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Cranston Herald
June 17, 2010
All text by Jen Cowart
On Friday night, the New England Laborers' Construction Career Academy graduated its largest class ever, as 34 seniors received diplomas in a ceremony filled with pomp and circumstance at the Hope Highlands Auditorium.
Jay Sabitoni, executive director of the New England Laborers' Training Academy in Pomfret, Conn., served as the Master of Ceremonies that evening.
"Each and every graduate has a future aspiration. Twelve of you are going to college, 10 of you are going on to a technical college, five of you are entering the New England Laborers' Apprenticeship Program, six will join the United States Armed Forces, and one of you will pursue a career in culinary arts," said Sabitoni.
Cranston Mayor Allan Fung brought greetings on behalf of the city of Cranston to the graduates.
"I am so proud to be here to honor all of you and your hard work and commitment not only during these past four years, but throughout your entire school career," he said.
Fung addressed the current economic and social challenges being faced by society today. He urged the students to be agents of change.
Superintendent Peter Nero credited the students' Cranston education with preparing them well for their future, helping them to enact the kind of change the mayor spoke of.
"Trust me, you are well prepared for college, the military, the workplace, and most importantly, for whatever local or world event transpires," Nero said. "Proceed forward knowing that in your short lives you have been challenged in school and in life and you have successfully met those challenges."
Representing the Cranston School Committee, Paula McFarland spoke to the students about leaving their legacy, their mark, on the world.
She urged the students to take the skills and accomplishments gained throughout their educational careers, and reach their full potential outside.
"Each of us has a unique purpose, a unique dream, a unique set of gifts to offer this world," said McFarland. "You are going to live a life unlike any that has ever been lived before and unlike any that will be lived hereafter."
The 2010 Commencement Speaker was Denise M. Jenkins, grant programs officer for the Rhode Island Foundation. The Foundation has awarded various grants to the NEL/CPS over the past several years.
Vincent R. Masino, general secretary-treasurer and New England regional manager of the Laborers' International Union of North America, also addressed the students during the ceremony. According to Sabitoni, Masino has been instrumental in the creation and the continued success of the Construction Career Academy in Cranston.
Sabitoni also began a new annual tradition at this year's ceremony, honoring one student from the graduating class for their academic achievement. This year's honoree was Mike Sisto, who was recognized for being not only a class leader, but attaining the highest grade point average. Sisto's GPA at the time of graduation was 3.414, and next year he will attend the Universal Technical Institute in Orlando.
2010 Valedictorian Justasia Freeman spoke to the graduates, including each one of them in her address. Freeman chose to tell the story of the class of 2010, interviewing them all, and asking them how they had changed in their four years and what they'd found the most valuable in their charter school education. She quoted many of their answers in her speech.
She called their journey "A Great Perhaps."
"This milestone we have reached in our lives is a swarm of emotions. Happiness, sadness, fear, excitement and a feeling of loss, as many of us will probably lose contact," she said. "Many of us are going off in different directions and today might be the last day we see each other, so cherish this day, cherish our memories together."
Freeman spoke of the future, when her classmates might one day reconnect. She said she hopes the connection they made would hold true even then.
Freeman urged her fellow graduates to make the most of the specific skill set they were given at NEL/CPS.
"Not all students can claim what we have, so I encourage success to each and every single one of you," she said. "I encourage you to go off in the world and find yourself, and be the author of your own story. Get on the road to your journey and find your own 'Great Perhaps.'"
Before handing out diplomas, Executive Director Dr. Michael Silvia spoke to the students as well.
"I am honored and extremely humbled that you have given me the opportunity to play a major role in your development and your life," Silvia said.
Dr. Silvia recalled meeting with each student three or four years prior, and telling them that his greatest gift would be to eventually present them with their diplomas, acknowledging that they had now reached that goal.
He credited the faculty and staff at the school, stating, "I am only the keeper of this castle that we call the Career Academy. You were privileged to be taught by some of the best teachers and staff in the state."
Applause erupted for the faculty and staff.
Silvia also credited parents for their support, asking them to stand, noting that many of them deserved a diploma as well for all they've been through with their students through the years.
Dr. Silvia left the students with one final wish as he closed his address.
"When you walk out of this auditorium, I want you to proudly leave with peace in your heart and non-violence in your soul," he said. "Change the world, and make it a better place for all of us to live."
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Overwhelmingly, fast growth districts are the places people think of first when they decide to move to (or within) Texas. As such, we have begun to refer to ourselves as "Destination Districts" and this sends a very powerful message to our state leadership as they begin to set priorities for the next legislative session. The crucial question is this: will people continue to move to Texas and to our fast growth communities if we don't support local schools, roads, parks, libraries and other city infrastructure?
Recent news regarding Destination Districts:
- Frisco recently topped a national study as one of the best mid-sized cities in which to live. You can read more here.
- Many of you have already seen SafeWise's report on the safest cities in Texas. Is it any surprise that many of them are fast growth districts?
- And last, CNN Money's Best Places to Live includes three Texas towns (The Colony at #20, Coppell at #32 and Pflugerville at #44). All three are fast growth districts.

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Today's Feature, November 23rd-24th: Powerspace
It all began in a pretty common way: Childhood friends Tom Schleiter and Daniel McMahon began playing together around the time courses commenced at Miami (of Ohio) University where they met current Powerspace drummer Kevin Kane. After an exhaustive vocalist search, another Miami student and high school friend of Schleiter and McMahon's, Alec Cyganowski, joined the group and Powerspace was born.
While the roots are familiar, the result, the sound and the band are not. Fueled by Ramen Records (who has also signed The Academy Is…, Cobra Starship, Cute Is What We Aim For, Fall Out Boy, Gym Class Heroes, Panic! At the Disco and Paramore) saw the exceptional ability behind Powerspace, signed them to a deal and helped them produce their debut album, "The Kicks of Passion." The record is a sort of "Frankenstein" creation with a complete collaborative quality to it "full of dancing, catchiness, guitar solos, and basically everything else that is good and right in the world."
One of their singles, "Powerspace Snap Bracelet" was recently featured by SPIN magazine. You can find other "ballsy pop songs" on the record, such as "Sleep Everyone," "Quarantine my Heart Baby" and my personal favorite "Right On Right Now" (seriously, check my MySpace). And luckily for America, this is a band that loves to tour… probably why they put on a ridiculous show with "lots of energy… a sick intro… and an amazing light show." TheyÕll be wrapping up their tour with Madina Lake and Mayday Parade soon, so get out and catch them before they take off for Japan in April. Dive into their XXQÕs.
XXQs: Powerspace – Daniel McMahon
Pen's Eye View: How and when did Powerspace first form as a band?
Daniel McMahon (DM): The band started a little less than two years ago. It was the summer going into my freshman year of college and I was going to be attending Miami University where Tom had already completed a year. We had always wanted to be in a band together and even had a couple failed experiments in the past. So we decided to start writing some stuff. Tom had been playing in a band with Kevin, so he was the obvious choice for drums. We auditioned (and in some cases scared off) a few singers. We settled on Alec, who we had been friends with but never knew could sing until he told us he wanted to be in the band.
PEV: What was it like attending college (Ohio's Miami University) and putting together a band? Was it hard to manage both simultaneously?
DM: I always felt kind of out of place in college. My heart just wasn't in it. So when the band started becoming more and more serious, college turned into second priority. I think I would have been unhappy there even if I didn't have the band to worry about.
PEV: Growing up who were you listening to?
DM: I was always surrounded by music growing up. My parents both really appreciated good music. So from an early age, artists like Bruce Springsteen, INXS, The Grateful Dead, and Genesis all had an effect on me. When I started getting serious about playing in bands, I drew inspiration from the local music in the northwest suburbs of Chicago, which was dominated by more pop punk and post punk bands. Fall Out Boy, 504plan, The Academy (Is…), Knockout, Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, The Lawrence arms. Those bands made me want to be in a band, and also influenced me a ton musically.
PEV: Tell us about Powerspace's first live performance together. What was going through your heads?
DM: Well when the band started, it was kind of just a fun thing to do. We didn't really take it too seriously. So we booked this show at a place called Pachinko's in Oxford, Ohio. We dressed really crazy and we were kind of drunk. We probably played our songs about 30 times faster than they were recorded. It was a lot of fun.
PEV: How have you changed from the first year together to where you are today?
DM: The band has gone from a small part of my life to pretty much all I do. It is still really fun though. I wouldn't rather be doing anything else.
PEV: Describe to us the first time Powerspace stepped into a recording studio.
DM: In the beginning, that's all we did. We started as a strictly studio band. We'd sit in this kind of make shift studio in the basement of the dorm Tom and I lived in and kinda write and record at the same time. We didn't even start playing live until we had like 13 demos recorded.
PEV: Tell us about your full-length debut, "The Kicks Of Passion". What can people expect from this album?
DM: I think the album came out as a completely collaborative effort. There's a little bit of each one of us on the record. It's basically like if you sliced our four brains in quarters and took a quarter of each and sewed them together to make one brain and then you put it in some sort of Frankenstein. And then he recorded an album. The KOP is what you would get. Full of dancing, catchiness, guitar solos, and basically everything else that is good and right in the world.
PEV: How is "The Kicks Of Passion" different than any other music out today?
DM: If you're referring to the bands that we often are grouped with or compared to, I think the KOP doesn't really conform to many things you'll hear from your average "scene" band. All we really wanted to do was make a ballsy pop record, and in my opinion we did a pretty good job.
PEV: What is your take on the current scene of pop/rock music?
DM: I think the scene has its strengths and weaknesses. I wish more kids would actually buy music, rather than steal it. But that's basically just so I can eat. Also, I think there are just too many bands these days. Sometimes kids just get it in their head that they can pretty much regurgitate whatever their three or four favorite artists are doing and just start a band. I wish people would think a little bit harder about what they want to do before just deciding to start playing shows and plastering themselves all over the internet. On the other hand, I think there are a lot of great bands that get lost in the shuffle.
PEV: How has life on the road been for Powerspace? What are the best and worst parts about road life?
DM: I love touring. It's literally the only thing I want to do. We get to see so many places I never dreamed I'd get to see. Yea sometimes we don't sleep and money is tight, but in the end it's the best thing in the world to do.
PEV: In all your travels, which is your favorite place or city to play? Why?
DM: Personally, I like hanging in Portland, Oregon. The Northwest is a beautiful place to be and that city has this chill vibe about it that you don't really get anywhere else.
PEV: What do all your friends and family think about your success?
DM: I am definitely blessed with some amazingly supportive friends and family members. I miss them a lot, but they are always encouraging even when times are rough.
PEV: Is there one artist that you have not had a chance to collaborate with that you would like to?
DM: Tough question. At this point, Kanye West.
PEV: What is one thing we'd be surprised to hear about the guys of Powerspace?
DM: 75 percent of us are single? Wink.
PEV: When you guys get some downtime what can we find you doing?
DM: Alec likes to build and fix things. Kevin likes to read and play Tetris. I like to bum around Chicago. Tom likes to hang out with his girlfriend.
PEV: What can people expect from a live Powerspace show?
DM: Lots of energy. A sick intro. An amazing light show provided by our TM, Bob Debelina.
PEV: What is the best part about playing live?
DM: On rare occasions, hearing people sing the songs you wrote.
PEV: Is there an "up and coming" artist that you think we should all be paying attention to?
DM: I'm psyched to hear the Cab's new record. We're actually going to chill with them in the studio in the next couple days. Good dudes.
PEV: In one word what best describes Powerspace?
DM: Sexplosion.
PEV: So, what is next for Powerspace?
DM: Finishing out this amazing tour with Madina Lake and Mayday Parade. Going to see our families for the holidays. Other than that, we don't have many plans for the New Year besides going to Japan in April. I'm sure we'll be on tour though.
For more information on Powerspace, check out www.PowerspaceTheBand.com


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As I am sure that most of you have already heard, Michael Jackson passed away yesterday from what is reported to have been heart failure. Wow, I must say that I was shocked when I heard the news. In the evening some shows refered to him as the king of pop and the worlds greatest entertainer. They say that there will never be another video released which will supersede Thriller in terms of numbers ever again. He was an amazing entertainer and his legend I think will be similar to that of Elvis's in terms of never being forgotten. I believe that he will be remembered and talked about forever. I was also surprised to know that he was 50 years old. Michael appears to have led a very exciting but also sad and lonely life. I guess that fame can be a great thing but in Michael's case his life changed so drastically that maybe it wasn't such a great thing.
He was a child star who led a very eccentric life. From marrying the king of rock and rolls daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, to the implications of some pretty serious scandals to his disease that turned his skin white, Michael had a lot more on his plate then most of us do.
Farewell to the king of pop. The world will miss his talent.
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Friday, June 26, 2009
Farewell to Michael Jackson
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- AnonymousJune 26, 2009 at 4:30 PM
It does not matter what age you are Micheal Jackson appealed to everyone. I talked to my youngest daughter today. She was a complete Micheal fan. Yes the red leather jacket and white sparkly glove and all. She went to see him live in Buffel New York and when he finally came to Toronto she had front row seats. She told me when she was young that she was going to marry Micheal Jackson.ReplyDelete
My personal favorite album was Back and White. He will be rememberd as long as we live.
Love you Mommie
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1. In my hometown, Jeddah, people have many dreams.
2. Jeddah is a smokey city.
These two sentences could either be irrelevant to one another or could be dependent on each other. I'd like to see a relationship between social phenomena, habits and mind sets. Smokers wouldn't be dreaming of smoke, because they would be smoking it already. Thus, I had to recognize that these people perhaps smoke to dream. People who smoke the hookah, spend hours and hours on a chair, at home or in a coffee shop, and you cannot interrupt their smoking, because by that, you'd be waking them up from (REM: Rapid Eye Movement), the deepest stage of sleep, characterized by the occurrence of dreams. Smokers inhale social signals, and exhale thoughts back into their surroundings, just to inhale them back into their system..
Only a month ago, I moved to Boston, and just next to my building is a spot for the homeless. Ironically, that spot is filled with art pieces and installations that statements like the following are engraved on: 'When I grow up, I dream to become a pilot, or 'I will become a great achiever when I grown up'.
Do you see any relationship between the installations and the place those homeless have chosen for themselves? Or a relationship between this and those who exhale their dreams in the shape of smoke?
Oh well,, people in my city think skyscrapers are a symbol of civilization and accomplishment, so I drew this!
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Hello Everyone!
I wanted to update you on some of my recipes online, which I have collaborated with my daughter, Kimberly on.
They are posted on: CookingWithKimberly.com
Some of these fabulous and delicious recipes include:
1. Canadian Fried Chicken
2. Coconut Chicken Fingers
3. Silver Dollar Potatoes
4. Traditional Prime Rib
5. Mom's Mashed Potatoes
6. Yummy Yorkshire Pudding
7. Turner Family Poultry Stuffing
8. Classic Pie Crust
(* Mom denotes Me! :D)
I hope you truly enjoy these tasty recipes and my daughters Amazing Cooking Website!
I wish you a Very Happy and Blessed New Year!
Ingrid Turner :D
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So yes...its been awhile! Through out the last time I posted anything, I must say things have changed a bit! Unfortunately two of our birds died...and two got really really sick. As I thought I was going to finish raising these cuties..I turned them over to WildLife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center of Venice Florida. I was so happy that Kevin and Linda took over the raising as we had it completely wrong! Thanks to awesome people like these our birds will be able to live a nature wildlife very soon!
Well I will keep you more posted as time goes by..here's a little afterthought:
I was so pleased that Sarasota Magazine has featured my creations and the kind words they thought of my work!
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|Washington Park, Albany, NY
I decided today that I need a break.
I'm still dyeing when I can, but I will take a break from blogging.
There might be yarn pictures.
|teal, deep forest, navy in watercolors II.
The blog (with writing in it!) will return September 1st.
PS: I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want to come across as fishing - yes please, do leave comments. I'll read them and publish them.
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Alright, today's rant is a lesson in etiquette. It surrounds a posting I have on craigslist selling a 32" HDTV for less than half of what I paid for it. Now originally I posted this tv for $750, as it's going for about $1000 still on the review sites. Not a bad deal I thought. I just need a little bit of spending cash for this holiday season, and lets face it if I'm going to pass law school a tv is the last thing I need. Well apparently craigslist nation did not think that my tv was worth $750. That's ok, first rule of bargaining is to shoot high. So I dropped it down to $650. That's a pretty substantial price reduction. All the while, I figured in my head I wouldn't go below $500 if it came down to it. Well, after a couple of days and a couple more price drops, here I am, my rock bottom price.
Now the holidays are coming up, who wouldn't like a LCD HDTV with wall mounts?! Apparently nobody, that's who. The only offer I got for my posting of a $500 tv was an email saying "the best I can offer is $250". Now if you've been paying attention and are somewhat decent at math, that's less than a quarter what I paid for a top brand HDTV. Basically came across as a slap in the face to me. Maybe I'm overreacting (anyone who knows me knows I'm highly capable of that) but I'm less inclined to haggle with someone who throws such a low-ball number at me. This isn't Crazy Brian's Bargain Bin Expo. I'm not walking around with a shoddy name tag with my name printed crooked and a comb-over trying to get the early morning bottom feeders to purchase a used pair of socks for fifty cents. Bush league lady, an offer like that is bush league.
But now the ball's in my court. I have her email address and she's awaiting my response. So many things I want to say. But I'm gonna let anyone who reads this submit a response you think I should go with. I'll pick one and let little miss ball buster have whats coming to her. Have fun with this one.
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Days left in office: 2
Days until Pittsburgh: 4
Applications sent out today: 1
Okay, so that's not a terribly impressive number of applications... if only I had posted yesterday, when I sent out four! But I did get a call about an interview for a random retail job. At this point anything getting me closer to being able to pay rent is noteworthy.
As I mentioned on Monday, I've started bringing my laptop into the office so I can pretend to do important things when there's nothing for me to do. Yesterday it was a godsend. Along with applying for every remaining job in Pittsburgh, I also finished most of my Christmas shopping and facebook stalked half of my friend list. Eight hours well spent. Today I didn't use my laptop as much.
This morning I interviewed a walk in; he was my first truly strange interview. This family drove down from NY last night and stayed in town, but they never bothered to let us know they were coming. The dad was a musician, the mom was a graphic designer, and the kid was interested in creative writing. That stereotype you're envisioning right now? The one you're maybe feeling guilty for picturing? Yes, that is them. The kid was clearly ADHD. Like whoa. He fidgeted the entire time, his eyes darting around whenever he tried to talk. And, to make it even better, he had no questions. Nothing to say. He hasn't really thought about college that much. It's mid December, and he hasn't even applied anywhere. His mom is planning to bribe him with cookies to work on his college essay. No joke. On second thought, it's either ADHD or drugs. But he goes to a school that helps "young men who, for whatever reason, are not meeting their full potential." That usually has LD written all over it.
Second interview was way better... this girl was perfect for our school, and she seemed to like us. She goes to a tiny high school, and her philosophy is if you're going to a small school, you'd better stand out. So she's in basically every club ever and still has solid grades and great SAT scores. It's difficult interviewing kids like that and not being able to say, "Don't worry, you're a lock."
And of course during the ten minutes I covered reception, this douchey kid came in. He was scheduled for a tour only, but we didn't know that much about him. His tour guide was this insanely nice guy who everyone loves. The tour guide was sitting for ten minutes waiting for the kid to show up. When he finally did, it was with two current students who I had never seen before.
Girl #1: Are there tours today?
Me: Yes, we schedule them every day during the week.
Prospective Student: Can I have one?
Me: Sure. Did you have an appointment?
PS: Yeah.
Me: Okay, if you could just fill out this sheet for me. There's also a page for you to check off the things you want your tour guide to show you, and a packet of information for you to look over.
PS: Okay.
(He and one of the girls sit on a couch. They're whispering and giggling, but I can't tell what they're saying. Five minutes go by. The tour guide is still sitting, waiting for this kid to be ready.)
PS: Here you go. I don't need a guide, I'm just going to walk around with them.
He left the sheet blank except for the field that asks who's accompanying the student. (Basically, did you bring your parents with you?) He wrote one of the girls' names and under relationship wrote "Wife." I'm sure we'd be lucky to have him.


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No official charges have been brought against Pitt and a request for comment to Pitt's rep regarding the allegations was not immediately returned. The Associated Press reported Jolie's attorney, Robert Offer, said Jolie filed for dissolution of the marriage, with a decision made "for the health of the family".
Obama: Ruling dismissing China's claims to South China Sea is binding
Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte sits for the retreat session in the ongoing 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits at the National Convention Center, Wednesday, Sept. Like the U.S., Japan is not a claimant in the South China Sea . Washington has led calls from some Western and Asian governments for China to abide by the tribunal ruling.
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A crack in the Foundation Trump camp defends Skittles tweet: "Speaking the truth might upset" Pence: Outrage over Skittles tweet is "remarkable" MORE, called the media outrage over a tweet from the Republican presidential nominee's son "remarkable".
United States threatens South Sudan arms embargo
Mr. Machar, who fled South Sudan last month after a brief attempt at reconciliation, is believed to have taken refuge in Sudan. Officials from the U.N. In a telephone interview before the report's release, Mr. Prendergast said the group had decided to make South Sudan its first priority "because it is such a political hot potato right now".
US Government Bonds Rally as Central Banks Calm Investors
Murphy Oil jumped $1.08, or 4 percent, to $27.52, Transocean rose 33 cents, or 3.5 percent, to $9.46. The broad-based S&P 500 and the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index both advanced around 0.6 per cent around two hours into trade. Jane Yellen did indicate that a rate hike is likely this year. The U.S. central bank also projected a less aggressive rise in interest rates next year and in 2018, and it cut its longer-run interest rate forecast to 2.9 percent from 3.0 percent.
Nations pledge to take in 360000 refugees this year
And he accused South Sudan's feuding leaders of betraying their people. "We see too many governments muzzling journalists and quashing dissent and censoring the flow of information", he said. It adds the global body has failed to resolve any conflicts during Ban Ki-Moon's leadership. The cessation of hostilities had been wrangled by Secretary of State John F.
Brissett starts, scrambles, delivers 27-0 Patriots victory
Jacoby Brissett #7 of the New England Patriots celebrates scoring a touchdown during the first quarter against the Houston Texans at Gillette Stadium on September 22, 2016 in Foxboro, Massachusetts. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Another week, another new quarterback, another win for the New England Patriots . "I wouldn't really want anything to deflect the credit that they deserve for what they accomplished tonight".
Trump says he is 'very troubled' by Tulsa police shooting
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The U.S. and its allies, as well as Syrian government troops and their allies, are striking ISIS and al-Qaeda, perhaps the most potent of all of Assad's foes. The United States was to pressure opposition rebel forces to obey the truce but both sides cried foul and on Monday this week the Syrian army declared the ceasefire over.
ISIS Shell Fired at US Base Being Checked for Mustard Agent
However, another officials said: "I don't know of a case like this where it was proximate to United States forces like this before". Grande said Iraqi security forces would take steps to protect civilians, including alerting them of the upcoming campaign, identifying escape routes, and preparing safety cards.
Dozens more feared dead in Egypt migrant boat tragedy
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UEFA Elects Slovenia's Ceferin as New Leader
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Plea to allow UN aid convoys into Syria siege areas
World leaders, including the United States and Turkey, have quietly walked back their calls for Assad's immediate departure, focusing instead on fighting the Islamic State group, which flourished in the chaos of the country's conflict. Assad dismissed the US account, saying the attack targeted a "huge" area for more than an hour. A mistaken attack by coalition airpower that killed dozens of Syrian troops, as well as fresh airstrikes in Aleppo and Idlib, have.
Syrian army announces start of a new major offensive in Aleppo
The cease fire agreement negotiated between Washington and Moscow collapse earlier this week, unleashing a new round of brutal fighting in a 5-year-old civil war that has been marked by brutality. Thursday's meeting comes a day after Kerry and Lavrov abandoned diplomatic niceties in a fractious public debate over Syria, blaming each other for the failure of a week-old truce and offering only temporary patches to stem the bloodshed.
Top two PMO aides apologize for controversy over moving expenses
Two of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's top aides will be repaying a portion of moving costs that they were reimbursed for, saying certain costs they were eligible for made them uncomfortable. The decision reflected "China's commitment to, and China's goodwill to, farmers and producers in Canada", Li said. Trudeau is already under fire from opposition leaders for considering a treaty that could send Chinese suspects into a legal system where human rights activists say torture and forced ...
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Rohit Sharma and Chetseshwar Pujara have been finalized to play while either Bhuvneshwar Kumar or Mohammed Shami will be included in the playing xi for this historic game. Sodhi followed up with the prize scalp of Murali Vijay (65), ending his vigil at the crease. Pujara, who came at the fall of Rahul, was his usual self.
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Winter had their moving up exercises and graduation for the Kinder, Nursery and Toddlers in El Cielito Inn, sta. Rosa Laguna.
Winter was in Captain Hook costume as they're required to wear anything from Disney Movies. This was the "appreciation for the parents" part.
Winter got Special Awards: Most Self-Sufficient and Most Energetic.
He got Academic Awards: Best in Laguage, Best in Reading and Best in Science.
I let my Mama award him the medal for the 'first honor.'
The certificate is in photo paper and the grad pic was given to us in a frame. Very unique and smart!
We actually didn't expect that Winter will get the first honor coz some of his classmates were older than him. And I actually had difficulty everytime I review him his lessons at home. I never had those experiences with his Kuya Zach who is a fast learner than him. But Winter's advantage is that he's used to being competitive here at home with his kuya. And he adapted that attitude when he's in school. And I observed that the moment the teacher talks, he starts to listen. And he really participates in class because of his competitive attitude and because he listens.
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Monday, July 27, 2009
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Let the (mini) Taper Begin...
Tapering for the Steelhead ½ (this Sat.) has officially begun! Last week was a full week of training and excluding Wed. I was able to stay on track and fit in all of my planned workouts. The "bulk" of the hours came Fri. – Sun. and although I was glad to get some good time in, I'm also glad that I'll have a little relief as I taper this week.
On Fri. I hit the pool for a 01:10:00 workout. I swam 3000+ meters mixing in a couple of sculling drills, the pull buoy, and a kick board… overall I was feeling good. Over the last couple of weeks (since Muncie) my pool workouts have been easier and easier to go to. I'm not exactly sure why my attitude towards the pool has changed but I'm good with it! After the swim I went out for a quick 00:45:00 run. The humidity started to get to me towards the end of the run but I was able to finish off strong.
Sat. I went out for a 04:00:00 brick workout. I headed over to the north side of Holland (I live on the south side and normally ride there) to get a bike ride in along the Lakeshore. It was an absolutely beautiful day for a ride. It was probably in the Mid-70's, sunny, really low humidity, and a light breeze rolling through. On the way out (I did an out and back) the wind wasn't really fighting me and on the way back in there was a small headwind but nothing too serious. I rode up to my Dad's house in Spring Lake where I was given a race recap of his Grand Haven Triathlon experience a week ago. In total I did just over 60 miles which I then followed up with a slow, but good, 3 mile run. Afterwards we had dinner at my Mom's…
Sun. Gwen and I went out for a long run. We ended up doing just over 12 miles together. It was the first time that we have run that type of distance together and it made a huge difference for both of us. It is so much easier to get a run like that in when you have someone to go along with you. Neither of us had too much trouble with the pace or distance but by the end we were definitely feeling a little tired. Gwen's knee has been bothering her and thankfully she bought a foam roller and has been having a lot of luck with that. At any rate, this was a great way to end the weekend and my longer workouts heading into my taper for Steelhead. I'm feeling good and although I'm excited about the race I definitely have IMKY in the forefront of my mind at this point. I'm not naïve enough to take my "eyes off the prize" as far as Steelhead goes (it'll be a big workout either way) but it is hard NOT to think about Louisville at this point. It is so crazy to me that 10 months of training is culminating and although I am confident and know that I have put the time in… it still doesn't take away the nerves.
Today I'm hoping that I'll be able to register for IMLP 2010… we'll see how it goes but wish me luck!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
On the bright side... Have done my workouts for the week up until this point. Tomorrow it is back on the bike so at least I have something to look forward to despite the fact I'm feeling lazy as crap right now.
Not sure what the deal is today...
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Muncie Endurathon Race Report
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
New (lengthy) Update....
an increase in my workload at the office, an increase in the hours
training, traveling for work, etc. etc.
That being said, it has been a productive time for me and I am excited
for this upcoming weekend during which I will have my first "real
test" of fitness this summer. I will be racing in the Munice
Endurathon ½ Ironman on Sat. and although I am nervous for it, I am
also pretty confident. I think that realistically I would like to
finish somewhere between 5 ½ - 05:45:00. That being said, ultimately
this is just another training day in pursuit of the "big day," August
30 (IMKY). This week has been fairly relaxed with the training as I
am focusing on tapering and heading into Sat. feeling 100% (I have to
be honest I am 150% sucked into the TdF right now too so it hasn't
been too bad not having long workouts at night).
Here's a quick recap of the highlights from the last several days. I
have been spending a lot of time in the pool and actually am starting
to "fall in love" with swimming all over again. My workouts have been
moving along quickly and I am continuing to maintain my fitness level.
Running has been so-so; I've had a couple of decent runs but overall
nothing impressive. On the 4th of July I celebrated with a nice
04:45:00 brick. I did about 04:15:00 on the bike and made it 80
miles. A little slower than I would have liked but I was happy since
I felt strong on the run following it. I realize now that my biggest
issue is going to be the run in each event I do this year. I peaked
WAY too early in my running fitness this year and then had a period
where I actually lost fitness… so, now, I'm slowly building back to
the level I was at. This means that I'm for sure going to be doing a
good amount of walking when it comes time for IMKY (and probably
Muncie as well). This is disappointing but in the end my goals have
ALWAYS been about finishing and losing some time on the run is a small
sacrifice to pay to make it to the finish line.
As IMKY draws nearer and nearer I'm finding myself COMPLETELY
OBSESSED. It is becoming the thing that is always in the front of my
mind, on the tip of my tongue, and haunting my dreams. I have had IM
related nightmares for nearly 2 weeks now (missing cut-off times,
getting lost on the course, taking too long in transition, etc. etc.)
and it has been difficult to put it out of my mind. In a way it was a
double edged sword for me to head down and ride the course. I gained
a lot of confidence and was able to see the fruits of my labor meaning
I felt strong on the bike, fit overall, and my nutrition plan worked
flawlessly. With all that in mind I think that I became a little
overconfident and haven't gotten as much out of my workouts since then
as I should have. I'm really looking forward to Muncie because I
think that it'll kind of snap me back into reality and whet my
appetite for some competition.
Another product of my IMKY craziness is that I am becoming extremely
focused on my 2010 plans. I think that this is an attempt (along with
obsessing about TdF, biking gear/components, all the new tri
apparel/toys, etc. etc.) to keep my mind occupied for the most part.
At this point I am thinking about the following and trying to
determine what will work out/be realistic:
• IMLP (Lake Placid is said to be one of the toughest IM courses in
the States, if not the toughest. A great test of fitness… something
that I would REALLY like to do. One of the most appealing things to
me is that it is a mid-season IM so you don't have to wait until the
end of summer. The downside… it's nearly impossible to get into so
unless I somehow get lucky and it doesn't sell out this weekend I may
be SOL)
• IM 70.3 St. Croix (All I have to say is… THE BEAST. Possibly the
toughest 70.3 out there and most certainly in the top 3 in terms of
difficult bike courses. Biggest benefit, it's in St. Croix and early
in the year.)
• Rev3 Cedar Point 140.6 (Right around the corner (relatively
speaking) from home and I've only heard good things about the
inaugural Rev3 race in Connecticut. It's at the end of the season so
there is a lot of waiting…)
• Michigan Bike Racing Association races (I'm definitely going to
focus on the bike next summer… the question is how much. I'm not
exactly sure which races I'll focus on but find the opportunity very
appealing/interesting. I want to see how far I can take myself if I
were to focus on just 1 of the 3-D)
So… there's a lot to think about. We'll see how it all shakes out.
Obviously the main focus right now is on Louisville and August 30.
Send me a word or two of encouragement if you wish… or just wish me
luck in your head. I'll take all the help I can get!


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The Good Life.4/04/2014
This week was spent
living the good life working. In between working I got to spend some time with my brother, Ryan, and downing a couple beers with some friends. While last week was spent worrying this week was about playing catch up. Trying to get my house clean, getting back into my routine, and finding some time to relax. It should have been easy but Bijoux keeps peeing on the bed at night and in the house during the day, you can just call her Miles Davis. The good news here is that it is the weekend and that will give me time to get my shit together before I leave for Vegas on Monday for work.
As for my 60 day challenge, I ate pretty damn healthy this week. We had our last bowling league game Monday night, went to Ballet on Tuesday, where I proceeded to get owned, Wednesday night was two hours of Ultimate Frisbee and last night was spent watching HIMYM with the doors open while the thunderstorm rolled through. All in all not too shabby of a week.
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Meeting on the COST Book, COST Outputs and Final COST Meeting
Venue: Kaliakra Hotel, Albena, Bulgaria
Date: 13-14 June 2016
The aim of this meeting was to continue the work from the last WG meeting in Prague, bringing together those COST Action members who are involved in the writing of the COST book and other COST outputs (i.e. ongoing papers). A secondary aim was to discuss the final COST meeting, which will be jointly held between our COST action and ENERGIC (IC1203) in London, October 2016.
The meeting took place during the 6th International Conference on Cartography & GIS / Seminar with EU cooperation on Early Warning and Disaster/Crisis Management in the Black Sea resort of Albena, Bulgaria, organized by Prof Temenoujka Bandrova (BG) and Prof Milan Konecny (CZ).
There were 20 people participating in the meeting from 12 different countries: AT (1), BG (4), CY (1), CZ (1), EE (2), FR (2), EL (1), HR (1), IT (2), NL (2), PT (2), SI (1). There were 10 males, 10 females and 6 ESRs.
- COST Book: We reviewed the status of each chapter of the book. Some chapters have already been delivered and some were delivered by the end of the week as many people attended the conference and could therefore continue work on their chapters. Outstanding chapters are to be delivered by 30 June 2016. Internal reviews by the editors will be completed by 15 July and then the book will be delivered to the publisher by the end of July 2016. An external review will then take place and authors will be given both the internal and external reviews at the same time. The group discussed ways of helping to incentivize the external review and speed up the publication process.
- London meeting: The group discussed the structure of a special session on quality. However, the main structure of the meeting is still being planned. For example, it was unclear if the meeting is about what was done in the action or should be new work presented by action members; it was unclear if the meeting was intended for action members or for the wider community although it was clarified that the wider GEO community would be invited; it was unclear how parallel sessions will work and the group did not favour this, etc. In the end, the suggestions for the quality special session will be sent to the organizers.
- Ongoing papers: Updates were provided on outstanding papers, in particular the two papers on sampling that Cidália Fonte (PT) is involved in and the paper on motivations from WG 2 that Sonia Sousa (EE) reported on; all are progressing. Participants were reminded that about the ongoing special issues and that COST can pay for APCs.
Conference papers presented
Cidalia Costa Fonte chaired a session on VGI, presented two papers and several COST members also presented papers in various conference sessions:
Paper 1: Automated Methodology for Converting OSM Data into a Land Use/Cover Map [pdf of presentation]
Cidália Costa Fonte (PT), Marco Minghini (IT), Vyron Antoniou (EL), Linda See (AT), Maria Antonia Brovelli (IT) and Grega Milcinski (SI)
Paper 2: Using OSM, Geo-Tagged Flickr Photos and Authoritative Data: A Quality Perspective
Vyron Antoniou (EL), Andriani Skopeliti (EL), Cidália Costa Fonte (PT), Linda See (AT) and Seraphim Alvanides (UK)
Paper 3: Crowdsourcing and VGI in National Map Agency Data Collection
Daphne Bol (NL), Magdalena Grus (NL) and Mari Laakso (FI)
Paper 4: GIS-Based Automated Valuation Models (AVM) for Land Consolidation Schemes
Demetris Demetriou (CY)
Paper 5: Specialized Mapping in Bulgaria
Petar Penev (BG)
Paper 6: Including Geospatial Tools for Agriculture Education in Developing Countries: a Case for Cape Verde and Mozambique
Marco Painho (PT), Alexandre Baptista, Ali Atumane and Elsa Simões
Paper 7: From Big to Smart Spatial Data for Decision Making in Disaster Management
Milan Konecny (CZ)
Paper 8: Disaster Management of a Conference During a Flood (Concerning 5th ICC&GIS Flood and Evacuation of 92 Participants)
Temenoujka Bandrova (BG), Sisi Zlatanova and Milan Konecny (CZ)
Paper 9: General Concept of Educational Programs for Students' Disaster Response
Silvia Marinova (BG) and Kristina Kehayova
Paper 10: Georeferencing Imprecise Historical Place Names by a Multi-Criteria Approach
Ana-Maria Olteanu-Raimond (FR) and Marie-Dominique van Damme
Paper 11: Mapping Urban Green Spaces Based on Remote Sensing Data: Case Studies in Bulgaria and Slovakia
Rumiana Vatseva (BG), Monika Kopecka, Jan Otahel, Konstantin Rosina, Atanas Kitev and Stefan Genchev


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Actually, President Veitch, Sexual Assault is Not a New Conversation at Occidental
OSAC has developed a detailed timeline (2007-present) that documents contact between OSAC members and the Oxy Administration pertaining to sexual assault issues on campus. It starts with a town hall meeting in March of 2007 and ends with a town hall meeting in March of 2013, exemplifying the "Oxy way" of substituting talk for action.
During these six years, OSAC members participated in 7 different campus-wide forums on sexual assault, met with Administrators more than 20 times, participated in three different task forces, and gave 8 presentations on persistent issues with Oxy's sexual assault programming, policies, and procedures.
This timeline does not reflect the work of passionate student, faculty, and staff advocates who have also worked tirelessly to improve sexual assault issues at Oxy during and prior to this time.
This is not a new conversation, and to treat it as such erases the work that has been done and further delays taking long overdue action.


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1. The question for determination in this appeal is whether the suit was rightly dismissed by the Court below on the ground of limitation.
2. The suit was brought on foot of a bond executed on the 10th of July 1908. The principal amount was payable in the course of three years. But it was also stipulated that interest would be paid every six months according to the Hindi calendar and if any much interest (payable every six months), should remain unpaid the mortgagee would be entitled to enforce his bond without waiting for the three years' time. It is common ground that no interest was paid by the mortgagor. It is also common ground that if six months, according to the Hindi calendar, be added to the date of the bond, the starting point of limitation would be some time before the 10th of January 1909, the date on which the suit was actually filed. On the other hand if six months, according to the Gregorian calendar, be taken from the date of the bond as the starting point of limitation, the suit would be just within time. The question is what course should be adopted to find out the starting point of limitation.
3. The learned Counsel for the appellants has taken his stand on Section 25 of the Limitation Act and has referred us to two cases viz: Rango Bujaji v. Babaji 6 B. 83 : 3 Ind. Dec. (N.S.) 513 and Latifunnisa v. Dhan Kunwar 24 C. 382 : 12 Ind. Dec. (N.S.) 922. The Court below has referred to the case of Dwarka Prasad v. Raja Ram 29 Ind. Cas. 980 : 13 A.L.J. 486. We have carefully gone through these cases and are of opinion that it is really a matter of interpretation in every case. The true principle seems to be this. If the starting point is to be calculated, as so many months or so many years from a particular date, that point must be calculated according to the Gregorian calendar. On the other hand, if the starting point is otherwise fixed by the stipulation itself, the Court cannot apply Section 25 of the Limitation Act. In the case of South British Fire and Marine Insurance Co. v. Brojo Nath Shaha 2 Ind. Cas. 573 : 36 C. 516 : 13 C.W.N. 425 their Lordships of the Calcutta High Court had to interpret a policy of insurance and they held that lunar months were meant and not calendar months. It is, therefore, really a matter of interpretation in every case.
4. Coming to the facts of this case we find in the bond itself the following expressions:
5. 'I, therefore, covenant and give in writing that I shall pay the principal to the said creditor within three years and shall continue to pay interest on the entire amount at 0-14- per cent per mensem according to Hindi months including the intercalary month till the payment of the entire amount due thereunder. If God forbid... or if six monthly interest be not paid, the paid creditor shall, under all the circumstances, have power to realise the whole of the principal, etc.' We have read and re-read the document and we have also consulted the original document in Urdu character. It seems clear to us that the parties meant that interest would be paid every six Hindi months without dividing the year in which there is an intercalary month, into the two periods of six and seven months. This view of the stipulation has been taken by the plaintiff himself in the account appended to the plaint. Their interest has been calculated every six Hindi months. In the first two six months the calculation is from Asarh to Pus and Pus to Asarh. But in the third period which contained apparently an intercalary month, the six months are composed not of seven months Asarh to Pus but exactly six months Asarh to Aghan. The intention, therefore, was that the interest should be payable at the expiry of six months according to the Hindi calendar, that is to say, on a particular date and not at the expiry of 'six months' which under Section 25 of the Limitation Act would mean six months under the Gregorian calendar.
6. The decree of the Court below seems to be right and we hereby dismiss the appeal with costs which will include Counsel's fees in this Court on the higher scale.


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Apple strudel
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Prep Time: 40 minutes plus resting
- Effort: medium
For the dough
- 250 g plain flour, plus more for dusting
- 30 ml vegetable oil
- pinches salt
- 150 ml water
- 50 ml oil, to brush the dough
For the filling
- 1 kg sour apples, (Granny Smiths are ideal), peeled, cored and chopped
- pinches cinnamon
- 50 g raisins
- 100 g sugar
- 1 lemon, juice only
- 50 ml rum
- 40 g butter, plus extra melted butter to glaze
- 100 g breadcrumbs
To serve
- icing sugar, for dusting
- whipped cream, crème angalise or vanilla ice cream
1. For the dough: knead together the flour, oil, salt and water to make a dough and shape into a ball. Put on a lightly oiled plate and brush with the remaining oil. Set aside to rest for an hour.
2. Put the dough on a floured table cloth and roll it with a rolling pin as thin as you can. Flour your hands and bend the dough from the middle to the outside until it is so thin you can read a newspaper through it.
3. For the filling: mix the apples with the cinnamon, raisins, sugar, lemon juice and rum.
4. Melt the butter and stir in the breadcrumbs. Sprinkle this mixture over the dough and top with the apple filling.
5. Use the tablecloth to roll the strudel and pinch the ends together to seal.
6. Preheat the oven to 180C/gas 4.
7. Transfer the strudel carefully onto a baking tray lined with baking paper. Bake for 40 minutes. During baking, brush the top of the strudel several times with melted butter.
8. Before serving, sprinkle the top of the strudel with icing sugar and cut into slices. I recommend serving with whipped cream, vanilla ice cream or sauce anglais.
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Help! My Church is in Crisis
How do you persevere through trials in church life, or any other part of life? How do you go to church in a time of crisis, where there is disagreement, confusion and hurt feelings? How do you face people who have offended you? How do you spend Sunday with people who disagree? How are you supposed to sing with true love in your heart and not be fake? How are you supposed to take the Lord's Supper and not be fake or worse, bring condemnation down upon your head by taking it in an unworthy manner? How are you supposed to talk to your brother or sister in the Lord without being fake? How do you teach your children to go through times like this?
Don't let your children leave home without knowing that times of trial are gifts from the Lord. They are designed for good – to help us experience His love more deeply and to stimulate us to instruct our families in how we go through crises. How do you go through a crisis in your church? I can sum it up in one phrase: Out of the overflow of love for your Lord Jesus Christ, and your obedience to His commandments.


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Remember the October bailout "Hope for Homeowners". This is the one the offered FHA backed loans to struggling homeowners. The banks were to write down the principal balance to 90% of current value and the FHA would then insure the loan. When the borrowers sold the FHA was to get 50% of the profit. It was hyped that this would help 400,000 people stay in their homes.
Now for the reality part
by Diana Olick
I've just seen the latest numbers on the recently launched government Hope for Homeowners program, and I'd call them laughable if the whole thing weren't so blatantly sad.
Hope for Homeowners was launched Oct. 1 as part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act signed into law on July 30,2008. Proponents used a Congressional Budget Office estimate of 400,000 homeowners that could be helped over three years. The latest projection was that 19,000 applications would be received in the first year.
The program works like this. A borrower in trouble contacts the lender, and the lender agrees to write down the principal to 90 percent of the current value of the property. They then get a new FHA insured loan. In return, when the borrower eventually sells the house, the government gets half the equity that is created after the new loan begins: in other words any appreciation. FHA will insure up to $300 billion in new loans.Well I doubt we're all going to have to worry about that $300 billion. Here's the reality: In the last two weeks, FHA received exactly 69 applications to the H4H program. Since the start of the program, a little over a month ago, it has received 111. Now I'm no mathematician, but that doesn't exactly extrapolate out to 400,000 over three years or even 19,000 over one year or even over a few months. In fact, HUD took the projections out of the release.


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The New York Jets are not in a position to be selective when it comes to addressing the quarterback position.
There were high hopes for Mark Sanchez when the Jets traded up to the fifth spot in the 2009 NFL Draft. Sanchez wowed Jets management with his Rose Bowl blowout of the Penn State Nittany Lions. It was also that charisma that made this former USC Trojan the right choice in the minds of Woody Johnson, Rex Ryan, and then General Manager Mike Tannembaum.
There was a great start with consecutive trips to the AFC Championship Game. Suddenly, Sanchez regressed with 50 turnovers over the past two seasons. Now there is a need to find competition for this player, who has seemingly lost his confidence. Sanchez will have to fight to keep his job in 2013.
A natural fit for New York would be Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Nick Foles. He was a third round pick by the Eagles in 2012 and worked with new Jets offensive coordinator Marty Morhinweg in Philadelphia.
The former Arizona Wildcat standout had mixed results, including a two interception showing in his first against the Dallas Cowboys. There was a flash of brilliance in a come-from-behind victory against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Foles showed a strong arm and good pocket presence.
Earlier speculation was shot down with sources stating that the Jets were not pursuing the young signal caller "at this point". While he may not be a fit for new Eagles coach Chip Kelly's offense, he is much better suited for a West Coast scheme. He also stands at 6'6″, which makes him the prototypical pocket passer.
New York has worked out David Garrard and spoke to Brady Quinn. These men do not provide a solution. However, Foles is an intriguing talent. If John Idzik wants to make a move, it may cost a second round pick. New York should pay the price to show they are serious about competing. A quarterback could still come via the NFL Draft, but Foles could potentially be a quality starter for the Jets from week one.


text: Yesterday I drove up to the Bayside Library Drive-thru window and gave the kind librarian the South Park DVD and the latest Usher CD that Z borrowed in exchange for a copy of the second edition of So You Want to Write: How to Master the Craft of Writing Fiction and Memoir by Marge Piercy and Ira Wood. I could not stop reading this book. As soon as I got home I started it. I stopped to Skype with a friend in Korea and then got back to it. I stopped to cook something for Z, call my nephew, and call my mom, and I went back to it. I sat in the parking lot with a flashlight while Z practiced basketball, missing the coach's important message to parents afterward, because I was with Marge and Ira. I stayed up until 1:00am with them, but I can't tell you a thing I learned. What made me want to read that book until I fell unconscious and it slipped through my fingers? What was I looking for? What did I find? I don't know, but I can't wait to get back to it.


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Mobile Marketing Pointers To Increase Your OrganisationLearning about mobile marketing can be very overwhelming, but just like anything else, it can also be very easily researched, learned, and applied. Now that you have found this list of tips, hopefully, you can come out a little more informed when it comes to mobile marketing, so that you can refine your plan and become a great marketer.
Steer clear of texting abbreviations. When you shorten your messages using chat speak, you make yourself and your business seem less professional and credible. Take the time to spell everything out to make sure your messages are clearly understood, and that you come across in a professional and polite manner.
Focus on relevance and timeliness when planning your mobile marketing campaign. Messages received in this format should be brief bursts of information that can be immediately applied. For example, rather than messaging about a sale scheduled weeks in advance, send a reminder shortly before opening hours or provide information not previously available like a change in speaker.
If you have multiple people working in your business on mobile marketing, it is important for each person to understand the plans and goals behind your company, to that everyone is working on the same page. Your team should be knowledgeable enough not to put your business in a bind, should a customer ask a question.
Do not contact your customers just for the sake of contact. If you contact your customers, make sure you are contacting them with a purpose. Some businesses failed in their mobile marketing endeavors because they chose to send arbitrary and impractical text messages to their customers. Customers aren't looking for humorous, personal messages from a business they patronize. They're looking for valuable information and ways to save money.
More and more people are doing the majority of their web browsing directly from their mobile device as opposed to a computer. This is essential to know because if you do not direct advertising efforts toward mobile marketing, then you are completely missing out on a particularly large audience.
Make sure you're keeping track of your social media presence as a mobile marketer. If you have a Facebook or Twitter page, you want to monitor what people are thinking of you and how many folks like/dislike you in general. This will allow you to fix some things to better cater to your audience.
Listen to your customers in your mobile marketing campaign so that you can always better cater to them. If you assume you know what your customers want, you are going to make a serious you-know-what out of yourself. Instead of assuming, listen to their needs and then work from an informed standpoint.
Having a QR code is an important factor in mobile marketing. QR codes are the new box codes that can be scanned by a mobile device or a smartphone. They are extremely effective in connecting your customers with your brand. Try linking the QR code with some sort of coupon or discount for maximum results.
You will have a tough choice in mobile marketing dealing with whether to go with mobile apps or mobile sites. You need to let the actual message choose its medium here. In other words, you should go with the flow with whatever works better with one method than the other. Don't try to force it to go well the other way.
Make it very easy for your customers to unsubscribe from receiving your text messages. Many times having the option to reply with the word 'stop' will be the easiest way. This will lower any frustration if a customer no longer wants to receive texts. Remember that just because they don't want a text does not mean they do not want to be a customer.
Shorten a lengthy or complicated URL, by using a QR image generation shortener. This will keep the code design basic, and it will be easy to scan. URL shorteners are simple to learn how to use and they will allow you to shorten any URL, in just a few, short steps.
Treat mobile and social media like a legitimate source of real business. Just because much of it happens on a tiny screen doesn't mean the opportunity is small. In fact, it's just the opposite. Mobile and social media are two of the fastest growing marketing outlets available today. Be sure to build a mobile strategy for your brand.
Do not send a message that does not clearly state who http://icsw.nhtsa.gov/exit.cfm?Link=http://latestrecord.americansnowcontrol.com are and what kind of business you have. Make sure your mobile campaign contains your name or the name of your brand. If you are just starting a new brand, you should quickly explain what kind if products or services you sell.
You should use Delivr.com to generate your QR codes. This website allows you to create QR codes for free and also offers you the possibility to track them. This will help you find out how many people actually scan your codes, and see how much time they spend on http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=4cb21cbc4a384cf2a005db71b2f16bb2&url=http://www.americansnowcontrol.com .
https://mybigplunge.com/business/excelity-global-datamatics-hr-outsourcing-solutions/ covers a wide range of subjects. Businesses are like snowflakes, in that no two are identical; so no two market in identical manners. What one finds useful, the other may not. These suggestions will help you know how to begin.


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Thanks ChessZen for the advice! The thing with that is that I have to pay extra for RAW files which I want to avoid.ChessZen said:
Unlike photos, videos are reformatted for display on the web. This necessitates that the video be optimized for viewing online, resulting in the smaller file sizes.
If you would like to provide a visitor with the original video, one way to do that would be by zipping the video and uploading it to the gallery as a RAW file. You can then display a link to the RAW file in the video's caption. Your visitors can then click on that link to download the original video.
See this link for more details on RAW file storage - https://goo.gl/Ag8OmO
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For God, who said, "Let light shine out of darkness," has shone in our hearts to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. 2 Corinthians 4:6
Sunday, February 20, 2011
a post about scripture
Please, please watch. I was so challenged and encouraged by this. I know it is 45 minutes long, but it is way worth it.
The Lord has been teaching me lately about Scripture. Just like food sustains my physical body, His Word, along with time spent in prayer and fellowship with Him, sustains my spirit. It is that important. It is just as fundamental and essential to my walk with Him, as nutritional sustenance is to my physical body.
His Word is truth, and I need truth every second of the day--to fight temptation, to discern what it is right, and to be satisfied in my Father and not seek other things to satisfy me. One of the primary ways God communicates to and sanctifies his children is through His Word. My mind and heart are prone to distraction and discontentment, and His truth is the one antidote. It is pure, satisfying, and sanctifying.
Write it down. Memorize it. Meditate on it. Surround yourself with it. Let it move you, captivate you and change you.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Hebrews 4:12
How can a young man keep his way pure?
By guarding it according to your word.
With my whole heart I seek you;
let me not wander from your commandments!
I have stored up your word in my heart,
that I might not sin against you.
Blessed are you, O LORD;
teach me your statutes!
With my lips I declare
all the rules of your mouth.
In the way of your testimonies I delight
as much as in all riches.
I will meditate on your precepts
and fix my eyes on your ways.
I will delight in your statutes;
I will not forget your word.
Psalm 119:9-16
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What is Customer Segmentation?
Customer segmentation is the dividing of the contacts in your customer database into groups that are similar in a way that is meaningful for purposes of marketing.
Let's say you've defined a 6 step sales funnel, and the six steps might be generically grouped as:
- Visited the website and downloaded the eBook
- Returned and watched explainer video #1
- Took the assessment quiz
- Returned and watched explainer video #2
- Returned and watched the demonstration video.
- Filled out the Contact Us form
You can define each of those steps as different customer segments.
NOTE: Your business might of course have different segments defined. What is shown above is merely an example.
What are the advantages of having customer segmentation in your business?
As a customer interacts with your website and your marketing automation system, you move people from segment to segment. The email messages you send them, which in turn direct people to pages on your website, depends on what segment they're in.
Using customer's segmentation greatly impacts acquisition and retention of customers.
The process of creating customers segments requires forethought, research, patience, and honesty (about what you sell and who it appeals to).
In this article, we show you the importance of customer segmentation and tips to improve their experience with your product.
Every business should have a customer segmentation strategy for the following reasons.
Importance of customer segmentation
You send messages that are more context dependent to your prospects and customers. Perhaps the email will be for someone at a certain stage of your sales cycle. Perhaps your business is sports memorabilia and you wish to segment people by their sports of interest. Perhaps your business car accessorie3s and you wish to segment people by the type of car they own.
Additionally since the messages you sent to people are more appropriately targeted, you get better feedback from people as you're sending more relevant messages.
How to better create the right segments
To create a better customer segmentation, make sure it is:
Making sure your segments allow you to effectively measure results requires you've put enough thought into creating segments that are appropriate for your business. From there you can measure customer interest by measuring what are called micro conversions, which are the small steps people take on your website (prompted by your marketing automation system) leading up to them becoming a customer.
While marketing automation systems mostly use email to send messages, the concept of segmentation is not limited to email marketing and marketing automation. It can also apply to the use of business pages on social media sites (one business can host more than one business page when they segment people by area of interest).
Create a customer segment that isn't easily affected by external factors. Since the largest external factor is competition, this has mostly to with how you position your product or service in your market.
Do you appeal to "to the masses" (Target, Wallmart) or to "high end homeowners" (country club memberships), or to "health conscious people" (organic produce, yoga classes, etc).
When you're in a market that is "too new", this is a moving target. When you're in a market that is "too old" the cost of competing with a large establish brand may be too much requiring you to address a niche of that marketing that they big companies are not serving well.
In closing,
Marketing automation tools are best for defining segments and measuring activity within those segments.Download the eBook: The 7 Fundamentals of Being Found Online


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An even greater turning point in Sorolla's career was marked by the painting and exhibition of "Sad Inheritance" (1899),an extremely large and highly finished canvas dealing with a painful subject.
Study for "Sad Inheritance"
In 1887, apolio epidemic had swept Spain. There was no cure, so many, especially children were left crippled. Sorollo portrays young polio victims with their shurnken limbs, bathing in the sea, under the care of a monk. The group of boys next to the monk are the emotional center of the painting. In order to highlight the sheen of sun and water on their flesh, Sorolla skillfully juxtaposes their naked bodies against the monk's black robe. The painting earned Sorolla his greatest official recognition, the Grand Prix and a medal of honor at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1900, and the medal of honor at the National Exhibition in Madrid in 1901. In this painting he perfected his technique for depicting the effects of light, a technique which he was to refine throughout his lifetime.


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Top meets bottom in Group C of the Champions League on Tuesday when Atletico Madrid seek to do the double over hosts Astana in Kazakhstan.
Diego Simeone's side ran out 4-0 winners a fortnight ago at the Vicente Calderon, where strikes from Saul, Jackson Martinez, Oliver Torres and a Denys Dedechko own-goal sent Atleti top of the group, level on points with Benfica.
Astana have picked up one point from three games in their maiden group stage campaign and Tuesday's visitors will be heavy favourites to extend their unbeaten run to six matches in all competitions.
Luciano Vietto could feature despite battling appendicitis of late – the forward having missed Friday's 1-1 draw with Deportivo La Coruna at the Riazor that saw Lucas Perez equalise late on.
"It's true that the team did not stop doing the things it did in the first half, which it did very well, and that is obviously the path we should follow," Simeone said of the stalemate.
"To continue with this [approach] gives us chances to score and to attack far away from our goal. We have to keep in mind the first half and continue improving.
"I'm leaving with a good feeling about the team, we had a very good first half but in the second half we were too [cautious]."
While Atleti were denied maximum points at the weekend, Astana extended their winning run in the Kazakhstan Premier League to five matches with victory against Irtysh on Saturday.
Stanimir Stoilov's men remain in the hunt for a domestic league and cup double but will need to cope without the suspended Patrick Twumasi as they attempt to keep alive their slim hopes of overhauling Galatasaray for third spot.
Despite a resounding defeat in Madrid and their difficult group campaign, Stoilov said there will be no change in approach for the visit of the 10-time Spanish champions.
"No, we only have a plan A," explained the former Bulgaria coach, who also has fitness concerns over the likes of Tanat Nuserbayev and Roger Canas.
"We know that Atletico are strong, but we will play to our maximum. Our plan is to play football. I have already mentioned the Champions League, the league and the cup but my players are ready physically.
"We will be ready mentally as well – we will fight to the end on all three fronts."
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