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The strategic move to promote seven members of the team will give way to the arrival of 12 new graduate level recruitment consultants who will be divided across Classpeople's offices throughout the South West and Midlands.
The new senior management team will take the company forward by building upon its success over the past 11 years and continues to expand its regional footprint. Having opened a new branch in Swindon earlier this year and with plans to expand to 10 regional offices over the next five years, this new management team will be a driving force towards growing the business.
The management team consists of Lisa Harker (Swindon Branch Manager), Naomi Howells (Cheltenham Branch Manager), Kevin Parker (Bristol Branch Manager), Samantha Leach (Exeter Branch Manager), Vicki McAlary (Primary Team Manager), Gemma Jones (Business Manager Early Years) and James Woodman (Finance Manager).
"With the talent we have seen from within the company, it made little sense to hire from the outside for our senior team." commented Lynis Bassett, Classpeople Founder and Director. "Our new senior management team, the majority of whom are under 30, have truly proven themselves as a team who can help to drive the company forward. We encourage our staff to aim high and have been so impressed with their hard work, enthusiasm and knowledge that we decided to recognise their efforts as we expand. The new senior management team will be given leadership and management training to assist them as they grow each of their specialist areas, and we look forward to seeing them thrive and developing their skills as professional recruitment consultants."
One member of staff who demonstrated a keen business sense and skill for recruitment early on is Kevin Parker, newly appointed Bristol Branch Manager.
Kevin Parker, who joined Classpeople one year ago as a Recruitment Consultant, added: "I have been given many opportunities to encourage the growth of the company. I was encouraged to spearhead the Worcester branch and further expand our geographical reach to the north."
The senior management team will be supported by new recruits Richard Vivian, Luke Morman, Jade Hodges, Dominque Atkinson, Britney Bolton, Ashley Heath, Andrew Cross, Alexandra Ford, Robert Watson and Carly Wheeler across the Swindon, Exeter, Bristol, Cheltenham and Worcester branches.
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Along the same line, since I'd typically have a continuous moderate draw all day long from electronics (radar and scope) as well as a bait pump and cycling refrigeration; will this be compatible with the NS2 being able to hold in float? Or will such a continuous load cause the absorption mode to hold its voltage setting indefinitely until the load is reduced? Since the 120A alternator should be able to produce significantly more current than this load is requiring, even at trolling rpm, won't that impress a greater current onto the batteries than they can absorb, and for many hours? The accessories will run fine at either 13.6 or 14.4 volts, its the batteries I'm concerned about.........Any general advice about settings for this application would be appreciated.


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But despite that, I managed to keep up with the C25K program and running has so positively changed my life for the better despite the insecurity in the rest of my life. It has added routine to my days and although I have found it challenging, I always felt better after having gone out for a run. On some mornings, I really didn't feel there was much reason to get out of bed, and if it hadn't been for the routine that this programme gave me, I probably wouldn't have. But more than that, I can cope with stress easier, I have been sleeping better, eating healthier and drinking less alcohol (my previous go-to stress reliever!) All this has filled me with hope for the future that I didn't think I would have for a long time. Seeing my progress through each week, and especially after the euphoria of W5D3, has given me the confidence to believe I can do anything. My whole outlook has become positive and I firmly believe this is as a result of this wonderful program, it really has been life changing for me.
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Some followers of Christ abandoned him when he asked them to eat his flesh and blood. In the book of John 6:53-69 we see some of them choosing to leave rather than follow Jesus when he told them that they would have to do this in order to live forever. In verse 60, many of them, on hearing this said, "This is hard teaching, who can accept it? Many turned their backs on him and did not follow him. The twelve who were finally left were the ones who understood that Jesus Christ had the words of eternal life and that this was a covenant talk. They chose to be with him and revere him as the promised Savior.
Worship is associated with dance, speaking in tongues, tears and many other manifestations which characterize a powerful service, yet some people come to church and leave the same way that they came in. This may be because they are fearful of letting go, or just too arrogant or angry to let go and enjoy the presence of the Lord. This therefore means that their worship will not translate into tangible change in their lives, yet this is what is needed; that we may modify our reason for calling on God and the way in which we experience Him. In John 6:53-69 Christ told his followers the truth about eternal life but they failed to receive it. This is because truth has always been hard to receive yet it is absolute and does not respect our situations or our circumstances. Therefore regardless of who we are, if prayer does not change us, then there is a problem.
Secondly, if it does not change how we see God, as the Psalmist does in Psalms 63, then that too is a problem. Worship is not just about what we want from God but also about waiting on Him for what He can do in us. Many are the times we come with our lists of demands, with everything we want changed for us, except ourselves. How awesome it could be if we were able to approach the throne and say, " I have tried to change the way I talk to others, the way I relate with them and the way I see them, but I have not been able to; Oh God, could you help me to love others as I love myself?"
Worship is about obedience, it has no laws and there is no other way around it; it is not an option but even mentioned in the very first commandment; a prerequisite for our God.
Worship is about reverence. It is good to enjoy the presence of the Lord, but this too should be done in fear. New medical students run away when they first encounter a cadaver. Some of them lose sleep, cry, and run to other departments to do other programs but for those who survive the traumatic moments, it is soon business as usual to the extent that they can take a cup of tea with a body in room; they become casual with what they first feared. We Christians are also guilty of treating God causally after a while instead of treating Him with the reverence that is deserving of Him as our God all the time and always.
We are human beings and we love it when things are going well for us; this is when it is easiest to worship God. However, when sacrifice and perseverance are needed of us we cry foul at how unfair things are. Yet worship calls for sacrifice even when we do not feel like doing so; that we may get down on our knees even when it looks like all the world has abandoned us, that we may be involved in ministry or share the word of Christ even when things are not well in our lives and in our homes. Jesus Christ may have fed the multitudes but he remained clear in his actions; that no matter what, he was God of all provision.
Worship is about holiness not just happiness; that we may be right with God before we approach the throne to give our petitions. It is about submission in all facets of our lives. It is denying ourselves and decreasing so that He may increase in us through Jesus Christ. Worship is not what we do on the outside but what continually happens on the inside.
Worship is a pursuit, a passion that should be followed with abandon and which Christians must commit to. However, if worship fails to change us, then we begin to lose ourselves to the world instead of to Christ. As a result, the world then begins to spite us because we are giving mixed signals about our salvation; we are failing at being the salt and the light of the world. As Christians, let us all drink of Christ, lose our own ideals and embrace his, change our beliefs and soak in his, stop being casual with our God and aim to lose ourselves in worship.
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With so much going on in Vancouver in the coming few weeks, it's hard to keep up with all the sporting and entertainment options on offer. Sure, there's a number of summarized guides being offered by various Bloggers out there, but that's not necessarily much help when you need to know what's on and how to get to it, at a moments notice.
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1. Henry Ford
Henry Ford failed twice in business before he finally went on to build the Ford Motor Company; and became one of the richest men in the world. He has this to say about his business failures:
"Failure is just a resting place. It is an opportunity to begin again more intelligently." – Henry Ford
"If I lose a billion dollars, I will have it back in less than five years." – Henry Ford
2. Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison went through a lot in life as an entrepreneur but his most spectacular business failure was his famous light bulb invention. He failed 10,000 times trying to invent the light bulb and after the 10,000th time; he succeed. Today, his company General Electric is one of the most powerful companies in the world. Thomas Edison has this to say about his business failures:
"I have not failed. I have just found 10,000 ways that won't work." – Thomas Edison
"Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." – Thomas Edison
3. Robert Kiyosaki
Robert Kiyosaki in his best selling book "Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job" explained how he built a successful business (Nylon and Velcro Wallet Company) from scratch and lost this business due to incompetence. With experience from the failure of the Nylon and Velcro wallet company; he went on to build "The Rich Dad Company." This is what he has to say about his business failure.
"There are no mistakes in life, just learning opportunities." – Robert Kiyosaki
Rich Dad's Before You Quit Your Job: 10 Real-Life Lessons Every Entrepreneur Should Know About Building a Multimillion-Dollar Business
4. Colonel Harland Sanders
Colonel Sanders started out as an entrepreneur at the age of 66; when he developed a "Chicken recipe" business idea. He took this business idea to different restaurants and he was turned down over a 1,000 times. These rejections formed the foundation on which Kentucky Fried Chicken was built and this is what Colonel Harland Sanders has to say about his initial failures.
"I made a resolve then that I was going to amount to something if I could. And no hours, nor amount of labour, nor amount of money would deter me from giving the best that there was in me. And I have done that ever since, and I win by it. I know." – Colonel Harland Sanders
5. J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter series is one of the best selling books in the world but what most people will never know is that the author "J. K. Rowling" was turned down several times by publishers. Instead of being deterred; she went on to become a billionaire author and this is what she has to say about her initial failures.
"What's the worst that could happen? Everyone turned me down; big deal." – J. K. Rowling
"Never be ashamed! There's some who will hold it against you, but they are not worth bothering with." – J. K. Rowling
6. Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart successfully built her company "Martha Stewart Living OmniMedia" from scratch and became a billionaire. But she made a mistake (insider trading) that negatively affected her reputation and landed her in jail. Being an entrepreneur with guts; she refused to be cowed by her mistakes and she bounced back to fortune and fame. This is what she has to say about her mistake and resulting failure.
"I know I have a very tough five months ahead of me, but I understand, too, that I will get through those months knowing that I have the ability to return to my productive and normal life, my interesting work and future business opportunities." – Martha Stewart
"My new motto is: When you're through changing, you're through." – Martha Stewart
7. Larry Ellison
Larry Ellison dropped out of college twice; and bounced from job to job without a direction. His adopted father told him that he would not amount to anything in life. But Larry Ellison started Oracle from scratch and went on to become one of the richest drop out billionaires in the world and this is what he has to say about it.
"The most important aspect of my personality as far as determining my success goes; has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting experts and questioning authority. While that can be painful in your relationships with your parents and teachers, it's enormously useful in life." – Larry Ellison
"I have had all the disadvantages required for success." – Larry Ellison
8. Sir Philip Green
Sir Philip Green is a British billionaire and owner of one of the world's largest retailing chain but what most people will never know is that Sir Philip Green went through four business failures before making his first million at the age of 33.
9. Donald Trump
Donald Trump is a savvy real estate billionaire that has gone through bankruptcy; not one but twice. He once had a personal debt of $1billion and corporate debt of $9billion but he courageously pulled himself out of the mess and this is what he has to say about his business failures.
"Anyone who thinks my story is anywhere near over is sadly mistaken." – Donald Trump
"Sometimes by losing a battle, you will find a new way to win the war." – Donald Trump
"I was relentless even in the face of total lack of encouragement because much more often than you think; sheer persistence is the difference between success and failure." – Donald Trump
10. Richard Branson
Richard Branson is one of the few entrepreneurs that inspire me the most. He has gone through thick and thin; and has been on the verge of business failure on countless occasions. His first business (student magazine) failed despite showing strong potentials.
Richard Branson has also painfully shut down or sold some businesses just to survive; but despite all, he still emerged stronger and more successful. You can read about his business experience, failures and successes in his best selling book "Losing My Virginity: How I've Survived, Had Fun, and Made a Fortune Doing Business My Way."


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Meet Vasenth, my resident hellion. Please don't let his good looks fool you. He has this amazing ability to find very interesting ways to manipulate me and is the class leader when it comes to trouble making. He's a very quick learner though and one of my best students, especially in creative writing and spelling. Joe has recently taught our second graders the Journey song Don't Stop Believing, which Vasenth sings every moment of every day. I think my funniest moment was this week when he broke my chalk and lied to me about it. When I asked him if he did it, he innocently shook his head and said "No Miss!" I had seen him do it and was so mad that he would lie to me I kicked him out of class. He sat in the hall for a few minutes and then the waterworks started. When I went out to go talk to him he had big crocodile tears coming down and he just kept saying he was sorry again and again. Since this isn't the first time he has done things like this, I was really tired to dealing with him so I told him that I was sending him to the principals office. So there I am, so mad at this kid my blood is boiling, and forcing him to the office. I thought he was going to faint. Luckily, he survived and still gives me hell in the classroom. Oh how I love the little children!
In all seriousness, I really do love them all. The second graders are slowly getting better and now that I've been there for a few weeks I have learned what they need help on. Figuring out HOW to help them is always a different story.
The founder of the school, Dr. Abraham George arrived on Monday afternoon. He is Indian but was raised in
Other than that it's been a pretty slow week. I suddenly got really sick on Tuesday and probably slept for about 24 hours before I finally started to feel better. Dr. George hooked up satellite tv for us in our volunteer house but the only two channels we get are BBC and CNN. It really makes a huge difference though and makes us feel more connected to the world.


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Yes, we know. It sounds like the slogan from a building society advert. But it also fits the bill. The way we are constantly pushing to offer the very best and reach the highest levels of expertise in helping our clients manage their identities online. That's also the way we go racing.
Milathan is supporting an Endurance (long distance) racing team in one of the most competitive championships in the national racing scene. Why are we doing it? Because it takes teamwork, stamina, inventiveness, skill and determination. To us, core values.
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Open Gays in the military is the WORST thing that has happened to this country.
Yes, we are asked to honor the man because he is homosexual? NO! Never.
For that he deserves rebuke for the dishonor of his behavior. It was GREAT and WONDERFUL that we still boo the dishonorable.
I am seek of "being in the service" having become a free ride to perks and excuses. A man or woman of integrity would never ask for or accept such.
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Shattered Lives
Published 3:30 am, Tuesday, April 8, 2014
What began with tears ended in cheers, when Flo Lamont shared her heart wrenching story about her daughter's tragic car accident during the Shattered Lives of Tomball presentation at Tomball Memorial High School on Thursday, April 3.
Shattered Lives of Tomball is a two-day event which stresses the dangers of drunken driving by involving students in a re-enactment of a fatality DWI accident simulating their own death. This is the program first year at TMHS. It was first presented at Tomball High School in 2006 and at Concordia Lutheran High School in 2007.
Lamont told students during the presentation about the night her daughter, Adrienne Gurrola, was involved in a drunk driver accident in 1993. It was a night she said she will never forget.
"My daughter was not doing anything wrong, she was not somewhere she wasn't supposed to be," Lamont said. "Don't worry Mom, we will be safe, were the last words Adrienne said to me that night."
A drunken driver going more than 90 mph hit Gurrola's car head on down a hill on a rural road. The driver's blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit and she previously been convicted on two DWI charges.
Lamont's depiction of her daughter's accident included pictures of Gurrola in the hospital while in a coma. Her face was unrecognizable and Lamont said her daughter was given only a 10 percent chance to live. When finishing her story, Lamont did something so astonishing it left students speechless.
"How many of you want to hear more about my daughter," she proudly said. "Then please welcome my miracle baby, Adrienne."
It was a remarkable moment as students cheered at Gurrola's shocking appearance. Listening to Lamont speak, many had thought it was impossible for her daughter to be alive. Gurrola stressed to students how making poor decisions affects everybody, but she learned to forgive.
"Drunk driving is a permanent solution to temporary fun," she said. "Her choices are my reality but you can't become bitter."
Poor choices are why the Shattered Lives program strives to make an impact on high school juniors, seniors and their families. Kim Garrett, a SLOT board member, said no matter how many times she hears Gurrola's story, the effect is still the same.
"Her story never gets old no matter how many times I hear her speak," she said. "I heard the story before and the element of surprise is always there."
SLOT board members Cheryle Lapsley, Randy Parr and Joe Jasso also attended the program. Lapsley spoke to parents before the presentation and thanked sponsors for their support. She gave a special thanks to Tomball Regional Health Foundation for their recent generous contribution.
Lapsley said when talking to the parents, "This is an awesome program and your kids are great, they really are some great kids, thank you for allowing them to participate in Shattered Lives of Tomball."


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It seems a little late to be asking the question, what is organic food? However, although we've been lucky enough for decades to find sources of organic food, and have discussed it with a few industry folk, when it comes down to defining the term organic food, that definition is at best a little hard to pin down.
After all, we all have a general idea — food without additives, hormones, pesticides, is not shot full of chemicals, antibiotics or other toxic stuff. Clean food that's good for you. But that is not a definition based on organic standards.
So I figured it would be a simple thing to use this big Internet to find the data. And I did.
First, I hopped over to the United States Department of Agriculture's website where I found the National Organic Program. From there, I found NOP Regulations (Standards) & Guidelines. Good enough! I went there, then clicked on Standards, and got a page with yet more links — aha! — I clicked on View Entire Standards (PDF). And found that it's an Adobe Acrobat file unpleasantly comprised of some 554 pages. I started to see the problem here.
Backtracking, I somehow found the USDA's Organic Certification section where I found Labeling and Marketing Information:
The labeling requirements of the new program apply to raw, fresh products and processed foods that contain organic ingredients. Foods that are sold, labeled, or represented as organic will have to be produced and processed in accordance with the NOP standards.
It's pretty short and sweet, although not in the kind of detail I'd sought. I'd post the whole thing here, but I'm not too crazy about the idea of copyright infringement, let alone against the U.S. Government, so click on the link to read it.
Just to be thorough, I also found the Electronic Code of Federal Regulations (e-CFR) – PART 205 – NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM, in case you'd like to read online. Be my guest.
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[…] didn't take too long after I'd written the What is organic food? article yesterday — having read the USDA's National Organic Program's Labeling and Marketing […]
[…] — the guys who oversee our country's agriculture (meat and produce) — have changed the definition of organic food so that organic no longer means organic as we understand it, but conventional. Conventional food […]
I have always been confused about the term 'organic' . In terms of food or plant standards' production it is a pretty meaningless term. Anything growing is organic even with the assistance of added inorganic synthetic chemicals. The term 'organic' in the context of food production needs to be changed to a specific term such as nil added synthetic substances (NASS). I would then be ensured as a consumer that a fair standard had been applied. Don't get me wrong I fully believe in NASS but I take the term 'organic ' with a pinch of salt as it is a very non-discriptive term and more importantly easily corrupted by non NASS industries.
Sorry for the delay. At any rate, I can well understand your confusion — and I agree that it's best explained by differentiating between (a) the definition of the word "organic" and (b) the legal definition of "organic" as used on labels (at least, here in the U.S.).
I don't believe we have a "NASS" (nil added synthetic substances) designation here. However, while we do have the U.S.D.A. (United States Department of Agriculture) organic labeling standards. Those, very unfortunately, have three levels, only the first of which ("100% organic") mean what I think of when I hear the word organic. We've done a little writeup of the USDA labeling standards here:
which also has a link to the USDA Organic Labeling and Marketing Information PDF:
I normally just link to our article above, since the USDA seems to have, at one time, moved their page(s), and I'd hate to have to change the link throughout this website.
At any rate, the bottom line is that I very much agree with you. I don't find the standards very logical, and in the case of the USDA standards, at least one level (the middle one) doesn't make much sense at all, as it allows other non-organic substances to creep in.
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Our father is normally a pretty good judge of character. He sees the best in people and generally gives people the benefit of the doubt. He's provided Morgan and I with the option of a full paid college education to the school of our choice, and just today said he was going to buy a house in Fort Collins, where (as you saw in this post), we will be attending school at Colorado State University.
Because he wants to empower us a bit to take care of our own lives, he said that he would provide the funding for the home that he buys, but he wants us to be involved heavily in finding the home. Since we're teenagers, and have never purchased our own house before, we needed a bit of guidance from him on the steps to take. So, he came up with a list of five things to do, which are detailed below for us to do.
1. Read more about the Fort Collins area. More importantly, where is the best place for students to live, and why? We thought, naturally, that students would want to live close to campus. The benefits? Riding your bike to campus, and being able to enjoy everything without parking on campus, which we read can be an absolute pain.
2. Find something that has one to two more bedrooms than what we need. This is mainly because if we have one or more rooms to rent, then we have the ability to cover a bit of the mortgage payment and create a bit more money for ourselves.
3. Find a realtor. This was something that we needed a bit of help with, because this is probably the most important step. We've never worked with a realtor before, and don't know what to look for. So, we asked our Dad for a bit of help. After a ton of research and speaking to several companies, we chose to go with Brad Sawatzky, who specializes in residential Real Estate in Fort Collins. We have spoken with Brad a couple of times, and let him know that we have a while to find a home since we'll be living in the dorms our freshman year.
4. When we move in to the dorms, start talking to people who live in houses to find who has done the same thing (had family buy them a house). I didn't think about this at all, but talking to someone that has done it before can really help in finding more about what we should be looking for.
5. Lastly, before buying a home, make sure that it's what we want. Don't settle with a house that we're concerned with, or have questions about. Basically, he said don't buy a lemon.
Our father is pretty much banking on the fact that we're going to be in Fort Collins for at least 4 years, or for as long as it takes for us to graduate. We're hoping the same, and that we'll build a second, or permanent home in a new city.
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I really like the ..hmm "jargon" above!! >,< Especially the "smiley and free" ones. I added positive, because i think its the base of smiley so you just dont fake a smile: you smile because you feel positive, and the positive feeling truly comes from the inside
Why smiley theeen?
I believe that smiling (in an appropriate condition of course) will give courage, love, warmth, and positive feeling to others around you. And when you smile because you feel positive inside, the smile will be different: the smile that comes from your heart. That positive feeling automatically will not only be expressed from your smile but also from your eyes. People around you are going to feel positive too if you do so. And everybody will be happy 🙂
As med school students, I am always told to be useful for people, to bring comfort, happiness to people. There's a very crucial question, but rarely being questioned is: Where do I start? Where the hell should I start to comfort people?
For me the answer is to give the positive feeling you have by smiling from your heart. Isn't the world going to be very beautiful when everybody starts to smile from his/her own deepest heart? And everybody is trying to make people around them comfortable? >,<
And why "free"?
Actually, anyone has a freedom to be free or not. From the simplest example, where this idea comes from… You choose to be single: you choose to be free, for me. But when you choose to have bf/gf, you will may also feel free. It's so relative. Free is when you are not under someone/thing's pressure. Free is when you do everything because you want to do that, not because you are threatened by someone/thing else. It's again, about heart.
These 3 fundamental words will not only for 2011, but also for 2012, 2013, and on and on.
So, people, be positive, smiley, and free: and the world will be undoubtedly beautiful to you 🙂
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"The Surpassing Riches Of His Grace" Series
Contributed by Clark Tanner on Nov 9, 2002 (message contributor)
Summary: Through the planning and accomplishing of our salvation, God has vindicated His Holy name forever. We are the living testimony to the surpassing riches of His grace. (#18 in the Every Spiritual Blessing series)
In verse 7 of Ephesians 2, Paul is finishing the statement that he begins in verse 4. But I want to back up just for a moment, all the way to the beginning of the chapter, and let's refresh ourselves as to the progression of Paul's address here.
He reminds his readers that they were dead in trespasses and sins. Not only that, but the proof of that statement; the evidence in their very persons, was that they walked ~ indicating a deliberation and a willingness on their part to do so ~ according to the course of this world, and even according to the prince of the power of the air, that being Satan himself, of the spirit, says Paul, that even now is actively working in the sons of disobedience.
Now if there is any doubt in the mind of the reader as to whom Paul is referring, and if any are exercising this tendency we all have to read or hear this sort of information and think 'yeah, that sure does apply to these other people I know'. Or, even worse, to get some vague picture of folks in first century Ephesus, sitting around reading this letter about themselves and forgetting that the Holy Spirit has preserved it for us in the Holy Scriptures because it applies to us also... just in case it might escape our notice, Paul writes, "Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of the flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest".
So just as clearly as in the first three chapters of his letter to the Romans, in just these first 3 verses of Ephesians 2, Paul has pronounced the condemnation of all mankind, calling them and us 'children of wrath', and in effect, signed the death certificate of us all.
If we understand all of this, if we are able to see ourselves in it and agree with Paul that this is so, and that the picture is very dark and bleak indeed, then we have to rejoice and give praises to God when we go on to his next thought and see:
"But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved), and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus."
Whew! What a relief! Can you agree? If you meditate on these opening 6 verses and give conscious thought to the contrast between our utterly hopeless condition of guilt and death before a holy God, and his rich mercy and love and kindness toward us, in making us alive, and raising us up to a place of honor in the heavenly places in his Son, and if you truly understand that it is you, YOU, he is talking about, can you hold yourself back from rejoicing? If so, then you need to take another look. Meditate on it some more.
But we can't linger here long. There's something else I want you to see today, and it is far more important than what we've contemplated in verses 4 through 6.
You see, the phrase that begins verse 7 {and I think it's interesting that those who made verse divisions chose this particular place to end verse 6 and begin verse 7}, "So that", "That", "In order that", however your translation puts it, indicates that Paul is about to tell us WHY God did all of this in and through and for us. And I think the reason might surprise you a little.
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Russia's Ministry of Transport has invited Volga-Dnepr Group to participate in a project to explore the potential development of an air cargo hub in Havana, Cuba.
The first Transport Working Group involved in the project met in the city at the end of March. As a recognized, Russian-based leader in the air cargo industry, the opportunity for Volga-Dnepr to participate in the project followed negotiations between Russian and Cuban government officials.
At the first meeting of the Transport Working Group - consisting of Volga-Dnepr, Cubana de Aviacion and AeroVaradero - it was agreed to establish a Joint Working Team to undertake a detailed analysis of air cargo flows from the Americas to Western Europe, the Middle East and Far East, CIS and Russia.
The main objective of the review is to assess the potential for increased efficiency of air cargo services that would result from having a hub at José Marti Airport, Havana. The subsequent data will be used to formulate a business plan that will allow a decision to be taken on the viability of the potential new hub by 2011.
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Comcast results trump expectations
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Comcast's subscriber growth was also ahead of most expectations in a quarter when the company plowed resources into finishing its deal to acquire control of NBC Universal. The deal closed in late January, adding a broadcast network, cable networks like MSNBC and USA, theme parks and a movie studio to Comcast's lineup.
Shares of the largest U.S. cable company rose 3.3 percent after its earning report and an announcement that it would raise annual dividend by 19 percent and accelerate a $2.1 billion stock repurchase program.
I was impressed both in terms of customer numbers and the financials, said Thomas Eagan, an analyst with Collins Stewart. Oftentimes a company can beat estimates on customers but not financials because they will give the services away. That wasn't the case here.
Another cable company, Cablevision Systems Corp.
Comcast's earnings, meanwhile, rose to $1.02 billion, or 36 cents a share, from $955 million, or 33 cents a share, in the period a year ago. Excluding one-time items, Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S estimates that Comcast earned 34 cents a share, ahead of the 32 cents a share analysts had expected.
Comcast's revenue also surpassed expectations, rising 7 percent to $9.7 billion, it said on Wednesday.
The stronger quarterly results came partly thanks to a surge in advertising at its cable networks, which include The Golf Channel, E! and Versus. Sharply higher ad sales were widely expected after results from media companies Time Warner Inc and News Corp in recent weeks showed that the ad market recovery is in full swing.
But the results also reflect Comcast's concentration on upgrading customers to more expensive combinations of services, such as broadband and cable. Average revenue it earned for each video customer rose by 10.6 percent in the quarter.
In the quarter, Comcast added 292,000 high-speed Internet customers, up 18 percent from a year before, and 257,000 voice customers, up about 6 percent. Those figures were ahead of what most analysts expected.
As for basic cable, the least expensive service, Comcast lost 135,000 customers. While still painful, analysts pointed out that the figure is a solid improvement from a year ago, when Comcast lost 199,000 basic cable customers.
I would say one of the standout numbers was basic video losses, said Collins Stewart's Eagan.
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This quarter, Cablevision's basic cable losses were particularly alarming, analysts said. The New York based cable provider lost 35,000 basic cable customers -- more than double the 14,000 analysts at Bernstein Research had estimated.
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Mater Dei High School recently held its winter sports all-school spirit rally. Among the event's highlights related to the school's Athletic Department…
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Each of the winter season sports at the varsity level were introduced to the student body. Those teams included:
- Basketball (Boys) and Head Coach, Gary McKnight
- Basketball (Girls) and Head Coach, Kevin Kiernan
- Soccer (Boys) and Head Coach, Andy Thomas
- Soccer (Girls) and Head Coach, Matty West
- Water Polo (Girls) and Head Coach, Chris Segesman
- Wrestling and Head Coach, Juliano Prado
Does It Get Any Better?
After leading his team to a CIF-SS Division 1 baseball championship during the 2010 spring sports season and being named the CIF-SS Division 1 Player of the Year, Mater Dei's Cory Hahn had his jersey retired. Hahn, now a freshman at Arizona State, had the kind of year that may never be repeated. With the bat, he hit .416 with 10 home runs and 24 RBI. On the mound, Hahn recorded a remarkable 14 wins against only one loss with a microscopic 0.89 ERA and 91 strikeouts. He also helped combine to pitch a perfect game in the CIF-SS championship game win over Dana Hills.
The 2011 Mater Dei boys' water polo team was honored with the unveiling of its CIF-SS Division 1 Championship banner. The Monarchs captured the championship with a thrilling 11-10 win over El Toro in front of an energized capacity crowd at the Woollett Aquatic Center in Irvine. The winning goal was scored by Liam Gaughan as time literally expired on the scoreboard. This is the third consecutive CIF-SS championship and first at the Division 1 level for the boys' water polo team. The previous two championships were won at the Division 2 level.
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With this most recent unveiling, 74 championship banners now hang from the rafters in the Meruelo Athletic Center. The breakdown is as follows:
- 58 CIF-SS Championships
- 1 CIF Southern California Regional Championship
- 11 CIF-State Championships
- 4 National Championships
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Tea-Party, Coffee-Party, Republican-Party, Democratic-Party, why's it always a party? Have you watched these people in action? Does it LOOK like it's a party? There's no party going on here. How about a Whiskey-party? That's what I'm talking about. A new party. A party for people who don't want to get anything done, they just want to bitch about how fucked up all the other parties are. Who wouldn't join that party?
Here are some alternative political parties that those of us on the staff of Sargastic Irrevalence feel would help make the world a more interesting place, and give the people more options. Options – yeah!
Members of the SSB are focused on putting an end to two primary things: 1. lack of personal freedom, 2. extreme political correctness. Although there does seem to be a bit of a discrepancy over what freedom is. For example, some people feel that taxation (having to pay the government a portion of their income) is an invasion of personal freedom because it makes some of their money less free. To be fair, they are correct. However, some sacrifices have got to be made. So where do you draw the line? It should be the responsibility of the SSB to figure that out. And, since this is a "tough" party, they should probably solve disputes vial duels. And, since this is America, they should probably use bowie knives. What could be more American than killing each other over a political decision? I'm not mentally challenged, I'm a RETARD – and damn proud!
Drug of choice – Red Bull and Gin.
End Partisan Politics Party (EPP)
The EPP is focused on one thing – putting an end to partisan politics. Although, realistically, this probably will never happen while the two primary parties exist. So, the EPP is really in charge of seeking an end to both the Republican and the Democratic parties. Yes, without them, everyone would hate each other equally. Take the blue and the red and smash them together. According to most art instructors, this will result in a purple nation. Can we exist as a purple nation? The EPP thinks we can not only exist, but excel to new and greater heights!
Drug of choice – LSD
(ecstasy for the under 30 crowd, because they can't handle their acid)
Get a Grip Party (GAG)
GAG advocates put for the idea that self-control is something everyone needs to have, but that very few people have it. Regulatory forces need to be put into place in order to prevent a complete meltdown. These regulatory forces should operate on logic and common sense. Therefore the Supreme Court is their primary target, because it has the capacity to make decisions that fuck shit up for a lot of people in a lot of ways. Common sense and logic have nothing to do with politics or with law (although we would like them to) and that is the goal of this organization. GAG seeks to shove some common sense up the ass of the country. However, there's a big problem with this. Common sense isn't common, and isn't sense. Look at Sarah Palin, for example. She likes to advertise that she has common sense, and then writes shit on her hand and tells everyone that the "socialist government is planning death squads." Yet, somehow, people keep listening to her. Common sense in America? We ain't got no room for air, so get in a diving bell.
Drug of choice – medical marijuana.
Lighten Up Party (FU)
If you've had it with everyone, and you're just apathetic, then you're probably a member of the FU. The FU has adopted the philosophy that everyone takes this political BS entirely too seriously. Did Rome collapse? Yes. Did the Mayan Empire collapse? Yes. Has every major government on this planet fallen apart at one time or another? Yes. Is ours going to fall apart? Of course it is. That's why it's important to be able to grow your own veggies and have a well-stocked armory in that fallout shelter you built in your backyard. What? you don't HAVE a concrete bunker? Well then join the FU, because most of them don't either. They can't afford to build one because they're too busy working regular jobs and trying to raise a regular family and just trying to survive. If they do get ten minutes of free time, they watch the television because they need to escape from reality because REALITY SUCKS.
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Murray, Ky – Until the Release of a 1996 HBO movie, the general public knew little of the significant role African-American's played during World War II. "The Tuskegee Airmen" refers to all who were involved in the so-called "Tuskegee Experiment" - the Army Air Corps program to train African-Americans to fly and maintain combat aircraft. After seeing the HBO docudrama and visiting the National Aviation Museum, Air Force veteran and the story of these unsung heroes. To that end, Spriggs is now the Executive Director of the Exhibit of Tuskegee Airmen in Nicholasville, Kentucky. He spoke recently to Bryan Bartlett about his traveling exhibit, "The Illustrated History of the Tuskegee Airmen."
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UDG Healthcare plc ("the Group"), a leading international healthcare services provider, will issue its interim results for the half year ended 31 March 2017 at 07:00am (BST) on Tuesday 23 May 2017.
Brendan McAtamney, CEO and Alan Ralph, CFO will be hosting a presentation for analysts and investors at the London Stock Exchange at 08:30am (BST) to discuss the company's half year results and provide an update on each of the Group's divisions.
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We have been having some lovely warm days for the past week. While we are in no way safe from cold and snow for the season, things have begun to grow. There are signs of new life everywhere! Trees budding, tulips and irises up, perennial flowers are making themselves known, and the robins and geese have made it back. If it can't be spring for good in Wyoming yet, at least we can see the promise of it.
Yesterday, we made a very exciting discovery! There are a few weeds with tiny sprouts in the garden, but there was this one little viola blooming in the middle of mostly barren dirt. Last summer, I had a barrel of violas growing about 10 feet away, so no doubt a seed found its way into my garden. Why this brave little soul decided now was a good time to grow is a bit of a mystery, but I'm glad it did!


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Communion Every Week
"Light and shadows" entering the sanctuary are a "feature" of this quieter service: music comes from the piano. Guitars and other instruments are used on the first and third Sunday. Every act of worship and worshipper gets "their own space." Communion is always celebrated; community concerns and celebrations are voiced from the congregation as part of the Pastoral Prayer.
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Communion First Sunday of the month
"Classic style, contemporary theology" might best describe this worship service, as it features the pipe organ and sanctuary choir in the context of familiar liturgy, but from expanded sources (poetry, various Wisdom traditions, global reflections, etc.). Our hymns come from The New Century Hymnal and Sing! Prayer and Praise, a new resource for music. Two services a month have a sign-interpreter.
Nursery & Childcare (Room 201) 8:30am -12:15pm
Each Sunday morning staff and volunteers who have been safe churched trained and back ground checked provide childcare for our babies and children through 2nd grade.
Children's Sunday School: (Room 209), CE Wing
Second to fifth grade meet from 9:45am-10:50am, and 5 year olds to first grade meet from 10:50am-12:00pm. If you are interested in helping with our children's ministry, please email our Children' Program Coordinator, Nicole ([email protected])


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08-29-2004, 03:27 PM #1smackenzGuestPowerbook 12 Inch Wireless Question
Hello, hope you can help;
I've recently bought a 12 inch powerbook from the apple store, however as usual I didnt quite do enough homework, and I have discovered that of course they have no PCMCIA slot. Duh!
Fair enough. I was originally planning on buying a PCMCIA network card with the prism2(+) chipset for use with wireless, and monitoring mode (this mode is only supported on certain cards/drivers), and is currently not available in Airport Extreme.
Since the PCMCIA slot is not included in the 12" powerbook, I decided to go for the macsense aeropadplus 802.11B USB wireless adapter (WUA700) which would suit my requirements. However they are not sold in the UK! I can find them online (ie Amazon America etc) but not even amazon will ship this to the UK for some reason.
So, (sorry for rambling) - the question - has anyone with a 12" powerbook had a similar situation? If so what wireless card (mini-PCI or USB) did you use and does it support monitoring mode? Also where did you get it from if you are in the UK.
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Thanks, thats very kind of you however I've found an Asus WL-140 USB modem over here which is apparently supported in osX. Should be here in a couple of days.... just have to wait for the powerbook now .....
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What Happened to the Jobs?
Here, a look at not only the jobs report, but also "what-if" proffers for the US and global economies.
The US jobs report came out this morning, and it was simply dismal. This week we look at not only the jobs report, but also "what-if" proffers for the US and global economies. There's a lot to cover, so let's jump in.
First, there were only 18,000 jobs created in June, the lowest since September 2010. While private employment rose by 57,000, government workers dropped by 39,000, continuing a trend as governments at all levels work to cut their budgets. Long-time readers know I think it is important to look at the direction of the revisions, and we got no help. May was revised down by 29,000 jobs and April a further down 15,000.
I saw some headlines and talking heads in the mainstream media saying the poor number was due to "seasonals," and I just shook my head. If you are that reflexively bullish when presented with what was clearly a bad report, how can you be taken seriously? You know who you are. And then Philippa Dunne of the Liscio Report sent the following note. She is one of the best data mavens there is on jobs and employment.
After the release, some bulls turned to that old reliable excuse – bad seasonals. According to one analysis making the rounds, had the BLS used last year's factor – computed, of course, using exactly the same concurrent technique as this year's factor – the gain would have been 221,000! (Whoever did this made a mistake by comparing the NSA and SA levels for the two months – you have to compare the over-the-month changes.) Still, if you're going to play this game, you should be consistent, and apply last year's seasonals to several months, not just one. If you do that, May's gain of 25,000 would turn into a loss of 19,000, and June's gain would be a mere 73,000, all total payrolls. In any case, why should you do that? The seasonals are recomputed every month based on recent experience and calendar quirks, and should be more aggressive in a recovery. (Hope we won't be using the trend set in the depth of the recession as the bar going forward.) Also, there is no adjustment to the headline number – the sectors are adjusted separately (96 different industries at the 3-digit NAICS level, to be precise) and the total is the sum of those components. The whole argument is bogus.
The household survey was even worse. Total employment fell by 445,000. Full-time employment is down by 0.5% in the last year, while part-time is up 3%. David Rosenberg calls this the just-in-time labor market. The total number of unemployed rose to over 14 million. If you count the discouraged workers not in the official unemployed, the total number rises to 20.6 million, up 483,000 last month. This put the unemployment rate back up to 9.2%.
So How's That Stimulus Thing Working Out?
We were told that the stimulus would have us down to 6.5% unemployment by now. The team at e21 has the real story:
"Back in January 2009, Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein of the Obama adminstration produced a report estimating future unemployment rates with and without a stimulus plan. Their estimates, which were widely circulated, projected that unemployment would approach 9% without a stimulus, but would never exceed 8% with the plan. The estimates, along with real unemployment rates, are posted below:"
If you update the graph for today's report, you find that there is another red dot higher than the last one. The last three months have seen the unemployment rate rise (chart from e21). They further note:
"For example, there is new research that suggests that the stimulus may actually have resulted in a net loss of jobs. Regardless of the exact number of jobs lost or created, however, the fact that some economists are even arguing that it had a negative impact tells you that the stimulus may very well have been a wash overall.
"Larry Lindsey offered his own review of the stimulus this week, arguing that it failed what's colloquially known as the Sharp Pencil Test. As he explains, 'if you sit down and do a back of the envelope calculation of the [stimulus] program's costs and benefits, there is no way to conjure up numbers that allow it to make sense.' Here is more on how Lindsey applies this test to the stimulus:
" '[E]ven if you buy the White House's argument that the $800 billion package created 3 million jobs, that works out to $266,000 per job. Taxing or borrowing $266,000 from the private sector to create a single job is simply not a cost effective way of putting America back to work. The long-term debt burden of that $266,000 swamps any benefit that the single job created might provide.'
"At minimum, the public now deserves a response from policymakers about what they have learned from 2009 and 2010 – about what actually does and does not help get the economy growing and producing more jobs."
The small businesses that are the real drivers of employment are not participating the way they do in a normal recovery. Bill Dunkelberg, fishing buddy and the chief economist for the National Federation of Independent Business, writes me this afternoon:
"Writing about our current weak economy (Philadelphia Inquirer Currents, June 26), Mark Zandi argued that employment will improve because '…U.S. companies are in great financial shape'. Dr. Zandi must be referring to companies like GE which just posted profits of $17 billion (and paid no income taxes) and whose CEO is the head of President Obama's job creation committee. This is the view in Washington and Wall Street that only thinks in terms of the "biggies" (that make large donations to re-election committees). For perspective, GE employs about 150,000 people in the U.S. Last week, over 400,000 people filed initial claims for unemployment (e.g. lost their jobs). There are 6 million firms in the U.S. that employ 1 or more workers. This includes GE, but 90% of them have fewer than 20 employees. These firms are not 'in great financial shape' as Dr. Zandi asserts. In a recent survey of a sample of 350,000 of them, 46% reported that profits were still falling two years into the 'recovery' compared to 18% reporting that earnings were improving. Firms like GE might hire more due to their good fortune, but there aren't many of them and they don't employ many workers anyway. It's the small businesses that Treasury Secretary Geithner said must be taxed more to support government that provide the needed jobs, not 'tax-free' GE. Regulations such as the new mandatory sick leave passed by City Council are detrimental to the job creation needed by making labor more expensive to hire, a bad idea.
"Dr. Zandi also suggests that state and local governments be given more funding to prevent the predicted loss of 250,000 public sector jobs over the next 12 months, funded I guess by more debt, since the Federal government is a bit short of cash (like $1.5 trillion in deficit). 'Ending this job loss would go a long way to lifting the job market,' he asserts. My math says that would reduce job loss by about 5,000 per week. With monthly job loss over 400,000, this hardly makes a difference. Government employment has become bloated because governments don't have to worry about profitability. When faced with budget problems, politicians tend to make cuts in services like libraries or police protection that hurt voters to show taxpayers why the government can't live with less instead of cutting patronage jobs and the like whose efforts would not be missed. Government can't create jobs, but it can create a lot of policies and taxes that prevent jobs from being created."
I wrote last year about the studies that show that on a net job-creation basis, large businesses reduced their employment over the last two decades. Of course, there are exceptions; but on average, large businesses are not where you get new jobs.
And many of the jobs we got this last month, as few as they were, were not of the high-paying variety. Leisure and hospitality were up 34,000. The average work week was down, and earnings dropped a penny an hour. After inflation, workers are behind, year over year.
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