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Have you heard of Jesus? Who do you think he was? A good teacher? A liar? A lunatic?
Some of you might say that Jesus was a good teacher because he taught such wonderful things as loving your nieghbour like yourself and turning the other cheek. Yes, Jesus was a good teacher, you might say, and nothing more than that.
But was Jesus really a good teacher? Think about your most respected teacher. Think about all the wonderful things the teacher taught. Now also imagine that one fine day the respected teacher stands before you and tells you that he/she is God. What would you do then? Would you still respect that teacher? Dear friend, Jesus has done exactly that. He has most specifically told us that he is God.
Was he a liar and a lunatic? He was neither. He did exactly what he said he would do. He said that he would be crucified. He said that he would die. He said that after three days he would come back to life. And he did. But how can we be sure. It happened - if ever it happened, you might say - a long, long time ago.
Yes, it happened a long time ago. But look at the things that have happened after his death and resurrection. The explosive growth of the church could not be just a chance event. In Jesus' own words, "A house built on sand would not stand."
There are reliable extra-biblical documents which mention his death and resurrection.
But, for me, the most important proof is the amazing change which came upon the first apostles. His disciples were simpletons. But what they witnessed gave them the courage and the conviction to carry the Gospel to all corners of the world and ultimately die for their faith. And, of course, they could not have done what they did without the Holy Spirit guiding them.
Dear friend, this is the truth that I want to tell you. Jesus is the God which you are seeking. He died for your sins and He is alive. The emptiness that you feel in your heart, only Jesus can fill this emptiness. When I say that he died for your sins it does not mean that you are already sin-free now. Only when you believe this truth that he died for you do you become sin-free. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." (Isaiah 1:8)
Now you might ask me what does this belief do? I will say that this belief changes everything in your life. It turns your world upside down, but also the right side up. "Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters." (Mathew 12:30)


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Avengers: Age of Ultron's Thomas Kretschmann has signed a multi-film deal.
The Baron von Strucker actor's deal has become a common move for Marvel Studios, and Kretschmann added that there are plans for the villain to appear in future films.
"I have a multi-picture deal which means I will not only appear in the second part, but they're planning with me for a longer period of time," he told BZ Berlin (via Comic Book Movie).
"But I don't know details yet, they're keeping their cards close to their chest - top secret!"
The King Kong actor continued: "I was nervous. I was over-prepared - then on the set I went up to Joss Whedon, who is treated as a genius, and said, 'This is my first day, this is huge, please have patience with me, I'm a bit nervous'."
Robert Downey Jr, Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Samuel L Jackson, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Elizabeth Olsen and James Spader will also star in the film.
Avengers: Age of Ultron is currently filming. It will arrive in cinemas on May 1, 2015.

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A woman who made many contributions to the city of Gainesville and Alachua County was celebrated for her efforts and accomplishments.
Family members, city leaders and residents gathered at the Alachua County Library District Headquarters in downtown Gainesville Saturday afternoon to celebrate the life of the late Barbara Lee Higgins, a beloved civil and human rights activist.
"We are grateful for the life of a community servant giving more than beyond her means," said former Gainesville City Commissioner Scherwin Henry, who presided over the program.
State Rep. Clovis Watson Jr., D-Alachua, presented a proclamation from the Alachua County Commission during the program that stated Saturday was Barbara L. Higgins Day in Alachua County.
"There is no excuse not to be successful today because of the sacrifices Barbara Higgins made," Watson said. "She sacrificed greatly for us to move smoothly."
Gainesville City Commissioner Gigi Simmons, who presented a proclamation from the city commission also declaring Saturday as Barbara Higgins Day in Gainesville, said she would have loved to have met Higgins.
Simmons shared how she visited her cousins in the Sugarhill community as a child during the summer and played in the park now named in Higgins' honor.
"One of my biggest regrets as a child is that I wish I knew who Barbara Higgins was," Simmons said. "As long as I'm in the city commissioner seat, I will make sure our children know who Barbara Higgins was."
Other speakers included Charles Chestnut III, who worked with Higgins on the Alachua County branch NAACP Youth Council in the early 1960s, and Alachua County Clerk of the Court J.K. "Jess" Irby, the son of J.K. "Buddy" Irby, a former Alachua County supervisor of elections and clerk of the court. They spoke about how Higgins was a visionary seeking opportunity to support fairness and equality.
"She had the attitude in the community that inspired me," Chestnut said. "The ways she worked in the community was stunning."
Thelma Moseley spoke on behalf of the Jerusalem Baptist Association, which has been awarding the Barbara Higgins Scholarship annually since 1994.
Scholarship recipient Kinnidie White, a political science major at the University of Florida, said Higgins' perseverance motivated her while pursuing her degree.
"No one is truly a failure until they stop trying," White said. "She was invested in the youth. She took it upon herself to make sure the community was informed."
Higgins served as a deputy supervisor for the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections office in 1967, and that is where current Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Kim Barton met Higgins, whom Barton described as a woman of integrity.
"I was so thankful for her," Barton said. "She impacted my life. She put the seed in my mind that one day I could be the supervisor of elections. I'm so thankful that she paved the way for me to be here today."
Barton continued to speak about how Higgins was a servant to the people and wanted to make sure everyone's voices was heard.
"She was the director of outreach before there was an official title," Barton said. "Our county wouldn't be as great if it wasn't for Barbara Higgins."
Afterwards, Bethune-Cookman University's Dean of Religious Studies Dr. Randolph Bracy Jr. gave a speech comparing Higgins to African-American educator Mary McLeod Bethune.
Higgins received a business degree from Bethune-Cookman College (now Bethune-Cookman University) in Daytona Beach in 1947.
Bracy said that Higgins was the epitome of Bethune's motto: "Enter to learn, depart to serve."
"Barbara took it serious," Bracy said. "Barbara Higgins was a part of so many organizations."
Alachua County's communications department presented a video that highlighted Higgins' efforts in the community with remarks from community activists and Alachua County commissioners.
"She worked tirelessly to make the county better," Chuck Chestnut, county commission chairman and son of Charles Chestnut III, said in the video presentation. "She made a positive impact within the community."
Community activists such as Rodney Long, a former city and county commissioner, Rosa B. Williams and Cynthia Cooper, president of the Sugarhill Neighborhood Association, spoke in the video about how Higgins fought for a more equitable community.
The video also had a recorded interview of Barbara Higgins from the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program at the University of Florida.
Higgins daughter Yvonne Higgins Parham was happy to see everyone pay homage to her mother.
"I'm very pleased that the community came out to recognize her," Parham said.
Family members of Higgins, including some of her grandchildren and great grandchildren, were in attendance to celebrate.
"Today was very uplifting," Higgins' granddaughter Sunji Parham said. " It brought forth a lot of knowledge for what she's done."


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Whatever it takes, the Communist Party will not let Chinese capitalism fall
'Socialism with Chinese characteristics' was how Deng Xiaoping, the leader who reformed and opened up China's economy, described his vision for the country.
Earlier this month, with the stock market in meltdown, China's economy was closer to capitalism with socialist characteristics. With trillions of dollars down the drain, the government fisted its very visible hand at the market violently. Over 50% of stocks were suspended, as state-owned companies were barred from selling their shares. The Communist Party was fighting to save capitalism.
Some have compared today's China to the Wall Street Crash in 1929. I believe Chinese investors will seek comfort in an example of successful state intervention closer to its historic and geographical proximity – Hong Kong during the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis – when the government there took decisive action and protected its currency from speculators led by George Soros, who 'broke the Bank of England' with currency speculation just five years before.
For sure, China's heavy handed approach has deviated from its expected direction of travel towards a more liberal economy. However, as the Chinese Communist Party legitimises itself by performance, the political incentive to intervene always overrides the economics. With more stock traders than Communist Party members now in China, the Party cannot afford to upset a market that only expects gains, irrational as it may be, for the sake of its survival.
When I visited China just over a month ago, it was a different world. The China Dream was going global, with the establishment of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and the emergence of 'One Belt, One Road'. We were told about the 'great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation' as we were greeted by officials. 2015 was destined to be China's year.
In particular, the establishment of the AIIB itself was a resounding political win for Beijing. Britain's determined entry to the AIIB, against the wishes of Washington, was the game changer, as only then did other western countries follow suit. This is a personal achievement no smaller for Chancellor George Osborne than his landmark Budget last week.
By contrast, last week's intervention by the Chinese government will damage confidence in the nation, and cast doubt over President Xi Jinping's ability and seriousness about carrying out essential economic reforms, the building block of his China Dream. In a recent report published earlier this month, the World Bank warned China over its 'distorted incentives' in the financial market, and highlighted that 95% of high-level bank assets were owned by the government.
Pundits hostile to China have long expected an economic meltdown, followed by a political upheaval marking the collapse of the Communist Party. David Shambaugh, an authoritative academic on Chinese affairs, boldly claimed in January, that 'the endgame of Chinese Communist rule has now begun… its (the Communist Party's) demise is likely to be protracted, messy and violent.'
While I have criticised Beijing on a range of issues, from democracy in Hong Kong to the Tiananmen Massacre, I shall not jump on the apocalyptic bandwagon, as tempting as it may be.
The China Dream is too big to fail, and the authorities in Beijing know that their fate depends on it. A slump in the stock market will not kill the Communist Party, but a lack of reform in response to its deep rooted problems might do. The future of the Chinese Communist Party future will depend on which way it turns at this crossroads.
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Should You Outsource Your Accounting Jobs?
In finance and accounting departments, you will come across posts like bookkeeper, accountant, controller, financial analysts, VP of finance, and CFO. How do they help their organization? What are their job responsibilities? Can they help grow your business? How your organization benefits if you outsource your finance and accounting jobs to an outside accounting firm?
Running a business involves lots of financial transactions and processes. There are invoices, salaries, expenses, incomes, and other financial matters. You have to generate financial reports from your account data, analyze your business operations, and order different types of supplies. A startup company generally does not have a trained and certified accountant to handle its financial transactions. This job requires a person who has training and experience in accounting.
The transactions with your customers, suppliers, and others will become complex as your business grows. The volume of sales will increase substantially. You will see the growth and profits, but soon you will start viewing trouble due to poor accounting practices. This is where the new business owner starts feeling the need for a professional accountant. Assigning this job to someone who never had any formal training in accounting can be detrimental to the health of your business. People who have not studied accounting face difficulty in understanding it. They often make errors that prove costly for their organization.
Accountants are hired when the transaction process becomes difficult to manage. It becomes necessary to hire a professional accountant to manage the accounts payable, accounts receivable, payrolls, and other financial transactions. There is a professional to handle the finance and accounting functions. Now you will hear words like account reconciliations, accrual, month-end, and year-end financial statements, and other accounting jargon. Now your organization requires a trained and certified professional accountant.
Establishing the accounting department becomes necessary when you feel the need for a Controller. This professional is capable of handling more sophisticated accounting and financial jobs. The professional can prepare the necessary budget, forecast economic trends, analyze financial data, prepare financial reports, develop proper accounting processes, and manage the relationship with the accounting firm. Now you will hear words like audit, compliance, review, and GAAP. The robust accounting procedures are put in place, and analysis of financial data becomes essential.
It is time to appoint a VP of finance for financial analysis. There are some jobs that require business intelligence expertise. Now the business model becomes complex, and there is a need for interactions with the investors and lenders.
A CFO is appointed after establishing the finance team. Now the focus shifts to future strategies. It becomes necessary to identify the new business areas for growth. Determine the business goals and develop plans for the future. The CFO has to focus on strategic planning, interact with the executives, forecast business prospects, and connect with the capital market.
Outsourcing Account and Finance Jobs
If any of these tasks look complicated and intimidating to you, think of hiring the Ribeyre Chang Haylock team. The firm has experience in all sectors of accounting and finance. We offer you customized services. You can hire us only for the services you need. You do not have to devote unnecessary resources to hiring the staff for the accounting jobs.
We offer services of experienced and talented accountants and financial experts. They will complement your accounting staff. At the same time, we have the capacity, resources, and staff to handle all jobs of an accounting department in an organization. We can offer you services of all accounting professionals, from CFO to accountants, at short notice and only for the periods or projects you need them. Contact us if you need the services of any staff for accounting and financial jobs.
Does My Company Need An Accountant? Probably.
Will your business ever need to hire an accountant?
A new business may not have enough paperwork to justify hiring someone to check all the numbers, and there is little legal recourse to spending money. It is pretty simple to do your accounting when the receipts are few, and all spending goes out of a single account. The need for verification does increase with the scope of a business, and creating a small corporation means being responsible with other people's investment.
The nature of the business strongly affects the need to bring in an accountant. Self-employed people often get away with relatively lax finances because income is personal, and so are expenses. The situation changes whenever securities are sold to investors or whenever an employee is hired. While online websites exist for filing individual taxes, handling receipts for a complex business is often beyond these services. Interested parties need to see an appropriate accounting ledger.
It is easy to end up in trouble when counting receipts and miscellaneous expenditures. It is easy to trouble people who want to know what is going on with their investment. Having an employee is also legal trouble because of all the related fees such as taxes and insurance. Accounting gets real serious when payroll taxes and liability gets involved.
Another point is that an accountant can give excellent advice before starting a business. They have worked with quite a few businesses in the past and understand a wide variety of financial needs. Not only can they balance books but understand a lot of ways to cut expenses or else to prepare for the costs and revenue shocks of attempting to run a business.
A company needs its finances to be documented and handled professionally. This is to reassure people and institutions who have a legal and financial interest in the accounting of a business. Some paperwork can be handled directly by the owner, while others are better handled by an employee or a professional third party. The worker needs to be certified in public accounting.
The first step is to get in contact with a real accountant or consultant who is certified in accounting. Finding someone should be a priority before starting a business if a fair amount of money is at stake. Some financial experts bill themselves as consultants, but most advertised accountants also know a fair bit about the business. Having a good plan for creating a business and allocating capital is important.
These financial experts can help to develop a chart of accounts. This is tailored to the business being built and is apart of the whole business plan. These consultants will tell you what they expect and what you will need to do before they examine your business again. They can recommend accounting software and perhaps other consultants.
The second step is to start running the business and keeping track of receipts in the meantime. Partly this means keeping a tab on electronic accounts and separately it means keeping all hard copies of receipts and immediately recording sales in a ledger. Expenses are important, and income is very important for accounting.
Services such as a bank account and online shopping accounts do allow the spender to review an accurate history, but inserting expenditures into the books as soon as they are made is good practice. One example of different payment methods are writing checks versus using a credit card number for online payments. A lot of customers or vendors still accept checks as a harder solution to running a card scanner.
Making sure that all the numbers are consistent at the end of the month is called bookkeeping and must be maintained regularly for the entire lifetime of the business. Having a neat and updated ledger is key to answering financial questions whenever they arise and are also key to impressing investors and debtors as to the profitability or solvency of a business, and a professional accountant can help with this. Professional experience shows that up to 95 percent of companies get professional assistance for their finances.
The good news is that there are many options. Many people have simple certificates in accounting, and many freelancers are available to do basic bookkeeping. This is possibly the best option for a small business that does not have complicated finances and does not yet need the more expensive services of a seasoned financial expert. The only thing that matters is that all the receipts have been kept and can be counted.
The need for financial services depends on the workload. A startup with just a few customers might at best need an accountant once every few months. With a growing workload, hiring a freelancer accountant might become a biweekly or weekly affair. Freelancers are very convenient because they substitute for employees.
The flip side is that growing businesses have traditionally hired secretaries that were able to both make payments and balance books. Such a traditional role has historically created the opportunity for embezzlement, so it very much pays to hire someone to balance the books and make all purchases in person.
The final step is to turn numbers into financial statements that can be inspected by investors, creditors, and the tax collector. A good idea of a company's numbers is also essential to strategic planning. While revenue will vary every year, growth can be predictable enough to conclude optimal investment. This might mean increasing inventory or expanding capacity by hiring new workers.
Should You Hire An Accounting Or Do-It-Yourself?
You have decided to start a small business with a limited budget. In such a case, it becomes necessary to find all possible ways to save money. How can you stretch your business investment fund? Which expenses can be cut without affecting the health of your business?
Accounting is one area where you can save money if you do it yourself. It can be a good way to save money if you understand business financial practices and have a background in the field of accounting. However, if you lack expertise and experience in account keeping, this is not the right course of action. In place of saving money, you may incur expenses in damages and claims. Poor financial record keeping will affect your business negatively. It will damage your future business prospects, and your brand reputation will suffer.
What are the advantages of hiring a professional accountant? Will this professional deliver on the promises? The following information will help you decide if you should go ahead and hire a professional accountant for your business.
How Does an Accountant Help an Entrepreneur Starting a New Business?
You have to take several actions when starting a new business. Some robust systems and setups should be established to ensure your business has a solid foundation. It will increase the prospects of your business venture succeeding. An accountant can help you in several ways when you are starting a business:
- Determine which business structure (partnership, corporation, LLC, or sole
- proprietorship) is best for you.
- Analyze your business plan from the perspective of an accountant.
- Help select the right accounting software based on your business needs.
- Help open a bank account for business.
- Make sure your accounting practices comply with government regulations.
- Guide you in tracking daily business expenses.
- Educate you on keeping business and personal accounts separate.
- Help with some types of regular business operations.
Once you start your business operations, keep using the same accounting system that your accountant set up for you. Your accountant may take some specific actions to assist you. These actions and guidance may include:
- Help you identify the independent contractors and avoid classifying them as
- employees.
- Explain your business financial statements to you in simple terms.
- Manage your payment and payroll processes.
- Help determine the taxes applicable to your business.
- Determine the entities who should receive 1099 and W2 forms from you.
- Create financial reports and close your books at the year-end.
- Handle all paperwork related to the taxes, financial reports, and IRS.
Help at the Growth Stage
A professional accountant will become an integral part of your business. The professional will provide valuable services and guidance to keep your business accounts in order. The accountant will help you in the following ways during the growth stage of your business:
- Help you discover the possible growth areas by providing you insights into business financing, pricing, inventory management, and cash flow patterns.
- Advise on equipment and property purchase and leasing.
- Prevent IRS audit of your business.
- Help you when an audit is due.
- Create business financial forecasts that let you take better decisions.
- Help prepare the business budget that meets your business goals.
- Provide advice and support if you decide to sell your business.
These are some of the services accountants provide to the small business owners. You can hire an accountant to handle all financial activities or only specific tasks of your business. It all depends on your specific account and bookkeeping requirements. A certified accountant provides invaluable services at the time of starting your business. You can hand over your annual reporting, regular bookkeeping, and other accounting jobs to the accountant. It leaves you to focus on your core business. You avoid mistakes that new business owners often make when they try to handle their accounting jobs by self.
As a business owner, you should know when to seek the help of a professional accountant. Keep your financial records to comply with the tax and financial laws. Your loan and fund applications will elicit positive responses from the banks and investors if you have maintained your financial records properly.
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Thursday, April 14, 2011
The first thing I ever recorded on a VCR was Men at Work on Solid Gold. The first thing I ever bought with money I saved up was a Men at Work Cargo cassette at Lechmeres. I told Colin Hay both of these facts after his show in NYC. He figured out the fact that I'm a huge nerd.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Octopus Holler
My 7-year-old son invited me down to the basement tonight and asked me to be in his rock band Octopus Holler. He sang and played guitar, while I played drums (neither of us know how to play either of these instruments by the way) He wrote and sang 4 songs on the spot:
1. "Take Me On a Date Tuesday"
2. "Rattlesnake, Rattlesnake, You're Evil, You Will Kill Me"
3. "I Don't Want a Drumstick for Dinner (Maybe Breakfast or Lunch)"
4. "Why Are You a Punching Bag?"
Not only were these the song titles, but they were also the entire lyrics for each of these songs. When we were all done "rehearsing", he asked me if I made a CD of what we did. I apparently dropped the ball. I thought it was just a rehearsal.
1. "Take Me On a Date Tuesday"
2. "Rattlesnake, Rattlesnake, You're Evil, You Will Kill Me"
3. "I Don't Want a Drumstick for Dinner (Maybe Breakfast or Lunch)"
4. "Why Are You a Punching Bag?"
Not only were these the song titles, but they were also the entire lyrics for each of these songs. When we were all done "rehearsing", he asked me if I made a CD of what we did. I apparently dropped the ball. I thought it was just a rehearsal.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
As seen in Sky Mall
Here's how I imagine the meeting
went at Gravity Defyer when they
decided on this logo...
Decision Maker: Ok, so we'll go with the second logo.
Influencer: Are you serious? The sperm? You want our logo to be an image of sperm?
Agency Rep: It's a tadpole. It represents how these shoes transform you into a leap frog.
Influencer: Am I the only one seeing this? You're telling me we're going to put a sperm on all of our shoes?
Decision Maker: It's gonna happen eventually anyway. Ha ha.
Lemmings: Ha ha ha ha.
Brown Noser: Good one, sir.
Influencer: WHAT?? What the hell kind of shoes are we selling? I quit!!
Decision Maker: Ok. It's agreed then. We're going with the sperm logo.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
I'm bushed...
Last week was a whirlwind. Spent most of the week in NYC. Made it out for the first part of @Rich Wolf's birthday festivities, got to see my younger brother @Jerard-James Craven, met baby Henry Fateman, saw @Jessica Kirson headline at Comedy Cellar, and saw lots of the @Bluewolf pack at the Holiday Party. Then returned back home for Jack's 7th Birthday Party featuring the magic and comedy of @Christian Saslo, and ended out the week in an improv show at @TheBasementTheater and in the @PuckinFuppetShow with @Jamie Ward...Thanks everyone for a great week! Whew, I'm wiped out, and here comes xmas.
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Help me Santa Claus, you're my only hope...
The trickiest items for Santa this year at our house? My son wants a real donkey, and my daughter wants the piece missing from the puzzle she made a couple weeks ago.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
It's beginning to look a lot like...
NYC is lovely this time of year. This is the view from my hotel room. Yes, that is the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Try not to be jealous.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
You ever been out of town and had to buy a hat and gloves because it's so freakin' cold, and then proceed to walk 10 blocks with them in the bag in your hand? Yeah, I didn't just do that either.
Monday, December 13, 2010
I learned another lesson this weekend. Don't go to the gym and let a trainer tear up your triceps on Saturday, if you have a 5 hour Puppeteering Workshop on Sunday. I could barely lift my arms this morning to wash my flowing luxurious hair.
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Yesterday was one of those days that made me wish I had just stayed in bed. First thing in the morning, when taking the dogs out, they tripped me on the front stairs, and the cell phone in my pocket smashed on the bricks. The phone's LCD screen looks like a really crappy, tiny stained glass window now. Lesson: Sandals, rain, rambunctious dogs, and my morning level of coordination are a bad combo; and Verizon insurance dings you $90 now for Smartphone replacements.
In the afternoon, we went Christmas tree shopping at a local cut-your-own farm. When we got home, as I attempted to take the tree down from the roof rack, it got away from me, and took the side mirror right off the truck. Lesson: If it takes 5 guys at the tree farm to put your tree on top of your vehicle, don't try to handle it by yourself on the other end; and by the way, clear packing tape holding your side mirror on doesn't look any less white trash than duct tape does.
I ended the night doing a set at a music venue in the 5-points area of Atlanta. Lesson: Fifty single, 20-something hipsters, waiting for the band after the comedy show, do not find me funny.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Really dude?
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Why are you bald?
Here's a conversation I had on a weekly basis when I was in my 20s http://t.co/r2h8ds3
Monday, April 12, 2010
From Fulton Street to Fulton County
Last Thursday after wrapping up at work for the day, I hopped on the A train at Fulton Street in New York City. A couple of train rides later, I got in my car at the Hamilton station. Then I swung by the house to pick up my favorite 3 redheads and we pointed the family truckster south.
After a long drive, a much-too-brief stay at a Holiday Inn, and another shorter drive, we arrived in Fulton County, Georgia. This was the culmination of several feverish weeks of internet research, phone calls, email exchanges, and general plotting.
We spent much of the day Friday exploring the area and poking our noses around 5 houses in Roswell. At the end of the day, our Real Estate agent drove us by another house that we were slated to see Saturday morning. I'd only seen 4 pictures of this new listing online, but as we drove by this particular house, I unexpectedly declared, "Sold!"
The next day, instead of dragging the smaller of the aforementioned redheads through another 8 houses that we were scheduled to look at, I stayed back at the hotel with them and swam in the pool. When we finally got out of the pool, I noticed 3 missed calls and 2 voicemails on my cell. It was Lori, quite excited about one of the houses on her Saturday tour.
I packed up the kids and we met her at (of course) the house I had proclaimed, "Sold". We tried to not let ourselves get too emotional about it, as we've had enough real estate deals go sour, and there were already 4 other offers on this incredible house. Our 8-year-old daughter loved the house so much, she offered to kick in all of her allowance, if we could buy it. So we made an offer. After a bit of anxiety on the drive north Saturday night, at 10pm we received a call from the agent, letting us know that our offer had been accepted. Yay!!
So here's your fair warning all y'all, the Cravens are moving south.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Advertising Fail
Great idea, put your company's phone number in a place that a lot of people will see it.
Better idea, include all of the digits for said phone number.
Better idea, include all of the digits for said phone number.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Toyota. Fail.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Super powers not included
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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Chennai. There has been frantic activity going in the Tamil Nadu branch of Congress ever since the BJP's Haryana government has announced probe into Mr Vadra's land deals.
The word is that Mr Vadra, on Laluji's advice, has decided to come to Tamil Nadu to learn the skills required to make all your illegal assets disappear. He will be learning under the guidance of Jayalalithaa, or Amma.
After she was discharged by courts, Amma's magic has attracted even the masters of the game.
"We have people coming from all over the country, and some from other countries as well. We are organizing them into batches and have started the preliminary workshops for them. She has agreed to give guest lectures for now, but will go full-time tutoring if the response continued to be so huge," an AIADMK official told Faking News.
The big questions remain unanswered though, what has made her so successful? What's the secret of her magic?
A seasoned political analyst on condition of anonymity gave this reporter the inside track. "She has figured out the exact rate of imaginative accusations Kejriwal makes per minute, and has reversed the process; making her able to hide scams at a rate faster than they could be uncovered," he said.
He further revealed, "The BJP knows about it too, but they are choosing to be silent for now as they might need her help once they sit in opposition."
BJP spokesperson refused to comment on this issue.


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Keep the faith alive
The creator of Harry Potter feels that during adversity, one must not let hope die. Having faith in your abilities will help you regain your dreams, confidence and life!education Updated: May 11, 2011 12:11 IST
Joanne Kathleen Rowling, popularly known as JK Rowling, started writing at the tender age of six. This first encounter with words didn't last long because the story she set out to write was never completed. As the years passed by, she never gave writing serious thought. After completing her graduation, she spent a year studying in Paris and then went back to London where she worked at a number of jobs from Amnesty International to a secretary at a publishing house where her responsibility was to send out rejection slips.
It was in the summer of 1990 that the idea of a regular boy who discovers he is a wizard struck her -- and Harry Potter was born. Although it took her seven years to give shape and structure to the storyline, we can all safely say it was worth it.
Her first book, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (as released in the UK was released as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) came out in 1997 and became an instant hit. However, it was a painful journey for Rowling to get her book to see the light of day. The preceding years were nothing less than a nightmare. With no job and abject poverty, Rowling had to take care of her daughter. Besides that, three publishers rejected the initial manuscript she wrote. It was only when Bloomsbury Children's Books signed her that she could get the first in the seven-part Harry Potter series published. And the rest, as they say, is history.
Later in life she said, "I just write what I wanted to write. I write what amuses me. It's totally for myself."
The second in the series, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, was published in 1999 and the third in the series, Harry Potter and the Prizoner of Azkaban, was also released later the same year. By 2000, when her fourth book - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire appeared, Harry Potter had become a household name worldwide and adults and children alike showed tremendous interest in the books. The initial print run for her fourth book was record 1.5 million copies in the UK and 3.8 million in the US.
In 2000, Rowling also became the highest-earning woman in Britain, with an income of more than £20.5 million. Warner Brothers bought the rights to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone along with Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in 1998 and what followed were two movies that were awaited with as much enthusiasm as the books. After the release of the first Harry Potter movie, Rowling's earnings were estimated to have exceeded $100 million. In 2001, the Queen conferred the Order of the British Empire on Rowling for her services to children's literature.


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The methodology grounded in the following choices:
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Multiple Intelligences
The Theory of Multiple Intelligences, Howard Gardner is an alternative to the concept of intelligence as an innate ability, general and unique, which allows individuals to higher performance or lower in any area. Gardner points out that all have varying degrees of each of the intelligences and different ways in which they combine, organize and utilize these intellectual abilities to solve problems and create products. Although these brains are to some extent independent of each other, they seldom operate in isolation.


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Healthy and Natural Protein Rich Foods: Proteins play a vital role in maintaining proper health. Each and every cell in your body requires protein, in order to function properly. These proteins help by performing various functions within living organisms. In short, proteins are considered to be the building blocks of human body. Some of the functions performed by the help of proteins are:
1. Catalysing Metabolic Reactions
2. Replicating DNA
3. Responding to Stimuli
4. Transporting Molecules etc.
Importance of Protein: Proteins differ from one another by the sequence of amino acids. These amino acids are dictated by nucleotide sequence of their genes. It results in folding of proteins into notable structures. Amino acids are nothing but chemical compounds, which combine to form various forms of proteins. Some of the important compounds of amino acids are:
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Role of Protein: These compounds help in providing rich proteins to the body, which helps us to stay healthy. The role of proteins in our body is to maintain the cell growth and repair of all cells. They form the major component of all muscles, tissues and organs. They are vital for every process like metabolism, digestion, transportation of nutrients and oxygen to blood. It also produces anti bodies that fight against infections and illness. Protein foods are the essentials that is considered to be the natural diet for healthy hair. Proteins will also helps to maintain a healthy and glowing skin. They also strengthen the nails and bones.
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The list of healthy and natural protein rich foods are:
MEATS :-Meat is the food that is very rich in proteins. It is also rich in fat. So it is preferred to have the meat grilled or roasted to frying them deep. Some of the varieties of meat found are:
Thin cuts of: beef, ham, lamb, pork, veal
Ground Meat: bison, rabbit, venison.
POULTRY :Poultry products have their own richness. These foods are rich in protein and contain low saturated fats. Some of the varieties of poultry products are: poultry
1. Chicken
2. Duck
3. Goose
4. Turkey
5. Ground chicken and turkey
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2. Veggie soy burgers
3. Tempeh
4. Textured vegetable protein(TVP)
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Our move is becoming more and more of a reality. Boxes are appearing and being filled. Our house is becoming more and more chaotic. The job search is becoming more urgent. Sigh. I'm beginning to really FEEL the move – the loss of my home, the change of neighborhood and familiar things, moving away from people I know here. We've lived in this area for 11 years and now I am feeling the loss.
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Parent Meeting: TBA
Mon- 5/14/2018- 6-9 pm- Practice Day 1: Jazz
Wed- 5/16/2018- 6-9 pm- Practice Day 2: Hip Hop
Fri- 5/18/2018- 6-9 pm- Auditions
What to wear:
For Practice Days: Tennis shoes (make sure they will not scuff floor), Jazz shoes, dance apparel, and hair neatly pulled back. Returners, please refrain from wearing any clothing that may indicate you have already been on the team. i.e. Mercy Dance clothes, shoes, etc. We do not want judges or incoming girls to know who has, or has not, already been on the team.
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The Departments of Physics and Chemistry
The University of Auckland
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Geoff grew up in Auckland and studied at the University of Cambridge, obtaining a PhD in shock physics in 2005. The following year he returned to New Zealand and Industrial Research Limited, where he worked in the Nano and Micro Fluidics team for 8 years. He joined the University of Auckland in 2013 and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and the School of Chemical Sciences.
Geoff has collaborated with industrial partners including Qinetiq, de Beers and Izon Science, and has previously worked in management consultancy. He currently leads the Institute's "Bionano/Nanobio and Soft Matter" Theme and was awarded a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship in 2012.
In early 2018 he took on the role as Deputy Director in Commercialisation and Industry Engagement in the MacDiarmid Institute.
Nanofluidics is the study and application of fluid flow in and around nanoscale structures, inspired by microfluidics, nanoscience and biotechnology. The range of tools available to researchers who wish to manipulate fluids at the nanoscale is presently limited.
We use theory and experimentation to develop novel tools for harnessing nanofluidic transport. Key research topics include tunable nanopores, capillarity and motion of phase boundaries, and drop splashes on water-repellent surfaces.
It's great to see this flow from fundamental research to applied technology.Associate Professor Geoff Willmott
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In 2019, we focused our annual regional showcase on 'NZ Innovation for Sustainability.'
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May 4, 2019
The answers to sustainability goals and energy commitments must involve materials research happening in New Zealand, writes Dr Geoff Willmott.
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September 14, 2018
The MacDiarmid Institute is pleased to share the following successes from MacDiarmid researchers in this year's MBIE Endeavour fund round.
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April 27, 2018
The Productivity Commission Report on Low Emissions Economy notes the MacDiarmid Institute has research strength in this area.
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October 3, 2019
Dr Viji Sarojini and Dr Geoff Willmott are giving a joint presentation on sustainable innovation and commercialisation.
March 21, 2019
From fog harvesters to self-cleaning surfaces, Dr Geoff Wilmott is looking at how water is repelled by and attracted to surfaces.
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Romeoville, Illinois, Aug.3, 2018 - Christian Brothers Services (CBS) is sponsoring featured speaker, Heidi Russell, at the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) Assembly 2018 to be held Aug. 7 through Aug. 10 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Russell is an associate professor at the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University in Chicago who holds an MDiv from Washington Theological Union and a Ph.D. in religious studies from Marquette University. Her presentation to the LCWR assembly is entitled, "Trinity as Source, Word and Spirit of Love: Relationship as Core of Reality." She will share her personal spiritual and faith formation journey in seeking God. As she addresses Catholic sisters who are leaders of their orders, she will speak to the yearning for connectedness that women religious desire among their communities and with the larger world.
She is the best-selling author of a number of books including: Source of All Love: Trinity and Catholicity; The Heart of Rahner; as well as Quantum Shift: Theological and Pastoral Implications of Contemporary Developments in Science, in which Russell suggests ways in which people of faith might engage in recent scientific developments to foster their understanding of God. Before teaching, she served for six years as a parish director of Christian formation.
In addition to sponsoring a featured speaker, CBS also will be exhibiting at the assembly. Representing CBS will be Brother Thomas Hetland, FSC, religious institutes relationship manager; Sister Geraldine Hoyler, CSC, religious institute consultant; Sister Yvonne Weidner, OSF, member relations associate, John Tortolani, executive director of BMT Management and Financial Consultants, Kelly Murphy, BMT consultant; Connie Neeson, BMT director of benefits, Matt Robbie, marketing and communications manager, and Bob Fiorentino, business development specialist.
LCWR is an association of the leaders of congregations of Catholic women religious in the United States. The conference represents nearly 80 percent of the approximately 49,000 women religious in the U.S. Founded in 1956, the conference assists its members to collaboratively carry out their service of leadership to further the mission of the Gospel in today's world.
Contact info:
Matt Robbie
Marketing and Communications Manager
About Christian Brothers Services
Founded in 1960 and headquartered in Romeoville, Illinois, Christian Brothers Services is a nonprofit, Catholic organization that administers cooperative programs in the areas of health, retirement, property/casualty, and technology as well as financial, administrative and Catholic school consulting to church congregations, organizations and dioceses internationally.
About Catholic School Management
Founded in 1973, NCEA Financial Consulting Services focused exclusively on finance and development consulting services for Catholic school and diocesan administrators. In 1979 demand for a broader scope of services resulted in the creation of Catholic School Management (CSM). In 2014, Christian Brothers Services acquired CSM's growing operations, making CBS the national leader in consultative guidance for Catholic schools. CSM's team of experts represents more than 500 years of experience in the education field with a focus on strategy, planning and leadership.
About BMT
Founded in 1972 and headquartered in Tarrytown, New York, Brenner, McDonagh & Tortolani, Inc., BMT Management and Financial Consultants was acquired by Christian Brothers Services in 2017. Providing premier consulting services to 280 religious institutes and many sponsored ministries in need of assistance, BMT offers the management of daily operations, including accounting and financial management, benefits eligibility management, human resources, investment consulting and real estate planning and sustainability studies.


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I'm all about helping women align with their truth and find their voice
so they feel more confident and present in their life and business
You'll learn tools to let go of emotional stress and physical tension held in the voice and body
You'll get to know that wise voice inside you and be less bothered by the voice of the inner critic
You'll develop more confidence as you express your creativity and truth in a safe supportive space
You'll have time to integrate this into your life and experiment with what works for you
I'll encourage you to express yourself creatively so that it all feels easier, instead of wading through mud
Your decisions and ability to act will feel clearer and more joyful
We'll create a sacred container for your process and development
There's a lot of noise in the world
It can be hard to hear our truth, and express it confidently
When we feel blocked our lives and voice can get stuck in a loop of old patterns and beliefs we've outgrown
You might be feeling the pull and tug of other demands, your dreams are pushed to the back of everything else
You might be dealing with anxiety, stress, social conditioning, overwhelm, fear or past trauma
Our bodies and voices are a reflection of who we are being in the world
The more centred and connected we are the clearer and more confident our voice is even if it's a shaking voice!
Showing vulnerability can be a strength, it helps us connect with others, drop the masks and be seen for who we are
Confidence is more about courage and trust than being loud or brash
And sometimes being bigger is what's called for
Being out of touch with ourselves takes a lot of energy
When we feel aligned, we get a stream of vitality that can be used for something greater
Life has more flow and magic
It's empowering when we align with our truth and connect with our voice
- This one to one program will support you to trust yourself, align with your truth and connect to the power of your voice.
- We'll work one to one to create an individual person-centred process that works for you.
- I'll encourage you to express yourself creatively with more ease and confidence.
- This ability to express ourselves can positively impact all aspects of our life within work, relationships and our personal life
- Learn breathing/voice techniques, movement and grounding practices to be able to use your voice safely and expressively.
- Connect to the source of power and vulnerability in your voice so you can speak on stage with ease and connect with your audience.
- Be more aware of your triggers, how to navigate them and how this awareness can benefit you.
- Be more self-aware, within your environment and particularly around your inner voice, and how to use this as one of your strengths, tapping into the wisdom of your own guidance.
- Connect with your own form of creative expression, whether that is writing, performing, art, singing… Using this expression as a way to also move energy and manage emotions.
- Learn and implement various practices, tools, habits and processes that help you to centre, connect with your voice and express yourself confidently, practices that work for you. Practices that, with self-awareness, you'll be able to continue developing independently beyond these sessions
Working with Nicky has helped me to connect more deeply with my voice and trust in my intuition. Nicky held such a beautiful safe space where I could speak with vulnerability, allowing me to hear and feel what my voice was wanting to express. I am so deeply grateful for Nicky's voice coaching sessions – I felt heard, inspired and held. I feel so much more confident in my own voice and speaking from a place of Truth. I highly recommend "Voice Confidence Coaching" to anyone who feels they have something to say but their voice has been shutdown.
Jane Hardy – www.bodymastery.co
This is for you:
- If you want to be able to express yourself more easily and confidently but feel blocked and can't seem to get beyond this fear. Perhaps you've experienced trauma or anxiety around your voice and need a safe space to explore this and develop your own discernment as to what you share and where.
- You know it's time for you to speak up whether that's in relationships or in front of an audience where you might lead groups and workshops or share your story. You'd love to feel more relaxed and confident that you can deliver and make the impact you want without the need to be 'perfect'.
- You want to connect, be heard and still sound like the real 'you' without freezing or 'cringing' at the sound of your own voice (you're not alone!)
- Working with an approach that includes the whole, body, voice, soul, mind, emotional body, environment and past conditioning is something that resonates with you.
This might not be the right fit:
- If you're wanting to learn a specific voice style, these sessions are about accessing what is unique about your voice. We're developing the quality of tone, resonance, and power from what is already there.
- It's more appropriate for you to work with a purely technical approach to the voice.
- You have a medical issue, like damaged vocal cords, which need specialized care & attention.
- You want to find a quick fix without integrating the work in your life. Although you'll begin to hear changes in the quality, tone, pitch and resonance quite quickly, this is a process through which you get to become friends with the sound of your voice as well as develop powerful ways to express it. Some of the more emotional or physical blocks may take longer to release.
What's Included?
Deep Dive Coaching over 3 months (one-to-one)
1. A pre-questionnaire focusing on the areas of your confidence & voice that are stopping you from moving forward and expressing yourself fully in life.
2. We'll meet for 8 sessions fortnightly for 90 minute online deep dives + recordings of each session sent to you afterwards with follow up practices and steps to integrate.
3. Email support in between sessions for accountability and a place to ask any questions as things come up whilst you integrate, practice and experiment with what works for you in your life.
4. Supporting practices that may be a combination of written practices, audio or video depending on your learning style and preference. Personalised practices suited to you each month.
5. My full support and focus that will include lots of little extras suited to how you wish to grow and evolve. I will basically have your back, you can count on me to be someone you can rely on to ensure your voice is lifted in a way that feels safe and inspiring for you and those you share your voice with. We'll work out where you want to be in 3 months, how you want to feel and who you want to be in the world. I'll be fierce and deeply supportive, encouraging you to express your truth and quieten your inner critic so that you build the confidence to live a bigger life than you feel is possible right now.
BOOK HERE for a 20-minute free consultation
BOOK HERE 3-month mentoring program – $1,997 AUD ($1350 USD)
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Following payment, you'll be able to immediately book a time and fill in a pre-session form or opt to do this later. A link will be emailed to you where you can book times on my calendar, take a bit of time with the questions and send them back before we have our first session. If there are no suitable times available then contact me here to arrange a time that can work for us both.
Working with Nicky on Voice Confidence Coaching has been an amazing experience for me in more ways than one. Not only do I feel more confident and self-aware, I also feel my creativity has been unblocked and I am writing and feeling inspired again. Nicky created a safe space for me to truly be myself, giving me the tools and courage to shine. Her warmth, humour and wisdom have been an incredible gift! My gratitude to Nicky is boundless!
Emily – Hunter Valley, NSW.
- Experience a deep dive into uncovering any blocks/conditioning around your voice
- Know how to work with your voice safely & effectively
- Feel more confident in expressing your truth
- Have a stronger, more vibrant & resonant quality to your voice
- Be actively sharing your voice through written or spoken word/presentations/performances
- Be more aware of triggers and how to navigate them as they arise
- Have a practice you can work with to keep developing your voice
- Know how to bring yourself back to your centre and hear your truth
- Feel confident to be more of who you are in the world
- Have clearer boundaries and understanding of your own needs
How does it work online – do I need technical skills or special equipment?
You'll need a computer (or smartphone) and either Skype or Zoom for video calls (both are free) + an internet connection that works well enough for video calls. If you're unsure technically, feel free to contact me and I'll walk you through it.
What sort of space do I need to be in during the online session
You'll want to feel comfortable to make sounds, experiment with your voice and move around a little so a cafe or public space would be limiting for you depending on the session content. Contact me if you're not sure.
What will the sessions involve?
This will be individual but we'll focus on your intention for the sessions, we'll explore specific vocal, physical and mindset practices to support you. We'll talk and explore any blocks you might have in expressing yourself and find the best way to move through these. If you have a speech or story you'd like to work with we can break this down and work specifically on how to create the right impact and connection with your audience. If you have a conversation to be had or a dilemma regarding what to share or not we'll work through this.
What happens if I can't make a session?
If you are unable to make your session please let me know within 24hrs. All sessions will be rescheduled within the program time frame where possible.
How much time is needed for practice and implementation in-between?
There is no set time needed, it depends on where you're at, you're circumstances etc. A short 10 min morning and evening practice might work, perhaps you can do 3x a week, perhaps you'll be mostly focused on integrating the practices in your regular day to day activities. We'll work out a way of approaching a practice that works for you.
What if I am working with past trauma, depression or mental health challenges?
Working with our voices can feel very vulnerable and it's important to me that you feel safe and are able to work with whatever arises. I am here to support you and these sessions are here to help, however, some of this work may trigger deeper emotions. I'd always recommend a professional therapist/psychologist to work alongside where needed. Please email me and we can discuss this on a call and consider whether these sessions could be something that will benefit you at the moment and if the timing works well or if there are alternative recommendations I can make.
What if I'm just not sure?
Listen in to your body, if there is a feeling of fear/anticipation or excitement/curiosity then this could be for you, if it feels heavy or stressful, then maybe not right now.
If you're unsure book a free 20minute session with me here to talk more. This is a commitment of time, energy and resources and we can talk through whether this would be the support you need right now and if I can help you. If not then I'll recommend other options where I can.
There is nothing that lifts me more than to see people rise who've felt unable to before for various reasons and I absolutely want to make sure we're a good fit for each other, the development of trust is integral to our work together.
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How to dry flowersThe natural beauty and elegance of the dried flowers are incomparable and last for several years. Dried flowers have many uses in decorative arts and floral arrangements. Some people want to know how to dry flowers just to keep a bouquet Gift of age, while others want to take it as a hobby, because it is an enriching experience.
How to dry flowers at home?
There are different methods that can be used to dry flowers, some of them can be quickly dried flowers and others may take some time. The most widely used techniques for dried flowers are as flowers.
flowers This method can be dried flowers quickly, but the shape of the flowers have been flattened. This method is not suitable for flowers with thick stems, but works well with delicate flowers like lilies and other flowers in the form of drawings. Here, the flowers are pressed between two layers of absorbent material can absorb moisture from the flower. For this you can dry flowers in a book or article unglazed others as newsprint. Flowers in place between thicker layers of paper in a book so that a flower does not contact with the other. Keep the book under a heavy object and wait 2-4 weeks. Then open the book to find beautiful dried flowers.
Air flowers The best part of this method is that you can maintain the shape and color of flowers. Remove the extra foliage fresh flowers and tie them together with a rubber band to form small clusters. Select an appropriate place to hang the flowers, which is warm and dark, less humid and has good ventilation. Hang the flowers upside down on a perch in an attic or closet until completely dry. Rose, zinnias, tansy are some of the varieties of flowers that can be dried using this method.
Drying flowers Silica gel is an excellent drying agent and helps dry flowers fairly uniform. Silica gel is as the sand and is available in small packages florist shops, gardening or hobby. You can dry any type of flowers at home with the help of this. However, high density flowers having petals are difficult to dry and can be dried evenly with silica gel. Although silica gel is a little expensive, you can reuse it for many years.
flowers This method flowers are dried within a few minutes. Take a container is safe for use in the microwave to hold flowers. Drying flowers in the microwave, you have to use silica gel to ensure that the natural shape of flowers remain. Pour some silica gel to cover the bottom of the container, then put the flower in blossom beside him and then pour some silica gel more flowers. However, make sure that the petals do not flattened due to the extra weight of the gel. The microwave oven temperature may vary from flower to flower. We need to establish a temperature slightly above the thawing and maintain control of progress from time to time and change the temperature according to requirement. Once the flowers are dry, cover the container and remove from microwave and let it cool for 24 hours. Then lightly brush the entire extra silica gel dry petals. Finally, coat the dried flowers with hairspray so that the dried flowers do not absorb humidity.
You can see that you do not have to be equipped with special tools as well. If using silica gel to dry flowers, be sure to protect yourself with protective clothing. This is not a toxic material but may cause irritation when inhaled or comes into contact with eyes or skin.
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Smile when it goes right. Smile when it goes wrong. You might get wrinkles but they will be happy ones and whatever the outcome a smile restores the soul.
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The industry's current value and payment system is being scrutinized as pharma companies continue to expand their traditional, treatment-based drug discovery models to include potential cures. The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER) is collaborating with the U.K.'s National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health to address some of the perceived challenges in pharmaceutical valuation methodologies, namely how the industry should be evaluating high-cost, but potentially curative, treatments.
While these challenges have long been visible to pharma industry insiders, the emergence of more cell and gene therapies has brought these methodological issues to the forefront of the "value of drugs" discussion. As part of its "Valuing a Cure" project, ICER has posed three questions to industry stakeholders, requesting input on or before Feb. 20. The organization's request for guidance is an opportunity for pharma companies to collect their thoughts on the value of a cure and weigh in on the discussion.
Understanding ICER's Request for Comments
ICER question No. 1: How should value-based prices for potential cures reflect substantial uncertainty regarding clinical safety and effectiveness due to limitations in study design, outcome measures, and the size and duration of clinical trials?
This question alludes to one of the major challenges with any pharmacoeconomic analysis that's based on the concept of quality-adjusted life year (QALY) and that aims to value a drug by the number of years it extends life, adjusted for the degree of health or debilitation experienced by the patient. For example, NICE is known to look negatively on treatments that cost more than £20,000 to £30,000 per QALY. While many find the QALY framework attractive in theory, the practical challenge has always been that neither of its dimensions (years of life extended or quality of those years) can be accurately measured at all—and certainly not at the time of a new drug's initial approval.
ICER question No. 2: How should value-based prices for potential cures reflect uncertainty regarding inclusion of additional elements of value that may be important for potential cures, but which are not part of standard cost-effectiveness methods?
A good example of this challenge can be found in ICER's own evaluation of Spark Therapeutics' gene therapy Luxtrna, which found that prescribing the $850,000 cure for vision loss to a 15-year-old patient wouldn't be cost-effective even at $500,000 per QALY. Shouldn't it be a bargain to pay this cost for a patient who will likely live for at least 50 more years? For example, the ICER report looks extensively at the cost to care for the blind patient vs. cure them with Luxtrna, but if we think about the economic contribution of a "normal" worker at the per-capita GDP of $60,000 per year for 30 years, it starts to sound like a bargain even if we value the restoration of the patient's sight at $0, which, of course, we shouldn't.
ICER question No. 3: How should value-based prices for potential cures reflect extreme magnitudes of lifetime health gains and cost offsets that are far beyond those generated by traditional therapies?
In other words, if we find a treatment that really is worth $2 million, how in the world do we pay for it? Can any healthcare system afford to pay such a high cost for every patient? Additionally, how do we handle problems created where the value derives from cost offsets that accrue to someone other than the payer for a particular treatment? In the U.S., for example, treating a disease early in life might be socially optimal, but the savings might accrue to Medicare when the cost gets paid by commercial insurers, as we saw with hepatitis C.
How Do We Determine the Value of Innovative Pharmaceuticals?
Each of the issues raised by ICER's questions represent fundamental challenges with the use of QALY as a pharmacoeconomic evaluation framework. Although creating new (and probably more complex) theoretical and empirical models may address some of these issues, any model likely will continue to be stymied by the lack of long-term outcome data for newly launched products. As a patient, however, I take issue with the QALY system being used by a health insurer (as is customary in the U.K.) because it's the opposite of how I'd like insurance to behave. Although in the U.S., my health insurance usually pays for inexpensive, preventative care (in my case, annual physical and cholesterol screening exams), I wouldn't mind paying these costs out of pocket (especially if it would lower my high premium). What I really want from my health insurance is a service that protects me against the risk of a financially ruinous condition such as cancer or a rare disease that might cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to treat.
My reaction to debates about the relative merits of the U.S. vs. U.K. insurance systems has always been that the U.K.'s system isn't really insurance. Instead, it's more of a payment plan combined with redistributive taxation. It would be upsetting to reach old age without any major health complications to find that my insurer is only willing to pay $30,000 per year to keep me alive after a lifetime of paying high premiums into the system (and just getting cheap preventative care in return). Much has been made of the high cost of end-of-life care for health insurers, but I bet most auto insurers' costs occur after accidents where the car is a total loss, too.
I believe that a market-driven model for determining the value of something (for example, by asking, "What are people willing to pay?") will always be a superior way to value complicated goods, and pharmaceuticals are no exception to this. In such a market, not everyone needs to participate, but it does need to be large enough to meaningfully capture the average sentiment of the population. The private U.S. health insurance market seems likely to become this type of market in the world today, however, our insurance insulates us from (and often hides) the financial consequences of our drug usage choices. To allow any market to accurately set prices, purchasers (patients and organizations that purchase on their behalf, like self-insured companies) at a minimum need to know what they're paying for drugs—a nearly impossible request today, even for savvy patients.
What does this mean for pharma? While the current system of opaque pricing and complex rebate structures may have worked well in the past, I don't believe that it serves pharma well now. As we bring new products to market, we should be more transparent about what we're actually charging patients (that is, the actual net cost) for the clinical benefits that we provide. Once we do this, we will also need to talk about why we believe such a price is justified. This will require our industry to clearly articulate a position on how drug value should be measured, which, for many of the reasons above, will probably conflict with the one promoted by ICER. As an industry, we have avoided this debate for too long and can only harm ourselves further by avoiding it now. The pressure to do so will only continue to increase as the healthcare costs borne by patients continue to rise and thus push the discussion of how to value pharmaceutical innovation into public discourse.
Pharma colleagues, please consider sending your comments to ICER by Feb. 20, and think about how you'll weave the price of your next clinical innovation into your messaging strategy.
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As part of the Leftover event held at 411 Motor Speedway on Saturday night the Crate Late Model division contested a feature race that paid out $1,500 to the winner. When the dust settled it was Greg Martin who left the Seymour, TN track with the top prize after a hard fought victory.
Chris Chandler led the way in qualifying when he turned a lap in 14.259 seconds around the 3/8 mile clay oval. The top-10 from time-trials were locked into their starting positions for the main event which placed Austin Neely, Tyler Arrington, Rusty Ballenger, Jesse Lowe, Greg Martin, Greg Huskey, Shannon Elrod, Jody Horton and Ross White in the first five rows on the starting grid.
A.J. Hicks and Jordon Horton won the two B-main races used to set the remainder of the starting lineup for the main event.
At the start of the feature it was Neely who went to the early lead with Chandler, Arrington, Martin and Ballenger following. Martin wasted little time in moving forward as he passed by Arrington to take third on lap 2.
A caution flag for a mishap involving Jerry Green brought out the first of multiple caution flags on the fourth lap. Martin took advantage of that ensuing restart to grab the second position when he moved around Chandler. At the same time, Ballenger also gained a spot as he took fourth away from Arrington.
Lowe also got by Arrington to claim fifth on the tenth circuit.
The third running Chandler brought out a red flag when he went for a wild ride that resulted in his car rolling over in turn two on lap 11. The driver was not hurt but his car was heavily damaged.
When the race went back to green flag conditions Martin looked to make his move. One lap later he drove under Neely and took the lead. Soon thereafter, Ballenger would also get around Neely to assume the runner-up spot.
A fierce battle between Martin and Ballenger would take place throughout the race's second half, particularly following restarts on laps 15 and 24. But Martin would hold firm and take the checkered flag and the win.
Feature Finish: 1. Greg Martin, 2. Rusty Ballenger, 3. Austin Neely, 4. Jesse Lowe, 5. Tyler Arrington, 6. Greg Huskey, 7. Jordon Horton, 8. Ross White, 9. Craig Coghlan, 10. A.J. Hicks, 11. Chip Brindle, 12. Van Lester, 13. Kenny Ford, 14. Kelvin White, 15. Jody Horton, 16. Shannon Elrod, 17. Troy Frazier, 18. Seth Wimpey, 19. Chase King, 20. Anthony White, 21. Chris Chandley, 22. Joe Dempsey, 23. Terry Poore, 24. Jerry Green, 25. Cody Sisson


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Simulation of Large-Scale Circulation in Harborsby Wen-Li Chiang, (A.M.ASCE), Sr. Engr.; Tetra Tech., Inc., Pasadena, Calif. 91107,
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Document Type: Journal Paper
A numerical model capable of simulating vertically-integrated tidal circulations in a harbor area for a substantial long period of time has been applied to the Los Angeles-Long Beach Harbor. The computed results show that the large gyre structures, which have also been observed in the field, correlate closely with those found in a hydraulic model. In the difference equations, the non-linear advective terms and the local acceleration terms are arranged on the same time level in order to improve the numerical stability. The numerical scheme is efficient for the hydrodynamic computation of tidal motion in a complicated harbor geometry.
Subject Headings: Numerical models | Computer models | Water circulation | Ports and harbors | Tides | Hydraulic models | Numerical methods | Simulation models
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August 9, 2018 AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA
The San Francisco Giants present Jerry Garica Tribute Night
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Moonalice poster by Chris Shaw
According to Moonalice legend, Jerry Garcia hit the road 23 years ago for a solo tour we could not join. We all remember where we were when we heard the news. But more important, Jerry remains an inspiration to millions of us. This is the Giants' 60th year in San Francisco and it would have been Jerry's 76th. It is Moonalice's 11th. Chris Shaw's poster celebrates all of these birthdays and serves as a reminder: if you get confused, listen to the music play!
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Join Moonalice on August 9, 2018 for Jerry Garcia Tribute Night with the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park! A portion of proceeds from every special event ticket sold will benefit the Rex Foundation > https://t.co/ynFyzZujhI Chris Shaw created the incredible poster!!! pic.twitter.com/2JhVD6bKiH
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