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A Broadband Point of Difference & The Wrinkle's Review
I doubt the Wrinkle would be alone in rating lobbyists on a par with some lawyers, who in turn have been compared to catfish (this is the old lawyer joke, what's the difference between lawyers and catfish? None, they are both bottom feeding...you get the picture). As the headline went in the SMH last weekend, this election is really "The Battle of the Blands". Accordingly the "spin doctors" on each side have gone into overdrive to try and create some interest.
Part of this strategy is having your team dig up whatever you can on the other side that might generate a headline, and Tweet or email away to your heart's content to lobby the media in the hope they might pick it up and run with it. If you cross the odd personal boundary, who cares? Good old fashioned investigative journalism is relegated to the prerogative of some academic audience somewhere. Forget concepts like vision and leadership, this election is all about the potential of the person making the least mistakes to hold on and win. If we get bored to death on the way through, so be it.
This "lockstep" of adhering to the party line regardless of personal belief, to avoid potential errors or point of difference that can be exploited by the other side, seems to have been taken to ridiculous lengths. For example how can Penny Wong, who is openly gay, expect us to seriously believe she doesn't support gay marriage? Maybe she is taking "a lend" of Tony Abbot's flexible policy on the truth.
Frankly the only real point of difference between the two main parties as the Wrinkle sees it is the national broadband network. Being active in the IT space means we are strongly behind this and can see the potential productivity gains for our clients. As for everything else it seems to simply be a tinkering around the edges in a vote grab that totally ignores the old left/right, pro-union/pro-business boundaries between the two parties.
So if the Wrinkle had to pick a party, at this juncture Labour would get my vote purely and solely due to the national broadband roll out. The only other comment I would make in passing is that from an economic sense, government spending whether it's poorly directly or accounted for, will as a general rule still stimulate an economy.
While government spending may not deliver the fairest distribution, and people don't like waste and stupid decisions, overpaid people still spend money like everyone else. The GFC required some "Weapons of Mass Spending" to hold us up in a difficult time, in hindsight as always it could have been done in far better ways, but at least something was done, and was done relatively quickly. Maybe it was only 60% or 80% effective, but we do need to remember that it did have a positive impact and Kevin Rudd did better than most other world leaders in this regard, what price success?
Moving onto stocks I've put together a quick results table of the Wrinkle's stock picks so far. This also details the end of day trading range of the picks since they were published.
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|Ceramic Fuel Cells
GGP – This stock has stalled a little as one of its wells requires further work to assess the potential of the untargeted reserves discovered at the bottom of the well. At this lower pricing level I would now rank it a "strong buy" rather than a "buy" and expect to see growth over the coming months.
CFU – This stock continues to move forward (catchy term that) and has recently been taken up as a potential supplier to Harvey Norman's commercial division creating stronger interest. A favourable outcome from the Victorian government's "feed in tariff" review would also help boost this stock. Plus given the number of trials underway in various parts of the world, the potential for ongoing positive news is strong.
VLA – This stock is thinly traded until there is major news when it has the potential to burst strongly on the upside. FDA approvals take time, and this stock could simmer for a while or just as easily go for a run. There are support levels around the 4c mark, and the Wrinkle believes that any purchase below 4c is a reasonable buy in level.
As advised previously, with the possible exception of CFU, these are all high risk, speculative stocks (personal disclosure: The Wrinkle holds 550,000 GGP, 30,000 CFU, and 50,000 VLA).
One small point The Wrinkle hasn't touched on in a trading context so far is the "round number" syndrome. This can be a factor in trading stocks in that orders tend to clump around "round numbers" mainly because that's the way we tend to think. For example, in the commentary about VLA above I've talked about 4c when it would have probably been more accurate to say 3.85c.
Generally people tend to think in these terms when they talk about support levels, trading ranges, etc. The chartists may go down to a more precise level but if you watch the trading screens you'll see the clumping I'm talking about, and this may help to indicate when short bursts in a stock are likely to go either down or up. If you trade the lower priced stocks for example where a .1c or 1c swing is material in a percentage sense then this can be useful. For example, there used to be a large number of day traders who traded in the old Babcock and Brown when it was around the 10c mark. The upside price was in .5c multiples and the downside risk was in .1c multiples and there was reasonable stock liquidity.
The economic outlook Bears in the US still seem to be battling with the quarterly results Bulls at the moment; however as the reporting season draws to a close the Bears may outlast the Bulls. Something to watch out for over the coming month or so.
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Letter to the Senate Opposing any Amendments to the DC House Voting Rights Act
February 25, 2009
Dear Senator:
We would like to express our deep concern regarding reports of a potential amendment to the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2009 (S.160) that would seek to extend the District of Columbia private school voucher program. We strongly urge you to VOTE NO on any such amendment. Votes associated with these issues may be included in the NEA Legislative Report Card for the 111th Congress.
As we indicated in our letter earlier this week, NEA supports S.160 and we are pleased with the bipartisan approach to expanding democratic rights to all under- and unrepresented American citizens embodied in the legislation. A voucher amendment has no place in this bill.
Vouchers are the wrong choice for strengthening public schools. The DC voucher program, which is set to expire this year, has been a failure. Over the five year span of the program, its effectiveness has not been proven and it is clear that the funding could have been spent in far more useful ways to serve all students in the DC public schools. In fact, the program has yielded no evidence of a positive impact on student achievement.
- A 2007 U.S. Government Accountability Office report found pervasive administrative and accountability problems in the program, undermining fiscal and operational integrity.
- GAO found, for example, that the program supports private schools that do not charge tuition and schools that use unqualified teachers – some do not have even bachelor's degrees.
- In 2008, a study by the Department of Education found that students in the D.C. voucher program generally did no better on reading and math tests after two years than their public school peers.
Real education reform will put a qualified teacher in every classroom, keep their skills up to date with continuing education, and raise teacher pay to attract and retain the best teachers. Rather than offering a chance for a few, we should be ensuring that every child has access to a great public school.
Again, we strongly urge you to oppose any amendment that may be offered to the District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act that would add private school vouchers or extend/expand the existing DC voucher program.
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The NBC series Constantine may be dead, but John Constantine himself lives on. It was announced yesterday during the Television Critics Association summer press tour that Matt Ryan will reprise his role as the chain-smoking occultist during Arrow Season 4. John will stop by Starling City in Episode 5, titled "Haunted," to help Oliver Queen "when arrows aren't enough." This news is undoubtedly exciting for fans of DC's Hellblazer, and one of Arrow's showrunners was quick to point out that Constantine's introduction on Arrow makes sense story-wise given the mystical elements at play this fall.
Executive producer Marc Guggenheim revealed that much like how previous Arrow seasons introduced new elements that changed this DC TV world, John's presence will (of course) play heavily into the Season 4 introduction of magic. Here's how Guggenheim put it, according to TV Insider:
Each year on the show, we have added and expanded the mythology with different elements. In Season 2 we introduced the idea of superpowers, last year brought in the League of Assassins, and for Season 4, we always had a plan to introduce magic and mysticism. We were already swimming in those waters and that's why Constantine is this great organic little development.
Guggenheim also hinted that John's role will factor into the consequences of reviving Sara Lance in the Lazarus Pit. Unlike Thea, Sara was dead for quite some time when she was brought back to life, and John will be "uniquely suited" to help Team Arrow deal with the aftermath of this.
It's already been revealed that Oliver has previous experience with magic (which we'll see in flashbacks), so he'll react fairly calmly to John's particular skill set, but the Emerald Archer's allies will undoubtedly be more surprised by what the smart-ass magician is able to do. Superpowers are one thing, but seeing spells conjured is its own crazy experience. Arrow is also going the extra mile by digging John's shirt, tie and trench coat out of storage, so actor Matt Ryan will look just like the version of the character seen on NBC last season.
Constantine was cancelled by NBC after its first season concluded in February, and although attempts were made to find it another home, they were all unsuccessful. However, it was revealed afterwards that when the show was still airing, there had been talk of having John Constantine guest star on Arrow, and these discussions resumed once it was clear Constantine wouldn't get a second season. John's guest spot is described as a "one-time-only deal," but if he is well-received on Arrow, it's hard to imagine DC not reconsidering their stance and bringing him back again, even if he can't be a major recurring player.
Arrow Season 4 will premiere on Wednesday, October 7, on The CW.


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Petes Re-Creating 1956 Hockey Experience on Tuesday
On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, exactly 60 years to the day of the first ever OHA game at the Peterborough Memorial Centre, the Petes will recreate the 1956 hockey game night experience, wearing replica 1596 T.P.T Petes uniforms, and will play against the Niagara IceDogs, who will be wearing St. Catharines Teepees throwback jerseys.
The game will be a near-exact replica of a 1956 hockey experience, with the following elements included:
- 15 cent hotdogs (limit of two per ticket, while supplies last)
- Special ticket discount: anyone born in 1956 or earlier can purchase a regular bowl ticket for $10
- Anyone born on November 8, 1956 who has a ticket to the game will receive a free, autographed T.P.T. Petes replica ringer t-shirt
- Rinkboards removed – thanks to the many Petes and OHL/CHL partners for their support
- 1950s music and live organ throughout game
- Free Tide laundry detergent sample giveaway (on Nov. 8, 1956, Petes gave away Lux Liquid dish detergent)
- Remembrance Day ceremonies in recognition of Peterborough Memorial Centre, which was named in honour of veterans
- Peterborough 534 Raider Air Cadet Squadron anthem performance
- Cadet Flag Party
- Ceremonial Puck Drop: Afghanistan veteran Christian D'Andrea (Royal
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- Royal Canadian Legion selling poppies in the lobbies
- Limited edition T.P.T. Petes replica ringer t-shirt
- Niagara IceDogs wearing replica St. Catharines Teepees jerseys (first game at PMC: Nov. 8, 1956 – Peterborough T.P.T. Petes defeat St. Catharines Teepees 4-3 in overtime)
- Online auction of game-worn T.P.T. Petes jerseys in support of the Royal Canadian Legion Poppy Fund and Petes Education Fund
Tickets are still available for the November 8 throwback game, including special $10 1956 tickets, by visiting the Peterborough Memorial Centre Box Office online, in person, or by phoning (705) 743-3561.
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September 7, 2018 10:32:42 AM
Adam Minichino - [email protected]
Chris Chambless already has a laundry list of things to do.
Between fixing the nozzle for the machine the West Point High School football team uses to paint its field to organizing the squad's practices to overseeing the school's other athletic teams, Chambless has plenty of tasks to tackle on a daily basis.
The veteran coach would prefer not to have to be a de facto athletic trainer.
But that's the role Chambless and the rest of his assistant football coaches are in this season as West Point goes through practices and games without an athletic trainer.
"We have reached out to several people and nobody had seemed interested in helping us out," Chambless said. "Magnolia (Outpatient) Rehab and Keith Holton have been looking for somebody for me. I talked to David Ruffin at OCH and they are actively looking and are very interested. In fact, I talked to David Ruffin this morning. They are testing the waters with us and hopefully within time we can work something out."
West Point and Victory Christian Academy are the only schools in the Golden Triangle that don't have an athletic trainer at their practices and games. VCA coach Chris Hamm said his team's scorekeeper is an EMT, or Emergency Medical Technician, and that individual helps them address any medical issues that come up on game days.
The absence of an athletic trainer at West Point High comes after Encore Rehabilitation, Inc., which has an office in West Point, lost its athletic trainer, Gil Cochran, to another job. Patrick Thompson, a doctor of physical therapy in the West Point office, said the company couldn't come to terms with West Point High and decided not to provide an athletic trainer to the school.
Thompson, who graduated from West Point High in 2004, said the decision was "more of a financial thing" because Encore covers the costs of paying an athletic trainer and he said the company "wasn't getting anything in return." He said it is "pretty unusual" for West Point, which is in Class 5A -- the second-largest classification in the Mississippi High School Activities Association -- not to have an athletic trainer for its football games and the rest of its sports teams.
David Ruffin, an athletic trainer at Oktibbeha County Hospital (OCH) Regional Medical Center, said most high schools depend on clinics and hospitals to provide athletic trainers as a service because there are only a few schools that employ athletic trainers. He said it isn't unusual for schools not to have athletic trainers at their games, even though he said most bigger schools do have somebody for their Friday night games.
Ruffin said Oktibbeha County Hospital (OCH) Regional Medical Center services four schools -- Starkville High, Starkville Academy, Louisville, and Choctaw County -- full time. He said it uses a fifth athletic trainer as a floater to work between Noxubee County, Hebron Christian, and Ethel.
Ruffin said Thursday he has talked with Chambless about the possibility of Oktibbeha County Hospital (OCH) Regional Medical Center, which has serviced West Point High with an athletic trainer in the past, working with the school again.
The lack of athletic trainer also affects West Point's other fall sports and student-athletes preparing for their winter and spring seasons. Chambless said it is the first time in 24 years he has seen the football team he is associated with be without a trainer at its practices and its games.
"It has been chaotic, especially in these days and times," Chambless said. "You have to change your routine and the way you do things. Sometimes that is not always what is best for your program, but you have to do the best for the situation you're thrown in."
Since December 2017, Chambless and the school's coaches have been picking up the slack and providing as much athletic training assistance as possible.
"Our coaches have done a really good job trying to pick up the slack of the medical trainers," Chambless said. "We know CPR. We know how to use an AED (an automated external defibrillator, which is used to help those experiencing sudden cardiac arrest). We have had a little training in first aid."
But Chambless said people don't realize athletic trainers do much more than just tape ankles. He said those individuals diagnose, treat, and work with student-athletes through rehabilitation. He said they also serve as liaisons between the doctors and the families of the student-athletes.
"It is like having another coach out there," Chambless said. "They become part of the family."
Chambless said West Point High worked with trainers Oktibbeha County Hospital (OCH) Regional Medical Center up until 2006-2008 when it switched to Encore. He said the size of West Point High meant an athletic trainer was assigned to the school every day to be on hand in case there were injuries at practices or games. Now, though, Chambless said West Point is relying on athletic trainers from other schools at games and its coaches do their best to look after the health of the student-athletes.
"It pulls on your heart strings a little bit," Chambless said.
Follow Dispatch sports editor Adam Minichino on Twitter @ctsportseditor
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Camping Luciole 2010 Haunted Trail
In july, we have been asked by one friend to haunt a trail for an Halloween event at Camping Luciole, St-Phillibert Qc. The trail is a combination of actors, homemade and store-bought props. This was the first year I ever made a haunted trail and didn't thought of the direction I wanted the haunt to take. Still, we had a lot of fun and I hope to repeat the experience again in 2011.
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In 2008 when we started The Paper Wait, the social media arena was very different. Blogs were "the thing," and a critique group blog was unusual. The scene has changed. Facebook and Twitter hold sway now and we're ready for a blog break. Five years of thoughtful, informative and humorous posts remain that reflect our varying personalities.
My posts often echoed my writing life during the last five years:
I dabbled in the digital app world by allowing a start-up company (that failed quickly) find illustrators for two stories. One of the apps was fine. The other, because I wasn't shown proof, had a bad error - one illustration didn't match my text. UGH, but I'm not sorry I took a chance.
I peddled two PB's at conferences and with editors. No luck. The PB's needed to be more "character driven," and in spite of aiming for that in many revisions, they haven't sold.
I sold nine pieces to magazines - some published and some on hold. Is this my future? Perhaps. My concise writing style lends itself to short stories and I enjoy researching folktales to retell.
We're taking a blog break, but our group lives! I'll still critique with our talented members. And I'll write. And submit. And wait. I'll always be a paper waiter.


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I hope you enjoyed our fantastic weather on the 4th of July! Over the holiday weekend, we will bring back the chance for showers and thunderstorms. Saturday will have a mix of clouds and sun with a nice south breeze. High temperatures will return to near 80 degrees. There is a slight chance for a shower or thunderstorm, mainly after dark. Saturday night lows will fall into the lower 60s with an isolated thunderstorm or two.
The warmth and humidity will increase on Sunday. Highs will reach the middle 80s under a partly cloudy sky. A stray thunderstorm is possible early, but more organized shower and thunderstorm activity may throw a wrench into our evening plans.
We will be under a Threatrack Level 2 for a low risk of severe weather late-day Sunday. Some thunderstorms may have strong wind gusts, hail, and dangerous cloud-to-ground lightning. Keep an eye to the sky on Sunday.
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The use of forests
Forest form an important part of the wealth of a country; and in India, the preservation of the of the forests is so important that it has long been taken over by the Government, and is in charge of the Government, and is in charge of the Government Forest Department.
Forests have a great influence upon climate; for they attract rain and preserve moisture – an important matter in a dry country like India. The leaves of a tree are always giving off moisture; and this constant evaporation cools the surrounding atmosphere. In consequence, when moisture-laden winds blow over a forest, the moisture they carry is condensed and forms clouds and these dissolve in rain. This is not mere theory. It has been proved that the destruction of forests of any extent quickly changes the climate of the whole district. Whereas before it had an abundant rainfall, after disafforestation the rainfall became scanty, the land went out of cultivation and became an arid desert. On the other hand, afforestation or the planting of forests, will turn a desert into a well-watered and fertile district.
Further, forests on hill sides do much to prevent destructive floods. When heavy rain falls on bare hills, it rushes down at once to the plains I roaring torrents, carrying parts of the hill with it, and flooding the country below. But when the hills are covered with forests, the trees and the spongy soil they create absorb a large part of the water, and allow the rest to flow down to the plain quietly and without any destructive effects.
Forest products, especially timber, form an important part of a nation's wealth. The Indian forests supply all the timber that is required in the country and much is exported, the sale of it bringing in a very respectable revenue to the State. Forests also provide abundant fuel to the districts near by.
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Ryan Lochte has lost his Speedo… endorsement.
Speedo is the first sponsor to cut ties with the disgraced U.S. swimmer.
"While we have enjoyed a winning relationship with Ryan for over a decade and he has been an important member of the Speedo team, we cannot condone behavior that is counter to the values this brand has long stood for," said its statement. "We appreciate his many achievements and hope he moves forward and learns from this experience."
Lochte and three teammates said they had been robbed at gunpoint after attending a party at the Olympics, but it was soon discovered the four athletes allegedly vandalized a gas station and urinated on the building. Authorities in Brazil denied any robbery took place.
On Friday, he apologized in a statement, saying he should have been "more careful and candid" from the get-go. In the excerpt shown on NBC, Lochte said "I over-exaggerated that story and if I had never done that we wouldn't be in this mess."
On Monday he said he respects Speedo's decision to end his sponsorship.
"I am grateful for the opportunities that our partnership has afforded me over the years," he said. "I am proud of the accomplishments that we have achieved together."
Speedo initially said it was following the situation and that it has a policy not to comment on ongoing legal investigations. Monday it said it will donate a $50,000 portion of Lochte's fee to Save the Children for children in Brazil.


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Two fortyish men who haven't seen each other for two decades bump into each other one grey afternoon in the Place de la Bastille. They start talking and realise that neither of them has had sex for a long time. In a café they spot a young woman, lovely and sexy, Justine played by the irresistible Emmanuelle Devos. She invites them for supper at her apartment. The two men follow her in vain hope for something else than discussions on Mitterand that she offers. In turn, each of the men tries to seduce Justine, but for her, there's only one man - Mitterand.


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Unionist anger with the government was exacerbated yesterday when the Brighton bomber, Patrick Magee, who murdered five people in an attempt to blow up Margaret Thatcher's cabinet in 1984, was released early from jail under the Good Friday Agreement.
Mr Trimble, who criticised Magee's release from the Maze prison outside Belfast, underlined his anger when he called on Mr Blair to remove Mo Mowlam as Northern Ireland secretary, claiming she had lost the confidence of unionists.
Senior unionists believe Downing Street is softening its stance on the disarming of paramilitaries. Mr Trimble has long regarded Ms Mowlam as too sympathetic to Sinn Fein but yesterday's public condemnation marks a significant step in the deterioration of his relations with the government. Earlier this month the Ulster Unionist leader had what was described as a shouting match with Jonathan Powell, Mr Blair's chief of staff and main northern |Ireland envoy, over the decommissioning issue.
Mr Trimble's outburst came as the prime minister made clear that the Ulster Unionists and Sinn Fein must reach agreement on power-sharing by next Wednesday. "We have gone on talking and talking and talking," Mr Blair told Ulster Television last night. "At some point people have got to make up their minds."
Ulster Unionists are refusing to sit with Sinn Fein in the executive - the cabinet that will run Northern Ireland - until the IRA has started to disarm. Sinn Fein describes the demand as unacceptable and insists that republicans are entitled to two seats in the executive on the basis of their electoral mandate.
The prime minister, who has looked on in dismay as a series of deadlines on the executive have passed with no agreement, last night gave the clearest signal to date that the Good Friday Agreement could be in jeopardy if the parties failed once again to bridge their differences.
"I have no great Plan B in my pocket," Mr Blair told UTV. "If this agreement goes down then we will just have to pick up the pieces in the best way we can." Mr Blair will resume a new round of negotiations in Belfast tomorrow night before meeting Bertie Ahern, his Irish counterpart, in London on Friday. Mr Blair is expected to return to Belfast next week for an intensive round of talks.
As the political parties prepared yesterday for the final round of negotiations, Mr Trimble stepped up the pressure on Downing Street to refuse to give ground on the arms issue by launching his unprecedented attack on Ms Mowlam. "One of the great difficulties we have had in implementing the agreement... has been the widespread lack of confidence in the community, particularly among Ulster Unionists, with regard to what the secretary of state will do," he said.
He is understood to have told Sir Richard Wilson, the cabinet secretary, of his opposition to Ms Mowlam at a meeting last week in Stormont. Unionist sources even suggested Peter Mandelson as a possible replacement.
The prime minister brushed aside Mr Trimble's criticism as "nothing new". But senior unionists made clear that their unease with the government now stretches to Mr Blair, for the first time since the 1997 election, because they fear Downing Street is planning to fudge the decommissioning issue in Sinn Fein's favour. They also object to the deadline being set so close to the Drumcree Orange parade.
Downing Street will see the expression of unionist unease as an attempt to strengthen Mr Trimble's hand before the negotiations. But Mr Blair will be alarmed by the prospect of losing the leader's confidence.


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These pages provide information for students interested in enrolling in the honors program and also to provide information for students already enrolled in the honors program. The honors program in psychology offers an exciting opportunity for motivated undergraduate students to get first-hand experience conducting research under the guidance of a faculty mentor. Both BA and BSc honors degrees are available. The main focus of your work in the honors program is the research that you do in connection with producing a senior thesis. There are two phases to this experience: A research apprenticeship undertaken in the third year, and the thesis research conducted in the fourth year. In addition to working closely with a faculty advisor, you will also build a professional network, and join a cohort of like-minded peers who share your passion for psychology. Additionally, you will get two opportunities to present your research to both your peers as well as other academics. At the newly combined annual Royce-Harder Research Conference, you will give a presentation in your third and fourth years about your thesis work. The honors program in psychology will prepare you for your next step after university, including preparation for graduate school, preparation for other professional schools, or preparation for your chosen career. Regardless of which path you choose, the honors program will teach you the skills that you will need to succeed, including public speaking, collaborating/team work, writing, data management, and critical thinking skills.
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Markets Hub: Gold Bugs, Beware; October's Coming
Gold has had quite a good run the past six months, but that run is about to run into gold's worst month: October. Mark Hulbert stopped by the Markets Hub this morning to explain.
Meanwhile, the stock market avoided any pratfalls in September, October can be a tricky month as well. October can produce record highs, like it did in 2007, or it can produce historic collapses, like it did in 1929.
For more MarketBeat and other streaming markets coverage from The Wall Street Journal, point your mobile browser to wsj.com/marketspulse.


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A substantial detached residence with range of stabling, stores, cattle house, open clamp silo and illuminated sand school, set in 16 acres or thereabouts.
The residence is set on an elevated position, set back from the county road and accessed via a private bitmac drive, enjoying far reaching views over the Carsonstown Dam River Valley to the South East.
The property has been sympathetically renovated and modernised to create a most pleasing family home, with bright spacious accommodation on two floors including three reception rooms, fitted kitchen, laundry room, four bedrooms (one en suite), principal and second shower room. Good use of natural wood, tiling and tasteful décor throughout the house adds to the pleasing, homely atmosphere within.
Externally the useful range of outbuildings, clustered around two concrete yards, provide ideal accommodation for those with equine and / or farming interests, with the lands situated around the farmyard suitable for grazing, cutting and / or cropping purposes. The lands have been well maintained and appear to be in good heart.
The property is convenient to Saintfield, with easy access to Belfast and Lisburn.
Ceramic tiled floor; pine tongue and groove ceiling.
Ceramic tiled floor; cloak space; cornice ceiling and centre ceiling rose.
Polished marble fireplace and hearth with carved hardwood surround, high output back boiler; wood laminate floor; cornice ceiling; centre ceiling rose; tv aerial connection point; dado rail.
Feature Victorian embossed cast iron fireplace with tiled hearth; pine tongue and groove ceiling; sliding patio door and glazed side panel to gardens; dado rail; tv aerial connection point; 4 picture lights.
Ceramic tiled floor; telephone connection point; storage cupboard under stairs; double patio doors to front gardens; pine tongue and groove ceiling.
Cornice ceiling with centre ceiling rose; wood laminate floor; open plan to:-
1½ tub single drainer stainless steel sink unit with mixer taps; good range of light oak eye and floor level cupboards and drawers with matching glazed and illuminated display cupboards, matching open shelves; formica worktops; integrated 'Electrolux' double electric ovens and 4 ring gas stainless steel hob with pull out canopy concealing extractor unit and light; plumbed and space for dishwasher; housing for fridge / freezer and microwave; ceramic tiled walls and floor; telephone connection point; pine tongue and groove ceiling with recessed brass bulls eye spot lights.
Hotpress with lagged copper cylinder and immersion heater; built in storage cupboard; centre ceiling rose.
Wood laminate floor.
Hardwood parquet floor.
Wood laminate floor; picture rail.
Dado rail.
Contemporary white suite comprising quadrant tiled shower cubicle with 'Triton Trance' electric shower, glass sliding shower doors and side panels; high gloss white vanity unit with fitted cupboards and matching wash hand basin with chrome mono mixer taps; arched bevelled glass mirror with vanity lights over; close coupled wc; ceramic tiled floor; extractor fan; 12 volt ceiling lighting.
Contemporary white suite comprising panel bath with centrally located chrome mixer taps and telephone shower attachment; close coupled wc; quadrant tiled shower attachment with 'Mira Vie' electric shower and glass sliding shower doors and side panels; white high gloss vanity unit with fitted cupboards and drawer and wash hand basin with chrome mono mixer tap; plate glass mirror with bathroom cabinet, display shelves and 12 volt lighting over; ceramic tiled floor; chrome wall mounted heated towel radiator; cornice ceiling with extractor fan and 12 volt light over shower; cornice ceiling and twin ceiling roses.
Champagne coloured suite comprising tiled shower cubicle with 'Triton Cara' electric shower, sliding shower door; wash hand basin; ceramic tiled walls and floor; extractor fan.
Champagne close coupled wc; ceramic tiled walls and floor.
Concrete drive to concrete yard.
Glazed circular sink with mixer taps; range of formica floor level cupboards; formica worktops; space and plumbing for washing machine and tumble dryer; separate close coupled wc; tiled shower cubicle; ½ tiled walls.
Spacious gardens to front laid out in lawns planted with a selection of shrubs including Cypress, Flowering Cherry, Quince, Laburnum etc. A raised flagged and decorative gravel patio with concrete balustrade wall overlooks with gardens.
With Warmflow oil fired boiler.
Laid out in lawns and planted with a selection of ornamental and flowering shrubs; brick Pavia patio.
Sliding corrugated iron door; ample fluorescent lights and power points; door to:-
Fluorescent light; ceramic tiled floor.
Divided into 2 stables; fitted mangers.
Fluorescent light.
Up and over door; light and power points.
Approached via tiled steps. Studded walls and ceiling; fluorescent lights and power points; door to:-
Slatted floor over slurry tank; silage passage to front; built in feed trough; cattle shute.
Sliding door; gravelled floor; light points.
Roller door.
Roller door; light and power points.
With enclosed small paddock to side; gravelled surface.
The lands surrounding the yard are subdivided into convenient sized fields and are all laid down to grass.
The lands appear to be in good heart and are thought to be suitable for grazing, cutting and / or arable purposes.
A gravel laneway provides access to a number of fields with access to some fields leading directly from the farmyard.
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A couple of months back I did a post on Adaeze Igwe and Joseph Yobo's wedding and I mentioned that she had taken in(Nollywood Lingo)..lol.Well that was early this year, its a few months down the line now and Yobo junior(Male or Female) is getting ready to say HELLO to the world.
Here are some pictures of Mrs Adaeze Yobo's baby bump!
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Culture Meets Strategy
Peter Drucker famously once said "Culture eats strategy for breakfast." The point he was making was that culture is probably one of the most important ingredients of success and that strategy alone won't cut it.
I agree with the concept, although maybe not as strongly at Peter Drucker's statement implies. Both culture and strategy are required but I do agree that organizations with a strong and vibrant culture that supports and drives strategy will win out every time.
Culture Drives Strategy
Both culture and strategy are needed for organizations to succeed over the long haul. Every time I fly Southwest, get a cup of coffee at Starbucks, or my wife orders shoes from Zappos, I'm reminded how important culture is to an organization's brand and strategy. Each of these transactions expose us to a little glimpse into the culture of their organization and has a lot to do with why I keep going back.
However, there are differences in what each brings to the table that need to be understood. Culture is an organization's beliefs, attitudes, and actions that guide how an organization operates. A strong culture operates with a set of shared values and norms that guide how everyone in the organization makes decisions. Organizations with vibrant cultures (like those listed above) empower and encourage employees' passion for the organization which, in turn, fosters a performance oriented workplace with high levels of employee involvement.
Strategy, on the other hand, is much more tactical in nature. It is the set of goals and objectives that the organization wants to accomplish. Strategy is more about what needs to be done rather than how to do it. Market goals, financial health, operational efficiency, and growth plans are all examples of strategic decisions. Even so, it would be very difficult to regularly achieve these strategic goals without a culture of commitment within the organization.
When considering how important culture is in addition to strategy, two examples come to mind. First, think about a time when you at at a restaurant where the food was excellent but the service was horrible. The dining room was crowded, loud and not particularly clean. Now think of a dining experience when the food was average but the service was excellent. You were treated like royalty by the staff and the place was spotless. Which of those experiences was the most pleasant? Which restaurant will you be more likely to visit again?
Another great example of how culture influences strategy is the United States Marine Corps. The military is well known as a strategic organization. However, much of the strategic success of the military is totally dependent on the culture. Every marine is indoctrinated from day one that they are the few, the proud, the elite of the military. This culture is so strong that it is an important part of the strategy. Knowing that each member of the team will never let another member down allows the marines to accomplish tasks that few other organizations are capable of even starting. Strategy is important but culture fuels strategy. Both are needed for organizations to reach their potential.
Scott Wilson is currently a Customer Experience Principal at a Fortune 50 company. He is also a marketing and business strategy consultant for small businesses and writes about Leadership, Communication, and Marketing on his blog at scottkwilson.com.
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I would add Disney World as a great example of culture. Our family has visited twice in the past four years. We were always served well no matter if it was the clerk at the resort check in or the guy sweeping the sidewalk. On several occasions we would ask someone how to get to our favorite ride. No matter who we asked, they always knew the quickest way to get there. Then they would add some little known fact about the ride or suggest a great time for the shortest lines.


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Tight Control from 2000
- What are the long term effects on children with diabetes? (20 Oct 2000)
- My 21 year old son recently had an A1c of 6.9%. His doctor says that's fine, but my son wonders if it could be better. (4 Oct 2000)
- I am a paediatric diabetes nurse who is wondering what you would advocate as a safe HbA1c range for younger children with type 1 diabetes. (29 Sep 2000)
- I think that I am eating right, but for whatever reason, my sugar level is high. What can I do to bring it under control? (3 Sep 2000)
- They have worked very hard to try to stablise his sugar levels but haven't been able to do a good job. Is there anything to help? (30 Aug 2000)
- Are his A1c levels acceptable given the circumstances? (28 Aug 2000)
- I feel like I am sitting and waiting for a time bomb to go off, especially with a teenager. Is it inevitable that problems will happen? (27 Aug 2000)
- My 3 am blood sugars drop down to 40 mg/dl [2.2 mmol/L] or so, and my pre-breakfast readings are 200-250 mg/dl [11.1-13.9 mmol/L]. Please guide. (27 Aug 2000)
- How low would he have to go to have a rebound? Is it better to rebound? Is there any more sensitivity to giving insulin after a rebound? (22 Aug 2000)
- Are there any sorts of formulas or ways for determining the amount of insulin to give? (22 Aug 2000)
- My HbA1c levels are consistently below 6.5%, but the range of blood sugars is large. What would be an acceptable standard deviation? (19 Aug 2000)
- When I am under stress, my blood sugar goes up and my doctors yell at me. What can I do to be in more control of my diabetes? (4 Aug 2000)
- My son has had over 600 hypoglycaemic episodes. He also has frequent episodes of hyperglycaemia. Our specialist Professor is finding it difficult to come up with answers as to why his condition is so fragile. Have you encountered this before? (31 Jul 2000)
- What is considered frequent low blood sugars? (29 May 2000)
- I read that low blood sugars may cause motor and learning delays in developing children. (4 Apr 2000)
- Would a regimen of other types of insulin with more frequent injections allow us to keep tighter control? (21 Feb 2000)
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They totally won Saturday and Auburn is a super fun, super cutes little hick town.
Our weekend in Auburn was just what we needed: good food, victorious AU Tigers football game, cool weather & hoodies. (..and 2 nights of raucous Halloween partying!)
Even though I complained the entire 6 months it was cold in Chicago, I do miss throwing on a hoodie and calling it a day. ..There's just something about the months of October, November, December that holla for cold weather. Its just weird waking up and the palm trees blowing in the 80-degree-100%-humidity wind… and it's like, Christmas. Am I right?
So growing up in Texas and all.. I am a downright sucker for fattening, Southern food…. Alabama and Georgia are not short on it either. Once we got to Georgia, driving through the cotton field & pecan tree scenery, Shayne stopped at this humble little joint literally in the middle of nowhere. Couldn't tell you what city it was in or near.
Fried chicken, catfish sandwiches… mmm good ol' country cookin!
Once we arrived in glorious Auburn, we found our way to the infamous, Momma Goldberg's. It's like THAT place you HAVE to eat at when you go to Auburn. In all honesty, yes, it was good but I am kinda irritated with them for messing up my order. Yeah, so I am one of those orderers.. ("I'd like the Ceasar salad with the dressing on the side, hold the anchovies, no croutons and extra pickle juice") but c'mon. I ordered the cheese sandwich, with provolone instead of the American cheese, on sourdough instead of the wheat bun. How hard, people? …how hard?…
But THESEEEE were stupendous!!
Doritos + Monterey Jack + Jalapenos + Steamed = D E L I S H
Shayne went for his usual turkey delight sandwich. I should've just shared with him 😦 My cheese sandwich was not so great 😦
Hot dogs at the game.. num-nums. Then a horrible, ordered-in pizza to our room. OMG. Whatever pizza place that was, whoever you are, I forgot the name (you better be glad), was grotesque. 😦
And we managed to slither our drunken heads into Waffle House, for some yummy waffle, horrible hash browns and window tagging. (I hate Waffle House, fyi).
The only thing I regrettably didn't get my hands on was Whataburger. But, we stopped at a little bbq place just off 75 somewhere in north Florida and got some of THESE:
Yep, you got it, fried green 'maters on a styrofoam plate. Golly, I love the South. And..psh.. hello, can't eat those without sweet tea to wash it down with.
So now I must get back to work. I have been so behind on this blog, ugh, and it's bugging me! Our internet doesn't work at home. Not too much going on in the kitchen this week, we had veggie burgers last night…ahhhh! OK, so they werent that bad. I actually brought one to work for lunch 🙂 And the other night we just had plain baked potatoes and chicken/spinach wraps. Yummy, but very anticlimactic for a food blog. With that… I say, adios!
enjoy your *southern* meals… 😉


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We are living in an incredibly charged up information age. A time where the air itself is infused with so much electrifying energy that our mind literally spins at high speed velocity and it's really amazing how we still manage to stay grounded. No knowledge is beyond the scope and breadth of our grasp. We learn as we breathe each day and that too in copious volumes.
The virtual world bombards us with new information every other second and even if one isn't quite internet savvy, you would still be exposed to a lot more than you signed up for. It's much like the era of the amazing gold rush only this knowledge boom is far more precious than any metal or stone.
The gift of learning is what makes our species distinct and blessed. We now google anything and everything and refresh our existing memory banks throughout the day. Education isn't confined to brick and mortar institutions anymore, any new skill or field of study is easily accessible through the net. In short we cannot come up with any tangible excuse for being unable to learn something we wanted to other than our own reluctance to do so. There are even comprehensive college level courses available for free online. Coursera, Udacity and Duolingo are my personal favourite net destinations for learning. Honestly, the kind of courses that Coursera offers is unbelievable and some of the most prestigious universities are onboard here. More options definitely exist but I find these sites quite engaging and fulfilling as far as my learning outcomes are concerned.
YouTube and Pinterest are yet other popular learning repositories where the delightful visual array and level of engagement makes everything fun to learn. From spirituality to science, fantastic lectures on almost any field of study are a few keystrokes away. From rolling out the perfect flatbreads, baking solutions, figuring out the ins and outs of your gadgets to the most amazing DIY hacks ever; YouTube and Pinterest are perfect treasure troves for sure. In fact I really want to share something I have recently started to learn using solely YouTube tutorials.
During one of our vacations in March this year at my dad's place my sister asked me to get my hyperactive 4 year old daughter interested in paints hoping it might help her to focus and calm down a bit. Well, it certainly did that and more importantly it's been one heck of a wonderful journey of discovery and pure joy ever since. Painting with my daughter has been real fun and we both enjoy the creative time spent together. But I had no idea that a splash of colour on the canvas could feel so exhilarating and relaxing, it's totally therapeutic. I can draw some elementary stuff but had never really tried my hand at painting.
My neighbor in India, Nilofer Hanif is a very talented artist and her paintings are really inspiring. Her works have always filled me with a sense of awe and often made me wonder how incredible it must feel to be able to paint so beautifully. When you find something that overwhelms you or fills you with wonder and realize one fine day that you can learn this skill too, the feeling is one of sheer delight.
I think with the number of in depth tutorials that YouTube offers anyone can learn to paint from scratch. I Did! My favourite tutors are 'Theartsherpa', 'Ryan O'Rourke's 10 minute paintings' and 'Katie Jobling Art'. Cinnamon Cooney @ 'theartsherpa' makes learning to paint so much fun and she exudes so much optimism and enthusiasm that even if you don't know a thing about art you will want to grab a paintbrush and have a go at it. She really keeps you motivated and engaged throughout her art lesson and her positive energy is quite infectious. Teachers have a big hand in making you want to learn something and developing your latent potential into something magical.
I have posted some of my initial paintings. They are completely amateur attempts and it required a lot of nerve to post them here but I have really enjoyed making them and I am hoping I can improve and learn more each day. We all take our initial fumbling steps with anything new and I am taking mine too.
The Wisteria Tree and the Sailboat Sunset Seascape are both paintings from 'theartsherpa' tutorials. The Moonlit Forest Landscape is from 'Ryan O' Rourke's' tutorial. The Tropical Beach Sunset is my first original from photo to canvas…..was giddy with joy over that one and the last one is a copy of Fog Alley by Leonid Afremov. I absolutely love Leonid Afremov's work, all his paintings are colourful, vibrant and pulse with energy and this zeal for life that I find so irresistible.
I don't really know if this fascination with painting is a just a phase or something I might hold on to and work on further but I know it adds something very rewarding to my life. If you really want to learn a new skill, an art form, a language or a field of study then there is no stopping you. The more we learn, the more fulfilling life becomes. It's like adding new colours to the canvas of our life, each subtle hue adds more substance and value to it. And it doesn't really matter how big or small your new learning adventure is or whether it's for a short time or a lifelong quest, what matters is the fascinating journey of learning it encapsulates, the things that we take from it and the people we become through it.
Feel free to share your thoughts and do let me know about any of your new learning adventures. And if you have any useful tips about painting for a beginner like me please share them.


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Driving in Virginia (VA) is a privilege not a right and is extended to those who can prove they can do so without endangering the public. Some drivers violate safety rules and the state can revoke or suspend their license. A revoked license is a bit different from a suspended license. If a driver's license is suspended the suspension period varies based on the reason for the suspension. A revoked license means driving privileges are rescinded for longer periods of time; they typically result from more serious violations. Either way, they've lost their driving privileges. But what happens when people who have a suspended or revoked license decide to drive a car anyway?
As Virginia (VA) car accident lawyers we know that people who have their license taken away usually should not have one and are a danger to the public. A new report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration backs this opinion up. The report states that nineteen percent of motor vehicle fatalities involved drivers with invalid licenses. On top of that, drivers with invalid licenses comprised 13 percent of all drivers involved in fatal crashes.
So what happens if you are injured by a driver without a license? Chances are they won't have car insurance either. Virginia law requires that car insurance policies include uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage (a.k.a. UM/UIM coverage) to help cover medical expenses, lost wages, pain and loss. If you are hurt by a driver without insurance it is your own coverage that will protect you.
If you haven't yet been in a car accident then we recommended looking over your policy. You should ask yourself if $100,000 in UM/UIM coverage is enough on your own policy. Remember this is the coverage that's going to apply to you or your family member after a potentially serious accident. If you have been hurt in a car accident by an uninsured driver it's too late to increase your coverage but speaking with an experienced Virginia car injury attorney is the next best thing you can do.


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With only a few days left until Shrove Tuesday, many of you will be feeling a bit of pancake panic!
The children have already warned you that they'll be expecting a lovely warm stack of pancakes for their tea when they get in from school and, if we're being honest, we quite fancy one as well.
But do you always end up with a smouldering lump of batter in the bottom of the pan, and a hungry, disappointed family staring you down in the kitchen?
READ MORE: 11 delicious ways to eat pancakes this Shrove Tuesday
Never fear! The Pancake Kitchen, in Seaham, has raced in to rescue our tummies!
Simon Haley has shared his fail-safe recipe with us - all you need to do is pick your favourite topping or filling, sweet or savoury, and tuck in!
Take a look at our list of ingredients below to make the batter, and watch the video to find pancake perfection!
RECIPE (makes around 15 pancakes)
*110g plain flour
*2 large eggs
*200ml semi-skimmed milk
*75ml water (mixed with the milk)
*50g butter
*Pinch of salt
On Tuesday, the Seaham eatery is open until 6pm to ensure Pancake Day goes with a bang! There is also a 10% off all pancakes offer in place and a specials board menu of pancakes for £1, and extra toppings at 50p.
If you really can't stomach making your own, let Pancake Kitchen treat you!
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Your answer says a lot about you.
Before you look at the chart below, jot down the channels/shows or web pages that you trust as your primary sources for news.
No cheating.
OK, now check where your news sources fall along this ideological continuum crafted by Pew Research.
Your news sources align with your political ideology, right?
It's a psychological dynamic called "confirmation bias" … soliciting and internalizing information that is consistent with one's current beliefs.
Said differently, confirmation bias is a natural stress-reduction tendency to avoid or resist any information that is contrary to or inconsistent with one's current thinking.
One of the major solidifiers of our current political polarization is the "echo chamber effect" … we all tend to consult sources and hang with people who share, reinforce and exaggerate our ideological leanings.
So what to do?
Option #1 is to continue living in our echo chambers and just write off differing views as thoughtless and wacky.
Not a particularly good alternative, right?
Option #2 is to "diversify inputs" … seek out people and sources of contrary information … and try to process that information with a relatively open mind.
For openers, if you're a conservative, try watching MSNBC and listen, don't shout obscenities.
If you're a liberal, try watching Fox News (don't just read the left-side rants, watch it) or at least glance at the Wall Street Journal (which Pew pegs a bit left of center).
You probably won't change you mind much, but you may deepen your understanding of the other side …
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Why Won't God Do My Laundry? Further Thoughts On Spiritual Formation
Most days my kids have no idea what my wife and I do as parents. I realize that because when I was a kid I didn't either. Besides the work piece (which is always funny when I hear about take your kid to work day - really?!? I am a pastor – my kids go to work with me once a week), my kids seem to have selective amnesia about what happens around the house.
Yep, before you are 18, your laundry automatically shows up clean. Your food magically appears at each meal. Your shoes walk by themselves into your bedroom. The electricity comes automatically into the house as does the wireless internet.
Honestly, it never occurred to me to talk with my folks about this (though I know they told me about it), not until I needed to have lights at my first apartment and wanted to have heat come winter time. Then it became real important and in time, I realized just how important having good conversations with your parents is. Today, my parents are two of my best friends and I know I am so blessed to still have them with me.
Funny thing is, we often look at God in the same way, we take God for granted as though God exist to get our laundry done. I always wondered when we really started taking God for granted (and granted, it can be argued we always have). In his book, "A History of Christian Spirituality," Urban T. Holmes, remarks that it came about around the 18th century. In Holmes examination, it came about alongside Jonathan Edwards' work. As moralism was becoming the main influence on the infant USA religious landscape, Edward's preaching on piety, that we should be obedient to God as the all-powerful father, was sentimentalized into this moralism. As a result, "God became the kindly grandfather, whom we can expect to satisfy our every whim (138)."
As Holmes notes, this was certainly NOT Edwards' theology or teaching (though Holmes is no friend of pietism either). Nevertheless, our Christianity in the USA was tainted by this assimilation. That assimilating and the resulting view of God, has left us with something far less fulfilling than what most of us have been looking and longing for in our faith journey especially here in the 21st century.
This is not a fulfilling understanding of God for me. Of course, it was sufficient for a time...far too long a time I might add. Yet, it is this view of God that often appears, regardless of preacher, theology or denomination,.It is an underlying approach to God in our modern Christian thought. It misses completely the unique life of Jesus and his call to his follower, his friends. To view God in such a bland, banal fashion is simply not what I hear in words like,
29 "… "Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel's, 30 who shall not receive a hundredfold now in this time--houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, with persecutions--and in the age to come, eternal life. 31 But many who are first will be last, and the last first." Mark 10:29-31 (NKJV)
Our Christianity has grown comfortable with this approach to God. As I study for certification in Spiritual Formation, the attachment in some of our modern spiritual writings to this limp version of God is like tasting the stench on our tongues from stagnate pools of what once was living water. So while Father Thomas Green is writing about our attachment to possessions, I think the words are also relevant to our beliefs namely, "It is not what we possess but what we are attached to – what possesses us – which makes us unfit for, incapable of inheriting the kingdom of God (168, When The Well Runs Dry)."
For faith and church to be more than platitudes, acrostics, and bibliolatry, we must have a holistic approach and understanding of what has gotten us to where we are. For us to go forward, we must examine more than our theology and our productivity. When he writes regarding the politics and the church, Dr. Frederick Schmidt targets us Methodists when he says…
"Methodists are fond of talking about the resources of Christian theology as lying in Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience. That list is inadvertently read as a list of two resources unique to the church (Scripture and tradition), alongside two resources shared in common with everyone else (what goes on inside our heads and what goes on in our lives). But when Christians talk about reason, we are talking about reasoning with the church, and when we talk about experience, we are talking about the experience of the church." (from Winning the White House and Losing Our Souls)
I think he rightly targets those of us who claim the praxis theology of John Wesley. We do have an approach that is more than just balanced and unique. It is an approach consistent with the spiritual practices of the Church going back through the centuries. It is an approach that can be argued, crosses the lines of West and East.
It hit me when I finally listened. I heard God when I truly learned what John of the Cross meant when he told about the "dark night of the soul," not from someone's interpretation but from John's own writing. It became personal when I stopped just praying with my mind but through what Holmes describes as "intuition." All began to be clear and happened for me when I heard God say, "You're not my servant, you're my son."
And that led me to prayer. Not in general but more specific, more traditional, more scriptural. I know more of the history and practice of the prayer known as "The Jesus Prayer" through other sources and especially from reading "The Way of Pilgrim." But I always knew it as something else. I knew it as the prayer of the tax collector…
Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: 10 "Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank You that I am not like other men--extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I possess.' 13 And the tax collector, standing afar off, would not so much as raise his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me a sinner!' 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted." Luke 18:9-14 (NKJV)
In the next few posts this is where I'm going to sit for a while. In Jesus' words and his stories, in the lives of his followers and in my own, I believe there is more here than we have mined. There is more of God here in these words than we have yet to know. And I grow more and more convinced as I pray this prayer, we need more of God and far less of us.


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'The Hobbit' & 'The Hunger Games' Inspire Top Baby Names For 2013
We all know 'The Hunger Games' was a hit, and we are expecting 'The Hobbit' to be just as big. But what we didn't expect was the increase in names pulled from the two Hollywood blockbusters!
According to the Daily Mail, Nameberry predicts that names like Augustus, Flavius and Thor will be top picks for 2013 baby names. Would YOU name your child after a fictional character?
With the upcoming installment from The Hunger Games and The Hobbit trilogies, we can also expect more baby names being pulled from characters in the two movies.
Besides taking the names of characters from Hollywood blockbusters, a new trend being predicted is an influx of names that are pulled from seasons, nature and celebrities.
Daily Mail also reports that parents are expected to spend more time thinking about their child's middle name as Nameberry reveals that new parents are beginning to use any word with personal significance, taking the tradition to "new heights of quirkiness and creativity."
What do you think, HollyMoms, will you be naming your child after characters from upcoming movies or a season?
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I love it when my Birthday lasts all week. I celebrated in Mexico with the hubby last week, came home to a nice home cooked meal with Birthday cake from my mom and now my amazing friend, Alicia, from Funny Face Beauty took me out for lunch in Port Stanley with a little shopping and spoiled me with the most beautiful bracelet I've seen in a long time.
It was funny cause on the way into town I was eyeballing Alicia's bracelet that she was wearing, but you know when girls get in a car together, the chatter becomes so overwhelming that I never got the chance to ask her where she got her bracelet, to my surprise she got me the same one, only in a different colour. We now have matching BFF bracelets- just like if we were friends back when we were 10… I love it!
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Sunnie- c/o Oakley Frogskin
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2012 Election Prediction
Might as well make a prediction since I have nothing better to do. Since no one is actually going to look at the list, My prediction is Romney: 280 Obama: 258
However, I think* Florida (R), Virginia (R), Iowa (O),New Mexico (O), and Colorado (O) might go either way, and there are enough electoral votes there to swing it either way.
The other possibility is Ron Paul supporters stage a massive write in campaign and win every state, but my bookie isn't giving me very good odds on that one. (the pay off would be great though, both for the country politically, and for me financially.)
I'm also calling for the Senate to change hands (R-51, D-47, I-2) and the House remaining in Republican control, possibly picking up another few seats. Historically, neither democrats nor republicans are any better than the other with regard to the debt while being president, contrary to what my friends on the left like to say.
It's true that democrats seem to do better on the debt when they are president, but that is only true when the legislature is in republican hands, something liberals like to leave out. If it's honest to credit one party without paying attention to the other, than one would be right in saying that republicans are better on the debt when in power. That statement would be only slightly more true than the "tough on debt democrat president", because last time I checked, the House, not the president passes spending measures.
So if Obama wins, and Congress moves the right way (ha), it may actually be the best outcome, at least statistically, to those who take the countries problems seriously.
*My prediction is in parenthesis, (R) for Romney and (O) for Obama, obviously.
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In his first regular-season start with the Broncos, quarterback Peyton Manning was every bit the master craftsman the team hoped it was signing in March as the longtime Colt controlled the tempo against one of the league's toughest defenses.
Had a fairly dismal day on third down, especially on third-and-long, when the Steelers repeatedly converted. On the whole, Denver's D was on the field plenty — the Steelers had the ball 30:53 in the first three quarters alone — but ultimately kept Pittsburgh to fewer than 300 yards and stepped up when the game was still in question.


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The world's first suspension bridge between two mountain peaks is to open 9,700 feet up in the Swiss Alps.
The bridge, which will be partly have a glass floor, will allow visitors to walk between the twin peaks of Glacier 3000 and Scex Rouge in the canton of Vaud.
It will offer vertiginous views of the 6,500 feet drop into the chasm between the mountains, and gentler prospects of Mont Blanc and the Eiger in the distance.
Construction workers are battling demanding conditions and racing to get the ambitious project ready in time for its scheduled opening in November.
Bad weather over the summer caused difficulties, but in Switzerland nothing is allowed to get in the way of the schedule, and steel cable for the bridge was ferried to the mountains by helicopter this week.
The helicopters have to make a journey to the peak every six minutes to keep up the supply of cables and concrete, while workers struggle breathlessly in the thin air.
When it is finished, the Peak Walk will be able to take 300 visitors safely at a time, although numbers will be limited to 150 to prevent crowding.
It will be open year round, though at certain times the weather may put visitors off – it has been built to withstand Alpine winds of up to 155mph.
The cost of the bridge is estimated at 1.8m Swiss francs (£1.2m). The private company behind it, Gstaad 3000, already operates several attractions at the site, including dog sled riding, glacier flights and year-round tobogganing, as well as extensive ski runs.
It hopes the new bridge will help double the number of visitors each summer, currently around 50,000.
The new bridge may be a remarkable feat of engineering, but it will still not be the highest suspension bridge in the world. That title goes to another Swiss bridge, the Titlis Cliff Walk in Olbwaden, at 9,900 feet above sea level.


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The title of this post is the name of a speech I gave yesterday in Charlotte for the Bank of America Neighborhood Builders Leadership Program. I want to share the trends I named and the takeaways for us. Thanks to everyone who was there live! Feel free to post any comments or questions.
1. The messenger shift
The idea: Technology has enabled people's most trusted sources – those they perceive to be their peers – to become the most influential and amplified messengers in their lives. We are no longer the messengers in chief of our causes.
The takeaway: You are not your most effective messenger, so use technology to amplify other voices. You want at least three kinds of messengers:
– People on the front lines of your work (front lines staff, volunteers, beneficiaries) who can speak authentically about the change they see
– Fans who will champion your work within their circles of influence
– People with credibility and authority who can attest to the quality of you and your work (ratings agencies, thought leaders who offer endorsement)
2. The social action shift
The idea: Technology has made it easy for people to take small, easy actions in support of a cause. This has been dubbed slacktivism by some, which sounds dismissive. But so-called slacktivists often have large circles of influence and are more likely to spread the word, volunteer and donate down the road.
The takeaway: Don't write off slacktivists.
– Enable and celebrate slacktivism through technology
– Lower the bar for engagement especially on social media
– Use the social proof of those collective actions to get momentum behind your cause
– Build off the baby steps of slacktivists by cultivating them specifically and encouraging more action over time
3. The message shift
The idea: The wealth of information and insights we have about people online is driving an increasing expectation of personalization of our outreach – and participation in our messages and cause. We want to speak to our supporters based on their interests – without crossing the spooky line.
The takeaway: One message for everyone isn't enough.
– Mine your data
– Segment your supporters
– Relate your cause to their values
– Use technology to put the donor at the center of your story
4. The medium shift
The idea: Just this week, we learned there are 1 BILLION smartphones on the planet. One in seven people on the earth have the ability to do so many things at their fingertips. This could be an unprecedented opportunity to unleash generosity through technology.
The takeaway: First, assess how you're doing given how many people are reading your emails, visiting your site and learning about your organization on their phones. Read your organization's emails on your smartphone. Visit your site from your smartphone. Try to give. Try to pledge. See what happens when you try to move across devices as most people do – from desktop to tablet to phone. Then…
– Recognize the opportunity (the chance to reach people more immediately) and the constraint (mobile experiences need to be simple and easy)
– Optimize for giving and pledging
5. The mind shift
The idea: Thanks to advances in technology and brain science, we know more than ever about what motivates people to give. What you say and how you say it matters more than the technology itself. To readers of this blog, you know the takeaways already!
The takeaway: Base your appeals in emotion. Make them personally relevant to supporters. Speak to their values. And show who else is taking action.
I think these trends are tremendously exciting to our work, but at the same time, remember the most important thing of all — HOW people use technology is more important than what is the hottest new device or social network. Use technology to make what people want to do, easier and more compelling. Technology doesn't inspire people. You do.


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Jodie Foster is set to join
Matt Damon on the cast of Neill Blomkamp's highly-anticipated new science fiction movie Elysium.
Scant details about the District 9 director's new picture have been made available aside from the new cast members, including Sharlto Copley and now Foster, reports Deadline.
Blomkamp wrote Elysium and will also direct the new film, which will be produced by Simon Kinberg, who was behind Guy Ritchie 's Sherlock Holmes effort in 2009.
The Panic Room actress is set to star alongside Kate Winslet in the Roman Polanski movie God of Carnage, which is due to be shot later this year.
Foster finished directing The Beaver, starring Mel Gibson , earlier this year.
The film tells the story of a man attempting to reconcile with his family during an emotional crisis and will hit US screens in March, expanding to more theatres on April 8th.
Release of The Beaver by Summit Entertainment was beset with trouble, with Gibson involved in a custody battle with ex-girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva.
In a case breakthrough last month, the Braveheart actor was granted extra visiting time with baby girl Lucia by judge Scott Gordon.
The pair had agreed in May to allow Gibson a total of six days visitation, including three overnight stays, every two weeks.


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War is a fashion statement, don't you know
Dear friends
If you ever thought that the illegal occupation of Iraq was OK, just explore http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/ check the links and see what the 'free' life is really like in New Iraq. Surely the allies in the so-called 'Coalition of the Willing' will not be allowed by their citizens to follow this disaster with an invasion of Iran. Or will they?
Today's poem begs the question: how did we get to agree to being military aggressors?
War is a fashion statement, don't you know
These days you can buy
Tart gear micro skirts
In cam khaki
And desert biscuit tones
SAS survival camping kit
Feather lite for family
Spearhead operations
I rescued a cam holster
From Kampala's mud
To stash my Nokia phone
Rather that than have Africans
Mimic Mzungu wastefulness
And I wear it as an anti-statement
But have you noticed the dress code
Of Liberian rebels and the
New York street-gang names
They award themselves
Bandannas and mirror shades
Real tossers
And bloody dangerous at 12
Have you watched the hi pyrotechnic
Foxtel news action-packed images
Of carnage in Fallujah
Plenty of smoke and flame
Carefully avoiding
The shredded limbs of grandmothers
Have you tried doing microsurgery
On babies
Hard wired to your iPod
With Burn Mutherfucker rap
Breaking your eardrums
Feel it pulsating in your veins
Now you can download the song
To your cellphone
So it becomes
Your ringtone
And you can enjoy mass-slaughter
With every incoming call
Have you noticed how
Like a creepy new belief-system
The sacrament of the Unknown Soldier
Is taking over public religious observance
Yet the limbless and despairing
Silently disappear into their slums
Unthanked by the triumphals
An F111 flypast somehow
Enhances a River Festival
With special tricks from Blackhawk choppers
Militarising our government-sponsored entertainment
The references to war in our sports commentaries
Business-speak and marketing jargon
And personal development
Having a moral compass
Is just plain post-modern unfashionable
Till our resistance has wilted
Under a firestorm of empathy-free napalm
Are you ready to be frightened
By smirking politicians
Visiting a sanitised
Shopping mall
Near you
Willy Bach © November 2004
1. Lite now refers to soymilk, saccharine soft drinks, torture, and 'success' in the 'war on terror'.
2. A Mzungu is a ghost, a person lost in Africa, in short a Caucasian.
3. Refers to the lyrics of 'Full Nelson' by US rap band Limp Bizkit favoured by American soldiers going into combat engagements in Iraq.
Lyrics: http://www.lyricsdownload.com/limp-bizkit-full-nelson-lyrics.html