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Revelation Chapter 6 (Part 43) (Verses 12 – 17)
Verses 12-13 say, "I [John] watched as He [Jesus] opened the sixth seal. There was a great earthquake. The sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair, the whole moon turned blood red, [13] and the stars in the sky fell to Earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind." Before we go any further, it is interesting to note that what we have covered so far is exactly what Jesus said in Matthew 24:4-8 and in the same chronological order that Jesus said that it would happen. In Matthew 24:4, Jesus gives an answer to the questions, "What will be the sign of your coming and of the end of the age?" In that passage, Jesus was asked 3 questions, but He answered only the last 2. The disciples also asked Him, "When will this [destruction of the Temple] take place?" Jesus answers their first question in a different passage, but Matthew chapters 24 – 25 are Jesus' answers to their last 2 questions, of which, verses 4 – 8 include what we have gone over so far in Revelation Chapter 6 and it is in the same chronological order. Jesus says starting in verse Matthew 24:4, "Watch out that no one deceives you. For many will come in my name, claiming, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many. You will hear of wars and rumors of wars, but see to it that you are not alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come. Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places. All these are the beginning of birth pains." So far in our study of Revelation 6, we saw the Anti-Christ will conquer peacefully. The nations of the Earth will be pointing their nukes at each other and making threats when the Anti-Christ comes on the scene. He will be the "savior" who promises to end all wars and make peace for the entire Earth. The Anti-Christ will gradually and eventually set himself up in God's temple and claim to be deity—as Jesus calls him the Abomination that causes desolation.
Jesus said that nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. We saw in Revelation 6:4 that the rider on the red fiery horse was given power to take peace from the Earth and to make men slay each other and that he was given a large sword. Next on Jesus list—Jesus said that there will be famines. We saw in Revelation 6:5-6 that the rider on the black horse was given power to make the poor poorer and the rich richer; and, then in verse 8, the rider on the pale horse was given power to kill by famine (along with plague, sword, and tainted food). And then the last thing on Jesus' list is earthquakes, which occurs in Revelation 6:12: the first verse we will be looking at today. Another point of interest is that Jesus said of these things that they are the "beginning of birth pains" and, "the end is still to come." These all occur within the first 3 ½ years of the 7 year Tribulation period. "The end" that Jesus is referring to is the second half of the Tribulation, A.K.A., "The Great Tribulation." Some bible readers believe that the words of Jesus we just quoted refer to today's time period: this Day of Grace period. From Jesus' day (approx. 33 AD) to today (2017), there have always been famine, wars and rumors of wars, terrible earthquakes, and even evil people claiming to be the Christ. But none of these are as substantial as what will occur during the Tribulation period. Even the evil false Christs that showed up throughout history are only precursors to the true Anti-Christ who will become known only during the Tribulation period. Nevertheless, many people who take Jesus' words (that we just quoted) to refer to contemporary times do not believe in a 7 year Tribulation period. They think Jesus was referring only from the time He first came to Earth to today, and that things somehow get worse over a period of time.
Back to Revelation 6:12-13—We see here dramatic constellation and stellar events from God. The sun will turn black, the moon red, and meteor showers will clash to the Earth. There is a big focus today on Blood Moons. The reader can do a search and study it more; but basically, occasionally, and rarely, the moon does turn to a bloodish (sanguine) color. If you look it up on Google Images, it looks more like a dark orange than blood to me. It is purported that whenever there is a blood red moon that some cataclysmic event happens regarding Jerusalem. That may be so, and the phenomenon does make for an interesting study. There are scientific explanations why the moon occasionally turns red, which I'll defer such a study to the reader. But I don't think that when the Bible speaks of a blood red moon that it is referring to anything we have witnessed throughout history. There are several mentions of blood red moons in both the New Testament and the Old Testament and all occurrences refer to apocalyptic, eschatological times. I doubt we have ever witnessed a biblical blood moon before. When we do, it will be truly bloodish looking.
Perhaps we should pause here to see what the rest of the bible says regarding blood moons and analyze the context of those passages. In the book of Joel, an occurrence regarding the moon is mentioned 3 times. The 3 passages are Joel 2:10, 2:31, and 3:15-16. Chapter one of Joel opens with Joel connecting his current day famine due to locusts to the people of Judah's sins as a punishment from God, and he calls them to repent. The locusts of Joel's day destroyed all of the crops, including the grapes (the source of wine); therefore, the Lord's house was without grain offerings, drink offerings, etc. Even the sheep and cattle relied on the crops of the land, so they were dying off as well (cf. 1:17-18). The drought caused by the locusts had caused fires to burn up the pastures (cf. 1:19).
In Joel chapter one, the locusts he referred to were real locusts (sent from God) that caused a real drought in Joel's day. In Joel chapter two, Joel continues to speak on locusts, but the meaning of the locusts change, and also the time period that Joel is referring to changes. Chapter 2, verses 1-2 read as follows: "Blow the trumpet in Zion; sound the alarm on my holy hill. Let all who live in the land tremble, for the day of the LORD is coming. It is close at hand—a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like dawn spreading across the mountains a large and mighty army comes, such as never was of old nor ever will be in ages to come." The locusts of chapter one is now past tense by the time chapter two begins. And the beginning of chapter 2, Joel says that the "day of the LORD is coming"—so Joel is referring to a different set of locusts that have not yet arrived. These locusts resemble an army. A swarm of locusts can make the sky turn black and can look like a swarm of clouds. In verse 4, Joel says that these locusts resemble horses and, in verse 5, they make noise like chariots. I am aware that it can be argued that chapter 2 of Joel could be referring to real literal locusts; however, if we only had Joel, I personally would conclude that the locusts of chapter 2 represent foreign invading armies of nations; but since we also have Revelation, then I have to conclude that the locusts of chapter 2 of Joel represent demons. First note that Joel refers to this as a future event, and he calls it "the day of the LORD." Before we go to Revelation, in Joel 2:10 we come to our first moon reference. It reads: "Before them the Earth shakes, the sky trembles, the sun and moon are darkened, and the stars no longer shine." We see here in Joel 2:10 that the moon will be "darkened"; it does not say here that it will be turned "blood red." Yet, this corresponds to an event in Revelation 9:2, which reads, "When he [Satan] opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss." Interestingly, catch this next verse (verse 3): "And out of the smoke locusts came down upon the Earth and were given power like that of scorpions of the Earth." These locusts in Revelation 9:3 are demons, unleashed by Satan, after Satan was given the key to the Abyss. And obviously, armies today also have the capability to cause the sun, moon, stars, and sky to darken with their great bombs and even nuclear weapons. Men possessed by demons will make war on the land.
Let's turn back to chapter 2 of Joel, starting at verse 28, which speaks of the Day of the LORD. Verse 28 reads, "'And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days [29]. I will show wonders in the heavens and on the Earth, blood and fire and billows of smoke [30]. The sun will be turned to darkness and the moon to blood before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.'" Okay, so now we have a reference to a blood red moon. We see that this is a future event, for the passage started with "And afterward..." The first part is our past tense, but future to Joel, where God poured out his Spirit on all people and Israel's sons and daughters prophesied and dreamt dreams, notably during the time of the book of Acts. But the second part: that is, the great and dreadful day of the LORD, is still future for us. In that day, God will show His wonders in the heavens and on Earth and will turn the sun to darkness, and the moon to blood red. Christians today who interpret biblical blood moons to refer to contemporary times and past history, often fail to mention any time when the sun turned to darkness concurrently with the blood moons. That is because what the bible is referring to regarding blood moons has not yet taken place. When it does take place, the sun will also show signs: it will be turned to darkness at the same time the moon turns blood red. And we are told that such an event will take place during God's great and dreadful day of the LORD. So if the biblical blood moons have already occurred, does that mean that we already experienced God's great and dreadful day of the LORD, but we just all happened to not notice it? Hogwash. Such a day has not yet occurred.
Joel 2:31 was the only mention in Joel of a blood red moon, but we still have one more moon passage in Joel to look at. Obviously, the moon will turn blood red at the beginning of the Tribulation period, but will not stay that way throughout the entire Tribulation period. Instead, it will go from blood red to darkened. Picking up in Joel 3:14, it speaks of the Armageddon event that will occur during the end of the 7 year Tribulation period. It reads, "Multitudes, multitudes in the Valley of Decision! For the Day of the LORD is near in the Valley of Decision. The sun and moon will be darkened, and the stars no longer shine." Again, at the beginning of the Tribulation, the moon will turn blood red and the sun will turn black. We read this in Revelation 6:12-13, where "the sun turned black like sackcloth made of goat hair and the whole moon turned blood red." But at the end of the Tribulation period, the moon will just go dark along with the sun (which was dark at the beginning and seems to still be dark at the end). So we see that when the moon does turn blood red that we ought to expect the sun also to be turned black at the same time, which does not correspond to any blood red moon biblical interpretations that are out today. The Tribulation Period will be a dark time, both spiritually and literally, atmospherically. Isaiah speaks of the Day of the Lord: specifically, the Armageddon, in Isaiah 13:9-10, which reads, "See, the Day of the LORD is coming—a cruel day, with wrath and fierce anger—to make the land desolate and destroy the sinners within it. The stars of heaven and their constellations will not show their light. The rising sun will be darkened and the moon will not give its light." Jesus quoted this passage in Isaiah when describing the end times. We learn an added caveat from Amos 8:9, which says, "'In that day,' declares the Sovereign LORD, 'I will make the sun go down at noon and darken the Earth in broad daylight.'" This is a supernatural event and not merely nuclear weapons making the sky go dark. The sun on one of these days is going to go down at noon, darkening the Earth at daytime. You recall God did something similar with Hezekiah when He made the shadow caused by the sun go backwards which would require the sun changing its direction.
Revelation 6:13 says, "...and the stars in the sky fell to Earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind." The Greek word for "stars" here is the word "aster," which means "asteroids." There will be an asteroid shower that will fall upon the Earth at this time during the early part of the Tribulation. Jesus warns in Luke 21:25, "There will be signs in the sun, moon and stars [regarding the last days]." NASA today is watching for asteroids. There are many blind spots that NASA is not able to account for. In this day, asteroids are going to hit the Earth and mankind will have no defense. Later in Revelation, we will see that God will send a devastating Asteroid that He Himself named whose purpose is to devastate the Earth during the Tribulation period. That will be much worse than what the people are experiencing here in Revelation chapter 6.
Verse 14 of chapter 6 says, "The sky receded like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place." Wow, the sky receding like a scroll and rolling up?!?! I'm not sure what that looks like, but I heard from one preacher that a continental drift could cause the sky to appear to recede like a scroll. It also tells us that every mountain and island was removed from its place. This is likely not only caused by the great earthquakes, but also by the pounding of the asteroids. Verse 15 says, "Then the kings of the Earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and every free man hid in caves and among the rocks of the mountains." We were told in verse 14 that the mountains fell, and verse 15 says that everyone hid in caves and among the rocks of the fallen mountains. God's atmospheric judgment is unbiased as both rich and poor will try to find refuge from God's wrath. Sin often causes us to "hide" from God. When mankind committed the first sin, they, that is, Adam and Eve hid from God. When God unleashes His wrath and judgment, where are we able to hide? Verse 15 mentions the rich and the poor. They will all have one thing in common: they all rebelled against God and rejected Him. And note that the rich will have to leave their mansions and fortifications and join the poor in the caves and rocks.
Isaiah speaks of this time in Isaiah chapter 2. Beginning in verse 9, it says, "So man will be brought low and mankind humbled—do not forgive them." Verse 10: "Go into the rocks, hide in the ground from the dread of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty!" Note that the majestic rich will have to hide in the ground and rocks from the Majestic God. Verse 11: "The eyes of the arrogant man will be humbled and the pride of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day." I believe we covered several reasons for the Tribulation earlier in our series. We see one here. The Tribulation will serve to humble the proud who reject God. God will be exalted in His judgment against the wicked. Verse 12: "The LORD Almighty has a day in store for all the proud and lofty, for all that is exalted (and they will be humbled...)" Verses 13-16: "for all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and all the oaks of Bashan, for all the towering mountains and all the high hills, for every lofty tower and every fortified wall, for every trading ship and every stately vessel." The theme here is God humbling the proud. Man attempts to build taller and taller sky scrapers because of his pride, but they will all come tumbling down one day. I believe that the "high hills" and "towering mountains" not only refer to their literal depictions, but also to man's ego and power. "Lofty tower" likely also represents man's technology including skyscrapers. The "trading ships" and "stately vessels" refer to man's commerce and wealth. The rich who got richer at the expense of the poor earlier in Revelation 6, will be reduced to poverty themselves when God strikes down their means to wealth.
Continuing, Isaiah 2:17 says, "The arrogance of man will be brought low and the pride of men humbled; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day..." That is almost a verbatim quote of verse 11. Verse 18: "...and the idols will totally disappear." Of course money is mankind's biggest idol today (along with self and fame). What can money do for anyone when asteroids are pounding the Earth and everyone has to flee to caves? Verse 19: "Men will flee to caves in the rocks and to holes in the ground from dread of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty when He rises to shake the Earth." "Shaking the Earth" here alludes to the great earthquakes that we studied in Revelation 6. Isaiah 2:20: "In that day men will throw away to rodents and bats their idols of silver and idols of gold, which they made to worship." Caves are where bats and rodents dwell. Who cares if someone drops an expensive gold chain in the cave at this time?—no one will care to pick it up. By dropping what they have they can run faster. Verse 21: "They will flee to caverns in the rocks and to the overhanging crags from dread of the LORD and the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the Earth." We saw that men will flee to caves from Revelation 6. Note how many times Isaiah mentions that in his second chapter. In Isaiah 2:10, 19, and 21, he mentions this. Jesus also mentions this. In Matthew 24:15-16, Jesus says, "So when you see standing in the holy place the abomination that causes desolation, spoken of through the prophet Daniel—let the reader understand—then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains." Jesus even goes on to say, "Let no one on the roof of his house go down to take anything out of the house. Let no one in the field go back to get his cloak. How dreadful it will be in those days for pregnant women and nursing mothers! Pray that your flight will not take place in winter or on the Sabbath." Well, when an asteroid shower and great earthquakes pound the Earth, one shouldn't go back to his house to get his cloak. Babies will slow down fleeing nursing mothers and will add an extra burden to take care of their child while they are trying to save themselves. It is interesting that Jesus would mention the Sabbath. Only Jews would care about the Sabbath. Jews would be among the crowd in terror because they too rejected Christ. The last verse of Isaiah 2 reads, "Stop trusting in man, who has but a breath in his nostrils. Of what account is he?" Man is not only prideful, but man also trusts in man over God. Up to this point, man worshipped the things made by man, which they no longer care for at this time and are abandoning them to rodents and bats for fear for their lives.
The people in the caves in Revelation have an interesting response. Revelation 6:16 says, "They called to the mountains and the rocks, 'Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb!'" Wow, instead of praying to God to save them, they instead pray to the rocks to kill them. These people during these end times will be so callous and hardened against God that they will know who is causing their problem, but will still shake their fists at Him instead of turning to Him and repenting. Even more interesting is that they know precisely who is causing their problem. These people do not cry out, shaking a fist against Mohammed. They are not shaking a fist at Buddha, or even the Jehovah Witnesses' Jehovah. These people precisely acknowledge (through a rejection) that Jesus Christ is the one causing their terror as they call Him "Lamb". These people are responding like Pharaoh. Pharaoh knew by first hand witness and experience who the true God of the universe is, yet he hardened his heart to God unwaveringly. I am often impressed by how much of the bible atheists actually know. They are able to quote lots of verses even when they are defending their atheistism. They know who Jesus is. They just reject Him.
The narrator, that is John, chimes in in the last verse of chapter 6: "For the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?" John says that the Day of the LORD, mentioned many times in both the Old and New Testament, has finally come. The Tribulation period is the Day of the LORD and the second half of the Tribulation is the Great Day of the LORD.
Revelation Chapter 6 (Part 43) (Verses 12 - 17)
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Road Racing For Beginners
After completing in a number of sportive's and seeing cycle racing on the television, I'm sure there's a good many cyclists who have caught the competitive bug are keen to make the switch from sportive or club rider to road racer. So here are a few tips and pointers on what you'll need to think about before you arrive on the start line.
Joining a Club
Look to join a cycling club in your area, they can be invaluable. The accumulated years of know-how and expertise within any given cycling club can be huge. Learning to ride in group at speed is an essential skill you will need to master and there will be club members with plenty experience at racing who will be able to give you guidance as you head towards that first race.
Fitness, if you have trained for a few century rides or done other rides and enjoy being on the bike, comfortably spending two to three hours riding, you should have a fairly good base to which to start from. You need to make sure you have a good base as everything is built on those foundations and it's a really important part of training.
If you're happy with your base level you will now need to do specific racing training such as interval training. A turbo is probably the best way to do these specific training sessions, especially if you have limited available to you. There are plenty of you tube training videos that you can check out. Combine these training sessions with some fast club ride's and your well on your way.
Race Licence
The next step is to find out where and when you can race and what you will need to be able to race. In general you will need a race licence before you can enter a race. There are various organizations administer road races in to the UK. British Cycling, TLI (The League International) & LVRC (The League of Veteran Racing Cyclists). They will have all the information you will need to be able to enter a road race.
As well as racing on the road which tends to be raced on fairly quite country roads, there are also a lot of town centre races during the summer months. These are run on small closed road circuits about a mile long with these races usually lasting between 40 minutes and an hour. There are also a growing number of closed circuits up and down the country. The closed circuits are great way for beginners and youngsters to get into racing. You will quite often find coaching sessions going on throughout the year at these circuits.
Race Day
Race day prep should start the day before. Check your bike to make sure everything is working as it should; you don't want to get to the HQ only to find that your gears aren't working properly. Pack your kit making sure you have you have your helmet, shoes & racing licence without these you won't be allowed on the start line. Pack your nutrition making sure you have enough for before, during and after the race. Get to the HQ in plenty of time so you're not rushing around at the last minute. Once the race has started don't be afraid to get stuck in and try and stay in the first ¼ of the bunch if you can, I know has a beginners this sounds hard and it is hard. But if you can stay in the wheels you will find eventually it to be easier to stay up near the front.
Entering a new sport can seem overwhelming but everyone has to start somewhere. Just pick a race, get out there and give it a shot. If you are struggling and you do get dropped, don't be put off. Most rider's will get dropped at some point remember the more races you do the better you get.
After that first race is over, you can go away and see what gains you need to make to your fitness, nutrition, skills and race tactics and don't forget to check out future Formby Cycles Blogs

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My last outfit post from my trip to London *insert sad face here*. We had lots planned for today including a trip to the Bond in Motion exhibition and, of course, some shopping, and I had the perfect footwear choice up my sleeve.
I was recently invited to the Bath Superga shop to be shown the new collection and select a pair of shoes to try. Whilst I've heard of Superga before, I had no idea that the Italian brand has been going for 100 years or more and it was also good to clear up how to pronounce the name and it turns out I've been doing it wrong this whole time!
Now let's get on to the shoes. There was a shiny pair of rose gold shoes which I was very tempted by but decided they weren't for me. I went for the classic 2750 style shoe, which has inspired so many other designs, but with fleece lining making them perfect for these colder months. I did, however, opt for the white version, which looking back wasn't all too appropriate for rainy days (which is typically a day I choose to wore these babies). Nethertheless, the trainers were nice and comfortable for a day of walking and I've now got my eyes on these ones too!
Whilst I won't be deserting my trusty dolly shoes just yet, I can honestly say I'm now a trainer convert...
Trainers: Superga* | Coat: Topshop | Jeans: ASOS | Jumper: Mango (similar) | Bag: Marc Jacobs


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Ominous automobiles and probable getaway cars/
Have you ever noticed that every car parked outside a 7-11 looks like a getaway car? Perhaps it's because I was once robbed at gunpoint, or perhaps it's because I am constantly envisioning possible fictional scenarios in real-life situations, but every time I drive by the local 7-11 or pull into its parking lot, I am convinced that it is being robbed.
Yesterday there was a police car parked in front of the 7-11, and still I thought that the store was probably being robbed.
And yet I still go inside quite often, because to avoid the store would mean submitting to my insanity.
Better to walk into a robbery in progress than admit to yourself that your post- traumatic stress disorder is getting the best of you.


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The bill for Agent Orange comes due
Age and Agent Orange are closing in on Vietnam veterans, a legacy of hurt for those who served — and a very big bill for American taxpayers.
It's a world turned upside down from decades ago when returning soldiers had to fight to get attention for deadly lymphomas linked to the herbicide. Now the frailties of men in their 60s — prostate cancer, diabetes, heart disease — lead the list of qualified Agent Orange disabilities, and the result has been an explosion in claims and the government's liability.
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The latest expansion, approved by Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki in October, adds ischemic heart disease and Parkinson's and will cost at least $42 billion over the next 10 years. The VA estimates 349,000 individuals are already receiving Agent Orange disability benefits, and that number could soon reach 500,000 — or one out of every four surviving Vietnam veterans by the VA's count.
As the costs rise, so do the questions about the science involved and the box Washington put itself in by failing to address Agent Orange's impact more directly at the outset.
And because Vietnam service is still such a political minefield for American politicians, the most telling, often edgy debate is among veterans themselves.
"It is what it is. The anecdotal evidence of Vietnam veterans dying and getting diseases earlier is enormous," said an exasperated Richard Weidman, an Army medic in the war and now legislative director for Vietnam Veterans of America. "I know five people in the VVA leadership alone who have been diagnosed with Parkinson's. In no other side of my life have I seen anything like that."
Yet for many who saw Vietnam firsthand, a 1-to-4 ratio of service-connected disabilities for Agent Orange strains credibility. And this is especially the case when the top conditions are heart disease and diabetes, two illnesses so linked to diet and lifestyle.
"Heart disease is a common phenomenon regardless of potential exposure to Agent Orange," wrote Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) in a June letter to Shinseki challenging the secretary's decision. A decorated Marine infantry officer in the war, Webb has since softened his tone after catching heat for his stance. But with his urging, the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee has scheduled a hearing for Sept. 23 on the new regulations, slated to take effect by December.
"I just want to understand the logic of how they decided this latest service connection," said Webb. "This is a helluva awkward position to be in where I've been an advocate all my adult life on veterans' benefits. I just want to know how they got to this point."
Backing Webb is Anthony Principi, also a Vietnam veteran, and VA secretary under former President George W. Bush.
"He's gotten some heat, but how can anyone question his patriotism and what he has done?" Principi said of Webb. "It's got to be looked at; it's got to be addressed. ... This is serious. The numbers are dramatic."
"We're 40 years later and we need to ask, is there a better way to do this? You want to do what's right for veterans," he told POLITICO. "At the same time, you want to protect the integrity of the disability compensation program."
The convergence of cost pressures now is striking as captured by events on Tuesday this week.
That morning, the VA expects the Federal Register to publish the new Agent Orange rules to implement the latest expansion of benefits, including heart disease coverage. And that evening, President Barack Obama will speak to the nation on the U.S. transition between Iraq and Afghanistan, two fresh post-Vietnam wars with their own legacies of new disability claims.


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Trolltindene, Romsdalen Valley
Troll Wall is the tallest rock face in Europe. It is a prestigious goal for climbers, base jumpers and adrenaline junkies in wingsuits. It has been illegal to jump from since 1986.
The Troll Wall (Norwegian: Trollveggen) is part of the mountain massif Trolltindene (Troll Peaks) in the Romsdalen valley, near Åndalsnes and Molde, on the Norwegian west coast. Trollveggen is part of the Reinheimen National Park in the municipality of Rauma in Møre og Romsdal county. The Troll Wall is the tallest vertical rock face in Europe, about 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) from its base to the summit of its highest point. At its steepest, the summit ridge overhangs the base of the wall by nearly 50 metres (160 ft). The Rauma River and the European Route E136 runs just to the east of the wall.
The rock is gneiss, formed into a broken rock wall of huge corners, concave roofs, and crack systems, topped with a series of spires and pinnacles on the summit rim. The rock is generally loose, and rockfall is the norm on this north-facing big wall. There was a series of large rockfalls on the wall in September 1998, radically changing the character of several climbing routes.
The Troll Wall has been a prestigious goal for climbers and base jumpers alike. Carl Boenish, the "father" of base jumping, was killed on the Troll Wall in 1984 shortly after setting the world record for the highest base jump in history. base jumping from Troll Wall has been illegal since 1986.Provided By: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_Wall


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Happy 2014! Did you make a New Year's resolution about eating more salad? Great! But if you're thinking of a salad as an obligation, or as a monotonous stream of green lettuce leaves, you're making it a lot more tedious than it really needs to be. Some of the best, easiest, and tastiest salads feature every color of the rainbow and don't have a leaf of lettuce in sight. That's a bonus for you, if you're easily bored by lettuce, as well as your kids, if they turn up their noses at anything green and leafy.
On our Pinterest board, "Not Your Typical Iceberg Lettuce Salad," you'll find a kaleidoscope of colors and textures, ranging from radish leaves to millet to Beluga lentils. And in honor of the new year, we thought we'd share one of our family's recent favorite "not-salad" salads, the Triple Carrot Ginger Salad. We happened to have this salad sitting on the counter when our 10-year-old walked by, so we asked, "Do you want to try some salad?" and this caused him to do a literal double-take and two steps back. "That's a salad?!?" And for the record – He tried it and he liked it.
Triple Carrot Ginger Salad
3 carrots, one red, one yellow, one orange
1 1/2 cups shredded purple cabbage
2 green onions, chopped
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
Juice of one lime
1 T. honey
1 T. fresh grated ginger
Dash salt
Optional: 1/2 cup cashew pieces
Slice the carrots very thinly (we used a mandoline on a thin setting and held the carrots on a diagonal). Combine the carrots, purple cabbage, and green onions in a salad bowl. Set aside.
In a small mixing bowl, whisk together the olive oil, lime juice, honey, ginger, and salt. Toss the dressing with the carrot mixture. For a heartier salad, add cashew pieces. Serve immediately; serves 4.
So…what's in your salad bowl for 2014?


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I am number two of what is these days considered a large family; I have four siblings and we are all sports fanatics, whether it is rugby, netball, tennis or basketball, we all love to hover round the television watching our teams compete and are not afraid to bring the house down when we win or question the ref when he or she is without a doubt wrong! Both my parents played representative netball and rugby respectively and we have all inherited their competitive instincts and love for sport.
I was educated at Carmel College on the North Shore but spent my final year of school at Baradene College. During that year I played in the Senior Team 1 of both Netball and Volleyball and was also involved in Stage Challenge.
At school I was always drawn towards the sciences, in particular chemistry, but was still unsure of what career path I wanted to follow. Due to my father and Andy McGregor being involved together with St Peter's College 1st XV, I had the opportunity to spend a day with Andy to help decide if Physiotherapy was what I wanted to study. There was no doubt once 5pm rolled round that this is what I wanted to do and to this day I'm glad I made the decision and thankful that I have been given the opportunity to learn so much from all those at MedStrength.
Recently I completed the Whangarei Half Marathon and will be competing in the Auckland Half Marathon. Hopefully, body willing, I will attempt the Auckland Full Marathon in 2013. I achieved quite a respectable time for my half and felt this is due partly to working at MedStrength and using my knowledge of high intensity strength training to give me great preparation for the run.
With the Auckland Marathon nearing, I'd love to help MedStrength members become more motivated and ready for the challenge that lies ahead.
"The body achieves what the mind believes."


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Technology Support Specialist
Technology Support Specialist
Quincy Community Schools
Vacancy 2018-19 (Currently Open)
Quincy Community Schools has a vacancy for a Technology Support Specialist. The Technology Support Specialist will work under the direction and supervision of the Technology Coordinator. The following list provides a summary for the duties of this position:
- Perform hardware and software repairs on technology related items throughout the district
- Provide updates/support to the district and school websites
- Provide support in the classroom for hardware/software related issues
- Perform necessary maintenance for technology hardware throughout the district
- Maintain/update technology physical storage areas and the technology/media related inventory
- Assist the Technology Coordinator in the addition of infrastructure or any technology related updates or upgrades to the district
- Provide hardware/software support for students as needed and/or assigned
- Provide technology support to the faculty/staff as needed and as assigned by the Technology Coordinator
- Any other duties appropriate for the position.
A bachelor's degree in computer science or a related field preferred. An equivalent knowledge of school technology systems or related work experience is desired.
Contract Term and Conditions:
This would be a full time twelve month position. Wages range from $34,000-$36,000 depending on experience and education. There will be 2 weeks of vacation per year and include school district health insurance benefits.
Application Procedure:
Interested candidates should visit www.applitrack.com/quincyschools/onlineapp/ and complete the application including resume, cover letter, applicable certificates, and two recent letters of recommendation from persons knowledgeable about the candidate's professional qualifications.
The position is open until it is filled.
It is the policy of the Quincy Community School District that no person shall, on the basis of sex, gender identity, race, color, creed, age marital status, national origin, weight, height, or handicap, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of or be subject to discrimination in employment or any of its programs or activities.


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Embrace Yoga DC
We are a community-minded, love-filled yoga studio that embraces your freedom, your growth and your joy.
We offer a joyous collection of yoga classes, workshops and trainings designed specifically with you in mind. It doesn't matter where you are in life or how your body is feeling, we are here to serve. Join us as you dance your dance, breathe mindfully, and open yourself to unlimited possibilities within a community focused on enhancing life through the practice yoga.


text: I olso want to share my story about meeting a lady name Lyudmila N.from Zhitomir last year of 2006!She told me i was only guy that she meet from coffinetional connections,Lyudmila is now34 years old,she olso have 13years old girl name Anastasya,I find out olso about lyudmila that she was dating a guy from zhitomir who was meried to another woman ,just one week before my first visit to Zhitomir in early spring of 2006??actully i meet Lyudmila N>on confidentional connections in 2005 ,but she never talk about her boyfriend!!So i would love to hear if any of you guys olso was in meet with Lyudmila N.from zhitomir in year of 2005 and 2006??thanks for listenning!!And i hope i get some answer from you guys!!


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Kenneth Silverman on John Cage
February 20, 2011
John Cage wrote some of the most controversial music of the 20th Century. The brilliant composer was extraordinarily creative. Kenneth Silverman explores Cage's life in a groundbreaking biography called "Begin Again." He tells Steve Paulson that a lot of Cage's creativity came from his inventor father.


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Matt Dilkes
Lettings Director
- Email:
- email@example.com
- Phone:
- 01202 554470
Born 1979
Having started my career in Retail, and eventually retail management I built a solid core skill based around customer service, this has transitioned into estate agency where I pride myself on being professional, approachable and dedicated to my clients needs, i enjoy making good business relationships and building rapport with my landlords and tenants, offering honest advice on your property. Now in my 6th year with Christopher Shaw and 9 years in Estate Agency in total I work with my small but hand picked team to cover all your property needs. I also work very closely with our sales department, advising on buy to let investments, regularly attending sales appointments, often starting a new landlord on their investment journey. If you need any advice on your rental portfolio I am more than happy to help.


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I am a Botswana citizen and was looking for an online school and came across the AIU (Atlantic International University). Now they want me to enroll with them.is this one of the scams or what.
Your help will be appreciated?
CV: Yes, Atlantic International University is CERTAINLY a fake university. We covered this in The Voice a few weeks ago. You can see the article on our blog and on The Voice web site.
Atlantic International University play quite a clever trick by claiming, truthfully, to be an accredited university. HOWEVER when you dig deeper you discover that this is a trick. In the small print they concede that they are "not accredited by the U.S. Department of Education". They are, in fact, accredited by the "Accrediting Commission International (ACI)". This is a fake accreditation body that even AIU confess is also "not regulated or approved by the US Department of Education". They're a fake university accredited by a fake accreditation body.
Their web site is full of curious things. For instance the profiles of some of their senior staff appear to be false and others can't be traced at all. Some of them seem to have awarded themselves their only qualifications from their own non-accredited university.
The problem for fake universities like Atlantic International is that more and more people are realizing that they are crooks. More and more employers are realizing this too. Please don't run the risk of ruining your career by thinking you can improve it with a fake degree.
Dear Consumer's Voice
I received an email from the Russell Hotel in London saying that they wanted to hire workers. Is this true?
CV: This is a scam. The email says:
"Salary: is very attractive depending on experience to be found in applicant. Our salary and benefit which will be forwarded to you for your perusal. The hotel management wants the whole thing settled in45days time. If you can meet our requirement please reply for further procedures. The management will take care of your feeding, accommodation including your air ticket. We will provide all the relevant backup documents to enable the applicant get his or her visa at UK-Embassy in the applicant country."
"Feeding"? Yes they clearly think of their victims as cattle.
Let's face a few facts. Why would a hotel in London be recruiting total strangers from around the world and paying for their air ticket, food and accommodation? Why would they email from a free email address? They're supposedly a hotel in central London so why can't they string a sentence together in the Queen's English?
You can bet they'll yet another "advance fee" payable by Western Union as soon as you reply to them.
Green card scams
We've been contacted by many people over the last few weeks who received emails claiming they have won the US Diversity lottery. This is a genuine scheme that people can apply for but these scammers are exploiting people's ignorance of how it really works to steal their money.
The emails typically offer an unbelievable amount of free accommodation, health care, education and a job. And guess what? They want about US$800, which they want to be paid via Western Union. Of course this seems too good to be true and that's because it IS too good to be true. It's a scam.
I've posted links to official US State Department web sites that describe the scam on our blog but whatever you do, please don't respond to them and certainly don't send them any money. You'll never see it again.
VERY late bills
How long can a company wait before sending you a bill for their services?
CV: A reader got in touch to tell us about the bill she just received from a major utility company here in Botswana. I won't say which one but there aren't that many to choose from so you might guess. It was for the magnificent total of P166.25. The letter she received went on to give her 14 days to pay up otherwise they would refer her to ITC.
The reader, being a honest consumer. had no problem in principle with paying her debts, but asked them what exactly it was for. They demanded that she come to their office where they presented her with a bill which they allege she incurred in 1998. Thirteen years ago! She wanted to know if this was reasonable.
Of course it isn't!!!!! It's utterly absurd!
We checked with our friendly, neighbourhood lawyer and he confirmed what our understanding of the law says. He said that a debt like this can only be enforced for "3 years from the date on which the debt fell due or the date on which the creditor could first reasonably have been expected to know the claim arose".
See, we have some wonderful laws in Botswana. Sensible, just laws that genuinely protect you and me. It's just a shame that some companies don't know about them.


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Hello from Orlando!
How was your weekend? Busy? Fun? I've been away at a conference since Friday and have tried to stay healthy by starting each day with an insanely delicious french vanilla protein drink and then ordering salads/fruit salads whenever possible. I've also enjoyed a bunch of waffle fries and a couple of cocktails but everything in moderation is A-OK. Anyways, it's Monday so let's start it off on the right foot! Happy Monday ya'll!
And I'll leave ya with some great advice from good ol' Bob:


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How well is Robin Williams' recent resurgence going? Well enough that he's getting back into terrifying himself onstage again.
"I did it last night, I went onstage at the Comedy Cellar," says the Oscar-winning movie and standup star, on the line from New York. "It was fun. I got to follow Colin Quinn and Jim Norton . . . it's like a club with a typical red-brick wall and you feel like Lenny Bruce for a moment. It's also good because it scares the s--- out of you."
Somewhere between 2006 — when he stumbled out of sobriety and into rehab — and his open-heart surgery in 2009, Williams hit something of a low point. He has since returned to standup and acting but, beyond that, has also ventured into things he never did before in his 35-year career: stage acting on Broadway and now an evening chatting with David Steinberg, in a novel experience coming Tuesday to the Sony Centre.
Likening talks with Inside the Actors Studio host James Lipton to "circumcision with a Waterpik," the always-chatty Williams sounds grateful to have, for once, an interlocutor who can keep up — joke for joke and story for story — in Steinberg.
"I did his TV show (Sit Down Comedy, now Inside Comedy) and it was such a blast. He's got great stories, so it's kind of back and forth, which is wonderful. His whole relationship with Groucho" — Steinberg spent months with Marx, writing a play about him — "and all this other stuff just takes the pressure off."
Primarily a director for decades now, Canadian onetime standup star Steinberg is surely less familiar to younger comedy fans than Williams, though the latter points out Steinberg's links to everything from Curb Your Enthusiasm (directing) to SCTV to the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. As Williams prepares to sit down for this unique evening of talking — about life, his career and everything — he wants to make clear: though he's as famous for solo comedy as he is for anything, he values collaborators dearly.
"I've just been lucky enough to work with such amazing people. I learn mainly by contact with people, even this last (film) we just finished, called Angriest Man in Brooklyn. We were shooting all through Brooklyn and there was this total mix of emotions, sometimes people go 'Oh my God, welcome to the neighbourhood,' and another'd go 'Where's my shotgun.' You get this idea of just enjoying the experience."
He must enjoy the experience or he'd make fewer movies; the film career of this one-time Juilliard student has plenty of duds to go along with the well-remembered hits like Dead Poets Society and Good Morning Vietnam. All the same, one must get slightly awestruck looking at the list of top-flight directors who have chosen to work with him, including Robert Altman, Steven Spielberg, Terry Gilliam, Peter Weir, Gus Van Sant, Woody Allen, Mike Nichols and Barry Levinson.
Williams looks forward to telling tales of those cinematic efforts at the Sony Centre. It'll be "a bit like sitdown therapy," as opposed to his standup version, with occasional ventures out of the comfy chair: "There'll be things you re-enact, it kinda demands it."
Williams says his yarns intersect with Steinberg's at odd points; between them their lives take in a lot of comedy history, whether it's Williams bonding with his idol Jonathan Winters on the Mork and Mindy set, or Steinberg and Groucho. Williams recalls watching Richard Pryor perform at old comedy clubs, and Steinberg has his own tales to tell of living across the street from Pryor in Greenwich Village in the 1960s.
If this is a retrospective moment in the actor/comedian's life, it's only to be expected after a tumultuous few years, including a return to alcohol and then a divorce. Asked if he knows what wisdom he's going to share with the audience, Williams responds, "Just gratitude. I know it sounds like we're in a meeting. I've been so lucky to be alive, No. 1, and then to have this reboot, heart surgery, rehab — I went to rehab in wine country — remarriage . . . this has been a crazy journey, but you look back at the painful stuff, it got me here."
This chat format is as new to Williams as his title role last year on Broadway, Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, but he's a man known for compulsively performing, once scrambling to find a standup venue while filming Popeye in Malta. He has several movies in the can and, while in New York shooting Angriest Man, was back onstage, doing standup with Hannibal Buress "in a room of really hard-core Williamsburg young people. Me going, 'OK, let me find what I can find.' "
He was pleased by that audience's tolerance for dark material but, like many standups, laments contemporary crowds' desire to capture the experience on smartphones, even watching through the phone ("It's like putting on a wetsuit and having sex, what are you doing?"). After more than three decades of standup, it's clear he still regards it as sacred space.
"I like to get my phone sometimes and start filming them and say, 'How does this feel? Playback's a bitch.' Why do you have to be an incidental tourist?
"This was meant to be the one thing you got now is now, in this moment in this comedy club. Memories of seeing Pryor performing live at the Comedy Store are not (special) due to the fact it was videotaped or taped on a phone on a one-inch screen. That experience was so visceral, why would I want to screw with that?"
An Evening of Sit-Down takes place Nov. 13 at 8 p.m. at the Sony Centre. Tickets at ticketmaster.ca


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Keith Hoffler
Senior Research & Development Engineer
Keith founded Adaptive Aerospace Group in 2003 after a 20-year career of aerospace research and development. His career path started with an Associate of Science Degree from Chowan College followed by both Bachelor and Master of Science Degrees in Aerospace Engineering from North Carolina State University. Keith's Master's Degree research and thesis were supported by NASA Langley and was a study of aerodynamic concepts for improving low speed performance of supersonic aircraft. The research included wind tunnel and computation fluid dynamics experiments.
Post-graduation Keith started his career at ViGYAN and remained there for nearly 18 years. His first assignment at ViGYAN was to design a Low-Speed Wind Tunnel including the tunnel layout, shape, flow control, and building layout to support operations. ViGYAN's tunnel remains very productive today. His work migrated from aerodynamics to developing aerodynamic models for piloted and batch simulations. This morphed his career to handling qualities, flight controls, stability and control, and human factors research in both simulation and flight tests while supporting NASA Langley's Flight Dynamics Branch, Dynamic Stability and Control Branch, and others. In the mid-1990's Keith was promoted to Vice President of Aerospace Product Development at ViGYAN. While in this role he worked on development of a database system for managing wind tunnel, CFD, and flight test data related to NASA's High Speed Civil Transport program. He also worked on abort requirements for a lifting body in the event it needed to return to the land at the launch site. His main focus became ViGYAN's the Pilot Weather Advisor (PWA), which used satellite broadcast to put weather in the cockpit of airplanes in flight. Keith accepted the lead of this work soon after the first demonstration prototype had flown. He led technical and business plan development in an effort that resulted in selling the PWA intellectual property to WSI. Part of the deal required Keith to go to work for WSI. While he was at WSI the product was renamed WSI InFlight. During his tenure WSI received the Aircraft Electronics Association manufacturer of the year award.
Keith preferred research and development so he left WSI and formed Adaptive Aerospace Group to get back to what he enjoys: trying to figure out things that don't work yet. The company name comes from a suggestion from a friend who noted Keith's "Adaptive" career. The company has grown and supported graduate students that are now in industry and others that remain at AAG. Keith enjoyed mentoring them. Keith is technical manager of the work at AAG now that includes work on NASA's Low-Boom Supersonic demonstrator, integration of UAS in the NAS, NextGen Air Traffic Control concepts, and advanced avionics concepts.
Keith earned his private pilot's license early in his career. It was a dream of his since going up with an uncle when he was 8 years old. Being a pilot has proven to be very helpful in understanding and communicating with the test pilots as well as developing and performing verification and validation of the piloted simulations. It also proved to be highly motivating while developing Pilot Weather Adviser and bringing it to market. Keith now holds a Commercial/Instrument Rating and flies the company's Cessna R182 for business travel and to evaluate various systems. His flying and engineering experience are both key to his current roles in RTCA SC-228, working to develop requirements for integrating Unmanned Aircraft Systems in the National Airspace System.
Outside work Keith enjoys flying, golf, kayaking, photography, and traveling adventures.


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Luca Caputi scores a pair as the IceDogs beat the Otters 10-5NHL.com @NHLdotcom
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Luca Caputi scored two goals, including his franchise-record 48th of the season, as the Niagara IceDogs doubled up the Erie Otters 10-5 in their Ontario Hockey League game Sunday afternoon.
Alex Pietrangelo added a goal and four assists for the winners and Mike Swift and Jordan Foreman netted a goal and two assists. Stefan Legein marked his return to the IceDogs lineup in his first game since December with a goal and assist and single goals went to Mat Maione, Barry Sanderson, Drew Schiestel and Jason Bergeron.
Jordan Skellett scored on a penalty shot for the Otters and Shawn Szydlowski, Zack Torquato, Justin Hodgman and Doug Clarkson also added singles.
Niagara improved to 37-24-0-1, outshooting the Otters 52-42. Erie's record dropped to 15-43-2-2.


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Hi folks, 1and1's email servers go haywire again. This is like the 4th time this year. I dreaded calling their technical support, but I had to because it looked like my client was missing email from 8AM-10AM. Guess what, another annoying 10 minutes dealing with 1and1 technical support. They confirmed their email servers were having issues and that their admins were "on it." Thumbs up to the admins though, I can imagine it being tough working at 1and1. I will contact their complaints department to get a credit for the next billing cycle. End rant.
BTW: On a funny note, while calling tech support, they were playing Portal's ending song Still Alive. Kind of odd calling into tech support and hearing the lyrics "dead, still alive, dying, burned," lol. Bravo to one cool admin out there.


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Welcome to the April issue of the Professional Organizers Blog Carnival! I thoroughly enjoyed reading all the posts which were submitted, and was pleased to pick up many new ideas. Whether you're looking for eco-friendly ways to help your clients deal with clutter, or trying to implement green practices in your own home or business, you're sure to learn something here.
Since professional organizers frequently help their clients dispose of things they no longer need or want, they have a tremendous opportunity to help them do so in an environmentally responsible way. Lisa Montanaro does an excellent job of explaining about the connection between living "green" and getting organized in her post, "Green Organizing": An Earth-Friendly Combination.
"Going green" generally refers to practicing the 3R's: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle, and Elaine Shannon addresses all three in her Green Business: Environmentally friendly Business Organizing Tips (no longer online).
Ellen Delap continues the theme in Green Organizing: Baby Steps to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle, advising that,
Having baby steps helps us commit to recycling.
Some of this month's contributors blogged about specific aspects of green organizing. Jeri Dansky brings us The Latest on Plastic Food Storage – And Alternatives, Joan Kosmachuk talks about Recycling Baby Carseats, and Julie Bestry shares information about Greening Your Greetings: Recycling and Reusing Greeting Cards. Julie says that,
Digital greetings may reduce your carbon footprint, but nobody's ever slept with an e-card tucked lovingly under her pillow. These recyclable/reusable greeting cards are eco-friendly while still making a joyous Ta-Da in your loved ones' mailboxes.
Angela Esnouf submitted a post about fuelling our brains and bodies responsibly, Need more energy?
Several organizers shared their best strategies for reusing or recycling things instead of discarding them. In 5 Ways To Recycle And Donate For Green Organizing, Ramona Creel tells us that,
When you start organizing, the first step is often cleaning out — but this process doesn't have to create bags of trash for the landfill, if you take the time to make sure that anything usable goes to a better home…
Margarita Ibbott answers the question, Can I recycle stuff instead of throwing it out?, Barbara Tako explains how to Help others and help yourself: Declutter for green living, charity, and yourself, and Eva Wallace says that Kermit Was Wrong – It IS Easy Being Green!
Environmental experts tell us that it's even more important to reduce our impact on the environment, and Audrey Cupo tells us how in Going Green Without Going Crazy, while Geralin Thomas shares a few of her own Eco-Friendly Organizing Hints.
In honor of Mother's Day, the theme for the next Professional Organizers Blog Carnival will be Organizing Tips for Busy Moms, and submissions may be made at any time up until noon on Monday, May 10. The topic for June will be Organizing for Special Events.
In the meantime, I'd like to thank all the bloggers who participated in this month's Professional Organizers Blog Carnival. Please take the time to read their posts, leave comments, and get to know one another! If you have some ideas about green organizing that haven't been mentioned here, or if you'd like to suggest a future topic, feel free to leave a comment below.


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Paul Randall has a wonderful post about that topic: "Misconceptions around the log and log backups: how to convince yourself".
Will quote him: "There's still a widely held misconception that when properly in the FULL or BULK_LOGGED recovery models that full or differential backups can truncate the log. No. It *NEVER* happens."
His post was published almost SEVEN years ago, but there are still a lot of people who thinks differently. There are thousands of databases where transaction log is hundred times bigger than the data itself.
Millions of petabytes of unnecessary data around the world are sitting uselessly on companies' hard drives bringing revenue to SAN distributors.
Will do it, as always, in steps:
What is the problem?Will repeat it again and again: If your database in Full or Bulk-Logged Recovery Models, all transactions, recorded to the Log file, won't go away and will sit there forever, until Transaction Log Backup will be performed.
What is wrong with that?At first, growing log file will eat your disk space. If your database is small and has almost no activity, you can live without even knowing about the problem for couple of years and when your database will stop accepting any new transactions because of Full Disk issue you will be running and screaming trying to figure out how to fix the issue.
At second, Log file will grow in small increments. By default, Log file auto-growth increment is 10%. It will take 100! File growth events until you reach size of 10Gb from it's initial size of 0.75 Mb. That creates huge file fragmentation not only on a drive, but also it creates internal Log File fragmentation.
In your firs 10Gb will be about 800 Virtual Log Files (VLFs). I've seen the case when Database's Log file had 200K VLFs!
At third, in case of disaster you would have to backup whole your Transaction Log, which will take a lot of extra time for the old Gigabytes of log data while your production system is down.
Why that was happened?Every new database you create is just a copy of Model database. Model database, by default, is in Full Recovery Model.Very few people are changing recovery model to Simple or scheduling a log backup job right after database creation.
How to prevent that?The easiest thing is to switch Model database on the server to Simple Recovery Model. then all new databases will be in Simple mode.
In a case, when customer requires you to have a database in Full Recovery Model, everybody must understand what does it mean, why that is necessary, and how to use it for your advantage.
You also have to develop the RESTORE strategy, which will include Transaction Log backup and you won't have a problem of growing transaction log at all.
To justify my post will provide a little demo:Script #1. Create a test database. Switch it to the Full Recovery Model and do an initial Full Database Backup.
use Master; GO IF EXISTS (SELECT TOP 1 1 FROM sys.databases WHERE name = 'TestLogBackup') BEGIN ALTER DATABASE TestLogBackup SET RESTRICTED_USER WITH ROLLBACK IMMEDIATE DROP DATABASE TestLogBackup; END GO CREATE DATABASE TestLogBackup; GO ALTER DATABASE TestLogBackup SET RECOVERY FULL; GO BACKUP DATABASE [TestLogBackup] TO DISK = N'C:\SS2014\Backup\TestLogBackup_1_Full.bak' WITH NOFORMAT, INIT, SKIP, NOREWIND, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10 GO
Script #2. Reporting script. We will use it multiple times during the demo:
USE TestLogBackup; GO SELECT name AS [Database Name], create_date, recovery_model_desc FROM sys.databases WHERE name = 'TestLogBackup'; GO ;WITH DbData as ( SELECT name, file_id as "File Id", is_percent_growth, growth, physical_name as "Physical Name", CAST(CAST(ROUND(Size/128.,3) as DECIMAL(16,3)) as VARCHAR(16)) AS SizeMB, CAST(CAST(ROUND(FILEPROPERTY(name, 'SpaceUsed')/128.,3) as DECIMAL(16,3)) as VARCHAR(16)) AS UsedSpaceMB FROM sys.database_files with (nolock) ) SELECT name AS [File Name], [File Id], RIGHT(SPACE(16) + CASE WHEN Len(SizeMB) > 7 THEN CASE WHEN Len(SizeMB) > 10 THEN LEFT(SizeMB, LEN(SizeMB) - 10) + ',' + SUBSTRING(SizeMB, LEN(SizeMB) - 10, 3) + ',' + RIGHT(SizeMB, 7) ELSE LEFT(SizeMB, LEN(SizeMB) - 7) + ',' + RIGHT(SizeMB, 7) END ELSE SizeMB END, 16) as SizeMB, RIGHT(SPACE(16) + CASE WHEN Len(UsedSpaceMB) > 7 THEN CASE WHEN Len(UsedSpaceMB) > 10 THEN LEFT(UsedSpaceMB, LEN(UsedSpaceMB) - 10) + ',' + SUBSTRING(UsedSpaceMB, LEN(UsedSpaceMB) - 10, 3) + ',' + RIGHT(UsedSpaceMB, 7) ELSE LEFT(UsedSpaceMB, LEN(UsedSpaceMB) - 7) + ',' + RIGHT(UsedSpaceMB, 7) END ELSE UsedSpaceMB END, 16) as UsedSpaceMB, CASE is_percent_growth WHEN 0 THEN CAST(growth/128 as VARCHAR) + ' Mb' ELSE CAST(growth as VARCHAR) + ' %' END as AutoGrowth FROM DbData OPTION (RECOMPILE); GO EXEC sp_executesql N'DBCC LOGINFO() WITH NO_INFOMSGS'; GO
1. Verify that Database in Full Recovery Model;
2. Provide File size and Used space size for Data and Log files;
3. Gives current list of VLFs from the Log file.
Here is what I have:
Script #3. Generating some data and transaction activity:
SELECT TOP 1000 REPLICATE('A',8000) AS Column_1 INTO tbl_Test_01 FROM sys.messages; GO
Script #4. First test: Will try to decrease Used Space in Transaction Log by doing Differential Database Backup:
BACKUP DATABASE [TestLogBackup] TO DISK = N'C:\SS2014\Backup\TestLogBackup_2_Diff.bak' WITH DIFFERENTIAL, NOFORMAT, INIT, SKIP, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10; GO
Script #5. Second test: Will try to decrease Used Space in Transaction Log by doing Full Database Backup:
BACKUP DATABASE [TestLogBackup] TO DISK = N'C:\SS2014\Backup\TestLogBackup_3_Full.bak' WITH NOFORMAT, INIT, SKIP, NOUNLOAD, STATS = 10; GO
Script #6. Third test: Will try to decrease Used Space in Transaction Log by doing Transaction Log Backup:
BACKUP LOG [TestLogBackup] TO DISK = N'C:\SS2014\Backup\TestLogBackup_4_Log.bak' WITH NOFORMAT, INIT, SKIP, STATS = 10; GO
That Worked!!! Used Space in Transaction Log has shrunk:
So,if you did not know before, now you know: The first line of defense against growing Log file is having Model database in Simple Recovery Model.
The second line of defense is implementation of well planned RESTORE strategy with regular Transaction Log backups.


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The Frank J. Caverly Scholarship Fund provides supplemental financial support for American Indian students who are pursuing post-secondary education at a university, college, junior college, or vocational/technical school to cover the partial costs of tuition, books or other fees.
Mr. Caverly was born on August 8, 1906 in Baraboo, Wisconsin, the son of Harry L. Caverly and Nellie Ryan. He became an insurance broker and resided in Pima County with his wife, Thelma. Mr. Caverly had an interest in American Indian Culture and established the fund as part of a living will. He passed away October 20, 1991. He stressed that the course of study and training for scholarship recipients must be useful and of benefit to Indian people and Indian communities.
- Applicants must meet the following qualifications to be considered for this scholarship:
- Be American Indian from a federally or state recognized tribe;
- Be a high school graduate or equivalent;
- Be accepted at a university, college or junior college; or
- Be accepted at a recognized vocational/technical school;
- Student's objective must benefit tribal communities, directly or indirectly
- Have a minimum GPA of 3.0
Scholarship Terms
Financial support will be provided for one term per year to cover partial costs of tuition, books and fees depending on need and as determined by the review committee.
Room and board will also be considered on a limited basis. A student in good academic standing may be considered for one additional term in a year subsequent to the year the applicant originally received a FJC scholarship. Applications are reviewed on a quarterly basis.
For more information, please contact (602) 258-4822


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Joint Appointments
Academic appointments prove a powerful recruitment tool for the world's leading scientists. More than 230 joint appointees at the University of Chicago and Argonne often pursue pioneering collaborative research. These appointments enrich research programs at the labs and the University, playing a major role in the recruitment and retention of top scientific talent in the Chicago region and advancing technology and discovery throughout the United States.
Jack Gilbert is Microbial Ecologist, Group Leader in Biosciences Division, Argonne National Laboratories; Associate Professor (Part-Time), Department of Ecology & Evolution, The University of Chicago; and Adjunct Senior Scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory.
Gilbert is a microbial ecologist whose ongoing research is focused on exploring how microbial communities assemble themselves in natural and man-made environments. His interests include the use of 'omics technologies (metagenomics, metatranscriptomics, metaproteomics, metametabolomics) and high-throughput sequencing to answer questions about microbial communities all over the world. He currently manages the Earth Microbiome Project, an ongoing effort to characterize the microbial diversity of our planet. Gilbert also develops predictive models that help extrapolate our understanding of the microbial ecosystem function mediated by bacteria to the continental and global scale, and is spearheading an effort to include microbial ecosystem dynamics into global climate models.
Gilbert is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution, and Department of Surgery at the University of Chicago, where he runs two externally funded initiatives. The Home Microbiome Project that is exploring how humans interact with the bacteria living in their homes; and the Hospital Microbiome Project that is examining how adding patients and staff into a hospital building effects the development of microbial communities and important pathogens.


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Wednesday, August 12, 2009
The Five Rights of Delegation
Delegation is an important aspect of nursing care, but it's essential that all parties understand the rules of the game. The National Council of State Boards of Nursing issued a standard (The Five Rights of Delegation) in 1995 that remains effectively unchanged today. Make sure everyone is on the same page net tie you have to delegate, or have been delegated to.
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|Luther window in Wehrli Chapel,
Eden Theological Seminary,
where I'm an adjunct instructor.
During ensuing years, the cantatas have been available on 2-CD sets (first on Deutsche Grammophon and then on Gardiner's own Soli Deo Gloria label). They are still available that way, and also as a 56-CD box set (available at this link). All the cover photos are of people from around the world, symbolizing Bach's universality. Last fall, I purchased the box set and decided to listen to the cantatas in conjunction to the liturgical year. I began with the First Sunday of Advent and have stayed with the "journey" pretty faithfully all year.
October 31 is Reformation Day, and these cantatas were appropriately performed in the university church of Luther, the Schlosskirche in Wittenberg. The CD cover photo, of a wide- and dark-eyed little girl, is from Kandahar, Afghanistan. One cantata is a long-time favorite on LPs, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott" (BWV 80), based on Luther's hymn.
The first piece is the festive "Gott der Herr ist Sonn und Schild" (BWV 79), "The Lord God is sun and shield"). The pageantry of this commemorative piece even includes a drum beat that (as Gardiner writes) could imaginatively echo the hammering of the 95 Theses upon the church door. Gardiner describes the numerous techniques with which Bach creates a profoundly moving piece.
Now thank we all our God
with heart and voice and hands,
who doth work great things for us
wherever we may be,
who since our mother's womb
and from our infancy
hath favoured us so many times
and continues so to do.
"Now thank we all our God" is the title of the second cantata (BWV 192, "Nun danket alle Gott"), a much smaller work with "modest instrumentation that nevertheless "provides an attractive contrast, an alternative and less bombastic approach to the celebrations."
Back to "Ein feste Burg" (BWV 80, "A mighty fortress is our God"). In the CD notes, Gardiner writes that Bach revised the cantata three times before this late version, which he "constructed a stupendous and elaborate new contrapuntal opening movement," without instrumental prelude. He points out that Bach uses Luther's hymn in three different numbers of the piece, with the last number being closest to the tune with which we're familiar. For a long time I had difficulty singing this hymn in church, because it had been sung at the funeral of a Lutheran pastor who had been a mentor. Bach's setting of the hymn helped me move toward healing.
We can do nothing with our own might,
all too soon we are lost.
It is the righteous man,
chosen by God, who fights for us.
We who at baptism swore loyalty
on Christ's bleeding banner,
his spirit conquers evermore.
Do you ask who He is?
He is called Jesus Christ,
the Lord of Sabaoth,
there is no other God,
He must hold the field.
I read an article online (and unfortunately didn't bookmark it) that raised the question of whether Reformation Day should be celebrated. After all, there is greater theological concord between the Roman Catholic and many Protestant churches than in Luther's day, and even Bach's day. Plus, there have been several historical moments when the church experienced a reformation or a course-correction when it had strayed from the Gospel in some way. I believe that the way many dominations are addressing LGBTQ inclusion is a kind of contemporary reformation, and so is the hard work of churches (in my own community of St. Louis and others) to address the tragedies of racism. Reformation goes hand in hand with repentance and renewal.
So we could speak of "reformation days" that have happened and, by God's grace, will continue to happen.
(As indicated in the CD notes, all English translations are by Richard Stokes.)


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IBM experienced a drop-off in revenue through the latest quarter, though it was able to increase profits.
For the second quarter, IBM generated US$25.8bn (£16.4bn) in revenue, down 3 per cent from same period last year.
Revenue fell short of estimates by analysts, who, according to Thompson Reuters, expected to see $26.28bn (£16.78), or only a 1.5 per cent decrease.
Despite the dip in revenue, the company remained buoyant by other financial measures.
Net income was $3.9bn, up from $3.7bn in the second quarter of 2011. Earnings rose to $3.34 per share, an 11 per cent increase from $3.00 per share in the second quarter of 2011.
As a result, the company has raised its EPS estimate for the full year to at least $15.10, from a previously estimated $15.
"IBM's business model enabled our strong profit performance in the current environment," said IBM Chief Financial Officer Mark Loughridge in a conference call with financial analysts.
He attributed the results to a number of factors.
This quarter's results are being compared to an exceptionally strong performance in the second quarter of 2011.
"We had a challenging compare," he said.
In addition, global currency fluctuations cost IBM about $1bn in revenue, he added.
Revenue by geographical region varied greatly. Revenue in the Americas was $11.1bn, down 1 per cent from a year earlier.
Revenue from Europe, the Middle East and Africa was $7.9bn, down 9 per cent from a year earlier. The Asia-Pacific region proved to be a bright spot, producing $6.3bn in revenue, up by 2 per cent from a year earlier.
The service arms of IBM experienced a slump in revenue, down by 3 per cent from a year earlier.
Global Technology Services logged $10bn, a decrease of 2 per cent. And Global Business Services posted $4.7bn in revenue, a dip of 4 per cent from a year earlier.
IBM software sales, on the whole, were flat. Software revenue totalled $6.2bn.
Both middleware and operating systems showed no growth in revenue, though Websphere revenue grew by 3 per cent from the same time a year earlier.
On the other hand, Lotus software revenue decreased 8 per cent, and Rational software decreased 7 per cent, both year over year.
Hardware sales didn't do so well either. Revenue from the Systems and Technology division totaled $4.3bn for the quarter, down 9 per cent year over year.
Total revenue from systems sales and service were down 7 per cent from a year earlier. Power Systems revenue was down 7 per cent. System x revenue was down 8 per cent from a year earlier. System z mainframe server revenue decreased by 11 per cent.
In the conference call, Loughridge talked up the growth of some of IBM's technology initiatives. Revenue in business analytics was up 13 per cent from a year earlier.
Revenue from cloud computing initiatives doubled for the year, when compared with the first half of 2011. And revenue from work in Smarter Planet initiatives was up by 20 per cent.
IBM did not break out specific revenue numbers for any of these initiatives.


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The history of the panther motif in fashion and rooted in the early 19th century.
In the 1900s, European art featured subjects of erotically-charged anthropomorphic panther figures. The ''lady-panther'' was depicted in works by both Belgian artists Walter Sauer and Fernand Khnopff.
The panther was elevated to a style symbol thanks to Elsie de Wolfe, otherwise known as Lady Mendl, the American actress whose 1913 book The House in Good Taste was a trend-setter for the world's most glamorous residencies.
Elsie was a New York, Paris, and London 'It Girl.' Her influential style led her to be commissioned to design the interior for New York's leading women's social club, the Colony Club, the architectural feat of Stanford White. Exotic animal skins accentuated the interior, making these patterns coveted around the globe.
So it came as no surprise that in 1914, jewelry giant Cartier dabbled with spots, when they released their first panther-patterned wristwatch and a year later a pendant watch with the same design feature.
It was the French illustrator George Barbier that brought the panther to Cartier. Louis Cartier had commissioned Barbier in 1914 to create an exhibition invitation featuring an elegant women with a sleek, black panther in the background
By 1917, with Jeanne Toussaint at the helm as Cartier's creative director, Cartier pieces were embellished with full panther icons.
In 1948 the Duke of Windsor commissioned a present for the Duchess of Windsor: a 116.74-carat emerald rests a proud outstretched gold panther finished with black enamel. Delighted with the design, the Duchess of Windsor waited less than a year to expand on her jungle of jewelry, commissioning anot her brooch and an articulated bracelet of an outstretched panther in diamond and onyx with emerald eyes.
In 2014, the Duchess of Windsor's legendary jewelry collection were sold at Christie's having been consigned from the estate of Sarah Brightman, who was gifted the jewels by her then husband Andrew Lloyd Webber.
Thanks to the Duchess of Windsor, panther pieces were now adorning the most stylish women of the world. Keen to copy the Duchess, in 1957, Princess Nina Aga Khan commissioned a brooch for herself.
Back in America, socialite and philanthropist Barbara Hutton also had panther pieces by Cartier made for her.
Today, the rich and fabulous adorn themselves with Cartier panthers, one of the most popular pieces is variations of the Panthère ring.
The 'Panthere de Cartier' bangle will be part of Fellows' Antique & Modern Jewelry sale on September 14, 2017. The sale will also feature a stunning Cartier platinum diamond 'Lia' ring with rectangular-shape diamond, weighing 4.57cts which is estimated at $157 000-235 500. Check out more from Fellows here.


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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Winter is here
as we wait out the long cold nights
and short days....baking breads & cookies
we gather for Christmas....remembering
another year with a kiss and dreams for more peace in the world.
The kids will sleep in and play with new gifts and
memories will be created by them to share later.
These are the days of the nostalgia in all of us.
Happy Holidays.
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Friday, December 17, 2010
Fly or Drive in for a healthy treat!
The Flying Joe in Levis Commons in Perrysburg now carries our Breakfast Cookies, Biscotti and the Spaghetti pretzels! This place is so cozy and right near all the cute shops. Stop in and check them out! They have some amazing art hanging throughout ~ very unique ~ a must see!
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Monday, December 6, 2010
Toledo tastes the Cookie!
The Taste of Toledo that is! They now carry our Biscotti, Breakfast Cookies, and Spaghetti Pretzels. They make up custom gift baskets of any occassion and they do it with style! Check them out! They are located on the corner of Angola and McCord right off of Airport Hwy.
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Labels: biscotti, Cookies, gift baskets, pretzels, Snacks
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