squabble endlessly for our hard-earned dollars, creditors squawk for their money, politicians bellow transparent promises, families demand time and energy, employers insist that we owe them our time and energy, electronic…Related Products 28 Fundamental Beliefs
The Factory Quiz Game - Bible Heroes and Villains
Families, church groups, and school classes will have tons of fun putting their Bible knowledge to the test! You'll find hundreds of questions about Bible heroes and villains, plus bonus questions that cover facts about nature and music. Choose from three levels of difficulty that embrace everyone…Related Products Pathfinder | Games | Bible Games
Hunted by The KGB
…the border, the more often the Soviet searchlight swept across them. Could they make it? This is an astounding true story spanning two generations and three wars and containing miracles aplenty to convince any true seeker of God's ability to guide and protect those who put their trust in Him.
Extraordinary things happen when ordinary people put their life in God's hands. The men and women in these stories were ordinary people. But their lives were anything but ordinary. The moment they said yes to God, they stepped into a life of thrilling assignments, out-of-this-world challenges, and…Related Products Joshua | Warriors | Women's Bible Study
Warriors (eBook)
…eBooks and availability on other eBook stores. Extraordinary things happen when ordinary people put their life in God's hands. The men and women in these stories were ordinary people. But their lives were anything but ordinary. The moment they said yes to God, they stepped into a life of thrilling…Related Products Download Clear Word Bible | Clear Word Bible | Stories
Prince of Dreams
…Could they refuse to eat unclean meat and meat offered to idols and refrain from drinking wine? What about Sabbath-keeping? Could God make a way for them to be faithful to Him? Of course, but they would need to put their trust fully in Him and not in themselves even in the face of death decrees.Related Products Daniel | Bradley Booth
Incredible Answers to Prayer DVD
…thousands of letters and phone calls from all over the world. People are eager to experience the powerful blessings of intercessory prayer put into practice in their own lives. In these captivating videos, Morneau shows how you can walk more closely with God, share His power and love with others and…Related Products Roger Morneau | Morneau
Guide's Greatest Friendship Stories
…crippled with arthritis, and the little girl who comes to visit her every day. Watch the power of forgiveness at work between two enemies as they put down their guns and hug each other. See the difference that kindness makes to a lonely little girl called Celia who longs for a friend. Friends can be…Related Products Guides Greatest | Guides Greatest Stories | Guide
Why Our Teenagers Leave the Church
…is their story. Dudley puts faces on the statistics by focusing in on individual case studies. He cites the heart-wrenching testimony of desperately lonely people surrounded by uncaring members. They want to belong, to be needed, to be heard, to be loved. They made some mistakes. We share their pain…Related Products Youth Books | Parenting
Faces Around The Manger DVD
…life, and His promise to return again. As with the other DVD sets in this series, the main purpose is to bring biblical people and their events to life – to put reality into the scriptural narrative. This is done in order to bring us face to face with our own faith, doubts, fears, flaws,…Related Products Bargain
The Challenge of Islam DVD
…governed by Islam. This Bible study targets a topic of which Christians everywhere need to be informed. Estimates put Muslim numbers globally at well over one billion, yet their beliefs, religious practices, and social philosophy remain surprisingly unknown—and thoroughly confusing—to…
A Thoughtful Hour 3: Learning to Be a Real Christian
…mountainside, enter into the thoughts and feelings that filled their hearts. Understanding what the words of Jesus meant to those who heard them, we may discern in them a new vividness and beauty, and may also gather for ourselves their deeper lessons." —Thoughts From the Mount of…Related Products A Thoughtful Hour | Jerry Thomas | Jerry D Thomas
Amazing Journey, Amazing Grace
…appears to be their best interests. Occasionally that moment of truth compels a person to give up friends, job, and a whole belief system. Ken and Nancy Eirich faced that choice–and remained faithful to their conscience. Once I picked this book up, I couldn't put it down." –Marvin…Related Products Devotional | God's Amazing Grace
The Palomino - Sonrise Farm Series, book 1
…Sunny. Their inspirational adventures are based on true stories, and are sure to inspire horse lovers of all ages. Beautifully written by Katy Pistole, this first volume in the Sonrise Farm series, finds Jenny working at Sonrise Farms where her faith and her horsemanship skills are put to the test.…
Jumping off the Retirement Shelf
…continue learning, and keep their zeal and zest for living. Life can still be beautiful." Jumping off the Retirement Shelf is filled with senior success stories designed to encourage you to hold on tight and get ready for the big jump back into the action. Put the rocker on hold a little…
Scrapbook Stories of Ellen G. White
…different? Like different things? You don't have to guess! Elder and Mrs. White had three children of their own. It was for these boys that Mrs. White first gathered her favorite stories and put them all in scrapbooks. Ernest Lloyd, then editor of Our Little Friend®, spent several months…Related Products Ellen G White Books | Ellen White Kids
Donkey Cart Kids
…Michael, 12, as head of the family. Somehow he had to get his four younger brothers and sisters to Grandma Bell's house. Then Nanny Goat ate their train tickets! Now what? Anxious to avoid a sinister uncle who is looking for them, the five Larkin children set out for Grandma's in a cart…
Cooking Entrees with the Micheff Sisters
Once again, the Micheff sisters combine their kitchen know-how — this time to bring you delicious, elegant entrees made with vegan ingredients. Filled with more than 120 mouth-watering recipes for fabulous main dishes, this new collection is a must for any cookbook shelf. Whether you're…Related Products Cookbooks | Cook Books
100 Quick and Easy Worship Ideas for Kids
100 ways to put the fun back into family worship! For busy, tired, and overstretched parents everywhere who long to share God creatively with their families, this book is heaven-sent. In the tradition of 100 Creative Prayer Ideas for Kids, Karen Holford presents 100 Quick and Easy Worship Ideas for…Related Products Family Worship | Bible Story For Kids
Foolish Prayers, Fabulous Answers
Often, the path of a Christian seems foolish to the world. It's not wise, says the world, to put all your eggs in one basket. But for the Christian, there is only one basket—God's. Crops saved, cancer healed, angel visits, tornadoes diverted—Glenn and Ethel Coon share…Related Products Glenn A. Coon
Forks Over Knives DVD
…is put to the test. Cameras follow "reality patients" who have chronic conditions from heart disease to diabetes. Doctors teach these patients how to adopt a whole-foods, plant-based diet as the primary approach to treat their ailments—while the challenges and triumphs of their journeys…Related Products Health | Forks Over Knives
Finding the Right Path
"Classified: For kids only. Just because your parents probably gave this book to you, don't assume it will put you to sleep. Finding the Right Path is filled with entertaining stories that show how the Pathfinder pledge and law really work and can make an exciting difference in your life. Enjoy!…Related Products Youth Books | Youth Devotion | Pathfinder


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Naked Mole Rats Cancer-resistant Chemical ID'd
The biologists' focus on high molecular weight hyaluronan (HMW-HA) began after they noticed that a gooey substance in the naked mole rat culture was clogging the vacuum pumps and tubing.
Lemonade Sweetens Fight Vs. Kids' Cancer
Researchers put down their beakers and syringes in favor of pitchers of lemonade—in the spirit of the little girl who made it all possible.
Genetic Signature of a Brain Cancer ID'd
Using human tissue samples representing the three principal stages of the cancer, the researchers were able to identify and isolate the cancer-inducing stem cells.
Wilmot Adds Cancer Survivorship Program
The program offered by Wilmot Cancer Center will serve as the next step in a patient's care once they have completed cancer treatment.
Fighting Esophageal Cancer with WATS
Gastroenterologists at URMC have been using an innovative technology to detect precancerous cells and prevent progression of esophageal adenocarcinoma – the fastest growing form of cancer in the U.S.
Tuning Tamoxifen Against Basal-like Breast Cancer
A powerful drug combination appears to selectively targets cancer cells while sparing normal cells; and it appears to cripple cancer stem cells.
New Law Impacts Mammogram Providers
A New York state law that goes into effect this month could impact up to half of all women who get annual mammograms.
Cancer Cell Metabolism Yields New Insights on Leukemia
A subset of cells that drives acute myeloid leukemia appears to have a much slower metabolism than most other tumors cells.
Study Aims to Curtail Chemo Queasiness
URMC researchers continue their quest to help cancer patients cope with nausea during chemotherapy by using relaxation techniques and acupressure wrist bands.
How Do Blind Mole Rats Ward Off Cancer?
Blind mole rats and naked mole rats—both subterranean rodents with long life spans—are the only mammals never known to develop cancer. Rochester biologists have now determined that the mechanism for fighting off cancer differs between the two.

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text: On Tuesday, February 6, 2018 at 5:02:55 PM UTC-8, Dutch wrote: > On 2/6/2018 4:52 PM, BillB wrote: > > Preamble to the Canadian Multiculturalism Act: > > > > WHEREAS the Constitution of Canada provides that every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and benefit of the law without discrimination > > That already existed before that was written. It's redundant. But Canadians felt the need to spell it all out AS LAW for the benefit of bigots like you who like to discriminate on the basis of culture. For one obvious example, you said you don't want to import Islam (i.e. Muslims) into Canada. That means you want to explicitly discriminate against Muslims, and ignore our many laws promoting human rights and multiculturalism, including our Constitution. Why do you hate Canadian values? Why do you hate multiculturalism? Just the way you said Canadians "tolerate" other cultures suggests to me that you think YOUR culture (whatever that may...your culture is certainly nothing like mine) is somehow superior or paramount to all others. It's not, in fact or by law. Get that idiotic idea out of your head.


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Business Administration
Why Study Business Administration at LSSU?
Students may want to become business generalists, with the opportunity to take up to 8 other courses of interest, other than those in their minor. This is an excellent choice for employed individuals who require a degree to facilitate their upward mobility, and for students who value a well-rounded general education.
Originally planned as a degree for working adults who may prefer more flexibility in their program, the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration is now available to all students. In this program there is no major required; instead, students follow all degree requirements and add a minor program of study. Students may then select free electives beyond their minor to meet the 124-credit requirement for graduation.
Minors include Accounting/Finance, Economics/Finance, Human Resource Management, International Business, Marketing, Public Relations, Sports Marketing, or any cognate of at least 15 credits with Dean approval. This program is also offered at the Petoskey, Gaylord, and Escanaba regional centers.
LSSU graduates employed within one year
Student to faculty ratio
Small, Personal, Superior!
The Lukenda School of Business (LSB) offers seven bachelor degree programs and three associate degree programs. LSB students comprise approximately 15% of LSSU's total enrollment. The LSB is proud of the high-quality instruction and personal attention it provides students through small class sizes and interaction between students and faculty. The LSB also provides opportunities outside of the classroom for students to grow academically and professionally through capstone projects, student organizations, internships and community outreach.
- LSSU is located in Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan and borders Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario – for a combined population of 100,000.
- Small class sizes allow a personal learning experience.
- The rigorous business curriculum meets the educational requirements of various professional certifications and prepares students for graduate study as well.
- Opportunities abound for student and faculty interaction and collaboration.
- Courses are taught by professors who are experts in their fields of study and are dedicated to teaching excellence.
- Professors bring their business experience into the classroom and focus on practical application.
- Faculty members serve as academic advisors and help students obtain rewarding jobs upon graduation.
- LSB graduates ranked in the 95th percentile of the Major Field Test (MFAT) – LSSU scores in top 40 schools in the nation.
- LSB has strong links to SmartZone (SSMart) and the Product Development Center.
- LSB offers multiple scholarships.
"LSSU gave me the educational and organizational tools to be able to succeed at those endeavors after college."
"Lake State gave me the confidence to succeed! I found this job through LSSU SIFE in Chicago, and what I learned was to never stop trying. I actually called the Jack Link's office 6 times before they gave me an interview."
"Lake Superior State University taught me to be a life-long learner. LSSU is a toolbox filled with every tool you need to succeed. Classes are the wrenches, organizations are the bolts, and the people are the nuts that hold everything together. You need ALL of them to build a strong foundation to a successful career after graduation."
LSSU is one of the most affordable universities in Michigan – In fact, LSSU offers the lowest average net-tuition of any Michigan public university
"I have enjoyed every moment at Lake Superior State University. Our small campus is inviting and really allows you to get to know other students as well as professors. All of my professors know who I am and care about my education just as much as I do."
"I'm the president and project team leader for Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE). I am the treasurer, education chair, rush co-chair, and ritual chair for Alpha Theta Omega Sorority. I am also a member of Student Alumni Involved for Lake State and hold the Laker Lotto Chair for the Great Lake State Week and Weekend Committee. I am the Supplemental Instruction Leader for Business Laws I and II. I also tutor for general chemistry and business law."
"I'm very excited to start my new position! Not only has LSSU provided me with the education but also the confidence and professional etiquette to take the next step in my life and professional career."
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Lake Superior State University marketing students Ron Neal, Jr., and Summers Captain pose with LSSU marketing professor Valerie Philips, left, in front of a three-on-three basketball tournament they planned, organized, executed, and evaluated for Philips' sports and events marketing course. The second-annual "Hoops for Hope" event, held on April 14 in LSSU's Arbuckle Student Activities Center, registered 32 teams and raised $2,600 for the oncology department at War Memorial Hospital and the Boys and Girls Club of Brimley. The two tourneys combined have raised more than $6,000 for area charities, entirely through voluntary registration fees.
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It's been a rough month for a lot of families. Kids are back to school, but they're not quite settled in. Structured days are hard to handle after a summer of freedom. And so we parents try to come up with things to make it easier, stuff like slipping a little goodie into our kids' lunchbags to make them smile. But one military dad has totally topped us all in the lunchtime surprise category.
Specialist Matthew Peters of Owensville, Missouri, skipped the handwritten note or the package of fruit snacks. Instead his son got him, fresh off a one-year deployment in Kuwait and Iraq and home 10 days earlier than expected.
In what might be one of the sweetest "military homecoming" videos to show up on the web yet, Peters surprised Blake while he was eating lunch at Washington West Elementary School:
It's hard to say who was more excited there, isn't it? A dad who finally got to wrap his arms around his child or a child who finally got to grab his dad and never let go. Either way, I'm going to hazard a guess that Dad was much cooler than anything on that plastic tray.
The cool thing is you don't have to be in the military to make something like this happen. It's eminently more special because Peters was away for so long serving our country, but many schools welcome regular parents dropping in at lunchtime to share a meal with their kids on occasion. Usually you have to plan ahead -- like this Dad obviously did -- but sitting in at school lunch can help brighten your kid's day and give YOU a better sense of what they deal with on a day-to-day basis.
Would you ever do something like this?
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An inviting and enchanting outdoor space is a delightful addition to any home. Perfect for relaxation and celebration, a stylish patio offers plenty of opportunities for entertaining and escaping. If you're looking to upgrade your current patio with small design changes or you're seeking a complete overhaul, there are plenty of inspired ideas for creating a natural nook with character and charm.
Here are a few ideas for creating a wow worthy patio:
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Create a great escape with a patio filled with cozy comforts. Plentiful pillows, a large floor rug and circular ottoman make this space feel like an indoor living room. A large umbrella offers extra privacy and shade while tall potted plants create a serene hideout away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
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While guests often congregate to the kitchen during parties, odds are this will change once they enjoy outdoor dining complete with a stocked bar. Perfect for busy gatherings, this space feels warm and welcoming with lanterns, a fireplace and wicker seating.
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A chic outdoor patio feels like an Italian countryside with a stone fireplace, tile flooring and a variety of vegetation. Romantic and elegant, this outdoor space is perfect for long nights sharing cocktails and conversation. Be forewarned: guests won't want to leave this quiet nature bunker.
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Forget long nights cooped up inside watching movies or playing board games. With an ultra-outfitted space complete with television, grill and comfortable seating, there's no need to spend hours trapped inside. Watch a favorite film while admiring the stars and soaking in fresh air from this peaceful patio.
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No matter the season, a patio with built-in heat lamps will stay toasty despite cooler temperatures. Adding lots of pendant and string lighting as well as a gazebo structure keeps this terrace space feeling stress-free. In addition, a lawn hammock sends a relaxation invitation that will keep visitors and family members in a state of never-ending backyard bliss.


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Awesome trekking and rafting adventures!
3-hour trekking adventure to a waterfall is a nice way to see the jungle and cool off in the water. The trek itself is about 1.6 km through the jungle to a 10 m waterfall. We then take a break here so you can go for a swim so it's good beforehand to be change into your swimming attire at the camp before you start the hike. The guide along the way will point out flora and fauna and some of the cultural aspects of Thailand. We return back along the same track. If you're a quick hiker and would like to go further past the waterfall we can do that as well. The main difference between the 2 hour and the 3 hour is the amount of information you're given about the forest. This is perfect to add on to anyone of our other adventures.
10 km White water rafting has it all and is broken into 3 sections. 1st is a great warm-up where you learn skills practicing with the guides and getting used to the boat. This section has one class III and is probably the most beautiful section of the river with the encroaching jungle offering lots of shade. The middle section is an action-packed with rapids and is probably the best Whitewater in Thailand. Most of this section is class III and IV rapids. The 3rd section lets up in the beginning giving you some time to relax before entering a great class III and into short continuous section of rapids that goes almost all the way to the take out where our camp is. We have top-of-the-line equipment expert trained guides to make sure you have a safe adventure. We have towels for you when you finish and shower facilities that you can use before heading home. Make sure to bring a 2nd set of dry clothes so you can ride home dry.
Trip Includes:
- Air-conditioned Transportation
- UL Coast Guard Approved Life Jackets
- CE EN certified helmets.
- CPR and First Aid Certified guides and staff
- Lunch
- Drinking water, tea or coffee
- Insurance
- Towel set
PRICE: 3,500 Baht
Pick Up from Chiang Mai: 8:00 to 8:30am
Return to Chiang Mai: 19:00
Trip Code: T3 + R10
What to wear / What to bring
Please remember a change of clothes as you will get wet! A swimming suit (quick drying shorts to wear over swimsuit is recommended for comfort and cultural sensitivity), athletic shoes, sunscreen, refillable water bottle, small day pack, dry set of clothes, socks and dry shoes or sandals.
All participants should be in reasonable physical condition. If you have a heart condition, back, neck, broken bones or are pregnant our actives are not for you.


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Working at a spa, I am constantly surrounded by positive, good-hearted, and crazy smart Massage Therapists and Estheticians. I can't count the number of times I've gone to one of them and said "this hurts, fix it" or "why is my skin doing this?"
Recently we've hired a slew of new Estheticians and I had the pleasure to sit down with one of my favorites, Bev, and ask all of those pesky skin questions we all have.
Bev studied at Evergreen Beauty College and is a Master Esthetician, which means she is an expert in spatreatments (think: facials, microdermabrasion, peels, waxing) and the more hardcore treatments (think: lasers, lightning and witchcraft). You can learn more about Bev here and here.
How Do I Grown Up: Why did you become an Esthetician?
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Have fun with Google Gravity
Google Gravity is a Google Chrome experiment made by Hi-Res! that initially loads a typical Google home page and then suddenly the elements are pulled down by gravity and you can start tossing them around!
This only works 100% in Google Chrome. If you run the page on Firefox, you won't get the satisfaction of tossing the elements around!
Follow these Steps:
1. Open google.com.
2. Type Google gravity.
3. Click on I'm Feeling lucky.
4. and have fun!!!
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Contrary to popular belief, I don't have ESP, clairvoyance, or the ability to teleport back in time to set right things that once went wrong. When an email sits in your inbox for 12 days and misses a key suspense to echelons higher than reality, no matter how frantic you sound at my desk, I can't magically manufacture correctly updated data for you to use in a report. If it was due on the 8th and it's now the 11th, you're pretty much hosed no matter how brilliant I make the numbers look.
I'm not going to point out that you, as the high and mighty Uberboss, have two administrative assistants who sit right outside your door and are theoretically supposed to keep track of your email and calendar. I know the three of you are probably overwhelmed by the number of messages slipping stealthily into your inbox undetected. Email is sneaky like that. New messages are rarely boldly highlighted in any way and it's so easy to overlook the little red exclamation point… or the fact that the message title turned red when it was close to becoming past due.
I know your wandering around issuing a slightly different version of the same random task to every third person who's unfortunate enough to cross your path keeps you awfully busy, but Uberboss or not, when you behave like a petulant child, that's pretty much how you're going to be treated.
Editorial Note: This part of a continuing series of previously de-published blogs appearing on http://www.jeffreytharp.com for the first time. This post has been time stamped to correspond to its original publication date.


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Enjoy a full coverage of the latest version of the Certified Data Systems Security Expert (CISSP) exam inside this comprehensive resource totally updated. Written by a leading professional in IT security certification and training, this authoritative guide covers all 10 areas CISSP developed by the International Info Systems Security Certification Consortium (ISC2). You'll locate learning objectives at the beginning of each and every chapter, exam guidelines, practice exam questions and detailed explanations. Developed to aid you pass the CISSP exam with ease, it serves as an critical reference volume in the workplace. Includes all 10 CISSP domains: Info Security Risk Management and Access Control Security Architecture and Style and Physical Environmental Security Telecommunications and Network Security Cryptography Business continuity and recovery regulations in Disaster planning law, compliance and enforcement investigations CISSP All-in-One Exam Guide, Fifth Edition


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The four-month shoot in Dublin for the seven-episode fourth season of the previously cancelled British sci-fi series "Primeval" has just wrapped reports Den of Geek.
It was almost a year ago ITV announced the axing of the series after its third season due to production costs. A deal was then worked out between ITV, German television company ProSieben, UKTV and BBC Worldwide to fund two further seasons of the show. The six-episode fifth season is already in production and will wrap in November.
ITV1 will broadcast season four in early 2011, while UKTV's new entertainment pay TV channel 'Watch' will premiere the fifth season later that year before its run on ITV1. Both seasons will be broadcast in HD.
Hannah Spearritt, Andrew Lee-Potts, Ben Miller, Jason Flemyng, Lucy Brown and Ben Mansfield have all returned to the show. New cast members incorporated over the fourth and fifth season include Alexander Siddig, Ciaran McMenamin, Ruth Bradley, Jonathan Byrne, Anton Lesser and Ruth Kearney.
Johnny Lee Miller has signed on for a recurring role in the upcoming fifth season as a mysterious man who ends up tangled in the storyline of Julia Stiles' incoming character reports Hollywood.com.
Miller joins Stiles, Shawn Hatosy and Maria Doyle Kennedy as the new regular/recurring cast members of the season set to premiere in September.
The Office
Steve Carell has confirmed to E! Online that he will be leaving NBC's "The Office" at the end of the upcoming seventh season.
Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior
Janeane Garofalo ("CSI") has joined the cast of CBS' "Criminal Minds" spin-off which has scored the title "Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior" reports Entertainment Weekly.
Garofalo will play one of the main agents on the show about an elite team of profilers working under Forest Whitaker's character.


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I believe I was able to match this watch to this ad for a Sea King "AK" (found here on mybulova.com). I'm almost positive this is the same model, but I'm having trouble finding any other information on the Sea King AK here or other places. And I have not seem a similar face on any other model or watch in any photos I can find.
Watch is running great and looks great with just a few minor scratches and wear.
HD - Bulova tells us they lost all of their production records prior to the mids 70's so we have no way of knowing. Bulova was (and still is) in the business of mass producing watches for worldwide distribution, it's unlikey it was limited release. Some models certainly appear more regularly than others. I imagine that they discontinued those that didn't sell, perhaps this was one.


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In the More dropdown, we have consolidated the list of additional operations from the Inventory page.
1. Inventory Log - You can access the Inventory Log page for product history information from the page.
2. Inventory Status - You can access the Inventory Status page for information on SKU quantities from the page.
3. Download Inventory Form - You can generate a downloadable PDF with detailed product information.
4. Download Complete Inventory - You can download an Excel sheet with complete inventory information.


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The answer to the headline question is simple: WAAAAAAAY far out.
Proof: When Debbie Pelley is quoting Phyllis Schlafly about the radical nature of your ideas, you are in Rod Serling land
They — and others far more moderate — say the idea Rapert cheerleads for a constitutional convention is nuts. There'd be no way to limit it to the Rapert-supported idea to let a majority of states control the federal budget. And that idea alone is bad enough. Next thing you know, somebody might use the convention to propose a constitutional amendment for bike lane funding.
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*the price refers only to the gas raw material and is locked for 12 months (excluding VAT and taxes).
Fixed price for 12 months
E-Light Gas has a single price, day and night, fixed for 12 months. The price refers only to the raw material gas component and represents about 52% of the total gas expenditure, VAT and taxes excluded
Get your bill by email
With E-light Gas you receive your bill directly via email thanks to Bolletta Web every two months. It's convenient and environmentally friendly. When you choose E-Light Gas you also opt for direct debit, with no queues or waste of time
Convenience is simple
After the first 12 months Enel Energia will update the price according to the market conditions and inform you about the new price before the end of the period. You have 60 days to decide whether to accept it or to terminate the contract
To request E-Light Gas you will need:
- a utility bill;
- your tax ID number;
- your IBAN code.
If you are switching from another supplier you can apply for E-Light Gas:
- there is no need for any work on the system or the meter;
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Points of interest of Playing a Video Game
A video game is an electronic beguilement that incorporates association with UI to make a visual feedback on a screen. Video games are valuable for your health in that they help improve our physical, mental and excited health. Though the game is non-interactive that is socially it is very important and also contributes to the health of the one playing video games. There are astonishing ways that PC diversions help upgrade our prosperity and I am will discuss distinctive points of interest in this article.
First, it enhances emotional well resembling a condition called dyslexia. This is in that it encourages you to think for extended periods without your knowledge. There are in like manner rules that may fly up and you may need to examine them and see so you can have the ability to play the redirection effectively. This is mind interfacing along these lines it makes you be focused. It furthermore changes the way your cerebrum works for you have to take after particular bearings carefully.
Secondly, it might help enhance your vision. This is inverse of what is trusted that staying in front of a screen for extended periods of time may hurt your vision at the same time, for this situation, it enhances the vision. This is in that you can spot little points of interest and hues as you are playing and you can have the capacity to recognize them in reality later on. People with an issue of an unresponsive eye have a more conspicuous shot of improving their vision by playing video games.
Thirdly, it improves the memory and other cognitive abilities. This is in that our memory keeps improving as we play certain games. You may even start seeing certain cases in the game. When playing preoccupations that include word puzzle there is ordinarily an extensive measure of thinking that is done all things considered that you can have the ability to clarify a pattern. As one keeps playing the game he continues to boost the memory and cognitive abilities. This is the inspiration driving why we keep beating the high scores and distinctive traps that are to a great degree complex.
Lastly, it helps make faster decisions that may improve your life. When playing computer games, you should settle on choices each now and then. This helps you to learn how to make decisions in a fast way though, this may not necessarily be the right decision. Being hesitant can influence your physical and mental health. Faster decision making means you can recall memories and this helps in cell growth and repair. These are the different advantages of playing video games.
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"Amanda is Boston Rob in a girl's body!" Russell declares at one point in Thursdays' quietly intriguing hour. This, in his mind, was why she had to go. She's too popular (had never been eliminated in two previous games), is plucky in challenges plus—unlike Rob–smoking hot in a bikini. She was even good natured and likable in her exit interview. She will clean up nice now and head to the jury.
She stuck her pretty neck out too far in her final hour, however, and that, as she pointed out, cost her. (Apparently she blew it in some clumsy immunity idol catfight with Danielle I missed because, well, hockey was on.) You can't make that many mistakes and win, Amber concluded. Washington Capitals, take note.
The last half of the hour, executive producer Mark Burnett seemed to turn his show over to Michael Moore. This episode seemed less produced (and scripted), more fly-on-the-palm tree. The whole intrigue in both camps, with Russell, Sandra and Rupert in the go-to sound bites, was compelling. We got to be in on the scrums in a less stagy way. It was cool to see Russell whine about Candice breaking into his private pow-wows, to hear the whispers and read the subtitles. As Rupert observed, we got to see "three days of scrambling going on in three minutes."
Jerri is quietly winning MILF immunity, bringing her A Game to all the challenges. Sandra keeps whinging and scheming and vote-switching and somehow staying in the game. We learned why at tribal council. As Russell suggested, she can't beat you in a challenge and she can't beat you in a vote, making her the one you want to sit next to at the final judgement.
NEXT WEEK: Villains implode and Penguins are forced to a seventh and deciding game.
Amber Dowling (TV Guide Canada): "I thought most men were genetically disposed to enjoy laying in bed watching two women wrestle each other, but it didn't seem to phase Colby. The personality-free Survivor continued to eat his popcorn while Amanda and Danielle grappled for the hidden immunity clue during last night's reward, proving his have no bravado or interest in staying in this game.
Unfortunately that's exactly why he'll be around a while longer." Read the rest of Dowling's recap here.
Michael Bolen (The National Post): "It was a bad week for Russ. Despite flashes of brilliance, his behaviour toward the women in the game grew increasingly erratic. He may have pulled off a coup by flipping Candice, but the reckless manner in which he did so, and the way he carelessly threw away his idol suggests a certain amount of emotional instability. You can see him hitting someone. And that's why I like him." Read the rest of Bolen's recap here.
Jen McDonnell (Dose.ca): "The promos for this week's episode made it seem like Russell was in danger of going home, which of course meant he was safe. Instead, he ended up miraculously finding yet another immunity idol and playing it, earning an eyeroll and a scolding from Parvati. ("You wasted one," she pouted, apparently forgetting that she did the same thing just last week)." Follow the rest of McDonnell's recap here.


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Tier 2 Advanced PowerStrip added to Michigan Energy Measure Database
Tier 2 Advanced PowerStrip added to Michigan Energy Measure Database
Concerning recent developments in the world of Advanced Power Strips (APS), Tier 2 APS was recently added to the Michigan Energy Measures Database (MEMD) for residential applications with a savings value of 307.1 kWh/yr. and a measure life of eight years. The MEMDi is an online, downloadable database accessed from the Michigan Public Service Commission. Their website states, "The Michigan Energy Measures Database (MEMD) was supplied by Morgan Marketing Partners, as a basis for development of initial energy efficiency savings calculations and potential savings for energy efficiency programs.
Tier 1 Advanced PowerStrip
Tier 1 APS devices are current-sensing units that manage standby power of peripheral devices. Once the user takes action to power down their TV or computer, the Tier 1 devices senses the reduction of energy use in the "control outlet" and cuts power to a number of switched outlets. Tier 1 APS unit can be used in home entertainment or home office residential applications, or they can be used in commercial workspace applications.
Tier 2 Advanced PowerStrip
By way of comparison, the Tier 2 APS manages both standby power of the peripheral devices as well as active power consumption of the TV in residential applications. The Tier 2 APS device uses an external sensor to monitor user engagement with their TV system paired with a countdown timer. When the external sensor detects a lack of user engagement, the timer starts. If there is no user engagement during the programmable length of the timer period, the Tier 2 APS unit removes power from the TV and switched outlets. Tier 2 APS units have a higher cost than Tier 1 units, but they deliver additional savings.
Tier 2 APSii have distinct feature and capability differences as compared to Tier 1 APS devices. The TrickleStar Tier 2 APSiii unit features a multi-sensor, which looks for both infrared remote control signals and motion in the room. We believe this is the best way to measure user engagement in the TV room. TrickleStar Tier 2 APS also feature fireproof surge protection, real energy monitoring for the control outlet, and a dual notification system prior to turning off any connected equipment.
Michigan is the latest state in the nation to embrace Tier 2 APS as a recognized savings measure for plug-load energy efficiency programs and efforts. MA, PA, OR, ID, WA, CA, and NJ have all established savings values for Tier 2 APS. Other states such as MN, VT, and WI are also looking at Tier 2 APS. For more information on using Tier 1 APS in your residential plug-load energy management efforts, please contact TrickleStar at email@example.com or 1-888-700-1098.
i http://www.michigan.gov/mpsc/0,4639,7-159-52495_55129---,00.html
ii http://www.neep.org/sites/default/files/resources/APSCommonTerminology.pdf
iii https://www.tricklestar.com/us/products-1/tier-2-advanced-powerstrips-plus-aps/7-outlet-tier-2-advanced-powerstrip-plus-multi-sensor-93.html
ii http://www.neep.org/sites/default/files/resources/APSCommonTerminology.pdf
iii https://www.tricklestar.com/us/products-1/tier-2-advanced-powerstrips-plus-aps/7-outlet-tier-2-advanced-powerstrip-plus-multi-sensor-93.html


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Talks at Raleigh Code Camp 2009.2
Igniting your ASP.NET MVC applications with Spark View Engine
Curtis Mitchell 3 RecommendationsSeptember 19, 2009 12:00 AM
This is a talk about integrating Spark View Engine into your ASP.NET MVC application. We take a look at the pros and cons of using Spark View Engine, and examine ways that Spark can make your views easier to manage.
ASP.NET MVC and the Repository Pattern
Stephen Bodnar 2 RecommendationsSeptember 19, 2009 11:30 AM
ASP.NET MVC is a great tool for developing data-driven websites that capture and display data. The Model-View-Controller architectural pattern allows for the separation of the data and business rules (the Model) from the user interface (the View) and from the application logic (the Controll…


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Top CEOs: 2018 (#54)
Better Connections. Better Experiences. For Everyone.
At Extreme, we understand that the network is the most strategic business asset for our customers. Our commitment is to enable our customers to make the most of it. As one of the world's largest leading providers of high-performance networking solutions, we offer our customers the highest quality products, the best customer care in the industry and an ease of doing business that helps businesses thrive.
Our focus is clear—the best networking experiences and the best customer care. It's what drives each and every one of us to excel. We have a small company feel, but are a well-established, Silicon Valley-based company with a nimble and entrepreneurial spirit. Our teams and geographies are boundless and we come together to collaborate and solve important issues as One Extreme. We're focused on redefining the high-performing network.
Learn more about us. We've built a unique company where you're family and making a difference is core and contributions are valued and visible.
Diversity & Inclusion: Together as One Extreme
At Extreme, we believe diversity and inclusion are core to who we are and how we do business. In fact, it's part of values. We value diversity in approach, ideas and perspectives because as a global team we work together in the pursuit of the best networking experiences and customer care.
Extreme recognizes that we all have multiple facets to our lives—family, career, passions, interests and needs. We know it's our people that make us a great place to work. It's this diversity of our people and the inclusive environment we've created where we can do our best work individually and collectively.
Simply put, our diversity drives our inclusive One Extreme culture.
Extreme Networks Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Extreme is committed to providing Equal Opportunity to all applicants and employees regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, gender, disability, medical condition, or status as a Disabled or Vietnam Era Veteran.
We know your needs are different. Extreme has you covered from health and wellness, to financial savings programs; we offer distinct programs to help you and your family be well.
Health, dental, and vision coverage is offered to all eligible employees, spouse or domestic partners and dependents.
The 401(k) plan, administered by Charles Schwab, is available to employees as of their date of hire. Employees may defer up to 100% of their pay, up to the IRS maximum. Extreme Networks provides a company match on up to 2.5% of your eligible per pay period compensation at the rate 50% for every $1 you contribute. The Extreme Networks 401(k) Plan also includes a Roth 401(k) feature.
Extreme offers Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) grants to eligible employees. Employees are able to sell or hold after vesting. RSUs have a three-year vesting schedule, with one-third vesting each year.
Extreme provides employees with an opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company through the purchase of stock. Purchases are made through accumulated, post-tax payroll deductions. Stock is purchased at the end of each Purchase Period, every six months during the 24 month offering period. The price is discounted 15% from the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the Offering Date of the Offering Date Period or the Fair Market Value of a share of stock on the Purchase Date.
Extreme Networks contributes up to $1,500 per calendar year for family or up to $750 for single coverage into participating employee's HSA account (prorated for new hires).
Extreme Networks offers Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts that allow you to pay for eligible health care and dependent care expenses with pre-tax dollars. The plan year for this program is January 1 through December 31.
Our Values
It's our way of life. Day in and day out it's all about our values. Created by our employees and leaders, our values are a cornerstone of who we are and how we operate.
Together we are One Extreme.
Our Community
As a global team we work together in the pursuit of the best networking experiences and customer care, but we also are committed to the communities where our employees live and work. Our community involvement is employee driven—employees are encouraged to support what's important to them and their communities.
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Sire: Excelebration
Dam: Velvet Cream
Colour: Grey
Gender: Filly
Age: 4 year old
Foaled: Sep 7th, 2014
Country: Australia
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EXCELEBRATION (IRE) (Bay 2008-Stud Ire. 2013, Aust. 2013). Champion Older Male Miler in France & GB in 2012. 8 wins-2 at 2-from 1200m to 1600m, Ascot Queen Elizabeth II S., Gr.1, Prix du Moulin de Longchamp, Gr.1, Deauville Prix Jacques Le Marois, Gr.1, Newbury Hungerford S., Gr.2, 2d Royal Ascot Queen Anne S., Gr.1. Half-brother to SW Mull of Killough (Newmarket Darley S., Gr.3). His oldest Aust.-bred progeny are yearlings.
1st dam
VELVET CREAM, by Charge Forward. Winner at 1400m in Aust. Half-sister to MY TUSKER, Platinum Passion. This is her third foal. Her second foal is a 2YO. Dam of one foal to race-
Pale Ale (c. by Starspangledbanner). Winner at 1100m in 2015-16, 3d ATC Ranvet H.
2nd dam
STELLA ARTOIS, by Star Way. Unraced. Half-sister to BREW, BUBBLE,
MY TUSKER (Volksraad). Joint third top filly on The 2004-05 NZ 3YO Free H. 6 wins from 1600m to 2100m, NZ$266,675, A$16,000, ARC Championship S., Gr.2, Manawatu RC Awapuni Gold Cup, Gr.2, Waikato RC Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, Gr.2, Seafood Bazaar H., ARC Ellerslie.co.nz 3YO H., 2d Waikato RC International S., Gr.1, Cambridge JC Travis S., Gr.2, ARC Peccadillo's Sports Bars Juvenile S., 3d WRC Wellington S., Gr.3, Hawke's Bay Bluewater Hotel H., 4th ARC Zabeel Classic, Gr.1, STC Arrowfield Stud S., Gr.1. Producer.
Platinum Passion (Redoute's Choice). 4 wins from 1200m to 2000m, NZ$3,050, A$208,763, MRC Perri Cutten P., VRC Hilton Nicholas H., MVRC Printhouse Graphics H., 2d VRC Matron S., Gr.3, SAJC Centaurea S., L, MRC Ahern's at Highways After the Last H., 3d MVRC Sunline S., Gr.2, Whangarei Cup, 4th MRC David Jones Cup, Gr.3.
Carib. 4 wins from 1600m to 2100m, Avondale JC Cato Bolam Consultants H., 2d Matamata RC Mitre 10 H., 3d Waikato RC NZI Insurance H. Producer.
3rd dam
HORLICKS, by Three Legs. Top filly on The 1989-90 Australasian 4YO+ Classification. 17 wins from 1200m to 2400m, NZ$3,411,682, A$625,000, ARC New Zealand S., Gr.1-twice, DB Draught Classic, Gr.1-twice, VRC LKS Mackinnon S., Gr.1, Manawatu RC Awapuni Gold Cup, Gr.2, Wanganui JC Tim Rogers S., Gr.3, Japan Cup, Jpn-1, ARC Alison S., L, Cambridge JC Dulcie S., L, ARC Fay, Richwhite H., Waikato RC White Horse Whisky H., Paeroa RC Daily Freightways H., 2d ARC Air New Zealand S., Gr.1, MVRC WS Cox P., Gr.1, Waikato RC International S., Gr.2, Taranaki S., Gr.3, Avondale JC Allegra Park S., L, HBJC Byerley Thoroughbred S., L, Marton JC Metric Mile, L, 3d STC BMW S., Gr.1, Waikato RC Foxbridge P., L, 4th BOP RC Owens Japan-New Zealand International Trophy, Gr.2. Half-sister to Hit the Mark,
BREW (Sir Tristram). Champion Stayer in Australia in 2000-01. 7 wins from 1600m to 3200m, NZ$200, A$2,384,290, VRC Melbourne Cup, Gr.1, Saab H., Gr.2, Japan Trophy H., L, Birthday H., MVRC Strathayr H., Slattery Australia H., 2d Moonee Valley Gold Cup, Gr.2, VRC Stayers' H., Birdcage Carpark H., Flemington Hill Stand H., MVRC Kevin Langby H., STC Strathfield H., VATC Beer Street H., Yangtze H., 3d MVRC Lawman H., VATC Winfreux H., 4th QTC Brisbane Cup, Gr.1.
BUBBLE (Sir Tristram). Champion Older Female Stayer in NZ in 1997-98. 4 wins from 1200m to 2000m, NZ$184,960, A$6,000, Avondale Guineas, Gr.2, ARC Fricante H., Hawke's Bay Panache Hair Designs 3YO Fillies H., 2d ARC Japan Racing Association Classic, Gr.1, New Zealand One Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, Avondale Gold Cup, Gr.1, 3d ARC New Zealand S., Gr.1, New Zealand Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1, Waikato RC International S., Gr.1, Matamata RC Jack Lindsay H., BOP RC Seatrans H.
Fly the Flag. 2 wins at 1400m, 2200m in NZ. Dam of-
SOLO FLYER (Belong to Me). 4 wins-1 at 2-to 1500m, A$480,825, STC Ajax S., Gr.2, Newcastle JC Newmarket H., Gr.3, AJC Canon Employees Rock 2YO H., St Patrick's Raceday H., 2d AJC Champagne S., Gr.1, STC Premiere S., Gr.2, BTC Lord Mayor's Cup, Gr.3, STC Tooheys New 2YO H., 3d AJC Royal Sovereign S., Gr.2, 4th STC Pago Pago S., Gr.2, AJC Skyline S., Gr.3. Sire.
Latte. Placed at 3 in NZ. Dam of-
FIUMICINO (Zabeel). Top of the 2006-07 Australasian 3YO Classification (long). 7 wins from 1600m to 2400m, A$3,100,885, Australian Derby, Gr.1, STC BMW S., Gr.1, Hill S., Gr.2, ATC Frank Underwood Cup, L, WJ McKell Cup, L, STC Nivea Visage H., 2d ATC Winter Cup, L, 3d AJC Metropolitan H., Gr.1, STC Rosehill Guineas, Gr.1, AJC Colin Stephen H., Gr.3, ATC Christmas Cup, L, Sky High S., L, Bendigo Cup, L, 4th AJC Chelmsford S., Gr.2, ATC Randwick City H., L.
Tipple. Unraced. Dam of-
TREMEC (Zabeel). 7 wins from 1900m to 2600m, A$549,840, to 2014-15, ATC Chairman's H., Gr.2-twice, Randwick City S., L, Like Us on Facebook H., Canterbury Park H., Valhalla Village H., 2d ATC Chairman's H., Gr.2, Schweppes H., 3d ATC NE Manion Cup, Gr.3, VRC JB Cummings AM Tribute H., 4th Wyong Gold Cup, L.


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"My survival alone was a miracle." Diagnosed in 2002 with a life threatening head and neck cancer, Liam Ryan's doctors told him he should have never survived.…
When I think of National Cancer Survivors Day, I am taken to a place that includes in its celebration all of us who have made it our intention to live with cancer in our lives. But it seems to me that surviving really encompasses a spirit that is expressed in the essence of all living things. Surviving commemorates the intrinsic value of life and our own reverence for our world with all of the glory and inspiration it embodies. But life as we know it also includes sadness and tragedy and disease.
To isolate those parts from our experience would be to live a life in black and white.
Breast cancer has done much to change my view of life and death. Cancer has made the full spectrum of living available to me by enhancing the wonders and the magic of surviving day by day while appreciating the complexity and the artistry of each moment. In short, breast cancer has added the full color palette to my life.
National Cancer Survivors Day offers a chance for me to be forever grateful that by surviving I'm able to relish the gifts of friendship and the loved ones who give me reason to keep on living. The world we create for ourselves must be so fulfilling and compelling that it demands our survival. I believe that life wants us to continue our remarkable journey forward.
Survival to me is much more than just a continuation of life. It's an invitation to be wholly present with our moments; with our blessings and even with our cancer. There may not be a cure for each of us, but there is always an opportunity to be healed. And in that space, we are able to contribute more of "us" to the collective energy that is the essence of life itself.
So, on National Cancer Survivors Day, I will be holding a space in my heart for every cancer survivor and for all those who will be added to our membership in the future. Survival is my wish for everyone so that we may all live the life we deserve and dream of. That I think would be the perfect tribute to our unique contributions to the future of a wonderful and possibly cancer free world.
"My survival alone was a miracle." Diagnosed in 2002 with a life threatening head and neck cancer, Liam Ryan's doctors told him he should have never survived.…
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Listen to Bhava Ram talk about his extraordinary journey through cancer and through life.
Khevin is a male breast cancer survivor. He was diagnosed with stage one, grade three invasive breast cancer in May, 2014, while completing a year of residency at the Honolulu Diamond Sangha, a Buddhist Temple and Zen Center in Hawaii. Mastectomy surgery followed by ongoing holistic therapy, including exercise, curcumin, laughter and meditation.
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|Characteristic value
|Reading the data
|Mean frictional coefficient
|Higher values mean less tendency to slip
|Fluctuation of mean frictional coefficient
|Higher values mean less smoothness and more roughness
|Surface roughness
|Higher values mean more surface unevenness
Connecting this device to the instrument and to a PC allows the waveforms and numerical values of measurement data to be output. Obtained data can be saved as BIN data or CSV data.
The Kawabata Evaluation System, centered on Sueo Kawabata, a professor at Kyoto University, and Masako Niwa, a professor at Nara Women's University, is an objective evaluation method for measuring the texture of clothing fabrics based on the "The Standardization and Analysis of Hand Evaluation" provided by the Hand Evaluation and Standardization Committee of the Textile Machinery Society of Japan.
|Dimensions/Weight (approx.)
|Power source
|100 VAC, power consumption: 50W Max. for the main device, 300W Max. for compressor.
|Measurement environment temperature and humidity
|20 to 30°C / 50 to 70% RH
(No condensation.) Temperature and humidity kept constant during measurement.
(Standard temperature and humidity conditions: 20°C / 65% RH)
*Installation should be in a location with minimal influence from wind or vibrations.
|Surface friction detection
|Detector: Ring-type detector with differential transformer
Load (full scale): 200 gf (with standard measurement)
Accuracy: ±0.5% or less of full scale
|Surface roughness detection
|Detector: Differential transformer
Displacement (full scale): 0.4 mm
Accuracy: ±1.0% or less of full scale
|Detection of surface measurement movement
|Detector: Potentiometer
Travel distance: 30 mm (Range of effective measurement distance: 20 mm)
Accuracy: ±0.5% or less of full scale
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|Friction contactor: 10 mm × 10 mm
Roughness contactor: 0.5 mm using wire (contact surface width: 5 mm)
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'Have you heard? (my ex's name here!) has been having an affair with (my ex-friend's name here). Who would have thought it and with her being a Christian an all...unbelievable!' that was one of the comments I heard when I first found out about the affair. My shock, which has been well documented on this blog, was, well what can I say? In short, it was horrific.
With regards to myself I have to say I didn't hear much about me at all (although I am sure a lot was said as I reacted angrily when I found out). I know a few of their friends – like children in a playground – had a field day embellishing half truths with their own spin on events. Again, at the time I was in shock. Not only had I been betrayed now, their friends' were sticking the knife in. I hit rock bottom with it all and I couldn't believe how cruel people can be but now I know they can. I don't know about the rest of the world but here in the UK, people love nothing more than watching other people's lives turned upside down. That might explain why soap operas are so, so popular!!
Anyway, having felt so let down by so many people, I scoured the internet for help and advice. Getting information from the following website www.emotionalaffair.org was one of the sources that helped me a great deal.
On the flipside, there were those who have been so unbelivably supportive in their time, love and wisdom that they have given me. I am truly grateful to them and it has made me realise there are also some lovely, decent people in this world and they are never given the press they deserve. They are the unsung heroes.
Yes, 2013 was the year that my world came crashing down. Their affair almost destroyed me but it didn't.
2013 was also the year that the old, trusting and naive soul that I was, died.
...Why does the pain of an affair hurt so much? That question can only be truly answered by those who have experienced it, and as someone who has, I hope this blog can offer some insight to the agony that you are facing.


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Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union and Others v Chamber of Mines of South Africa and Others (JA103/2014) [2016] ZALAC 11 (24 March 2016)
The principle of majoritarianism found in s 23(1)(d) of the LRA, read with s 65(1)(a) of the LRA, which prohibits minority employees from striking if provided for in a collective agreement which has been extended to be binding on them, is not contrary to the Constitutional right to strike and bargain collectively.
As a result of the 2013 annual wage negotiations in the mining industry, the Chamber entered into a collective agreement with NUM, Solidarity and UASA that was extended to cover all employees, including AMCU members, in terms of s23 of the LRA. This was subsequently challenged by AMCU. Each of the mining companies who were part of the Chamber of Mines (Harmony, Anglo Gold and Sibanye) owns more than one mine. At certain of the individual mines of those companies AMCU had a majority membership and at others it did not, but overall AMCU did not have the majority membership at most of the companies' mines.
The main issue in the Labour Court and on appeal to the LAC was whether each individual mine of the respective mining companies, constituted a "workplace", as defined in s213 of the LRA. AMCU contended that they were - and therefore where AMCU was the majority union, the collective agreement with NUM did not apply. But AMCU also argued that if the individual mines were not separate workplaces, then s23(1)(d)(iii) of the LRA was unconstitutional (this is the section in terms of which a collective agreement can be extended to members of minority unions).
The Labour Court held on the facts that the individual mines of the respective companies did not constitute an independent workplace and that the sections under attack, including s23(1)(d)(iii) of the LRA, are constitutional. The LC found that the agreement had been validly extended to other employees in the respective workplaces, including AMCU's members.
The LC's decision was taken on appeal to the LAC. At the LAC, the Union argued that by virtue of the principle of majoritarianism contained in s23(1)(d) of the LRA, minorities in the workplace may be bound by a collective agreement entered into between the employer/employers and the majority of employees, or the representatives of that majority. S23(1)(d) read with s65(1)(a) of the LRA effectively means that minorities are also precluded from striking in respect of the subject matter of the agreement which is binding upon them. The objection to this consequence was primarily based on the notion that s23(1)(d) does not have the safeguards which s32 of the LRA does(dealing with the extension of bargaining council collective agreements) in relation to the extension of collective agreements to non-parties.
The LAC upheld the Labour Court's judgment confirming that the principle of majoritarianism found in s23(1)(d) (read with s65(1)(a) which prohibits minority employees from striking if covered by a collective agreement that has been extended to apply to them), is not contrary to the Constitutional right to strike and to bargain collectively.
Extract from the judgment:
Coppin J:
[83] In summary then, the definition of "workplace" in section 213 of the LRA is applicable to section 23(1)(d) of the LRA. The word "workplace" in that section, means the "place or places where the employees of an employer work". The fact that an employer has more than one place of work does not mean that each of those places of work is a "workplace".
[84] In terms of section 213, if an employer carries on or conducts more than one operation - that is independent of the other by reason of its size, function or organisation, the place or places where the employees work in connection with each independent operation, constitutes a workplace for that operation.
[85] Whether each mine of the respective employer or each such mine where AMCU had a majority, constituted a 'workplace' of the employees of the employer, was a question, not of interpretation, but of fact. To constitute a separate 'workplace' it had to be established that the mines (of each respective employer) were independent operations by reason of their size, function or organisation. In this instance, appellants merely made the allegation, but failed to substantiate it. On the contrary, it was established on the papers that each employer carried on its respective mines as a single independent operation.
[86] The court a quo correctly found that the collective agreement bound the members of AMCU who were employed by the respondent employers, and by extension, bound AMCU as the trade union of those employees. The collective agreements contemplated in section 23 are not the same as those contemplated in section 32. The latter are collective agreements concluded within a bargaining council, while the former are collective agreements concluded elsewhere.
[87] The collective agreements envisaged in section 23 cannot be extended in terms of section 32. Section 23 contains its own extension mechanism. The section provides that the collective agreement will be binding, inter alia, on employees, who are not members of the trade union or unions who are party to the collective agreement, if they are identified in the agreement, the agreement expressly binds them, and the trade union, or unions, who are party to the agreement, have as members the majority of employees employed by the employer in the workplace. These requirements were rightly held to have been met. The collective agreement between the first respondent and the trade unions, effectively identified the employees that were to be bound by it, including AMCU members, and expressly made the agreement binding upon them - and the other trade unions, who were parties to the collective agreement, had as their members the majority of employees employed by each of the respective employers in their respective workplaces.
Constitutional challenge
[88] In light of the conclusion reached in respect of the meaning of "workplace", I will now consider the constitutional challenge.
[89] The appellants did not persist in this Court with the relief they sought in prayer 3 of their counter-application, but sought the relief described in prayer 4, as an alternative to the relief in prayer 3.
[90] Prayer 4 reads as follows:
'Alternatively to 3 above, to the extent that the Court hearing the proceedings on the return day finds that the interpretation placed upon the provisions of section 23(1)(d) as read with section 65(1)(a) and the definition of 'workplace' in section 213 of the Labour Relations Act 66 of 1995, by Cele J, in the judgment under case number J99/14 dated 30 January 2014, is correct (because such sections cannot reasonably be interpreted otherwise), declaring that the provisions of section 23(1)(d) as read with section 65(1)(a) and the definition of 'workplace' set out in section 213 of the Labour Relations Act, 66 of 1995, conflicts with the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996 in particular sections 10 (human dignity), 18 (freedom of association), 22 (freedom of trade, occupation and profession), 23(1), (2)(a), (b), (4)(a) and (b) and (5) (labour relations) and section 34 (administrative justice) to the extent that these provisions:[91] In terms of prayer 5:
4.1. Grant private employers and Trade Unions the power to secure by means of an extended collective agreement the imposition of binding obligations upon employees and Trade Unions not party to such agreement; and/or
4.2. Grant private employers and Trade Unions the power by means of an extended collective agreement to prevent non-party trade Unions and their members from exercising their aforesaid fundamental rights, including but not limited to their right to collectively bargain and their right to strike over matters of mutual interest.'
'[A] declarator is sought that the extension of the collective agreement is unconstitutional and invalid and declaring that the provisions of clauses 17.3 and 17.4 (which prohibits the appellants from collective bargaining or striking in support of demands of any issue covered in the agreement or any other existing terms and conditions of such agreement) to be unconstitutional and invalid and that the strike by the appellants would be protected under the Labour Relations Act and making such further order that is just and equitable in terms of section 172 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996.'[92] The appellants' constitutional attack is relatively diffuse. It is directed at section 23(1)(d) read with section 65(1)(a) and the definition of "workplace" in section 213 of the LRA. The appellants bear the onus to prove the infringement(s) of their constitutional rights. The challenge ought to be clear and forthright, not only clearly identifying the alleged offending provision(s) and the constitutional right(s) that have been infringed thereby, but also demonstrating ,in the clearest possible language, the nature and extent of the alleged infringement. The diffuseness of the appellants' challenge not only makes it difficult for the opposing parties to respond and for the court to determine the matter, but for the appellants themselves to discharge their onus.
[93] The appellants' attack appears to be directed to an extent at section 23(1)(d) of the LRA, insofar as the principle of majoritarianism is part of that provision. Section 23(1)(d), read with section 65(1)(a) of the LRA, prohibits minority employees from striking if the collective agreement they are bound by, albeit by extension, so provides. The irony of the attack is that the appellants are contending for certain rights in terms of the LRA, on the ground that their members are in the majority at certain of the individual mines owned by the respondent mining companies. Their argument was not per se in opposition to the principle, but to the fact that it is operative in section 23(1)(d), which according to them, does not have similar safeguards to section 32 of the LRA.
[94] It was submitted on behalf of the second respondent that the appellants' attack was mainly based on the argument that section 23(1)(d) of the LRA limits their right in terms of section 23 of the Constitution, namely, their rights to strike and engage in collective bargaining. In that regard, it was submitted, on behalf of NUM, that section 23(1)(d), on its own, does not limit the right to strike, but that 65(1)(a) of the LRA limits a person's right to strike if that person is bound by a collective agreement that contains a peace clause, and does so despite the fact that such a person, or her trade union, is not party to the collective agreement and that its binding effect has been extended to the person in terms of that agreement as contemplated in section 23(1)(d).
[95] However, it was submitted on behalf of all the respondents that to the extent that section 23(1)(d) of the LRA, read with the other provisions, limits the rights to strike and to collectively bargain, the limitation was reasonable and justifiable.
[96] In terms of section 23(2) of the Constitution, every worker has the right to strike, to form and join a trade union and to participate in the activities and the programmes of a trade union.
[97] In terms of section 23(5) of the Constitution, every trade union has the right to engage in collective bargaining. But collective bargaining may be regulated through national legislation. However, in terms of that section, any limitation of, inter alia, those rights must comply with section 36(1) of the Constitution.
[98] Section 39 of the Constitution provides:
- "When interpreting the Bill of Rights, a court, tribunal or forum-
- must promote the values that underlie an open and democratic society based on human dignity, equality and freedom;
- must consider international law; and
- may consider foreign law.
- When interpreting any legislation, and when developing the common law or customary law, every court, tribunal or forum must promote the spirit, purport and objects of the Bill of Rights."
"When interpreting any legislation, every court must prefer any reasonable interpretation of the legislation that is consistent with international law over any alternative interpretation that is inconsistent with international law."[100] The meaning of section 23(5) of the Constitution is unambiguous. If, objectively viewed, the regulation of collective bargaining impacts negatively, or more particularly, limits any of the rights included under section 23 of the Constitution, including the right to strike, then the regulation must be evaluated under section 36(1) of the Constitution.
[101] The LRA is the national legislation which, inter alia, regulates collective bargaining. One of the purposes of the LRA is, inter alia, in terms of section 1(c) "to provide a framework within which employees and their trade unions, employers and employers' organisations can (i) collectively bargain to determine wages, terms and conditions of employment and other matters of mutual interest; and (ii) formulate industrial policy".
[102] In terms of section 1(d) of the LRA, the purpose of the LRA is also to "promote - (i) orderly collective bargaining; (ii) collective bargaining at sectoral level; (iii) employee participation in decision-making in the workplace and the effective resolution of labour disputes". The stated purposes of the LRA are doubtlessly consistent with the Constitution, but the means adopted to achieve those purposes must also pass constitutional muster. If the chosen means limit any of the rights contained in, inter alia, section 23 of the Constitution, in order to pass muster, the limitation must be reasonable and justifiable in the sense contemplated in section 36.
[103] All relevant factors are to be taken into account, including the nature of the right that is limited, the importance of the purpose of the limitation, the nature and extent of the limitation, the relation between the limitation and its purpose, and whether the purpose could have been achieved by any less restrictive means. Section 36 contemplates a proportionality analysis in terms of which those factors are weighed in order to determine the justifiability of the limitation. In performing the required exercise courts are not to "adhere to a sequential check-list", but are to"engage in a balancing exercise and arrive at a global judgment on proportionality".
[104] In this matter, the complaint is essentially that by virtue of the principle of majoritarianism, which is contained in section 23(1)(d) of the LRA, minorities in the workplace may be bound by a collective agreement entered into between the employer/employers and the majority of employees, or the representatives of that majority, in the workplace. Section 23(1)(d) read with section 65(1)(a) of the LRA effectively means that minorities (employees and their unions who are bound in the sense contemplated by section 23(1)(d)), are also precluded from striking in respect of the subject-matter of the agreement which is binding upon them. The objection to this consequence is primarily based on the notion that section 23(1)(d) does not have the safeguards which section 32 of the LRA has in relation to the extension of collective agreements to non-parties.
[105] Section 23(1)(d) of the LRA is but one instance in the LRA where the legislature had chosen to apply the principle of majoritarianism. There is nothing unconstitutional about the principle itself. It is a useful and essential principle applied in all modern democracies, including the Republic of South Africa. It has been recognised as an essential and reasonable policy choice for the achievement of orderly collective bargaining and for democratisation of the workplace and the different sectors. In Kem-Lin Fashions CC v Brunton and Another, this Court (per Zondo JP) expressed itself on the topic as follows:
'The legislature has also made certain policy choices in the Act of which are relevant to this matter. One policy choice is that the will of the majority should prevail over that of the minority. This is good for orderly collective bargaining as well as for the democratisation of the workplace and sectors. A situation where the minority dictates to the majority is, quite obviously, untenable but also a proliferation of trade unions in one workplace or in a sector should be discouraged.'[107] It is also correct, as the second respondent has submitted, that the weight of academic authority has endorsed the Legislature's choice of majoritarianism as essential for collective bargaining.
[108] This principle is also recognised in international law and, in particular, in the applicable conventions and recommendations of the International Labour Organisation ("ILO").
[109] The two relevant conventions of that body, which are binding on the Republic of South Africa and which are also referred to in the judgment of the court a quo, are Convention number 87, namely, the Freedom of Association and Protection of Right to Organised Convention of 1948 and Convention number 98, namely, the Right to Organised and Collective Bargaining Convention of 1949.
[110] The jurisprudence of the committees engaged in ensuring the observation and application of those Conventions, including the recommendations, is also an important resource. Specifically with regard to the principle of majoritarianism, both, the Committee of Experts and the Freedom of Association Committee of the governing body of the ILO have "held that the majoritarian system will not be incompatible with freedom of association, as long as minority unions are allowed to exist, to organise members, to represent members in relation to individual grievances and to seek to challenge majority unions from time to time". (footnotes omitted)
[111] The respondents have submitted that the adoption of the principle of majoritarianism in the context of section 23(1)(d), is rational and reasonable, i.e. is justified, in terms of section 36 of the Constitution. I will return to this issue after considering some of the other factors.
[112] The principle of extending collective agreements to minorities or non-member workers in the workplace is not contrary to international law. The appellants have, seemingly, accepted the legitimacy of such extension, but for the fact, according to them, that section 23(1)(d) of the LRA does not have the "safeguards" found under section 32 of the LRA. The Freedom of Association Committee of the ILO, for example, states that:
'When the extension of the agreement applies to non-member workers of enterprises covered by the collective agreement, this situation in principle does not contradict the principles of freedom of association, insofar as under law it is the most representative organisation that negotiates on behalf of all workers, and the enterprises are not composed of several establishments (a situation in which the decision respecting extension should be left to the parties).'[113] In their General Survey, the Committee of Experts confirm that the extension of collective agreements to non-parties is not contradictory to the principle of voluntary collective bargaining and does not violate Convention No. 98.
[114] With regard to the nature of the main right, which the appellants assert has been unconstitutionally impacted, namely, the right to strike, it is necessary to bear in mind that even though it is undoubtedly essential for the success of collective bargaining, like all other organisational rights, it is not an end in itself. It is one means to the end of collective bargaining, which is the conclusion of a binding collective agreement. Strike action is an essential, albeit ultimate, means of finding, or achieving, negotiated solutions to disputes of interest. It is not an absolute right and its limitation may be justified as contemplated in the Constitution.
[115] The LRA does not confine collective bargaining to bargaining councils under section 32. Section 23(1)(d) refers to and recognises collective bargaining outside the system of bargaining councils. The LRA also recognises that besides bargaining within bargaining councils, that process may occur outside bargaining councils at different levels and particular at plant level and at a central level.
[116] I have already dealt with some of the important differences between sections 23(1)(d) and 32. The reason for requiring extensions of collective agreements, concluded within bargaining councils, to be effected by the Minister, has to do with the extent of the coverage of those agreements. It may apply to an entire sector, or area, and not only to non-party employees, or minority unions, but to all employers and workers within that sector, whereas collective agreements concluded in terms of section 23(1)(d) may only bind the employers and employees (and trade unions) who are parties to it, as well as non party employees, who are minorities in the workplaces of those employers and to whom the agreement has been made binding.
[117] It would be impractical if minority workers were not bound to collective agreements concluded at workplace level between the employer(s) and trade unions who represented the majority of the employees, simply because they were not parties to that collective agreement. Furthermore, to require unanimity amongst all employees, despite different trade union membership or affiliation would be unrealistic. To prohibit extension of the collective agreement to the minority employees, who were not parties to the collective agreement, so that they are not bound by it, would not only undermine the enforcement and therefore the effectiveness of the collective agreement, but also be destructive of collective bargaining per se, to peace in the workplace and to the achievement of fair labour practices. Such consequences are clearly not in conformity with the LRA and the Constitution.
[118] The extension of such collective agreements on the basis of majoritarianism is not only rational, but is also reasonable. It is a means of ensuring not only that collective bargaining is successful, but that it brings about peace and order in the workplace.
[119] Section 23(1)(d) of the LRA expressly allows for employees, who are not members of the trade unions who are party to the collective agreement, to be bound by the agreement if the requirements or conditions stipulated in that section are met. Those employees must be identified in the agreement, which must specifically bind them and the trade unions, who are party to the agreement, must have as their members the majority of the employees employed by the employer in the workplace.
[120] The binding of non-parties is not only necessary to achieve the objectives of section 23(1)(d), but also of the broad purposes of the LRA, referred to earlier, including effective and orderly collective bargaining. The mechanism provided by section 32 for the extension of collective agreements concluded in bargaining councils is not a less restrictive means at all.
[121] It is clear from section 32 that the Minister does not have a wide discretion concerning the extension of collective agreements concluded in bargaining councils. If the requirements stipulated in that section have been complied with, the Minister, effectively, has to act upon the request for the extension of the agreement. Section 32(2) of the LRA provides that within 60 days of receiving the request, the Minister "must" extend the collective agreement if the requirements stipulated in sub-section (3) have been met.
[122] In terms of section 32(5), the Minister may extend the collective agreement despite sub-sections (3)(b) and (c) of section 32, if the parties to the bargaining council are sufficiently representative within the registered scope of the bargaining council and the Minister is satisfied that the failure to extend the agreement will undermine collective bargaining at sectoral level or in the Public Service as a whole.
[123] The appellants have, seemingly, misconstrued the Minister's powers in terms of section 32. The Minister's involvement in the bargaining process at workplace level is more likely to stultify the process and would certainly not contribute to its effectiveness or promote stability and peace in the workplace. The Minister's involvement in the process at workplace, or centralised level cannot enhance matters.
[124] The second respondent has gone as far as submitting that in setting a requirement of ministerial approval before a collective agreement can be extended, would in itself be a violation of the right to engage in collective bargaining and a contravention of ILO Convention No. 98.
[125] In the gold-mining industry, collective bargaining at central level has a long history. While collective bargaining within an established bargaining council would be ideal for some, there are possibly reasons why this has not occurred in this industry. There appears to be problems and challenges specifically to the mining industry which has resulted in the continuation of current practice.
[126] The appellants' argument that section 23(1)(d) gave the parties to the collective agreement (as contemplated there) "unbridled powers" which left non-parties with no remedy against abuse, overlooks the fact that non-parties were not precluded from approaching the Labour Court or the appropriate forum for suitable relief in the event of abuse.
[127] In terms of section 23(1)(d), read with the collective agreement concluded and extended in terms of that section, and section 65(1)(a) of the LRA, the right to bargain collectively, including the right to strike, is only limited, temporarily, for the duration of the collective agreement and in respect of the issues regulated by the agreement. The purpose of the limitation is to ensure effective and orderly collective bargaining and peace in the workplace. The means chosen to achieve that purpose (i.e. the limitation) is rationally linked to the purpose and is proportional to it.
[136] In my view, the court a quo was correct in its conclusions. Section 23 does no more than create legal rights and obligations which flow from the conduct of private parties. The section does not purport to make all the trade unions and employees and employers and employers' organisations, who are parties to the collective agreements contemplated there, public figures or state organs (or state actors). It is an instance where the LRA allows self-regulation by private parties as a means to achieve, in particular, its purpose in respect of collective bargaining outside bargaining councils. In any event, the parties do not exercise any power. The legislature has provided for a consequence if the requirements of section 23(1)(d) are met.
[137] The respondents have also (correctly in my view) submitted that the ILO Recommendation 91, does not assist the appellants in their argument that extension of a collective agreement is only permissible if a state organ has a regulatory role in the process. Recommendation 91 does not make regulation by a state organ peremptory. In fact, it is clear from their writings that the Committees promote minimal state interference in collective bargaining.
[138] It follows that the appellants' constitutional attack was rightly dismissed by the court a quo. In light of the aforegoing, the appeal must fail. In respect of costs of the appeal, the parties are in agreement that even if the appeal were to fail it constituted an attempt by the appellants to vindicate constitutional rights and consistent with the rule in such cases, there should be no order as to costs. In light of the circumstances, I am of the view that there should be no costs order.
[139] In the result:
The appeal is dismissed.


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