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2021 Winter Training Series
Registration is now open !
These are ATOD specific courses good for certification and re-certification for ADC, LCDC, CPS & ACPS credentials.
December 1st- ATOD Specific
9:00-12:00 Addiction as a Learning Disorder of the Brain Dr. John Duncan
1:30-4:30 Alcohol and its Effects Mitchell Moore, LCDC, ADC, ACPS
December 2nd- ATOD Specific
9:00-12:00 Opioids: The Making of a Crisis Julie Stevens, MPS, ACPS, ICPS
1:30-4:30 Drugs of Abuse Mitchell Moore, LCDC, ADC, ACPS
December 3rd- ATOD Specific
9:00-12:00 The Impact of Substance Use Disorders on Families and Children Dr. Marcia Baker
Addiction as a Learning Disorder of the Brain will address how addiction is just the brain doing what it normally does, but with neurological consequences that exaggerate "seeking behavior." In other words, strong chemicals that hyperactivate a natural system of the brain cause pathological "rewiring" of the brain to seek drugs. Further, we will discuss how this rewiring of the brain presents a dual diagnosis of addiction and hypofrontality (decrease in frontal lobe activity). This phenomenon makes treatment much more difficult because the executive center of the brain has ceded control to the automatic behavioral parts.
While theories of addiction have ranged from seeing it as the moral failure of an individual to characterizing it as behavioral disease, only in the last decade has the microbiology of neurochemical processes and their response to nontherapeutic substances, such as drugs of abuse, been explained.
With the aid of new discoveries in neuroscience, contemporary understanding of addiction is that it is a disorder of the natural learning system of the brain and biologically inevitable with prolonged exposure to strong addictive drugs.
Alcohol is one of the most widely used drugs in the world. Even though we know a lot about its effect on the human body and brain our society continues to consume it. Alcohol and it's effects will examine alcohol's effect on the body, define use, misuse and alcohol use disorder (AUD) and perhaps help participants better understand why some individuals should avoid alcohol completely. We will also explore higher risk populations including women, college age & underage youth and examine how alcohol consumption weakens the immune system and thus reduces the ability to cope with infectious diseases such as & COVID-19.
Opioids: The Making of a Crisis informs participants about the various forms of narcotics and opioids, their prevalence, effects on the physical and psychological well-being of users. This workshop examines the events that contributed to the crisis, and failed attempts to deal with it. The opioid epidemic has caught the country off guard, draining resources which were designed to address the problem. Alarmed federal and state agencies are scrambling to address the problem. But it is the communities that have borne the brunt of the opioid crisis. Communities blame the pharmaceutical companies that have, since the 1980s, promoted opioids as a panacea for relieving pain.
Participants will learn of events that contributed to the current opioid crisis, about the various forms of narcotics and opioids and how opioids work on the brain and body.
Drugs of Abuse will provide fast facts about Narcotics, Depressants, Stimulants, Hallucinogens, Anabolic Steroids including Alcohol, Tobacco, Marijuana, Designer drugs, Inhalants, Prescription Medication, Synthetics, Marijuana Concentrates and Delta 8.
Upon completion of this training the participant will be able to name the classification of drugs and list the effects of each classification. A list of excellent online resources will also be provided that participants can use for their own presentations.
The Impact of Substance Use Disorders on Families and Children will focus on how substance use disorders impact families and children. Families and children are impacted in unique ways that are not often recognized or acknowledged by treatment providers. Evidenced based practices will be discussed as it relates to assisting families and children heal and stabilize when a family member has a substance use disorder.
1) Gain knowledge on the impact of substance use disorders on families and children
2) Specific techniques will be provided that can assist providers in assisting families and children when substance use disorders have impacted them.
John Duncan, Assistant Professor, OU College of Professional and Continuing Studies. Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, OU Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine
Dr. John Duncan is an assistant professor with PACS, where he teaches courses on drug abuse, drugs and society, global drug trafficking, and drugs and the brain. He is also a clinical associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, OU Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine, where he teaches about the neurobiology of addiction, psychopharmacology of non-therapeutic drug use and medical ethics. He has worked as a professor since 1997 and is the recipient of numerous awards and honors.
In 2007, John retired after 27 years in law enforcement from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control (OBN) as Chief Agent. Although he worked as an undercover agent for years, the past 13 years were as an agency administrator, where he was responsible for agency direction and vision and programmatic development, specifically in the medical communities. He is the author of much of Oklahoma drug law, including the Oklahoma Precursor Control Law, Prescription Drug Tracking Act, and the Pseudoephedrine control law. John received and administered over $6 million in federal grants for drug control in Oklahoma. While at OBN, John researched and wrote the Comprehensive Oklahoma Strategic Drug Threat Assessment for the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) North Texas HIDTA. He also developed and implemented Science-Based Drug Education for the ONDCP Kansas City HIDTA and presented this program nationally.
Additionally, John was a consultant for the U.S. Department of State and has traveled throughout the former Soviet Eastern-Bloc countries, helping develop approaches to address issues of drug trafficking and governmental corruption. He has served on a White House commission that developed model legislation, was a member of the Advisory Council for Alcohol and Drug Abuse for the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, has served as a member of the Governor's Committee on Substance Abuse, was the vice chairman of the Oklahoma Drug and Alcohol Policy Board, and has served as a member of the Oklahoma Epidemiological Workgroup.
Mitchell Moore is a dynamic educator who has a passion for training people and serves those who serve by designing and delivering training and across America.
He is an advanced certified prevention specialist and licensed chemical dependency counselor who has extensive experience working with youth and families in both prevention and recovery settings. He has served as a counselor, prevention specialist and executive director of a charitable organization.
In 2019, he was awarded the Texas Prevention Specialist of the Year.
He is currently an independent contractor, a beekeeper, and volunteers his time as a board member for Prevention Training Services, a charitable 501(c) 3 Training Organization.
Julie Stevens is an Advanced Certified Prevention Specialist and was a Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor for 20 years. She has served as Director of Prevention for the Texas Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and Training Specialist for the University of Oklahoma's Southwest Prevention Center, and most recently as Executive Director of LifeSteps Council on Alcohol and Drugs. She is currently Member At Large of the Board of the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium. Ms. Stevens serves on the Texas Certification Board of Addiction Professionals and is chair of the Prevention Subcommittee. She has a bachelor's degree in psychology from Baylor University and a Masters of Prevention Science from the University of Oklahoma. In addition, Ms. Stevens is an adjunct professor for the University Of Oklahoma College Of Liberal Studies.
Marcia Baker has a PhD in Psychology with a specialty in Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor, Master Addiction Counselor Advanced Certified Prevention Specialist and Registered Yoga Teacher. She is currently owner of Third Coast Counseling and Wellness where she is a practicing therapist. In addition, she is a college professor, yoga instructor for Lakeview Health and coordinator of a federal grant for mental health services with Santa Maria Hostel, Bonita House. She has developed programs and worked as a therapist in the substance abuse treatment, prevention and behavioral health field for over 30 years. She utilizes her education and experience to provide a holistic approach when treating emotional/physical health issues for all ages. Her research expertise is in psychosocial oncology with families of children that had cancer and substance use prevention. She is a trainer for Strengthening Families Training Certification, Towards No Drug Abuse Certification, Prevention Skill training program for substance abuse prevention professionals and teaches/ trains adjunct in the field of substance abuse, prevention and mental health for numerous colleges and educational institutions. She is a Registered Yoga Teacher and has been a Yoga practitioner for over 25 years.
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Free MGA Slots & Reviews
Even now, the majority of the output from MGA is in land-based venues throughout Spain. However, there are around 30 online slots in the developer's portfolio at the time of writing, and that is likely to grow.
All MGA slots are Flash and HTML5 compatible, meaning they can be played on all compatible desktop, laptop, mobile, and tablet devices.
While all MGA games are of high quality, there are a few which stand out from the pack.
La Mina de Oro
La Mina de Oro (The Gold Mine) is, on the surface, a simple 3×3 slot game with simple graphics and a traditional gold mine theme.
However, once you gain bonus points or land trigger symbols, you will be taken to one of four entertaining mini-games including free spins and a pick and click game.
There is also a nudge function, which is rare in online slot games, but a common feature in MGA slots.
A rare five-reel offering from MGA, this 10 payline slot has a combined scatter and wild symbol. Trigger the free spins round (with three scatter/wild symbols) and a random symbol will be chosen to expand across a row, adding to the possibility of big wins.
Vampire Treasure
Another five-reel slot, this one shares its gameplay with another MGA game, Castle, but is probably the more interesting of the two in terms of design and theme.
Also 10 pay lines with a wild/scatter symbol, the base gameplay here is similar to that offered by Amazons, but the free spins round is different.
Instead of expanding symbols, there is a Wheel of Fortune mini-game that acts as a Gamble feature.
Other MGA slots worthy of attention include El Tesoro Pirata, La Mascara de Oro, and Mision Espacial.
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While MGA was a little late to the online world compared to other long-tenured gaming providers, slots have always been at the forefront of the company's development.
Upon arriving on the market in the mid-1970s, the company immediately started to build its reputation based on slots, as well as roulette machines and what they describe as "family recreation machines".
MGA supplied, and continues to supply these units to casinos and arcades, as well as other venues such as bars, bowling alleys, and pubs throughout Spain.
The big move online came in 2001, when the potential profits available in the online casino world clearly became too much for MGA to be able to resist.
While continuing their land-based gaming supplies, which remains the bread and butter of the company to this day, MGA started producing slots and bingo games for a predominantly Spanish online audience.
Fast forward to the present day, and MGA games are available at various online casinos around the world, but the developer's attention remains very much on the Spanish market.
The current slots portfolio from MGA is an interesting one, combining the past with the future. Most of the slots developed by the company are three-reelers, but with modern touches that make these slots a far cry from the simple fruit machines that preceded them.
Graphics and animations are not particularly exciting here, mainly 2D cartoon-style designs, but this seems to be an intentional choice, with the gameplay bringing something new.
While the majority of MGA games are similar in terms of gameplay, there is normally at least a little something to set each offering apart.
Our Take on MGA
In truth, MGA slots are not the most unique when it comes to theme or design, usually taking on often used concepts. However, the innovative approach to three-reel slots, and a few interesting gameplay touches, make these slots worth searching around for.
Spanish players already know the charm of these slots, and players around the world are starting to understand too.
They may not be the most innovative, but MGA slots are a lot of fun, and sometimes that's more important!

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The Australia-based Galileo Movement touts a series of "basic facts" on carbon dioxide that attempt to explain why the greenhouse gas can't contribute to climate change.
John Smeed, the movement's co-founder, says the case against carbon dioxide as a global warming culprit is simply a matter of "junior school physics."
"If you show this to any scientist and say to them, 'Disprove to me any of these points,' they can't," he said in an interview.
And he's right: Many of the facts are perfectly true.
But they are also irrelevant in the climate debate. And many facts about CO2 pertinent to climate science are omitted.
DailyClimate.org took up Smeed's challenge and passed the fact sheet on to a climate scientist – Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist with NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Science. He also publishes the blog RealClimate.org, one of the more-respected climate science blogs.
"You've got true facts," Schmidt said of the Galileo Movement's pamphlet. "They're just not the relevant facts."
The pamphlet's claims about climate science are not new: They've been well honed over several years' worth of debate, and there's a wealth of information on the web debunking the so-called "denialist" movement's arguments.
Here's a sampling of the Galileo Movement's facts and an assessment of how they stack up against the body of Earth and atmospheric science, based on an investigation by DailyClimate.org of several science sources.
Claim: CO2 is Nature's colorless, odorless, tasteless gas essential for all life on Earth. It's not toxic. It doesn't make land, water or air dirty or unsafe to use. It does not cause disease.
Claim: CO2 comprises less than 0.04 percent of the air.
Assessment: True but irrelevant in the global warming debate.
Nitrogen, oxygen and argon together make up close to 100 percent of the atmosphere. But all three are invisible to incoming "short-wave" radiation from the sun and outgoing "long-wave" radiation from the Earth's surface. They play no role in regulating the planet's atmospheric temperature.
But carbon dioxide and other trace gases in the atmosphere do absorb the outgoing long-wave radiation.
So while their concentrations are miniscule, their effect is anything but: If the atmosphere didn't have those trace amounts of greenhouse gases, New York City would be covered in ice sheets – not sweltering – on a typical summer afternoon. The globe's average temperature would be almost 60 degrees Fahrenheit lower.
Similarly, toxicity is not an issue in the climate change debate. Yes, crops need CO2. Breathing a little more of it while out on the links won't impair your golf game. But earlier findings that suggested higher CO2 levels could increase crop yields have been disproved by recent research showing that other nutrients are more often the limiting factor.
The relevant questions for climate science are how CO2 changes atmospheric temperatures and circulation and alters the oceans' chemistry and heat capacity.
Source: Scott Mandia, State University of New York, Suffolk http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/global_warming/
Claim: CO2 stays in the air only five to seven years, possibly less than 12 months before Nature cycles it into plants, animals and oceans.
Claim: Of Earth's annual production of CO2, humans produce just 3 percent.
Assessment: True but misleading.
In this case, the claim confuses residence time of individual molecules in the air with the much longer perturbation to the whole system.
Carbon dioxide is continuously cycling among the earth, plants and animals, the atmosphere and the ocean's surface, with the deep ocean serving as a gigantic long-term reservoir.
Up until the last two centuries, this carbon cycle had been in close balance for the last 10,000 years. But society has pushed atmospheric carbon dioxide levels from 278 parts per million at the start of the industrial revolution to 392 parts per million today, a 40 percent increase.
What's more, the bulk – some 57 percent – of carbon emitted from tailpipes and smokestacks is not even in the atmosphere. It has cycled into the ocean, and scientists generally agree that most of our carbon emissions will ultimately come to a rest in its deepest depths. But that will take centuries. In the meantime, those extra CO2 molecules will slosh around from earth to atmosphere to upper ocean and back, absorbing energy, acidifying the seas and changing the planet in profound and potentially unwelcome ways. In other words, CO2 emitted today will still be impacting the planet for hundreds of years.
Source: Fortunat Joos, University of Bern, Switzerland http://www.climate.unibe.ch/~joos/publications_html/joos_eps_96/joos_eps_96.html
Claim: Measurements reveal that CO2 levels are a consequence of temperature, not the cause. Temperature drives CO2 levels.
Assessment: True before 1800. But false today.
Some 800,000 years' worth of ice core records indicate that temperature rises did drive an increase in CO2 levels. But that was before humans started digging up huge quantities fossil fuels and transferring all that sequestered carbon to the atmosphere.
It is worth noting, however, that even in the past CO2 had an impact on temperatures, given its role as a greenhouse gas.
It's also worth noting that ancient temperature and CO2-level changes happened over thousands of years. The Earth needed, for example, 5,000 years to bring atmospheric CO2 concentrations up 80 ppm after the last glacial period.
With the onset of industrialization, the tables turned. Humans have increased atmospheric CO2 levels almost 80 ppm in just 60 years. Now humans are the drivers of CO2 level, not temperature.
And what frightens climate scientists is that temperature hasn't caught up yet.
Source: NOAA Mauna Loa Observatory http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ccgg/trends/
Source: Scott Mandia, State University of New York, Suffolk http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/global_warming/global_warming_misinformation_co2_lags_not_leads.html
Source: Eric Steig, University of Washington
Claim: In every 85,000 molecules of air, just 33 are CO2. For every 33 molecules of CO2, 32 are from Nature and known to be essential to all life on Earth. How can one molecule of the same gas produced by humans be blamed for supposed imminent, irreversible, catastrophic global warming? It cannot.
Assessment: False.
Two hundred years ago, only 24 of those molecules would have been CO2. Today, 33 molecules are – a 40 percent rise of a key greenhouse gas.
The reference to "one molecule" is misleading: By talking ratios, the Galileo Movement obscures the staggering amount of carbon dioxide society has pumped into the air. In the last two centuries, society has dumped 220 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere by burning fossil fuels. It added another 110 billion tons via deforestation and land-use changes.
The atmosphere weighs about 5 quadrillion tons, and carbon dioxide, despite our emissions, remains a small component of that. But it grows larger every year. The International Energy Agency expects annual global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels alone to top 40 billion tons a year by 2030.
The math gets complicated from here, but there is an enormous quantity of molecules in those 330 billon tons of CO2.
Source: International Energy Agency
Source: Fortunat Joos, University of Bern, Switzerland http://www.climate.unibe.ch/~joos/publications_html/joos_eps_96/joos_eps_96.html
This article originally appeared at The Daily Climate, the climate change news source published by Environmental Health Sciences, a nonprofit media company.
» Read more about the Galileo Movement and Climate Change Divide in Australia


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The earliest symptom of Alzheimer's disease is usually short term memory loss. People living with Alzheimer's disease will typically forget what they did recently but may remember events from years ago in great detail. This can make people think that there can't be anything wrong with their memory if they can recall information from so long ago. However it is this loss of short term memory that usually occurs early and which is so characteristic of the onset of Alzheimer's disease.
We all forget things from time to time and this forgetfulness tends to increase with age. It can be difficult to judge whether this forgetfulness is a part of normal ageing. Typically it is the 'depth' of the memory loss that differs in 'normal forgetfulness' versus that due to Alzheimer's disease.
A person with 'normal forgetfulness' can usually still remember other facts associated with the thing they have forgotten. For example, they may briefly forget their neighbour's name but that the person they are talking to is their neighbour. A person with Alzheimer's disease will often forget not only their neighbour's name, but also the context in which they know them.
Alzheimer's disease is a complex condition that can affect people in different ways. There are, however, stages that many people will progress through and these reflect the movement of the disease through the brain. The symptoms that someone is experiencing will therefore often change, depending on the stage of their disease.
In the very early stages, day-to-day memory problems dominate but these can be subtle so it can be hard to tell if they are due to the normal ageing process.
Early warning signs to look out for include:
In this stage of Alzheimer's disease, the problems with memory become more pronounced and other cognitive processes also start to become affected.
People may:
In this stage, the disease spreads to engulf most parts of the brain and the person has what is termed 'a global dementia'. All areas of cognition are severely affected but there are also problems with physical functioning.
People at this stage of disease may:
If you recognise signs of memory loss in a loved one that keeps on getting worse, to the point you are concerned about it, it is strongly recommended that you make an appointment to see a doctor for an assessment. The earlier that Alzheimer's Disease is diagnosed, the more can be done to manage it.


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The Country Music Awards show is one of my favorites! This is mostly due to the fact that (as a song writer) I feel that lyrically country music has the best standard. Last night's CMAs aired with some really super cool performances, honest acceptance speeches, and of course our fave hosts- Carrie Underwood and Brad Paisley.
While there were many notable (and quotable) moments last night, by far Justin Timberlake's performance with Chris Stapleton stole the show! Both of these boys sing DOWN on their own. I mean. Take Timberlake and his Tennessee upbringing paired with Stapleton's Kentucky bred sound, and you pretty much have the potential for church to happen. Last night, church happened.
Stapleton explained that he'd reached out to Justin (who has said how much of a fan he is of the rising country star), and Justin didn't hesitate a bit. The two gave a double whammy performance with Stapleton's jam, "Tennessee Whiskey", and Timberlake's most countrified record "Drink You Away"... and boyyyyy listen! They went IN! I loved every moment of this, and I'm reminded why Im such a fan of both of these guys.
Check out the full performance below! The "Drink You Away" set is PERFECT! It's the second song.


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National GLBT Book Month on June, 2024: How do you pick up girls? am not good with words.?
June, 2024 is National GLBT Book Month 2024. June is National GLBT book month June is National GLBT book month
Advice from Hersband,
Well, I have to tell you when I went to college I had just come out. I realized it was hard to see a lesbian woman. First of all everyone was being like a hippie. So everyone looked alike. For a period gays and lesbians developed a certain haircut and way of dressing so you could identify each other. But now, it seems that everyone is merging looks and clothing again. Or I should say piercing and tattoos. Who is gay and who is not gay?? That would be the question. What I found helped was finding out if there was a gay/lesbian center on campus. Now it maybe a gay/lesbian/bi-sexual/transgendered center. This type of organization will have a lot of activities to get people together. There may even be monthly dances on campus. You certainly will find many women involved here and most of them will be lesbian. If there is no such organization on campus then look for a local coffee house or campus book store. Someplace you may find where there are a lot of people where you can just sit and observe until you feel more comfortable. When you frequent enough you get to know the locals. I have always found just saying "hello" to people and try to start a simple honest conversation. I look for the signs if I just bothered them or they do not want to talk to me. I never use a come on line cause everyone hates those. I have met the most interesting people in the strangest places by asking them a question or over hearing their conversation and interjecting in a comment. I found if you have a sense of humor you will get more people to talk back. Once you have a conversation going feel things out. By this I mean, ask where they hang out. What types of places and things are enjoyment. Do your homework. Find out what and where the gay places are so if names are dropped most likely you just found another gay person. Once you find someone to hang out with, be open minded and try new stuff. I think soon you will find some friends who have friends and open up your world to discovering all sorts of things in college and gay life.
And so, I always think these are good butch perspectives,
Advice from Wife,
This question couldn't have come at a better time, considering that this morning I was discussing with Hersband that this month (October) was not only Breast Cancer Awareness Month but it was also GLBT History month and then she informed me that on October 11th it was National Coming Out day. Go figure a day just to jump up and down and say HEY WORLD IM GAY!!! Not like straight people have a day for that. (it is called the day they are born. ) Anyway I got a little off topic for a second.
What I was actually getting at was since you are on a college campus, you should have GLBT groups that meet and maybe they are planning something for the month of October since it is GLBT History Month. And since the 11th is National Coming Out Day maybe they have something specific planned for that day. Who knows maybe you could get involved in a GLBT group on campus and if you are not already "Out and proud" you can be and that will get you noticed by these girls you are interested in. But if it doesn't or if they are not gay believe me you don't want to mess with them as getting involved with a straight girl is messing with trouble all the way around. It will just set you up for heart ache.
The other option for you is to start going to your local "lipstick bar" (lesbian bar) or gay bar but be careful there as many "fag hags " go there because they have the idea it is safe for them there because (as I have heard before from my straight friends) "we can go there as women and the guys don't treat us like a piece of meat and we can have a good time with our friends" what they don't take in to account is that not only men are gay, women are gay as well that is why they call us LESBIANS! So you have to have a sort of semi good gaydar even at the gay bar because the straight girls love the gay bar as well. At least there if you hit on one you can say "hey you are in a gay bar what did you expect?" and get away with it without feeling so embarrassed.
If you have a local lesbian bar that is your best bet for a place to hang out, I'm not advocating the bar scene but unfortunately because of the social environment we live in it is a starting point for we girls, just because you are in a bar does not mean you have to drink alcoholic drinks, many times when I am in a bar environment I drink water bottles. (thou I do love my Apple hoopties and Jaeger bombs) We have a local lesbian bar were we live that Hersband and I like to go to that is very small and cozy called Lipstick the owners run it like a house party so it doesn't feel so much like a meat market, it feels more like you are going into their living room every night and hanging out with friends.
If you put yourself out there and start finding a social circle of lesbian friends, lesbian environments, and a few gay men friends for spice it up you will soon find a lesbian date, it is that simple.
That is just my humble opinion as a femme,
What can i do about my mom? I'm gay Please help?
When you come out, you risk losing people who are very important in your life. But you should not let that risk stop you from being who you are. Never, ever, stop being true to yourself. I'm not going to sugar coat it - Although your mother does love you, at the time being she is probably very ashamed of your sexuality. But don't EVER let that make you ashamed of yourself. You have no reason to be ashamed at all. She is the one who is wrong here. Your family that does not accept you - THEY are wrong. Not you.
All you can do is hope that eventually they will accept you. You are a beautiful human being. And judging by what you've been through, you are very strong too. It takes a lot of guts to go through what you've endured.
It just might take a while for them to see that. It might take years upon years, but never lose hope.
In an ideal world, everyone would be accepting of all sexual orientations, but sadly this is not the case. Not everyone will be on your side. This is a blessing in disguise however, because when people judge you, they show their true colors. You don't want homophobes to be part of your life anyways, right? So if they have a problem with you, let them leave, and smile that they're gone :)
Things always get better. They might not work out they way you picture them, but in time they always get better.
Also, here is a site you can go on for anonymous help with all things lgbt related. It's called the GLBT national Help center:
they have an anonymous one-on-one chat, a toll free number, and lots of other resources.
Best wishes, and stay strong and brave!


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Q&A with Occupational Therapy
Q: What is Occupational Therapy?
A: In the simplest terms, occupational therapy is a field in which a skilled rehabilitation professional assists in returning a person with a health condition back to the activities they want and need to do.
Q: How does occupational therapy differ from physical therapy?
A: While they seem similar they have very distinct differences and fields of expertise. Physical therapy is the physical rehabilitation of people recovering from injuries or disease. The goal is to restore mobility and also teach patients how to prevent or manage their condition for long term health. Occupational therapy also considers the physical aspect of rehabilitation and motion but is focused primarily on enabling the patient to engage in meaningful activities of daily life. These professionals are dedicated to assisting patients in the long term through therapeutic adaptations and modifications to their environments.
Q: Who benefits from Occupational Therapy?
A: Whether due to a condition, accident, injury or disease, occupational therapy helps those that have difficulty completing daily activities or tasks. The focus is on things you need and want to do—your goals, activities and independence. An occupational therapist can help you live life to its fullest no matter your health condition, disability or risk factor.
Q: Can you give us an example of a patient outcome that significantly improved the patient's daily life?
A: I had to opportunity to work with a woman that had metastatic breast cancer. One of her tumors was in her axilla of her dominant arm and caused a paralysis of the nerves of the brachial plexis. She presented with wrist drop, inability to open her finger and was unable to extend her elbow. As she was getting radiation to the tumor, we fabricated a special wrist splint to allow her to use her hand, then as the tumor shrunk and the nerve started to regenerate, we worked on strengthening those muscle groups that had been affected. In the end, she regained full use of her hand and was able to ride her bike again which made her very happy.


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Topic: Bible
Type: Article
Author: A. Allison Lewis
King Jehoiakim received a message from God, by the hand of the prophet Jeremiah. The king understood very well what Jeremiah wrote. In fact, he understood so well that it made him furious. As the scribe read the scroll the king became so furious that he took a knife and cut it up and took the pieces and threw them into the fire. Jehoiakim understood what Jeremiah wrote, but he despised God, and was not going to have God rule over him. No, sir, God was not going to tell him what to do. This was a problem of not accepting rather than of not understanding. Have men changed? No, they have not! They are the same as in Jeremiahs day.
The prophet Isaiah in speaking of the children of Israel wrote: Because they have cast away the law of God and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel [ISA 5:24]. It was not that they did not understand but rather that they WILLINGLY rejected His Word. They despised it. You too, if you are trying to use that ancient excuse, are doing it for the same reason--you WILL NOT ACCEPT what God demands. Why not now admit your rebellion and turn to the God of Heaven and ask for His mercy. Call upon Him. He will abundantly pardon. Men have not changed. They reject the Word of God, because they reject the God of the Word.
A modern, well known, illustration of the rejection of the Bible is that of George Butterick. He was the major editor of the popular, Modernistic, Interpreters Bible. He gives a personal illustration in one of his books. He wrote: "Recently we heard a sermon from the Word of God on the text, Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. Its primary thesis was that we are all cursed in Adams sin." Dr. Butterick had some of his children with him and he was debating within himself whether he should stay and listen to this preacher or get up and leave. He stayed for a while, and the preacher went on to say: " We are trebly cursed from birth. We are cursed physically, spiritually and eternally. There would have been no physical death but for the curse resting on us from Adam. Should we stay? We were shaken in our resolve. Then the seven-year old at our elbow made this comment: Did God do that to me? My Bible doesnt say God is like that. We determined we had no right to cloud a childs mind, so we left the church. We retorted, as gently as a fast-ebbing patience would permit, that though it might have been Adams sin it was Gods responsibility. Who had so ordered His Word that all the children of history should be cursed for the wrong of one man, thousands of years ago, whose name perchance they had not heard. Such a God, we suggested, had earned the verdict of the French skeptic: Your God is my Devil. But that came of Bibliolotry. The worship of a man-made idol called the inerrancy of the Scriptures " [The Christian Fact and Modern Doubt, pages 173-175]. BIBLIOLOTRY--Bible worship? No--not at all. It was just simply some humble servant of God accepting and preaching the plain message of the Word of God. But Butterick, knowing full well what the Bible says, rejected what it says. He would not accept what it says as being true. He said it cannot be true. He understood English and he understood Greek, but he refused to accept it. It is not a problem of understanding but rather of ACCEPTING what God says. Will you NOW ACCEPT HIS WORD, HIS LOVE, HIS MERCY, AND HIS FREE SALVATION?
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The only way for cord cutting to become a true problem for the cable companies is for there to be so much content online that people feel comfortable walking away from the cable packages. If the last few months are any indication of where the OTT industry is heading, we soon ought to be seeing more people cut the cord. So far this year there has been an average of almost one new OTT roll-out every week and there are now over 130 subscription video services on the web. Here are just a few of the more interesting recent announcements in what is becoming a busy new industry:
Acorn TV. Priced at $4.99 per month (first month free) this service bundles the best shows from the UK, Ireland, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. The service is starting with 60 exclusive titles that include a lot of drama, police who-dunnits and dry British comedy.
Sling TV. The service has grown from very simple to having a wide range of options. They have added a ton of new programming such as Fox Sports and other Fox Shows, They brought in the NBC suite including the live NBC feed, USA, Bravo, SyFy and BBC America. They beefed up the sports offering with some regional sports networks. The NBC live feed will be the first place that local NFL games will be broadcast on the web. They have added E! and Oxygen to their Lifestyle package. And they've added BBC World News, CNBC and MSNBC to their World News Package. Overall this is starting to become as large and confusing as looking at cable packages!
Hulu. The company has confirmed it will soon be launching a skinny bundle. Much of the content is going to come from the owners of Hulu including a suite of packages from ABC / Disney including ESPN, a package from NBC Universal, and a package from 21st Century Fox. Plus Hulu is making a deal with CBS. This would make Hulu the first to offer all of the major networks' feeds live online, with ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox. The company has said that their base package will be around $35, and this makes it a true skinny bundle since it includes the networks plus other most-watched channels. As I was writing this blog Hulu announced they are ceasing all free / ad-based program and are now all-subscription.
Tubi TV. Tubi TV is taking a different approach from the other services and is free to customers and is ad-supported. The service carries a lot of content aimed at millennials, who supposedly are most interested in free content. The service includes Japanese anime 2-days after being aired in Japan as well as a lot of movies and various series of interest to millennials. The service has made deals with over 200 content provides including MGM, Lionsgate, Paramount Pictures and Starz!
Comcast brings in Netflix. In an attempt to keep viewers on their platform and under their channel guide Comcast has made a deal to bring Netflix into the fold. Netflix will appear in the lineup like any other network and customers can navigate using their remote control.
Speaking of remote controls, Comcast distributed a lot of new voice-controlled remotes in time for the Olympics in the hopes of keeping customers from cutting the cord. We'll have to watch to see how customers like the new devices.
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ABC is re-launching its unauthenticated streaming service (free for anybody) and showing older series for free, supported with ads.
CBS has taken the premium subscription approach and is a monthly subscriptions for $5.99 it's calling CBS All Access. The company is producing original content just for this platform including the next Star Trek Series.
NBC has chosen to produce OTT content through its Seeso platform. This is going to consist of a number of different types of programming, with the comedy platform launched late last year. The comedy channel costs $3.99 per month. It includes older NBC comedy series as well as twenty new comedy series produced only for the Seeso platform.
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The much-awaited Samsung Galaxy Note 10 and Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ are set to launch today in India, at an event in Bengaluru. Prior to its launch in India, the South Korean Company already unveiled smartphones a few weeks ago in the US. The Indian event will be live-streamed on the company's official English and Hindi website. Read on to find out how to watch the Livestream of the launch, the expected prices of the devices and more.
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The event scheduled to be held at the Samsung Opera House in Bengaluru will begin at 12 pm IST. Interested people can watch the Livestream on the official English and Hindi websites.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 10 has a 6.3-inch screen and the Galaxy Note 10+ sports a 6.8-inch display. There are several common specifications among the two smartphones. The only differences between the two devices are in their display, battery size, RAM and storage capacity.
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SAN DIEGO — Zaire Wallace looked forward to playing sports in high school. But within a few months of his freshman year, he'd gotten into three fights. After his second suspension, he enrolled at The Charter School of San Diego, an alternative school serving many students at risk of dropping out.
His new school didn't offer sports. But there were fewer distractions. On a recent day, Wallace, now 17, sat quietly reading Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" and looking up information about the poem on a computer. He misses being a student-athlete, and he's still behind on credits, but he's sure that had he stayed at his old school, he'd be worse off.
"This [place] gives you the opportunity to graduate faster," he said. "What you learn in a regular high school in a year, you could learn here in six months."
Like many alternative schools, The Charter School of San Diego allows students behind on credits to complete courses online at an accelerated pace. While credit recovery is one of the fastest-growing fields in online education, many programs are little more than diploma mills hastening students through the curriculum with insufficient support. Critics complain that the schools lack rigor and often use software programs vulnerable to cheating, such as Edgenuity.
The Charter School of San Diego is one of the schools using that program, yet its educational model has drawn praise. Part of Altus Schools, a network of K-12 alternative charter schools in Southern California, it even won recognition from the federal government for its operation.
Since opening its first school in 1994, Altus has gone on to open six more, including four in the last three years. Now, the founder is in early discussions with a school in Arizona to replicate the Altus model there.
The Altus network relies on a self-paced, independent study program and a personalized, blended learning model they've built up over a quarter century. Students spend 80 percent of their time learning from home. Most do the majority of their work online, though some choose to learn with a standard textbook. Students spend the rest of their time at resource centers receiving in-person instruction or tutoring. The typical student pops in two to three times a week, with each session lasting two to three hours, according to staff.
Altus officials say they have protections in place to prevent cheating online. Tim Tuter, executive director of Altus Schools, said course completion is not defined just by the amount of time a student is logged in, but by the quality of the assignments they submit. And students must take their end-of-course exams at a resource center, where they are under constant supervision.
"This is not an online school where we don't see kids. Our kids are required to come to the resource centers multiple times a week," Tuter said. "We have designed a number of mechanisms in place so that we know when a kid is potentially cheating or not giving their full effort."
His remarks come amid heavy public scrutiny of online programs, as schools and districts pressured to boost their graduation numbers increasingly turn to computer software to get students over the finish line. Nationwide, high schools offering credit recovery used online courses 71 percent of the time, according to a 2018 U.S. Department of Education brief.
Related: Teacher shortages force districts to use online education programs
Despite what skeptics say about online courses, Altus administrators insist that their curriculum passes muster. Most Altus classes meet the University of California's "A-G" course requirements for admission, Altus officials say. Many of the courses have also been approved by the College Board and the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Instead of rotating through half a dozen or so classes each day for an entire academic year, as students would at a traditional middle or high school, here they take one or two classes at a time for three to four weeks. Some students reported finishing a course in two weeks. School is open year-round, allowing students to continue their studies throughout the summer.
Keeping students engaged who by definition have had trouble sticking with school is a challenge. When they first arrive, 60 percent of Altus students are behind on credits. The majority are two to five grade levels behind in math and two to three levels behind in English language arts, according to Tuter.
Related: Students sat in cubicles using computers. It wasn't popular.
But Altus administrators believe that their formula — using online learning without sacrificing one-on-one interactions between students and teachers — works. At-risk students receive support from teams of individuals who care, the schools have a strong culture of teacher-driven professional development and the result is a high level of student and staff engagement, they say.
Indeed, in 2015, when The Charter School of San Diego received a Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, a prestigious federal award recognizing businesses, health care systems, educational institutions and nonprofits for performance excellence, the school was cited for high levels of satisfaction among parents and students.
In addition, at Altus, teachers are required to make home visits if a student stops showing up to the resource centers. They email and telephone parents and call families in to meet with the instructors, a social worker, case manager or other support staff if a student is struggling.
Staff say that they try to be strategic with locations, setting up shop within strip malls and sites that are easy for students to access and that are close to other resources like the public library.
The organization also has established partnerships with local businesses and other community groups. It invites representatives from colleges to the resource centers and arranges for students to tour local colleges on a regular basis.
ussell Rumberger, author of "Dropping Out: Why Students Drop Out of High School and What Can Be Done About It" and director of the California Dropout Research Project, has studied alternative schools. He said there is strong research to suggest that a blended learning approach, like Altus', with actual student-teacher interactions, is preferable to programs where students only learn online.
Moreover, for alternative programs to successfully serve at-risk students, they need to provide support services, such as counseling, that go beyond academic instruction, he said.
"You often have to address the students' nonacademic needs. It's not just an issue of reading and math," said Rumberger, a professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Although Rumberger views the extra support services for at-risk students as a positive, and said that Altus appears to meet certain academic standards, he questioned the rigor of any program in which courses are condensed from 180 days, or a typical school year, to a matter of a few weeks.
"You can't expect to cover the same amount of material if the instructional time is significantly less than a regular class," he said.
Such criticism — along with testimonies from students and teachers that many programs lack rigor — has largely fallen on deaf ears in recent years as administrators throughout the country have turned to online credit recovery programs.
Altus founder and CEO Mary Bixby, however, rejects "credit recovery" as a label for her schools.
Rather, she describes them as "redirective" schools, where staff help at-risk students to change the downward trajectory they're on. About 500 of the 8,000 students that Altus serves each year transfer back to the San Diego Unified School District, while others choose to graduate from the alternative school and go on to college or the workforce, according to Altus officials. (District officials did not respond to a request to confirm transfer numbers prior to publication.)
Bixby also pushed back on the idea, expressed by some alternative school critics, that students in traditional classrooms, with teachers who each see over 150 pupils a day, are assured a more meaningful experience. Altus students are assigned to one main teacher who becomes responsible for each of their students' progress throughout their time in the program. The network aims to assign no more than 40 students to each teacher so that they have time to get to know them. And all instruction is delivered one-on-one or in small groups.
Bixby also likened Altus' course-intensive program to what students would experience in college. "There's nothing to say they read fewer books or cover less content. The difference may be that they may spend less time in their classroom, but they're taking responsibility of their own learning," she said.
State performance indicators showed mixed results for Altus schools. During the 2018-19 academic year, the six Altus schools in San Diego County for which data was available reported student math proficiency levels significantly below those in the rest of the county and state. The percentage of students meeting grade-level standards in math ranged from 3 percent to 19 percent at these schools, compared to 45 percent in the county and 40 percent in the state.
In English language arts, four of the six schools lagged behind the countywide rate of 57 percent by more than 5 percent.
But the picture looks less dismal when only alternative schools are considered. Three of those six Altus schools ranked in the top 10 percent of San Diego County alternative schools in English proficiency, and five were in the top 20 percent, according to data shared by the network. Altus schools also claimed the top two spots out of 41 schools. The results were similar in math, with three schools in the top 10 percent, five in the top 20 percent and Audeo Charter School first overall.
Given the mostly at-risk student population they serve, Altus officials say that those results and their schools' virtually nonexistent suspension rates and low dropout rates — less than 2 percent at schools for which data was available — prove that they are successfully re-engaging students.
Mirna Santos, 16, spent two years at a traditional high school before transferring to The Charter School of San Diego this fall. She describes herself as someone who enjoys learning, but said that students were disruptive and disrespectful to teachers at her old school. As a result, instructors were forced to repeat lessons over multiple days. Soon, she lost interest.
"I got bored and I didn't have any motivation," she said. "Toward the end, I just stopped doing my work."
Students interviewed for this story all spoke positively about their experiences at Altus, though a few said they wished the schools offered clubs and sports. Altus officials have said they don't plan to offer extracurricular activities because the focus of their program is getting students on track academically.
Aaliyah Williams, a junior, said she prefers Altus' course-intensive program, in which she doesn't have to worry about juggling more than two classes at a time. Still, the 16-year-old wants to eventually transfer back to her old school, where she played softball, basketball and golf and ran track.
"I miss playing sports for my school," she said.
Zaire Wallace knows that some students wish that Altus schools would hold rallies or other social events, but he's more focused on catching up on credits by the end of the school year so that he can graduate on time. He's looking ahead to community college, where he's considering studying mathematics — and playing sports, of course.
"I finally figured out my future," he said.
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Saturday, 8 May 2010
Happy Birthday Mum!
Secondly, I have to say thank you to all of you who have entered my giveaway - I'm overwhelmed at the number of comments you've left: and new followers - a warm welcome to you! To anyone who hasn't entered, there is still nearly a week before the winner's name is drawn, so get to it!
So it's my mum's birthday tomorrow, and I thought I'd share some pics of what we've been making for her today...
A little seaside scene created from driftwood
I like the buoys - made from tiny polystyrene balls (a bargain at 5p each!) and painted in co-ordinating colours.
Here's the card I made, again from driftwood...
My eldest son continued the fishy theme for his card...
And finally, here is the card made by my youngest - with a little help from me! You can probably tell the basic shape for this peacock is his hand silhouette, and whilst I would love to take credit for this clever idea, it actually comes from the fantastic book Hand Art, which I thoroughly recommend for young children.
Happy Birthday Mum, I hope you have a wonderful day!
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Lovely gifts, your mum will be pleased I'm sure!ReplyDelete
Justine x
Lucky Mum! I love, love, love that peacock card, it worked out really well.ReplyDelete
Kandi x
Oh stunning! All your family's makes are wonderful but I especially love your little row of cottages/beach huts. The peacock is such a great idea. I might have to half-inch it.ReplyDelete
Hello, just hopped back to let you know I've posted a link to your giveaway.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9 May 2010 at 08:12
Simply adorable gift! Your Mum surely loves having such talented daughter and grandchildren.ReplyDelete
Today is Mother's Day in Germany. I can only but give my family a hint of what I like from your art: all of it.
Gorgeous makes there by all the family!ReplyDelete
wow love the colours on this piece, alot brighter than usual, the huts are just gorgeous i'm sure she'll love itReplyDelete
- Anonymous10 May 2010 at 03:32
Hello, I found you via Julia's site.... love your boats, and know the BTOI shop as I live near HOLKHAM. Your little seaside scene is just to pretty... what a clever lady. I shall be back....ReplyDelete
Maggie at www.laburnumcottage.blogspot.com
I hope that your Mum had a wonderful day. Lovely , lovely gifts... lucky lady! suzie xxReplyDelete
Lovely things you have made. I especially love that peacock cardReplyDelete
Julie xxxxx
I love your driftwood card fish hehe he's sooo cute!ReplyDelete
Wow your mum's a lucky woman.
Oh I love your driftwood. And it almost makes me want to move to the sea. Almost. Hope your ma had a happy happy day.ReplyDelete
Those gifts and cards are wicked. Hope your mum enjoyed receiving them as much as we did looking at them.ReplyDelete


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Since you laid aside the old self with its evil practices, and have put on the new self who is being renewed to a true knowledge according to the image of the One who created him – Colossians 3:9-10
Why would a guy with a High IQ, big money, the right life accessories, and even strong spiritual motivation become secretly captive to a behavior or way of thinking to the point of losing all external successes in order to keep a destructive habit?
In one corner of our life is the impulsive voice. You know him, half the time you are already knee-deep into a behavior before you realize it's probably not the best thing to do. This voice is a driving force in our lives for a long time and knows us well. Want to know why? He is you! He's the "old man," the mole who works from inside the organization to sabotage your best intentions to defeat a behavior or habit that you know is not healthy for your relationship with the Holy Spirit or with the one you love. He is a man of the moment, and once an idea to gratify him appears, stopping to pause, ask questions, or consider the consequences is not an option.
The older men get, the sillier the behavior looks. Except with age, the stakes are much more costly and higher. Take your pick among pornography, affairs, anger, food, alcohol, overspending, or a host of other impulse control issues we can't seem to beat. An adult man should be able to say no to himself, but he doesn't have the power in himself. Silly. The struggle is usually an unhealed aspect of their manhood: a hurt, a wound, a failure, a deep need to have control over something, a missing relationship, a trauma from the past or a source of shame that handicaps their ability to whip certain behaviors.
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Moore blocked his second punt of the season in Sunday' win against Oakland – three counting his NFL debut in the preseason. His training camp roommate, Cooper Taylor, returned the blocked ball 21 yards for a touchdown in an up-and-down game and season for the Giants' special teams.
"When he scored the ball, it was like a one-two punch," Moore said. "It was like the old roommates again. So I think that was honestly what really made it special."
Moore first found the punter's foot in Pittsburgh in the preseason when he blocked Drew Butler on the Steelers' first drive of the preseason. He later took out Kansas City's Dustin Colquitt in Week 4, but neither led to a touchdown return.
However, with an emphasis on where and when to strike, Moore this time got his entire right forearm on the ball, which bounced perfectly toward the opposite end zone and into the hands of Taylor.
"It actually went through my mind," Moore said. "The crazy thing about it is coach has been harping – [since] the Pittsburgh game, the Chiefs game when I tipped it – he was like, 'You really could have gotten it. All you had to do is just have your hands below your eyes and run through.' Today I just got off the ball and I thought about it."
The special teams touchdown came after the Giants spotted seven points to the Raiders as Jerrel Jernigan fumbled the opening kickoff. Oakland recovered at New York's five-yard line and punched it in for a touchdown two plays later.
Prior to the game, the Giants had allowed three punt returns for touchdowns this season. The rest of the 31 teams in the NFL combined to give up five.
So Moore's block and Taylor's scoop-and-score, which tied the game at 7-7 in the first quarter, not only changed the complexion of the game, but it also put one in the plus column for the special teams.
"I was so excited and so happy and ecstatic – and pumped for Damontre," said Taylor, who was drafted last April by the Giants in the fifth round, two rounds after Moore. "Really, that's the guy that should get the credit to come through and block like that, a perfect block. It was just awesome, an awesome opportunity."
Getting down to the nuts and bolts of the play, the Giants saw the tight formation like that they expected from a week of watching film on the Raiders. When they saw that, it was just a matter of getting a good jump off the ball.
"A lot of the times with those punt blocks, you can hear it," Taylor said. "It's the first thing you do because you're getting blocked [on the line]. I definitely heard it, it was the first thing, and then I saw the ball right in front of me."


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The 2017 Beverage Alcohol Retailers Conference has announced its keynote speakers: Tom Shay, Principal, Profits Plus, and Stephen Bebis, President and CEO, Liquor Stores NA.
Tom Shay is a lifelong small-business owner and manager, and the fourth generation to be involved in the family business. He has authored 12 books on small-business management, a college textbook on small business financial management, and co-authored a book on retailer/vendor relations. Shay has also written over 400 articles that have appeared in over 70 international trade magazines, earning him nomination for the Jesse H. Neal award for editorial excellence.
Shay writes and speaks on financial understanding, business strategy, marketing and staff education. He earned the Certified Speaking Professional (CSP) distinction, which is earned by fewer than eight percent of speakers worldwide.
Stephen Bebis has more than 30 years of retail management experience. He has served as President and CEO of Liquor Stores NA since 2013. Prior to that, he was President and CEO of Golf Town GP Inc. and GPC, a company he founded in 1998.
He was previously CEO of Brookstone Company, VP and General Merchandise Manager of the mid-south division of Home Depot, and held various positions at Sears and Grossman's. Bebis serves on many charitable boards in Canada and the U.S. Recently, Liquor Stores NA has expanded its U.S. footprint by acquiring and opening stores in the northeast.
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"He passed through the midst of them and went away" (Lk 4:30)
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He told the gardener to cut it down because it had no fruit for three years. Why should it exhaust the soil? The gardener said to him, Give me a year, I will work on it and then if it doesn't bear fruit, then cut it down.((LK 13: 8-9)
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God is our hero!How will you extend the same grace to those you love?
Feb 26, 2016
Lord we are thankful for all you do for us.... the air we breathe and the heart that beats in our chest.... We know that what you have loaned us will soon be asked for back.... help us to be open and generous with the things you have loaned us....
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"Not as man sees does God see, because he sees the appearance but the Lord looks into the heart." (1 Samuel 16:7)


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GURNEE, Ill. (WLS) -- Six Flags Great America announced it is hiring more than 3,000 seasonal workers for positions ranging from entry level to management, and will hold hiring events in February and March.
Pay for all seasonal positions start at $9 an hour and opportunities for paid internships for college students are available, theme park officials said.
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I made the M/L size with the full length arm so it's a really nice and comfy fit, even for lounging around on the couch. The only change that I made was to lower the front neckline a bit to allow for my ample cleavage.
As a little extra embellishment, I added a ribbon along the seam where the bodice meets the skirt. I would have preferred green, but I only had pink in the stash, so pink it was!
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When you come to the Netherlands to study, many things will, as you would expect, be different from those in your home country: climate, lifestyle, traffic, food and religion for example. In addition, you may find that the Dutch grading system also differs from the system you are used to.
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text: Wilkerson and Team LRS arrive in Brainerd with support from Circle K, a new chassis, and renewed determination Posted by: Kelly Topolinski SPRINGFIELD, IL. (August 16, 2017) – Tim Wilkerson is more comfortable than ever in the Levi, Ray & Shoup Ford Shelby Mustang, and it shows. As the 2017 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series returns to Gainesville for this weekend's 48th annual Amalie Oil NHRA Gatornationals, Wilkerson fully intends to continue bettering his program. Gainesville Raceway is special to Springfield, Illinois-based Wilkerson – it is where he made his debut in an NHRA nitro Funny Car in 1996 – and he is eager to return to the facility on the heels of a charging performance at the Arizona Nationals. "This is really an exciting time for us," said Wilkerson, who won Gainesville in 2010 and was low qualifier there in 2004. "I do wish I could have gone one more round there in Phoenix. I wanted to be in the semifinals badly, but that's okay. Six runs in a row now we've had a pretty good car." 'A pretty good car' is putting it lightly. Wilkerson efficiently recovered from a slight blunder in his first pass in Phoenix, and from there he built upon the sturdy foundation laid at the season-opening Winternationals two weeks prior. Three times in the past two events, Wilkerson has reset his career best elapsed time in the Levi, Ray & Shoup Funny Car. His career best currently stands at 3.844-second with a best speed set in Topeka last season at 333.74 mph. The forecast for the weekend in Gainesville is clear and cool, which could easily translate to another group of very quick and fast passes. Wilkerson, though, isn't only excited about the opportunity to go fast on the racetrack. He is just as thrilled to reconnect with longtime sponsor and friend Dick Levi. "Oh yeah, it's going to be a great time," said Wilkerson. "We'll have Dick Levi there and all the people from Diversified Yacht Services, and we've got a brand new hospitality trailer to make it really special. We're going to look like a shiny new penny with our new crew uniforms and everything. If our Levi, Ray & Shoup Funny Car is fast, I'll be pretty happy. "I'm excited to get there. We'll have completely different atmospheric conditions in Gainesville because it's a sea level track. Usually it's hot and sticky at the Gatornationals, but it looks like that might not be the case this time. It's been a long time, but I think we know how to win there. The way these cars are now, though, anything can happen. We'll see." Tim Wilkerson Levi, Ray & Shoup Ford Shelby Mustang Car No.: FC9 Wilkerson in Brainerd 1 final round Runner-up in 2003 (Gary Densham) No. 1 qualifier in 2004 Last year: Qualified No. 10, lost in the second round to Del Worsham Updated Career Stats heading into Brainerd, race 17 of 24 No. 8 in Funny Car standings 461 races 771 rounds 20 wins 19 runner-up finishes 39 overall final rounds 19 No. 1 qualifier awards Career best e.t.: 3.844 (2017 Phoenix) Career best speed: 333.74 (2016 Topeka) Race Info 36th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Brainerd International Raceway Brainerd, Minnesota August 17-20, 2017 Run Schedule (all times CT) Thursday, August 17 9:30 am - Sportsman qualifying Friday, August 18 9:15 am - Sportsman qualifying 2:45 pm - Pro qualifying session 1 5:30 pm - Pro qualifying session 2 Saturday, August 19 9:15 am - Sportsman eliminations 12:45 pm - Pro qualifying session 3 3:45 pm - Pro qualifying session 4 Sunday, August 20 11:00 am - Eliminations Television Schedule (all times ET) (According to NHRA.com, August 16, 2017) Friday, Aug. 18, FS1 will televise two hours of qualifying coverage at 10 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, FS1 will televise two hours of qualifying coverage at 10 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, FS1 will televise three hours of live finals coverage starting at 2 p.m. Brainerd International Raceway Funny Car Track Records 3.822-second, 333.82 mph Photo credit: Auto Imagery


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I received an email from Dove on Thursday with the strangest RE line: Dove® is pro.age™
Because I enjoyed the previous entries in the Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, and the Digital Hive has been following this unfolding campaign for a while now, I immediately clicked in to see the new entry. I figured Dove would enter the "real grown up woman category" like L'Oreal Paris' Age Perfect Pro-Calcium Restorative Hydrating Cream (you've seen the commercials starring Diane Keaton) and Revlon's Age Defying product line.
Dove did not disappoint. The spot is fantastic (and I love the music.) While I don't need any manufactured controversy - I did actually love the spot. Dove takes the idea all the way on the website be offering you a chance to hear the reaction or join the debate or tell a friend. I enjoyed the "hear the reaction" snippies - I'm so happy that the focus group contained some "women of a certain age." Rock on sisters - I'm so proud. The discussion on the "debate" board is firmly on the "you go girl" side (with a few non-sequiturs and entirely inappropriate member names - dude really - "Divinity"?) but totally worth a read.
One word to Dove, please don't let me find out you have shills working the board. If "ladyagewell" is not legit - delete the post. I'll be watching, carefully.


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Android's kernel is based on one of the Linux kernel's long-term support (LTS) branches. Since April 2014, Android devices mainly use versions 3.4 or 3.10 of the Linux kernel. The specific kernel version depends on the actual Android device and its hardware platform; Android has used various kernel versions since the version 2.6.25 that was used in Android 1.0.
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On top of the Linux kernel, there are the middleware, libraries and APIs written in C, and application software running on an application framework which includes Java-compatible libraries based on Apache Harmony. Development of the Linux kernel continues independently of other Android's source code bases.
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Android 4.4 introduced Android Runtime (ART) as a new runtime environment, which uses ahead-of-time (AOT) compilation to entirely compile the application bytecode into machine code upon the installation of an application. In Android 4.4, ART was an experimental feature and not enabled by default; it became the only runtime option in the next major version of Android, 5.0.
Dalvik: Until version 5.0, Android used Dalvik as a process virtual machine with trace-based just-in-time (JIT) compilation to run Dalvik "dex-code" (Dalvik Executable), which is usually translated from the Java bytecode.
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Bully's Surf, Bodyboard and SUP leashes are all made in the good old USA right here in Oceanside CA.
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Ivory Coast in a friendly against Russia
Flag of Ivory Coast
First international: Ivory Coast 3-2 Benin (1960)
Biggest win: Ivory Coast 6-0 Botswana (1992)
Biggest loss: Ivory Coast 2-6 Ghana (1971)
Most caps: Didier Zokora (105 caps)
Top scorer: Didier Drogba (58 goals)
Star player: Yaya Toure (Man City FC)
Ivory Coast have only been well known to people thanks to their quality of players they have produced in recent years. Ivory Coast internationals have been present in English football for sometime now with players like Drogba, Eboue, Toure, Kalou and Gervinho all having starred in the premier league. Because of the quality of these players they have now reached the World Cup in 2006 and 2010 which is their only ever times. Although they have competed in the African Nations Cup 19 times and won it once in 1992. They came close to winning the 2011 African Nations Cup before losing on penalties to Zambia. With the quality of players they have you'd expect them to win another one soon.


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Jacuzzi Customer Service and Contact Number
If you want to contact Jacuzzi customer service, so you are in the right place. In this post, we talk about Jacuzzi customer service phone number. You will find all the possible methods by which you can call a live person from Jacuzzi. Founded in 1915 by seven Italian brothers in Casarsa della Delizia in Northern Italy, Giocondo Jacuzzi … Read more


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Hey guys! Been a little while since my last update and I finally have the time to get these up. You can check out high quality screen captures, production stills and promotional artwork of Steve as Sean Peyton in the television movie Secret Millionaire which aired in 2018 on the PixL network.
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Platform economy database
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Work Smarter, Not Harder
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first hour sharpening the axe." Abraham Lincoln
The most successful projects I've been a part of have one thing in common: at the beginning, time was taken to establish the problem needing to be solved and the objective of the project. Without this crucial beginning, the failure rate, frustration and time wasted grew exponentially.
In my early days of working primarily with design and websites, I would get a project and jump right into creating. I would open up Photoshop and get to work. Occasionally, I would end up with something good. The majority of the time, I would find myself stuck because I had no foundation to work from or filter to make decisions by. I was working harder, not smarter. This was difficult when working by myself, but chaotic when working with a team.
Use this 5 step process for getting projects from problem to solution:
Define the objective
- What problem are you trying to solve?
- What does success look like?
- Who needs to be involved to make this a success?
Map out timeline
- Map out the plan to meet the objective.
- Start backwards from the target finish date and build a timeline that works for team.
- Build milestones along the way to stay on track.
- Execute the plan.
- Filter decisions on if it helps solve the problem.
- Get feedback and critique on what is right, wrong, missing and confusing.
Deliver & Critique
- Measure success of the project by if it met the objective.
- Celebrate the wins and learn from things that didn't work.
Case Study – Groups Video
In January of 2013, we had a GroupLink event at West Ridge designed to get people in our church connected in small groups. Through talking with our Small Groups Pastor, we discovered there were some consistent barriers for people getting engaged in small groups. We would consistently hear from people things like "I don't have enough time", "Isn't it just a Bible study?" and "I don't know enough about the Bible to be in a small group".
To help solve this problem of small group misconceptions, we shared a simple story with our church of a couple who overcame those barriers. The only objective of this video was to break down barriers for people engaging with small groups. Turns out, it worked! This video played a part in one of our biggest turnouts ever for GroupLink. We saw more people than ever join or start new groups, with many of them pointing back to the video as the reason why. It met the objective.
Before you start a project, or chop down a tree, sharpen the axe. Work smarter, not harder.


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Serving your divorce papers via Facebook... Classy? Perhaps not, but wait for the facts before passing judgment.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper recently ruled that Brooklyn resident Ellanora Baidoo could serve her estranged husband divorce papers on Facebook, only because that's the only place she could find him. After failed attempts to discover Victor Sena Blood-Dzraku's whereabouts via email, a motor vehicle search, and a private detective, his wife appealed to the court to deliver papers via Facebook, which he had been proven to check regularly.
This isn't the first instance of a Facebook serving in the 5 boroughs, either. After trying traditional means to contact his ex-wife with notice that he no longer wanted to pay child support, Staten Island Support Magistrate Gregory Gliedman allowed Noel Biscocho to deliver the news via Facebook.
In both cases, Facebook was only allowed because the recipients could not otherwise be found. While other states have not extended this leniency for interpreting the law, it is expected that we'll see more and more of this as social media becomes ever-increasingly entrenched in our lives.
Source: Mashable


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Thursday, September 18, 2014
Swoon Thursday (#86): Remember Me by Romily Bernard
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Great swoon, Alyssa. I love the muddy handprints across the chest.ReplyDelete
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Mmmm.... That's a steamy swoon! Although, people forget the wall is usually pretty cold too!ReplyDelete
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What a great swoon! Aaaaahhh showers can be so not-boring!!ReplyDelete
Love this teaser. <3 thank you for sharing Alyssa :D But HAH. No chance in hell that I will read this book, though. I kind of hated book one. Have heard things I do not like about this. Sigh. Anyway. I do hope you are loving it. <3 kind of :DReplyDelete
This kinda makes me want to read Find Me. :D I love good swoony moments!ReplyDelete
Whoa. That's pretty damn hot, yeah? Even though I won't be reading this book I appreciate you sharing that sexy sample with the masses. :DReplyDelete
I love comments! I will always try and reply to your comments, as well as leave some comment love on your blog! :)
Also, this an award and tag free blog. While I am flattered that you would think of me, I really do not have the time to follow up. Thank you!


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A watercolor illustration from a new children's book I just finished illustrating. A wonderful true story about one of the first black teens to integrate the Florida school system back in 1964. The book is titled, "A Brave Little Cookie". The artwork is titled "Just Pray" I hope you like it!
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Native Land Digital is very excited to introduce our new Executive Director, Christine McRae!
Christine is an Omàmìwininì Madaoueskarini Anishinaabekwe (a woman of the Madawaska River Algonquin people) and belongs to the Crane Clan, and is of mixed Polish, Irish, German and Swedish heritage. Christine was raised in a small town on the eastern border of Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, where she currently resides on the banks of the Madawaska River with her husband and their dog. She is a graduate of Acadia University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and History.
Christine is the owner of Waaseyaa Consulting, an Indigenous culture and heritage consulting company dedicated to reviving and celebrating Indigenous traditional knowledge and culture-based practices through educational opportunities. She is also the owner of Waaseyaa Cultural Tours, an Indigenous-based tourism company operating in the Algonquin Park region. Christine holds a number of volunteer positions, including Editor of the Turtle Island Journal of Indigenous Health (TIJIH), Acadia University Alumni Association Board of Directors, Friends of Algonquin Park Board of Directors and Bancroft Area Stewardship Council.
Christine's skill set is broad, having experience in archaeology, cultural heritage management, Indigenous land stewardship, economic development, event planning, fundraising, governance, strategic planning and policy development, Indigenous pedagogy applied to early years learning, oratory presentation and public speaking, as well as the management of large and complex project portfolios.
Christine is an avid outdoor adventurer, particularly of the Algonquin landscape, and enjoys travelling to engage with culture, food and unique landscapes. In addition to her role as Executive Director of Native Land Digital, Christine is currently writing her first book, Ondjitigweyaa Madaoueskarini Omàmìwininì (Algonquin People of the Madawaska River Headwaters), a factual history of the Algonquin people written from an Algonquin Anishinaabekwe perspective.
Now that Christine has joined the team, Native Land will continue to work to enhance our digital mapping platform, including the addition of new territories as well as the addition of Indigenous languages in respective territories, and developing a social media strategy to continue promoting native-land.ca as an initiative to learn more about Indigenous territories.
As always, your questions, suggestions and kind words are welcome and encouraged. If you have ideas of how we can continue to improve Native Land, please get in touch with us! We are very grateful that people are so willing to contribute to this community-based knowledge project.
Posted by christineFriday, March 27th, 2020
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Yay! Thank you Christine. I love Native-Land (very literally). My fantasy would be to know how to connect with the band councils or elders in my local region (though that could be a bit of an onslaught of inquiries for folks).
This land is my land, this land is my land…. respect Indigenous ways of knowing 🙂