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For example: Tuesday delivered the third largest single-day point decline for the Dow this year, my job Wednesday was to explain it. And while my ego forever conjures up its theories, I---being the humble bloke I be---nonetheless scan the opinions of the world's finest traders, analysts, economists and gurus before presenting the reason du jour to the Central California community. Today, as a result of intense deliberation, I offered up my great revelation, "all of the above". Which would be all of the below:
"Rumor that Bernanke will step-down in 2014."
"Spain's GDP lower than expected."
"Structural downturn heading into a multi-quarter decline".
"It's all about disappointing earnings".
"It's all about guidance".
"Worries over the "Fiscal Cliff"".
"Too much QE".
"Not enough QE".
"Normal profit taking".
"Market following commodities lower".
"Market selling off on dollar rally".
"The S&P bumping against the bottom range of its 100-day moving average".
I mean it has to be all, or at least some, of these, right? I mean it can't be that hard to know, in hindsight, what—on any given day—inspired to action a world of individuals who transact their affairs in pursuit of their own objectives, can it?
In Beware the King(s) (read it to get the full flavor of this message) I picked on Bill Gross for his long-term egobese prognostication, but the same goes for those of us (yes us) who would dare suggest that the reasons for Tuesday can be condensed onto a TV spot, a blog post, or a column in the Wall Street Journal.
And even if, by some magic, you got yesterday---in pro, or retro, spect---right (but how would you know?), don't think for a minute that the same sequence of events would produce the same market reaction on any other day. Who would have thought that on the day (yesterday) Apple, with all its successes, announces its foray into the mini-tablet market, that its stock would drop twenty bucks? The same news on June 1st could easily have shot the share price to an all-time high—at least that's what the excuse would have been.
My point? Never time the market!


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I've spent years living in North Brooklyn but I really didn't know anything about it until I was able to see how it was portrayed by 2 Broke Girls, a hackneyed, LA-filmed sitcom created by the "brain" behind Sex and the City and the "brain" behind Whitney. This column will keep track of all the knowledge dropped and questions answered, like: Why do hipsters wear knit hats? Because of Coldplay…of course (seriously, this was one of the first jokes of the series).
This week I learned…
Williamsburg Has Hasidic Jews
Last week there was a big revelation that rich, successful, Jewish doctors now live in Williamsburg and every character's face exploded. This week, faces sadly restored, there is a new breakthrough, there are other Jews in Williamsburg as well, really Jewish one's at that.
The broke gals are sick and decide to go to a doctor. The clinic must be south of Broadway, as it's completely Hasidic. Of course, the blond broke girl tells the Kat Dennings broke girl that she had lots of Jewish friends growing up. It allowed her to say a bunch of silly Yiddish phrases that had the audience presumably laughing their yarmulke-less heads off. Yada yada this leads to them getting a job making cupcakes for a Bar Mitzvah.
There is a nice moment when the Jewish receptionist acknowledges the undeniable Jewishness of the Kat Dennings broke girl's hair, complexion, and boobs. It actually leads to a really sweet arc, in which KD acknowledges that her dad could have been a Jew and the Orthodox family fully embraces her. For a show so derided for its use of stereotypes, it was a joy to see one executed without cynicism. I know boring, AHHHHHH, sorry.
Don't worry, there were plenty of cringe-worthy scenes with a jive talking Bar Mitzvah boy and his breakdancing friend. I hated every second of each.
First the Polish, now the Hasidim, the show seems to be picking off Williamsburg demographics one by one. What's next Dominicans? Puerto Ricans? Fried chickens?
[What I learned from last week's episode]

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In 2018, the Mentor Partnerships between partner countries in the frame of the InterCap project were established. The strategic aim for year 1 has been the identification and the involvement of key mentor partners from teacher training institutions, mainly from universities and CSOs, and set the basis for the creation of a sense of ownership of key project outputs among the implicated target groups through exchanges of good practices and the review of educational material produced by the project partners.
Partners and mentor partners meet in online environments at regular intervals to provide insights, opinions and feedback on the project development process and the outputs produced. During the 1st year, they provided reviews for all face-to-face and online modules. Overall, most materials for InterCap training face-to face and on-line modules have clear direction and are of high quality
The mentor partners are satisfied by the fact that all InterCap training materials are available on-line, with some modules translated in partner's languages which makes much easier access to wider circle of practitioners.
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A very funny YouTube clip spoofing Master Chief and his experiences playing through the Halo 3 public beta.
I too was laughing hard! Reminded me of some of the people I played with when I played Halo 2!
but too much cussing.... it loses it's impact after the 50th f**k. It was obviously created by another moronic attention hungry teenage XBL potty mouth.... all it was missing was the usual racism.


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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Deja Vu
After we lost the third pregnancy and then had the appointment from Hell with my not-so-nice OB/GYN, my husband and I decided to just throw caution to the wind. I hadn't even had a period yet, so there was no way to know exactly when I ovulated, but we got pregnant again immediately after our third loss.
This probably wasn't smart and I've always felt a little guilty about this. However, it doesn't seem to make a difference whether we wait or not. The result seems the same.
I got the positive pregnancy test the day before my period was due. But once again, when I was done POAS, as the positive was coming up, I noticed that I was spotting. I never went to the doctor for a beta, but over the course of the next few days, I watched the tests get lighter and the bleeding get heavier. Finally, the tests were negative.
I took this fourth chemical pregancy with a sinking heart. I almost didn't want to count it in my pregnancy count, sometimes I don't, because I am embarrassed about getting pregnant again right away. But it happened and I really don't think that made the difference.
These early chemical pregnancies really suck. You don't even get time to get excited. You just get a taste of the happiness and then it is snatched away. And then you are left to feel guilty about the glass of wine that you drank or stopping the progesterone.
I am so depressed.
6 comments:
- Kristen said...
This really sucks. I am so sorry. With my first loss, it was at 5 weeks and things were not progressing well from the start so I never had time to really process what was happening. I had a good week to think we might pull through but I was spotting so I knew it wasn't looking good.
Please don't blame yourself for getting pregnant again so quickly. I know many people who did the same - some were able to have healthy pregnancies and others miscarried again. It is definitely not your fault at all. These things just happen and unfortunately, they happen repeatedly for us.
I'm sending lots of hugs your way. This is just so hard and so unfair. XOXO
- September 13, 2007 at 8:35 AM
- Courtney said...
I am so sorry that you are having to experience this now, let alone more than once. Please know that I am feeling your pain and sharing it with you.
We will get past this...
- September 13, 2007 at 9:00 PM
- Laura said...
I hate that this has happened to you and your husband again. I agree with Kristen about trying not to blame yourself for getting pregnant so quickly after your last loss (easier said than done!). I was actually told by my gyn after my early loss to try again right away because she said women are typically very fertile after a loss.
I wish there was something I could say to help ease your pain.
- September 14, 2007 at 10:37 AM
- Searching said...
Oh, I am SO SO sorry!!! It's so unfair that this is happening to you again. :( Please be gentle with yourself. ((hugs))
- September 14, 2007 at 10:46 AM
- Rebel With.A.Cause said...
Katie, I am so sorry sweetie...... HUGS
- September 16, 2007 at 8:07 AM
- Debby said...
Wouldn't it be great if life was fair? I am SO sorry for your loss. It suck, suck, sucks! I think the chemical pregancy I had(which by the way - I hate that term as I'm sure you do as well - makes it sound so "science" and not real) was the most unfair of them all. Just so wrong to have something so good dangled in front of you and snatched away.
I hope amazing and great things for the next time around. For now, I hope you had some rest and peace this weekend and good quality time with the husband.
- September 16, 2007 at 1:10 PM


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Learn how to make a cheap RC Plane 4 Channel Transmitter – Receiver Using Arduino.
Convert an ordinary RC car into an extraordinary obstacle-avoiding robot.
A hand gesture-controlled car made from scrap DVD player. Hand gestures detected by gyro and Arduino-driven motor.
Who does not love gaming? Racing and fighting in the virtual world of PlayStation and Xbox! Let's bring that fun to real life!
Web-based car control with PHPoC Shield for Arduino.
Build a Bluetooth controlled model car and drive it with your Android device.
RC buggy controlled with 433MHz RF modules.
Robotics project that aims to improve rover control through the use of radio frequency and the interaction of rover movement.
Use micro Python on micro:bit to program your bit:bot robot to retrace a path.
Bongilcheon high school created this RC car.
Everybody who has an RC toy can use the Nio app on a smartphone instead of using a handheld RC to run toys such as a car, truck or boat.
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Custom modded RC cars designed to create light paintings that map user input.
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To James Madison from Thomas Jefferson, 10 September 1802
From Thomas Jefferson
Monticello Sep. 10. 1802.
Dear Sir
Yours by yesterday's post is recieved. The letter to Higginson & others is entirely approved, and is sealed & forwarded to mr. Brent. The Consulate at Nantes must be disposed of according to our former arrangement. I do not know whether the mr. Lynch recommended is the one who was living at Nantes when I was in France, or his son. Of that one there is something not favourable resting in my mind, altho' I cannot recollect the particulars. But Patterson's claims are certainly superior. I recd. from mr. Brent extracts from the letters of Chancr. Livingston & Sumpter concerning the resignation of the latter. I presume he does not wait for a formal permission. But suppose it had better be sent. I inclose you a commission of bankruptcy for your signature. It is to correct an error of having given a former one to a person of the same surname, for which this is now substituted. Mr. Brent reminds me of a parcel of blanks he sent for signature. I remember signing them, & sending them either to yourself or him.
We shall be very happy to see yourself, family, & Dr. & mrs. Thornton here. The Govr. is up at present; goes down on Thursday (16th.) and returns on Tuesday (21st.). When you get to the forks of the road at Will Becks's, the other side of Milton, a turn of the road forces you to the river at Milton, & when there it is better to cross there & come round along the public road on this side the river, my private one being hardly wide enough & safe for a carriage, altho' my waggons & carts do pass it. This adds a couple of miles to the length of the journey. With my best respects to the ladies accept assurances of my constant & affectionate friendship.
Th: Jefferson
P. S. I notify the offices at Washington that the post which leaves that place on the 24th. inst. is the last by which any thing should be forwarded to me here.
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Wouldn't it be nice if every lead you got was a hot lead: a hand-raiser who converted on your website and requested more information or a call from the sales team?
Few things are guaranteed in life. In addition to Benjamin Franklin's certainties of life, death, and taxes, we add another certainty, for high-growth businesses: outbound sales prospecting.
Cold-calling and cold email are tough – the rate of rejection is high, and the bites are few and far between even on a good day. But if your company has goals for growth, you need an outbound lead strategy.
Read on to learn:
- What's the difference between inbound and outbound prospecting
- Why an outbound sales strategy is mission-critical
- High-growth companies use outbound prospecting
- How to battle cold-call reluctance
If it's your job to eat a frog, Mark Twain says, it's best to do it first thing in the morning. And If it's your job to eat two frogs, it's best to eat the biggest one first. Or as CEO Henry Schuck would say, "You have to do the hard things."
So let's eat this frog! Who knows – you might like the taste!
What's the difference between inbound and outbound sales leads?
Inbound leads are people who have expressed interest in your product by asking for more information, a product demo, or even a purchase. Outbound leads, on the other hand, are people who you identified as a great fit for your product – but who have not engaged with your company.
In other words, In other words, inbound leads come to you; while outbound leads require you to come to them.
Of course, it's a little more complicated than that.
Check your lead temperature: Warm or hot?
Sometimes inbound leads are broken down further, by lead "temperature." Warm leads are those people who have implied interest in your product, through actions such as filling out a web form to download a new research report or ebook, or subscribing to an email list. They haven't explicitly asked to engage with your sales team, but the relationship was initiated by the warm prospect. And the more they engage with your brand – for example, reading blogs or engaging on social media – the warmer those become.
The best inbound leads, of course, are hot leads: those who want to talk to a salesperson – those who ask for more product-related information, or even request a demo.
Companies define "leads" differently. Some treat warm and hot leads the same. Others nurture warm leads – putting them into an email drip campaign, for example – before the sales team reaches out. But everyone agrees on one thing: Inbound leads are great. Inbound leads are easy (easier, anyway). Everybody wants inbound leads.
But it's a rare company who can generate enough inbound leads to significantly grow the business.
You're going to have to eat some frogs.
Read it: What 15k Demos Per Year Taught Us About Converting Inbound Leads
Why an outbound sales strategy is mission-critical
You can't grow your business on inbound leads alone. Here's why you need to build pipeline with outbound leads, too:
1. Not all of your inbound leads will be decision-makers.
Hey, if you have a cool brand and great content, you may have an embarrassment of riches: Lots of people want to learn more! Great – you've generated plenty of leads. The problem? Inevitably most inbound leads are not decision-makers with the ability to sign the check or actually negotiate the sale. Most of those names … aren't real leads.
2. You have less control of your inbound lead flow pipeline.
Is your business affected by seasonality or holidays? How about financial events like budget cycles, end of quarter, spending freezes, or rounds of funding? You can recover from a bad quarter. But what if new regulations impact your ability to do business in another country? What if a major source of inbound leads, like a content syndication program, or your website, goes down?
You're out of luck.
Inbound lead flow is impacted by a million things over which you have no control. Don't put all your eggs in one very unpredictable basket!
3. Most of the buyer journey takes place … not on your website.
You've probably heard the oft-quoted statistic from SiriusDecisons: 67% of the buyer's journey is done by the time they engage a salesperson. Yep, those sweet would-be leads are out there doing web research on a problem YOU solve. You just don't know it.
Rather than wait for them to find you, outbound prospecting enables you to find them – usually sooner in the sales cycle, before they've been heavily influenced by other vendors.
In short, to rely on inbound leads alone is to leave money on the table. It might be possible to do business without cold calling, cold email, field sales, trade shows and event marketing, or other outbound avenues.
But why limit your potential growth?
4. Your competitors are using outbound prospecting to grow.
"Walk into any fast-growing company or recently IPO'd technology company," says DiscoverOrg CEO Henry Schuck. "You can't find ONE that doesn't go outbound. In fact, you won't be able to find a single company that is growing after it hit $20m in revenue, that doesn't have an outbound engine. They all do.
"Don't believe me? Type in outbound prospecting into the jobs search on LinkedIn, and you'll find VMWare, Amazon Web Services, Zendesk, Marketo, Riverbed, BugCrowd, The Financial Times – all the sales jobs require cold calling – AKA, outbound prospecting.
"Outbound selling is the way you scale your business, the way to grow your company in a scalable, strategic, proven way."
High-growth companies know this. You'd better figure it out, too.
High-growth companies use outbound sales prospecting
Our Growth Drivers survey asked sales and marketing leaders at high-growth companies about the factors at their companies that drove or inhibited growth, and one thing was immediately clear: outbound sales methods were key.
Specifically, we found that high-growth companies were more than two and a half times more likely than low-growth companies to perceive cold-calling as alive and highly effective.
The data clearly shows that companies who go to market with a fully optimized sales development structure and outbound cold-calling team are growing significantly faster than those don't:
Battling cold-call reluctance
Actually, we know why people shy away from outbound sales prospecting.
"It's hard. I get it," says Schuck. "It's different, and it takes work. I know. It's harder than giving in each time. But enough with the excuses!
"All I hear is: 'I'm too scared to try something hard,'" says Schuck.'"My business is special, it's different – it's relationship-based, so that won't work.' 'We're not in San Francisco, so we can't find the talent.' 'We tried before, but people in Boston don't want to make outbound calls.' 'Our CEO is allergic to outbound cold calling.'
"Those are all sneaky ways to say, 'I don't want to do the hard thing.' Companies that don't let those excuses get in the way, are the companies that the survey clearly shows are growing significantly faster than those who do let those excuses get in the way."
Outbound sales prospecting methods may be changing fast enough to make your head spin, but cold-calling is still alive and well, at the heart of it all.
So pick up the phone. Eat the frog.
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By veggiewolf Last weekend, I braved crowds of sportsball fans so I could spend time at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology with someone who is both a friend and a member of my religious community. They'd never been, and I always jump at the chance to visit because of how amazing the museum is. In addition to having one of the largest collections of Egyptian artifacts in the United States (including the first mummies I ever saw), their other galleries are equally interesting.
(Incidentally, I highly recommend anyone interested in Ur spend time at the Penn Museum – they always have some sort of exhibit on it (right now, it's on the Royal Cemetery) and one of the world's foremost experts on Ur is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.
So, my friend and I visited the museum and were full of squee and religious discussion and overall joy. We talked about the Amarna period, and boggled over the timeline of Ancient Egypt as compared to what was going on in the rest of the world, and discussed the concept of soul and ma'at (and Ma'at, and the difference between the two), and I was in …read more
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Perry, Kansas / United States
Eastern Kansas has several options for water sports fans. Near Joplin, the Everglass Ski Club has a private waterski lake and hosts occasional tournaments. Further north, waterskiers can take a ride with Pomona Lake Ski Team or the Kansas State Waterski Club. If wakeboarding and wake skating is more your style, then the KC Watersports wake park might be just for you. They offer lessons and full-week Training Camps, as well as a Pro Shop stocked with top of the line Liquid Force gear. Perhaps renting a boat to enjoy both waterskiing and wakeboarding is more your style—if so, check out Lake Perry Marina, where you will find some awesome ski boats for rent.
Perry, Kansas / United States
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An underlying tone of friendly competition was woven throughout The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Man and Woman of the Year Grand Finale event at the JW Marriott in downtown Austin on Saturday, June 10, 2017. The fundraiser raised a total of $975,000 in support of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's mission to cure leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma, and improve the quality of life for patients and their families.
This annual event marks the conclusion of 10 weeks of robust campaigning for the title of Man or Woman of the Year for the South Central Texas chapter of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. "Tonight is the culmination of ten weeks of hard work," said emcee Shannon Wolfson, a KXAN co-anchor, as she welcomed the room and announced the 2017 candidates to fierce applause from various corners of the room.
In line with the spirit of the evening, the evening program kicked off with a "Heads or Tails" competition open to all 600 audience members. Attendees were offered the opportunity to purchase chances to play in this engaging game where participants stood and put their hands either on their head or their "tail" before a coin was flipped. All who chose incorrectly sat down, while those who chose correctly continued standing for the next flip of the coin.
Benefit auctioneer Gayle Stallings led the activity and once the field of remaining competitors had narrowed down to just four individuals she invited them to join her on stage. Stallings then auctioned off a spot to join the "Heads or Tails" finalists on stage for a chance to continue playing and fundraised an additional $950 for the cause. The grand winner of the game was St. Stephen's high school senior Thomas Waugh who was attending the event with his family in support of candidate Fayruz Benyousef.
Eighteen candidates were vying to be crowned Man and Woman of the year, titles earned by fundraising more than all of the other candidates. The winners were decided based on their success in generating funds for The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society both during the 10-week campaign leading up to the Grand Finale and at the event itself.
Patrick Starley, managing partner and cofounder of Legacy Star Capital Partners, set a new fundraising record for Austin's Man of the Year and brought in $153,850 while Anne Idsal, chief clerk and deputy land commissioner of the Texas General Land Office, raised $131,774 and slid ahead of the other candidates to be crowned Woman of the Year.
As emcee Wolfson so aptly summed up: "That's the spirit of competition that we love about this event… because everyone wins when cancer loses." All in all, the campaign raised a record-breaking $975,000 to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
Click here to learn more about the Man & Woman of the Year Campaign and visit The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's website for more on their work to find cures and ensure access to treatments for blood cancer patients.


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Instant and high-quality feedback from the compiler is crucial for fast development nowadays. Imagine that you are faced with the task to write a new, drop-in replacement compiler for the codebase of over 3 millions of lines of code and a huge amount of mutually dependent units of code. Your ultimate goal is to shorten feedback time from minutes to a couple of seconds.
This talk will describe challenges encountered during the development of such a compiler and their solutions. The novel approach introduces recompilation seen as patching of the previously compiled codebase. We'll discuss the design of dedicated data structures and type checking algorithms for detection of changes in the code and allowing fast recompilation of impacted units of code only.


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We spent many years going to many resorts and places looking for hte perfect place to spend our Winter vacation. When we came to Bolongo we knew this was IT!!!!
That was 20 years ago and we have come back again and again. Need we say more???
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Cannabis and Impairment at the Workplace
Recreational Cannabis is legal in Canada
In general terms, legalization allows for adults 18 years old and over in Canada to:
• possess up to 30 grams of legal dried cannabis or equivalent in non-dried form
• share up to 30 grams of legal cannabis with other adults
• purchase dried or fresh cannabis and cannabis oil from a provincially-licensed retailer
• grow up to 4 cannabis plants per residence for personal use from licensed seed or seedlings
• make cannabis products, such as food and drinks, at home provided that organic solvents are
not used
Other legislation such as smoke free regulations as set by a province, territory, or municipal by-law may also apply. It remains illegal to transport cannabis across the Canadian border (either in or out), including when the individual is authorized for medical purposes. View Calgary Cannabis Stores Locations
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Homework Note Week 15
Post date: 12-Dec-2016 09:22:09
Dear Parents,
We now have 7 laptops in our classroom and almost all children have logged on to the www.studyladder.co.uk website and have started completing activities.
A reminder about Studyladder: Inside your child's homework folder is a username and password for access to the website. I have assigned some new activities for the children to do. These are not compulsory. You can use the easy access login page on our class website. Just click on the studyladder link on the right hand side on our class website, find your child's name and login using the password in the homework folder. We can use studyladder for free. You do not need to sign up or pay for anything if you are asked on the website. I can see the results of the activities completed by the children.
Please contact me if you have any issues with using this website.
Word Wallet activities.
Jolly Phonics – for each sound
1. Match the green sound, make the sound and show you the action.
2. Ask the children to make a word or words using the sounds (green cards) they already have.
3. This week we are working on words that contain the "qu" sound. Try to make these words
quiz, quick, quack, queen, quilt, squeeze, squirrel, quit, squid and quest
4. See if they can make other words using these sounds.
5. Make sure to use the correct "qu" sound and not the "q" and "u"
Tricky Word activities. – Children will continue revising the Tricky Words.
1. Match the coloured card to its place on the white card. (Place the "they" on top of the white "they")
2. Say the word.
3. Ask the children for a sentence with that word in it. (I saw that they were lost.)
This week we are talking again about Christmas (in English and Irish) and we are talking about problem solving in Maths. We will have no homework next week. So I would like to thank you for your support this year and wish you a Happy Christmas.
Mr. Gleeson
Homework Monday – Thursday
Bookworm club reader and Word Wallet activities
Seniors – Maths handout (½page each night) - Please stick to the ½page
Jolly Phonics Workbook 2 p16 & p19 (½page each night) Add some colour & cut out.
1st Class – Maths Handout (½page each night)
- Tricky Word sentences List 6 (2 sentences per night)
- Spellings (see spelling copy)
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What Is A Church?
Q. May the Lord bless you in many ways for your web site and knowledge of the Scripture. I have learned so much from your site! We use it for our studies to help us interpret some of the scriptures.
My question is about the churches. What exactly does the church or churches in the Bible really mean? Is it a building, country, or as I hope I am reading right, our prayers and fellowship with Christ? My neighbor who is also a Christian of many years asked me the same question yesterday. We all study the scriptures at home.
A. The Greek word from which Church is derived means a gathering or assembly. It comes from two roots that when combined mean to be called out of or away from something. In the Biblical sense it means that we've been called out of the world into an assembly of believers. The head of the Church is the Lord.
One day this great assembly will literally be called out of the world and gathered together in one place in the presence of the Lord. Until then we meet in many places around the world with leaders who represent Him. Sometimes these leaders abuse their positions, trying to make us believe that their particular group is the only church, or doing things their way is the only right way. But Jesus said that where ever two or three are gathered together in His name, He would be in the midst of us. (Matt. 18:20) Anyone not comfortable with the particular group they're in can either keep looking until they find one they like, or simply get together with a few others in someone's home, as you're doing.
Churches Or Church Buildings?
Q. I found this site by accident, but I have found it to be very helpful in my studies.
My questions are: Since we the people are called the Church, why are buildings that are made of brick and mortar also called Churches.
I hear so many people say "I am going to Church" how can you go to what you are called to be?
A. The Greek word from which we get church means "called out ones" It originally referred to the believers. At that time churches met in homes. As the Church grew they needed bigger meeting places and so they built buildings for this purpose. They were called church buildings or church houses. Eventually the buildings were just called churches, but the proper term is church building. The people inside are the church.
Is Church Hopping A Sin?
Q. Is being a church hopper and wanderer a sinful practice? For years I have been going round all the churches in different areas going from one to the other,and never settling anywhere for more than a few weeks at a time and it has now earned me a bad name. I'm known all over the place for being a wanderer and I find I am disliked for it.
What can I do about putting things right as I have recently become a Christian and have confessed of this sin before God,as well as all my others and have asked Jesus Christ into my heart and life to be my Lord and Saviour. I have been told that it is really wrong in Gods eyes to be going from church to church, and back and forth one to another. What are your views on this?
A. On its face, church-hopping is not a sin, but you should ask yourself why you do it. Your Christian life will become much richer when you find a fellowship you really enjoy and put down roots. No church is perfect, but in your hopping around, you have probably found some you like better than others. Visit the ones you like best again and see if you can choose from among them.
To help make your choice, I believe that there are three major factors to look for in choosing a church home. The first is worship. Our main reason for attending church is to worship God, both in music and in prayer. The second is an emphasis on teaching God's word. Look for a place whose Pastor preaches straight out of the Bible. And the third is the fellowship of believers. Do people like each other? Do they arrive early and stay after? Are there lots of social events? Are they friendly toward you? Does the place have warmth, does it feel like home? You may not find a church that's really strong on all of them, but there should at least be a noticeable effort to emphasize these three essentials.
As for your reputation, when you choose a place, give people time to see that you're settling down, and if they're friendly folks you'll find them responding by accepting you.
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When a married Colorado couple has a child, there is a presumption that the husband is the child's legal father. This will automatically mandate that the husband will have shared responsibility for the child's best interests and supporting the child should the couple part ways. If there is a concern that the husband might not be the biological father of the child, then it will be necessary to take tests to determine the truth. In cases where the parents are not married, however, the alleged father's name might not be on the birth certificate. In this situation, paternity must be established before the court will make a child support order.
The alleged father must be proved to be the biological father prior to an order being issued for the man to provide financial support. There are several ways in which a legal father-child relationship can be established. Some men voluntarily admit that the child is theirs. Doing so is a simple administrative process with the state's child support enforcement unit when the first negotiation conference is taking place. The man also has the chance to do this at the hospital at the time of the child's birth.
Some men are not 100 percent certain that they are the child's father. It is then possible to ask that tests are done to determine paternity. Blood and tissue samples will be taken from the man, the mother and the child. Tests are generally accurate in determining parentage and the result can be used to legally presume the identity of the biological father. This is admissible in court to prove that there is a father-child relationship. Men who do not believe the genetic and blood tests can still move forward with a court trial and have the case heard by a judge. It can be difficult to convince the judge to disbelieve genetic evidence and testing that indicate the man is the father.
When there is concern as to the identity of the biological father and child support hinges on paternity, it is important to have legal assistance from the beginning of the case. A lawyer who is experienced in child support cases can help the parents find out who the biological father is and in setting up an order as to how much child support will be paid.
Source: childsupport.state.co.us, "A Parent's Guide to Child Support -- Paternity, pages 6-7," accessed on March 27, 2018


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Jhenna began taking regular yoga classes to help relieve the stress of teaching middle school and to be the best teacher she could be. She used yoga and mindfulness to cultivate an attitude of gratitude, and to practice loving kindness toward herself and her students. As a passionate lifelong learner, she continued to deepen her practice, and found that she wanted to help guide others along their yoga journey, just as so many great yoga teachers have guided her. She taught her first classes to her fellow middle school teachers in her classroom, and loved it so much she began to take every chance she could get to teach yoga.
Jhenna teaches vinyasa style yoga and loves to help students find their edge, the balance between challenging your body and listening to your body when it says to take it easy. Each class is an opportunity to learn about your mind and body in the present moment. She believes that this is what yoga is all about!
Jhenna enjoys meeting new people and expanding her yoga family. Come take her class!


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A friend of mine sent me this link. Midnight Runner Podcast is an English podcast dedicated to expat issues in Korea. I don't visit the site often, but every time I do I hear interesting discussion, so I really should pop over more often! Anyway, this is segment where three Western women discuss their experiences being married to Korean men. I actually found their experiences to be quite different than my own, especially when they discussed dating, but it was refreshing to hear from more women in the same situation.
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March 12, 2010 by msleetobe
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on March 12, 2010 at 8:49 pm | Ashley (Osakagrl)
Interesting…I listened to their experiences…
Are korean men really that direct??
on March 15, 2010 at 6:21 pm | Ashley (Osakagrl)
Yeah I was quite surprised when they said that their dates would ask about marriage very fast in to dating. I would have FREAKED! Haha.
I wonder what it is about caucasian women that is so elusive and wanted my asian men…..


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Stuff! Things! Companies make'em and they know you want'em. But are ads and promoted content in games ruining the games themselves? Or are we just a little too sensitive about our favorite franchises being overrun with not-so-guerrilla marketing?
With the release of the (some how) already infamous Mercedes Benz Mario Kart 8 DLC it seems the world of gaming is at an impasse as to their feelings on promoted brands in the form of downloadable content. Some say it's gross. Some say it's fine. Some don't care as long as it's free.
Ads in games have been around for a good long time. In fact many games of yesteryear were basically giant interactive commercials. Let's not forget that this was a thing...
As was this...
And while both games are so awesomely terrible in concept that they remain seared into our cerebral cortex, they are also gaming and advertising together at their worst (or best?). These are entire products made to promote a brand. But at least they're up front with that, right? You're quite aware that you're playing a game that's made by 7Up and Cheetos when you slam that cartridge into your dusty Super NES. It's not like some game about collecting snack foods and beverages is going to make or break a system. It's not going to fall under the title "system seller" any time soon. Well, maybe Sneak King... But the point is that these games are harmless and admittedly pretty hilarious.
The case of Mario Kart 8 is a bit different. Mario Kart has never had any form of real advertising in-game. It's always things like "Bowser Motors" and "Shy Guy Tires" that show up on billboards and blimps throughout the series. This is not completely uncommon in other Nintendo-produced titles though, as both 1080 Snowboarding and Wave Race 64 come to mind as "sponsored games". Remember when Tommy Hilfiger was cool? Radical!
For those not in the loop, Mario Kart 8 just received free and (I believe) optional DLC that includes three Mercedes Benz themed karts for Mario and pals. Do they look kinda silly in the Mushroom Kingdom world? Well, one does. The one in the middle there. It's a little too "real" for Mario Kart, though the other two offerings are both pretty close to other karts that came packed with the original game.
The response to this DLC seems to be, "Nintendo is a sellout! They're pimping out my childhood franchises to the highest bidder!" But come on folks. Is this really that far of a stretch? A car brand showing up in a racing game? I mean, I know it's Mario Kart (the Mario Kart, damn it), but let's just be think this over logically. Nintendo is giving you some FREE content here. Sure it's all based on a brand, but it's not the worst step forward in the world of advertising or the world of gaming. Not to mention the fact that they're not shoving it down your throat.
Mr. Clean hasn't joined Smash Bros, Link isn't questing for the Triforce of Doritos, and Star Fox isn't piloting a Toyota Prius through Sector Z. I don't think a line has been crossed. Or if it has it's not a detrimental one.
If you don't like the thought of free brand based DLC then don't download it. I'm certainly going to. I'm gonna look goofy as hell drifting around corners as a giant tie-wearing ape in a fancy German whip. Things could be worse, believe me when I say that. And until they get worse I'm just going to roll with it and I suggest you do the same. Or don't! That's the joy of being a gamer. The ability to choose.
Also, we're getting Link. In Mario Kart. Does that not make your head explode just a little in a good way? Not to mention five other new characters, eight new karts, and sixteen new tracks for $12 measly dollars. Nintendo (surprisingly) knows what they're doing and I don't expect them to fall prey to over advertising in their games any time soon. I guess I'm okay with a little corporate branding in my games, but let's not over do it.


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Saturday, January 22, 2011
27 comments:
The fact that he as a did not die in Star Wars is a plus.ReplyDelete
"Dynasty" -I remeber trying to watch this series and my parents shunning me :) I feel Joan collins has resemblance to Liza Minnelli :)ReplyDelete
Nice interview...I really like his quote at the end, he seems to be very aware of things and not letting stuff going up to his head like many other artistsReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 22, 2011 at 11:44 AM
I loved him as Lando Calrissian.ReplyDelete
I'm confused: is he the chick in the black and white dress on the right of the Dynasty picture?ReplyDelete
He was in Dynasty? I had no idea. He is, and always be, Lando Calrissian to me.ReplyDelete
Have you seen him lately? Wow he's aged, but then again, haven't we all.ReplyDelete
Yeah, nice call...Billy Dee is a Mack. Hes chilling right now on an island with 30 bitches and a rum n coke ;)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 22, 2011 at 1:35 PM
All I can think is thank gawd I was a tot in the 80's..because the fashion/hair was not my scene! ;)ReplyDelete
basically, he's quoting as saying he knows he a sexy ass dude but would never admit it or talk about being a sexy ass dude because that would diminish his artistic integrity. is that right? how humble of him!ReplyDelete
ツ my cyber house rules
hm, i remember him in star wars, but has he been in anything lately?ReplyDelete
grace jones is a good choice, bitch is fierce.
Billy Dee is the greatest man ever.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 22, 2011 at 2:25 PM
Yes! Lando Callarisian! Hot! (Did I spell his name correctly?)ReplyDelete
And BTW, I didn't know that Camilla Parker-Bowles was on Dynasty! Oh, wait.. never mind, that's not Camilla, that's...umm...that's...what WAS her name? - G
The man considers himself an artist? Now that's funny...ReplyDelete
Billy Dee is a badass for sure.ReplyDelete
i envy his lifestyle..ReplyDelete
Billy Dee Williams was coolest as Gayle Sayers in Bryan's Song.ReplyDelete
Nice blog you got there...
Wasn't he in one of the Star Wars movies, too?ReplyDelete
Go Lando nice article!ReplyDelete
Thanks for adding Canada to your site. I signed up again. I thought Billy Dee Williams was almost as hot as Harrison.ReplyDelete
Twenty-five years in the business at that point? Almost afraid to ask about his first gig.ReplyDelete
This is rather confusing :)ReplyDelete
wow i haven't seen Billy Dee in yearsReplyDelete
gotta love billy deeReplyDelete
great post!ReplyDelete
keep it up!
you follow me: http://all-around-toto.blogspot.com
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Man that's some old stuff.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 24, 2011 at 12:43 PM
...I feel like I just looked at newspaper articles of when my dad just joined the police force back in the 70's.ReplyDelete


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Renovate Your Kitchen The Smart Way Of Thinking – Most people view their kitchen remodeling as a tedious, malleable and expensive job. They are very surprised, only by considering the price involved in the renovation, but the price is not as expensive as you imagine. There are several ways to renovate your kitchen and make it look as good as new, without using most of your bank money. Once you consider what's really needed, and where you can save, you can start turning your kitchen into a dream you've always wanted.
Now the kitchen is also a place to entertain guests in addition to cooking, and this is why kitchen remodeling has become an important part of home improvement. Sometimes, just tearing down walls will make your kitchen look completely new. In addition, there will be more space for you to work on, and you can also have a small dining room. You can have a vibrant and friendly environment with an open kitchen, and it lets you chat with guests as you cook your favorite foods.
Has a new kitchen floor which remains quite expensive; However, if you think about it carefully, you can do the same with lower prices. For example, wooden flooring – although very eye pleasing compared to other floor types is quite expensive. Thus, Vinyl for your kitchen floor, which is not so expensive, is a good alternative. There are various designs, textures and colors in Vinyl available, and the price is quite cheap as per your budget.
Countertops, like floors, can also be replaced with cheap prices, if you know the cheap options that can be obtained from the market. If you have a very low budget, then a marble or granite counter, is not an option for you. Instead, go to something less expensive like a tile or a simple stone job. These materials are also available in a wide range; Needs a little cleaning; And durable for the most part.
If your kitchen is big enough, you can install a kitchen island and get more work space. This kitchen island can be used as a small dining room, with a set of bar stools around. In addition to using it to store your cutlery and cookware, you can also keep a cookbook for quick reference and convenience.
Remember, your kitchen remodeling is not too expensive. So go ahead and start renovating your kitchen in an easy way and that you think is smarter.


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TOXIC singer Britney Spears has gone into rehab after weeks of wild partying, it was reported last night.
The star, 25, is understood to be staying at a California treatment centre and it is thought her mother Lynn is caring for her two young sons. A family friend said: "Britney needs help and has realised that."
She is trying to battle her drinking, US TV reported. Britney, whose song Toxic was a No 1, has been clubbing since splitting with husband Kevin Federline.
A night out in New York last week ended with her vomiting in a bag and throwing it from a car window. She has also been pictured without underwear on wild jaunts with Paris Hilton.
Meanwhile an email from Britney's former PA Felicia Culotta has been posted on the internet. It warned that the star was heading for "rock bottom".


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OPEC+ countries must cut 2019 supply growth by 1.5 million barrels per day if they want oil prices back above $70 per barrel next year, according to Rystad Energy.
"We believe a cut announcement that effectively removes anything less than one million barrels per day of 2019 supply would be interpreted negatively by the market," Bjornar Tonhaugen, head of oil market research at Rystad Energy, said in a statement posted on the company's website on Thursday.
"To surprise the market in a bullish fashion, we believe cuts approaching two million barrels per day would have to be announced," he added.
"Should OPEC+ announce a 1.5 million barrel per day cut, we believe the market reaction would be neutral at first, but gradually pave the way for a recovery in oil prices above the $70 level for Brent in 2019," Tonhaugen continued.
If OPEC+ decides this week not to cut production substantially, the market can "probably wave goodbye to any hopes of short term recovery in prices from current levels, and more likely say hello to even lower levels for parts of next year," according to Tonhaugen.
The 175th ordinary OPEC meeting is scheduled to take place in Vienna, Austria, today. The fifth OPEC and non-OPEC ministerial meeting is scheduled to take place on Friday.
In an emailed statement sent to Rigzone on Wednesday, Michael Burns, an oil and gas partner at law firm Ashurst said, "the outcome of the meeting in Vienna would seem to be finely balanced".
"Whilst cuts in production look likely, the extent of the cuts would appear to be a striking of a balance between the needs of OPEC members, agreements made with non-OPEC members outside of Vienna and political discussions ongoing with the United States," he added.
Rystad Energy is an independent energy research and business intelligence company.
3 Comments on "What OPEC+ Must Do for Oil to go Above $70 in 2019"
Pete Bauer on Thu, 6th Dec 2018 7:44 pm
OPEC became OPEC+ when Russia joined.
OPEC will become OPEC++ when America also joins.
Big oil will be happy to join if given a choice.
While media only talks about SUVs taking the market share of cars, the plugin vehicles chipping at the market is concealed. In october, 208,000 plugins were sold worldwide and it keeps increasing. Lets see what happens to share of oil.
Free Speech Message Board on Thu, 6th Dec 2018 7:55 pm
Americans want to think that they live in a peaceful, free country with a balanced budget, but that belief is not true.
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
You know that you live in a police state when everything is illegal and you have no rights.
You have no free speech rights, religious rights, gun rights, there is civil forfeiture, the government wiretaps your phone, records your web history, reads your email, takes away your right to silence, can torture you, and can extrajudicuallly assassinate you.
Your taxes fund illegal immigrants, debt, endless wars, curfews, checkpoints, no fly lists, private prisons, mandatory minimums, 3 strikes laws, DNA databases, CISPA, SOPA, NDAA, IMBRA, FBAR, FATCA laws, TSA groping, secret FISA courts, and Jade Helm.
The elites are obviously going all the way to destroy the world. Just look at history and Mao, Hitler, and Stalin.
When Americans remain quiet about rising debt, Obamacare, food stamps, regulations, endless US wars, increasing taxes, illegal immigrants, nanny state laws, security cameras, license plate readers, checkpoints, redlight cameras, speed cameras, FBI facial and voice recognition, curfews, gun bans, NSA wiretapping, the end to the right to silence, free speech bans, searches without warrants, private prisons, mandatory minimums, 3 strikes laws, DNA databases, CISPA, SOPA, NDAA, IMBRA, private prison quotas, no knock raids, take down notices, no fly lists, terror watch lists, Constitution free zones, stop and frisk, 3 strikes laws, kill switches, National Security Letters, kill lists, FBAR, FATCA, Operation Chokepoint, TSA groping, civil forfeiture, CIA torture, NDAA indefinite detention, secret FISA courts, FEMA camps, laws requiring passports for domestic travel, IRS laws denying passports for tax debts, gun and ammo stockpiles, laws outlawing protesting, police militarization, chain gangs, boot camps, and Jade Helm what kind of message does that send to the elites?
Do you think the 1% is just going to turn around and restore freedom? Do you think our overlords are just going to stop increasing tyranny on their own?
Unless Americans start speaking out, resisting, protesting, getting out into the streets with pitchforks and torches, tar and feathering the elites, cops, soldiers, politicians, government workers, and media puppets, breaking windows, setting fires, and killing people, Americans will end up in the concentration camps.
There's no hope. The US will be lucky to last another 30 years.
The best we can do now is to warn people to study history and prepare.
The USA is a bankrupt warmongering police state.
The line has been crossed. The Bill of Rights will never be restored. Even if the government said that they have ended NSA wiretapping, CIA torture, NDAA indefinite detention, and secret FISA courts, who would believe them?
The 1% appears intent on causing an economic collapse, a civil war, and WWIII.
Those fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.
Chrome Mags on Fri, 7th Dec 2018 10:11 am
"What OPEC+ Must Do for Oil to go Above $70 in 2019"
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Topped with eggs and pancetta, this easy Pizza Carbonara is inspired by the Italian carbonara with eggs, cheese and bacon.
It's fun looking at the progression of cookbooks over the past few years. I have lots of older cookbooks, or at least 10-15 years old, that are truly just cookbooks. No fancy photos, no stories – just books filled with recipes. The newer the cookbook is, it seems, the more photos there seem to be. I think most older cookbooks would get passed over these days, as it seems like people look for the photos first.
You all know that I'm a huge RR fan (hello – I've been posting about her recipes for years now!) but for some reason, I didn't own any of her cookbooks for the longest time. Maybe because I've got a list a mile long of recipes that I've bookmarked from her tv shows and magazine. But several years ago, while at a local thrift shop, I came across copies of a couple of her books. I snatched them right up!
One of those cookbooks that I picked up was 30-Minute Meals – Rachael Ray's first cookbook. I was excited to have found it. What I found most interesting, though, is that on the cover of the book, it says that over 800,000 copies have been sold. I cannot even imagine how many copies of this book have sold in the 10+ years since this book has been released! And all without a single glossy photo. Not a one. I think that goes to show that there are lots of other RR fans out there besides me!!
I found this recipe while flipping through the pages of that cookbook. I know that she makes a lot of carbonara inspired recipes, but I never thought to turn that into a Pizza Carbonara.
If you don't know what carbonara is, it is a pasta dish that has bacon in it, and then an egg is added which makes a silky sauce. Rachael calls it bacon and eggs pasta. This pizza takes that bacon and eggs and turns it into dinner. Or breakfast. Because it is eggs and bacon, after all!! But instead of using bacon, this recipe uses pancetta, which I love. If you don't want to use pancetta, feel free to swap in bacon!
We have pizza quite often in our house, but I think I need to change up our pepperoni pizza for this Pizza Carbonara more often. I loved it! It wasn't too crazy – not too many ingredients or flavors going on at once, and I really appreciated that. I did decide to make these pizzas smaller than I normally do. Each pizza only makes 1 serving, which is great so that you don't have to share your pizza! 🙂
Now to decide if I want to make this Pizza Carbonara again for breakfast or for dinner!
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Pizza Carbonara
- Prep Time: 8 mins
- Cook Time: 22 mins
- Total Time: 30 mins
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
Topped with eggs and pancetta, this easy Pizza Carbonara is inspired by the Italian carbonara with eggs, cheese and bacon.
- extra virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 eggs, lightly whisked with a fork
- 4 slices pancetta, chopped
- 1/2 lb pizza dough
- 1 tablespoon roughly chopped parsley
- 2 oz shredded mozzarella
- freshly cracked pepper and coarse salt
- Place a pizza stone in the oven and preheat the oven to 450ºF for 30 minutes.*
- Heat enough olive oil to just cover the bottom of a medium skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook until fragrant, 30-60 seconds. Add the eggs and cook, stirring frequently, until the scrambled eggs are set but not dry. Transfer the eggs to a bowl or plate and wipe the skillet clean.
- To the same skillet, add the pancetta. Cook until it starts to crisp (but don't go overboard as it will cook a little bit more as the pizza bakes). Transfer to a paper towel lined plate.
- Roll out the pizza dough into a 10-inch circle. Top with the eggs, then the pancetta. Sprinkle the parsley over, then cover with the cheese. Transfer to the oven with a pizza peel and bake until the crust is browned and the cheese is melted and bubbly, 10-12 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and serve.
Recipe Notes:
adapted from 30-Minute Meals
More Carbonara Favs:
Around the Web:
Spaghetti Carbonara from Gimme Some Oven
Beet Pasta Carbonara with Peas and Bacon from A Farmgirls Dabbles.
Roasted Asparagus and Mushroom Carbonara from Closet Cooking


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It's been a funny old week where I've been making contact with my focused, hard working self and avoiding my sheep-like, fuzzy headed social networking self. I needed to get some serious work done in order to progress to the next level in the game of jacquiworld and to do this I had to cut myself off.
The self-imposed isolation from facebook and twitter lasted four days, which was long enough to get me up-to-date with all my work tasks. Now, on Friday afternoon I have a huge sense of achievement which seems familiar from my distant pre-broadband past. Friday afternoon spent playing dial-up computer pinball with Mr Jones playing in the background.
Even so, I couldn't keep away. I had time to reflect on what I like about facebook and I now know that it is the blog and articles that I can source on there. I also like the connection with people who used to be part of my world but, even thought we never see each other any more, we still comment on each other's status.
Twitter is a different matter. I don't know how people who use Twitter all the time find time to work and think deeply, it's a constant distraction! I only found two really interesting pieces of information on twitter in the last month.
Of course, you may think I am missing the point: social networking is SOCIAL networking not work networking, and I can't expect people's extracurricular time to be spent informing me, can I?
So now I'm going to have a sense of balance about my time online. In my working day (times of which are 7 am to 7 pm) I will read academic articles and journals online, as well as standards and other relevant info, as well as contibuting to knoweldge. Between 7 pm and 7 am I'll be frivolous on social networking. Am I envious of those people who can be on facebook and twitter all day? No, because this week has shown me the breadth and the depth of what a good job well done can be, and still have my friends there at the end of it all.


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Patriotism and pork in Bunker Hill
BUNKER HILL — United States Marine Corps veteran Joe Smith knows the secret to creating the best barbecued ribs.
"Love and freedom," Smith said.
Smith, the co-chef of "Ribs Served with Honor and Pride," was one of several entrants in the BBQ Cook Off held during Saturday's Veterans Memorial Event in Bunker Hill.
"It's amazing what they're doing for us here, and our ribs are something that we can give back to the people," Smith said.
When asked for his secret to good barbecue, smith's cooking partner, U.S. Army Iraq veteran Rob Harbaugh would only say, "Go Army."
Four Greeks Barbecue, comprised of four family members with Greek heritage, "have been trying lots of different things for a long time, and we found some rubs that we like, so that is what we're going with now," said Tehran Kieffer of Staunton, one of the four Greeks.
Good barbecue ribs take "patience, a lot of patience. You can't rush good barbecue," Kieffer said. "You don't want it to completely fall off of that bone, you want it to have just a little bit of bite, and that just shows a good barbecue, that you took your time and you knew what you were doing."
"I prefer the sauce more on the sweet side, not quite candy but more on the sweet side," Kieffer said. "To me it has to have sauce on it, that's barbecue to me."
"We're Greek so we cooked a leg of lamp a while back, we barbecued it, but I haven't tried anything too crazy," Kieffer said.
Walker's Deluxe chef Bull Walker of Bunker Hill uses a recipe that includes "time and patience, and a lot of sweat and hard work," Walker said. The ideal barbecued rib is "very tender and will pull clean from the bone with one bite, and have a nice combination of salt and sugar," he said.
In addition to the BBQ cook off, the Veterans Memorial Event also featured a poker run, 5K walk or crawl, a bags tournament, a bounce house and children's games, Professor Longhair the Magician, food, and live music. All proceeds will benefit the Veterans Assistance and the USO.


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Saturday, December 3, 2011
Saturdays are for Sharing!
Good Morning! Happy Weekend everyone. Cold and frosty here in Pennsylvania! I have a couple different things to share today...
I am so excited! I ordered a book last night, an early Christmas gift from my honey. A first edition, O. Douglas! 'The House That is Our Own' written in 1940. I have been looking for this book for a while and it is a very hard one to come across. I can't find a picture of the cover to show you. This book is coming from the U.K. of course. Hardback, good condition with a little wear to the edges and light spotting on the boards but a first edition!
Car Talk? They have a radio show on Public Radio and a long running newspaper article, similar to Dear Abby, but they answer questions about automobile issues. I always enjoy listening to them when traveling in the car. They are very knowledgeable about mechanical issues and very, very funny! I thought that this might be important info to pass along from one of their articles in the paper. Has your accelerator ever gotten stuck? This happened to me once and I sure didn't know what to do and I only got home safe by the grace of God! So store this info away in the corner of your brain in case you ever need it!
A woman wrote in saying that while cruising down the road at 70mph with the cruise control on her husband (who was driving) passed out. She said she reached over turned off the ignition and steered to the left shoulder then the median and into a large sign that caused her car to finally stop. She asked if there was anything else she should have done.Their answer was whether you are having a medical emergency like this or your accelerator sticks they would not recommend turning off your engine, (which is what I would think to do also) because you lose power brakes and power steering, making it harder to control the car. You should shift the transmission into neutral allowing the car to eventually roll to a stop and you can still steer to safety. If you are in a situation where you need to slow or stop quickly slam the transmission into the lowest gear slowing the car quicker than coasting in neutral. Of course they then ended with telling her to take the keys away from her hubby until he can reliably remain conscious as driving while unconscious is not something they would recommend!
If your interested in checking them out click on the link above or the logo.
Last Monday we took a day trip to Attica N.Y. to look at a van my honey wanted to buy. About a 4 hr. drive. Attica is a very nice old town. We took a side trip up to Niagara Falls while that close. We went in the spring for a couple of days. You can never get tired of looking at those amazing falls though. So we had lunch in Niagara Falls, Ontario and walked around in the freezing cold and got very wet but it was a really nice day. It wasn't crowded! Lots of parking, wow has parking gone up though! Use to be $8 now it is $15! We did buy the van and I had to follow my honey home in our car. Night time, raining and 4 hours! Did not enjoy that! The van is a first step in getting ready for retirement and camping though so it was worth it!
Don't forget to enter my book giveaway!
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TRINIDAD and Tobago has lost one of its cultural exponents in the form of Anand Yankarran.
Yankarran, 51, died of a heart attack at the Couva District Hospital at about 7.30 am yesterday.
News of his death sent chutney song lovers, locally and as far as the United States and Canada, into grief.
His wife, Vidia, told Newsday yesterday that Yankarran woke up early and was preparing to go for dialysis treatment. "He was in a good mood speaking and smiling," Vidia said. "Then, soon after he complained of chest pains, he was rushed to the Couva Hospital where he died." Scores of chutney singers expressed their condolences and several of his fans took to Facebook to remember the man who they hailed as the King of Chutney.
Yankarran, who was born on February 9, 1965 at Brickfield Village, Waterloo, Carapichaima, was a member of this country's most prominent East Indian family of singers and musicians dating back to his father the late Isaac Yankarran who passed away in 1969 at the age of 37 from heart disease.
Yankarran (Anand) was the sixth of seven children. His brother, Rakesh, is also well-known in the industry.
Yankarran, who was awarded a Chaconia Medal – Silver in 1991, has been singing East Indian compositions since he was ten years old, the family said yesterday, and skyrocketed to musical fame when he released the sensational number, Nanda Baba in 1998. It was a traditional chutney piece which earned Yankarran a top spot on local radio frequencies.
He then began to travel abroad to perform and delivered consecutive chutney hits. One such song, Jo Jo-Tarsey Meira Jeera, released in 2007, earned Yankarran five awards in the 103 FM's Hall of Fame and Music Awards. He won the awards for Best Lyricist, Best Male Chutney Artiste, Courts Trini Hit, Song of the Year and TSTT'S People's Choice. He created history by becoming the first ever Chutney Road March Champion of this country. His prize was a new Mitsubishi Lancer — the same prize awarded to that Soca Road March champ Machel Montano for his song Jumbie.
In 2000, Yankarran took up residence in New York where he joined performers from India across several States, composing hits such as, Malineya, Humsa Bolaway, Laylo Laylo, Nanda Baba, Gunguroo Bajay, Indra Puri Say, Soch Samajh Abhiman, Ranga Dall, Bola Baba, Kya Kar Mai, Janay Maha and Zindabad Trinbago, which was recorded on his first album Victory went on to become one of the more popular jingles in TT.
He studied music theory with musicians Bansraj Ramkissoon, Mungal Patasar, Pradip Shankar, Sunil Verma and Kavita Verma.
Rakesh, his brother, taught him how to play the harmonium but he was also versatile with the dholak, tabla and sitar. In May of 2008, Yankarran suffered a stroke on the right side of his body which caused him to be warded at hospital but, upon release, he shot back into the chutney limelight with a new CD titled, Anand Strikes Back.
Yankarran leaves to mourn his wife, and daughter, Deepa, 31, of Calcutta Road, Freeport.
Expressing condolences to the Yankarran family yesterday, Opposition MP for Couva North Ramona Ramdial, described him as the East Indian classical and chutney musical icon. President of the National Chutney Foundation Dr Vijay Ramlal and Chutney Soca Monarch promoter, George Singh, said Yankarran was a true musical pioneer and his passing is a great loss to the local East Indian music industry Chairman of the Divali Nagar, Surujdeo Mangaroo, said, "Anand was one of the sons of classical singing legend Isaac Yankarran, who contributed immensely to the cultural landscape of Trinidad and by extension, the Caribbean.
His passing will be a great loss to culture in this country." President of the National Council for Indian Culture Dr Deokinanan Sharma, extended deepest condolences to the bereaved family.
Opposition MP for Oropouche East Dr Roodal Moonilal, said Yankarran's death has robbed Trinidad and Tobago and the international musical community of one of its most accomplished, versatile and respected entertainers.
"For a generation, the gifted Yankarran was an acclaimed chutney, crossover, bhajan and classical singer, performing his own compositions in his inimitable dynamic style in musical capitals around the world." Reigning Chutney Soca Monarch KI Persad described Yankarran as a legend.
"So much could be said about him, his passion, his love for people and culture, his dedication to the artform, having hits after hits in the chutney arena," Persad said on his Facebook page. "I had the privilege of being on stage with him as a kid with our band JMC 3veni. Mr. Yankarran was the one who introduced us and my dad Veerendra Persad to the late Mohan Jaikaran when my dad produced one of his albums "Soca Beta" in 1992 that took the band under the JMC label out of New York City. We also played on many international shows backing him up. On behalf of our family, our band KI and the Band, we send our condolences to his family. May his soul rest in peace."


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Prout has winner as Barrie Colts rally to 5-2 win over Kitchener RangersNHL.com @NHLdotcom
BARRIE, Ont. - Dalton Prout had the winner as the Barrie Colts scored five unanswered goals in a 5-2 win over the Kitchener Rangers in Ontario Hockey League action Saturday night.
Matt Kennedy, Luke Pither, Alex Pietrangelo and Alex Hutchings had the other goals for Barrie (41-7-1), while Peter Di Salvo made 33 saves.
Jeremy Morin scored both goals for Kitchener (32-15-4), while Brandon Maxwell stopped 37 shots.


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Sweden set to host third leg of Curling World Cup
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Sweden set to host third stage of Curling World Cup; Olympic Channel, NBCSN to air 9 games
(STEVENS POINT, Wis.) – The third stage of the Curling World Cup heads to Jonkoping, Sweden, this week as 24 teams from 10 countries compete in the five-day event at the Jonkoping Curling Club.
The United States will be represented by the mixed doubles duo of Becca Hamilton and Matt Hamilton (both of McFarland, Wis.) as well as the Cory Christensen and Mark Fenner rinks.
The Hamilton siblings will kick off the competition on Wednesday afternoon against Norway's Kristin Skaslien, who won the Omaha leg, and new partner for this event – Thomas Ulsrud, a very familiar face in the curling world. Fenner (Bemidji, Minn.) and his team of Tom Howell (Milwaukee, Wis.), Korey Dropkin (Duluth, Minn.) and Alex Fenson (Bemidji, Minn.) will begin pool play against Niklas Edin's home team. Phill Drobnick is the coach for both mixed doubles and men's teams. Christensen (Duluth, Minn.) and teammates Vicky Persinger (Fairbanks, Alaska), Jenna Martin (Wauwatosa, Wis.) and Madison Bear (Minneapolis, Minn.) begin the competition against Scotland's Sophie Jackson on Wednesday night. The team is coached by Pete Fenson (Bemidji, Minn.).
The World Curling Federation and Kingdomway Sports organize the event, which features four stages. Canada swept all three disciplines in the first leg of the tournament in September in Suzhou, China. At the second leg in Omaha, Neb., in December, John Shuster's U.S. team won the men's title while Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa rink won the women's event. The Norwegian duo of Kristin Skaslien and Magnus Nedregotten captured the mixed doubles title. In addition to prize money, the winners of each stage also earn coveted berths to the Curling World Cup Grand Final in May in Beijing where a bigger prize pool will be available.
Eight countries will compete in each discipline in pool play (double round robin) Wednesday through Saturday night to determine Sunday's playoff contenders. A total of 14 matches from Curling World Cup leg three in Jonkoping will be streamed live on World Curling TV and by selected TV broadcasters.
To view the full TV/webstream schedule, go to www.curlingworldcup.com/news/curling-world-cup-live-coverage-details-for-jonkoping.
The games will be eight ends in length and no extra ends will be played. If a game is tied after eight ends a draw-to-the-button will take place.
Here is a look at Team USA's competition schedule (all times local, +7 CT):
Wednesday, Jan. 30:
2:30 p.m., USA mixed doubles vs. Norway's Kristin Skaslien and Thomas Ulsrud
5:30 p.m., USA men vs. Sweden's Niklas Edin
8:30 p.m., USA women vs. Scotland's Sophie Jackson
Thursday, Jan. 31:
8:30 a.m., USA mixed doubles vs. Russia's Maria Komarova and Daniil Goriachev
12 p.m., USA women vs. Korea's Minji Kim
4 p.m., USA mixed doubles vs. China's Cao Chang and Yuan Mingjie; USA men vs. Japan's Masaki Iwai
8 p.m., USA women vs. Japan's Tori Koana
Friday, Feb. 1:
8:30 a.m., USA men vs. Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller
12 p.m., USA mixed doubles vs. Norway
4 p.m., USA women vs. Scotland; USA men vs. Sweden
8 p.m., USA mixed doubles vs. Russia
Saturday, Feb. 2:
8:30 a.m., USA women vs. Korea
12 p.m., USA mixed doubles vs. China; USA men vs. Japan
4 p.m., USA women vs. Japan
8 p.m., USA men vs. Switzerland
Sunday, Dec. 9:
8:30 a.m., mixed doubles final
12 p.m., men's final
4 p.m., women's final
Additional men's teams include Canada (Matt Dunstone), China (Xiuyue Ma), Norway (Steffen Walstad) and Scotland (Ross Paterson). The opposite women's pool includes Canada (Darcy Robertson), China (Yilun Jiang), Russia (Anna Sidorova), and Sweden (Anna Hasselborg). The other mixed doubles teams include Canada (Kadriana Sahaidak, Colton Lott), Korea (Hyeri Jang, Chiwon Choi), Sweden (Camilla Noreen, Per Noreen), and Switzerland (Jenny Perret, Martin Rios).
To learn more about the new Curling World Cup, go to www.curlingworldcup.com/.
USA Curling is sponsored by AtomOS, Toyota, Brooms Up Curling Supplies, Carhartt, CryoMAX 8-Hour Cold Pack, Sitrin, The RAM Restaurant & Brewery, Thorne, ISS (Ice, Sports & Solar), and Twin Cities Orthopedics, and is partnered with Brakebush, Laurie Artiss Ltd. – The Pin People, United Airlines, 12th End Sports Network, IHG, and CurlingZone.
For more information: Terry Davis, Director of Communications, firstname.lastname@example.com, 608-338-9900 (mobile).


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Thursday, August 23, 2007
Booking Through ThursdayPosted by Rhinoa at 10:58 AM
Sponsored again by an upside down Morgaine!
Using a suggestion from Erin today:
When growing up did your family share your love of books? If so, did one person get you into reading? And, do you have any family-oriented memories with books and reading? (Family trips to bookstore, reading the same book as a sibling or parent, etc.)
My mum is an English teacher and we always had lots of books around the house. She used to tell us stories over dinner from her memory about Greek myths and legends as well as Arthurian myths and legends. Funnily enough I now love both and reading and learning about mythology is a passion and hobby of mine. I don't remember her reading much to me apart from Peace at Last by Jill Murphy about a bear who can't sleep. He tried different parts of the house and garden before finally back to bed and finally falling asleep. Oh she did read The Forest of Boland Light Railway to us. I don't remember it too well apart from having gnomes, goblins and other forest creatures. It looks like it is really hard to get hold of now, I will have to see if my mum still has a copy I can borrow.
Me and my sister never shared books. Sadly she has never got in to reading (despite doing a degree in English Literature) for pleasure, only reading what she has to for university or work. I got so into reading I used to shut myself in my room and stay up reading by poor light that my mum did try to discourage me a little, obviosuly unsuccessfully! My dad left when I was about 7 and I don't remember him reading much. These days he sticks to crosswords, word puzzles and the occassional Bob Dylan biography.
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13 comments:
- heather (errantdreams) said...
I have GOT to get a camera for cat-photographing. I love your Morgaine photos!
Our library had a great mythology & folklore section, which caused me to develop a similar love of the topic. *happy sigh* Those are the rare happy childhood memories I have---things like sitting at the library for hours on end reading books of folklore.
- Alice said...
Hi Rhinoa, I pretty much share your answer except that no one in my family did English lit. I hve decided to do it (been thinking about it for a long, long time) and now actively looking for a school.
My parents are not readers but they do encourage us to read. I seemed to be the bookworm of the family (just like how you describe yourself...). My father left when I was 17 so I am not really bothered with him.
Happy BTT!
- Rhinoa said...
Heather - Thanks, she is way more photogenic than her brother. He's too dark to get a decent photo of. You will have to give me some recomendations on mythology, folklore books.
Alice - Yay you for looking for a school, that's great news. I am sure it will work out for you.
- Daphne said...
I loved reading Greek mythology when I was younger. I should read some of it again.
Morgaine is adorable - it looks like her front paws are crossed in the picture. How cute!!
- den said...
We have a lot of things in common... apart from sharing the same blog template! ^_^ (I love the moon, by the way)
I've always been fascinated with mythology but I'm afraid I've never really studied it enough, or learned it enough. I always try to re-write what happened and give the gods lives after the myths :p
I love the pic, too!
- CeeCee said...
Love that Kitty! Maybe that will be my good excuse to post a pic of my two and caption it: blame Morgaine. HaHa.
- Stephanie said...
That is such a cool thing about your mom! I love Greek and Roman mythology! Morgaine is just the cutest!!
- soleil said...
my mom is the one who got me hooked on reading too. she taught me how to read when i was 3. my sister likes to read and we share books sometimes. we are always recommending new books to each other. my dad doesn't seem to be much of a reader. whenever my mom visits or i visit her we always make at least one trip to the bookstore.
i love that white patch on morgaine's belly. you would never know it's there by looking at her. it's very cute.
- Melody said...
What a cute kitty, Rhinoa! :)
I think it's great that your mom shares your passion in reading. Like Alice, I'm the only reader in the family, and sometimes it can be quite lonely. :P But I'm glad to find lots of readers friends through the blogging world. :)
Happy reading!
- alisonwonderland said...
some of my sisters weren't readers when we were younger, but now all of us do quite a bit of reading and several of us even attend a book club together.
- Literary Feline said...
My father was the one in my family who was drawn to mythology. I picked up some of that from him at one point, but my interests went in other directions as time went on. Someday perhaps I'll find my way back.
My brother was not much of a reader when we were growing up, and while he isn't an avid reader now, he has come to find pleasure in books to some degree. I think a lot of that is due to his stepson's interest in reading. He wanted to share that with him.
- Ana S. said...
Another lovely picture of Morgaine!
I don't remember ever being read to or told stories, but my mother is also a teacher, and there were always books around me. I was encouraged to read what I wanted, and I'd often receive books as gifts. None of my parents is interested in mythology or folklore, but they did get me books on the subject, and I ended up passionate about it anyway.
- Trish @ Love, Laughter, Insanity said...
Wow, I've never known an English person who didn't read for fun (except for technical communications English people).
Love the picture!
I'm going to *finally* add you to my blogroll. I come by here all the time, so I don't know why I haven't yet. Hope you don't mind!


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After a promising start to the season, finishing in the top 5 in every race, James, unfortunately, crashed out of the second race at the last round at Castle Combe.
Luckily, James was unhurt but his car did not share his good fortune. After a thorough check by his mechanic, Dave Sharp, it was deemed uneconomical to repair.
This meant the only chance James could have at getting back on the track this season was to source a new car entirely.
And this is where we stepped in.
Along with the support from James' family, we helped with sponsorship and a new race-ready car, with a history in the Scottish BMW Compact Cup, was found in Glasgow.
With only two weeks to go before the next race, the engine and a number of other components were transferred from the old car to the new.
After a test session at Donington Park, the car was finally ready to line up on the grid at Silverstone.
Silverstone – Nangkang Tyres BMW Compact Cup Championship 2017 – Round 5
It's safe to say that qualifying didn't go exactly to plan: brake issues coupled with a penalty for being underweight following scrutineering resulted in James starting from the back with a 10-second hold.
Though not an ideal start to the day, the monumental effort by Dave, James and their team to get the car ready and on the track was a huge achievement in itself.
With 33 cars on the grid, it could be said James and his team had their work cut out for them to climb up the rankings and score as many points as possible.
Race 1 – James fought relentlessly through the pack and finished in a credible 19th place. Had he not had the 10-second penalty, he would certainly have been challenging for a spot in the top 10.
Race 2 – With James staying out of trouble, he gave another steady performance and crept up the rankings. Even though he was still learning how to get the best performance out of his new car, he still finished in 20th place.
Although the penalty caused frustration among the team, James still earned valuable points and gained more experience behind the wheel of a new car. This will doubtlessly bode well for his next race at Rockingham on the 17th September.
James now sits in 7th place in the championship with a top 5 place still very much within his grasp.
For more news on James' races, visit his official Facebook page here.
Find the latest on the BMW Compact Cup here.