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MASSAPEQUA PARK (PIX11) - While the rising temperature of spring spell relief, even joy for most -- it spells certain death for one inanimate New Yorker, the snowman that sits on Mike Fregoe's lawn in Massapequa Park.
Fregoe and his family have been building up the snowman since January 25, at one point reaching 10 feet two inches in height. Now, however, the snowman is shrinking and the family has created a Facebook page to help build him back.
"We're looking for the white fluffy stuff, maybe up in Connecticut, Vermont or the East End," Fregoe said.
When asked if he had seen the movie Frozen (spoiler alert), Fregoe said he had, but didn't anticipate a similar fate for his snowman.
"Oh I know there'll be a different ending, my young daughter Julia asked me about it and we decided to do is when he gets smaller we'll take a snowball and put it in the freezer as a snow-seed of sorts for next year."


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Women of Influence Recognised
Four MacDiarmind Institute Investigators; Margaret Brimble, Michelle Dickinson, Nicola Gaston and Kathryn McGrath were shortlisted in the Fairfax Media and Westpac Women of Excellence Awards. The Women of Influence Awards identify the bold, energetic women who are helping shape New Zealand and its future across eight categories. They acknowledge women who are having an impact well beyond their formal roles and titles at local, regional and national levels. The Innovation and Science category of the awards, for which our Investigators have been nominated, recognises women who are driving innovation within a business, workplace or community, through their work in the sciences, medicine, academia, IT and biotechnology, finance, engineering or in organisational design and management. This category also recognises new ways of tackling community and social issues and improving inclusion. Winners were announced at a gala dinner at SkyCity in Auckland on Wednesday, October 8, and we're delighted to report that Margaret Brimble was the winner on the evening. Read about about Margaret, Michelle, Nicola and Kate's achievements in November's Interface Read profiles from all of the nominees.


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Saturday, November 29, 2008
Goshen's Carnegie Library
Goshen's Carnegie Library was the first one in Indiana. Dave Zollinger photo.
Goshen has a Carnegie Library, as do many towns do. But Goshen has the distinction of of having the first Carnegie Library that was built in the State of Indiana.
Located at the corner of 5th & Washington Streets, the classic building now serves as Goshen's City Hall. The current Goshen Public Library is now located about four blocks to the south at the corner of 5th & Purl Streets.
Historical marker at Goshen's Carnegie Library. Dave Zollinger photo.
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Indiana's first Carnegie library opened here 1903 with 3, 000 volumes. Goshen Library Association received $25, 000 in Carnegie grants 1901. Public donations, land purchase, and tax levy met Carnegie grant conditions. Architects Patton & Miller, Chicago, designed Beaux-Arts style structure. Library moved 1968; commercial and nonprofit uses followed.
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Listed in National Register of Historic Places 1983. Renovated building reopened 2001housing city offices. Original features of decorative marble, fireplaces, and domed rotunda retained. One of 1, 679 libraries built in U.S. with funds from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Indiana built more Carnegie libraries than any other state.
For travellers following the Lincoln Highway through Goshen, a visit to the building will require a detour of only 1 block from Lincoln Highway Route (Main Street).
Goshen's Carnegie Library, originally opened to the public in 1903, now serves as Goshen's City Hall. Dave Zollinger photo.
A scan of an old post card from the collection of the Goshen Historical Society showing the Goshen Carnegie Library. Date that the photo was taken is unknown. Postcard has a stamp cancellation date of 1912. Courtesy of the Goshen Historical Society.
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I am 21 yrs old. I never had problems with my menstrual flow until this month, or should I say, this week.Today is my 14th day of menstruation and I really dont know what to do to stop it. I dont even know why this is happenning. The last thing I did was on the 7th day of flow I went out with my friends and had some alcohol. The other thing is I took some medicine for cold. Can these be a reason for the bleeding. I m planning to see my doctor but wanted to know first if this thing is normal. I m really afraid. My bleeding is not that much heavy. Please give me some helpful advice on what to do.
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This paper assess the prospect of creating truthful mechanisms for sponsored search auctions where advertisers have budget and time constraints. While the existing impossibility in this area by \cite{BCIMS05} addresses the situation where advertisers have budget limitations and static prices but not time limitations; our result applies to the common setting in practice where advertisers have time and budget limitations, prices are dynamic and advertisers act strategically on their time limitation as well as their budget. We show that in cases where advertisers' arrival and departure times are private information, no truthful deterministic mechanism for budgeted sponsored search with time constrained advertisers can perform well with respect to social welfare maximization. Essentially, to protect itself from advertisers' time manipulation a truthful mechanism must give up significant social welfare. It is also shown that even in cases where advertisers' arrival and departure times are known to the mechanism, the existence of advertiser budgets is itself a problem. In this case a budgeted sponsored search mechanism with time constrained advertisers can not achieve non-trivial welfare approximation when using a local pricing scheme (a player pricing history is not taken into account). Also, it is shown that for a dynamic global pricing scheme no such truthful mechanism exists.
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Burping is the most natural form of capitalist expression but at what point does one need to draw a line?
The average human being burps anywhere between 13 to 21 times a day, according to some quack that calls himself WebMD. I'm hesitant to accept those numbers as anything but dubious because I have been meticulously recording every belch that slips past my lips for the better part of a decade and have found that I burp 13 to 21 times an hour. Needless to say, there's nothing wrong with burping that much, despite doctors wanting to label it excessive, because that would mean that there's something wrong with me, which is such a ludicrous assertion that we shall not address it further.
Instead we must ask: is burping between 312 to 504 times a day excessive? You may think so because you're always siding with those so-called "medical professionals". But let me ask you this: if it weren't for all this burping, how else would the world know that I am a good capitalist? Through a penchant for rock n' roll and blue jeans? Quit living in the past and start burping more is what I say to that.
Though it's strongly discouraged by all the medical professionals I consulted with in preparing this piece because they say, "we have no idea what the longterm health effects of an esophageal sphincter this overactive," burping in excess of 300 times a day really is a good thing because it signifies 3 things:
- I eat, drink and inhale goods at a rate that would make Karl Marx red in the face in order to have enough methane, nitrogen and CO2 to burp over 300 times a day.
- I have money, a lot of it, in order to pay for the goods I eat, drink and inhale at a rate that would make Karl Marx red in the face.
- Spending all this money to keep myself burping 312-504 times a day is good for the fledgling world economy.
If it weren't for my "excessive" burping, who can say that I wouldn't be carted away to testify in front of HUAC?
So how much burping is too much burping? There is no such thing as too much burping because every burp, big and small, is a pledge of allegiance to the capitalist system. You are entitled to think it's rude or even cause for medical concern but I encourage all of you to eat, drink and inhale everything your body will allow as quickly as you can because burping is the only way we can safely show solidarity in these tumultuous times of change.


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Warwick researchers offer summer of support for Japanese colleagues
The University of Warwick has announced an offer of support for Japanese researchers whose day to day research activities continue to be affected by the recent disaster.
Warwick academic staff and academic departments will nominate Japanese colleagues that they are working with, or about to work with, who they believe would benefit from such a scheme, and who they wish to host within their department. The University will then offer accommodation and access to academic resources to a dozen of those nominated (up to 6 full time academic staff researchers and up to 6 PhD or post doctoral researchers). This will help them continue their research activities at Warwick for a maximum period of up to 8 weeks over this summer (July-August) while repair work or other disruptions are resolved at their home institutions.
Academic researchers will receive complimentary accommodation at Cryfield Grange for a maximum period of up to 4 weeks of their full duration of stay at Warwick. PhD or Post-Doctoral Researchers will receive subsidized student accommodation for a maximum period of up to 8 weeks of their full duration of stay at Warwick. All visiting researchers will be provided access to video-conferencing, library and other related facilities on campus. The offer also covers appropriate UK visa fees.
In parallel to this scheme Warwick will also offer two half-bursary places to senior Japanese university managers on the Warwick International Programme in the Leadership of Higher Education (WIPLM). The WIPLM is an intensive two week programme for university leaders and senior managers from outside the UK and is designed to provide opportunities to explore strategic issues and management challenges in international higher education management with experienced professionals.
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Dr. Arapidis specializes in all aspects of podiatric care. He provides a multitude of services including: general podiatric care, treatment of diseases and trauma of the foot and ankle, diabetic wound management, elective and reconstructive foot & ankle surgery, pediatric/geriatric care, custom made orthotics, whirlpool therapy, as well as on site X-rays, non-invasive vascular and neurological testing.
Tingly Feet "Tingly feet" can be a sign of nerve loss. The nerves in the feet come from the lower back. Pressure or chemical change in the nerve can cause a tingling sensation in the feet. Any sensation that is out of the ordinary can be an early sign of neurologic or vascular problems. […]
"Tired feet" are not a medical condition, but are a common complaint related to various medical conditions. Abnormal foot structure (flatfoot or high arched foot) can overburden the foot, resulting in muscle fatigue. Obesity, improper footwear, pregnancy, leg swelling, increased activity level, or compensation from an injury (through overuse of other parts of the foot […]
Ankle pain is often due to an ankle sprain but can also be caused by ankle instability, arthritis, gout, tendonitis, fracture, nerve compression (tarsal tunnel syndrome), infection and poor structural alignment of the leg or foot. Ankle pain can be associated with swelling, stiffness, redness, and warmth in the involved area. The pain is often described as an intense dull […]
Heel pain is most often caused by plantar fasciitis, a condition that is sometimes also called heel spur syndrome when a spur is present.
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Governor Phil Bredesen wrote a piece in the Nov 22 Wall Street Journal titled, "What Tennessee Is Doing About Health Insurance." His basic premise is that the government needs to make sure that everyone has a Chevy of a healthplan, rather than a few people having a Caddy and "letting the rest walk."
Aside from the obvious (that the reason there is more than one kind of car on the market is that one size does not fit all), the Governor does himself a major disservice in citing a particular example to make his case. Dottie Landry was uninsured back in 2000. She got sick from a tick bite to the tune of $9,000. She put it on credit cards and paid it off over the next few years. Fast forward to 2007. Dottie was bitten by a dog, the treatment of which cost $4,000. But thankfully, she was on the Governor's healthcare plan: CoverTN. Thus, most of the 4k tab was picked up by the taxpayer.
The temptation is to end the blog entry right here. After all, just as the sky is blue, the problem with healthcare is NOT that many people are sans insurance- it is the cost! Instead of addressing the REAL problem back in 2000 - which is that the $9 grand bill is absurd, the Governor pinned the problem on the fact that Dottie actually had to pay for it herself. A consumer-driven healthcare system in which most participants are responsible for their own healthcare expenses (including major medical insurance) is the only remedy for ridiculously escalating costs. Spreading the bill amongst taxpayers has only served to exacerbate the problem.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Healthcare: It is the Cost! It is the Cost! It is the Cost!
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FTP down loader
Budget $30-250 USD
I need an app that downloads an XML file from and FTP server to a local server the app needs to do this every 1 hour.
There must be a config file that contains the FTP server and folder path and local save to paths and how often (default is every 1 hour) so these can be changed in the future.
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If you have less than perfect credit, you may not be able to obtain financing for larger purchases such as a car or a home. If you are able to get that financing you will probably end up paying quite a bit extra through high-interest rates. Oftentimes, a low credit score is due to poor use of credit; however, there are some reasons why it can be low that are not your fault. By repairing your credit, you can increase your credit rating and obtain the financing you need.
When posed with the question of "what is credit repair" people will give wildly differing answers. The truth is that credit repair services are misunderstood and there are a lot of stereotypes about what credit repair is and how it can help those with poor credit. Here, we aim to define credit repair so that you know if and when you need it as well as tell you what credit repair is not so you don't go in with jaded thoughts about what a credit repair company can do for you.
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There are millions of Americans with credit that would be considered bad or poor, which is a score that is 601 or less. Many of them consider credit repair as a way to improve their score. There is a way to repair your credit on your own, but there are credit repair companies that can help you as well. Are they worth the money? Let's look.


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Snare drums
There have been a fair few of these marching snares around over recent years but this one a model 1047 is in Green Silk Pearl not the first to be seen but sure does look good and unusual.Superb example of a 1035 Super Olympic snare drum courtesy of the Drum Museum of Hungary www.drummuseum.hu this is part of a Super Olympic set which can be seen on the Kits page. The drum museum website is well worth a visit. Superb looking late 60's metal shell 1005 snare, not many left in a condition like this. Most of these drums were Chrome over Brass shells so they do sound superb. Quite a rare 70's snare (maybe not rare enough for the new rarities page) in Black Diamond Pearl finish. This one is a 1002 8 lug 14x5.5 snare, and sure would look good behind a BDP kit. Here's a rare one - it's a 1970's 12x8 Junior Parade Drum in White Duroplastic model number 1045. First one I've seen - note the strange butt plate idea keeping in mind these were 5 lug drums.
(thanks to Ebay seller for permission to use photographs)Original 60's 1182 with Olympic tag shown in a Lavender Sparkle finish. Lavender was only listed during the 70's so whether this Sparkling Silver Blue which is faded I'm not sure but it does look good.
Many thanks to Charles Laine for this picture of his near mint example of a 1959-60 WMP 8 lug model 1151 P snare drum. Note the brightness of the wrap, the double flange hoops and the cardboard transition badge. Charles has noted that 1002 is written in pencil inside the drum so this probably could be one of the very last 1151's before production moved on to the 1002 model.A Red Silk Pearl snare drum model 1002 found after searching for a year so my kit is now complete. Very rare late 50's 6 lug No. 82 snare in Silver sparkle finish.
This drum shows the cardboard oval shape badge which would appear to be used during the late 50's to early 60's. This drum is in near mint condition.Nice 1960's 1182 snare in vibrant Gold Sparkle. These finishes tend not to age well but this one has been looked after. Very neat and tidy 1002 finished in an unfaded White Silk Pearl. Lovely example.


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This antique sterling silver three piece tea set/service consists of a teapot, sugar bowl and cream jug.
Each piece of this Victorian tea service has a plain rectangular form with incurved corners onto four bun feet.
The lower portion of the body of the teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl are embellished with fine embossed Queen Anne style fluted decoration.
The upper portion of the body and shoulders of each piece are plain and unembellished.
The teapot is fitted with a domed hallmarked flush hinged cover; the flush hinge indicates the fine quality of this service.
The cover retains the original rectangular cushion style carved painted wood and sterling silver finial.
The teapot is fitted with the original plain angular carved painted wood handle with a carved scroll style thumbpiece.
Both the cream jug and the sugar bowl have sterling silver angular handles.
The cream jug and sugar bowl retain their original gilt interiors.
This impressive silver tea service was crafted by the collectable London silversmiths Walter & John Barnard.
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This Victorian tea set is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional condition.
Full hallmarks struck to the underside of each piece are all very clear.
Reflections in photographs may detract from the true representation of these fine examples of antique silverware.
Length from back of handle to tip of spout 23.3cm/9.2"
Width 9cm/3.5"
Height to top of handle 14.7cm/5.8"
Sugar Bowl
Length across handles 16.2cm/6.4"
Width 8.1cm/3.2"
Height to top of handle 9.5cm/3.7"
Cream Jug
Length from back of handle to tip of lip 10.3cm/4.1"
Width 6.2cm/2.4"
Height to top of lip 10.4cm/4.1"
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36 troy ounces/1120g
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WATCH: A Behind The Scenes Look At Taylor Swift's Song Writing Process
November 5, 2017
Taylor Swift gives us a little behind the scenes look at her song writing process, and how her song "Gorgeous" came to be.
Sidenote: Tay can we get an acoustic version at some point?!
Reputation is out on November 10th!


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I am Managing Director of Thrive Ministries, a non-profit ministry focusing on the missional discipleship process and exploring what it means to really follow Jesus in his mission of restoration and reconciliation. We help people discover a God who loves us more than we can possibly imagine. By stepping into God's mission of restoration and reconciliation, we can discover the life that is worth living for and dying for.
I am a son, a husband, and a father. And the order doesn't make it easier. I live in Folsom, Ca, with my beautiful wife and amazing three children. I thank my Father every day for them. I've finally come to realize the value of relationship and cherish the one's I have, especially my brothers in the journey. I have a BA in Bible from William Jessup University and an MA in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University.
This blog focuses on the idea of Missio Dei, or Mission of God. It flows out of my work in ministry and what it means to follow Jesus.
You can reach me at jb_at_thriven_dot_org.


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The mass of an atom of the element is called the atomic mass. It includes the mass of three subatomic substances that make a single atom which consists of an electron, neutron and proton. It can be expressed in grams but since the atom has a very less mass, It is not possible to express in grams. Instead of grams, we express the mass of an atom in a Unified atomic mass unit whose symbol: u.
One atomic mass unit is equal to one-twelfth of the mass of a one carbon-12 atom. 1 u is expressed as to 1.660538921(73) × 10−27.
How to Find Atomic Mass
Atomic mass is the total of electron, neutron and proton. There are two ways to find the atomic mass:
- Find the atomic mass of an element by going through the periodic table- It can be found by looking at the position of an element in the periodic table.
- By adding electron, neutron and proton of an element.
- Average for all atoms of an elements
How to Calculate Atomic Mass of Isotopes
The weighted average of the isotopes of the element is the atomic mass of an element. Isotopes are the only atoms that have the same atomic number that is same no. of the proton but not the same number of neutrons.
Method to Find Average Atomic Mass
The sum of the mass of isotopes of the elements is the average atomic mass; they are multiplied by their natural abundance. f1M1 + f2M2 + f3M3 … is the average atomic mass. In this f is a fraction to represent the natural abundance of an isotope. M is the mass number of the isotope.
It is simple to find the average atomic mass of an element in the periodic table. When you are having the data of the natural abundance of all isotopes of an element, it is easy to find out the average atomic mass.
How to Find Relative Atomic Mass
- Relative atomic mass is equal to (isotope 1 mass × isotope 1 abundance + isotope 2 mass × isotope 2 abundance + …) ÷ 100
- Relative atomic mass of chlorine is;
Relative atomic mass = (35 × 75 + 37 × 25) ÷ 100
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Hypderdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection is shimmying over to North America on June 3 and then Europe just three days later, NIS America has announced.
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At Mount Jerome, we have piped music in all of our 3 chapels. We can play music from CD's, Smartphones (require airplane mode setting on and password protect switched off), iPods, USB Sticks and Tablets.
We also have Apple Music (iTunes) and YouTube Premium streaming services in all our 3 chapels. If you would like to use either of these streaming services, then please email us at firstname.lastname@example.com in advance of your service, CLEARLY LISTING:
(1) Name of deceased & date and time of the cremation service.
(2) The link (copied and pasted by you) from whichever streaming service has your desired music track in its library.
(3) The track name, artist name and (if applicable) the album name.
We cannot be held responsible if an incorrect music track is played from either streaming service, if it is not clearly listed on your email request. This is especially the case with classical or instrumental pieces of music.
The most personal piece of music to be played during a service is when the curtains are closing. Please take time to carefully select that piece which you think is most appropriate. Remember that there are no restrictions as to what type or kind of music that can be played at a service at Mount Jerome. Nevertheless if a family do not have any music of their own to play, we will play classical music at the beginning and at the end of a service.
For a committal service, it is possible to play 2 pieces of music, one at the beginning of the religious service and the second when the curtains are closing at the end. With a full service funeral, up to 4-5 pieces of music can be played at whatever intervals the family see fit. Please inform the clergy / celebrant conducting a service of the pieces of music to be played during it.


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Optimizing your site with search engines is an excellent method of making sure your website stands out from the pack. In order to accomplish this, you must learn the essentials behind this method. The below article will not only provide some excellent tips in order to help you get noticed by the search engines, it will also show you which methods should be avoided.
Consider using a pay-per-click strategy as a good affiliate marketing tactic. This is the simplest service which can be offered to affiliates, so the pay is modest, but you can still make a fair amount of money.
Instead of writing AP styles for Seo, try writing Local Seo. This involves keeping your writing fluid, but using keywords repeatedly. As the search engines do their job by finding keywords and putting a value on their density, you will find your rankings improving.
Find out how many years of experience they have in the business. To make an educated choice, you need to be aware of all risks and potential downsides that may be involved.
Buy a domain name that is easy for people to remember and relates to your product. This is very useful for the people who discover you through YouTube because it is easy to remember.
You can do this by creating a robots. txt file and including it in your root directory. This tells the search engines that these files are not to be accessed.
Ask reputable companies such as non-profits to provide links to your web site. If you link yourself to a source that has a good reputation, you will climb in the search engine ranks. Use high-quality content to attract reliable sources that may want to feature you. These companies must find your content informative.
Don't use dynamic queries if you can avoid it. A URL like www.mysite.com?sid=100&mode=q may not even be indexed. This confuses search engines a great deal, so be mindful and establish relevant names for all your URLs.
Concentrate on a single subject on each page. Don't try to promote each of your products on one post. This is going to be confusing to the customer and not good for search engine optimization purposes. With a single focus page, you will have greater results.
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By Jatin Sharma - 23 Mar, 2018
Mohammed Shami came out clean after the BCCI gave him a clean chit on the allegations levied by his wife Hasin Jahan. BCCI's ACU led by Neeraj Kumar investigated on allegations of having accepted money from a certain Pakistani girl named Alishba and UK based Mohammed bhai.
"I was under tremendous pressure but now I feel relieved after BCCI cleared me of wrong-doing. I was hurt that my loyalty and commitment towards my nation was questioned. But I had full faith in BCCI's investigation process. I am looking forward towards getting back on the field," Shami told PTI.
"I had to go through a lot in the past 10-15 days. The charge of match fixing specifically brought me under tremendous pressure. I will channelize my anger in a positive way on the cricket field. This decision has given me courage and motivation to perform on the field. I will make my bowling do all the talking now in the coming days. This is a big win for me and I am hopeful that in the coming days I will also be cleared of the remaining charges," Shami later told ABP News.
Mohammed Shami was also given his B-Grade BCCI annual contract, which was withheld pending investigations. He will also play for Delhi Daredevils team in the upcoming IPL 2018.
"I knew from within that I had done nothing wrong but was still scared that I might get framed. I can't thank BCCI enough," he said.
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The iTunes Festival is situated at a great atmospheric venue in London called the "Roundhouse" and runs throughout the whole of July with a different band every night, tickets were given away free to fans in a lottery on the internet. Tonight I have the fortune of having a pair of these such tickets to see rock super group Simple Minds and being a massive fan since the 80's things don't get much better than this as the band have no played a small venue of this size in a very long time. Arriving at the venue everyone is presented with a wristband and a smart itune laminate which gives you access to 10 free tracks on the i-tunes website. Tonight's support act "Vagabond" arrived on stage a 8pm and were given a very warm reception by the audience. Their guitar based rock has a slightly bluesy feel with some very promising tracks such as their new single " Don't wanna run no more" and set closer "I have been wanting You" which included some really great vocal work from lead singer Alex. The Guardian newspaper reported the Vagabond could be the next "Worlds biggest Band" on this show they do have a lot of work to do before than can get that tag, however I wouldn't be surprised if I hear their tracks on a music channel or on the radio very soon.
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Welcome to the Gold Coast Day trippers and walking group, we invite you to join us. If the beauty of the great outdoors, the Broadwater, South Straddie and all the other islands out there appeals to you, and you would like to join other like minded people explore these natural treasures, then join up, it's free. We welcome members of all ages who have a respect for nature and want to get out there and enjoy it.There has to be more to life than sitting at home watching television, especially in the beautiful part of the world, we call home. Our Cruise and Walk trips take us by boat to explore various locations around Moreton Bay. We also include a few walking trips usually somewhere around the Gold Coast or the Gold Coast hinterland. So why wait? It is free to join and check out what is on offer.You can join the facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/groups/103434733576332/ or click on the little facebook icon in the left hand column to discuss anything to do with the group.Thanks again for joining and welcome. Sign on for an outing and meet a few other members of the group.CheersHenk
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* Obama plans to begin US troop drawdown in July
* Violence reported up in 2010-11 winter fighting season
* Afghan security units unable to act alone effectively (Adds quotes from defense official, other details)
By Missy Ryan
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - A surge of U.S. troops into Afghanistan has dealt a blow to the Taliban insurgency but total violence has risen since last fall and is likely to keep climbing, the Pentagon said on Friday in a new assessment of the war as it approaches its 10-year mark.
The Pentagon's twice-annual report to the U.S. Congress on the war comes as President Barack Obama plans to begin withdrawing American troops from Afghanistan in July. Only a modest drawdown is expected initially.
The rise in violence in Afghanistan, including roadside bombs, direct fire and other acts, was due in part to the troop surge, stepped-up targeting of insurgent safe havens and mild winter weather, the Pentagon said in its report.
The Pentagon acknowledged that the worst may be ahead, saying violence may peak in the next 12 months as Taliban and other militants seek to regain lost territory.
Officials say the Obama administration's decision to deploy an extra 30,000 soldiers helped push the Taliban from strategic areas of the Afghan south, diminishing the overall insurgent threat almost 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States that prompted the war.
The Pentagon report also said Afghan security forces have grown and improved in the past six months but not a single unit is yet able to operate effectively without foreign advisers.
The United States and its allies expect Afghan forces to take over security responsibilities as foreign troops withdraw. President Hamid Karzai has announced a plan to gradually put Afghan forces in security control starting in July. [ID:nSGE72L03V]
These Afghan forces continue to struggle with problems of desertion, illiteracy and fighting prowess.
"The situation on the ground is fundamentally changing. This is something that happens day by day, week by week, month by month over the past two years," a senior U.S. defense official told reporters on condition of anonymity.
"There's still a lot to do. There are going to be some tough days ahead," the official said.
NATO is bracing for a series of major attacks expected across Afghanistan over the next week, senior military officials said on Friday. [ID:nL3E7FT2X4]
Bloodshed in the poor, fractured country hit its highest levels of the war in 2010, as foreign powers struggled to create a potent Afghan fighting force and buttress the weak, corrupt government in Kabul.
In its report — which covers Oct. 1, 2010, to March 31, 2011 — the Pentagon warned that the Taliban and other militants had proven a resilient adversaries, adapting techniques and seeking to expand influence into new areas.
Insurgent infiltration from Pakistan remains a major problem, although the Obama administration is trying to temper its criticism of Islamabad to try to salvage an important relationship that has been battered in recent months.
Obama, seeking re-election in 2012, opposed the Iraq war before he took office and is seeking to curtail the costly, unpopular Afghan conflict. The Pentagon does not expect any change to Obama's plan to begin withdrawing troops in July.
The Pentagon assessment, trumpeting strategic defeats of the Taliban and a reversal of insurgent momentum in some areas, may reflect the scaled-back goals Obama embraced as he promised to return the focus to a long-neglected conflict.
"Our objective in this war is not to kill every Taliban," the defense official said. "Our objective is for there to be a political process that is Afghan-led that results in the Afghans coming up with their own way forward."
Officials acknowledge that less progress has been made off the battlefield, where endemic corruption, poor services and deep poverty have alienated many Afghans from their government and fueled support for the Taliban.
The report said that political challenges and slow progress in improving governance could jeopardize gains in security.
Washington hopes that, even as the U.S. Afghanistan commander General David Petraeus prepares to leave Afghanistan in coming months to head the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the arrival of veteran diplomat Ryan Crocker as ambassador in Kabul will give U.S. civilian efforts a boost. [ID:nL3E7FS2C5]
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October 16, 2006
Baseball Season Ends
Ok, so I thought we had a chance this year and we 'almost' made it. Heck, we were the third of fourth best team in baseball this year. RJ is still pining the Brewers so I don't feel all that bad. The A's were thrashed by Detroit and we looked pretty weak. Nuff said. On a lighter note, Ken Macha was fired today as the manager of the A's. So we are skipperless (sp?) It's ok, I was getting a little worn out going to all those home game. See you next season... Go A's!
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Leicester City 0-3 Manchester United: Foxes lose again to heap pressure on Claudio Ranieri
At the face of it, focusing upon the Champions League would be Leicester City's main priority after a poor start to the season, but things are starting to miserable for Claudio Ranieri at the ground where the unbelievable happened last season.
The Foxes lost 3-0 at home to Manchester United which has now seen them just one point above the relegation zone having moved into the Month of February without scoring a Premier League goal in 2017.
United's Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored in a three-minute spell in the first-half which all-but ended the game as a contest before the break, with Juan Mata later adding a third after restart to pile more misery on a Leicester side who looked bereft of confidence, ideas and, most damningly, faith in their manager.
Truth be told, United were not pushed hard to claim all three points, despite a tense start to the match.
They came up against the hosts' rigid defence in the opening stages, and aside from Rojo's hopeful attempt from out wide, Schmeichel was largely untroubled in goal.
And if the Foxes were in free-scoring form, they may have made the most of one of the many chances recorded; Morgan, Musa and Mahrez all missing good opportunities to break the deadlock.
But with 10 minutes to go before the break, the Red Devils capitalised on some questionable defending to strike twice and kill off the game.
Firstly, Smalling's flick-on fell to Mkhitaryan, who darted past Huth in the centre circle with ease, advancing towards goal and firing low past Schmeichel.
88 seconds later Ibrahimovic netted his 20th goal of the season, meeting Valencia's cross with a first-time strike which the keeper could not react to quickly enough.
And four minutes after the break the final blow was dealt to Leicester, a superb move involving Mkhitaryan and Mata ending with the latter converting from close range.
United understandably eased off with the points already secured, and although the hosts tried to capitalise with a series of probing attacks, Mahrez's free-kick which hit the side netting was the closest they came to finally scoring a league goal in 2017.
But Vardy's continued struggles upfront saw the striker break down move after move, and the Foxes ended the game with a whimper.
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We are very close to striking down one of our most regressive laws—the criminalisation of homosexuality. This week, the Supreme Court ordered a larger bench to review the colonial era abomination in a reversal of its own peculiar 2013 verdict that had upheld the legal ban on gay sex. This week's developments are a logical corollary to the court's path-breaking 'Right to Privacy' judgment which, for the first time, located sexual orientation within the parameters of individual liberty.
These developments are reason for all right-thinking Indians to celebrate. But it is also a moment to point out how our elected representatives—in fact, pretty much all of Parliament—flunked the litmus test. Even in 2013 when the Justice Singhvi-led bench outlawed homosexuality, the court made it clear that the legislative wing of the state was free to amend the archaic rules. A handful of individual parliamentarians—Arun Jaitley, Shashi Tharoor, Milind Deora among them—did take personal positions, well before their parties did, to remove the tag of 'criminal' from being gay. But institutionally, the Lok Sabha defeated a private member bill by Tharoor to end discrimination against homosexuals—not once, but twice.
By contrast, Parliament united across the trenches, to vote for a National Judicial Appointments Commission (later nullified by the court in an open confrontation between lawmakers and the judiciary) as a mechanism to appoint senior judges. Parliamentarians have long cribbed about judicial overreach and argued that the constitutional division of powers has been upturned by super-powerful courts that are encroaching on their territory.
Indeed, India's judges have opined on everything from how to clean up cricket to the weight of school bags. They have ordered IPL matches out of Maharashtra when the state was battling drought, mandated a ban on firecrackers during Diwali in Delhi because of toxic air and decided whether or not liquor can be sold in Bihar and Kerala. The overarching scope of the courts once prompted no less than an exasperated Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to say, "Step by step, brick by brick, the edifice of India's legislature is being destroyed." Another Union minister, Nitin Gadkari, told me, "Let Judges quit and contest elections, if they want our jobs," in annoyance with the court's decision on scheduling IPL matches.
But if almost all political parties are united in their frustration with the courts playing God, why do they outsource elementary constitutional decisions—like that of legalising gay rights—to the judiciary? The truth is that with one eye on their more conservative voter-base (several orthodox religious groups continue to oppose homosexuality) and the general status-quoist, play-it-safe impulse of electoral politics, most netas would rather let someone else take the decision for them. So, Parliament will not oppose the court's decision—should it come—to finally end the criminality around gay rights—but nor will it ever lead the way. Our lawmakers lose the right to complain about judges transgressing legislative space, if they are inconsistent about stepping up to the plate. Leaving the judiciary with the responsibility of delivering equality to millions of Indians is a legislative cop-out.
This is the same Parliament that has refused—once again, across party lines—to make a law against marital rape. I would wager that once the courts are willing to do so, our parliamentarians will then—and only then—say—Me Too.


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Best of the web: 109.99 (clarionworld.co.uk)
The Clarion is cheap as chips, but there's not much else to compliment.
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Sound quality is okay, but the Clarion is outperformed in most areas by the other six units on test. The SD card function works well, but the absence of USB and iPod connections limit the appeal of the FB289RBT. The menus are rather fiddly, too.
Ease of operation
The Clarion's microphone isn't built-in, which means you need to wire it separately a pain if you're doing the installation yourself. Otherwise, fitting the unit is pretty straightforward. Once it's all up and running, the sub-menus and controls aren't particularly intuitive. It appears to be built for looks, rather than ease of use.
It's certainly cheap, but we'd recommend stretching your budget by 50 quid or so, if at all possible. Go to clarionworld.co.uk and you'll save a tenner and postage and packing is included in the price.
The unit looks reasonably understated and classy, but cheap plastics make the Clarion feel flimsy. The buttons creak when pressed, and the screen is too small, but the backlights, which glint from between the buttons and change colour every few seconds, are a neat touch.
Special features
It will play MP3s, but only from an SD card, not much use for the iPod generation. You do get a cheap plastic case for the removable fascia, but the telephone misses out on many features you can't download your mobile phonebook, for instance, although you can stream music via the Bluetooth connection with certain mobile phones.


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Harvard Profiles and PlumX
PlumX Dashboards integrates with Harvard Profiles, an open source research networking software created by The Harvard Clinical and Translational Science Center, allowing us to populate your PlumX Dashboard with:
- Your organizational hierarchy
- Your researcher profiles
- Your publication data (using PMIDs to generate artifacts)
If you decide to use Harvard Profiles, you will provide us with a monthly output of spreadsheets containing researcher and publication data via FTP.
Organizational Hierarchy Replication
One of the first things we do is work with you to determine if the school and department names associated with the researcher profiles in your Harvard Profiles site is what you'd like to use to organize your artifacts in PlumX. If those are sufficient, we will use them to create a hierarchy in your PlumX site. If you wish to use a custom hierarchy, your PlumX implementation specialist can provide you with a spreadsheet template for you to add your hierarchy, researchers, and additional information.
Once we bring in your organization list you will be able to compare the metrics for each level of the hierarchy against each another (i.e., compare the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences to the College of Geosciences).
You can compare these subgroups in the Subgroups Overview Report in PlumX Dashboard. The Subgroups Overview Report provides a view into each subgroup for your organization across our five metrics categories, creating a powerful benchmarking opportunity.
The subgroups report is purposely generically named and is based on where in the hierarchy you are currently located. It is often best used at least one level down from the highest level in your PlumX subgroups to get you the closest to comparing "like to like." For example, consider the following top-level subgroups:
Each of these subgroups has their own subgroups below them, so a common use case would be to explore the results for each, such as for "Schools and Programs."
After navigating to that level, the next step would be to click on the Analytics icon and then click on Subgroups Overview to see the results. For the Usage category in this example, the Veterinary Integrative Biosciences group has the most usage compared to the other schools in that college:
Note: This Subgroups Overview comparison is unique to a PlumX Dashboard subscription–a PlumX Metrics subscription does not include this type of report.
Researcher Profiles
When it comes to creating your researcher profiles, we'll look at your Harvard Profiles researcher data in a sample researchers spreadsheet output you provide to us and create mappings to PlumX. Once the mappings are in place, we'll provide you with a login name and password to our FTP server where you can upload monthly spreadsheets with the profile information that you have exported from Harvard Profiles. This export will also include school and department names.
Publications will be FTP'd in a separate spreadsheet and must include a PMID. If your publications can be exported with other identifiers (such as DOI), please let us know.
Researcher photo thumbnails can be included in PlumX researcher profiles. Please include the full thumbnail URL in your spreadsheet.
Key fields for mapping include:
- School
- Department
- PvID
- Profiles URL
- First name
- Last name
- Title
- Thumbnail (if including researcher photo)
Additional fields you wish to include should be discussed with your PlumX Implementation Specialist as well as how the columns should be ordered.
- RePEc handles and URLs
- SSRN Articles ID
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MobileEars, the mobile app for those suffering from hearing lossTech22 July 2017 10:19 AM GMT
New Delhi : In India, 3 out of every 40 people suffer from a disabling hearing loss, according to statistics from the World Health Organization. Over 68 per cent of them can benefit from using a hearing aid , however, less than 3 per cent of these are likely to have one. The reasons can range from non-availability of a hearing aid to the high cost of diagnosis and devices to stigma and a limiting mindset towards using it in social situations.
Here is some succour for the thousands of people suffering from hearing loss across India:
Mobile Ears is a free app-based solution for those with mild to moderate hearing impairment and works by making the sound loud and clear during a one-on-one or group conversation. The Mobile Ears app uses a unique speech amplification technology that works despite background noise and number of people in the room.
A product of the joint research efforts of Listen AS and Norwegian research organisation SINTEF, speech clarity is at the core of Mobile Ears. And unlike others solutions in the market, this does not sound metallic or unnatural and does not take weeks getting used to.
"Exclusion from communication can have a significant impact on everyday life, causing a feeling of loneliness, isolation and frustration. Our mission is to enable quality hearing under any environment, for everyone," says Snorre Vevstad, CEO, Listen AS. He says Mobile Ears is easy to use, requires no special devices and is beneficial for people of all ages. "I am confident that this one-click solution can be of assistance to millions of Indians who are unable to use traditional medical hearing aids."
According to WHO more than half of the adults with disabling hearing loss are over 65 years of age and South Asia has a high prevalence of such population.
Hearing loss affects a high percentage of society and this is where Mobile Ears comes in. It lowers the barriers for anyone who wants to hear better with a free and easy to use app. It helps users to lead and active life without the need to speak up/ louder with them during conversations. More importantly, it does not look like a hearing aid.
Here's how MobileEars works:
Download Mobile Ears app from the iTunes App Store
Open the app and enter the user's age & gender, so that the app can customise the listeners' experience
Plug in earphones and move the button on the slider to personalize the sound for maximum speech clarity and amplification
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The first day after arrival of the volunteers was about getting to know each other and explore the territory around our living place. The volunteers had excursion at Cold War museum, visited Plateliai lake. Every day in our free time we were playing a lot of sport games - volleyball, basketball and football, made a campfire with barbeque every night. Twice during the camp we went to the stadium of Plateliai to play football and to learn to play traditional Lithuanian game ripka with the locals. One of the first tasks of working camp was to install boxes in the forest for geocatching quest. Also volunteers made a lot of improvements inside the military town - cleaned the flower garden, brushed and painted old playground. During the weekend part of the volunteers went to hitchhike to Tallinn, other people including me went by bicycles to Klaipėda and Curgonian spit. During this trip we visited our colleagues in Klaipėda, travelled by bicycles through amazing bicycle route at Kuršiu Nerija, swam in the Baltic sea and rested on the beach.
During the second week of work camp volunteers were preparing the territory of the military town for renewing, for example, we were digging out the trees with roots at the abandoned military stadium. Besides, we had informative workshop on making the birdhouses, during which volunteers using tools and schemes made six educational birdhouses and learned a variety of birds singing voices. On the last day of the camp volunteers were cleaning special sand grounds for insects and sorting ticketing stickers of the Žemaitija National Park. At the final meeting with the national park representatives volunteers shared their ideas about the future of Plokštinė military town and the concept for the future volunteers work camps at the park.
These two weeks we spend in a good mood in the nature; enjoying the company of interesting people from different parts of the world;sharing our cultural and personal experiences; living as a true volunteers, sharing everything: kitchen and food, accommodation, working and leisure time; travelling together; helping each other and the environment.
|d.i.y. flag of the camp, made of natural colouring components: flowers, plants and burnt firewood.
|Installing quest boxes
|Cleaning the garden
|Brushing and painting the playground
|On the way
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Fall Turkey Hunting with a Labrador by Tom McMurray
With some pictures to show Maggie is just a regular family dog. Click on pictures to enlarge.
This story started back here.
"I have been hunting Fall wild turkey in the mountains of Virginia since 1985. I learned the most effective way to be successful was the art of the bust and call back. In 1992 my whole style of hunting the Fall wild turkey changed when I got my first ever Labrador retriever and took the time to train him to hunt with me (or maybe he trained me). He became my hunting partner and dedicated companion.
In February of 2016 I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the NWTF Convention in Nashville TN. One of the main reasons I wanted to go was because there was a seminar scheduled specifically to discuss Turkey Doggin. This is not a subject that many know about or have been willing to share in the past. The presenters, Steve Hickoff, Marlin Watkins, Scott Basehore and JT Byrne were all names I had either read about or actually read something they had written regarding the sport of Fall turkey hunting (with or without a dog). They are the "experts" when it comes to this great sport and I was anxious to hear their insight on the subject. They did not disappoint as I learned more than I can share in this short article.
If I was to share one thing from this seminar with both veteran and rookie Turkey Doggin hunters, it would be that there is no one way or one type of dog that is the best for Fall Turkey hunting. There might be a way or dog that you prefer but many breeds and mixed breeds will work. This of course is my humble opinion again based on hunting for turkey with Labrador Retrievers since 1992 and listening to the stories the experts told at the seminar.
The classic Turkey Dog is the far ranging setter type dog that barks like crazy when they reach a flock to alert the hunter of a bust. The hunter then gathers the dog/dogs back and builds a blind where the hunter and dog can wait/sleep/rest until the action begins. The action might take 15 minutes or it could be 6 hours later or longer. Remember we are talking turkey here and they have their own agenda. The bottom line is eventually they will want to get back together and if you are there when the time is right, you will experience turkey hunting like no other. J.T. Byrne has perfected this type of dog and has developed a specific breed for just this type of hunting. His line of dogs are a proven turkey hunting breed and are in demand by the most serious of Fall turkey hunters.
When I started hunting turkey with a dog back in 1992, to say I was on a budget would be an understatement. There was no way I would have been able to convince my bride to pay for a dog specifically so I could spend more time in the woods –without her! Now a cute cuddly Lab puppy was a different story. Once I put that puppy in her arms the deal was sealed. Now I just needed to get the dog to hunt turkey. How hard could that be.
To be honest I would not describe it as hard at all, more fun than anything. Of course I love dogs so that helps. I can say the dog probably taught me as much as how to hunt the Fall turkey as I taught the dog. The key was patience and flexibility. I will not go into the training techniques I came up with, modified from what I learned from dogs I had grown up with, or straight up got out of a dog training book. I will save that for another article. What I will tell you about training is that I believe any dog with hunting instinct can probably be trained to hunt the Fall turkey. Maybe not in the "classic" style like a J.T Byrne dog but in a way that fits the dog you own. One key would be to start when they are a puppy.
For this article, I will describe how any Lab I have trained hunts and differs from the "classic" turkey dog. The dog and I will go for a hike basically. I will follow a straight line while the dog will make circles out from my position maybe out to 150 yards, and in every direction (front, left, right and in back of me). I will not travel too fast, so the dog can work. I will watch the dog and watch for turkey sign. If there is turkey sign, I will slow down to give the dog more time to work the area in case the sign is fresh. The dog will tell you if the sign is fresh. Just watch their tail wag, their demeanor, their excitement… it will be evident. Once the dog hits a hot trail the dog will take off in a straight line and then I watch and listen for the tell-tale sign of the birds breaking up – wing beats, putts, cackles, birds flying … Now it would be ideal if the dog barked to let me know, but I have never been able to get my Labs to bark at the bust. I am sure a better trainer could do it but instead I adapted my hunting style to that trait, or non-trait in the case of a "classic" Fall turkey dog. Now my Lab would still keep coming back to the bust site, get on the scent of any turkey that ran off and then seek out those birds that have not taken to flight and going at them until they fly. Thus getting a great scatter the same as any "classic" Fall turkey dog is trained to do.
I will admit that there have been times when the dog obviously had busted a flock of turkey (based on how he/she reacted and how low to the ground their tongue hung out of their mouth!) and I did not hear or see anything. This does not happen often as my dogs have never ranged big, but if I am on one side of a ridge and the dog and turkey are on the other, they easily could scatter to where I would not hear or see anything. This is seldom from what I can tell, and even if it does happen, once you know how to read your dog, you still may be in business. Yes, there are advantages to a dog that ranges big and barks at the break, but there are also pluses to dogs that do not. There have been many occasions when my Lab has been off in one direction and I have had turkey either answer me as I blind call while I hike or just happen to be headed to me by chance.
I train my dogs with hand signals, in addition to voice/sound commands, something that became even more important when I was graced with a Special Needs child. In the woods I can give my dog a signal to stay and hide from any distance as long as they can see me – remember my dogs do not range big so I am in voice range or visual contact at all times. This has paid off many times. I can remember times when I had the dog away from me 20 yards "hiding" in plain view of the turkey but stayed motionless and was able to call a bird in for the harvest. I have had the dogs hide out in front of me a ways (again due to the circumstance we found ourselves in) and let the turkey get close before I give the bust command and get tremendous scatters. I have had the dog hide at a distance with a hand signal and wait until the birds were in a position so that when I released the dog (again with a hand signal) that the dog pushed the birds to the gun. I have even had the dog in view (fairly close to me), made a call, received an answer not too far off, and watched the dog look at me and go into the "hide" without the command.
The dog had learned what to do in certain situations just from experience, a true hunting companion. No different when hunting with a human partner when you both know each other's tendencies and you tag team on a bird in the Spring without saying a thing to each other – you just know! The way that I hunt with the dog varies with the circumstance and anyone who has hunted Fall turkey for any length of time knows every hunt can present a new circumstance that has the potential to be an opportunity for a harvest, or just a hike in the woods. By the way, there is nothing wrong with just a hike in the woods with your dog – it is a win win! I will also note that the majority of the time the dog makes the bust and then she lays in my lap under a camo burlap or in a make shift blind I construct after the bust. Just like one would do with a "classic" turkey hunting dog. Flexibility is the key. Hunt to how your dog hunts. Help teach your dog how you want he/she to hunt and then fine tune and adapt so you become true hunting partners.
Now I will be the first one to tell you that I am a turkey hunter and not a turkey caller. Yes, I can call turkey with many different types of calls. There is no way though that I would win any calling contests. I admit that I have and will continue to take turkey if the opportunity presents itself, however it presents itself, as long as it is legal. There have been birds that I never called to or never called to me. There are birds that I would have never taken without the dog and birds that have spooked because of the dog. I have missed turkey inexplicably and gotten a look from my dog that I could almost hear the words "you have got to be kidding me!" I will also tell you that there is not a greater day in the woods, than with your four legged companion, no matter how they hunt. Take your dog hunting and adapt to their style. You will become a better hunter and have the best of companions." Tom McMurray and Maggie - just a regular guy with a regular dog that love to hunt turkey together. 2/25/16 McMurrayBuilders.com
is Sophia and her first deer. The other one is my son Ben and a present
I made that I hope he'll cherish and add to for years to come.
To all my fellow turkey doggin and hunting enthusiasts, please, please, hunt with your kids and not for them! I'm not sure who it benefits most (you or your children) but the world will be a better place!" Tom 10/22/16
|"Another great fall for Maggie and I. My biggest Fall bird to date - a big ole Virginia mountain bird with no sponge fat to speak of, but weighing 22+ lbs with 11 3/8" beard and 1-5/16" hooks. Maggie was a terror this Fall on the birds. Late season is now open and I took some guests out Sunday. She busted a flock, but my hunting party missed two! The cold weather made it miserable in such difficult conditions. The flock regrouped and Maggie busted them again, but no one wanted to stay and wait it out in the cold - except Maggie of course - she was none too happy after her hard work - next time!" Tom McMurray 1/16/18
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Deaf 10-year-old girl teaches hearing impaired puppy sign language.
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I really pity our new president, Barack Obama. Here he is trying to start off doing the right thing and help jump-start our economy and can't get any help from the legislators at all. Seems like they have proved themselves useless again.
I really pity our new president, Barack Obama. Here he is trying to start off doing the right thing and help jump-start our economy and can't get any help from the legislators at all. Seems like they have proved themselves useless again.
You see, this whole failing of our country falls directly on them, and if they admit they screwed up, they would have to do something about it. They are playing the old ostrich games with their heads buried in the dirt.
We had a chance in November to vote them all out. They have not done one thing politicians are supposed to do, such as help the people who put them into office. Their only concern is how to help themselves into our pockets and retire as fat as they can. Look at the ones who have left office. They seem for the most part to turn up working for one of their contributors on a very healthy stipend.
Next time you get the chance to rid us of all these fools who think only about helping themselves, give somebody new a try. But best of all, call, write or e-mail them, and let them know you're tired of the way they have not been doing the job they were elected to do. Help us, not the rest of the world. Make them stop giving money to foreign countries, and spend it here where it will do some good.
For God's sake, please help our newly elected leader try to help our country.
Michael Myrick
Valley Springs
I just can't figure out what has more sense: a keg of nails or a single, unemployed, welfare mom with 14 kids. I'm going to have to flip a coin.
Bud Harris
Wall Street has pushed us over the cliff and will do so again if left unregulated. Let us abandon Wall Street and establish a new financial center for Main Street. Perhaps Omaha, Neb., might be an ideal location. It's the home of Warren Buffet, a practical, prosperous and honest man.
People are disgusted with Wall Street financial institutions' greed, obscene salaries, bonuses, stock options and golden parachutes while most of us are just trying to survive.
R.A. Rogers
Back in 1958, these predictions for the United States were made by Robert Welch, the founder of the John Birch Society:
Greatly expanded government spending for every conceivable means of getting rid of ever greater sums of American money as wastefully as possible. Higher and then much higher taxes. An increasingly unbalanced budget, despite the higher taxes. Wild inflation of our currency, leading rapidly toward its ultimate repudiation.
Government control of prices, wages and materials, supposedly to combat inflation.
Points two and three are well-established facts. Four and five are in the process of being brought about.
Felix Frankfurter, U.S. Supreme Court justice, said in 1952 that the real rulers in Washington are invisible and exercise power behind the scenes. With the same people fixing the economy who got us into this mess, it will get worse.
Henry Kissinger, a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, recently said Barack Obama will be used to take the United States into a new world order of one world government.
Aileen Boyce
Americans are known for numerous qualities that are significant factors in the pride we have in our country: volunteering, charitable efforts, sharing and a general willingness to support efforts we value. These proven traditions have been our survival mechanisms during times of crisis.
Now that we seem to have "hit the wall" again, I wonder why those of us who can have not been called upon to support our national need. During World War II, the call went out, and our War Bond drives helped to finance our commitment to peace. Our current national crisis is just as great. I wonder why our government has not established a way for all of us who are working or able, to invest in the financial stability of our nation.
In the early 1940s, every radio broadcast, movie and public gathering concluded with the call to buy War Bonds. There was a tremendous surge in giving. In many cases, those bonds were bought stamp by stamp until the small booklet was full and qualified for a bond. Since we hope to master this crisis responsibly, within the next 10 to 15 years, instead of creating a massive national debt, why are we not invited to help ourselves to secure our own national security?
Ruth A. Radmore
Now that the Assembly Judiciary Committee has decided Proposition 8 was illegal to be voted on and should never have been on the ballot, Jerry Brown should be fired from his position. As attorney general, he is supposed to know the laws of this state. All this mess could have been avoided had he done his job.
Wayne Flora
» NOTE: Both the Assembly and Senate judiciary committees have approved resolutions declaring Proposition 8 was an improper revision of the California Constitution. The state Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Thursday on a suit attempting to throw out the proposition.


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The LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream at night. God said, "Ask
something of me and I will give it to you." Solomon answered: "O LORD,
my God, you have made me, your servant, king to succeed my father
David; but I am a mere youth, not knowing at all how to act. I serve
you in the midst of the people whom you have chosen, a people so vast
that it cannot be numbered or counted. Give your servant,
therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to
distinguish right from wrong. For who is able to govern this vast
people of yours?" The LORD was pleased that Solomon made this request.
So God said to him: "Because you have asked for this-- not for a long
life for yourself, nor for riches, nor for the life of your enemies,
but for understanding so that you may know what is right-- I do as you
requested. I give you a heart so wise and understanding that there has
never been anyone like you up to now, and after you there will come no
one to equal you."
Brothers and sisters: We know that all things work for good for those
who love God, who are called according to his purpose. For those he
foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son,
so that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And
those he predestined he also called; and those he called he also
justified; and those he justified he also glorified.
Jesus said to his disciples: "The kingdom of heaven is like a
treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and
out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again,
the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls.
When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all that he has
and buys it. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net thrown into
the sea, which collects fish of every kind. When it is full they haul
it ashore and sit down to put what is good into buckets. What is bad
they throw away. Thus it will be at the end of the age. The angels
will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous and throw them
into the fiery furnace, where there will be wailing and grinding of
teeth. "Do you understand all these things?" They answered, "Yes."
And he replied, "Then every scribe who has been instructed in the
kingdom of heaven is like the head of a household who brings from his
storeroom both the new and the old."
Some people say that the songs you know reveal your age. For me, the
lyrics of old love songs seem much more romantic and poetic than the
words of modern tunes, which often sing of making love and sex. Old
tunes like "Some Enchanted Evening" from the musical South Pacific
advises "Once you have found her, never let her go...." In Rose Marie
the singer professes, "Of all the queens that ever live I chose you to
rule me..." from My Fair Lady we hear: "Let the time go by. I won't
care if I can be here on the street where you live." An old hit goes
"I only have eyes for you." These and many love songs of old times
express that the beloved is the most precious. And that nothing in
this world can replace that treasure. There is a decisive and radical
choice involved.
Our Gospel today speaks of a similar decisive and radical choice about
treasure and pearl of great price. The merchant makes the radical
decision to sell and sacrifice everything in exchange for what is most
Jesus tells us that when someone discovers the Kingdom of God, he must
not allow such opportunity to escape him. On the contrary, in his own
interest he should do everything in his power to grasp such a unique
Unfortunately, Jesus made the access to him and his kingdom so easy to
us that we no longer feel that his gift is a priceless treasure. We
often take Jesus and his kingdom for granted.
Jeremy Levin was the Cable News Network bureau chief in Beirut in
1984. On March 7 of that year he was kidnapped by Shiite Muslims. His
captors blindfolded him and drove him to a dingy, cold house in the
Bekaa Valley. There he was chained to a wall in such a way that he
could only sit or lie down. He remained that way for the next four
Jeremy tried to keep his spirit up by positive thinking. But he soon
discovered that no amount of positive thinking could take away his
terrible loneliness. He longed to talk to anyone!
It was in this situation that Jeremy began to think about God. He was
an avowed atheist. But the thoughts of God wouldn't go away. They
became more and more frequent. Then one day the question crossed his
mind, "Could I talk to God?"
Jeremy rejected the idea immediately. For as long as he didn't believe
in God he could never talk to Him. Otherwise, he'd be living in a
world of make believe. He'd be kidding himself. He'd be losing his
grip on reality.
But the thoughts of God continued. Soon Jeremy became preoccupied with
them. Phrases like "God loves you" and "God bless you" kept bombarding
his mind. Commenting on this, he wrote later: "Even snatches of what
little I had read in the Bible came back to me...."[I] was like a
thirsty man holding his mouth open to raindrops... I was consumed with
pondering everything I had heard about God and the one called His Son,
It was in this frame of mind that Jeremy awoke on Tuesday, April 10.
On that day - just 12 days before Easter - Jeremy did something he
never dreamed he would ever do. He made an act of faith in God.
He spoke his first words to God. They were very simple. He
said, "Oh Father, please take care of my wife and family. Please
reunite us." Then Jeremy did something else he never dreamed he would
do. He forgave his captors and asked God to forgive them too. "For the
first time in my life," he said, "I felt whole."
In the months ahead, Jeremy was moved to several other locations. His
guards became more friendly. Then came Christmas Eve. One of the
guards asked him, "What do you want for Christmas?" Jeremy looked at
him in amazement and blurted out, "A Bible!"
Two days later, Jeremy received a small red-bound New Testament. He
proceeded to devour it. He was especially moved by Jesus' words: "All
that you ask for in prayer, believe that you will receive it and it
shall be yours."
>From that moment on, Jeremy prayed for a chance to escape. On the
night of February 13, 1985, 11 months after his capture, that chance
came. A guard got careless, and Jeremy bolted from the house and
zigzagged barefoot down the frozen mountainside to safety.
Today, Jeremy Levin is the CNN bureau chief in Washington, D.C. In his
spare time he crisscrosses the country, sharing with audiences his
new-found faith.
To discover Jesus is to discover a treasure. Jesus compares the
Kingdom of God to a buried treasure or a fine pearl. When they are
found, they should be purchased by sacrificing everything. Nothing is
worth more than this treasure, this fine pearl: the Kingdom of God.
Jesus tells this to his disciples because he wants to instill in them
the value of the Kingdom of God. They must come to value God's reign
over their lives. They must come to value justice, peace, and mercy.
They must come to value love of God and neighbor more than anything
else. To value the Kingdom of God is the first step of discipleship.
Once the disciple recognized the value of the Kingdom, just like the
merchant seeking fine pearls, and just like the man looking for buried
treasure, only a driving desire could propel that person to seek for
ways to make God's Kingdom alive. Such a person would be willing to
endure setbacks, limitations, and trials. With this driving desire,
such a person could come to their destination - the Kingdom of God.
Through this Gospel, Jesus calls us to begin taking hold of the Kingdom
of heaven here and now. The desire to be in the Kingdom should be our
life's journey.
Like King Solomon we must desire to make the world a place of
justice, of understanding, and of charity. We must be willing to forgo
any desires of self-grandeur or self-preservation.
If we do not value God's Kingdom, we will not have the desire to search
for it. If we do not have a driving desire to possess the Kingdom, we
will not sacrifice to acquire it. If we are not willing to sacrifice
all to acquire the Kingdom of God, we will never possess it.
The third parable shifts the value of the Kingdom to the value of our
lives. When the day of the great dragnet collects us all, our value
will be determined by how we valued, how we desired, and how we
sacrificed for God's Kingdom. If we have lived so as to possess God's
Kingdom, then we possess it. If we have not, well, what would you do
with something that is worthless?
We pray ...
- for a deep and profound respect for life, especially for the
- for the special intentions of Joseph.
- for the personal intentions of Patricia M.
- for the personal intentions of Lydia and family.
- In Memoriam: Engracia Hollmann
- In Memoriam: Angel Pe
- for speedy recovery of Kerri Elise A. David. For the personal
intentions of her parents.
- for the good health and special intentions of Franciosa Vanessa L.
- for the enlightenment & good health of Elsa & Paolo.
- in thanksgiving for all the blessings received by Cha.
- for the guidance and special intentions of Rev.
- for the all the concerns and special intentions of Jhob.
- for the special intentions of SMYD
- for the good health of Papa Fabio, Papa Raul and Mr. Oljol.
- for all the prayer intentions in the MTQ Dailyprayer Diary.
- birthday & thanksgiving: Erlinda Esparaguera -
- Birthday: Joshua Kyle Lim
- In Memoriam: Nicanor P. Nicolas
- for world peace and reconciliation.
Finally, we pray for one another, for those who have asked our
prayers and for those who need our prayers the most.
Have a good day!
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