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A blanket offers more than just physical warmth. It also offers comfort, especially to children who are going through a hard time. Marissa from Rae Gun Ramblings shares a tutorial showing how you can make a blanket in just 30 minutes. The materials won't set you back a lot, either, as it's made from a single layer of snuggly soft fleece with bias tape finishing the edges. She shares the tutorial to support the Luke's Loves blanket drive organized by Kimbo from A Girl and a Glue Gun . You can read more about it here.
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Don't you love short weeks? I'm happy for another weekend, as well as a little break from the steamy weather we've been having lately. We're planning to see a few friends, and if it isn't too rainy, catch a ballgame. If we do get rained out, I'll just try to brighten things up indoors by picking up a few blossoms, like these lovely yellow and red Butterfly Weeds that I got last weekend from the Women's Coop in Bethesda.
Hope you have a great weekend!
[Edit 8:30am] Turns out my flowers lived up to their name! After almost a week on our dining room table, I suddenly noticed two giant caterpillars munching away on the leaves! Those little guys got set free outside before I left for work, but I'm sure their new bush is nowhere near as tasty as my flowers.


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AWARDS: Innovations Get Financial Boost to Help Improve Communities
Recent Gauteng Business News
The South African Breweries (SAB) Foundation recently announced the winners of its inaugural Innovation Awards at a ceremony in Sandton.
The event was hosted by SAB Foundation Chairman and SA businessman, Cyril Ramaphosa.
The awards were established to recognise unique product inventions which work to improve the lives of women, youth, persons with disabilities and persons in rural areas. This is part of the SAB Foundations primary focus which is to ignite a culture of entrepreneurship in South Africa as a source of economic growth, job creation and innovation.
The awards are the first significant initiative announced by the SAB Foundation which was founded in 2009 as part of SABs broad based black economic empowerment deal, SAB Zenzele. The SAB Foundation holds 8.4 million SAB shares and uses the dividend income from these shares to invest in initiatives which benefit the wider community. This is SABs longstanding commitment to promoting entrepreneurship and working for South African society.
The awards reward commercialisable pro-poor innovations that address a challenge faced by the SAB Foundations identified beneficiary groups (women, youth, people living with disabilities and people living in rural areas).
Understanding the Innovation Awards
An open competition puts innovator applicants and their innovation through a rigorous, phased adjudication process. In the end, investments are made into those innovations which are innovative, scalable and can be commercialised with the end purpose of reaching and improving the lives of as many of the SAB Foundations identified beneficiary groups (women, youth, people living with disabilities and people living in rural areas) as possible.
The winner of the inaugural SAB Foundation Innovation Awards 2011 is Reel Gardening, whose community gardening product, Garden in a Box receives an investment of R1 million. The SAB Foundation will invest in six or more production machines to increase capacity, raw materials, staff and a distribution vehicle in order to take Garden in a Box to designated rural schools and communities.
Reel Gardening is owned by 25 year-old Claire Reid, who created a handmade vegetable planting strip made from biodegradable paper. Each vegetable strip is water soluble, contains fertiliser and non-modified seeds and includes a set of seed growing factors to maximise the germination rate.
Reid created the simplistic yet revolutionary product when she was only 16. Nine years later, Reel Gardening has grown into a fully-fledged business marketing its products to retail and corporate clients. But at the heart of her business is its support of community based gardens throughout South Africa. Reid has a developed Garden in a Box for schools and communities in low income areas. This helps to address food security concerns and provides a sustainable income for the communities growing the garden.
Two runners-up, ShonaQuip and The Invoice Exchange received R500 000 each.
ShonaQuip designs and manufactures innovative modular wheelchairs and seating support for people living with mobility disabilities in under-resourced areas, including rural and informal settlements. The SAB Foundation investment will assist ShonaQuip to redesign and manufacture a more conveniently packed, modular support wheelchair so that more people are reached at a lower cost to the beneficiaries
The Invoice Exchange is a web-based company supporting and enabling small and medium sized enterprises, who supply blue-chip companies, to access working capital immediately by selling their invoices on an exchange and receiving payment within 24 hours rather than the standard 30-days plus invoice. This will allow SMEs to provide more goods and services and employ additional people. The SAB Foundation will invest IT systems and the cost involved in taking the system to market.
Third place is shared by Arivi Paraffin Stove and Drybath whose innovations each receive R150 000 and fourth place is shared by Lifeplayer MP3 and Micromune, who each get R100 000.
Seed grants of R100 000 each were awarded to FoodPods, MoveeCom Mobile Internet Café, Harvest of Hope Abalimi Bezekhaya, Mthatha Agricultural Airport Services (MAAS) and Notetaker.
The long-term vision underpinning the SAB Foundations programmes is to ignite a culture of entrepreneurship in South Africa as a source of economic growth, job creation and innovation.
SABs empowerment deal benefits those who most need and deserve it. It is a truly broad-based approach, it is inclusive and reflects the companys longstanding and ongoing commitment to socio-economic growth, job creation and innovation.
The SAB Foundation sought to benefit the most vulnerable members of society, and we believe we are on the road to achieving that aim, says Dr Vincent Maphai, SAB Executive Director Corporate Affairs and Transformation.
Research conduction into entrepreneurship highlighted three critical points: SA lacks a critical mass of SMEs,
SA has only a few high-profile entrepreneurial role models; and
The countrys culture of innovation is largely untapped and un-commercialised.
To address these challenges, the SAB Foundation aims to contribute to the development of entrepreneurship by supporting the growth of a critical mass of SMEs; developing entrepreneurial role models; and stimulating and rewarding innovation.
Innovation Awards with SAB Help Push Initiatives
Other than the Innovation Prize, the SAB Foundation achieves its objective through the following investment initiatives:
Grant Capital Investment: support and financial assistance to high-impact, black-owned businesses in partnership with Endeavour, a non-profit organisation dedicated to transforming emerging markets by establishing high-impact entrepreneurship as a leading force for sustainable economic development.
Benevolent private-equity capital investment: investing SMEs with high potential, in a combination of debt and equity depending on the businesses needs. The business need to be black-owned and managed, show potential to innovate and to grow or be scalable.
Business support fund: small-scale grassroots support for non-profits, co-operatives, micro-businesses and other ventures which invest in entrepreneurial development and provide income generation and employment. The focus is on co-operatives, rural, women-owned, and youth-owned enterprises, which hopefully will one day be a part of the innovation awards.
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We are thrilled to welcome Laurie Zacharias to E-Power Marketing as the newest member of our online advertising team.
With Bachelor's degrees in both Communication and Information Technology, Laurie brings a plethora of digital marketing experience to our agency. Thus far in her career, she's worn many digital marketing hats, including fine-tuning Google Ads and other pay-per-click (PPC) accounts, designing websites for a local IT company, managing search engine optimization programs, conducting online business reputation monitoring, and copywriting. Before making the leap to E-Power, she focused on search page results by comparing search terms with website content quality and grading web page usability. On top of all that, she is certified in Google Ads, Google Analytics, and Hootsuite!
"I love the constant need to research and test new marketing tools and solutions," she said. "Digital marketing is far from boring!"
At E-Power, she'll be working to create, manage, and fine-tune digital advertising programs — which is something she's really passionate about.
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Un Estudio Descriptivo De Las Creencias Docentes Acerca Del Fenómeno Bullying
We present an ex post facto prospective single study group (Leon & Montero, 2007). Participants are 316 adults, primary school teachers of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires of both sexes, with an age range between 18 and 42 years (M = 23.17, SD = 3.1). The main objective of the project is to analyze beliefs of teachers in primary and secondary schools about the causes of the bullying phenomenon, preventive measures and contingent actions for resolution. How teachers perceive students and their behaviors, is related to the strategies they use to manage their classrooms (Valdez Cuervo Estévez, Nenninger et al., 2013). A medium-term goal in an upcoming project is the design of prevention programs to change the way teachers perceive and act on the mentioned phenomenon. Partial results are described.
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How can your warehouse keep up with the challenges of today's increasingly competitive industry? Use labor-saving solutions from a material handling equipment supplier and integrate Internet of Things (IoT) technology for state-of-the-art warehouse management.
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Business technology has gone far beyond consumer applications. The IoT provides efficient and accurate ways to manage even the most complex warehouses through every step of operations.
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Isolation, boredom and borderline insanity are all associated by-products of expats wives and moreover expat young mothers. Being a natural organizer and also keen to determine whether my one year old is anti-social or just naughty, I decided to start a playgroup, every Wednesday morning for mum's and toddlers," bring a toy and one to share" was by the by-line, mindful that the last time I'd heard that strap line was at an Ann Summers Party in Cork. I had toyed with the line, "Come for a gossip and bring a kid", but decided to keep it simple. Hey ho, unfortunately life moves on and I had a tonne of strawberries to peel and slice for the busy toddlers before playgroup at eleven.
Attending a playgroup was never something that I would have envisaged myself going to in the past but fourteen hours of Disney Channel with Handy Manny, Mickey Mouse and Jungle Junction can wilt the brain. It's when you find yourself singing the hot dog dance, after the tot is asleep that you know you're in trouble and need to meet adults fast, before you start using baby-talk and referring to yourself in the third person, "Mommy said No, Mommy will do it, Mommy's going mental! ".
The first meeting was attended by three fabulous young mums and their adorable kids. I chatted to the other two and we instantly decided that the group was a hit. The time and venue would stand and the task for next week was to try to bring one extra person each, to widen our children's circle of friends and perhaps extend the net for gossip-mongery. Chat flowed easily and having so much in common living away from home and having young children, we could empathise with each other's situations immediately. The children whinged and were given snacks to suppress the discontent. Heaven.
The morning of the second meeting, I received a text from one of the original founders, a week prior, she had an appointment but really didn't want fifteen month old Trixie to miss playgroup, so she had arranged for her maid, Shangi to bring Trixie along instead. Her query was would it be ok for Shangi to mix with us other mighty mortals. "No problem" was my response; I would never leave anyone out. I smiled a self satisfied smile to myself, the group was going just the way I wanted, multinational, diverse and western led, brillo! The meeting went well, there were two new recruits. The four of us, sat on the chairs smiling politely across the room at Trixie's maid, she sat on the floor, playing with Trixie and the other children while us ladies, chatted among ourselves. Gossip was thin on the ground, other than a girl in Zone 3, was seen feeding her child chicken nuggets which had an unacceptably high level of sodium. (Note: I'm not sure whether the level was unacceptably high for children in general or just some of the moms in Abu Dhabi)
The next week, I decided to up the ante to perhaps entice a few more mums to the group so I brought a flask of coffee, nothing like a nice cuppa with the oul chinwag. Ten thirty on the button, I'm setting up the snack table and the texts start flying in, Sarah had a mani-pedi at eleven and doubted she could make it, Anais had to rush to meet a friend for lunch and Kira was unavoidably detained, the good news was, each of their maids would bring along the children, it was a one off. Next week, the full compliment would be back. All the children gravitated to where the four mommy representatives sat on the floor, leaving the yummy mummies talk the same conversation that was talked the week before.
This week, I arrived with pre-packed snacks, no coffee and waning enthusiasm. I set up the snack table alone and with the exception of one text, from Kira who was again, unavoidably detained. The maids started flying in with toddlers in tow. I stood by the snack table; it was me and seven maids. Gone with the notion of playgroup providing the perfect platform for me to meet new friends but I noticed that the chairs were packed neatly by the wall and the maids were sitting on the floor getting down with the toddlers, they played, laughed and shared toys, just what you're meant to do at a playgroup I suppose. Then the circle broke and Shangi, Trixie's maid came to me and said, "would you like to site with us? we don't like to leave you alone". The gesture was welcomed and the message wasn't lost.


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The Dynamic Viewer is a virtual reality headset which enables users to view things in 3D and virtual reality by way of their smartphones. By connecting to smartphones, users can load certain experiences and their corresponding apps onto their phone and begin experiencing stem in 3D. It is intended for children, allowing them a more dynamic and engaging way of learning about the world in which we live and the solar system which surrounds it. In spite of the expense, it makes stem a more accessible area of academics for kids and for young adults who use the Dynamic Viewer.
The cost of Dynamic Viewer is $29.99 plus $6.99 shipping, for a total price of $36.98.
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The unit itself is lightweight because it is made from durable plastic parts perfect for use by kids.
It operates wirelessly so there is no chance of being caught in wires.
There are noise isolating ear buds. The eye rest has a cushion around it so that it fits nicely without pressure. Both lenses are HD Dual Focus.
It will work with almost all smartphones. There is a list of the compatible phones, including older iPhone 5 models and Android models.
There is a lock-in secure feature to hold smartphones in place. It is a large drop down panel of sorts into which the smartphone is placed and the free virtual reality apps are selected. Once this is sorted, the drop down panel is locked back into place.
The device makes it easy to place 3D video games. Video games played at home, like Wii bowling, can now be played in a 3D version just like the real thing. Movies can also be watched on the device, not just games. This means that standard 3D films can be viewed effortlessly at home just by putting on the headset.
This product users smartphones to display the virtual reality experiences, which are interactive and run the gambit from destinations to space to wildlife. The idea is that this device should be fun for children and encourage better appreciation for science and technology.
It is interactive and lets users explore a range of things. For the space pack, they can travel through the solar system, manipulate the planet, read facts as they go along, play games that demonstrate how gravities change on various celestial bodies too.
This Dynamic Viewer is only thirty dollars in stores and online. When ordered online, the company provides a guarantee for customers. Without complete satisfaction and the best virtual experience, they can get money back. It comes with the Dynamic Viewer, in addition to ear bugs, two viewer optimizers, and a free virtual reality app.
The experience packs come with their own app, rather than having access to a single app which links to all experiences. This means that if a user wants to change their pack, such as changing from the space pack to the destinations pack, they have to do the following. They have to exit out of the program, open the front, change to the destinations app, and then close it back up.
The company claims this product is suitable for anyone over the age of 7. However the latch which keeps the smartphone storage area secure can take some maneuvering so not all 7 year old children are up to the task.
Like all things, there is a catch. Here, the catch with this product revolves around the experience packs. The starter kit comes with 1. Clearly this is insufficient. There are tons of experience kits but each new pack is fifteen dollars. This means each view pack is half the cost of the viewer, so users are actually quite limited in what they get to experience in virtual reality.
The product itself is a similar item to that of Google Cardboard. It is also similar to the Samsung Gear Virtual Reality item which is a mobile phone driven HMD too. The prices for all of these products are similar in price too.
Do not buy Dynamic Viewer online before searching Amazon.
- Alternatives or the same items are always available and sometimes at lower prices.
Do not buy Dynamic Viewer online before searching Amazon.
- Alternatives or the same items are always available and sometimes at lower prices.
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I love this viewer! I found it at Wegman's for $17.99
I took it to Family Fun Day at my daughter's and had to leave it for her, So as soon as I got back home I got another for myself.
All the kids loved it.
It dosen't come with the bundle listed on their website, only the headset. Game controller is only if you buy it from the website. Lots of apps online.
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I purchased the vr by his company with one controller but in my final purchase they seemed to have added another controller. When I tried to call their number want working nor was their e-mail address.
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I ordered and they have not shipped it and I ordered fast shipping. How long does it take? I called and phone will not work either as well as the email. I'm wondering if I should have ordered through the website.
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With TrumpCare still being a widely debated issue on whether or not it is a useful policy, there are a variety of arguments for both sides that appear. However, one that seems to keep popping up is the effect that TrumpCare will have on women and their access to abortions. This article isn't going to directly address TrumpCare's effect on abortion, but will instead cover the argument in favor of keeping a baby alive.
There are a large number of pro-life arguments so I will try and break up each argument into its own paragraph(s).
The first thing I would like to address is the legality. Nearly every time I start discussing whether or not abortion should be illegal, someone chimes in that morality plays no part in legality. While I usually ignore this comment because I think it is trying to divert to purpose of the discussion, I would like to make a quick point about the "legality" issue. My understanding is that laws should be impartial and continuous overall. So then let me tell you a short story to try and demonstrate that laws about murdering babies are not universal.
Let's say that I have a pregnant wife who is then murdered. The murderer would be charged in a court of law with DOUBLE homicide. Homicide is defined as "the deliberate and unlawful killing of one person by another." For some reason, when the killer ends the pregnant woman's life, the fetus is considered a human being. However, if it is a doctor that is ending the fetus' life, then the fetus is not considered a human being under law.
This is what gets me so annoyed at the idea of arguing the "legality" of abortion. One might look at the definition of homicide and say, "Notice that it says 'unlawful killing of one person by another' and since abortions are legal, it is not murder or homicide." What kind of circular reasoning is that? We shouldn't argue the legality because that is what we are arguing about. Our laws should be based on some sort of objective or unbiased set of rules (i.e. morality). Otherwise everything we say is just semantics and quite trivial.
Now that one can see that arguing legality is quite useless, it is time to address the morality side. Sometimes it is difficult to come up with an objective set of morals, but in this case I will be making the assumption that murder is immoral. Therefore, by using a syllogism, if murder is immoral and abortion is murder then abortion is murder.
Is an abortion murder? According to the law it isn't, but what about logic? Let's first define murder. According to the dictionary, murder is "the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another." Disregarding the "unlawful" part since it would be circular to argue against, we can definitively say that if abortion is premeditated and kills another human being, then it is murder.
Is abortion premeditated? The dictionary defines premeditated as "to think out or plan (an action, especially a crime) beforehand." Unless an abortion doctor sneaks into your room while you're sleeping and performs it then, abortion is premeditated. The woman decides beforehand to visit the clinic and to have the abortion.
Does abortion kill another human being? Everything before this point has been relatively easy to see. Convincing someone that a fetus is a human is a tricky part, but if you think about it for a bit, the answer should seem obvious. If there was a breakin at a restaurant but nothing was stolen, how do the police determine if the trespasser was a wandering animal or a malicious human? They use DNA evidence. DNA can give information about what species a being is and can be used to identify possible culprits. So if DNA from a crime scene matches the characteristics of human DNA, then the thing that committed the crime is considered a human.
What do you think happens if we test the DNA of a fetus? That's right, it will be shown to be human. It will also be a distinct pattern that is different from the mother, the father, or any other human to ever exist. If this DNA were to be tested without having any knowledge of the situation, scientists would claim that the thing that produced the DNA was a human. Therefore, a fetus is a human.
The last step is whether or not the abortion is killing. Killing is defined as the "act of causing the end of an organism's life." Does abortion end an organism's life? Biologically speaking a fetus is alive and after an abortion it is not. Clearly abortion is killing.
Now that we have shown that abortion is both premeditated and the killing of a human being, we can say that abortion is murder. Since murder is immoral and abortion is murder, abortion is immoral and should not be legal.
Author's Note: I know abortion can be a rather controversial and emotional debate, but I did my best to approach it from a purely definition and logical standpoint. If you have any comments or criticism regarding my methods, leave them in the comments below. I'd love to get a chance to read and respond to any of them.


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In April 1998, the Board of Directors of Berks County Community Foundation approved the creation of a Youth Advisory Committee in order to give interested Berks County youth a hands-on experience in grantmaking decisions. Berks County Community Foundation strongly believes that young people should be able to participate in community decisions that affect them and their peers.
The Youth Advisory Committee (YAC) was made up of approximately 30 high school students from different communities in Berks County. The main purpose of YAC was to involve young people in addressing the issues facing their peers in Berks County. Members of YAC had the annual responsibility of making decisions about the distribution of $15,000 in grants from Berks County Community Foundation's Youth and Philanthropy Fund to programs and projects that serve Berks County teens.
From 1998 to 2019, YAC distributed 107 grants totaling $328,258.
In 2019, YAC merged with another program to become the Youth Advisory Board, a program of Berks County Community Foundation and the Youth Volunteer Corps of Reading.
Grants are now distributed from the Youth and Philanthropy Fund of Berks County Community Foundation through the Youth Advisory Board, which is run by VOiCEup Berks.
The new Youth Advisory Board program combines the grant-awarding component of YAC with the service-learning component of the Youth Volunteer Corps of Reading. The Youth Volunteer Corps of Reading is an affiliate of a national program. VOiCEup Berks runs the local affiliate.
The application process for students to join the 2019-2020 Youth Advisory Board is closed. Applications will open in May 2020 for the 2020-2021 school year. For further information, contact Rachel Kuhn. A co-founder of VOiCEup Berks, Rachel is director of the Youth Advisory Board.
Grants awarded by YAC 1998-2019:
(Organization: Dollar amount: Program)
Abilities in Motion: 4,250.00: Teens Taking Flight
Abilities in Motion: 3,000.00: STARS (Students Transitioning to Achieve Realistic Success)
Abilities in Motion: 500.00: Empowering Me
Alvernia College: 2,000.00: South Reading Youth Initiative
Barrio Alegria: 3,500: The OJOS: Eye of the Beholder
BCTV: 2,500.00: "Losers Win!"
BCTV: 3,000.00: Film Camp
Bechtelsville Comunity Park: 3,000.00: The Skate Park
Berks Area Youth Recreation: 1,000.00: My Pop And Me
Berks Arts Council: 2,500.00: Arts tool kit
Berks Community Television (BCTV): 2,000.00: Film Camp 2004
Berks Connections/Pretrial Services: 3,000.00: Mother's Voice Program
Berks Counseling Center: 3,500.00: Daily Living program
Berks County Intermediate Unit 14: 5,000.00: Youth Leadership Training – Berks County Transit
Berks County Prison Society, Inc.: 1,000.00: The Mother's Voice Project
Berks County Prison Society, Inc.: 2,500.00: FUNdamentals
Berks County Youth Center: 2,000.00: Conflict Resolution
Berks County Conservancy: 5,750.00: Bug Community Gardening Program – "Junior Bugs"
Berks County Conservancy: 11,000.00: Excel in Agriculture – A Community Gardening Pro
Berks Visiting Nurse Association: 2,000.00: Immunization Program
Berks Women in Crisis: 8,000.00: CAMPpeaceworks Theater Project
Best Buddies Pennsylvania: 4,000.00: Best Buddies Middle School Friendship program
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Berks County: 1,000.00: TEEN Program
BIG Vision Foundation: 1,000.00: Day of fun and physical activity for youth who are disadvantaged or disabled
Brandywine Heights Community Task Force: 3,000.00: After school program
Brandywine Heights Intermediate School: 550.00: Become A Brandywine Heights Bucket Filler
Building a Better Boyertown: 1,000.00: Natural Talent and Majesty at Studio B
Building a Better Boyertown: 1,500.00: Studio B – A Family Affair
Building a Better Boyertown: 2,000.00: FreeB at the B
Building a Better Boyertown: 2,000.00: Free to Be Me 2.0 at Studio B
Building a Better Boyertown: 2,200.00: Happy to Be Me 3.0 at Studio B
Camp Fire USA – Adahi Council: 3,000.00 Teen Suicide: Silence Is Not Golden
Caron Treatment Centers: 8,000.00: Peer Leadership Summit
Center City Youth Organization: 1,000.00: C.C.Y.O.
Children's Home of Reading: 6,000.00: Summer Therapeutic Recreation Program
Christ Lutheran Church (Glenside): 5,240.00: Glenside Peer Bank
Clay on Main: 600.00: John Paul II Students at Clay on Main
Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth: 100.00: General Support
Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth: 100.00: General Support
Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth: 100.00: General Support
Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth: 100.00: General Support
CARE: 3,500.00: Y.E.S. Program
Community Alliance and Reinvestment Endeavir: 1,190.00: Youth Ending Substance Abuse – 2003
Community Prevention Partnership of Berks: 2,500.00: Youth Behind the Camera
Community Prevention Partnership of Berks: 5,000.00: Reading Youth Leadership Initiative
Council on Chemical Abuse: 1,000.00: Healthy School – Healthy Youth Mural Project
Cumru Township Police Department: 3,167.00: AED
Driven Ministries, Inc.: 6,750.00: Momentum
Easter Seals Eastern Pennsylvania: 3,750.00: Funding for Camp Lily
First Tee of Lehigh Valley at Reading/Berks: 2,000.00: First Tee Affiliate Program at Reading/Berks
First Tee of Lehigh Valley and Berks: 2,500.00: First Tee Lehigh Valley Program at Reading/Berks
Embrace Your Dreams: 2,000.00: First Tee Lehigh Valley at Berks program
Girls on the Run of Berks County: 3,000.00: Girls on the Run
Girls on the Run of Berks County: 2,100.00: Girls on the Run
Girls on the Run of Berks County: 2,065.00: Girls on the Run
GoggleWorks Center for the Arts: 8,000.00: ArtsBridge: Enhancing Well-Being Through Creativity
Goodwill Keystone Area: 5,000.00: GoodGuides Youth Mentoring Program
Greater Berks Food Bank: 3,000.00: Produce for Kids
Growing Center, Inc.: 2,000.00: Horticultural Therapy for Alternative Ed Student
Growing Center, Inc.: 3,500.00: Horticultural Therapy
Growing Center, Inc.: 1,000.00: Horticultural Therapy Programs
Growing Center, Inc.: 2,450.00: Horticultural therapy
Herd By A Horse: 5,500.00: Connecting Youth and Families Through Equine Therapy
Hispanic Center of Reading and Berks: 2,000.00: Proyecto Raices
I-Lead Inc.: 1,500: Salsa, Song and Food Festival
J.K. Boyer Community Library: 2,000.00: How to Parent a Preschooler
Junior Achievement of Berks County: 7,000.00: Project Challenge
Junior Achievement of Berks County, Inc.: 2,000.00: Program costs for 2 of the 5 programs to be piloted
Junior Achievement of Greater Reading: 2,000.00: Our Families
Kutztown Community Partnership/Kutztown: 1,500.00: Speakers to address substance abuse issues
Lauer's Park School: 2,960.00: Lunch Crunch
Life-Line Center: 1,562.00: Life-Line Center Summer Program
Life-Line Center: 1,500.00: Get Up N Go
Mary's Shelter: 4,000.00: Healthy Starts
Mary's Shelter: 3,500.00: Education & Employment Initiative
Mifflin Community Library: 4,000.00: Mindfulness for Youth program
Muhlenberg Township Police Department: 3,274.00: AED
Multicultural And Literacy Institute: 5,000.00: LGBT App – Teen Corner Youth Mentoring & Empower
Olivet Boys and Girls Club of Reading: 2,500.00: PAL Unit 2005 Mural Project
Olivet Boys and Girls Club of Reading: 5,000.00: Center for the Arts for LGBT
Olivet Boys and Girls Club of Reading: 5,500.00: Berks PRIDE Mentoring Program
Opportunity House: 5,645.00: Stress Less at Second Street
Planned Parenthood Of Northeast: 3,000.00: The SPECTRUM
Police Athletic League of Greater Reading: 3,000.00: Mural Project
Prospectus Berco: 1,500.00: Healthy Living Program
Puerto Rican Latin Assn.: 3,590.00: Summer Youth Tech Institute
Reading Berks Emergency Shelter: 4,000.00: Second Street Learning Center Summer Experience
Reading Community Players: 6,000.00: Summer production of FAME
Reading Community Players: 605.00: Stressless with Reading Community Players
Reading Musical Foundation: 2,500.00: Koncert for Kids
Reading Musical Foundation: 1,000.00: YAC Summer Music Camp Leadership Program
Reading Musical Foundation: 1,000.00: YAC Summer Music Camp Leadership Program
Reading Musical Foundation: 1,000.00: YAC Summer Music Camp Leadership Program
Reading Musical Foundation: 3,000.00 Total Immersion Summer Music Camp Program
Reading Musical Foundation: 1,000.00: RMF Music Programs at Olivet Boys & Girls Club
Reading Recreation Commission: 2,000.00: Girls Leadership Program
Reading Specialists Educational Association: 2,000.00: Transitioning Youth Apprenticeship Program
Reading Specialists Educational Association: 5,000.00: Transitioning Youth Apprenticeship Program
RIZE: 5,000: RIZE Above Bars
Rudden Family Foundation: 1,000.00: Program that gives disadvantaged students desks and computers
Set Point Tennis: 3,000.00: Community Life Skills Grant
Set Point Tennis: 1,000.00: Lifeskill Tennis Crime/Substance Abuse Clinic
South Mountain YMCA: 2,000.00: Reading-Berks Emergency Shelter Family Retreat
Spring Township Library: 500.00: Stay Healthy With Miss Maggie
Spring Township Library: 135.00 Choose: Kind at the Spring Township Library
Taijiquan Club: 5,750.00: Pacem In Vita
Togliatti Community Foundation: 1,875.00: Russian Youth Exchange
Twin Valley Middle School: 2,000.00: Raider Pride Unity Day
VOiCEup Berks: 5,000: Summer of Service
West Reading Community Revitalization Foundation: 2,150.00: Mural project
Wyomissing Public Library: 1,750.00: Program to reduce stress
YMCA of Reading & Berks County: 5,000.00: Friends Always
YMCA of Reading & Berks County: 1,500.00: YMCA – Summer Camp Cooking Club
Youth Fund of Berks County Community Foundation: 3,000.00: To support the BCCF youth trip to Russia
Zion Gates Christian Ministry: 3,000.00: Can Anything Good Initiative (CAGI)
Zion's United Church of Christ: 2,500.00: The Soul-ed Out Student Cafe


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ASP.NET introduced a fancy new user input validation framework that, at least at first glance, appears to be a great advance over the complete lack of built-in validation support in ASP.OLD. Declarative validation is certainly wonderful stuff, and getting client-side validation with no additional effort (at least if your clients are using supported browsers) isn't too shabby either. Overall, using the built-in validation controls certainly seems like a good idea, particularly for those folks who wouldn't be performing any validation otherwise because of the amount of work involved.
But what about those of us who had been performing validation all along? Do the ASP.NET validation controls really offer equivalent protection to our former "manual" validation? Unfortunately, for many of us, the answer is probably "no". The main problem lies with the validation paradigm chosen for ASP.NET, which has the following properties:
- Each validation control operates independently of the others.
- The validation process does not output a validated value.
So what's wrong with that, you ask? Well, each of the validation controls needs to re-read the target control value, as does the code that will ultimately process that value. To make the problem a bit more concrete, let's look at the example of validating a birth date provided via a text box:
|Validation rule
|Validation control
|Value is required.
|Value must be parseable to a valid date value without any time portion.
|Date may not be in the future or more than 130 years in the past.
|If the value indicates an age of less than 10 years or greater than 90 years, the user must provide confirmation that the value is correct (as opposed to a data entry error).
|Custom control for soft validation
In the above example, each validation control reads the text box value independently, which means that they cannot build upon parsing and restriction steps performed by the other validators. In addition, when our code needs to process the birth date, it must go back to the text box and read the string value again. That mean that there are at least 5 reads and 4 separate parsing operations from the original text box value, each of which represents an opportunity to parse inconsistently with respect to culture and/or format. In addition, there's no guarantee that each of those 5 reads is even accessing the same value since it's possible for the text box's Text property to be altered between the reads (even if this is somewhat unlikely in an ASP.NET app).
How can we address this problem? There are plenty of workarounds, including using only custom validation controls, but that means quite a bit more work for developers. A much more reliable approach would involve reading the "raw" value from the text box only once. It would then be passed from one validator to another in a pre-defined order and would only require a single parsing. In the birth date example, the validator at step 2 would output a strongly typed DateTime value (assuming, of course, that step 2 validation passed), and that's the value that would be passed to the validator at step 3. The output from step 5 would be the value that our code would read, rather than going back to the text box to read its Text property.
It's entirely feasible to develop such a framework, but it's also quite a bit of a lot of work, particularly when one considers addition of appropriate design-time support. It's obviously not the sort of thing on which most shops would want their developers spending time. Unfortunately, it's also not the sort of thing that many shops would be willing to pay for as a third-party product, particularly given that most developers probably perceive themselves as getting by just fine with the existing ASP.NET validation controls.
On the other hand, it would probably be a reasonably small project on the Microsoft scale of things, and I suspect that I'm not the only one who would sleep better if the built-in tools would help the Morts of this world develop more reliable and secure applications out of the box, particularly given that most of us use applications built on those tools sooner on a more or less regular basis.


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They're Coming Home For Thanksgiving, Are you Ready?
By Jodi Silverman, Host of In the Nest with Jodi and Founder of the Moms Who Dare Community
What Are Your Expectations?
Parents everywhere are getting ready for their college kids to come home for Thanksgiving. For many, this is their first time home since they were dropped off in August, which means moms and dads are excited. However, I feel compelled to help you prepare for the possibility that your sons and daughters may only be home long enough for a quick hug, laundry drop off and quick meal. Why? Because it's the first time they'll be able to reconnect with their high school friends, and if you recall, this is a huge deal!
Don't shoot the messenger! Hear me out as I have been through this with both my daughter (Ellie), who is now a college graduate living away from home and my son (Dan) who is a sophomore.
I'm not saying our kids aren't excited to come home and see the family, sleep in their beds and have good food. What I am saying is they're most likely more excited about spending time with their friends than with you.
Take a minute to remember your first Thanksgiving home from college. I can remember. I was that kid who totally dissed my family to hang out with my friends, and I now know how my mother must have felt.
I'm writing this to help. Help all the parents out there manage and set expectations around this visit home, because if you can, maybe you'll avoid spending four days feeling disappointed, angry, hurt or sad.
Tips for Getting Some Quality Time with Your College Kids at Thanksgiving
Plan Meal Times Together – Before your sons and daughters hang out with their friends, plan your mealtimes. If you set the expectation upfront that you'll have family dinner time, you can avoid conflict. Your kids can hang out with their friends later.
Take a Pre-Emptive Strike – Your kids want to see their friends, right? Why not offer to have a pizza lunch or dinner for them at your house? They may be in the basement hanging out, but at least they're in your house, and wouldn't it be great to hear the chatter of teens through the vents again?
Moms and Daughters Schedule a Fun Activity – Moms and daughters can spend the day getting a Mani-Pedi (manicure and pedicure). This will guarantee time together to sit and talk.
Dads and Sons Schedule a Fun Activity – Maybe you and your sons can take a trip to the barbershop or chill out in front of the TV watching football. You may even consider having them invite their friends over to watch the game as well.
Setting expectations that consider your children wants and desires will alleviate hurt feelings and fights all around. Remember, the most important thing is that your sons and daughters are home, so why not enjoy the moment.
The most important piece of advice I can offer is to NOT take it personally when your kids drop and run. They love you and are happy to be home. I would invite you to sit back and watch, or as I've been trying to do more of, pay attention. Pay attention as they reunite with their friends. See how they've grown in a short three months away from home. Then, pat yourself on the back because you did this. You created these amazing children who are growing up and becoming amazing adults. After all, isn't that our goal as parents.
I hope my lessons learned will help you to have a wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday with our kids.
Happy Thanksgiving,
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Decoding Your Husband's Words
In my effort to help wives better communicate with their husbands, I'm going to share with you today a double secret male code that we men completely understand, but women don't. So for all the women out there who thought it was impossible to understand men, here is a key for decoding just some of your husband's words. First, when he asks "What's wrong?" he really means "It's obvious something's wrong, so please don't make me guess." Second, "Can we talk about this later?" really means "I want to share what's going on, but I'm distracted right now." Here are more tips on how to decode your husband's words.


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Anaheim, California…February 25, 2014… International Governor Services (IGS), a BBA Aviation company, has been selected by Woodward, Inc. as a Licensed Repair Service Facility for fuel controls, fuel pumps and governors on the PT6, PW100, and TPE331 engines.
"We have extensive experience with these components and are excited about this partnership with Woodward," commented BBA Aviation Aftermarket Services Vice President Business Development, Mike McCauley. "Establishing and maintaining collaborative partnerships with OEM's is a key element of our long-term growth strategy and we are delighted with this agreement with Woodward."
The PT6, PW100, and TPE331 engines power a wide range of Bell, AgustaWestland, and Sikorsky helicopters, along with numerous turboprop and regional aircraft. "This agreement complements our existing engine repair and overhaul authorizations for the PT6 and PW100 engines at Dallas Airmotive and H+S Aviation, " continued Mr. McCauley. "It exemplifies the breadth of BBA Aviation's OEM-authorized aftermarket service offerings."
IGS is a FAA/EASA repair station specializing in the overhaul and repair of small turbine engine controls including: fuel controls, fuel pumps, propeller governors, overspeed governors, torque limiters, and power turbine governors.
IGS is exhibiting at the 2014 Heli-Expo Show: BBA Aviation Booth#7333.


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This summer, Decon Media launches the Fresh Rhymes and Videotape tour. The multimedia company is long overdue for a showcase. It has created several dynamic projects over the years, from Common's classic "1-9-9-9" video to Dilated Peoples' The Release Party DVD and Aceyalone's overlooked Lightning Strikes.
In 2008, Decon has continued to drop innovative albums such as Kenny Segal's Ken Can Cook and Plantlife's Time Traveller. But for Fresh Rhymes & Videotape, Decon will offer a preview of perhaps its biggest project to date: 88-Keys' The Death of Adam. For the past two years 88-Keys has promoted his big solo breakout moment, which comes after producing for artists like Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Beanie Sigel and other NY MCs. It's slated to drop in August, and is executive produced by Kanye West, thank you very much. Guests include Redman, J*Davey, Bilal, Phonte Coleman and Just Blaze. (You can download 88 Keys' "Platinum Dreams" mixtape from the Decon Media website.)
While 88-Keys will getting an official introduction to the backpack masses (some may remember from the Tribe Called Quest reunion last year), Fresh Rhymes and Videotape will be anchored by Dilated Peoples, who are still figuring out their next move after splitting with Capitol Records last year. Aceyalone and the Alchemist round out the bill, but Decon promises multimedia exhibitions and special guest appearances, too.
The tour dates for Fresh Rhymes and Videotape are below.
- 6/02: Neumo's, Seattle, WA
- 6/03: Berbati's, Portland, OR
- 6/05: House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
- 6/06: The Marquee, Tempe, AZ
- 6/08: House of Blues, Dallas, TX
- 6/09: Emo's, Austin, Texas
- 6/11: Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
- 6/13: Irving Plaze, New York, NY
- 6/14: Club 5, Washington, DC
- 6/15: TLA, Philadelphia, PA
- 6/17: Higher Ground, Burlington, VT
- 6/18: Ram's Head Live, Baltimore, MD
- 6/20: Double Door, Chicago, IL
- 6/21: St. Andrews Hall, Detroit, MI
- 6/23: Fox Theater, Boulder, CO
- 6/24: Belly Up, Aspen, CO
- 6/26: Mezzanine, San Francisco, CA
- 6/27: House of Blues, Hollywood, CA
- 6/29: Belly Up, San Diego, CA


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New suit blames Triad in death
Arizona lawsuit alleges lubricating jelly wasn't sterile
A Hartland medical products maker faces another wrongful death lawsuit, this one alleging that defective lubricating jelly caused an infection that killed an Arizona man.
Judy Bennett, of Tucson, Ariz., has alleged that lube jelly from Triad Group and its sister company, H&P Industries, caused the death of her husband, John Bennett, when he developed an infection during self-catheterizations.
The lawsuit contends that Triad and Edgepark Medical Supplies, of Ohio, provided the jelly that was recalled for sterility issues. The jelly was not sterile and was ineffective in cleaning and lubricating prior to catheterization, according to the suit filed Jan. 9 in Pima County, Arizona.
After switching to the Triad jelly in May 2010, Bennett began developing repeated urinary tract infections that led to his death, the lawsuit contends, adding that he used the defective product up until the day he died.
Triad has strongly denied any connection between its products and illnesses and deaths. A company attorney could not be reached late Wednesday afternoon for comment on the Arizona lawsuit.
It is at least the fourth wrongful death case filed against Triad.
Federal regulators have received reports of at least 11 deaths possibly linked to the company's alcohol pads and other products.
After Bennett's death on Feb. 14, his widow received a lube- jelly recall notice from Edgepark.
The recall occurred about two months earlier, and no explanation was given for the delay in notifying Bennett.
Despite the recall, defective jelly apparently was still being shipped to consumers, the lawsuit alleges.
A Journal Sentinel investigation found that the Food and Drug Administration had known about critical issues at Triad for at least a decade but failed to take any enforcement action.
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Glory Ponderings and Prayers
Father, thank so much that those of us who have been adopted into your kingdom "have access by faith" in Jesus alone "into this place of undeserved privilege" where we "safely and securely stand…in our hope" of "confidently and joyfully"—"experiencing and enjoying"—"the glorious things he has for us in the future."
The previous is adapted from ROMANS 5:2, in these Bible versions:
Through Him, we also have access by faith into this [remarkable state of] grace in which we [firmly and safely and securely] stand. Let us rejoice in our hope and the confident assurance of [experiencing and enjoying] the glory of [our great] God [the manifestation of His excellence and power]. (Amplified Bible)
Because of our faith, Christ has brought us into this place of undeserved privilege where we now stand, and we confidently and joyfully look forward to sharing God's glory. (New Living Translation)
… here we take our stand, in happy certainty of the glorious things he has for us in the future. (J.B.Phillips New Testament)
Help me (Roger-meaning "The Famous Spearman") bring "glory to you," glorify you, and bring "you honor" by completing the work of becoming a respected Bible inspired writer (through "the task" of founding and developing Glory of God Ministries).
The previous is adapted from JOHN 17:4, in these Bible versions:
I have glorified You [down here] on the earth by completing the work that You gave Me to do. (Amplified Bible)
I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. (New Living Translation)
I have brought you honour upon earth, I have completed the task which you gave me to do. (J.B.Phillips New Testament)
I confess that "everyone"—including me—has sinned (either outwardly being "lawless," inwardly refusing "to believe" the gospel, or thinking things "without a conviction of its approval by God"). You've proved that we're "utterly incapable of living" the glorious lives, "the honor and glory", "the beauty of God's plan" for us without your help.
The previous is adapted from ROMANS 3:23, in these Bible versions:
Since all have sinned and are falling short of the honor and glory which God bestows and receives. (Amplified Bible-Classic Version)
…proved that we are utterly incapable of living the glorious lives God wills for us… (The Message Bible)
…everyone falls short of the beauty of God's plan. (J.B.Phillips New Testament)
…For whatever does not originate and proceed from faith is sin [whatever is done without a conviction of its approval by God is sinful]. ROMANS 14:23 (Amplified Bible-Classic Version)
…the man of lawlessness (sin) 2 THESSALONIANS 2:3 (Amplified Bible-Classic Version)
…He'll show them that their refusal to believe in me is their basic sin… JOHN 16:8-11 (The Message Bible)
When we're one of the "down-and-outers," "poor," or just "in humble circumstances," we can "glory," "cheer," and "be glad" that "as a Christian" we're "called to the true riches and to be an heir of God."
The previous is adapted from JAMES 1:9, in these Bible versions:
Let the brother in humble circumstances glory in his elevation [as a Christian, called to the true riches and to be an heir of God], (Amplified Bible-Classic Version)
When down–and–outers get a break, cheer! (The Message Bible)
The brother who is poor may be glad because God has called him to the true richs. (J.B.Phillips New Testament)
"Whatever you do" my readers (flossing teeth, driving vehicles, work performance) "whether you eat or drink" "or anything else" all of it "should be done" "for the honor and glory of God."
As I write this during the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero Brazil, Holy Spirit help us do everything for the honor and glory of The Father.
The previous is adapted from 1 CORINTHIANS 10:31, in these Bible versions:
…whether you eat or drink, or whatever you may do, do all for the honor and glory of God. (Amplified Bible)
…whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do… (New Living Translation)
… or anything else, everything should be done to bring glory to God. (J.B.Phillips New Testament)
At the return of Jesus—"the Lord of hosts" –will "himself be" "a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty" "to the [converted] remnant of His people."
The previous is adapted from ISAIAH 28:5, in these Bible versions:
…in that [future Messianic] day the Lord of hosts shall become a crown of glory and a diadem of beauty to the [converted] remnant of His people, (Amplified Bible-Classic Version)
Then at last the Lord of Heaven's Armies will himself be Israel's glorious crown. (New Living Translation)
Jesus, "(the Messiah) was given…glory and a kingdom"—what another version calls "the glory of royalty." That "power to rule" is over "all the peoples, nations" or "everyone—race, color, and creed."
The Message Bible seems to combine the words "glory" and "kingdom" from the Amplified Bible into the word "power."
In my studies of the concept of the glory of God (see my single, or multi-session, writing on this subject), numerous others words seem to come under the broad umbrella of the word "glory." The word "power" is one that comes up frequently, either added to the word "glory" or on its own.
The previous is adapted from DANIEL 7:13-14, in these Bible versions:
And to Him (the Messiah) was given dominion (supreme authority), Glory and a kingdom, that all the peoples, nations, and speakers of every language should serve and worship Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion which will not pass away; and His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed. (Amplified Bible)
…He was given power to rule—all the glory of royalty. Everyone—race, color, and creed—had to serve him. His rule would be forever, never ending. His kingly rule would never be replaced. (The Message Bible)
"I," Roger, "will confess to you among the Gentiles" (anyone not part of "the Jews"), that "Christ" [a title added to the name "Jesus"] became "a servant and a minister" "to the Jews" "to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors" and thereby establishes "God's truth" (a concept I explore briefly in my book Crucial Characteristics.)
Now we, like the covenanted Jews, can also "glorify God for His mercy."
The previous is adapted from ROMANS 15:8-9, in these Bible versions:
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant and a minister…on behalf of God's truth, to confirm and verify the promises…and for the Gentiles to glorify God for His mercy [to them, since God had no covenant with them]… (Amplified Bible)
Remember that Christ came as a servant to the Jews to show that God is true to the promises he made to their ancestors. He also came so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercies to them… (New Living Translation)
Christ…personally implemented the promises made long ago to the fathers, and also that the Gentiles might bring glory to God for his mercy to them. It is written: 'For this reason I will confess to you among the Gentiles… (J.B.Phillips New Testament)
Like a Christian athlete in the Olympic Games, we too can say after we've achieved a measure of fame "take the glory! The honor! The power" God because "You created it all"—all of our gifts and talents.
The previous is adapted from REVELATION 4:11, in these Bible versions:
…Take the glory! the honor! the power! You created it all… (The Message Bible)
When anyone is "insulted and reviled," "abused," or "reproached" "for being Christ's followers," the third part of God "the Spirit of glory…is resting on you and indwelling you," "his glory."
They can take "comfort in God's salvation regardless of…circumstances." So, "if they're on you…because you're a Christian, don't give it a second thought." You have "nothing to be ashamed of." "Whom they curse, you glorify."
The previous is adapted from 1 PETER 4:14, in these Bible versions:
If you are insulted and reviled for [bearing] the name of Christ, you are blessed [happy, with life-joy and comfort in God's salvation regardless of your circumstances], because the Spirit of glory and of God is resting on you [and indwelling you—He whom they curse, you glorify]. (Amplified Bible)
If you're abused because of Christ, count yourself fortunate. It's the Spirit of God and his glory in you that brought you to the notice of others. If they're on you…because you're a Christian, don't give it a second thought. Be proud of the distinguished status reflected in that name! (The Message Bible)
If you are reproached for being Christ's followers, that is a great privilege…If he suffers as a Christian he has nothing to be ashamed of and may glorify God in Christ's name. (J.B.Phillips New Testament)
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You have to take some things into consideration before purchasing the best large dog beds for your matured dogs. You need to get a good bed for your dogs. But if your dogs are big and matured, there are some important factors that you need to take into consideration.
You desire to provide comfort for your dog due to the love you have for them. Due to an uninformed decision, some dog owners might end up getting a dog bed that is undersized and too small for their matured pets. They are not always comfortable when in that position and end up hanging their legs off the bed. Big dogs usually have joint problems and this particular issue might worsen their matter.
If you wish to provide comfort for your dog by getting them a perfectly structured dog bed, you need to know the sleeping position of your dog. You can do this by monitoring them while they sleep. Generally, dogs like to sleep in different sleeping position, some might like the curled up position, some like to stretch out their legs fully while lying on their side, some prefer to lay on their stomach with their legs fully stretched out. To get their best sleeping position, measure the full length of your dog while they are in their favorite sleeping position. Endeavour to add 4 to 5 inches to the measured length for extra comfort.
If you are planning to purchase the best large dog beds, it is advisable that you shop for the one that can be maintained or covers that are replaceable and washable. This will ensure that your dog's bed is clean and can last for a long period of time. If you go to the market, you will see lots of pet beds and you can select the one with the right size and style which will provide the needed comfort for your large pet and you can get the one with the right color and combination that will complement your home design.
The main reason for all these is to find the right bed for your large dog that will make him feel relaxed and provides the needed comfort for his night rest. It also helps to shield him from the cold floor thereby protecting his joints. We all desire to have a canine friend that will live a healthy, long and exciting life.


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Unit 8: Thermodynamics
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Key Learning Targets
Define enthalpy, ∆H.
Calculate the enthalpy for a given chemical reaction using heats of formation.
Calculate the enthalpy for a given chemical reaction using Hess's Law.
Explain what is meant by 'spontaneous reaction"
Define entropy, ∆S.
Relate changes in entropy to changes in state, temperature, number of gas particles and characteristics of molecules.
Calculate change in entropy, using a reference table.
State the two driving forces for spontaneous reactions as enthalpy and entropy.
Define free energy.
Calculate free energy from a reference table of from values of enthalpy and entropy.
Use enthalpy, entropy and free energy to predict if a reaction will occur spontaneously.
State what values of enthalpy, entropy and free energy are favorable for a spontaneous reaction.
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Hess's Law Notes Guide
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The Americans claiming the whole of South China Sea
Everyone is flabbergasted that China is claiming a large part of the South China Sea. The other littoral states are also in the rush to claim as much as they could. The South China Sea islands were uninhabited and for a long time, virgin land, terra nullius. Under historical precedence, such islands are finder's keepers. What is so wrong about that? Whoever found it first earns the right to ownership.
Compare this to the European way of gunboat diplomacy, 'I came, I saw and I conquered' or I planted my flag and the land belonged to my king or queen. Who cares whether the land was already occupied by the natives. What natives, no natives. Natives did not count. And today, these natives are asking the Europeans to take sides with them to claim no man's land, the very intruders that colonized them against their will, with the barrel of the gun.
Again, what is so great about China claiming the whole of South China Sea when the Americans are claiming all the oceans, including the South China Sea? No, the daft did not see that. The daft did not know the Americans are claiming the whole of South China Sea and the whole world. The Americans are here with all their warship and telling everyone to stop reclamation or else.
Who the Americans think they are? They own the South China Sea and everyone must obey their dictates? When the Americans told the countries making claims to the islands to stop reclamation and other activities, it is as good as saying, 'Look, you silly asses, these islands and the whole South China Sea belong to the USA, the Empire. And the Empire is saying, stop your activities, we are taking charge of these islands and the South China Sea. They belong to US.'
Can the daft see this? The Americans are claiming everything, more than what China has claimed, and what the other states are claiming. They are the de facto owner. And on what basis are the Americans claiming the South China Sea? The big gun of course! Might is right, and with might, the Americans can claim everything and threaten anyone disobeying or going against them.
Step aside, all you daft, the South China Sea belongs to the Americans. They are taking over. They are sending in their ships and aircraft to patrol the Sea, Get it? Let me put it in simple English. While the owner of the house is shouting at the neighbor next door, a big bully has moved in and is taking over the whole neighbourhood without them knowing. And they are so happy believing the big bully is there to help them. The Americans agitated the silly countries to quarrel with China, to claim China's islands. And when they started to quarrel among themselves, the Americans walked in as the policeman to tell everyone to get lost.
The daft countries would always be ruled if they did not know what is happening, what is the big picture. For playing the silly games of claiming other people's land, they are going to lose everything, including what they have. The Empire is here to take over and to rule. And they are here on the invitation of Asean states.
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The Asean countries did not know they have invited the gangsters to take over the region. Would they think they should tell the gangsters to get out of South East Asia and fark off to the Americas?
- June 03, 2015 9:43 am
Most of them got NO BALLs to tell the Americunts off
They knew only how to bully their own kind
- June 03, 2015 10:06 am
Only talks and talks and more talks.
Actions, please!
After so many moons, still only talks!
Waste time no more!
- June 03, 2015 10:09 am
The farking Americunts are going to start a war here and blame the Chinese for it. Fark off Americunts. Go back to kill the ISIS if you think you are able to. Hope ISIS will burn America.
- June 03, 2015 10:23 am
- Ⓜatilah $ingapura⚠ said...
>> And they are here on the invitation of Asean states. <<
Yup. So that then makes it "ok". ASEAN is very sneaky, doesn't want dirt on their hands.
- June 03, 2015 10:30 am
- Hermit said...
America telling China off in this South China Sea dispute is like Devil Number One ticking off Devil Number Two. Both act in a hostile manner in their expansionist p[ans.
- June 03, 2015 11:18 am
Stupid Americunts.
Just conquer Asean, make them like the Red Indians and China will not dare claim ownership of any islands.
It may even give up Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and even Hainan.
US Allies within Asean will definitely help the Americunts to achieve hegemony in the Region.
- June 03, 2015 1:27 pm
The Americans are so peace loving. That's what all the silly Asian and African people believed. If they start a war in South China Sea, it must be the fault of China. They are blameless. And all the Asians and South East Asians involved in this war will be war collaterals and got themselves to blame.
- June 03, 2015 2:55 pm
China has allies like NK and USSR and what does usa have? Only enemies from their greed.
- June 03, 2015 3:29 pm
aquino is entertaining his master in japan
by referring china as new nazi germany
without mentioning that japan is the sole aggressor in asian during ww2.
- June 03, 2015 3:35 pm
This Pinoy clown goes everywhere and turns it into a circus.
- June 03, 2015 3:43 pm


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Science Says You Should Definitely Go to Concerts. And Dance.
A new study confirms what you've always suspected.
The science is in.
Cutting edge research just revealed that the secret to happiness may be found in two simple things:
Going to concerts, and dancing.
Happy Halloween ya animals pic.twitter.com/ghAuRoV2sm— Dancing Astronaut (@dancingastro) October 31, 2017
Psychology researchers at the University of Deakin in Australia recently published the findings of a 1,000 participant study on the effects of "habitual music engagement," and "subjective well-being" (SWB). The data revealed a statistically significant correlation between the former and the latter.
"This study provides insight into the relationship between SWB and general music engagement in a subsample of the Australian population," the paper read. "The findings herein appear to advocate for the social and physical elements of music as being associated with higher wellbeing."
In other words, those who went out, and got down, tended to be much happier than their friends who decided to stay home.
The study was published in the journal Psychology of Music, a peer reviewed academic journal.
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And according to the findings, it seems that there's just something special about the experience of being at a concert that goes beyond the act of simply listening to music at home. In their conclusion, the scientists theorized that the social element of concerts might be an important component in facilitating happiness.
Also, dancing is fantastic exercise.
No matter the reason, the connection between enjoying live music and well-being provides support for the theory that concerts might be a sort of therapeutic experience.
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Ever heard of Janet Jackson? What about Guns N' Roses?
Anyone know this Jay-Z guy? Seems like he could make it big someday.
All of these artists and more have partnered with Global Citizen to provide tickets to fans who join our movement by taking action on some of the world's most pressing issues. Together we form a community of people across boundaries and country lines that are committed to coming together for freedom, for justice, for all.
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"Read it to me again.."
(Follow the yellow brick road and you'll reach the wizard, dorothy!)
Studio: Toei Animation
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Age: All ages
Released: April 1, 2001 – March 31, 2002
From the previous episode, the gang are walking to the Green Terminal, which is along the rail-tracks. The instructions seems simple enough, but it's a long way to go, and when they reach a dead end, they are stuck.
(Oh great Crystal ball… )
On the wall is a carving of several symbols, and the kids hear about how the 10 legendary warriors that saved the Digital World before. Whilst they are pondering over this story, a tribe of Candlemon appear.
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They don't believe that the humans are friendly and distrust them even more when they claim that Takuya can turn into Agunimon. After being chased down the river, Takuya tries to distract the Candlemon while the others hide.
(Tommy slides down a cliff to help Takuya)
He runs into danger as his fire attacks don't work on the Candlemon, and they catch up to him. Tommy sees that Takuya's in trouble and tries to help him.
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Shadow's End by Courtney Rene
Publisher: Rogue Phoenix Press
Age Group: Young Adult
The world of shadow walkers is growing…and they're finding they have more abilities and allies than they originally thought. Sunny is struggling to balance her new world/life in Acadia with her simple existence in the water realm – Earth.
Courtney Rene continues Sunny's journey and experience in book three of the Shadow Dancer series, with Shadow's End.
In Shadow's End we find Sunny trying to deal with the betrayal and deception of her previous relationships while she tackles the complications of her life. How is she going to do what needs doing in Arcadia and still live a normal 'teen life' on Earth? Family, friends, and males have her pulled in various directions and she's lost most of the time.
Through various circumstances, she learns that there's more to her world(s) than anyone previously knew. And with that knowledge, and more about her real mother and how she died, Sunny starts to become stronger and tackles the challenges of her life head on.
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Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison
Mike Muñoz loves his job. He just wishes he was allowed to do it. He wants to cut lawns, do precise edgings and create topiaries. Instead he is expected to pick up dog poop and help geriatric customers clear out their garages. Mike may really need the money but he quits anyway. While looking for a new job he plans to write the Great American Landscaping Novel but nothing seems to be working out and he can't seem to catch a break.
I liked Mike and could empathize with his struggle to find a job he loves and the respect he deserves. He's a young man, living in a small home with his mother and special needs brother and knows his paycheck is crucial to their survival but he just can't do it anymore. He struggles with his identity, being half-Mexican and half-white living on a reservation, as well as his sexuality, wondering if that brief encounter in his youth with another guy is an indication of his being gay or if the waitress he's been working up the courage to talk to is more his type. He's also smart, loving the novels the local librarian recommends to him, but struggling to find work doing menial tasks like sticking the heads on bobblehead dolls.
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To be the best, you've first got to be able to beat the best.
And, while the Edmonton Oil Kings still have a way to go, they took a big step in the right direction by knocking off the top team in the Western Hockey League on Saturday.
Back-to-back goals by captain Trey Fix-Wolansky in the final 95 seconds of the second period pushed the Edmonton Oil Kings to a 6-3 road win over the Prince Albert Raiders.
Oil Kings defenceman Conner McDonald also scored a pair of goals, while Jalen Luypen was first put Edmonton on the board to open a four-goal second period.
Vince Loschiavo scored a goal and an assist, while Quinn Benjafield chipped in a pair of helpers, as Edmonton converted on one of two power plays, while stymying the Raiders on all five man-advantages.
Todd Scott stopped 39 of 42 shots to earn his sixth win in as many starts in net for the Oil Kings, as Edmonton improved to 28-15-4-4 on the season, pushing their Central Division lead to five points ahead of the second-place Red Deer Rebels.
The Rebels, meanwhile, fell to 41-7-0-2, but maintain a double-digit cushion over the rest of the field.
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All-out strike going on strong
United Voices of the World union members protested at 100 Wood Street in the City of London this Tuesday.
The cleaners walked out indefinitely at the beginning of last month against the sacking of half theirco-workers.
They're also fighting for the Living Wage.
Supporters from the Bfawu and Unite unions, the Blacklist Support Group, and other organisations joined the demo in solidarity.
Petros Elia, general secretary of the union, told Socialist Worker, "We're going to stick it out for as long as necessary until we get our demands met."
Protesters and oil bosses in a frackas
Anti-fracking campaigners were set to protest in Manchester on Wednesday outside a conference sponsored by industry lobby group United Onshore Oil and Gas.
The nearly £1,000 a head summit includes sessions on "speeding up the decision making process".
Glass bosses blow hard, workers strike
Over 300 workers at manufacturer Encirc Glass in Chester struck last Thursday and Friday.
They rejected a two-year pay deal based on a two percent rise in year one and the conversion of bonus pay into basic pay in year two.
Libraries strike to save mobile library
Library workers in Greenwich, south east London, struck for 48 hours from Tuesday to save the borough's mobile library services. They are in the Unite union.
The cut would save just £126,000 a year. The council has reserves of £320 million.
Union calls E.Off meter fixers' strike
A planned four-day strike by 400 meter fixers in Bolton, Nottingham and Kingswinford was suspended last week.
The nearly 400 Unite union members previously struck for four days last month against plans to make them work longer as part of a new pay deal.
Unite said the second walkout had been suspended "to enable further talks with the company" E.On.
Disability activists stage lively protest
Campaigns including Disabled People Against Cuts (Dpac) held a protest outside a mental health therapy trade conference in central London on Tuesday.
Dpac and others have also called for nationwide protests on Wednesday of next week against the Personal Independence Payment (PIP) benefit.
They demanded mental health bodies stop backing government schemes putting therapists in job centres.
Journos tell bosses to spike job cuts
Journalists at the Daily Post newspaper in north Wales have voted to strike.
Changes at the newspaper, owned by Trinity Mirror, will see six jobs scrapped and replaced with six different ones.
The journalists' NUJ union has warned this could mean understaffing and unreasonable workloads.
Unite conference to debate Brexit and Trident
Delegates at the Unite union's policy conference in Brighton next week will debate the union's strategy, the Labour Party and the fallout from Brexit.
One major debate will be the renewal of Trident nuclear missiles. Unite has called for Labour to put Trident workers' jobs before nuclear disarmament. But several branches, including in the defence sector, have submitted motions against Trident.
The conference will also be an opportunity to build more support for movements against austerity and racism.


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Planning a summer party? Here's how one pro "mindfully entertains"
Zoe Weiner ‧ July 23, 2018
New York City's wellness-destination-meets-social club, The Assemblage, is the kind of place you want to hang out.
With multiple locations throughout Manhattan, the city's coolest (and healthiest) workspace boasts a juice bar, holistic services like reiki and breath work, and a sound meditation room with daily classes (the NoMad location is also home to Well+Good TALKS). The most exciting thing about the space, though? Members-only events, which are hosted with the idea of what co-founder and managing director Magdalena Sartori dubbed "mindful entertaining."
"The overall mission of The Assemblage is to let people experience what it means to really be in higher vibration…we want to be very intentional about creating a space where you can actually experience that, " says Sartori, who adds that the space is constructed so that people can feel connection with others. This means communal breakfasts and lunches, spaces that encourage conversation, and no alcohol on the premise.
If you can't swing getting invited to an actual party at the members only hotspot, fear not: Sartori shared a few tips on how to "mindfully entertain" in your own home—juice bartenders and meditation guides not included.
Continue scrolling for tips on how to mindfully entertain.
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Keep the decor interesting
The best parties are the ones where people not only feel cozy in the space, but also feel inspired by it. To establish this sort of mood in the Assemblage, Sartori traveled the world in search of the perfect pieces. "Recently, I was in Morocco and I was very inspired by the way they design spaces that are really made for congregation and community with very comfortable, classic rug and floor seating, lamps on the floor; and everything is really made for the community."
Create your vibe
Ambiance is at the center of any good party, so think about the details. "Lighting can really create the space… having flame light, specifically candles, really changes the whole room," says Sartori. "I also think instruments around the space, like gongs, drums, things that you can tap, these instruments can change the space as well." She likes to create different vignettes with seating of different styles—the Assemblage itself is filled with cozy couches and corner beanbag chairs depending on what you're most comfortable with.
Make the event interactive
"One thing that we try to do is to really involve the guests in the experience," says Sartori. "We try to ask everyone who's participating to [bring something for the group]. So, maybe sometimes one of the guests would offer meditation or maybe someone would offer singing. We co-create an event with the guests." She notes that this style of entertaining does away with the distinction between "host" and "guest," which makes it more fun for everyone involved.
For even more ways to get people to want to hang in your home forever, try one of these summer hosting tips from Aerin Lauder. And to give your space an international-inspired wellness feel without having to leave the country, check out Anthropologie's new wellness collection.
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