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TEC is to create a simple payment method. By TEC, payment process becomes transparent, highly secure, fast and borderless.
TEC is widely applied in daily life. Applying Apps into network of Hospitality service, e-commerce and real estate is popular and spreading day by day.
TEC team has many years of experience in fields of finance, payment, service business, real estate and network complete infrastructure development. Techtradecoin project aims to build solid and complete infrastructure which also has friendly interface for users. We will never stop thinking about developing more projects in the TEC model in the future.
More and more vendors and users join Techtradecoin platform, which will create a growing TEC community around the globe.
TEC leaders constantly develop effective marketing strategies aiming to enhance the value of TEC globally.
Unlike other Fin-tech projects, Techtradecoin already has a wide variety of infrastructure including ecommerce site that offers many high quality products and services with diversity of prices such as travel services, restaurants, hotels, cafe; purchasing and leasing real estate over the world. The available ecosystems are a solid base that asserts the value of the TEC right from the start. From that base, the strategic team will develop and expand the global ecosystems such as Lending, exchange, news, wallet, etc.
The Lending platform will be launched shortly after the end of the ICO, creating investment chance to get attractive daily returns in order to generate immediate profits for investors and attract the attention of the community.
The development team works continuously to bring TEC to the international exchanges like Livecoin.net, Coinexchange.io, Coinmarketcap.com, etc.
TEC quantity is limited to 300 million coins and will not be generated any coin as exactly following smart contract, which makes TEC different.
TECHTRADECOIN is a decentralized platform that applies Blockchain technology to the business model of hospitality services, e-commerce and real estate.
Our mission is to bring the most advanced technology to life in order to maximize the benefits of our service to everyone.
With enthusiasm and strategic vision of our leaders, Techtradecoin project will be a pioneer in the field of hospitality services, e-commerce and real estate applied blockchain and paid by cryptocurrency.
TECHTRADECOIN or TEC is a decentralized cryptocurrency with fully open source. TEC is developing a smart contract platform which seeks to deliver more advanced features than any protocol previously developed. The protocol allows each user to freely publish, store and own data, while the decentralized autonomous form decides the distribution and forms a decentralized service- entertainment, e-commerce, hospitality and real estate industry.
Ethereum, the most trustful and secure platform of choice for crypto-asset, is chosen to be Techtradecoin development platform. To meet ERC20 standard, we strictly focus on technological feature and flexibility in TEC development.
With our integration into developing the best coin to be used in the service industry, this will allow for adaptation into real world markets, which would be a huge advantage TECHTRADECOIN can bring over than any other coins in the world today.
Is the first decentralized platform that supplies all service in Hospitality, E-commerce, Real Estate industry. Users will be able to book domestic and international travel tour, hotel, restaurant or reserve a room at convention center & wedding reception; In addition, it allows users to look for entertainment facilities such as Coffee-shop, karaoke service directly on our website or mobile application which uses Techtradecoin as a payment method. We will partner with major service suppliers and offer our users a wealth of options at the lowest rates.
Tec-service will launch an easy-to-use mobile application on decentralized system and provide a strong and innovative ecosystem to compete with other services until now.
E-commerce websites specialize in providing a wide variety of products including consumer goods, interior products, stationery, vehicles, electronic device and other essential goods while using Techtradecoin as a payment method. All products are subject to a strict sequence of testing procedures before reaching consumers. Besides, to stimulate consumer demand, we offer the refundable shopping program with the purpose of maximizing the benefits of the consumers.
Is the first Real Estate trading floor that applies Blockchain and decentralized technique into business model using cryptocurrency as a payment method, allowing users and property owners to connect with each other without commission fee. Techtradecoin specializes in providing projects which satisfy a wide range of customers, including: luxury apartment, popular apartment, commercial center, garden villas, resorts, plot of land with the policy of refundable real estate program.
We will soon release the mobile app with an easy-to-use interface. Users can buy, sell or even invest in potential real estate projects to earn huge profits.
is an exclusive lending platform. Investors will receive daily profit depending on their investment option. This investment option involves profiting from Techtradecoin trading bot and volatility software. You will receive daily profit based on your investment option. Upon investment term completion, you could optionally reinvest back in lending platform to continue receiving daily profit.
An e-wallet which is absolutely secure, private and user-friendly. Users are enable to store, receive and transfer money easily and quickly on the Internet. Annual interest up to 6% is rewarded for storing TEC in your wallet and giving a hand in rising TEC price.
An internal trading platform. Support for converting BTC-USD, TEC-BTC, TEC-USD and other coins in the near future takes only seconds to implement. Users also can place their Bid or Ask under waiting orders. System is upgraded regularly to ensure all transactions run smoothly.
Is a trust-worthy website. Thanks to investors' interest in our project, Tec-News was created an online News site which regularly updates the latest financial market news, especially news about Bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, blockchain, Investment Guide and Industry 4.0 and provides the latest news from prestigious News sites.
Techtradecoin will offer reasonable fee. That's significantly lower than every major service site.
Using Techtradecoin's smart contract system and the transparency due to the blockchain, potential double booking or double spending will be eliminated.
Techtradecoin will offer solutions for daily service to select a few of the best solutions offered.
Using Techtradecoin smart contracts and blockchain, users will have bookings confirmed in real time.
Ever made a reservation for service and then tried to cancel? Not difficult thing to do, only charge a small fee for a cancellation.
All transactions are absolutely incognito because of its smart contract on Ethereum in order to protect users' privacy.
Techtradecoin's transfer speed , the same as Ethereum, spends only seconds to implement all around the world.
100% secure and decentralized from wallet to wallet without controlled by any central authorities.
Transactions on the Techtradecoin blockchain cannot be linked to a particular user or real-world identity.
We continue to build the TEC service ecosystem. Consequently, TEC is continuously increased in value and become a "real" cryptocurrency.
TEC is committed to providing the maximum amount of decentralization to lower the risks of revealing transaction information. Development decisions are extremely clear and open to public discussion.
Depositing and withdrawing are fully encrypted and completely automated by Blockchain with no human intervention required.
TECHTRADECOIN is a decentralized platform that applies Blockchain technology to the business model of hospitality services, e-commerce and real estate.
Our mission is to bring the most advanced technology to life in order to maximize the benefits of our service to everyone. With enthusiasm and strategic vision of our leaders, Techtradecoin project will be a pioneer in the field of hospitality services, e-commerce and real estate applied blockchain and paid by cryptocurrency.
TECHTRADECOIN or TEC is a decentralized cryptocurrency with fully open source.
TEC is developing a smart contract platform which seeks to deliver more advanced features than any protocol previously developed. The protocol allows each user to freely publish, store and own data, while the decentralized autonomous form decides the distribution and forms a decentralized service- entertainment, e-commerce, hospitality and real estate industry.
Ethereum, the most trustful and secure platform of choice for crypto-asset, is chosen to be Techtradecoin development platform. To meet ERC20 standard, we strictly focus on technological feature and flexibility in TEC development.
With our specific integration into developing the best coin to be used in the service industry, this will allow for adaptation into real world markets, which would be a huge advantage TECHTRADECOIN can bring over than any other coins in the world today.
Only BTC and ETH (Ethereum)
It will be added every 24 hours of your lending transaction has been approved. All lending transactions will be treated separately for interest payments.
Login Shield Verification security is very important to keep your accounts safe from any unauthorized transaction from TEC and it requires you to verify your login details every time you log in from a different browser or device.
TEC confirms the deposit with our 1 Bitcoin network confirmation. It normally takes 10 minutes but sometimes it may take longer than usual.
No, it is not compulsory to reinvest in lending program. It depends on you to reinvest again or withdraw your profit.
When you send Bitcoin/Techtradecoin to another wallet, a small fee is required (not kept by us) paid to the blockchain.
You will receive USD back into your lending wallet.
The minimum Bitcoin you can withdraw from your Bitcoin wallet is 0.005 BTC.
No, you can only have one account per person.
We'd like to remind you that the use of multi-accounts (that is, more than 1 account on the Techtradecoin platform for one individual) is strictly prohibited. All users with multi-accounts will be blocked and their invested funds will not be refundable. We are always deeply concerned about the cleanliness of business relations.
DO NOT TRY THIS! The consequences are very serious and people have been banned from the system already!
Yes, you will get referral or level commission for every reinvestment? of your referrals.
A cryptocurrency is basically digital cash that can be earned by mining or bought with fiat currency and other cryptocurrency.
As long as people believe in a currency and give value to it, it can legally be used to buy and sell. Fiat currency (your own coins and bank notes) have once been 'invented', too. Before there was any money, people used to trade products and services for other products and services. As long as people accept the currency, it is a currency. The downside of fiat currency is that banks and states can print new whenever they feel like it. This makes inflation and deflation possible. With cryptocurrency this will be much harder to do. In cryptocurrency the creation of additional units of the currency is controlled and restricted (for example, Bitcoin's cap is set at 21,000,000 million coins).
It will be possible to send and receive cryptocurrency anywhere in the world, at any time. You are not bound by bank holidays, borders, exchange fees or bureaucracy. You are in full control of your money. There are no fees to receive cryptocurrencies, and when spending cryptocurrency, many wallets will let you control how large your fee will be when spending. The transactions are secure, irreversible and do not contain any sensitive or personal information about the customer or merchant. This will protect a merchant from losses caused by fraud and fraudulent chargebacks. Cryptocurrency users can protect their money with backup and encryption. And finally, all information concerning the cryptocurrency money supply itself is readily available on the blockchain for anybody to verify and use in real-time. No individual or organization can control or manipulate the cryptocurrency protocol, because it is cryptographically secure. Overall, cryptocurrencies can be trusted for being completely neutral, transparent and predictable.
There are still a lot of people who are unaware of cryptocurrencies. There are some businesses that accept cryptocurrencies as a payment, but this list remains small. Because this list is so small and the total value of cryptocurrency in circulation are still very small, any activity can significantly affect the price and make cryptocurrencies extremely volatile. The cryptocurrency software is still in beta and has some incomplete features. New tools, features and services are still being developed. Most cryptocurrency businesses are new and offer no insurance. In short: cryptocurrency is still in the process of maturing.
Cryptocurrencies are not anonymous and cannot offer the same level of privacy as cash. The use of cryptocurrency leaves extensive public records (in the form of transactions on the blockchain). Every transaction made with cryptocurrency can be viewed by the public.
When you lose your wallet and your private keys, you will lose your coins. The coins will remain in the blockchain, however, they will become dormant. This is because there is no way for anybody to have access to a lost wallet without the private keys that would allow access. This is why it is extremely important to write down your wallet address and your private keys and store them in a safe place (better write them down, print them on a piece of paper and keep them in a safe place, than saving them on your computer where hackers can find them).
The legal status of cryptocurrency varies from country to country and is still undefined or changing in many of them. Some jurisdictions are restricting or even banning foreign currencies, while others may limit the licensing of certain entities such as a cryptocurrency exchange. Law enforcement agencies, tax authorities and legal regulators are still trying to understand how cryptocurrency fits into existing frameworks. Steps are being taken to provide individuals and businesses with rules on how to integrate this new technology with the formal, regulated financial system. The legality of your cryptocurrency activities will depend on who you are, where you live and what you are doing with it.
Some concerns have been raised that cryptocurrencies are only being used for money laundering by criminals. However, cryptocurrencies are money, and money has always been used for both legal and illegal purposes. Cash, credit cards and the current banking systems still greatly surpass cryptocurrency in terms of their use to finance crime and these methods are widely used and well-established. Cryptocurrency is designed to make money more secure, for instance, they are completely impossible to counterfeit. Users are in full control of their payments. Transactions are irreversible and immune to fraudulent charge backs. Backups, encryption and multiple signatures are used to secure money against theft and loss.
Regulators have only just begun to seriously scrutinize regulating cryptocurrencies. There are some countries that treat cryptocurrencies as business income or capital gain, but the predominant international trend is to regulate cryptocurrencies as if they were "assets" or "property". Most nations have yet to come around to the idea of treating cryptocurrencies like real currencies. In the years ahead, many more tax updates will be in store for cryptocurrency users all over the world.
A blockchain is a distributed ledger that contains the history of every transaction recorded within a specific network. For public blockchains, like Bitcoin, anyone can download a copy of the blockchain, and it can be inspected to trace the path of bitcoins from one bitcoin transaction to another.
Similar to a traditional wallet that you carry in your pocket, a blockchain asset collateral wallet is used to store money or digital assets. The difference is that instead of storing a collection of bills and cards, a blockchain asset wallet stores a collection of private keys.
Bitcoin is the first blockchain asset, a new kind of money that can be sent from one person to another without the need for a trusted third party such as a bank or other financial institution; it is the first global, decentralized currency.
Ethereum is a decentralized blockchain platform. Like Bitcoin, Ethereum is an open-source project that is not owned or operated by a single individual. This means that anyone, anywhere can download the software and begin interacting with the network. Ether (ETH) is the native payment currency of the Ethereum network.
The Bitcoin network and currency has proven to be secure, functional, and efficient. The technology used to build Bitcoin is secured by the laws of mathematics, and is constantly being improved upon by the open-source community. The software is actively inspected, and audited by this company and many others.
In simplistic terms, the value of a blockchain asset is tied to the laws of supply and demand. In other words, the price is determined by what the market is willing to pay. If more people want to buy bitcoins or another blockchain asset, then the price will increase.


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Molecular scale understanding of local structure and its influence on solar cell performance.
Linking local structure to solar properties enables directed design of more efficient materials.

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Last week I was fortunate enough to be able to film a pilot for a new show. It was very interesting because it was about a certain person who is electic, funny and different who is considered a truth teller. The interesting part is that the there would be 4 other people blagging to be the part of that person and a lie detector man would have to tell who the real person is.
There was a set of girls and a a set of boys, it was really amazing going to spring studios in North London to be greeted by such wonderful staff. I arrived in a car approximitly at 8.30 for a day full of shooting. I was told upon arrival to come in and leave my 'truth' prop in the car….
My truth prop by the way is a giant barbie box that is like a party piece. I have a serious obsession with BARBIE and the way she was created and the brand and legacy that she leaves behind. It got me thinking more about Barbie and what a true legend she is.
The barbie story is actually quite intersting…Babrie was founded in 1959 by an entrprenuer business lady called Ruth Hadnell who used a german doll called Bild Lilli as inspriation on a trip to Europe. She created Barbie as she realized that the dolls her 2 daughters were playing with were child like dolls and a 'representation of an infant' realizing they would give the infant dolls adult roles, Barbie was born and the rest they say is history.
Can you remember your 1st experiences with Barbie and the toys and gadgets that came with her? I had the car bike and motorbike and it was truely enchanting. I think Barbie has kind of lost her magic now…..


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November 6, 2017
Management Information Systems Associate at Chemonics International
Chemonics International, an international development firm based in Washington, DC., seeks professionals for USAID's anticipated multi-year health program in Nigeria; the Strategic HIV and AIDS Response Program (SHARP).
Location: Abuja
Application Closing Date
Method of Application
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Management Information Systems Associate
Location: Abuja
Scope of Work
- This scope of work (SOW) sets forth the services to be provided by the Management Information Systems Associate to SAII Associates Ltd/Gte, an associate company of Chemonics International Inc. in the implementation of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain – Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) in Nigeria.
- The purpose of the USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program–Procurement and Supply Management single award IDIQ contract is to ensure uninterrupted supplies of health commodities to prevent suffering, save lives, and create a brighter future for families around the world.
- The IDIQ has four task orders that directly support the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI), and USAID's family planning and reproductive health program. GHSC-PSM provides health commodity procurement services and systems strengthening technical assistance that address all elements of a comprehensive supply chain. All four task orders are implemented in Nigeria.
- The Management Information Systems Associate will provide both technical and programmatic support in all Management Information Systems (MIS) projects and activities, across all task orders in Global Health Supply Chain Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) Nigeria.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions)
- Support the management of warehouse, facility, and commodity master datasets for all GHSC-PSM task orders
- Register all submitted reports (both electronic and hard copies), review for completeness, and archive after data entry.
- Support data management and integration across datasets to improve visibility of data to ensure availability at all levels of the supply chain.
- Support management of data entry consultants by assigning tasks and measuring completion
- Write and maintain records of minutes of MIS meetings
- Provide administrative support
- Perform other tasks as directed by the Management Information Systems Manager – Operations
- Maintain a good knowledge and understanding of all office rules and procedures as set forth in the field office policy manual.
- Support achievement of the overall project goals as required to ensure project performance.
Job Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree Information Communications Technology, Engineering, Sciences or a related field with 2 years of work experience in supporting and managing ICT-based knowledge.
- At least 3 years of work experience in data and information management
- At least 2 years' work experience in ICT particularly developing countries
- Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office programs is a requirement.
- Familiarity with data management processes and tools, including web-based database systems is required.
- Ability to troubleshoot system related problems and maintain security of the systems
- Familiarity in working with the office applications, ERP software, communications systems.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to multitask, contribute to capacity-building efforts and work with colleagues in multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to work independently and manage various projects with minimal supervision
- Excellent organizational and time management skills and strong attention to detail
- Excellent writing and communications skills in English required
- Knowledge of the Nigerian public health sector
- Experience working on a USAID or donor-funded project required
- Fluency in English is required
- The Management Information Systems Associate will report to the Management Information Systems Manager – Operations
Working Conditions/Duration of Assignment:
- This is a long-term position for the life of the contract based in Abuja, Nigeria.
Annual Salary Package
- 5 % increase on your current annual base salary (The base salary is the salary before tax without any benefits, allowances or bonuses)
- Transportation Allowance: NGN 113,714.00(Per year)
- Meals Allowance: NGN 57,970.00 (Per year)
- Miscellaneous Allowance: NGN 191,651.00 (Per year)
- Housing: NGN 181,498.00 (Per year)
Other Allowances:
- Annual Leave Allowance calculated at 10% of annual basic salary
- 13th Month Benefit calculated at 8.33% of your annual basic salary
Application Closing Date
12th November, 2017.
Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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In capitalism the sole motive is profit. The cut-throat competitions and hostile take-over of companies thrive. Wealth and its creation are not guided by social and spiritual dimensions. The multi-national corporations become powerful economic empires and monopolies, and almost create parallel governments by their sheer wealth. They extend their clutching tentacles to smother competitions and establish convenient, alluring, 24-hour, one-stop super-markets where many go for purchasing fashion products as well as window-shopping to check out on new gadgets. Their popular, ever- enticing chain stores and franchises snuff out mom-and-pop neighborhood stores where a great deal of socialization and camaraderie also take place. The representatives of powerful drug companies visited the offices of psychiatrists where I worked as a doctor clinical psychologist in the US, and provided delicious lunches almost daily besides gifting pens and other materials.
They provided free expensive vacation packages to physicians and their spouses to popular destinations. Two American studies (reported by TNN July 6, 2014) have high-lighted the medical malaise in the US. The Journal of Arthritis and Rheumatology found that about a third of total knee replacements in the US might have been unnecessary. The US National Cancer Institute questioned the efficacy of expensive Digital Mammography over conventional mammography to detect breast cancer in women. We can all understand that very expensive machines in hospitals cannot be maintained without a minimum number of tests. Add to that the ever-willing, litigious lawyers ready to breathe down the neck of physicians not prescribing every available test there is. But do we need unnecessary expensive tests to keep these machines?
The national and international corporations with unlimited wealth and power "buy" politicians and influence law-makers through their powerful lobbies at seats of governments. They hire powerful team of attorneys to plead their cases even in government law-suits, and often emerge from them scot-free. They even attempt to influence and corrupt judges through sweetheart deals. Needless to say a few judges have succumbed to the difficult-to-refuse inducements. Handlers from consumerist culture package even the so-called God-men and God-women who peddle God-connections. I cited a few examples to show how the capitalist, consumerist culture infiltrate daily into every sphere of life to effect corruption, and to diminish human dignity and freedom.
Now the question is: What kind of a society, that safeguards our fundamental human rights, dignity, and freedom, do we need to have? To begin with, how about a living wage for all? How about a cap on the maximum wage/salary, bonus, and perks of executives? Consumerism goes hand in hand with sexualized advertisements and commercials to peddle its wares and ever-increasing wants. A sensible and rational approach to sex education may take away much of the curiosity related to glamor women and actresses who feel the need to reveal their sexual endowments/body parts and sexual exploits for notoriety and money. I do not want to leave out glamor men who dictate their fees. A conscientized society does not need celebrities to sell products. Finally, everything comes down to conscientization, instilling of basic values, fine impulse control, and, above all, a purposeful spirit-life. We need to keep tight reins on capitalism and consumerism.
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1. Dreyer's Slow Churned Yogurt Blends in tart honey. I love Fage with honey, so this is essentially my favorite snack in dessert form.
2. That tomorrow is Friday and the office is having my favorite breakfast -- Einstein's bagels!
3. The "Cheating Death" segment on the Colbert Report. My favorite part is the intro to the segment where he is playing chess.
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|Cheating Death - Diabetes Dogs, Chocolate Milk & Swearing in Pain
You can see more Cheating Death clips here.
4. Houston Restaurant Week. Sadly, we have only been to one place so far (Vic & Anthony's), but we have plans for next week. I will be back with reviews of all of the tasty food (and my ever growing waistline).
5. Fresh Sugar Rose Lip Treatment. I previously blogged about the un-tinted version here. My review is still the same, but this one has an added bonus -- I love the sheer tint.


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Get your ICCC skins so you can tell who you are shooting in the back or bashing. Kind of fun knowing who you are fragging.
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Journey of the Mapmaker - Chapter 3
One day came to pass when these two were strolling side by side in the forest near where Tom lived. And as they commenced to stride up a hill, and as the ground began to gradually grow stonier, Tom grew uneasy. When finally they had come to an almost completely stone ground, Tom bid him turn back.
"These lands were not sung for the likes of us," he said. "They are a mysterious place, and too many memories are held here amidst the barrow wights."
"Then turn back we will," replied Milrog. "For rather would I walk the highest path in the mountains with you as my guide, though it be a long and steep road, rather than tread the lowest, even, and easy path without such a companion." At this Tom showed him a weak smile and then stared at the earth. They turned their backs to the land formerly known as the Barrow-Downs, and continued heading south into the woods. But before they had been gone for long, Tom began muttering something. Milrog soon was able to distinguish the words, and was amazed at them.
"Ho, Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo,
By water, wood, and hill, by the reed and willow,
By fire sun and moon, hearken now and hear us
Come Tom Bombadil, for our need is near us."
"Yes," said Tom after a pause. "Yes, that brings back quite the memories. The golden years," he said, "The Golden Years!" he yelled at the top of his lungs and birds and squirrels and creatures of the like all scattered from the booming voice.
"When water flowed freely over land! When roses and Burberrys grew in harmony together, and the sun beat hot upon the surface of the earth giving strength to the freshly plump pumpkins and corn! When land was free of economy and the leaders of all the great nations were bound together in love and fellowship! When dear Goldberry and I danced free on the greenest grass! Now, there was a sight! To see the fairest River-Daughter pick up her feet from the ground and lightly run along the meadows and pastures picking water lilies as she went! To see my oldest friends, the elves, vanish in the west! To see old Olorin, whom they then called Greyhame, finish his task with the dark lord and set fiery ring on his finger again! And then the most humble of all beings, my dearest hobbits, triumph over the evil at the scouring of the Shire!
"Those were the times when every limb of me flowed with wisdom, but when evil was evil and good was good. These days, there is too much evil in good and too much good in evil for either of them to truly be anything anymore, and I will not try to distinguish the two again."
Here Tom stopped to rest on an old hollow log and pulled Milrog down beside him. And he wept bitterly, arousing such compassion in Milrog that all his own miseries soon faded away, and were no more. For this was a fate which he beheld, far greater than his own. And he put an arm around his companion's shoulders until the tears were run dry.
A long, long time ago, when four hobbits were befriended by this man, they never imagined he could cry. That old Tom's joy was the most complete among any whom they had ever met. Back when he saved their lives twice from certain destruction. First from a mean willow-tree, and then from a nasty old Barrow Wight. But those were the days, the days when Tom's woods ran green all year 'round. Back when the elves constantly gave him visits, or even Olorin was at his doorstep to trade information. But since then, everything had hopelessly withered, Goldberry had died, and the roots of every living thing were cut from beneath it.
And of course by now, Milrog knew of all these happenings, but still there was one thing, which he much desired to know.
"My old friend," said he, "how did she die? How did the beautiful River-Daughter pass into Valinor?"
"It was in the trees," Tom replied, "that her doom was met." And he looked about himself in wonder at the trees, still not fearing them in the least. "There was a time when these trees would talk to one another, when anger festered in their hearts against all who inhabited their lands. They were awoken by dark magic in the woods, spreading from the eaves of Mirkwood. The power of the necromancer spread, and here never completely died out when he was overthrown in his tower at Barad-Dur. These trees greedily sucked up all the water from every other living plant. The streams ran dry from over-population of these vile things, and poor old Goldberry herself, like a tree, withered and was no more."
"How can this be?" asked Milrog. "How is it that no sword or spear never touched her, and yet she died."
Now that Tom was perfectly sober again, he could speak clearly. "The River-Daughter was born of the water, her life was in these green woods even when her streams were sucked to the nutrients of these wonderful vegetables. But to be consumed completely by something so unholy, she could not bear. And that was what happened, the trees ate her soul."
"Of this we will speak no more," comforted Milrog. "But instead we must go back, and I must pack, because I foresee a great adventure in front of myself, and the time for lamenting Bree is over. I must continue."
"Aih," sighed Tom, "and ye will not be going alone. Too long have I sat idle and watched the world pass into ruin. Too long have I given up hope for the redemption of man. Too long have I wandered in miserable memories of the Golden Days."
Milrog was in no position to deny his company. So he thanked Tom for the generous offer and said that they would be off the next morning.
And they were.
The next morning, Milrog pulled the heavy pack over his shoulder and Tom packed up a baggage pony for the trip. Tom took a large breath, exhaled quite smoothly, and pulled up his bright yellow boots. He fetched his most unused walking stick and rubbed off the dust from its handle.
They had not left the comfort of the house of Tom Bombadil for one hundred yards before Tom longingly looked back at the place that had for many centuries been his home. But Milrog lay a heavy hand on his shoulder and together they continued on, away from the woods, into a land long known as The Shire.
And though the humble mapmaker knew it not, this was the beginning of an adventure to reset the course of the future.


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As Marky, Slash & Levy attempt to sleep before meeting the Heatseeker, Nelty and Kelso reach the ice gates of Artonia with the help of Polar and Chill. As they reach the city, they find that the once wide open gates are almost completely closed and the opening blocked by four Artog soldiers. Polar stops his sled and asks what it happening. The lead soldier explains that yet another large opening has surfaced farther off past the city walls and that High Priest Frost has ordered the heightened alert as a precaution.
Nelty and Kelso explain that they have an answer for the information and that they come from the Collective Council with that information for High Priest Frost.
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Advisors looking to grow their life and annuity books of business might want to consider North Dakota. It is the only state to make the top five on two separate lists tracking premium growth over the past four years.
The top states for individual life insurance direct premium growth were Minnesota, North Dakota, Wyoming, Utah and Arkansas. The top states for individual annuity premium growth were Missouri, Montana, Colorado, New Mexico and North Dakota.
Results are contained in a new study, "Individual Life-Annuity State Environment Annual," by Conning & Co., which surveyed all 50 states and the District of Columbia over the four-year period between 2008 and 2012. Direct premium is the money collected from policyholders before a portion of the funds are deducted by the insurer for pay for reinsurance.
"In this period of uneven economic recovery, understanding the outlook for life insurance and annuity markets at the state level is critical for insurers' planning purposes," said Terence Martin, analyst with Conning. "States were affected very differently by the recession and are experiencing significantly disparate rates of recovery."
Martin, in an interview with InsuranceNewsNet, said the shale oil boom in North Dakota might be one reason for the state's strong showing on both lists. Young oil industry workers and managers with good incomes are moving into the state, starting families and thinking about life insurance for their families.
"Especially for life, they are in the prime buying ages," he said.
Minnesota leads the nation in individual life insurance direct premium growth over the four-year period due to the state's low unemployment, high productivity and relatively high household income, he said. The top five life insurers operating there were Northwestern Mutual, Lincoln National, John Hancock, AIG and Pacific Life.
Missouri leads the nation in individual annuity direct premium growth, even as that state lags near the bottom for individual direct life insurance premium growth, the study also found. The reason why Missouri leads the category isn't so clear-cut, however, and would require digging "a whole lot deeper" to find out, he said.
In Missouri, Protective Life has a 17 percent annuity market share in that state and the Show-Me State represents more than 25 percent of the company's individual annuity direct premium "so Protective may have had a push for some reason and that's moving the needle," he said. "They are by far the largest seller of annuities in Missouri."
"Interestingly, in our rankings a given state may have widely different performance for life insurance sales versus annuity sales," Steve Webersen, director of research at Conning, said in a news release. "Once insurers assess the new state landscape post-recession, they can better position themselves for future growth."
New York and California remain among the states with the largest overall individual life and annuity premium by virtue of their total population.
Cyril Tuohy is a writer based in Pennsylvania. He has covered the financial services industry for more than 15 years. He can be reached at [email protected].
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Year 4 received an exciting delivery on Monday of 12 eggs as part of their 'Circle of Life' project. They've been in the incubator since, and we've been watching the chicks hatch since Wednesday.
Currently, 10 of the 12 eggs have hatched. Everyone in the school can't resist stopping to have a look every time they walk past. There has been a real buzz of excitement around them!
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While the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers battle in the World Series, one fan is already a winner.
Nicholas Haas, 38, guessed the exact number of baseballs inside a semi-truck trailer owned by Old Dominion Freight Line Inc. and earned tickets to each of the next three World Series.
Haas bested more than 51,000 entrants with his winning guess of 178,596 baseballs. The Trucks.com article announcing the contest drew more than 90 guesses from readers – the closest of which, an estimate of 177,269 by Wesley Marino, who was off by only 1,327 balls.
Old Dominion launched the contest in July during the Major League Baseball All-Star Week in Miami. The contest invited baseball fans to estimate the number of baseballs loaded inside a custom-built trailer with Plexiglass windows.
Old Dominion introduced Haas – a life-long fan of the Astros – and his wife Abbey as the winners of its "Seats to the World Series" sweepstakes before the first pitch of Game Two.
The couple hoped to attend the World Series to see the Texas Rangers play in 2016 but the team lost in the playoffs.
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The truck traveled nearly 8,800 miles across 29 states to visit seven baseball stadiums and attend 24 MLB games to give eventgoers a chance at winning.
Abbey Haas spotted the truck during a Rangers game in Arlington, Tex., in July and encouraged Nicholas to enter.
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Tonight I have a 6 hour wedding to shoot and tomorrow is my day of rest...after church. Haha.
Needless to say I had a couple of meals not cooked and leftovers were my friend.
This weeks meals (some from last week)
- Blue Cheese Crusted Steaks with red wine sauce
- Turkish Meatball Pitas with tabouli
- Cumin Dusted Chicken with guac sauce (courtesy of one of my fave new blogs http://desertculinary.blogspot.com/)
- Shredded Pork Tacos with a spicy slaw
- blt's
- Blue Cheese Burgers with sweet potato fries
I love food and I look trying new things when I have time. I love getting the kids involved though sometimes they reallly slow down the meal. :) But I have passed on the love of food to the kids...mainly my son. Yesterday at school it was career day. He wanted to be a chef. He loves food network and watching me cook. He is curious about spices and their smells. I am so lucky to have two children who are not picky. The only thing Drew does not like is fish, and I didn't enjoy it until a couple of years ago. So there is hope. Jordan will eat anything but is not a fan a veggies though she will eat them. She loves red bell peppers though, so I can't complain.
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"What a world. What a world," she cried just before her untimely demise. Do you know of what poor, misunderstood soul I speak of? Any guesses? No? Anyone still reading? No? Mom? You there? Amelia? I know my little sister knows.
As the wretched ruby slipper snatching Dorothy sloshes the gorgeous green one with water she begins melting away in steaming agony. "What a world . . . " were sadly, among some of her very last words ever spoken - at least this side of the rainbow.
Such a tragedy when all the old gal had been after were the shoes her recently senselessly murdered sister had been wearing at the time of her death. I mean, really?! What gave that bubble riding fairy the right? Who was she to bestow anything upon that undeserving, self-centered, gingham wearing brat?
Should anything ever happen to my sister -- YOU BEST NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT MESSING WITH HER SHOES! I'm just sayin'. Those Nikes my friends, wellll, they'd be mine. End of tangent.
And now back to my admittedly overly lengthy explanation of this installment's title. 'What a World' is named so because since my last entry I have felt just as the unjustly named Wicked Witch of the West felt that horrific evening at her castle.
For those not as well-versed on 'The Wizard of Oz' as my sister and myself, please allow me to explain. First and foremost when one is in her own castle and surrounded by hoards of her own faithful flying monkeys - one should feel loved and safe - nearly indestructible, if you will. And as a bonus, she even had the punk that took her shoes locked up. All was soon to be right with the world.
In case you hadn't noticed, that my loyal monkies, is a parallel to what I was feeling back in early November. The stars were lining up. My family and friends were all behind me. Prayers and well wishes brought with them a love I hadn't realized in quite some time. My LIBERATION date approached. There was no stoppin' this momentum of hope and love. All was soon to be right with the world - my world - ME - again.
I felt good just as the witch should have that horrid night. God forgive us, we may have even - amongst the high of it all, felt a bit arrogant. (No worries of that happening again as the witch done met her maker and I, wellllll . . . I just somehow now know better. Lesson learned, okay? More on that later.)
Anyways, as you know, my insurance said, "NO!" And as for the witch, in lieu of the slippers she received a bucket of water to the face. And, buh-bye! Lucky for me denial of insurance coverage didn't mean instant death my melting. What it did mean however was another trip home UNLIBERATED. And more waiting. So basically the next couple of weeks could be akin to the witch's slo mo spiral to oblivion. "What a world!"
As you know, if you know me at all, this being told, "NO!" business never sits well with me. So immediately all fired up I dive in to an appeal. A solid week after returning home I do nothing but focus on this as if my life depended on it. I tweeked and re-tweeked the first draft I posted for you 'til I thought my head would explode. And finally I settled on and sent a version as heart wrenching, fact packed, and mind blowing as I could muster.
So thanks to God first, my husband second, and my family and friends third, I now sit here this beautiful Monday morning anxiously awaiting this week's appointment. I sit looking out my sliding glass doors - snow falling - the lights from the Christmas tree glowing - my pitbull snuggled to my right - a cold Coke to my left and a warm Dell on my lap. All should be right with the world, then, right?
Wrong. My mom's got a sore on her foot. A wound rather. An open wound. And she's diabetic, remember? So healing isn't all that easy a thing for her to do. She's in horrible, horrible pain. Please pray for her.
My g'pa. He's sick too. May be pneumonia. May not. Please pray for him. My g'ma whose foot is in a boot and whose just been released to walk is having quite a time trying to take care of g'pa. Please pray for her. All this kinda makes my problems seem trivial, heh? I know. But while you're praying it wouldn't hurt to go on ahead and mention me too. Pleeeeaaaase.
But you've already been so blessed, Angela. And yes, I have. I've been given hope of a cure. I've been given a husband whose willing and able to borrow money needed to obtain it. I've been given family and friends who have generously given to help us out. I mean it's Christmas time people! Money is always tight at Christmas and there's always plenty of charities needing help, right? It's been astonishing, really!
Many fellow MSer friends of mind have even begun having fundraisers. Not me tho. Nope. I haven't asked for a dime. That's not to say should I need additional procedures and the insurance still hasn't come around, that I won't be heading a bake sale, a bowl-a-thon or dare I say even a pitbull raffle in the future. (Only kidding Gooch!) Seriously nothing wrong with fundraisers -- I'm just flabbergasted at the response to my need without ever having asked. So, yes. Yes, I am very blessed.
An Aunt, unbeknownst to me, at Thanksgiving writes out a check and forcefully gives it to Jason. She makes him promise not to give it to me 'til we've left. And he begrudgingly obeys. Barely out of the driveway that evening he hands me a small folded piece of paper and says, "Here, your Aunt _ _ _ _ y gave me this to give to you." And there it was. A check all signed and dated with generosity and love. I cried like a baby on the way home amidst "Mommy, what's wrong?" coming from the back of the truck.
I don't know why it had gotten me all shook up. I'd been given money before. My Mom had just given me some as a matter a fact before we'd left the first time. And G'ma and G'pa had given me enuff to pay for the pre-testing. And my sister wanted to pay for a night's worth of the hotel and dinner and, wellll, okay, I cried then too. I've actually become quite the ball bag lately. But they're family, right? Family takes care of family, right?
But it's not just family y'all. One lady (you know who you are) even after warnings that the house was a wreck and I was couch ridden in my pajamas, insisted she wanted to just drop by and see me. Odd, I'd thought at the time. We'd been talking back and forth on Facebook and a bit on the phone. Wonderfully kind lady. Used to go to my church. Has children all older than me. Recently was told she might have MS. Yikes! So we'd gotten closer thru this but close enuff to just drop by?
I hadn't even brushed my teeth. And I told her it would take me eons to get to the door. "No problem," she'd said. If the door was unlocked she'd come on in. I knew her well enuff. Sure. Come ahead. And she had. Gift in hand. She said, "It's not much but we wanted to help out." How awesome is that?
Allergic to cats, she sat and stayed a bit anyways. We talked about her last hospital stay, her son, my mom - a little bit of everything. When she got up to leave I stood too in an attempt to see her to the door and she just wouldn't have it. She said, "No. Now you sit back down." And with that I hugged her. And she hugged me. It was a loving, tight motherly hug. (The best kind if you ask me.)
The call, the visit, the gift, the hug. So outta nowhere. Friends you think are friends, well they might just be there for their own benefit. Or not even there at all. And then there are those you prolly wouldn't think of as 'close' who swoop in and do something like this. So thoughtful. So selfless. There are truly angels among us.
I hadn't even opened the card until she had left and realized just how generous she'd been. When my husband came home from work that night I told him I'd had a visitor. His first reaction was to look around at the house in disgust and roll his eyes. I told him that hadn't mattered at all to her and that she'd brought us a card.
I handed it too him. As the gift was still inside he stood there shaking his head in disbelief as he is not a very good gift receiver (he's a much better giver). Anyways, he continued head shakin' whilst he read her kind words that accompanied the gift and this time his eyes began to tear. Then he wrinkled his forehead and asked, "Who is _ _ _ _ _ ?" Crazy, heh? That the hubs wasn't even sure who I'd been talking about. "Ohhhh," he'd said, "my. How nice is that?"
And then at church on Sunday. Another gift. Unexpected. Gracious. Kind. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And a special prayer from Beverly to boot. Everything she'd said - perfect. And that's not all. That was all before service had even actually got started.
I received yet again another special prayer. This time I had already made my way up to the alter (thanks to my Uncle Scott who'd been preaching directly to me the past two Sundays, maybe more), I was also anointed. Emotional, much? You betcha. Jason to my left. Aunt Ann to my right. Uncle Scott across the alter. Robin close by with kleenexes. Amelia and G'ma just behind me. Cheryl with a hug. And many, many more. Have I mentioned I love my church family? Welllll, I do!
Soooo self-centered. I know, right? I'm sure everyone who had gone so out of their way for me had surely had problems of their very own. Maybe I was more like Dorothy than the Wicked Witch after all. It always kinda rubbed me wrong it was alllll about her getting home. Nevermind the Scarecrow wanting a brain, the Tinman longing for a heart or the Lion searching for courage.
And while we're on the subject did it never don on anyone that the Scarecrow was always the smartest? The Tinman the most loving and the Lion the most courageous? Just sayin'. Maybe the Emerald City we're all searching so hard to find isn't at all what we need. Too cryptic?
Maybe we ask the Wizard for the wrong stuff. He was smart enuff, right? So being sooo brilliant and wise the Scarecrow surely should've asked for about a blue million other things. And the Tinman. Why not ask for a rust free exterior? So my point? Ahh yes, my point. Get's lost pretty easy, don't it?
My point is maybe this whole ordeal hasn't been for me to realize and obtain this procedure, but to realize and receive the unwavering support and encouragement I have from soooo many loved ones out there. Loved ones I didn't even know I had for Pete's sake.
Perhaps this has been a lesson in being selfless. Pay better attention to what others are going thru. The world does not revolve around you Ms. Spindler. It's a hard pill to swallow, I know, right? Gulp! There. I did it. Now, mind if I pray for you?
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Authors: Halina Szulce, Ryszard Świekatowski
Title: FRANCHISING AS AN INSTRUMENT OF INTEGRATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
Keywords: management, services, education, higher education, franchising systems, franchising, franchisors, franchisees
Background: It can be observed recently, that the sector of educational services is seen to have potential of changes in the system of the higher education. The problems of this area are more and more visible ones along with the growth of its competitiveness, which are a consequence of demographic changes and the maladjustment of an educational offer to the need of the labor market. Therefore, the tendency to the concentration seems to be more and more distinct and fully justified one, especially for private universities. The franchising seems to be a mechanism, which is most predestined for this type of actions covering the area of educational services. The essence and the possibilities of the implementation of franchising methods are presented in this paper. The process of creation of a franchising system and factors determining its choice as well as the mechanism of its implementation in the education were described.
Methods: The paper is based on the analysis of literature sources and indicates the possibility to use the potential of franchising in the management of a university. The attempt was made to present this problem in the context of a franchisor and a franchisee as well as possible market changes.
Results and conclusions: The paper is a study of the literature and uses the experiences of the implementation of franchising in various services areas. Its purposefulness as well as the possibilities of its application in higher education was shown. The lack of results of researches in this area makes impossible to precise the system and the scope of its implementation. The need of such researches was shown as well as the need of preparing a report showing the existing facts and possibilities to use franchising methods in this area.
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|Szulce, Halina, and Ryszard Świekatowski. "Franchising as an instrument of integration in higher education." Logforum 10.2 (2014): 6.
|Halina Szulce, Ryszard Świekatowski (2014). Franchising as an instrument of integration in higher education. Logforum 10 (2), 6.
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ADA – Two East Central University professors – Dr. Christine Pappas and W.T. Skye Garcia – were recently recognized with DaVinci Fellow Awards, which honor higher education faculty whose accomplishments reflect creative and innovative approaches that have made a significant contribution to their academic discipline.
Pappas is professor and coordinator for the ECU Department of Political Science and Legal Studies, and Garcia is an instructor of music.
Pappas has a mission to rectify the problem of voter apathy by increasing civic engagement.
She has designed service-learning projects in several political science classes ranging from American Government to Research Methods. Her classes have engaged in "Week of Work" in Hammond Heights for many years, in which Pappas wrote about in the edited volume "Civic Service." Other projects include creating a neighborhood association in the West Side Project and establishing a graffiti hotline for Ada.
"I have engaged in many service learning projects that seek to give students the tools to engage in their community," said Pappas. "This starts in the classroom, just learning the basics of what it means to be a citizen and how our government works. Once armed with this simple knowledge, students are equipped to tackle some of the big issues that face us."
An example of one of her service learning projects was to tackle a project on their own accord.
"One year we were graffiti ninjas. We went around town painted over graffiti. In that instance we just acted as private citizens and tried to solve a problem," Pappas said. "On another occasion we worked with students to try and draw the government's attention to certain problems and we've done voter registration drives."
Her students have presented several times to the Ada City Council on topics such as at-large elections for city council and have written columns for the Ada News. Although many ECU students are not from Ada, Pappas' goal is to teach students how to be engaged citizens in their home communities.
"I try to teach my students not how to be Democrat or Republican or how to be a conservative or a liberal, but how to be a good citizen," said Pappas. "Whatever their view is as an American citizen, they need to be able to connect with their government and have their voices heard."
Dr. Taryn Chubb, assistant professor of art at ECU and presenter at the DaVinci Awards Ceremony, believes Pappas certainly satisfies all the criteria of being a DaVinci Fellow.
"Through her civic engagement she has been able to exemplify the three pillars of a professor's job - teaching, research and service," said Chubb.
Garcia provided strategy to create a series of projects that would foster creative collaboration between art, communication and music, including the implementation of a new course and new concert series.
The opening of the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center at ECU in 2006 brought together the three disciplines of art, communication and music. Upon moving into the building, faculty members were given the challenge to find creative ways to integrate the faculty into a cooperative, interactive unit.
"This past fall, I collaborated with Professor Garcia and some of his music composition students on a composition inspired by a new collection of Southern Asian sculptures recently acquired by the university," Chubb said.
Garcia described it as a prime example of the type of collaboration efforts between art and music.
"We were given a tour (of the Southeastern Asian Garden) by Dr. Taryn Chubb and this proved to be an inspiration to several students, to write original music depicting what they had viewed in the sculpture garden," said Garcia. "It's another example of how departments work together to inspire one another to facilitate objects of creativity that wouldn't exist independently of one another."
Another of Garcia's many successful collaborations was working with local filmmakers, Will Boggs and Mark Bratcher, to contribute a ragtime composition to their documentary entitled "Death of the Old West":100 Years after the Infamous Ada Lynching. OETA/PBS aired the documentary, which eventually won regional Emmy awards.
"This experience inspired Professor Garcia to teach film scoring as part of his composition course," Chubb said.
Garcia recognized that his students would be interested in writing film scores and underscores to accompany visual films that were being produced by the Communications Department. Subsequently, many short films, produced by the communications and composition students have been shown in recitals and programs throughout the community.
"Some of my more aggressive students have chosen to make their own films. This has resulted in a total film project with music, the filming process, writing the dialogue and setting the scenes," Garcia said. "It's been a remarkable process for students in just a simple composition class. It's amazing what students can do given a little guidance and a lot of opportunity."
Pappas and Garcia each received a monetary prize and a medal, which depicts Leonardo DaVinci's Vitruvian Man.


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The all new stratos smart card aims to eliminate every single card in your wallet with its simple and innovative working method.
Your wallet, without the wallet.
Look at the stratos smart card and you might mistake it for a visiting card, the card that will act as a replacement to your credit card is actually thinner than your visa card. But within that thin structure lies its brains. It contains a Bluetooth radio, a battery, and touch-sensing technology.
But why is that stratos is getting all the attention when there are other mobile payments cards and system, coz it's simple and very easy to use. Other payment methods will replace your bank cards, but stratos is the all in one card that can replace your bank cards, gift cards, petrol card,gym cards and Starbucks card. All contained in a single card.
One card to rule them all.
Stratos smart card has slight advantage over systems like apple pay and Samsung pay. It is that they are nfc enabled and nfc payment is not available everywhere but the card system is available meaning you can you the stratos smart card in every place where a card is accepted.
it uses a headphone jack reader to add accounts to your card, just like Swyp, and has a similar Bluetooth security feature. To protect your information, the app can tell when the card is out of Bluetooth range, and after a pre-determined time — anywhere from 15 minutes to 24 hours — it can disable the card altogether.
The way it works is fairly simple. Up to three accounts can be loaded on Stratos at any given time, and you just tap the card twice to activate it. When the lights blink, press your finger to one of the three markings on the right side to select the account you want to use. If you forget which card is aligned to which slot, your phone reminds you which ones are which with a lock screen notification.
Stratos is being sold in form of membership and will cost you $95 for a year and $145 for two years membership.
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Why are you part of a church? I suspect that too many of us can't clearly articulate a compelling answer. Many of us have been dedicated church-goers since we were quite young. Church has become a habit. Though habitual church-going is commendable, it presents a couple challenges. First, we struggle to explain why someone who has never been connected to a church might want to be. Second, we forget what the purpose of church is. I'll save the first challenge for another post, in part, because solving the second challenge will help solve the first.
What is the purpose of the church? To some extent, this is also a question of identity. What is the role of the church in the world? In his book Living our Beliefs, Bishop Ken Carder reflects on this question drawing from the work of Walter Brueggemann. Carder concludes that the church has lost its memory. Consequently, we allow others to define us. "Without a memory of what the church is called to be," Carder writes, "The church becomes what people want it to be" (120). We find ourselves making decisions based on meeting the perceived needs of others—or perhaps more honestly, our own. Our churches become more like clubs or service organizations. What makes the church different? What makes it significant?
The church's purpose makes it both different from other organizations and significant. God calls us, the church, to be part of God's continuing work of grace in the world. This has several aspects. First, the church is a community that helps us discover our true identity—a person whom God loves. We seek and receive forgiveness. God transforms the way we see ourselves and the world around us. Second, the church is a community that helps shape us to be more Christlike. We find examples and receive encouragement. We begin to live in the world differently through the influence of our church community. Finally, the church is a community through which God engages the world. It is through the church's collective witness that others can experience God's grace.
This is a lofty purpose for the church to fulfill. We certainly don't do so perfectly. It is, however, a purpose that can matter to people. Through us, God offers people transformation and calls us to be part of something bigger than ourselves. That's a reason to get up on Sunday mornings.


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I AM the darkness
And of course I have been here before, this dark night of the soul, soulless
Only this time is was worse. As all that came before it, all its glory and awe was ripped from me. The emptiness, my beloved emptiness full of fullness, rich in love, more pure than the breath itself, now a desert, black as night, so vastly empty.
All potentiality unseen, unreal, nonexistent
The dark night of the soul
The breath my beloved breath, listless, unwelcome for its prior promise of life was forsaken, each breath bringing more darkness to the dark.
Thoughts, my beloved thoughts of gratitude and exaltation, now birthed with condemnation and ill repute; such ugliness, I was bequeathed even by the idea that things could be good again, for goodness begot but more misery.
And yet there was no sadness, no emotion, that too was an empty space. No possibility of clinging to it, as the darkness gave no boundaries to grasp onto.
My Sadhana
my beloved meditation gone, samadhi unreachable, irrelevant, composed of interpretations of the ego. The ego that has pulled me into her depths to face my reality.
Heart opening
She who has suffered
Pains of destiny
Rising in the dawn
Give her nectar
Bathe her in yr love
From yr heart
She who has tried
Without reprieve
Rising in the dawn
Soak her in your warmth
Feed her nectar
Wise Adjectives of Amore
Shine upon her
Soft hands
Of humour
She who has worn the world
In Ernest
Rising in the dawn
Lay upon her bed
Delicate petals
Of honour
Silken rose
She who has met the demons
Mobs of life
Rising in the dawn
Bow before her
Offering her nectar
Announcing her beauty
With kisses of fervour
Let her wallow
In yr touch
Rising in the dawn
The dawn of Einstein
And the dawn arises, still in the darkness of night, upon the 7th rising of the sun
So, I turn to my beloved Einstein. Wrapped in theory, fingers pointing to the universe, the movement of planets and spacious glory. Yet, the algorithms of my heart so empty, dry; I stumble past his interpretations, his mental theorems derived of imagination and some how land upon the Meditation of the
Secret of the golden flower
I knew he would have the clues. Grace!
I drop immediately into my breath. The darkness arises once again. The glorified darkness, full and rich, boundless, alive. Into the silence of my breath I become seamless, there is a light and I am that. The dark and the light at once.
Form is emptiness
Emptiness is form
– Buddhist heart sutra
I sink deeper into this Self and I (the darkness and light) merge and I am nothing, gone kaput!! Yet, only for a time.
And as the thrice dawn falls upon me again, established in my practice (Drop into the breath, become the silence, a light appears, direct it to my heart, let it surround me, moving it into the space between the eyes), here arises within me
From existence, consciousness, bliss there was an image before my very eyeless eyes. I became Aware of a face covered in hair of grey, so white like pearls of dust, tears fell upon my face and I thought out loud "Lao Tzu? is that you" More silence pursued and I returned to the empty space full of golden light. Grace!
And in the dawn upon the 11th day of the rising sun, before me was the book
"The Life Divine"
From its words I fell seamlessly into the energy of emptiness, merging with the golden light for 5 days of the rising sun and into the rays of the moon.
Ode to Aurobindo
When one
Is all but sun and moon
Spiders webs
Dying leaves
Silken cocoons
Hues of gold
Clouds appearing
No emotion found
Of death
Of life
Sparks of light
In empty minds
In form
Oh Ananda
That lasting grace
When all
is no longer sun and moon
Was a spiritual philosopher and mystic born of India and educated in England, completing his studies at Cambridge before returning to the mother land to help revolutionise India from the grasps of the English colonization. This led him on a mystical experience in his term in goal as a political revolutionary.
He spent his life thereafter, experiencing spirituality through mystical experiences and interpreting the Hindu traditions. His life works are of a deep spiritual nature.
Goddess consciousness
For me, he pointed me towards the union of body/mind and the transcendent, the tantra and the Advaita (which had previously been split off from each other) and helped me to step into a deeper surrender. Exquisite trust. Not of traditions or religiosity, yet of life.
Of life divine
One day at a time! I like to say
Intuition comes before reason.
Reason is what we do with it.
May all beings see
the glory of the sun
all appearances of the mind
May the sweetness
Of her warmth
Fill your heart
With the nectar
Of her radiance
So it can
Pour into the hearts
Of others
warm blessings
Here is a great talk on Aurobindo if you would like to know more about him.


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AdKnowledge: Explorer Nipping at Navigator's Heels
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer market share surged to 45.6% during the past six months, up 9.6%, compared to a 52.2% share for Netscape's Navigator, down 8.9%, according to a report released by AdKnowledge.
The Web advertising firm said the increase in Explorer usage reveals that Microsoft has grabbed 10% of Netscape's browser market share during the first half of 1998.
Adding further insult to injury for Netscape, Adknowledge also said that among users of Windows 95, Explorer usage weighed in at 51% with Navigator at 49% during the month of June.
AdKnowledge's browser numbers are compiled from the company's MarketMatch research tool that tracks over 1,100 sites, and from SmartBanner, the performance analysis service for ad agencies and advertisers.
"That most people are using newer browsers is good news for advertisers, since it means online ads can feature the rich media capabilities that are so compelling to viewers," said David Zinman, director of product management for AdKnowledge.
"Also of interest is that, for the first time, Explorer has eclipsed Navigator on one computer platform, Windows 95," said Zinman. "However, ad designers need to develop ads with both browsers in mind as Microsoft is closing the gap on Netscape with respect to browser market share."


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If life was an English class
I'd enroll again for high school,
concentrate on the editing,
hope to gain something
the second time through
I'd excel at the assignments –
experience adds so much maturity
to the written word – and teachers
would deliberate and decide
that I don't belong, and where
would that leave me?
Both the rigidity of self-judgment
and my softer, creative side
lecture me on the futility
of repeating past success or failure,
but; what else is there in life
to desire; what options lie ahead
for this diseased self: imposed
rest feeds my reflective side,
my mind regresses unwittingly.
I could study psychology, finish
a program once started, then
abandoned (a pattern I loathe),
but what merit lies there –
another backwards movement.
And what is this damnable urge
to perfect what has been, rewrite
the past, excel in the literature
of my own story? I am destined
play a secondary role, foibles
contributing to the charm of
my character – maybe I should
enroll in a course on acceptance
learn to embrace the folly of
my youth, point myself forward.
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Fishing is probably one of the most practical subjects someone can learn about. If you learn how to fish, then that means you learn how to provide for yourself for the rest of your life. Yes, you can just go to the grocery store and get food, but fishing is something that everyone should learn about, and this article can do just that for you.
If you are new to fishing, it can help to learn the art of patience. Fishing is not a fast paced sport, and you might sit for hours before you even get a nibble. Learn to enjoy the peaceful time that you spend with a rod in your hand and the act of fishing will soon become an enjoyable one.
If you are looking at taking up fishing as a new hobby,the first thing you need to do is to invest in a quality grade rod and reel combination. Buying bad quality equipment will only discourage the fishing process if it breaks; however, it is not important that you buy the stop of the line to start with either.
When you are planning your fishing trip, always make sure you have a sharp knife in your tackle box. You can find yourself in serious difficulty if you forget to pack this vital piece of fishing gear. Ensure that your knife is sharp, rust-resistant and of a high quality.
If you are ready to graduate from earthworms to something more advanced, a spinnerbait is a safe choice. When fishing in a shady area, this kind of lure is really good. It's also good for fishing near a dock in murky water. The best fish to catch with a spinnerbait is bass, but crappie can fall for it as well.
No matter your experience level, feel optimistic and upbeat when you fish. Fishing could be a very frustrating sport, and a negative attitude could ruin any fishing trip. Don't beat yourself up just because the fish aren't biting.
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Try to find ways to use all of the fish you catch. It's exciting to catch fish, but if you're just going to dispose of them after catching them, you are being disrespectful to the fish and the environment. If you've caught more than you can use, turn some of the little ones loose or share your fish with your friends.
Weather conditions play a big role in how enjoyable your fishing trip is. It is a good idea to bring along a radio or smart phone, so that you can keep tabs on the weather forecast during your trip. Do not be afraid to cut your trip short if inclement weather is on the way.
As you now understand, fishing isn't a hard subject to learn. Anyone can become good at fishing in a short period of time. It's great going outside and learning how to catch a meal for yourself. It builds character and lets you enjoy a relaxing hobby that you and a good friend can enjoy.


text: He's widely regarded as one of South Africa's best rugby players ever – and now YOU and our sister magazine Huisgenoot pay tribute to Joost van der Westhuizen in a special iPad app about his life.The enriched digital magazine in five chapters provides gripping reading material, video grabs and more than 500 photos, plus all the articles about the legendary scrumhalf that have appeared in YOU and Huisgenoot over the years. It's a nostalgic journey back through time.Joost was just 22 when he made his rugby breakthrough, and now his battle against motor neurone disease (MND) is an inspiration. This app gives fans a comprehensive look at the ups and downs of the former Bok's life.See pictures from his childhood, his days as a young player, his marriage to and divorce from high school sweetheart Marlene Terblanche, his later marriage to Amor Vittone, and how their family life unfolded.The app also revisits the dark period when a sex video brought Joost to his knees, the road he and Amor walked and now his life with MND. As he puts it: it's the most important match of his life. It also looks at his J9 Foundation, which helps other MND sufferers.The app is for iPad only and is available in the Apple app store. Buy single chapters for $0,99 (about R10, depending on the exchange rate) each or the whole package of all five chapters for the discount price of $3,99 (about R40). The app includes a free trailer to whet your appetite.To download the app in Apple iTunes - CLICK HERE