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Ways I Do Violence to My Soul
There are certain seasons in my life when ministry and other responsibilities are so difficult and my schedule so demanding that I feel like I am doing violence to my soul. (It's as if I were taking a knife and intentionally sticking it into my body.)
As I analyze what I do and how I feel during these seasons, I have come up with several ways I have done violence to my soul. (Whether or not these seasons can always be avoided is not the point of this article.)
The following are ways I do violence to my soul. (By "soul" I am referring primarily to my emotions.)
1. When I don't properly process my pain
Being responsible for a family, a church, and a network of churches often brings me into situations of conflict with people and circumstances. In the midst of all this I sometimes hurt emotionally and experience pain due to relational conflicts or rejection. When I move on too quickly from a painful event in my life due to my busy schedule I am setting up myself for having to confront those emotions at a future date—when my pain spills over unexpectedly and disrupts my harmony.
2. When activities fill my calendar and I live on fumes instead of a full tank
As an introvert/extrovert (omnivert) I need to have time alone to recharge my battery. When I have a full schedule from morning to evening without adequate time to study and refresh my soul, then I find myself functioning only on commitment instead of out of an overflow of God's power and grace. Doing this on a continual basis will cause me to lose my intimate connection with the Lord and will also cheapen the impact I have on others when I minister.
3. When I don't adequately reflect on the happenings in my life, family, and ministry
There are so many opportunities, interactions, crises, relational dynamics, and other things too numerous to count that occur in the life of a typical leader that, if we don't regularly carve out time for reflection, we can miss what God is saying to us or we can miss what our soul is trying to communicate. I find that most practitioners (like me) are action-oriented people and don't take adequate time to reflect on what is going on—both in their interior lives and regarding divine appointments God is setting up for them. Consequently, when I am not regularly taking time to reflect I am bypassing opportunity for spiritual, relational, and ministerial growth.
4. When I am grounded in my false self
Every person has been born into original sin. Hence we all have a false self we strive to disempower through the cross of Christ. When we are insensitive to God in certain areas of our lives we empower our false self. (Our "false self" is our sinful nature expressed in the personality and actions of our self-life.) When we stop allowing God's dealings within us we are resting and/or grounding our lives in our false self. When we enable our false self to live through us we live a lie, waste time, hurt others, and do violence to our souls because we are not allowing our spirit-empowered authentic self to manifest. This also results in self-deception which leads to unnecessary pain, fear, disappointment and the wasting of precious time. We can be saved, going to heaven, and attend church regularly, but still live most of our lives through the prism of our false self.
5. When I hold grudges instead of confronting people
When someone offends me, the temptation is to avoid the person instead of confront them since no one enjoys confrontation. But when I succumb to that temptation I do violence to my soul because I carry resentment, bitterness, and grudges which in turn torture my soul. As hard as it is, it is actually for the benefit of the offender and the offended to confront issues instead of holding onto them.
6. When I don't honor the sabbath
The Bible teaches us to take one day in seven for personal rest and worship of the living God. When I don't do this it hurts my soul because my soul is not made to work day after day, week after week, month after month without a break. Not taking adequate sabbath rest eventually results in burnout in which God forces us to rest because of a physical sickness, or emotional or mental breakdown.
There have been several instances in the past few years in which I had to leave my office and go home because my brain hit a wall and refused to think about work-related things anymore! (Those were scary times!) We are tempted not to take off from work one day in seven because we think that we will not have enough time to do all the work on our plate. But the truth of the matter is, when we honor the sabbath we are recharged spiritually and have God's blessings upon us, which will eventuate in us getting even more work done!
7. When I don't allow other people to minister to me
Often, those in leadership positions are so used to being in the place of ministering to others that we don't know how to receive grace and help from others when we are in need.
Sometimes God allows me to be stuck in regards to strategy, finances, faith, and personal challenges because He wants me to reach out for help so I can receive ministry from other parts of His body. When I feel awkward and refuse to do this I do violence to my soul because I prolong the pain or the process by refusing to receive immediate help from those God has put in my life that have gifts, abilities and wisdom in certain areas that I don't have.
8. When I don't prioritize creative endeavors
God gave each of us creative abilities. We need to regularly utilize them in order for the full image of God to shine through us. When we only use our mind to analyze things and think logically we are only utilizing our "left brain" and are wasting the other half of our brain.
Years ago the Lord dealt with me to start playing the guitar again for His pleasure. He told me to start playing again because He gave me that talent as a gift; part of the image and creativity of God is lying dormant inside of me when I don't use my musical ability. Thus, part of the way I am called to glorify God is not being manifested when I don't play my guitar. When I don't exercise my talent I am doing violence to my soul! (It would be as if I stopped using my right hand. After several months I would lose the use of that hand because the muscles would deteriorate and lose agility.)
9. When I allow the demands of others to replace the will of God in my life
The more responsibility you have as a leader the more people expect from you. The older I get, it seems the more demands are placed upon me from my family, my church, political and community leaders, and friends. If I was to attend every meeting I am invited to, return every email, Facebook message, text, and phone call I receive every day then I would not have time to do anything else! When I acquiesce and cave in to the demands of every person then I do violence to myself and actually lose touch with my soul!
Everyone has their own agenda. Only a few really follow God's agenda. And fewer than that even care about God's assignment and agenda for you. I have learned there are certain priorities in my life: my walk with God, my family, my local church, the network I oversee, and some other responsibilities for my community and city. I have enough on my plate that I already know is God's will that if I didn't meet another new person or have another opportunity the rest of my life, my plate would still be full! I have learned that as long as I am pleasing God then everyone I am supposed to please will be pleased automatically!
10. When future concerns rob me of enjoying the present
Sometimes I am so focused or anxious about the future that I cannot enjoy precious and important moments in my immediate present. Unfortunately, there have been numerous times when I have had to look back on my life and rely on distant memories in attempts to appreciate significant things that have happened to me. This is because, while those things were happening, I was not fully present in my mind and emotions.
When this happens I do violence to my soul because I am robbed of pleasure, joy, happiness and other things God sends my way as a gift of His providence. I am continually trying to train myself to enjoy life and be thankful for the precious things I have right in front of me instead of always striving to reach a goal in the distant future.
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KOROR, Palau (Palau Horizon, Feb. 23) – The government of Palau wants to transform the country into a major producer in the Pacific sea cucumber industry.
Following a research made by the University of Hawaii-based Pacific Business Center, Palau Minister of Commerce and Trade Otoichi Besebes expressed optimism that Palau would be able to benefit from this industry.
"This is one of the things that...President (Tommy Remengesau) wanted to develop," Besebes said.
He said the government is now getting more information about sea cucumbers from other countries like Australia, the Philippines, China and Japan.
"I want that somebody from the community will venture into it and develop it into an export industry," Besebes said.
The sea cucumber, also known as beche-de-mer or trepang, is known in Asia for its medicinal and culinary uses.
In 1994, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan imported US$60 million worth of sea cucumbers, according to the Pacific Business Center.
It said the international beche-de-mer industry produces approximately 80,000 tons of raw sea cucumbers each year from sources in the South Pacific and Asia.
An extensive sea cucumber fishery off the Queensland coast and the Torres Strait region in Australia has a total allowable catch of 500 tons annually.
The Chinese use sea cucumbers to nourish the blood, "tone" the kidney, treat weakness, impotence, debility, constipation due to intestinal dryness, frequent urination, arthritis pain and osteoarthritis.
Sea cucumbers are also considered as an aphrodisiac and a cure for whooping cough and high blood pressure.
Moreover, they are valued for their anti-fungal, anti-bacterial properties.
Dried sea cucumber is also a prized delicacy used to flavor soups and stir-fries.
Japan, Korea and Malaysia are some of the countries that make food products from sea cucumbers.
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Friday, January 8, 2016
TGIF 1.8.16 (updated)
What a Fassy week this has been! I witnessed first hand Michael Fassbender receiving the International Star Award Actor this past Saturday night in Palm Springs. And this weekend, Michael will receive the Best Actor award from the LA Film Critics Association on Saturday, and then the following evening, he will attend the Golden Globes and hopefully take home his first Golden Globe on his third nomination. Michael is being a trooper by multi-tasking and jet-setting across the globe to meet his filming obligations, as well as his promotional obligations to Universal and the Steve Jobs film in hopes of the film receiving several Oscar nominations.
Pete Hammond at Dateline wrote a timely article on Michael on Thursday afternoon that is going to be read by an important audience and clarify a few things, especially that taken out of context comment about him not wanting to do Oscar campaigning. I knew what he meant then, only assholes and idiots took his words out of context and twisted them.
I'll be hanging out at Fassinating Fassbender Facebook during the Golden Globes to chat with people about Michael on the red carpet and his hopeful big win. Please come visit us about 7pm EST Sunday night at FFF.
Oscar bloggers have been falling over themselves as of late with suspicious 'A Case for...' articles in support of a certain actor, or a certain movie, etc. Bloggers whose livelihood is based on objectivity in writing articles about the entertainment industry, are showing their pimp cards and these articles are total paid pieces by PR and studios. Since I'm just a plain ole non-profit fan blogger of Michael Fassbender, I'm going to write my own 'A Case for Michael Fassbender' Oscar article next week! If you're curious about my thoughts on The Revenant, please read my review at ToZ. In my opinion, Leonardo DiCaprio is Michael's main competitor, and Michael needs all the support he can get to keep his momentum high all the way through Oscar night. I'm happy to do whatever little bit I can... for FREE. I don't have to get paid to write what I feel in my heart is the best male actor performance of 2015. I have no financial or professional vested interest in wholly supporting Michael. I'm doing it because I believe in him and the man has paid his dues to be recognized once and for all.
Early Friday morning, the BAFTAs will announce the nominations, and I hope Michael makes the cut. I have not been impressed with BAFTA, they are a concern to me because they have thrown British talent under the bus in favor of nominating talent they think the Oscars find worthy. And that is lacking integrity as far as I'm concerned.
Update: Michael has been nominated for a BAFTA in the Lead Actor category. Congratulations Michael!!
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- Stephanie Czekalski said...
I'm sorry I could'nt take part in the chat while the Golden Globes ..
I wake up five hours after the start of the red carpet.
I look forward to seeing the results.
I support Michael 100% but I have not seen the movies, I'm not very impartial ;)
I'm a little angry because Steve Jobs should be released in France on January 6 but it's delayed on February 3 grrrr
Congrats to Michael for the BAFTAs nomination.
- January 8, 2016 at 1:53 PM
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Our initial vision for Japan began in the heart of our good friend and CMA mom, Char Kennicutt. (see the story from last year here)
After spending 3 weeks traveling across 2/3 of the country in 2005, we fell
completely in love with the people of Japan. From the time she returned home,
Tiffany wanted to go back. (she was actually asked to return and stay!) God
is so faithful, we were invited back by more than one ministry. Unfortunately,
our schedule did not work with those in Tokyo, Toyohashi, and Nagano. But
Aroma Ministries in Kyushu wanted us to come and work with them for 12 days.
(no zipping across country every day by "shinkansen", bullet train.) We will
have a much better opportunity to work closely with Hiroaki (Rocky) and Marla
Ayatsuka and their ministry, developing a real relationship with them and
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You can keep up to date with CMA Japan by watching our "Updates/Mission Log" page.
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Prayer needs and 'PrayerMail' archives will be available on our "Prayer" page.
Learn more about Japan and the history of Christianity in their country by reading the "Japan Profile".
Read about "Where we are going": Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Kyushu, Japan
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based out of Littleton, Colorado with a simple desire to teach and train
others to worship, now has an opportunity to stir up this same vision thousands
of miles away! We thank God for His incredible plans, which are much bigger
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Insurgent is a 2012 science fiction young adult novel by American novelist Veronica Roth, the second book in the Divergent trilogy. As the sequel to the 2011 bestseller Divergent, it continues the story of Tris Prior and the dystopian post-apocalyptic version of Chicago. Following the events of the previous novel, a war now looms as conflict between the factions and their ideologies grows. While trying to save the people that she loves, Tris faces questions of grief, forgiveness, identity, loyalty, politics, and love.
The book was first published on May 1, 2012 by the HarperCollins imprints Katherine Tegen Books in the U.S. and HarperCollins Children's Books in the U.K, a "Collector's Edition" was published on October 30 in the United States. Insurgent received mostly positive reviews from critics, with reviewers praising Roth's writing.
My Thoughts:
Yesterday I talked about my thoughts on Divergent (book 1) you can see them here. Like I said, I read this book over a year ago, so my review is a little bit of what I said back then, and a little bit of what I remember. This book starts where Divergent left off. Four and Tris are with a small group of defectors and they are trying to find out what is going on. The factions are in semi-chaos, with Erudite trying to be in control (stay in control?) with Dauntless as their army. The book gets to be an edge of your seat kind of deal, where the excitement of everything going on, really gets your heart racing. Tris is a great lead character. She is strong and kick-ass, but she seems real too. She trained to be that strong, so it's not like some petite little girl just has super human strength or something, like I've seen in some books. I love Tris and Four's relationship too. It also seems real, because it isn't just super happy fun time in the midst of all of the chaos. They have their own shit going on also. There is so much action, and if you loved Divergent, this book will not disappoint.
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|IN OLD ARIZONA (directors: Raoul Walsh/Irving Cummings; screenwriters: from the story "The Caballero's Way" by O. Henry/Tom Barry; cinematographers: Arthur Edeson/Alfred Hansen; editor: Louis R. Loeffler; cast: Warner Baxter (The Cisco Kid), Edmund Lowe (Sergeant Mickey Dunn), Dorothy Burgess (Tonia Maria), J. Farrell MacDonald (Tad), Joe Brown (Bartender), John Webb Dillon (Second Soldier), Tom Santschi (Cowpuncher), Henry Armetta (Sicilian Barber), Alphonse Ethier (Sheriff); Runtime: 99; MPAA Rating: NR; 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment; 1929)
Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz
The first major sound Western is an historically important one, but as a film it's lifeless; though a sensation when released because of its novel but primitive sound (Fox' early Movietone recording system), today it's viewed as too talky and has too little action. It served as the first of the Cisco talkies, in the long running series. Raoul Walsh is listed as codirector with Irving Cummings, but it's likely Walsh had little to do with the directing chores. Walsh lost an eye when a jackrabbit went through the windshield of his car, as a piece of shattered glass went into his eye. This was the reason for the eye patch he wore the rest of his life. As a result Walsh had to give up the starring part in the feature and was replaced by the usually staid silent screen star Warner Baxter. He made the most of it and went on to win an Oscar for Best Actor in 1929. Warner did nothing special, but his comical Mexican accent as the "charming" bandit pleased both critics and viewers.
The film offered sound for its location shots, as microphones were hidden under sagebrush or behind rocks. It caught the fancy of the audience by picking up the incidental sound of riders conversing on a stagecoach, hoofbeats and gunshots. The film is noted for its naturalistic sound, with the sizzling of bacon in a frying pan as the most quoted example. But that scene is actually not in the film: it was ham and eggs.
The Western had a winsome theme song titled My Tonia, which was played in the dark before the credits that begin and end the film. The song was written by Fox studio's Lew Brown, B.G. DeSylva and Ray Henderson.
It's set in the days of President McKinley. The Cisco Kid (Warner Baxter) is made out to be the Robin Hood of the southwest, though this noble characteristic is never convincingly carried off in a credible way. He comes off mostly as a pompous stereotypical "Latin lover," a mannerly common thief who is out only for Numero Uno but who talks a good game like he's for the workingman.
In the opening scene, Cisco robs at gunpoint the stagecoach of its Wells Fargo box full of money but doesn't rob the passengers--keeping his image intact as the gentleman bandit. Later when he learns an Italian barber (Henry Armetta) lost $87 in the robbery, he returns the money to him. The Kid is a romantic, who loves his impoverished feisty Mexican girlfriend Tonia Maria (Dorothy Burgess) and is always giving her gifts and promising her a better life. What he doesn't know, is that she runs around with other men when he's away.
Mickey Dunn (Edmund Lowe) is an arrogant, tough, womanizing U.S. Army sergeant from Brooklyn, who is assigned by the colonel to take a squad and hunt down The Kid. Soon the chump-like Mickey gets romantically entangled with Tonia, and a menage a trois develops. The greedy and untrustworthy Tonia makes a deal with Mickey to collect the $5,000 reward money if she gives up the Kid. The Kid gets wind of her scheme and executes his own plan, as he has a trick up his sleeve to take care of someone out to do him harm.
The three main characters are all unpleasant egotistical types, who are motivated by selfish reasons but pretend they care about others. This, along with how tedious it is, makes it only seem like a necessary film for cinephiles, techie freaks and whoever else is interested in such a museum piece.
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Mordoc SeLanmere, also known as the Pale Knight or the White Prince, was the self-proclaimed first and utmost powerful vampire king in all of Toril. Mordoc was the disciple of Eldrith the Betrayer, he, however, was not a loyal servant to her. He did provide to her slaves and members for her army.
Battle of Bones and Keep of Pale NightEdit
Mordoc, after becoming the king of the Vampires, led his army of Vampires, Nightwalkers and Nightshades into the Battle of Bones where they began to thrive. Just outside, or at the edge, of the Battle, Mordoc built the Keep of Pale Night where his Vampire Servants lived with him. At a time, the assassin Karne was sent to kill him, however, Mordoc defeated Karne in battle and appeared to kill him. Karne however, had found his mortal enemy and had feigned his death.
Mordoc then pledged his alligence to Eldrith the Betrayer, though his true masters lay in Mulhorand. Mordoc's ultimate goal was the destroy the city of Baldur's Gate and through Eldrith, he hoped to achieve this. He assisted Eldrith by supplying the troops of the Dark Alliance. Mordoc then proved himself to be an excellent alchemist when a thief working under Karne in Xantam's Guild. Mordoc was unaware that this thief was working for Karne and built him the Orb of the Undead, which was used to animate the dead in the Crypts of Ilmater.
When Vahn, Kromlech and Adrianna killed Eldrith and used a shadow gate to escape the Onyx Tower, Mordoc was overjoyed as he was now the ruler of the Onyx Tower. Mordoc informed his allies in Mulhorand of the delay and informed them of his plan to move the Onyx Tower to Baldur's Gate to destroy the city.
When the Harpers activated all the elemental foundatons to activate the tower and hope to seal it, Mordoc gained access to the tower. However, Karne discovered Mordoc's plan and with his enemies, the Harpers Jherek, Dorn Redbear, Allessia Faithhammer, Ysuran Auondril, Borador Goldhand and Vhaidra Uoswiir, the Keep of Pale Night was infiltrated.
Karne then freed Vahn, Kromlech and Adrianna from Mordoc's holds and with Jherek, he stayed behind to fend off Mordoc's zombies, mummies and shadow creatures. The eight adventurers fought Mordoc and bested him in battle causing him, weakened, to flee and move the Onyx Tower to Baldur's Gate.
Mordoc's Gate Edit
Mordoc used the Onyx Heart to transform the citizens of Baldur's Gate into zombies under his will, while his vampires transformed other citizens into vampires. The soldiers outside of Baldur's Gate launched a desperate attack against the undead. Mordoc renamed Baldur's Gate, Mordoc's Gate and to allow his allies from Mulhorand to enter the Onyx Tower, he added an entrance to it. While it took the eight adventurer's, Karne and Jherek about a month to enter Mordoc's Gate, their appearance changed the tide of the battle.
Karne and Jherek assissted the soldiers of Baldur's Gate in their battle against the zombies, while Dorn Redbear defeated the vampiric form of Randalla, the lieutenent of Mordoc's general Xanhast. The eight adventurer's then entered the Onyx Tower through its newly added entrance, a small situation that would bring his downfall. They advanced through the Onyx Tower and eventually through the final shadow gate, which had been restructured to go to the Plane of Shadow.
The eight adventurer's once again battled Mordoc, who had become nearly as powerful as a god. They managed to, however, kill him, leaving one of them entitled to the leadership of the Onyx Tower. However, they decided to destroy the Onyx Heart, whcih in turn broke the Elemental Foundations, destroying the Onyx Tower and restoring Baldur's Gate to the way it was.
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Mordoc SeLanmere was a Vampire King who was the most powerful Vampire in all of Toril. Mordoc and his servants went to the Battle of Bones where they quickly conquered the Battle and created a new Vampire Army in which Nightwalkers, Skeleton Warriors and Zombies served. Mordoc had given a home to the vampires and created the Vampire Castle, the Keep of Pale Night.
Upon the death of Mordoc SeLanmere in an attempt to hold the Onyx Tower, the Vampires in the Battle of Bones scattered. It is likely there are multiple factions in the Battle looking to gain control of it and become the next Vampire King. If this is so, then each faction has its own army in which Nightwalkers and other Undead Creatures serve, much like they did under Xanhast, servant of Mordoc SeLanmere
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While Borders sprinters still had their eyes on the big prize Peebles distance runner Kobe Stevens was celebrating a milestone of his own last week.
The Moorfoot runner celebrated his 18th birthday with a rewarding win in the 1600m handicap at the New Year Sprint meeting held on the Meadowmill track near Prestonpans on December 30.
The switch to the polymeric surface probably suited Kobe rather than the rough soft conditions which would have prevailed at the traditional venue of Musselburgh Racecourse, but brutal conditions had to be overcome as well as the opposition.
Running off a handicap mark of 150m Stevens knew he had a chance of doing well so opted to skip the 800m given there was only one hour between the races. Third at the bell he moved into the lead and gradually opened a gap which he managed to hold on to into the near gale-force wind up the home straight for a winning margin of over 10m from circuit regulars Willie Bates (195m) and Owen Miller (120m).
His winning time of 4.18.44 converts to 4.27 for 1500m which is 11 seconds off his personal best, so an excellent effort given the tough conditions and the time of year with limited speedwork in the bank.
Also triumphing on the tartan track was Hawick's David Rae (11.5m) who was declared the winner of the Vets 90 metres in a time of 10.08 following a photo finish with Tullibody athlete Cameron Smith (10.5m) with Bob Douglas (23.5m) from Balerno in third.
Ancrum's Emily Dagg (19.5m) was also beaten in a photo finish in the Ladies 90m final by Bethan Malley (21m) of Whitemoss AC and finished a close second in the final of the 90m Open to Kieran Rielly, who came second in the New Year Sprint event at Musselburgh Racecourse two days later.


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What is a Springboard? I know many of you are
curious as to what a kind of class this actually is! Is it a kind of Reformer? Am I going to be doing a lot of jumping? The answer is "no" to both of those questions.
The Pilates Springboard is modeled after an original piece of apparatus created by Joe Pilates, called the Cadillac. The Cadillac is an amazingly versatile piece of equipment that has multiple springs attached on one side that are used for countless exercises involving the whole body. Unfortunately, the Cadillac, in all its glory, is an extremely large piece of equipment, which takes up a lot of space. The Springboard was developed by master teacher Ellie Herman, in New York, to enable all the wonderful work from the Cadillac to be used in a class setting. So in short, the Springboard is a board attached to the wall, lined with eyelets on which the springs attach. We use arm springs and leg springs to perform all of the traditional Pilates repertoire used in Mat, Cadillac and even some reformer exercises.
The Springboard provides an invigorating full-body workout! These classes bring a new challenge of spring resistance to your Pilates experience. The different spring tensions are used to strengthen and tone your body as well as improve your core stability. A lot of Pilates work is done lying down and the Springboard allows you to be up on your feet, perfecting your posture and balance. But the best part about Springboard is, it's a lot of fun!
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Interviewee ID: 990256
Name: Chuluun
Parent's name: Üülüü
Ovog: Lagnaadorj
Sex: f
Year of Birth: 1941
Ethnicity: Halh
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Education: higher
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Work: Manager of Centre at Mongolian Senior's Academy
Belief: Buddhist
Born in: Manlai sum, Ömnögovi aimag
Lives in: Sühbaatar sum (or part of UB), Ulaanbaatar aimag
Mother's profession: herder
Father's profession: herder
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I was born the thirteenth daughter of Haltar in Manlai sum land of Ömnögovi aimag. My dad gave me to my granny to adopt and I was raised by an old woman named Üülüü. At the age of nine I went to the school in the centre of Ömnögovi aimag and studied till the ninth grade. Since childhood I was interested in art and sports, and in 1959, after the ninth grade I was taken into the national volleyball top team as a sportsperson. I had trained there for two years and realized that a short person doesn't have a future in a top team, and I entered the PE faculty of the teacher's Institute and graduated from there as a volleyball teacher-coach. After that I worked for 32 years and retired. For the past several years, I have been working in a non-governmental organization.
Mongolian children, beginning from the age of three, start the work of pasturing the lambs, watering the sheep, preparing firewood and bringing water. Because I had an old mother, from the age of five I used to get up early in the morning and make tea for her, clean the household and cook. Before I went to school, I saw the neighboring children doing their homework and I taught myself to read and to solve math problems.
At school, the teacher had the only textbook and she used to teach from it. Books were rare, so we often sat in the library. The elementary teachers used to be 16-17 year old teachers who had completed seventh grade or the teacher's school. They were just like children, playing sometimes and teaching at the same time. But the teachers' standards were very high and they gave a lot of homework. The countryside children often began to go to school when they were quite old. There were children who graduated the fourth grade when they were eighteen.
There were no art circles or sports until I was in the fifth grade. Beginning in the fourth grade I participated in the school concerts, and from the fifth grade I was the member of the aimag art brigade and we used to visit the surrounding aimags and sums. From the time when we entered the seventh grade, a PE teacher came and he organized a group. From the seventh to the ninth grades, I began participating in volleyball and gymnastics and the national competitions.
There were no criteria for entering secondary school. The children who lagged behind academically gradually left the school to go to vocational school.
As a result of the decision of the school to excuse me from the classes due to my becoming a sportsman of the national team, I became a top team sportsman in October of 1959 and stayed there for two years. Then, in order to get the secondary education certificate I attended evening school. The evening schools were open from 6pm till 11pm with the view to prevent unemployment and stop there being uneducated people. The state took great care to strengthen the material base of education and provide the school with teaching personnel. There was a policy of essential eight-year and ten-year education. When I studied at the PE school, most of the students were like me sportsmen.
The students of that time danced a lot in the Youth Cultural Palace and the Cultural Palace of the Construction Workers. After dance parties past 11pm we walked home and there was nothing scary about and it was peaceful. At that time there were few schools, there were three large schools like the Mongolian National University, the Teacher's Institute and the Agricultural Institute.


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In North Carolina, the court has strict fact specific aspects of the situation that they review for each case. Meaning, that proof has to be gathered for more than a couple of occurrences. The court is detailed on whether personal belongings such as clothes and toiletries are at one another's home, if they travel together, how many days they are staying with one another, if the couple is engaged, have joint bank accounts or if they show public displays of affection. It can be a confusing process, which is why a cohabitation investigation will be valuable to get the right evidence needed.
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Tiltware, LLC Files Motion to Dismiss Clonie Gowen Lawsuit
Attorneys representing several of the entities associated with Full Tilt Poker have filed their first formal response to a lawsuit filed by Cycalona "Clonie" Gowen in November, 2008, that alleged several forms of wrongdoing, including breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, unjust enrichment, and fraud. Gowen's original suit named several high-profile pro players connected with Team Full Tilt, in addition with Full Tilt-related corporate entities.
The motion to dismiss on behalf of Tiltware, L.L.C. asserts that the originally named players are erroneously included and asks for them to be removed from the action, while also alleging that the lawsuit itself is wrongfully constructed, and even if it had merit, would be a "relatively simple breach of oral contract" with Tiltware and only one of the defendants, Raymond Bitar. Seeking removal from the action through the motion to dismiss are Howard Lederer, Andy Bloch, Phil Ivey, Chris Ferguson, John Juanda, Phil Gordon, Erick Lindgren, Erik Seidel, Jennifer Harman-Traniello, Mike Matusow, Allen Cunningham, Gus Hansen and Patrik Antonius.
Bitar, Tiltware's CEO, is alleged by Gowen to have entered into an oral agreement with her in 2004 to join Team Full Tilt in exchange for 1% of the company. Gowen's valuation of the various entities comprising Full Tilt was listed as $4 billion – a figure as yet unsupported by documentation – and that figure was itself disputed by Full Tilt in its response. Gowen's claim for 1% was then translated as $40,000,000, the figure filed for in her original suit.
The response on behalf of Tiltware asks for the dismissal of five separate allegations, including the claims of fraud, "minority oppression" and unjust enrichment. The motion asks the court to order a reworking of Gowen's suit – if not dismissed in its entirety – to prevent its "shotgun approach" The response noted that "Full Tilt Poker" is a brand name and not a corporate entity, and asserted that "Ms. Gowen's claim that all of the other individual defendants are allegedly shareholders of Tiltware is erroneous."


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Here's the same card with a different embossing folder--On Point--from the holiday mini:
I cased this from Lee Conrey of stampingleeyours.blogspot.com
I just got the dazzling diamond glimmer paper in my last order and it is fun to work with! The texture of it is a bit smoother than the original glimmer paper I think. I saw a card like this and just picked up a piece of soft suede card stock that I had laying around, added the stars using the stars mask--then the dazzling diamonds glimmer star.
I'm pretty sure I cased this from someone also....yep--ZoKris. Here's the original card.
I'll be back sooner rather than later!


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San Francisco 49ers QB Colin Kaepernick made headlines, and plenty of sports talk fodder, over the weekend when he refused to stand for the national anthem. Kap refused to stand for the first two preseason games as well, but because he was in a Niners uniform, this time got noticed.
Kaepernick told NFL Media, "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color."
Kap has been widely criticized for his sheepish protest, but a man filled with tiger blood is behind his cause.
In an exclusive, hard-hitting "interview" with TMZ, Charlie Sheen, who played Carl Taylor in the garbage man comedy Men at Work, offered us his thoughts on the Kap situation.
With a few cocktails, and presumably a medley of pharmaceuticals, under his belt, Sheen said, "Colin Kaepernick? I get both sides of it."
Perfect political answer. Is he running for mayor of StripperHeroineville?
Then, the "interviewer" asked if Sheen supports what Kap did.
"F%$k yeah."
OK, so he's not seeking office. Yet.
Look, if Topper Harley from Hot Shots! Part Deux is in your corner, you know you're doing something right.


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Firefly Music Festival announces 2013 lineup
Headed by Tom Petty and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Headed by Tom Petty and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Returns to Chicago's Union Park this July.
Blur, Phoenix, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Nick Cave, Vampire Weekend.
Also set to include Beach House, Nas, The xx and many more.
Thurston Moore, The Zombies, Why? and more.
AraabMUZIK, Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire, Cities Aviv and more.
Nas and Santigold also set to play the inaugural Nashville fest.
The Presets, Walkmen, Mountain Goats, GZA and more.
Nas, Jack White, M83, ZZ Top, and more.
Major Lazer, Theophilus London, Spaceghostpurrp and more.
A$AP Rocky, Santigold and Refused will be there.
Featuring: The xx, Girl Talk, M83, Best Coast and more.


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Carolyn Krause draws upon an oral history interview Steve Stow conducted with Alvin Weinberg and also the ORNL Review article she wrote after Weinberg died in October 2006.
Carolyn Krause draws upon an oral history interview Steve Stow conducted with Alvin Weinberg and also the ORNL Review article she wrote after Weinberg died in October 2006.
Alvin Weinberg (1915-2006), the internationally known director of Oak Ridge National Laboratory from 1955 to 1973, once aspired to be a great scientist like his mentor Eugene Wigner, an ORNL research director who received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1963.
In an ORNL oral history interview in 2003, Steve Stow asked Weinberg what his greatest regret was. "I'd like to have been a great scientist — something I'm not," Weinberg replied. "It's just that I don't have the right genes to be a great scientist, in the sense that Wigner was a great scientist."
Of the eight books Weinberg authored or co-authored, he was most proud of the work he wrote with Wigner, titled, "The Physical Theory of Nuclear Chain Reactors."
"That's probably my most important contribution to science," he once told the editor of the ORNL Review, the research magazine he founded in 1967.
But to many people in and outside Oak Ridge, Weinberg possessed a unique combination of talents and attributes that made him highly influential in many arenas.
He built, rescued and personified ORNL. As the lab's visionary director and the intellectual leader of an energy policy think tank he founded in 1975 at Oak Ridge Associated Universities, he influenced U.S. government energy and science policy, as well as research funding priorities — from reactor design and nuclear safety to renewable energy and the impact on climate of increased carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants.
Weinberg was known on six continents. In Oak Ridge, this citizen of the world and Renaissance man was also a valued friend and neighbor. A lover of music and a musician, Weinberg played Bach preludes and fugues, as well as Christmas carols, on his Steinway grand piano and occasionally gave public concerts.
Until his mid-80s he was a competitive tennis player with his backhand slice. He always had a great sense of humor. During the celebration of his 90th birthday in the lobby of the auditorium named after his friend William Pollard, Weinberg told his many admirers, "The first 90 years are the hardest."
He delivered numerous speeches and wrote 541 scientific papers. He was a nuclear energy pioneer and prophet. He advocated the peaceful use of nuclear energy for producing electricity and medical radioisotopes. He also made accurate long-term predictions about energy technologies and the possibility of climate change if the world depended much more heavily on fossil fuels than on nuclear energy for base-load electricity.
He was an innovative scientific administrator who believed his most important and original contribution was the development of criteria for measuring the value of competing scientific ventures. The National Science Foundation uses many of these criteria to guide funding decisions on research proposals.
Weinberg was a thought-provoking communicator, coiner of phrases and a man of conscience and social responsibility who cared intensely about the welfare of humankind.
His niece Judith Goleman called him "a worrywort for the human race." In his last papers, authored in his late 80s, Weinberg was concerned about threats to humankind's survival — asteroids, nuclear waste, global warming and thermonuclear war — and capitalism's lack of compassion.
In 1946-'47, when Wigner was research director at Clinton Laboratories, Weinberg developed his administrative skills, first as the physics division director and then as ORNL's research director in 1948, replacing Wigner. Weinberg is credited with saving the Laboratory from shutdown, convincing the federal government that ORNL had reactor development capabilities vital to the nation.
(Note: The name of Clinton Laboratories was changed to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in March 1948. Weinberg, in collaboration with William Pollard and others, including University of Tennessee professors and representatives of 14 universities accomplished this tremendous feat against political desires to prevent a "national laboratory" from being located in the South! — Ray)
In 1946, Captain Hyman Rickover and four other Navy officers came to Oak Ridge to explore the possibility of using nuclear power to propel submarines. Rickover had asked the General Electric Co. to work on a liquid metal-cooled reactor while he examined the pressurized water reactor (PWR) concept that Weinberg was promoted.
Rickover told Weinberg that the thermal efficiency of his concept was too low. Weinberg argued that thermal efficiency is not nearly as important in a submarine as are reliability, simplicity and small size — criteria a PWR can meet. The PWR became the energy source for U.S. nuclear submarines and the dominant reactor design in commercial nuclear power plants, which today provide 16 percent of the world's electricity.
Freeman Dyson, renowned physicist with the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University, wrote in a 2006 letter that Weinberg 50 years earlier taught him and others at General Atomic Co. the particulars of nuclear reactor function and design.
Dyson said: "Weinberg made ORNL the best place in the world for designing and building nuclear reactors. Oak Ridge developed the basic technology for scientific research reactors, electric power reactors and Navy submarine propulsion reactors.
Dyson concluded, "He was the only nuclear pioneer who supported the wide universe of reactor designs, going beyond the conventional solid-fueled reactors. He built liquid-fueled reactors with highly original designs."
Of Weinberg's broader influence at the laboratory, Dyson wrote: "His vision for Oak Ridge went far beyond nuclear reactors. He made ORNL an outstanding international center for research in pure physics, chemistry and biology, as well as ecology and environmental science. He was interested in all kinds of energy technology and the effects of technology on the environment."
Dyson also wrote, "Long before the subject of global warming became fashionable, he set up a research program in Oak Ridge (in 1975) to study the effects of carbon dioxide emissions on climate. This program trained many people who became leaders in climate studies at other institutions."
Dyson was referring to the Institute for Energy Analysis (IEA) at ORAU, an idea proposed to Weinberg by Bill Baker, eminent scientist with the Nixon administration. IEA was the first organization to receive significant funding from the Department of Energy for climate studies.
A popular speaker and bold thinker, Weinberg coined new phrases to explain his groundbreaking ideas about energy and science to lay audiences. Examples are "burning the sea" (fusion), "burning the rocks" (fission), "nuclear-powered agro-industrial complex," "nuclear priesthood," "technological fix" and "Big Science" (e.g., the moon mission).
He told Stow that he first used the "Faustian bargain" for nuclear power in his article "Social Implications of Nuclear Energy" in which he stated that nuclear energy is special because of its potentially adverse side effects — radioactivity, waste disposal issues and nuclear proliferation (the spread of hazardous, bomb-grade nuclear material to terrorist groups and hostile nations).
Weinberg frequently quoted Enrico Fermi, who in 1944 said to his fellow scientists: "Look, this is a great new energy source that we're creating, but there is no a priori reason to believe that the public will accept a new energy source that is encumbered by huge amounts of radioactivity and has a possibility of proliferation."
Weinberg said to Stow, "If I examine what my career has been all about, it's been to prove that Fermi was unduly pessimistic because, as you know, nuclear energy does account for something like 20 percent of our nation's electricity now."
A brilliant but (in his words) not great scientist, Weinberg envisioned ways that teams of researchers could help overcome the challenges facing the nation and the world.
Thank you Carolyn for insight into Alvin Weinberg. Next week Carolyn will bring us the second part of this series.
There has been an effort to recognize Alvin Weinberg that has already resulted in plaques commemorating him at the American Museum of Science and Energy, ORAU, and the Graphite Reactor at ORNL. The group has plans to produce a film of his life. Fundraising to complete the film and other planned commemorative actions is underway now. If you would like to help, contact Steve Stow or Tom Row.


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In our news wrap Friday, Chicago police are on the search for perpetrators of a shooting that wounded 13 on Thursday. Police said the drive-by attack in a park on the city's South Side appears gang-related. Also, al-Qaida militants killed 38 government troops and wounded dozens more in the southern province of Shabwa, Yemen.
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And in the other news of this day, the showdown in Washington sparked a sell-off on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 185 points to close at 15451. The Nasdaq fell 14 points to close at 3,774. For the week, the Dow gained about half-a-percent. The Nasdaq rose 1.5 percent.
The Obama administration has laid out the first national limits on carbon pollution from power plants. Under the proposal, new coal-fired plants would have to prevent up to half of their carbon dioxide from escaping into the atmosphere. The power industry condemned the plan; environmental groups welcomed it. We will have more on this in a moment.
Chicago police fanned out today, hunting culprits in a shooting that wounded 13 people in a city park. The youngest, a 3-year-old boy, remains in critical condition. Witnesses reported bullets were fired from a passing car. The city's police superintendent said the attack looks gang- related. And he called for action to prevent mass shootings.
GARRY MCCARTHY, Chicago police superintendent: Military-type weapons like the one we believe to have been used in this shooting belong on a battlefield, not on a street or in a corner or in a park in the back of the Yards.
This country should have a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines like the ones used in this event. It's common sense.
Chicago had a surge of shootings and homicides last year. Overall, violent crime is actually down so far this year.
In Yemen, al-Qaida militants killed 38 government troops and wounded dozens more today. It happened in the southern province of Shabwa in a remote area that was blanketed in heavy fog at the time. The attackers wore army uniforms and hit several military sites.
A top Israeli official is warning that Iran could build a nuclear bomb within six months, despite Tehran's diplomatic overtures. The Israeli strategic affairs minister, ®MDNM¯®MD-BO¯Yuval Steinitz, issued the warning today in an Israeli newspaper. He said — quote — "There is no more time to hold negotiations."
In Washington, the State Department's Marie Harf said the Obama administration is not ready to go that far.
MARIE HARF, State Department:
We are committed to preventing Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, that all options are on the table to do that, but, obviously, diplomacy is the preferred one, and that there — we're not out of time here yet. On diplomacy, obviously, we'd like to give it a chance to work, and we believe there's an opportunity right now to do just that.
For his part, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called for constructive interaction today.
Writing in The Washington Post, he said: "We must work together to end the unhealthy rivalries and interferences that fuel violence and drive us apart."
Rescue parties in Mexico kept hunting for mudslide victims today in a village north of Acapulco. Emergency workers dug through the mud and debris for 68 people who've been missing since a mountainside gave way. The disaster was triggered by a tropical storm. The resulting flooding and mudslides have killed at least 97 people, all told.
Pope Francis denounced abortions today and urged Roman Catholic doctors not to perform them. The remarks came one day after he warned the church against emphasizing what he called small-minded rules.
He spoke today in an audience with Catholic gynecologists.
POPE FRANCIS (through interpreter):
Dear friends, doctors, those of you who are called to deal with human life in its initial phase, remind everybody, with facts and words, that this, life, is always, in all its phases, in every age, sacred.
Before today, some leading Catholic conservatives voiced disappointment that Francis had not spoken out about abortion.


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Virtual Production Intelligence
|Breaking up the disharmony of models used in different design domains by providing semantic connectivity and explorative analysis
Phase 2
(1) Model map of virtual production systems: Comprehensive and unified virtual production environments by harmonization and generalization of the underlying deterministic, cybernetic, economic and sociological models.
(2) Analysis and evaluation methods: Explorative analysis of simulated and/ or real production processes, accessible via context-adaptive visualization and an integrated knowledge model facilitating the interconnection of different design domains.
The Research Area "Virtual Production Intelligence" (VPI) focusses on the integrated support of collaborative planning processes for production systems and products. The research area focusses the research of processes for information processing in the design domains "factory" and "machine". These processes provide the integration and interactive analysis of arising, mostly heterogeneous planning information. The demonstrators (flapAssist, memoSlice und VPI platform) that are information systems serve for the validation of the scientific approaches and aim to realize a continuous and consistent information management in terms of the Digital Factory. Central challenges are the data and information integration (e.g. by means of metamodeling), the subsequent evaluation as well as the visualization of planning information (e.g. by means of Virtual Reality (VR)). All scientific and technical work is done within an interdisciplinary team composed of engineers, computer scientists and physicists.
Scientific Highlights
Concerning the design domain "factory" an information model for factory planning has been developed and implemented within the VPI platform using the concept of ontologies. Based on this, a process to define KPI has been established that automatically calculates KPI from semantically annotated planning data and visualizes them in terms of a cockpit. A further KPI for the value stream oriented assessment of the position of process areas in factory layouts has been developed and visualized within the AixCAVE by means of the demonstrator flapAssist. Furthermore, flapAssist has been extended by an annotation system, which allows users to capture comments and decisions during ongoing virtual walkthroughs e.g. via multimodal text input technique in immersive VR systems. All required interaction workflows have been realized by means of an integration concept that is new to VR and have been confirmed in two user studies.
Concerning the design domain "machine", in the context of modeling and simulation for laser manufacturing processes, a new numerical as well as analytical model for laser drill-ing have been implemented and validated to determine and describe the ablation shape of laser material processing. Furthermore, additional efforts were focused on incorporating a domain-decomposition module that gives the overall structure of the system response in the high-dimensional parameter space (via the Morse-Smale-Complex). Additionally, a clas-sification method has been developed that decomposes the domain space into feasible and non-feasible regions. Concerning the demonstrator memoSlice, new visualization techniques have been integrated whereby analysis options for metamodels were improved as well as the navigation in the multi-dimensional data space were simplified.
Technical Highlights
Concerning the VPI platform, the data management has been rearranged towards a model-driven approach that is based on the developed ontologies. Furthermore, the interaction concept of the web application has been renewed and a new design was developed. Within both design domains, new functionalities were implemented that provide interactive analy-ses of planning information.
Additionally, the technical integration of the demonstrators memoSlice and flapAssist al-lows the possibility for users to manipulate and test new machine configurations during an ongoing virtual factory walkthrough.
In the context of sensitivity analysis the implementation of variance-decomposition meth-ods has been completed to generate so-called Clique Graphs showing the main sensitivity effects of the parameters on the criteria and the interdependence between those. A new demonstrator based on a Touch-Terminal for increased interactivity was established. At the same time a direct coupling between the metamodel visualization and the direct simulation via the reduced models (mentioned in paragraph "scientific") was established.
In 2015 our scientific and technical results were presented in two different fairs/congresses each addressing a national and an international audience. The achieved results concerning the modeling and simulation for laser manufacturing processes were presented to an inter-national audience at the LASER World of Photonics fair in Munich 2015. Additionally, the factory planning research topics ware discussed on the congress 'Excellent Factory Planning 2015' in Aachen including a visit of the AixCAVE.
Concerning the design domain "factory", the support of factory planning projects has been enhanced by means of the continuous information management of the demonstrators VPI platform and flapAssist. This was validated with a real planning project. Concerning the design domain "machine", fundamental extension of metamodeling has been performed which enables the modeling of spatially-distributed quantities. This requires the investigation and implementation of further techniques in the field of numerics, machine learning and data mining. Thereby, e.g. a tool that is based on the Buckingham theory for reducing the number of physical parameters into a smaller set of dimensionless parameters was developed. Besides of the developments within the single domains, a comprehensive scenario will be defined that joins all research results. This scenario is based on the planned integration of the existing demonstrators.
For more information, please visit our page of the technical demonstrator.


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A bit of a rally yesterday as many went bargain hunting as the day progressed. Of course the threat of war in the middle east is hovering over markets and as we go into the long weekend caution will be the word for all.
In Asia overnight, markets rallied on the North American rise by about a point. Euro markets are showing gains at midday of about a quarter point.
In North America, the US futures are pointing higher this morning by about a quarter point on higher Q2 GDP of 2.5% vs. 2.2% estimated. Also the Weekly Jobless Claims came 6000 less than last week at 331000 which was also better than estimates of 339000. With the housing rally in the US stalled, the GDP and employment numbers are promising.
Gold is off this morning by 7.00 to 1410, oil is lower by 0.50 to 109.56 on no new news out of the middle east, the loonie is lower by 18 bps to 95.15 and the 10 year yields are up in both Canada and the US to 2.67% and 2.82% respectively.
The last of the three big banks reported this morning and all beat estimates on earnings and matched revenue expectations. Both TD and RBC increased dividends while CIBC will buy back up to 8 million shares over the coming year. All suggested that margin compression will continue through the balance of fiscal 2013 and 2014 and there has been some slowdown mortgage applications in the last quarter. The profit beat from all came from the wealth management divisions with an average increase of more than 15%. Wholesale, retail and capital markets saw an average decrease of 10%. In all, reasonable reports for the banking oligopoly.
Lastly, Verizon is making a bid for 45% of Vodaphone the big Euro cell company which will provide a solid position in that market. It also suggests that Verizon may have shelved its Canadian plans for the time being, which in turn should help the Telco's here in Canada.
|Kenneth A. Dick, BA, CIM, CFP, FCSI
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Skunk Cabbage
Other names: Also known as Yellow or Western Skunk Cabbage, Swamp Lantern.
Introduction history in UK
American skunk cabbage originates from the Pacific regions of North America, from Alaska south to California. Small, scattered populations are now present in several countries in northern Europe. It was introduced to Britain in 1901, and was first recorded in the wild in 1947. It is a popular plant in water-gardens, and has been actively promoted by the gardening press. In 1993 Lysichiton americanus received an "Award of Garden Merit" from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Floral Committee. More recently, greater attention has been drawn to its invasive nature. In 2010, the Recording Invasive Species Counts (RISC) project asked the public to submit records of Lysichiton americanus. The RHS website now provides an online leaflet on INNS in which it recommends that gardeners should "Avoid using plants known to be invasive, especially in the case of non-native aquatic species". Nevertheless, Skunk cabbage is still praised as garden plant. The online BBC Plant Finder describes it as "an asset in any bog garden", and makes no mention of its ability to spread into the wild. Skunk cabbage is still widely available from plant nurseries.
It is found in a number of locations scattered across Scotland. Most naturalised populations in Scotland appear to originate from botanical collections and private gardens.
Control methods
A number of control methods have been tried, and found to be generally effective. Given that seed remains viable for many years, it is necessary to monitor sites over a long period.
Success has been achieved by excavating and removing rhizomes, which are them composted on dry ground. On sites with many large plants, this is rather slow and laborious, especially in heavy, waterlogged soils, but can be undertaken by volunteers. Small plants may be most easily tackled by this method.
Spot treatment of plants with a 1:40 glyphosate towards the end of the growing season (late August – September) has been found to be very effective on some sites. Because of the plant's rosette form, it is possible to use herbicides without damaging non-target plants.
Cutting and treating
Success has also been achieved by cutting plants near ground level in the summer, and applying glyphosate to the cut surfaces. If all ripening flower-spikes are removed as part of this operation, it will prevent further recruitment of seed into the seed-bank.


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Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Lucy Stone were important figures in the women's rights movement.
Suffragettes, or women who campaigned for the right to vote, including Lucy Stone, fought to be protected under the 15th Amendment. Ratified in 1870, the 15th Amendment states that, "The right of citizens to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
"There are two great oceans; in one is the black man and in the other is the woman ... I will be thankful in my soul if anybody can get out of the terrible pit," Stone said.
In the end, a woman's right to vote was not part of the 15th Amendment. They would have to wait another 50 years for this right.
The leaders of the movement were not discouraged. They continued to fight for the right to vote. Suffragettes participated in large, organized marches in cities such as Washington, D.C., and New York. These marches drew a lot of attention to the women's rights movement.
The efforts of the women's rights leaders impacted the way women were treated in all areas of American society. Women were being admitted to colleges and universities at an ever-increasing rate, and were no longer limited in their professional choices.
Another wave of feminist action took place in the 1960s. Inspired by the leaders before them, a new generation of women fought for their rights by organizing marches and protests in the nation's capital.
They fought for many things, including equality in the workplace, since men were routinely paid more than women for the same job.
The Equal Pay Act was a victory for the women who fought for equality. Signed in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy, the Equal Pay Act required private employers to give men and women equal pay for equal work.
Every year in March, which is Women's History Month, Americans honor the women who foughtand continue to fightfor freedom and gender equality.
For more information about Constitution Day, visit the National Constitution Center's Web site at www.constitutioncenter.org.


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Network Management: It's a Must
As Industrial Networks Grow and Do More, the Need for Uncomplicated Network Management Software Is Essential
Adopting Ethernet as the standard for industrial automation networks is progressing at a fast rate. While Ethernet has brought great successes in data transparency and efficiency, the increased complexity of these large networks can also be a challenge for plant maintenance.
SEE ALSO: Manage Your Network
"To help address this challenge, companies are providing Network Monitoring Systems (NMS) designed for industrial automation applications and that allow easy access to diagnostic information and graphical representations of the network," says Tim Pitterling, product manager, Industrial Ethernet Infrastructure, Siemens Industry. "In addition, industrial NMSs don't require an IT background to use them, and can be used without specific training or long ramp-up time."
Further, Pitterling says, industrial NMSs support standard protocols including Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) for device discovery and cyclical device data collection. "NMSs also use Profinet protocols such as Discovery and Configuration Protocol (DCP) and Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP)," explains Pitterling. "This information can then be provided via an easy-to-understand Web interface that can be displayed on an HMI directly on the plant floor. The systems also support OPC to integrate the diagnostic information into a SCADA system."
Wago adds its customers are looking for innovation in their network management. "They want to keep up to date with market trends and consistently have the most competitively advanced product on the market," says Charlie Norz, product manager, Wago I/O Systems. "Consumer requirements change very quickly, so being easily adaptable is a big plus for industrial manufacturers. The integrated webserver inside our SD card-equipped media controller makes it easy to configure over the network, so no software is needed outside of a Web browser."
In today's industrial market, having managed switches without management software is almost unheard of. "All managed switch vendors offer the basics in terms of management, which usually includes setup software and web-based configuration software," says Jim Toepper, product marketing manager, Industrial Ethernet Infrastructure, Moxa Americas. "Today's needs are changing due to larger networks being installed. Integrators and end users require both monitoring and configuration software that can see the entire network. This software is now being used for centralized monitoring, auditing and reporting, which is a more comprehensive view than previously required for industrial networks."
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We were off on another vacation last week. Nothing dramatic as the last one.
Down at the shore for a few days, a hike in the woods, a baseball game, across to the shore over there.
So now I'm two vacations behind in my tale telling.
But I'm getting closer...I can feel it.
Unless that's just remnants of last night's eggplant parmigiana ....
Hard to tell.
In the meantime, while I ponder that....here's something from 2012 that seems pretty relevant....
From August 6, 2012:
Humid is as Humid Does
The humidity the last few days has been insidious and unrelenting.
Okay, maybe that's a little harsh.
Perhaps insidious is too strong a word and not one really applicable to a large warm air mass…unless you're referring to one of my distant cousins, twice removed (but always returns), on my great aunt's side.
I mean literally, the guy is attached to my great aunts side.
I guess the better word for it is insufferable, because that's what it is…insufferable, defined:
"So annoying, unpleasant, or uncomfortable as to be unbearable…."
Hey...why does that make me feel self-conscious?
Even weirder, huh?
Maybe I was a little too quick to heap all those nice words on August the other day.
Yeah, yeah, yeah….
That's what always seems to happen when I open my big mouth or big keyboard and write about something topical. Everything changes as soon as it's out there and I look pretty dumb…
Not that I need a lot of help in that department….
So I thought I'd write about all this horrible humidity…and then it would go away.
Not looking quite so dumb now, am I?
Unless it doesn't work…then I suppose it's a case of nothing lost, nothing gained.
But last year I wrote something here about humidity and it did go away, so we'll see.
Of course now that I'm bragging about it….
Yeah…I know.
So I'm not sure if there is anything good to be gained from all this moist sticky air, other than it makes my hair curl, which makes it look shorter, saving me an overdue trip to the barber.
Some people say drinking hot coffee on a day like this makes you feel cooler…
But most of those people are not allowed to untie their jacket sleeves.
The flies are even lethargic and the squirrels are only digging half as many holes as usual on my lawn.
I actually Tweeted those last couple of witty retorts on Twitter yesterday, so if you're following me @FreelanceRetort you're saying hey, how about some new material!
But hey right back, at least you got a sneak preview.
So if you're not, you should be following me…except for the guy with the cheese…to the best of my knowledge, that restraining order is still in effect.
I'm working on it, but who can think under these kinds of conditions, let alone be witty.
I have to stop and wring out my shorts every few minutes.
Plus there are puddles on the keyboard and in my shoes.
So I better get off of this hot deck, which of course only makes things worse, and go inside.
I did my part.
Now let's see if my bad luck holds and it cools off before you even get a chance to read this.
There's only so much one man can do…..
Check out my new YA book "The Kingdom of Keys"


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Justin Timberlake Supports Tony Lucca on 'The Voice'
Tony Lucca has been doing well enough on 'The Voice' to not need much help, but he's getting it from high places. Justin Timberlake has endorsed Lucca in the competition, which we're sure will give him at least a bit of an advantage when it comes time to vote!
Lucca and Timberlake go way back to their 'Mickey Mouse Club' days, on which they both performed with 'The Voice' coach Christina Aguilera. (We wonder how she feels about Lucca choosing to go on Team Adam Levine!)
Timberlake voiced his support on Twitter, encouraging his listeners to tune in and vote for Lucca.
Tony Lucca @luccadoes performs LIVE tonight on #TheVoice Tune in and vote for my boy!!! #realtalent
— Justin Timberlake(@jtimberlake) April 9, 2012
Lucca's been successful on the show so far, defeating fellow Team Adam member and opponent Chris Cauley in the battle rounds. However, now it's up to the viewing public, who can be much more fickle than the occasionally surprising panel.
Aside from bonding over singing and 'MMC,' Timberlake and Lucca may have something else in common to gossip about: Britney Spears. The pop superstar dated Timberlake at the height of 'NSYNC's heyday, and Aguilera revealed after Lucca's audition that the 'Hold It Against Me' singer had a crush on Lucca back in the day. It's a small, small pop world.
Take a trip down memory lane with the duo and check out this vintage clip of Lucca and Timberlake's bandmate, J.C. Chasez, performing 'Now and Forever' on 'The Mickey Mouse Club.'
Watch Tony Lucca and J.C. Chasez Perform 'Now and Forever' on 'The Mickey Mouse Club'


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A Mumbai-based cricket team has just flown in to Britain on tour and is to play its first match at Bamburgh Castle Cricket Club at Bamburgh this Friday (5th June) at 2pm.
The team, MC Lions, is made up mostly of players who are members of one of the most prestigious and reputable clubs in Mumbai – the Garware.
The visiting side expressed a wish to play matches at some of the most striking cricket settings and Bamburgh Castle Cricket Club was at the top of their list.
The home side will include players from Alnmouth, Alnwick and Bamburgh Castle cricket clubs.
Whilst on their tour the MC Lions team are also down to play Grange CC at Stockbridge in Edinburgh, Clydesdale CC in Glasgow, Bute CC on the Isle of Bute where the international cricketing superstar and former Sri Lankan test captain, Kumar Sangakkara (nickname 'Sanga') signed up this year as its first Associate Member and at Glasgow Accies CC 150th anniversary 6-a-side cricket festival.


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The Amazingly Creative Careers Which Provides Fame and Money
Career Specification
Over the last one decade, other than the usual divergence of a huge chunk of high school pass outs towards engineering and medical fields, many students have also opted for other creative careers in increasingly large numbers. The usual mindset of the majority of people residing all over the world is tilted towards the usual notion that certifies that careers in engineering or medicine are more secure than others. This mindset is absolutely wrong.
With the world stepping to the 21st century, a lot many offbeat and less known about careers have been launched which provides money, fame and immense job satisfaction. It lets the free thinking of mind and the huge commercialization of the world increases the potential of the sustenance of such careers. A lot of universities across the world have been implementing and introducing new and innovative course which gives creative students the basic education and knowledge to pursue the career that they want.
Options Available
A lot of creative careers can e pursued by interested youngsters or other people of any age group. Although a professional diploma or degree in the respective field of interest helps in the efficient work handling but anyone having zeal, creativity and imagination can opt of such creative jobs which provide vast exposure on an international level in many ways. Few career options of this genre include the following:
Animation and Webpage Designer
Art Director
Professional Blogger
Advertising Head
Public Relations Specialist
Fashion Entrepreneur
Magazine Editor
Graphics Designer and many others.
These fields are not very famous because not many people have explored them. The main advantage of such career option is the fact that one gets to have a lot of fun while doing work and thus work load cannot be felt at all. Many career counselors and career foundation magazines insist students to select such creative careers because of the glamour and job satisfaction involved. All these come with attractive salary hence; many people have started to acknowledge these careers.
Basic Requirements
The creative careers do not demand any hard and fast qualification requirement. The only reason for this is the fact that the job does not fall under any specific work horizon or specification. The requirements and standards differ with every project and the requirement of the client or company one is dealing with. The aptitude tests conducted for such jobs include a lot of questions testing the imaginative powers of an individual. Thinking differently and executing the thoughts in work is what these kinds of jobs require.
The keywords that stand as the basic requirement for such career options are imagination, creativity and updating skills. Updating skills deserve special mention because an individual must keep himself updated to the latest happenings and events of the world to reflect those thoughts in his work. The time specification is ambiguous because the creative flow does not have time binding. A good amount of money transactions are involved hence these career fields are absolutely amazing for creative people.


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Robert Więckiewicz among the notable guests announced for Ekran 2017
Actor Robert Więckiewicz, directors Ryszard Bugajski & Monika Melen are just a few of the many guests slated to attend this year's Ekran, 9th Toronto Polish Film Festival.
Więckiewicz will attend the screening of Convoy with a Q&A on Wednesday November 8th alongside actor Lukasz Simlat. Simlat will also be attending the screening of Kasia Adamik's Amok. Simlat recently won the best supporting actor for his role in Amok at the 42nd Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia.
Other guests include: Short film directors Renata Kolacz and Liliana Komorowska. Director George Rethy and actress Kat Inoaki.
Directors Pawel Tarasiewicz & Katia Priwieziencew bring their psychological thriller "Hel" for its Canadian premiere.
Director Ryszard Bugajski with the Ekran premiere of his latest film "Blindness".
Actor Robert Wrzosek will be accompanying the WWII epic "Cursed".
Documentary film maker Monika Melen comes with her latest "By Stanley for Stanley". And closing Saturday night will be "Stars" the soccer biopic with director Jan Kidawa-Blonski in attendance.
Award winning documentarian Krystyna Krauze will be bringing her Czech documentaries to the Regent Cinema. "Nasz Vaszek. O sile bezsilnych" – about a former Czech president Vaclav Havel and "Braciszek Karel" about Czech singer Karel Kryl.
On Monday November 13th at the University of Toronto, Krauze will be conducting a lecture and screening her documentary, "Agnieszka H". Like her subject matter, Agnieszka Holland, Krauze graduated from the renowned FAMU film school in Prague.


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2 tablespoons quality extra-virgin olive oil
2 medium onions, chopped
1 medium carrot, peeled and finely grated
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes, or to taste
1 large can (28 ounces) Italian tomatoes, crushed
1 large can (16 ounces) tomato paste
1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
1 bay leaf (Turkish)
2 tablespoons dried whole basil
1 teaspoon dried whole oregano
Scant pinch fennel seeds
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
4 cloves garlic, mashed
Salt to taste
Heat the olive oil in a large pot (do not use cast iron or aluminum) over medium-high heat. Add the onions and carrot and saute until the onions are translucent.
Add the salt and red pepper flakes, then the tomatoes and tomato paste. Mix well, bring just to a boil, lower heat, and continue to cook at a simmer.
Add the sugar, herbs, and spices, and simmer uncovered for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add the garlic, and continue to simmer for 30 minutes more or until desired thickness. Add salt to taste. Remove the bay leaf.
Nutritional Information:
Per serving:
146 calories
8 g total fat (0 g sat)
0 mg cholesterol
20 g carbohydrate
4 g protein
4 g fiber
804 mg sodium


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In the New York Times, in a review of Susan Jacoby's new book on Robert Ingersoll, there's a proposed theory of famous and forgotten atheists, and of why they're famous or forgotten. It's not clear if the theory is Jacoby's or the reviewers' (presumably it's Jacoby's), but this is the theory:
There have been atheists and religious doubters throughout history, but the ones who remain famous after their deaths tend to have been equally famous for something else as well; otherwise, people most notable for their bravery in the face of religious conservatism have to be celebrated by a population equally brave, and that is often too much to ask.Is this true?
Besides the problem of the question of the definition of "atheist" and whether there have been those "throughout history," and how "atheist" and "religious doubter" are being mushed together, is this true? Is there really any way to divide public religion-doubters in such a way as to predict their permanence, their public memory?
The model for the remembered atheist/religious doubter that is being proposed here would apparently be Thomas Paine; Ingersoll's the model of the forgotten atheist. Paine had the "something else" of the American Revolution and the French Revolution. But then, it's not like Ingersoll did nothing but doubt at the religious. He fought in the Civil War. He had an active political career.
Maybe it's just the vagueness of "something else as well" I am having a problem with. It seems very unclear what this wouldn't apply to.
Did Ayn Rand do something else? Probably that's how her other political and artistic efforts would be thought of here, though she might not have accepted those distinctions separating her philosophy from everything else. Did Madalyn Murray O'Hair do something besides atheist activism? It wouldn't seem so, but surely she counts as one who's remained famous. Emma Goldman could fit into the Paine model of an atheist who's remembered but who's "equally famous for something else." What about Marcet Haldeman-Julius? She did lots of other things besides doubt, but isn't particularly remembered, I don't think.
Besides, isn't it because one is remembered that multiple aspects of one's life and work are remembered? Not the other way around.
The proposed theory of why remembered atheists are remembered elides over the many complications of the functions of discourses that publicly preserve a memory. In place of a more nuanced explanation for why some public figures remain that way after death and others do not, it slides into talk of "celebration" and "bravery." Which is to say, it into a case for a kind of hagiography.
The proposed theory seems like it's going to be a historical argument, an interesting explanatory device. But then it seems like it turns out to be really something else entirely.
This is my concern with Jacoby's history of American freethinkers, and why I'm skeptical about her book on Ingersoll.