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United Methodists in Zimbabwe are discovering the benefits of hosting students who travel from other countries to study at Africa University. As church members and students interact, hosts and visitors alike are immersed in new languages and broaden their cultural understanding.
Cesar Lodiha Akoka, a theology student from Congo, praised the initiative.
"Associating with the community," he said, "is one of the best experiences I am having here in Zimbabwe."
At Manica Bridge Township in Manicaland, he served the Hilltop United Methodist Circuit for six weeks. Supervised by the Rev. Godfrey Gaga, Akoka said he learned about "people's cultures, the way they live and interact (and) norms and values of the society."
Akoka helped boys in the Mutasa District with their French pronunciation.
"This was a positive impact that I had within that community," he said. "When we teach or train others, we … bring change in people's lives. Working with the vulnerable is my passion."
Gaga said the church also had a student from Mozambique who participated in the program.
"They were very useful in the youth activities," he said. "They uplifted the girl child by talking to (her), advising and counseling."
As the students assist the congregations, Gaga added, they learn "how The United Methodist Church is connected and how the church in Zimbabwe is growing."
Through the Ishe Anesu ministry, Africa University students work with underprivileged children, helping with lessons and bringing in medical students to provide health care. For their six weeks of service, each receive $200, plus a farewell gift of $150.
"These students come with their own expertise, which benefits the church," noted the Rev. Onismo Makwasha, senior pastor of Old Mutare United Methodist Church. The students helped with Christian education, counseling, home visitation and preaching and even donated $100 to a woman to aid her disabled grandchild.
Assisting Old Mutare Church were four theology students from Africa University: Bernard Mutangana from Rwanda, the Rev. Kazembe Matanga from Congo, and Antonio Mateus and IrTito Jorge Atalaia from Angola.
More than 15 Africa University students are involved in the program, serving more than 10 congregations. The partnership is ongoing. Students rotate each semester and receive reference or recommendation letters for their assignments.
The sharing of the student's life stories spiritually nurture both the church and community, and their commitment and dedication to ministry impresses the host congregations.
Addressing the Zimbabwe West and East annual conferences recently, Africa University Vice Chancellor Munashe Furusa said, "Across sub-Saharan Africa, these graduates are standing out as leaders and role models and inspiring a new generation."
Furusa said the university "has accomplished a great deal in building excellent academic programs and preparing a new generation of principled and highly qualified leaders. Each … is a living testimony to Africa University's ability to carry out its sacred responsibility of training leaders for Africa."
He expressed thanks for United Methodist support of Africa University.
"We currently accommodate more than half of our students on campus," Furusa said. "No other university in the country or region is able to do so. All this is possible because of the generous giving of churches and individuals like you. For that, we are eternally grateful."
Kumuterera is a communicator with the Zimbabwe West Conference. News media contact: Vicki Brown at (615) 742-5470 or [email protected]. To read more United Methodist news, subscribe to the free Daily or Weekly Digests.


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A portfolio is rather tricky in my line of work, as not all of the work I do can be presented visually, such as tech support, consulting, cyber-security etc.
What I present here is some of the websites I have designed, as well as
Please do check out my customer testimonials, which are a verifiable reference for other work I have done.
Mamma Mia Pizzeria
A complete branding and marketing solution for a local Pizzeria in Margate. I have produced logo, website, social media pages, SEO, banners. online food ordering/takeaway.
This is a fully managed WordPress solution.
Thanet Bookkeeping
A complete managed WordPress and branding solution for a local bookkeeper in Margate. I did complete branding with logo design, Website design, flyers, business cards, car decals, SEO, website maintenance and hosting.
Zen Managed Services
Website design, flyers, business cards, SEO, maintenance for
Red Seige
Website Redesign.
Replicated old website in WordPress and added some improvements and made it responsive.
Juno Glass
Client's original website was created by 1&1, using their own website builder. Unfortunately, the website got hacked and 1&1 had no idea how to fix it and the website became blocked by Google until it eventually stopped working entirely.
I managed to recover the content from the old website via the Wayback machine, and built them a nice new managed WordPress solution, which is now hosted with ZenMSP.
East Kent Karate
This is a website redesign I made for Karate East Kent using WordPress.
Sadly the instructor decided he preferred his old site, so this one was never used.
If you run a karate club and are in need of a new website and you like this design, then I will donate this website for FREE, so feel free to contact me.
Logo designs for hair and makeup beautician.
Gauge o Guild
New website design mockup for model railway community.
C64 Zenith Intro
Back in the 1980's I coded demos and crack intros on the Commodore64

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2013 was a landmark year for British heritage brand Puffa, as they celebrated their 40th year in business. To mark their big year, Puffa launched a series of exclusive collaborations, introduced knitwear and released their strongest Original Collection to date.
Created in 1973 by Penny Rogers after she was inspired by the quilted jackets she had seen on her travels to Canada and the US, Penny set to work to design a small collection of jackets made initially from Eiderdown quilts.
Fast forward 40 years and Puffa's durable and warm jackets have upped their technological credentials and remained true to their principles of quality and functionality and of course, style. Inspired by their strong heritage background and the modern urban insider, this years collection pushed the boundaries between the traditional Puffa jacket and more contemporary, trend-led pieces.
The men's collection featured one of the most popular prints this season in the form of camo. From the light-weight Jacob in both grey and olive camo, to the Niles with the print in the inner of the jacket, this addition was able to bring the brand even more fashion relevance. They have also introduced some new colour-ways in the parka jacket including an electric blue and bright red.
Ensuring that all weather conditions are covered, the shearling-lined Genfield is perfect for colder days that have arrived later than scheduled.
The original women's collection is equally as strong, with rich colours, luxurious fabrics and perfect silhouettes. The collection featured shades such as whisper white and gold, with some nipped-in waistlines also making an appearance. The typical quilted Puffa remains whilst the popular parka makes a comeback in both olive green and deep navy.
For the first time in the history of the brand, Puffa have expanded their collection to include men's knitwear pieces. From cardigans to jumpers, the four pieces are a welcome addition to the pioneering brand of quilted clothing and demonstrates the brand's appeal outside its outerwear collection. So much so, one is on our Christmas gift list.
Also in response to this historic year, Puffa teamed up with another deeply-rooted brand, Harris Tweed for a capsule collection that featured the traditional Harris Tweed fabric in a reworked way, whilst still sticking to the innate traditions that both historical brands represent. The collection featured two menswear designs, in the form of a retro tweed bomber and tweed gilet which became exclusively available on www.puffa.com in November. More exciting collaborations and products are expected so there is no need to fear getting knitwear from your aunt this Christmas.


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Probably the most advanced factor about b-complicated vitamins today are the nasty additives which might be being added into the mixture. Plus, D is essential for absorption of calcium within the body, she says. Some folks assume that if something is good for you, then the more you take in, the more healthy you may be. But that is not essentially true in the case of vitamins and minerals. In case you have low levels of sure vitamins, you could get well being problems. A balanced weight-reduction plan often gives sufficient of those vitamins.
If you will consume Vitamin A dietary supplements, ensure to take decrease doses, use dietary supplements from food primarily based sources, and consult your doctor. Vitamins can be consumed in a variety of ways Commonest vitamins are acquired by the meals we eat but depending in your cultural or cuisine traditions, you may possibly have decrease pure vitamin consumption.
57 In 2007, the US Code of Federal Laws (CFR) Title 21, half III took effect, regulating Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) within the manufacturing, packaging, labeling, or holding operations for dietary dietary supplements. Vitamin D also helps shield you towards infections by maintaining your immune system healthy. …


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by Jason Mercier
I just recently glanced over the PokerStars WCOOP schedule and it got me pretty excited. With just a few weeks before WCOOP starts, I will need to figure out which events I will be playing. I will be trying to balance playing WCOOPs along with playing live, while possibly being in Europe for the entire duration of WCOOP. This will make it more difficult with the time difference, but I'm up for the challenge.
I plan on playing all the biggest buy-in WCOOPs, possible, even trying my hand at the $25k heads-up for the first time. I'm very excited for the last few days of events when there is a $2k PLO 6 max, $2k horse, $10k 8 game and the $5k Championship event!
Not only have I never won a WCOOP event, I have never even final tabled one. I think that this is going to be my year. I'm feeling and hoping for a strong showing in this year's WCOOP.
The structures are so great and the variety of tournaments is so amazing, it's such an awesome experience just playing in the WCOOP on Pokerstars.
But this year… I WANT TO WIN!
Visit the official WCOOP site to see how you can take part.
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Happy List! – August 5, 2011
Sometimes when mired in the bad, it is hard to remember the good…
But when there is so much good, it is hard not to hold on tight, cherish and celebrate it!
You Gotta Have Friends…
Sometimes you never know how many friends you actually have until you hit a rough patch. It really does amaze me when someone is willing to take a minute or so and write me when I seem out of sorts. The good ones come out of the woodwork and rally, and I can't begin to express how much I love you for it.
Making New Memories
Sometimes a crazy messy roadblock gets unexpectedly plopped right onto your carefully planned path. If you stay flexible and allow for a detour, you might be surprised at the results of traveling off the highlighted route.
Because Alexa and I are magical.
Get lost in a good book, and keep thinking of the things that make YOU happy! 🙂


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Skull&HaHa to Make a Return with Cover Performance of Sean Kingston's "Beautiful Girl"
Inquisitive Bro-migo, March 10, 2015, 10:07 a.m.
Skull&HaHa are set to make their comeback soon! The duo will begin to make a comeback with their very own cover track for Sean Kingston's 2007 hit song "Beautiful Girl". Even though fans will not see either Skull or HaHa promoting the track on music shows, the cover track will allow listeners to get a small taste of what's to come.
10cm's Kwon Jung Yeol is featured in the Korean version of the track, so be sure to listen to both! Watch the music video teaser clip above here at Koogle.tv, and check back with us on March 13th for the full release!


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Grand Designs - The Loch House: Killearn, Scotland
Documentary/FactualRepeatClosed Captions AvailableRated: G47 mins
6:00pm Friday, March 15 2013
Grand Designs - Series 5, Episode 08 - The Loch House: Killearn, Scotland
Series Synopsis
Design expert Kevin McCloud charts the process of ambitious design and building projects in the UK. Kevin follows the projects from the details of architectural drawings and planning to turning designs into dream homes.
Future Episodes
- 6:00pm Thursday, March 14 (R)
- 6:00pm Friday, March 15 (R)
- 6:00pm Tuesday, March 19 (R)
- 2:55am Wednesday, March 20 (R)
- 6:00pm Wednesday, March 20 (R)
- 6:00pm Thursday, March 21 (R)
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text: oddone Posted January 19, 2007 My husband has an appt with his rheumatologist. next week, and this is only his 2nd appt.(first for initial diagnosis) At the last appt. we were asked to consider the drug cyclophosphomide and discuss at next appt. Just wondering others thoughts about it. My husband does not have any organ involvement (re" Normal" PFT & ECG) but extensive systemic (head to toe) skin thickening. THe PFT & ECG are the only tests that have been performed and no blood test since July 06 (which showed ANA positive speckled pattern). What further tests should I be inquiring about? My husband is more, well just do what they say, but I think that if you dont try to help yourself as well, things may slip through the cracks, especially with such a disease that affects people sooooo differently. Any posts would be greatly appreciated, for the newbie. I have been doing alot of research, and looking at posts here, and it seems that some are put on meds immediately, and some aren't. Some have lots of meds and some do not require. If not alot of tests are done, how do they know? ie - PFT looks like a good test, but doesn;t always detect things, and there are about 4 other tests to determine PH, PAP. Its a little confusing... Im hoping that there will be a battery of tests scheduled at this next appt. Just to get more info. But as I am finding out......theres never enough info about this disease. Thanks for your help everyone, I enjoy this forum emmensly! Quote Oddone - Spouse - 38 yr old Husband diagnosed October 2006, Diffuse Systemic Scleroderma Normal PFT(July 06), ECG(Nov/06) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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A lot can happen in a year. For the past thirty it seemed as though the west, and indeed most of the developed world, was moving towards one single destination: an increasingly interconnected, globalised, consumerist society. Liberal, democratic, multicultural, and metropolitan.
A destination of such political inevitability that even Francis Fukuyama was willing to describe the capitalist liberal democracies of the west as the end points of human development, the end of history as we know it. Any threat to the inevitable march of globalisation, be it from the anti-capitalists, religious fundamentalists, nationalists and fascists, were all cast to the side lines, knocked down by the waves of lattes and cosmopolitan liberalism. But history isn't always linear.
The political shockwaves of Donald Trump and Brexit have not only shaken the very foundations of the mainstream political establishment, but have diverged the course of history in the west.
Perhaps more than at any point since the Second World War, we face uncertainty, and impending calamity. The populist rhetoric of demagogues, tapping into the deep frustrations of large swathes of the population has seen the greatest kickback against globalisation ever. It is no surprise, that with the rise of the Neo-Fascist Alt-Right, and the shocking increase in racist incidents on both sides of the Atlantic, many have sounded the death knell of globalisation completely.
It is undeniable that the death of globalisation—in its current incarnation at least—has been delivered by its victims. The white working classes have felt little more than a sense of complete abandonment over the past thirty years at the hands of globalisation, stripped of their sources of lifelong employment, and thrusted into alienating and precarious service-sector jobs and zero hours' contracts.
Deprived of a voice through harsh trade union laws, and marginalised by a system that values the south over the north, the urban over the rural, the white collar over the blue collar; is it any surprise that they seized the first promise of radical change offered up to them? The most bitter irony of all, however, is that those they have rewarded and empowered in this kickback, the rich white males of Nigel Farage and Donald Trump, will be anything but the champions of the forgotten that they shamelessly claim to be.
The death of globalisation will no doubt be greeted both by joy and terror. But that is not to say that the idealistic values of it are doomed. The liberal globalised society that rewarded and marginalised millions in equal number has been cast off and replaced with the most nationalistic collection of odious demagogues since the Second World War.
Those that have given them power, often out of sheer despair at the political status quo, will not be rewarded for their contribution. We as progressives must recognise its faults and failures, and why people rejected it, but we must never fall into despair or give into the pseudo-fascism of the old right.
Though globalisation in its rampant, unregulated and unequal form may be dead, its immensely positive values, the core, fundamental beliefs of solidarity, democracy and progress that made it a fundamental force for good, as flawed as it was, can and must continue to be championed. The very future of the west depends on it.


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Friday completes a busy week and the market will not have much news to digest. There are no major earnings announcements scheduled for the day.
Here's what you need to know.
- Japan starts the day off early with a reading of its unemployment rate at 6:30 p.m. EST on Thursday evening. Economists predict the jobless rate will decline by 10 basis points to 4.5 percent in January.
- At 7:00 p.m. EST, South Korean manufacturing PMI will be released. The index last stood at 49.2. There are currently no available estimates for the announcement.
- Announcements go quiet until German retail sales are announced at 2:00 a.m. EST on Friday morning. Economists predict January sales jumped 0.5 percent from December.
- Finland will announce fourth quarter gross domestic product at 3:00 a.m. EST. Economists predict the nation barely missed contracting in the fourth quarter of 2011, with a 0.1 percent expansion.
- At the same time, Spain will release the number of citizens who are unemployed. Economists see 80,000 more Spaniards identifying as unemployed in February.
- British construction PMI follows at 4:30 a.m. EST with expectations for continued but slower expansion in February. The index is forecast to drop 0.1 points to 51.3.
- Eurozone producer prices are set for release at 5:00 a.m. EST. Consensus estimates call for an increase of 0.5 percent in January, reversing December's 0.2 percent decline.
- Italy will announce its deficit-to-GDP at 5:00 a.m. EST as well, with expectations currently for a 60 basis point decline to 4.0 percent in 2011 from 2010.
- Canadian GDP will be announced at 8:30 a.m EST. Analysts expect the country's economy expanded by 0.3 percent in December.
- The only U.S. announcement scheduled for the day is ISM New York at 9:45 a.m. EST. The reading last increased to 60.1 in January from 51.7 a month earlier. A reading above 50 indicates expansion.
There are no major earnings announcements scheduled for Friday.


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Stefan de Vrij thought he'd done enough for Lazio, but Khouma Babacar's penalty awarded via VAR deep into stoppages gave Fiorentina a point.
The Aquile saw their run of nine wins in all competition ended by rivals Roma, then drew 1-1 with Vitesse while resting many stars. Luis Nani and Felipe Anderson were injured, but it was a special game for ex-Lazio Coach Stefano Pioli.
Federico Chiesa hit a daisy-cutter just wide of the near post, but Marco Sportiello's poor goal kick saw Ciro Immobile hacked down on the edge of the box by Davide Astori for a yellow card.
Jordan Veretout wasted a promising counter with a weak finish, but Marco Sportiello fingertipped a Luis Alberto curler round the post after it bounced right in front of him. Sergej Milinkovic-Savic tried to turn in the box, but Astori ran a big risk and it paid off with his clean tackle.
Lazio broke through when Luis Alberto's long free kick found Stefan de Vrij for a powerful header from 10 yards. It was the centre-back's third goal of the season and the Spaniard's fourth assist from set plays.
Fiorentina made some dangerous counters in waves with four players at a time. Marco Benassi found Federico Chiesa to pull back only for Giovanni Simeone to blast into Row Z.
Luis Alberto's low drive whistled just wide and Marco Parolo had penalty appeals waved away when he was unbalanced by pressure from Veretout. There was a similar incident in stoppages by Adam Marusic on Simeone, but both were treated the same way by the referee.
Benassi's snapshot was deflected wide and Chiesa's low effort smothered by Thomas Strakosha after a smart Thereau run, as the Viola – today playing in green – started the second half brightly.
However, Immobile's long-range curler was fingertipped round the far post by Sportiello. Fiorentina's finishing left something to be desired, as Khouma Babacar's effort was straight at Strakosha.
Babacar had some moments of nausea, but Fiorentina had completed all their substitutions, so he had to play on.
Lazio almost added a second goal after 86 minutes, as Jordan Lukaku kept the ball in at the by-line and chipped the cross back for Parolo's header, forcing a sensational reaction save from Sportiello. Luis Alberto also saw the follow-up deflected off target.
In stoppages, Fiorentina had their best chance of the game, as Felipe Caicedo made a clumsy clearance on German Pezzella, the move continued and a spectacular Pezzella overhead kick forced an even better Strakosha save.
However, the referee viewed the incident on VAR and awarded the penalty for Caicedo kicking Pezzella, who had got to the ball first. Babacar kept his cool and converted the penalty to equalise at the 93rd minute at the Olimpico.
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The title of wood painting, Austrian artist Heimo Zobernig's first solo presentation in the Nordic countries, references Ingmar Bergman's play Trämålning, a relatively little-known work from 1954. Written as a kind of prelude to the Swedish auteur's cinematic masterpiece The Seventh Seal (1957), Bergman's play likewise references an image, or rather, an impression made by a painting depicting «a medieval game in the shadow of the black plague… a number of people in a long, solemn dance toward death.»
Trämålning literally translates to 'wood-painting' in English – an example of the linguistic slippage that Zobernig frequently puts to use. Yet, in the context of his exhibition at Malmö Konsthall, it is better translated as 'woodcut', a traditional method of printmaking in which sections of a wooden block are removed to form a negative relief from which a positive print is made. Indeed, Zobernig's exhibition is characterized by methods of reduction and removal; it too passes through its own negative image. As the exhibition's struck-through title suggests, the stage-like sculptures comprising wood painting proceed theatrically in gestures of partial concealment, signifying not only the potential for exclusion, but also mistakes, and abrupt changes in direction.
Zobernig, who in the late 1970s received formal training in set-design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, has staged his installation around the walls remaining from the Konsthall's previous exhibition by the American performance and video artist Joan Jonas. Laying the walls flat to create low sculptures resembling platforms, the artist has made minimal alterations to the space. In fact, the gallery is nearly unchanged, save for a number of square, modular stages and metal risers placed throughout. Atop these readymade structures lay black and white soft, fleecy blankets on which viewers are invited to sit, stand or lay. Not only do these blankets ironize the ubiquitous use of the grid as a compositional device in Modernist design and painting, but they also point toward the chess game at the center of Bergman's film. But while Bergman's crusader Antonius Block challenges Death to a game of chess as part of a crisis of faith, Zobernig's 'game' appears motivated by a crisis of a different kind – the so-called 'death of painting'.
The artist dramatizes this with support from Klas Anshelm's iconic architecture, which is brought to the fore both in terms of its scale, and also in its function as a framing device. Under skylights and between white columns, a series of informal tableaux-vivants emerge as the sculptures' participatory prompts intersect with mildly voyeuristic urges. Traditional painterly problems such as the figure/ground relationship are displaced by the structure of the exhibition itself, which acts as a matrix through which specific behaviors and events are produced.
Perhaps not coincidentally, this echoes what French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, in The Savage Mind, described as one of the defining characteristics of games. In contrast to ritual acts such as funerals, which Lévi-Strauss claims create a sense of unity among members of a group, games generate distinction between those who know the rules and those who do not; between those who perform and those who do not. For Zobernig, it seems that there is no existential drama to play out during painting's supposedly inexorable march toward death. There is no Truth to be found in wood painting. Instead, there is only its absence. As in Bergman's film, the actors just keep moving.


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- 2018 has been a challenging year for investors, at least compared to 2017.
- UBS has outlined four specific themes it expects will play out in the months ahead.
- It has offered its top trade ideas for stocks, currencies and fixed interest to capitalise on these themes.
Compared to last year, 2018 has proven to be a challenging year for investors.
Geopolitical tensions, tighter monetary policy settings and growth wobbles in Europe and China have all led to an increase in market volatility, making trades that looked so good earlier this year anything but.
Just ask anyone who was piling into emerging markets at the end of January, or those who were betting on the US dollar continuing to weaken — things can change, and fast.
However, volatility not only offers challenges but also opportunities for investors.
UBS' global macro strategy team certainly thinks so, suggesting the changing macroeconomic landscape, and recent market moves, have provided a few tasty opportunities for traders and investors to ponder as we head towards 2019.
"Going forward, and with increasing evidence of China policy easing, global growth is likely to stabilise, with some rotation in the marginal growth impulse from the US towards the rest of the world," it says.
"At the same time, the sharp acceleration in US inflation seen in Q1 should continue to abate.
"A global backdrop of solid growth and stable US back-end yields should continue to support risk assets."
Along with an expectation for a stabilisation in global growth and ceiling on longer-dated sovereign bond yields, UBS says the risk-reward surrounding European politics, along with more challenging backdrop for emerging markets, are likely to remain the dominant investment themes in the months ahead.
So how to capitalise on those themes?
UBS has that covered too, offering its top trades across FX, interest rates and stocks for the remainder of the year.
Here they are:
"Our US equity strategists remain bullish, given solid earnings growth, still-favorable valuation, rising buybacks, and growing dividends," it says.
"Back-end rates in the US are likely to remain stable, and we add positions in assets that are exposed to US growth."
It also notes that many of its top trades are predicated on European growth fears easing.
"We expect this as the data rebounds from early-year distortions. In combination with markets already pricing much of the Fed cycle, this should boost EUR/USD and allow for some broader dollar weakness," it says.
On those involving emerging markets, an area that has received plenty of attention in recent months given the carnage in some asset prices, it says the recent selloff now offers good carry income, especially in assets that benefit from solid balance sheets rather than those reliant on strong growth.
Some of the trades are more exotic than others, but there are plenty of ideas for investors, regardless of expertise.


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Formed in July 1998, MFP and sister company, Mendocino Redwood Company, LLC (MRC®), work together to supply the marketplace with environmentally responsible lumber and timbers. MRC owns 228,800 acres (350 square miles) of timberlands in Mendocino and Sonoma Counties in California. MRC supplies MFP with raw materials in the form of redwood and Douglas-fir logs. MFP in turn manufactures these logs into top-quality redwood and Douglas-fir lumber products.
Since 2000, the forestlands of MRC have been certified to the standards of the Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®). MFP maintains FSC chain-of-custody certification for its sawmill and distribution operations as well.


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Title: ReminiscenceTherapy free taster activity
Date: Tuesday 15th May 2012
Location: Whitland Town Hall
Time: 2.00pm – 4.00pm
Cost: Free
We would like to invite you to a free taster session organised by West Wales Befriending Links of Age Cymru Sir Gar. The taster session is to promote our new Befriending Groups which we are setting up in your area.
Please come along to try out a new activity or join us for a chat and a coffee. We look foward to meeting you.
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Just after his nap
in that September afternoon light
Do you see
how the sun
has turned his hair golden?
I do not want to cut those glorious locks.
I want them to travel with us
into autumn.
The smell of summer
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I was first introduced to the delights of haw jelly when it was given as a present from the secret selfsufficientish santa (a yearly tradition on our web forum) a couple of Christmas's ago and I have loved the stuff ever since. Pretty easy stuff to make. The recipe that I use is inspired by some ofthe ishers on our web forum.
- 1 lb of Haws (500g)
- 1.5 pints of water (800mls)
- 3 crab apples
- 2 cooking apples
Boil until the haws and the apples are all mushy. Then get a muslin cloth/jelly bag or an old CLEAN t-shirt pour in the mushy liquid, tie up some where (cupboard handles are a good spot) and strain through into a bowl. This is best done slowly even overnight as apparently squeezing it can make the jelly go cloudy, but I have no patience and tend to give it a helping hand. I am not puritan after all.
Measure our what liquid you have left and pour in the same amount of sugar. So one pint of sugar to each pound of liquid, 500g per 500ml. Then boil until you reach setting point. To test this put a saucer in the freezer for a bit, then dollup the jelly onto every now and then, when it seems to set and not run all over the saucer it is ready to put into sterilized jam jars.
It makes about three Marmite sized jars full. Unless like me you drop one into the rest of the big pile of haws and end up with a big jammy mess of haws.


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Did my headline stop your scanning eyes? That's how an IntelligentMail direct marketing campaign grabs the attention of your customers and then pulls them directly into your dealership.
IntelligentMail is a unique collaboration of on-demand digital color printing with customer and vehicle-specific data. The data pulled from the customer database is used to create compelling messages targeted to each individual customer's identified "buy" points.
An average dealer using this collaborative direct marketing approach typically spends one dollar per each mail piece and from a 4,000-unit mailing, which typically enables them to sell 25 units—or on average 6.3 units per 1,000 highly selected database contacts mailed.
The numbers of most interest: mailings like this typically generate upwards of $40,000 return for a $4,000 marketing investment!
This type of technology makes highly personalized and customer-specific direct mail printing in full color affordable. Content for the mailers is based on deep database analysis that identifies individual customers' possible buying opportunities.
Because of this combination of technologies applied to direct mail, dealers are creating uniquely individualized direct marketing offers with highly personalized messages and vehicle photos to help them accomplish several objectives.
- Avoid lease mileage penalties for their customers.
- Prevent customers from "driving self-insured"—driving without warranty protection.
- Optimize trade-in values.
- Offer customers a newer make and model for about the same monthly payments as on their current model.
- Offer more value in continuing their business with your dealership, to retain their business longer and perhaps conquer other members of their household as well.
This kind of direct marketing can easily accommodate individual messages personalized to each customer's ownership situation. Thus, the value proposition to the customer is always pertinent and real.
IntelligentMail delivers correct individual messages to specific customers – at the right time – to help your dealership retain their business long into the future. Benefits to dealers include:
- Being able to source late model, retail trades
- Create new purchases from orphaned customers
- Boost customer retention by providing unparalleled value to customers, by being a hero that:
- Alerts them to the danger of lease mileage penalties and offers opportunities to move into a newer unit for about the same monthly payment
- Salvages customers purchase regrets, due to wrong color choices, or body type, etc. This process help you identify other vehicle options they might prefer and for about the same monthly payment
- Prevents them from running out of warranty protection
This kind of sophisticated direct marketing requires tight integration with the customer database. It also requires the right kind of print and fulfillment technologies. A library or source for quality photos of the vehicles you sell is also important to have. Duplicating the IntelligentMail campaign with parallel email marketing campaigns that replicate the offers mailed to your customers will help boost closing rates.
Some dealerships might have the resources internally to manage such highly effective, highly targeted direct marketing campaigns like this. However, others may want to outsource this function to a capable direct mail provider.
Finally, what helps make this kind of direct marketing campaign so potent is the sophisticated customer-specific data modeling, creative design and buyer-specific messaging. Furthermore, because so many customers today care less about vehicle cost than affordable monthly payments, all price quotes offered to customers through such mailers should reflect 100 percent of the MSRP.
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Former NFL running back Cedric Benson dies in motorcycle crash
Former NFL running back Cedric Benson, one of the most prolific rushers in NCAA and University of Texas history, died in a motorcycle accident Saturday night in Austin, Texas. According to CBS Austin, a woman in her 30s was also killed in the crash, which involved a motorcycle and minivan.
Benson, 36, was a key player in the Longhorns' resurgence under coach Mack Brown, who said Sunday that Benson's death has left him grief-stricken.
"He was as good as you'll ever see as a football player and as tough as they come," said Brown, who recently returned to coach North Carolina following a long run at Texas. "But what I'll remember most is what a special, special person he was. We always enjoyed talking with him because he was such a bright and unique guy. There will never be another one like him, and he will be dearly missed by so many. It's just heartbreaking, but we feel very fortunate to have had him in our lives."
Benson was one of the top high school recruits out of the West Texas town of Midland. He played at Texas from 2001-2004 and his 5,540 yards ranks second at the university and ninth in NCAA history. He scored 64 career touchdowns with the Longhorns and won the Doak Walker award, given to the nation's top running back, in 2004.
He was the only player in school history to rush for at least 1,000 yards in four seasons and was inducted into the university's Hall of Honor in 2014.
Benson was drafted No. 4 overall by the Bears in 2005 and helped Chicago reach the playoffs the following season. He had his finest years with Cincinnati from 2008-11, taking over as the featured back on a team that made the playoffs twice but lost in the first round each time.
Benson ran for a career-high 1,251 yards while leading a playoff push in 2009, the first of three straight 1,000-yard seasons. He also led the Bengals to the playoffs in 2011, when Andy Dalton and A.J. Green arrived as rookies.
"Cedric was a fine football player for us," Bengals President Mike Brown said. "He played a principal role for several years here, including a couple of playoff runs."
"Once he bought into our system, he was like a flower. He just blossomed," former Bengals running backs coach Jim Anderson said. "He gave us an element we didn't have. We had complementary guys, but Cedric gave us a missing element. He was a good man. He was one of my guys and it hurts. Life is too short."
Benson played one season with Green Bay, where he started the first five games in 2012 before suffering a season-ending Lisfranc fracture in Indianapolis on Oct. 17. He rushed for 248 yards and a touchdown on 71 carries, and caught 14 passes for 97 yards in five games with the Packers before the foot injury.
He finished his NFL career with 6,017 yards and 46 touchdowns.
Benson returned to Austin after his playing career and set up a foundation, NUFCED, to aid underprivileged children and families. Those efforts included helping repair damage at the home of the first victim killed in a series of bombings in Austin early 2018.


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It's not even winter, but Delhi's air quality has seen a drastic deterioration in the past few days. It touched the 'very poor' category on Monday.
This time, the India Meteorological Department said that the lack of rain was to blame. In the past, authorities have also cited crop burning as a reason for Delhi's poor air and have claimed measures had been taken to curb crop burning during harvest season.
But crop residues are being burnt in Punjab and Haryana this month because of a late harvest season and also apparently because officials responsible for curbing crop burning are busy with elections!
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The Indian Express quoted Kahan Singh Pannu, Punjab Agriculture Secretary, as saying, "Most of the officials who are responsible for implementing these orders are on election duty. How do we implement the orders… Awareness exercises have been undertaken and farmers told about the bad effects of burning crop residue."
The problem of air pollution across northern India and crop burning have been passed around like a hot potato between authorities and administrations of different states. While government's have come up with rules and regulations, implementation has been far from ideal.
However, even as crops were being burnt, Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) chairman Satwinder Singh Marwaha told The Indian Express, "We are following it up with the Agriculture Department. There are fewer incidents of stubble burning this season as compared to the corresponding season last year."
This comes even as The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed the Ministry of Agriculture to furnish a status report within two weeks on the steps taken to stop crop residue burning, which results in air pollution.
The tribunal directed the ministry to continue to monitor the preventive steps and furnish a status report on or before April 30. As per information, no such report has been received by the tribunal from the Ministry of Agriculture.
A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel asked the Agriculture Ministry to submit the report by e-mail.
"Before taking coercive measures, we give an opportunity to the Ministry of Agriculture to furnish its report within two weeks by e-mail at email@example.com, failing which we may have to enforce personal appearance of the secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, and take penal action, if necessary," the bench said.
The tribunal directed that the report may be in terms of cumulative assessment of the problems and the remedies implemented and proposed.
The tribunal had earlier said there was a need to find a long-lasting solution for the problems of stubble burning and directed the chief secretaries of four states to appear before it to explain ways to prevent it.
The green panel was hearing the matter after taking note of a news report published in an English daily titled, "All fiddle as crop stubble burns, farmers say solutions out of reach."
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With the exception of last January, when I was in Australia and had (a) no internet and (b) far better things to do with my time, I usually start the new year with a round-up of the blog's stats.
This year it's kind of a depressing task, on the face of things, because after 2010's plunge to 149 posts over the year (from 209 the year before), I sank to a new, even lower low in 2011: 94 posts over the year, or one every 3.9 days. It's actually much worse than that, too, because most of those are Conversations With Greatness, and if you carve those out it works out to one actual post every 8 days—and, well, I'd be kidding myself if I said those posts were as good as they used to be.
As a result, I've seen a huge drop in traffic, from 16,058 pageviews in 2010 to only 9,193 in 2011. Now, admittedly my 2010 numbers included about 1,500 for just two days when I got linked on Language Log, but even if you carve those out you're still looking at a 35% drop in traffic. Sad face.
HOWEVER, I choose to be optimistic instead of depressed, for two reasons:
1. Even though I haven't been writing as much here, I've been getting published elsewhere all over the shop. In addition to my regular Good Men Project column, I've been editing (and writing) book reviews for the Ploughshares Blog, and edited and wrote an official blog for the Underbelly. I've also had one-off pieces published at The Rumpus, PANK, One New England, and even in print with DRAFT Magazine.
2. While overall traffic has decreased, traffic from particular segments has skyrocketed, so really I'm not losing readership so much as gaining a more focused one. (Gosh, don't you just love statistical euphemism?) For instance, in addition to a (sigh) continued increase in people Googling "recycling jokes," on the order of 600% or so over last year, I also had a 700% increase in people Googling the Fonz, and an ∞% increase in people searching for "communism jokes" (up from 0 in 2010). I also had a 70% drop in people searching for "obscure metaphor," which is a Blackburn Rovers New Year's Eve scoreline over Manchester United if ever I saw one.
Anyway, all of that to say: don't despair! In the coming year you can continue to expect more of my writing in other forums, and here on the blog more superlative communist jokes about the Fonz doing recycling than ever before. Starting with this one:
Q. Why did the Fonz separate his brown bottles from his green?
A. Glass consciousness.
SPLABANGO, dear readers, and goodnight.
January 02, 2012
State of the Pundigrion
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Doily lap blankets galore
I finished the first of 3 (yes 3) lap blankets that I am making. The first was made with Cascade Ecological wool, as was used by Jared Flood (aka Brooklyn Tweed) when he made the first one from a vintage knitted doily pattern. For those of you interested in making this pattern, here is the link to the free instructions. These are the finished photos of this blanket, it looks beautiful draped at the back of my Vintage English A&C couch.
Now I am on to the second of the doily lap blankets. This wool is so incredibly soft, bought it when my sister and I went to a farm tour outside of San Francisco from Mimi Luebbermann. I can feel the lanolin on my hands as I knit it. The colorway is beautiful, and not showing up well in my photos. It is a dark chocolate brown, and a tan 2 ply. 2 different sheep types, spun and plyed together, and then dyed with walnuts from the beautiful drive that approaches her farm. I met Mimi at the Farmers Market in Marin. Unfortunately, I do not think that I have enough of the yarn. My delima is whether to use the leftover Cascade, or bite the bullet and order more. I am tempted to use the Cascade, as I have it, the color match with the darker of the colors is great, and I can then finish it now. I might just add on and see how the transition looks.
And the 3rd, and I think final lap blanket for the time being, is a project that my local Stitch 'n Bitch group is doing. We are knitting lap blankets for a group home with adults with disabilities who are wheelchair bound. The blanket had to be machine washable, and I had nothing in my stash that fit the bill. So, my sweet husband went to the yarn store with me today, and I bought this yarn. It is a 50/50 blend, called Vintage Wool by Berroco. The weight is not the same as the Cascade, so I think that I will knit this on a size 7, it will be denser, which I think will be good. I need to wind this yarn up, but just feeling it is great. And I love the soft teal color.


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While the Senior Seminar is a major undertaking, it is not something to fear. The degree plan has been designed to set you up for success.
By Dr. Angela Gibson
Faculty Member, School of Arts and Humanities
Transitions come in many forms, some are personal, some are professional, and others are academic in nature. Just as there is a transition when you first attend college--perhaps an orientation or an academic skills foundation course--there is also a transition before graduation often in the form of a senior seminar or capstone course.


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Hyperburner is a gorgeous, space-based endless runner that you have been waiting for your entire life. Okay, that might have been a mild overstatement. The game requires you to manoeuvre a tricked-out spaceship in various levels strewn across the galaxy. These include a debris-filled space field, an industrial mega cluster, a 'holosim' facility and a red ore colony. The code, art and music have all been created by just one person, the hugely talented Patrick Cook and superb UI has been designed by Eva Godeny. The UI hits all the right feels with its slick design and space-age graphics. There are five levels of increasing difficulty on each of the six stages with the ability to set personal high scores on each. This greatly increases the replayability of this game.
Interestingly, this game can be played in both the landscape and portrait orientations, which is a rarity for mobile games. There are absolutely no ads or in-game purchases whatsoever.The controls rely on just the touch of your finger as you steer the ship through various obstacles. The control is extremely sensitive, however, and a slight swipe might send your ship crashing into all the space machinery. It's just a matter of learning how the controls work before you're able to zoom your way past the beautiful, desolate reaches of outer space.
There are a number of ships that are only unlocked by scoring a stipulated number in the previous level. You cannot gain an advantage in this game by spending money and will have to fight your way to the top using sheer skill and lightning-fast reflexes.The frantic pace of the game might be a welcome change from the lazy stroll of Subway Surfer or Temple Run for many of you. Hyperburner retails for Rs. 200 on the play store.
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I enjoy crafting things that surprise and delight.
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RTasks Clock In/Out feature has the ability to track a user's location using GPS. In order to have this feature work, a user must have location services turned on for the device they are using . This document will explain how the feature works when clocking in.
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The Desktop ResiDex Time Clock Management option will allow a ResiDex Manager or Supervisor to:
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2011 60 FORD KA 1.2 TITANIUM 3d 69 BHP
- 32000 Miles
- Petrol
- Manual
- 119 CO² (g/km)
- £30.00 12m Tax
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- 55.4 Avg. MPG
- Group 3 Ins.
- 32000 Miles
- Petrol
- Manual
- 119 CO² (g/km)
- £30.00 12m Tax
- £0.00 6m Tax
- 55.4 Avg. MPG
- Group 3 Ins.
Vehicle Information
- Features
- Description
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Vehicle Summary
- Body styleHatchback
- Engine size1242cc
- Engine capacity1.2 L
- Fuel typePetrol
- Number of doors3
- Number of seats4
- TransmissionManual
- CO2 emissions119 g/km
- Insurance group3
Performance & Economy
- Fuel consumption (urban)44.8 mpg
- Fuel consumption (extra urban)64.2 mpg
- Fuel consumption (combined)55.4 mpg
- 0 - 60 mph13.1 seconds
- Top speed99.0 mph
- Engine power69 bhp
- Engine torque75 lbs/ft
- Height inclusive of roof railsmm
- Width including mirrorsmm
Interior / Exterior
- Automatic air conditioning
- Leather steering wheel
- 2 way manual adjustable passenger seat
- 4 way manually adjustable drivers seat
- Front seat back map pockets
- Interior stowage net
- Isofix
- Rake adjustable steering column
- Rear head restraints
- Split folding rear seat
- Special Pearl - Blush
- Heated windscreen
- Privacy glass
- Body colour bumpers
- Body colour electric/heated door mirrors
- Courtesy headlamp delay
- Front fog lights
- One touch electric front windows
- Speed sensitive front/rear wipers
ComfortNo features available.
Safety / Other
- Anti-lock brake system
- Driver and passenger airbags
- 16" 7 spoke alloy wheels
- Chrome exterior pack - Ka
- Advanced music pack - Ka
- 6 speakers
- Auxiliary input socket
- Courtesy light delay
- Front and rear velour floor mats
- Power assisted steering
- Power door locks
- Radio/CD + MP3
- Remote audio controls on steering wheel
- Smokers Pack - Ka
- Trip computer
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- Special Pearl - Blush£659
- Total value of factory fitted extras£659
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- Registered: 2011
- Mileage: 32000 miles
- Engine Size: 1.2 L
- Fuel Type: PetrolGearbox: ManualBody Style: HatchbackColour: RedOwners: 2
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(HealthDay News) — Reducing medical residents' work hours hasn't improved mortality rates, hospital readmission rates or outcomes of surgery, according to two new studies published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, a theme issue on medical education.
In the first study, a team led by Mitesh Patel, MD, MBA, an assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine in Philadelphia, found that the 2011 reforms hadn't reduced mortality or readmissions or improved patient safety among hospitalized Medicare patients.
To reach these conclusions, Patel's group analyzed Medicare data on more than 6 million admissions at 3,104 hospitals. The admissions were for conditions such as myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, gastrointestinal bleeding or congestive heart failure, or conditions requiring general, orthopedic or vascular surgery.
In the second study, Karl Bilimoria, MD, an assistant professor of surgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, and colleagues examined general surgery outcomes of 204,641 patients from 23 teaching and 31 non-teaching hospitals. They looked at the 2 years before and 2 years after the 2011 reform.
The researchers found that the 2011 reforms did not result in significant changes in the rates of mortality or serious illness in general surgery patients during the first 2 years after the reforms were in place. On the plus side, the study found that resident test scores and scores on medical board exams did not change significantly from 2010 to 2013.
"The work-hour restrictions have been controversial because there have been questions whether they are positive or negative," James Arrighi, MD, an associate professor of medicine at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, told HealthDay. Arrighi is also the coauthor of an accompanying editorial.


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Play was suspended late in the day as thunderstorms hit the GC Gams-Werdenberg course. Opening round leaders Klara Wildhaber and Elena Moosmann continue to hold a share of the lead and are joined by fellow amateur Isabella Holpfer on six-under-par at the close of play.
19-year-old Wildhaber is one-under for the day through 12 holes before the weather curtailed her round. Austrian Holpfer will join Wildhaber on the tee tomorrow morning having also failed to complete the round. She joins the Swiss pair at the top of the leaderboard, lying two-under for the day after three consecutive birdies on 9, 10 and 11 before a rare missed putt lead to a bogey at the 13th.
Elena Moosmann, the only one of the leaders to complete the round, backed up a superb five-under opening round with a one-under-par 71 in tricky early morning conditions at the Swiss course. The 17-year-old was incredibly accurate off the tee and but for a few loose iron shots could have scored even lower. Reflecting on her round, the Swiss youngster said:
"I played good tee shots. My irons at the beginning were not so good but then I figured out what I did wrong and my putting was no so good like yesterday, but it was fine. It was a bit more windy but it was fine and I like to play in the rain so it was OK."
Despite facing some of the day's worst conditions with an early tee-time, the 17-year-old held her nerve to hold the clubhouse lead and will enjoy a late start tomorrow having completed the full eighteen holes before the storms hit.
Play will commence at 8.15am tomorrow with the unfinished second rounds to be completed. Following this will be a re-draw for the final day's matches.
Cold conditions and a possible dusting of snow are forecast for Sunday but with little chance of a repeat of the thunderstorms, it's hoped a full day's will be possible. The amateur trio will hope to transfer their stroke play excellence into the Sunday's match-play, and with home crowd support few would bet against the inexperienced group stealing the show once again.


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From the Prodigal Son to the Patience of Job, biblical references abounds in popular culture.
As the Iowa Legislature considers a bill to expand Bible literacy classes in public schools we came up with 10 questions to see how well you know your pop culture biblical references.
-- Mackenzie Ryan and Charles Flesher
MORE QUESTIONS: Quiz: 10 questions from the Bible
STORY: Bibles in Iowa schools sparks outrage, but this Iowa City class takes Bible learning in stride


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