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Just a brief record and guide for those who wants to get married with a Thai partner in Thailand. You need a few documents before you can do it.
1) A copy of your passport and photos (passport size). and spouse to be.
2) A search result hard copy letter applied at the Registry of Marriage to prove you are Single (or divorced)
https://app.rom.gov.sg/internet/emrs/rom_emrs_start.asp Cost is bloody $35 for this letter.
3) A letter from work pass division of MOM of your spouse to prove she is not working currently in SG. Need to have a copy of his/her passport and passport photo. Apply at the MOM workpass division office.
4) A Certificate of No Criminal Convention (CNCC) applied through Sngapore Police at Cantonment Complex. Download the form here. Bloody $45 dollars for this certificate. (This one better as at least they give a certificate, unlike the stupid letter from ROM) You may need to draft a letter yourslef if you did not go to the Sinapore Embassy in Bangkok to get a letter of instruction. Just write that you need a CNCC for marriage purpose in Thailand will be fine. A copy of photo id or passport of your spouse to be is also required. And remember to bring your passport (not IC) if you are applying in person.
5) A letter from your current employee, stating your current job and salary. (A copy of your letter of appointment or contract will do also).
6)And finally, a completed Affidavit form (accquired when you go to Singapore emabassy in Thailand) with 2 referees details.
And thats it for first part of the process..... TBC.


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God wants us to be fully immersed in the river of God and this immersion will carry us into the purposes of God for our lives. But the river is turbulent and messy and it stirs up a lot of stuff.
The Wisdom of the River (2 Message Set)1. The Wisdom of the River"There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God." (Psalms 46:4) If there is a river what are we doing living outside of that river? God wants us to be fully immersed in the river of God and this immersion will carry us into the purposes of God for our lives. But the river is turbulent and messy and it stirs up a lot of stuff. Ever since the Toronto outpouring in 1994 there has been a fresh emphasis upon the river but not everyone was attracted to this outpouring because outwardly it looked quite foolish!But for those who allowed the current of the Spirit to overtake them they quickly discovered the wisdom of the river. The wisdom of God is foolishness to man. Could it be that the transformation we are seeking is only found when we allow the Spirit to do whatever he wants to do? Listen to this life-changing message and discover the wisdom of the river.2. Namaan, the River and the HealingIn the book of King the prophet told Namaan to immerse himself in the river to obtain the healing that he sought. The church is desperately seeking to lay hold of a new level of healing power to see a breakthrough in the release of the healing ministry of Christ. Namaan refused to humble himself by immersing himself in the river seven times but when he finally obeyed the prophet he obtained his healing.What if the healing anointing you are seeking only comes by immersing yourself in the river of God, no matter how humbling or messy it may appear? In this insightful message Phil notes that those who embraced the river and who stayed in the river have all entered into a powerful healing anointing. Let this message challenge you to pursue a breakthrough in healing the sick.
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New PoemsRed Hen Press, a Los Angeles independent publisher founded by Kate Gale, is the place for new poems, new fiction, and lesbian fiction/lesbian books.
Richard BebanAuthor's Website
Richard Beban, author of poetry collections What the Heart Weighs (Red Hen Press 2004) and Young Girl Eating a Bird (Red Hen Press 2006), turned to poetry in 1993 after spending more than thirty years as a journalist, and then a television and screen writer.
Beban's poetry has appeared in more than fifty periodicals and literary websites, and in seventeen national anthologies in the US and Britain, and he has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. He has been a featured reader at more than 150 venues, including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Berkeley's late, lamented Cody's Books, and Shakespeare & Company in Paris, France.
Beban, his wife poet and novelist Kaaren Kitchell, and three other poets organized and ran one of Los Angeles' most successful weekly reading series, at Venice's Rose Cafe from 1997 to early 2000. He and Kitchell also produced the 2003 Freshwater Marsh Ecopoetry Celebration at Playa Vista, California, a five-hour celebration of the new freshwater marsh constructed to help restore Ballona Wetlands.
Beban and Kitchell, both graduates of the MFA in creative writing program at Antioch University, Los Angeles, co-authored Living Mythically, a non-fiction manuscript on mythology. They also host monthly poetry and fiction writing workshops in their living room in Playa del Rey, California.
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New PoemsRed Hen Press, a Los Angeles independent publisher founded by Kate Gale, is the place for new poems, new fiction, and lesbian fiction/lesbian books.
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Richard Beban's poems in What the Heart Weighs touch a wide range of subjects--family memories, lovers past and present, travel and experiences in other countries, and even a supermarket cart, a fruitfly, the beautiful body of a dead seal, even a lady who is carried into the sky by the pigeons she feeds. Beban's energetic voice can be just as varied, witty, provocative, casual, serious, nostalgic. Two remarkable sections are my favorites--the title section, "What the Heart Weighs," and the engaging poems in "Talking to Birds." Many fine poems in this book have called me back for a second reading, a third, a fourth.
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Richard Beban is a nostalgic vagabond of history, literature and family. He may be gazing through a Paris drizzle at the sluggish Seine, lost in the catacombs or in an Egyptian tomb, in his grandmother's back yard, or dancing with Li Po in the shadow of a shadow of drowning with the moon in his arms. The word is concise, the emotion tense and transparent. A fresh eye to his cosmos, well tamed, his interior vision and pen are a lovely gift to the reader.
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10 Essential Questions To Ask Your Client Before You Collaborate
We work with a diverse range of clients who have a diverse range of needs but regardless of the scope of work they request we always ask them the same 10 questions before we start their project. Our "brand questionnaire" was designed to help clients clarify their expectations, goals and expose areas of strengths and weaknesses. You'd be surprised by the amount of clients we've encountered that struggle with defining their aesthetic preferences, competitors, and general brand values. We insist that all of our clients participate in this exercise because it brings them a huge amount of awareness and informs us of how much work we really need to do.
For example, if a client doesn't know who their demographic is or who their competitors are, that means we have to do/collaborate on the market research or we need to table the project to give the client more time to define their goals. The better a client understands their objectives, the smoother the project will go. Here are our 10 essential questions we ask every client before we start a project.
1. Why does your brand exist?
Defining the "why" of your brand is the most important fundamental fact of your business to understand because this is what consumers connect with most. If both your brand and your consumer connect to the brand's purpose (the why), you're more likely to create a brand loyalist that will keep coming back to support, purchase from or hire you.
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Defining your point of difference is essential in helping your brand stand apart from your competitors. What can you offer that no one else can? This question will help guide a client in making important decisions in their offerings, products and services.
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What products and services do you offer? Many brands that are just starting out find it challenging to clearly define their offerings. Knowing what a brand offers and sells is essential to your branding process.
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A brand is like a living person - always evolving, and communicating with it's consumers. Asking this question helps put a visual representation to the brand.
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Who is your brand trying to connect with? What are their beliefs and values? These questions are important in understanding how and where you are going to connect with them.
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Understanding where your brand wants to be in 5-10 years, allows us to think ahead and provide a foundation that can evolve with your long term goals. Goals can provide a path for your business and help manage priorities.
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would like to have this organization work in my community of Kenscoff , Haiti which is suffering from the lack of water .
In 2011, I really never heard of Pure Water for the World until it was introduced to our Rotary Club of Wesley Chapel. After hearing of the projects they were doing in both Haiti and Honduras, it was an easy decision that our club needed to create a partnership with Pure Water and get involved.
In 2012, our first group of 5 Rotarians known as the "Honduras Five" went on its first mission to Honduras to help install the water filters as well as latrines.
During the 2012/2013 year, I became President of our club and after seeing what the previous group went through and hearing about all of the great things that Pure Water was doing over there, a second group needed to go. In 2013, myself along with I believe 9 others went to Honduras.
It was a very rewarding experience seeing not only what Pure Water for the World was doing on a corporate level, but also what the local personnel in that country were doing as well!!
The weekly visits that they were doing with needy families in very remote areas of the country is a challenge in itself, but yet they all maintained a very positive attitude and remained focused on the mission! Great job to all of you at Pure Water for The World!!!
Greg Lenners
I have been to Honduras 3 times with PWW and coming up on my 4th trip in April. I have worked with many non-profits before and PWW by far one of the best. In all of my travels with them I have felt very safe and WELL taken care of.
Their mission and goal is simple and they focus on SUSTAINABILITY.....which is huge. Also they are putting nationals to work.
Thousands of families now have clean water and understand that hygiene is very important.
There are so many people in so many towns and villages in Honduras and Haiti who are now waiting for PWW to be able to install water filters for them that every bit of support is virtually lifesaving. It's a privilege to work on an installation team and meet these families in their homes if you have the opportunity, but everyone can take the opportunity to support this PWW effort with dollars. Even from your armchair!
Pure Water for the World is the real thing. They are quite literally changing lives of children and families in Haiti and Honduras. I got to be a part of this (and so can you!). PWW offers working trips to their locations; something I can't speak highly enough about! I travelled with PWW down to Haiti last year and got to participate in installing water filters in homes in Bouda Chita as well as going all over Haiti to talk with families who are working with PWW and hear their stories. The family members of these homes were so excited, so proud, so honored to be a part of this program. They beam when they talk about PWW. Prior to PWW, generation after generation of family members have never had clean water in their homes. They have suffered, and witnessed families in their communities suffer, from intestinal distress. All because they lacked access to uncontaminated water...a glass of clean water, something we take for granted many times every day. On my trip, I got to talk with families who received water systems just months before and they told me how it has literally changed their lives. The pride in their voices, their faces, their eyes, spoke volumes of how much gratitude they have for what PWW has given to them. PWW isn't just placing water systems into homes and wishing the families well as they head off. They are giving them extensive training on hygiene and they are continuing to support them to be sure they are using their systems correctly, supporting them along the way. PWW is changing lives. Get involved with Pure Water for the World!
One time I was speaking with a recipient of a Pure Water filter and asked him what having a filter meant to him and his family. He said, "well, the children have stopped dying". Your support of the amazing work that Pure Water does saves children's lives. What could be more meaningful?
I first became involved with Pure Water for the World in 2010 when my husband was invited to go on a trip to visit the site in Haiti. He came back and we knew that our dream of living and volunteering in a foreign country was going to be made possible through Pure Water. We have had the pleasure of being volunteers for 5 months in the small rural town of Trojes, in southern Honduras. From an inside perspective I can articulate the passion Pure Water has for helping people. It is not only shown through the hard work of those who are raising funds and publicizing, but also through the Hondurans who work for Pure Water. These men and women have pride and loyalty that is rare and astounding. Their jobs are by no means easy. Many days they drive by truck or motorcycle on rough dirt roads for hours each way. Their days are long and sometimes grueling, but they know their job is important to make a difference in their country and a difference in the lives of their neighbors, friends, and family. By going out in the communities, I have seen the sheer appreciation of the locals; they offer whatever they have - eggs, mangoes, coffee - as gifts to the Pure Water employees just to show their gratitude. The people of the communities know that with the filters and latrines provided by Pure Water, their families are becoming healthier; ensuring their children can continue their education and slowly break the cycle of poverty. Pure Water is doing great work and making a difference in a country that is usually forgotten by others.
I am a volunteer for Pure Water for the World in Trojes, Honduras. My experience since beginning in April 2014 has been extremely positive. Pure Water is an organization dedicated to helping families break the cycle of poverty by providing sustainable water and sanitation solutions. This is something that I have seen everyday going into the field. The communities served are extremely thankful for the work we have done and their lives have been visibly improved. It is easy to see the difference between the communities we have already served and the new ones we go into. These communities are some of the poorest in Honduras – in one of the poorest countries in the world. Pure Water really is giving the poorest of the poor a chance for a better future for themselves and their children.
About 7 years ago, I was first exposed to Pure Water for the World (aka "PW"), while in Haiti. I was impressed about their organization, and "tucked away" the info. received for future reference. In late 2011, I was given the opportunity to develop a service project for my local Rotary club. However, we needed a "host" club (in Haiti), and was having difficulty in linking up with one that was responsive. The director at the Port-au-Prince office located a cooperating Rotary club, and literally drove to visit with this club on several occasions. Because of this, we could proceed with a rather extensive project, encompassing 76 schools, 324 water filters, encompassing ~20,000 beneficiaries (primarily children). If it weren't for PW being so passionate, professional, and the willingness to figuratively and literally go the extra mile, this project would not have happened. They must know that their efforts have kept many school children in school and, no doubt, have SAVED LIVES in the process! I now consider the people of PW my personal friends, and sincerely hope that we can collaborate on a similar project again in the not-too-distant future. PW is truly a wonderful organization that and, in my experience, embodies the Rotary "Service about Self" mindset. They have and will continue to make a difference in the lives of many people when and wherever they are! Thank you, Pure Water for the World, for what you do, and who you are!!!
As a member of a supportive Church and Rotary Club, I have been a donor, volunteer and supporter of efforts to address health, hygiene and clean water issues in Haiti through Pure Water for the World. PWW has a strong local presence (largely Haitian staffed), a methodical approach to planning, implementation and followup which is uniquely exceptional. Their efforts have demonstrated sustainable results in schools and communities throughout Haiti. Their efforts are accelerating as their solutions become more widespread and credible. The organization has strong leadership on Staff and it's Board. People should be extremely confident in supporting this organization to address the serous issues facing Haiti.
Pure Water is committed to quality water, sanitation and hygiene service provision that focuses not only on making available to communities technology to improve water quality, but also the skills needed to ensure healthy families. With a participatory philosophy and a commitment to thorough M&E, Pure Water works with participants to make sure that PWW services are effective and impactful.
As a student of international development, PWW is an organization that continually impresses me with its firm commitment to its mission and desire to provide the best programming possible.
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Pure Water for the World builds local capacity and community buy-in by combining education with service provision. Having volunteered with Pure Water both in the US and in Honduras, I've been impressed by the staff's dedication to providing sustainable solutions to some of the most vulnerable populations in Honduras. Pure Water works with rather that for communities and trains local staff and volunteers to work directly with communities. My work as an intern with Pure Water was one of the most valuable learning experiences of my college career.
Our company has been donating annually to Pure Water for the World and we have volunteered on a mission to trip to Honduras. I have never met a more focused and passionate group of people both in the US and in Honduras. We have pledged to continue to donate to their organization and to stay involved as the organization progresses. Water is our passion and ensuring those around us has access to safe water is our first priority. Thank you PWW for the wonderful work you are doing!
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Our business proudly supports Pure Water and the work they do in Haiti and Honduras. PWW is an organization where you feel the money you have donated has made an enormous impact in the lives of those most in need. The focus of PWW is exactly where it ought to be, on getting individuals their most basic human right, clean drinking water and proper sanitation.
Pure Water for the World is a fantastic non-profit that is making a huge difference in the lives of people around the world. This organization provides sand filters and latrines to families and villages to help support clean drinking water. I have been teaching fourth grade in Upstate New York for the past seven years. Each year, my students have participated in a local fundraiser called The Water Walk, which raises money for Pure Water for the World. This has provided an amazing experience for my students to learn the value of giving to those who are less fortunate. They absolutely LOVE this event and even come back the following years to participate! This past summer, I was fortunate enough to take a week long trip to Honduras to volunteer with Pure Water and get a closer look at what this organization does with the money that we have donated. It was definitely an eye-opening experience for me. The videos and pictures that are online just don't do justice the hard work and incredible difference that this organization makes! Their efforts are saving the lives of many children and adults. To learn more about what Pure Water does, visit purewaterfortheworld.org.
Pure Water for the World is doing awesome work in Haiti and Honduras delivering safe water and hygiene education to those less fortunate. I have been to Haiti 4 times and seen them saving lives in person! I am proud to be associated with PWW. Randy Thompson Houston Texas
I have volunteered working with Pure Water in Choluteca, Danli, and other areas of HOnduras with Pure Water and also served on their board. Seeing and talking with people who have been helped by the use of their units plus the work they do to teach good hygiene as well as giving the people clean water has convinced me they do an excellent job in giving a more healthy, productive lives to many people who other wise would not have. I enjoy working with and and helping them in their work in Central America Bob Conant
I have traveled to Haiti with Pure Water twice now. Their devotion to providing clean water to a populace that suffers daily losses from contaminated water is extraordinary. There are so many needs in Haiti but it all begins with access to clean water. They are concentrating on the children and their schools by providing water filters. Unlike many other NGOs, they continue to stay in touch with the schools, clinics, etc to ensure their goals are being met. I have worked in Pure Waters' factory, handed out filters to the schools, and toured orphanages and villages that have been identifed as recipients of the filters in the near future. Pure Water's approach is very methodical, professional and caring in a world of need and chaos. They are my heroes!
I have volunteered for Pure Water for the World for several months. Since I was based in Trojes, Honduras for all the time I served the NGO, I could witness first-hand how important is the PWW contribution to the local families.
Imagine extremely little communities, usually made of 20 to 30 houses each, a church and a school all spread around a rough mountainous land. Imagine unpaved roads connecting such communities that are useless for the majority of the year due to torrential rain and non-existing maintenance. Imagine the closest pueblo being 1 to 3 hours away and the closest city (and paved road) being a whole travelling day away.
Imagine houses that lack of running water, gas and latrines. Imagine the family wealth based only upon coffee harvest, which happens once a year and whose profits have to sustain a family (usually 6+ persons) for the remaining 11 months.
Imagine children and elders alike that get continuously sick due to the poor hygienic conditions and the lack of clean water. Imagine a population neglected by its own people, by its own government.
Now imagine an NGO that serves these forgotten communities.
Imagine a team of 6 workers going every day in the field, enduring long and risky trips to such places. Imagine motorbikes running on the edge of dangerous mountain ridges and 4x4 jeeps fighting against mud and unthinkable gradients. Imagine Biosand filters and latrines carried and installed both in houses and schools, under such circumstances.
Now think of a NGO that puts sustainability first, trying to have a long lasting impact on the territory by training respected members of each community on how to maintain the filters, educating children and elders on the importance of hygiene in each and every aspect, from personal matters to the household, to the environment. Imagine the same organization following up with a treatment program to rid community members of existing internal parasites. Imagine the same NGO running checks and always monitoring its results, constantly trying to improve and learn from its mistakes.
Imagine an NGO that not only serves the forgotten with the most important source of life in the world against all odds and difficulties, but also makes them feel acknowledged and loved.
Imagine Pure Water for the World.
i am a water conditioning professional and a Rotarian. 7 years ago i visited project sites in Honduras vetting Pure Water for a Rotary project and experienced life changing programs. Pure Water was providing sustainable safe drinking water solutions for impoverished families, village by village. with technology made with indigenous materials, requiring no on-going expense and education that created a change in understanding, peoples lives were transformed. "the water is the medicine", "my children no longer get sick" were constant refrains heard from the beneficiaries. i was heart hooked. as much as it changed their lives, it also changed mine. i was invited to join the board and have never looked back. the work we do changes and saves lives and gives me self actualization.


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The card on the left was made for the March/April Words 2 Craft By Challenge, which goes live in about 5 minutes. It will be mailed to send a bit of encouragement to a phenomenal friend.
When I saw that the theme for the current Twofer Card Challenge is blossoms, I decided to use the same cluster of sweet Paper Smooches blossoms to adorn the Christmas wreath shown on the card on the right.
|Left Card: Details can be found here.
Right Card: Paper Smooches and Sue Wilson dies; Graphic45 paper
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Finalists for Chennai Live 104.8 FM Band Hunt Announced
Five bands will play at the finals today, which also features a set by Bengaluru folk rock band Swarathma
The finale of the fourth edition of radio station Chennai Live 104.8 FM's annual band hunt will be held  tonight at the Museum Theatre in Chennai, featuring a headlining performance by Bengaluru folk rock band Swarathma.
Finalists for the band hunt include technical/groove metal band I-Borg, alt rock band Witchouse, prog rock band The Halcyon Days, hard rock band The Beta Funktion and progressive/alternative rock band Drift. While four out of five finalists are Chennai-based bands, Drift comprises members from Vellore Institute of Technology.
Chennai Live 104.8 FM Band Hunt, which gives away a prize of Rs 75,000 to winning bands, has previously picked Chennai heavy metal band Wolf's Lair, Bengaluru rock band The News, jam rock band The Family Cheese now based in Mumbai, and Chennai prog rock band Tails on Fire as winners. Says Rohan Sen, presenter and music manager at Chennai Live 104.8 FM, "Like any competition, we started local but we went to Bangalore last year and this year."
Sen adds that although the number of entries reduced from 160 bands last year to 120 bands this year "the standards have changed," which makes selecting bands a difficult decision for him and his team. The bands for the semi-finals, which took place yesterday featured 10 bands, and the Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music's faculty members including jazz bassist Steve Zerlin and music producer/guitarist Ed Degenaro are on the jury panel for the finale.
Chennai Live 104.8 FM Live Band Hunt Finalists
The Beta Funktion
The Halcyon Days
Finals take place on September 25th, 2013 at Egmore Museum Theatre, Chennai, following a headline set by Swarathma. 5 pm onwards. For free entry, register here.


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P.S. 254 strives to provide all students with a secure, nurturing, and stimulating environment in which they can grow academically and socially.
We are dedicated to establishing high standards, as well as an appreciation of the cultural diversity of our school community. Parents, teachers, and supervisors work together with the larger community to enable our children to excel, and to become life long learners.
Our goal is to support our students on the road to becoming caring and productive citizens in the future.
Special Programs
PS 254 offers enrichment as well as inclusion classes, chorus, computer science, STEM, music and art programs. Students participate in buddy reading, student council, Field Day, School Spirit Days, & peer tutoring. Classrooms have 4 PCs per room with Internet access as well as Promethean Boards & Elmos. We have an Open Access Library which serves the entire school.
Extracurricular Activities
PS 254 students are given the opportunity to take part in: Class assembly productions, Sports, Studio in a School, Project Read, SPINS Alternatives Violence Prevention Program, various After-School Remediation Programs and Literacy/Math Enrichment Programs. We also have a variety of STEM activities such as Wheel of invention, Lego Robotics, & Everfi.
Our Community
We have a very culturally diverse community. We always invite and encourage our community to participate in many school events. Such as... October Fest, chorus concerts, our community garden, use of our beautiful playground and other activities through the year!
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Midtown invites year-round residents to enjoy a walkable, vibrant community with urban amenities — whether they are young professionals, singles, families, empty-nesters or active seniors. Midtown's residential district will include a variety of high quality housing options from two-car garage townhomes to apartments, condominiums, and flats. They will come in a variety of sizes, types and prices points, both for rent and sale.
Residents will be in the thick of it all, just steps away from businesses, restaurants, and retail.
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Townhomes ranging between about 1,500 and 3,000 square feet, each with a required two-car garage for sale or lease.
For sale condominiums ranging in size from about 1,200 to more than 1,600 square feet. Many of these units will have parking under the building and in small scale lots.
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Tips on Staying Happy and Healthy at Work When You are Pregnant
Though most women can and do continue to work throughout their pregnancies, they often find that they face some new challenges. Pregnancy takes a toll on both the body and mind. The common discomforts of pregnancy can make completing daily tasks at your job rather difficult. Nausea, aches, pains and mood swings are just some of the difficulties that working expecting mothers overcome. It is important for you to learn how to alleviate these discomforts and how to continue to work without jeopardizing your health or your pregnancy, like switching to a height-adjustable desk. Here are some great tips on staying happy and healthy at work when you are pregnant.
Getting Through the Daily Nausea
The term "morning sickness" does not begin to describe what some women face when it comes to pregnancy-related nausea. More women than not experience a queasy sensation throughout their day during one or more trimesters of pregnancy. Though some of this is unavoidable when a mother is also experiencing other medical conditions, you can decrease your morning sickness by avoiding triggers that bring it on. For instance, you might find that certain foods send you running to the bathroom or the smell of reheated foods during your lunch break. You might also try switching your prenatal vitamins, or changing the time of day that you take them. Packing small snacks and eating often can also help you to avoid pregnancy-related nausea at work.
Working Despite the Feeling of Exhaustion
Fatigue is another common complaint during pregnancy. You might find it nearly impossible to get through your daily tasks. This could be a sign of an iron deficiency, so be sure to eat iron-rich foods such as leafy greens, red meat, poultry and iron-fortified whole grains. Keep a bottle of water with you at all times and stay hydrated. Take frequent breaks to recoup and rejuvenate by walking around the office or taking a moment to step outside. Be sure to maintain a fitness routine if you are experiencing a healthy pregnancy, and go to bed early at night so that you can get plenty of sleep.
Stay Comfortable at Your Height-Adjustable Desk
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Such serial gerrymandering displays cynicism and racism. Both political parties have been guilty of this scheming. What's needed is to take the line-drawing job from the legislature and give it to a new independent commission.
In June, a federal judicial panel found that 11 districts for the House of Delegates were gerrymandered in such a way and ordered a redrawing by Oct. 30.
Gov. Ralph Northam (D) called a special session of the General Assembly Aug. 30 to do just that. But fruitless squabbling along party lines basically kicked the can down the road, making it likely that redistricting will be handed over to the court, which will bring in a special master to do the job.
It is a repeat of what happened in 2014 when another federal judicial panel found that the lines-drawing for Virginia's 3rd Congressional District schemed to pack in African American voters to dilute their influence and make it easier for white candidates to win adjacent districts.
Just as it is doing now, the General Assembly sent the redrawing task back to the courts, which brought a special master to handle it. The results were redrawn 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 7th Congressional Districts.
How many more times this could happen is an open question.
"Where to begin? I think the fact that we are in 2018 approaching another round of line drawing demonstrates how dysfunctional the current process is," says Rebecca Green, a College of William & Mary law professor. She is a member of a 10-person study group set up by OneVirgina2021, a bipartisan effort to fight gerrymandering.
For years, creating an independent commission to handle line-drawing was a legislative anathema. For it to happen, the General Assembly would have to approve a bill twice, which it was loath to do. Then, the proposal would have to be approved by voters in a constitutional referendum.
Legislators have stubbornly resisted any loss of control and have drawn lines according to their racial and partisan plans. The General Assembly decides new lines the year after a federal census is taken and results are known. The next redistricting is slated for 2021, giving reformers a target to push ahead with their plans.
On Aug. 30 during the special session, legislators brilliantly displayed how inept they are at handling court-ordered redistricting. The Republican-controlled General Assembly shot down a Democratic effort to make some seats more competitive. Northam, who has backed a special independent commission on redistricting, has thrown in the towel. He asked Kirk Cox (Colonial Heights), the Republican speaker of the house, to let the courts decide the issue. On Sept. 12, Republicans informed the federal court that they were working on an "advanced" redrawing and would have something by Sept. 27.
Part of the Republicans' strategy is to stall any reform steps so the U.S. Supreme Court can hear an appeal of the federal judicial panel's redistricting requirement. "It's a last-ditch effort," says Bob Holsworth, a political analyst in Richmond, adding that the GOP legislators hope the high court will stay the decision. At stake could be five or six seats now held by Republicans, he says.
Green says that the time is ripe for an independent commission to redraw lines. Virginia voters are increasingly frustrated with how the current electoral map protects politicians from competition. This results in primaries being the forum where issues are debated and incumbents are locked in. When primaries dominate and there is no opposition during the election, candidates come out with more strident, more partisan platforms.
Voters, especially ones new to Virginia, are less willing to accept the status quo. Green points out that OneVirginia2021 initially had only 3,500 supporters but now has 86,000 active members. She says that when she spoke in Northern Virginia at a League of Women Voters forum in February, even though it was "a freezing cold, rainy Sunday," more than 400 people showed up.
Virginia is hardly alone with redistricting woes. A number of states have set up independent commissions. North Carolina faces a much worse situation. Federal judges have struck down the state's entire congressional map just two months before an election.
Virginia's next state elections are in November 2019. Green says there's plenty of time for the courts to redraw the electoral map before then as efforts for an independent commission move forward.
"We don't want for it to be 2028 and we're still in the same position," she notes.
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International Bar Association; Member, International Sales Committee and Corporate Social Responsibility Committee
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R. Andrew Richards focuses on corporate and commercial transactions, including various forms of commercial lending, private equity and venture capital investments, mergers and acquisitions and general commercial matters. His clients include public and private business entities as well as major financial institutions.
Mr. Richards represents numerous financial institutions and borrowers in complex debt financing transactions, including senior secured credit facilities, syndicated loans, asset-based working capital facilities, subordinated debt and mezzanine financing, New Markets Tax Credit leverage loans, acquisition financing and dividend recaps. He has also advised clients with respect to trade finance matters.
In the areas of private equity and venture capital, he advises funds and emerging growth companies in leveraged and management buyouts, joint ventures and strategic partnerships. A significant portion of his practice involves representing major public and private investors acquiring limited partnership interests in private equity funds and includes the analysis and negotiation of fund documents and side letters.
Mr. Richards has in-depth knowledge of the food and beverage industry. He has worked with clients forming strategic alliances and joint ventures and has documented a large variety of commercial agreements used in the industry, including supply and distribution agreements, intellectual property licenses and packing agreements.
As a member of the firm's International Practice Group, he regularly advises clients with respect to cross border transactions and contractual and corporate matters. His clients have included major European, Middle Eastern and Indian multinational companies.
Prior to joining McCarter & English, Mr. Richards was an associate in the capital markets group at Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLP, in New York, where he handled public and private offerings of debt and equity securities and securitizations. He also lived in the central African nation of Cameroon for over two years, where he was an advisor to that country's emerging banking system. Drawing on that experience, he represents a major financial institution with respect to its impact investment portfolio, including its equity investments in social impact private equity funds. He represented that client in its involvement with one of the first microfinance investment funds.
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Desk: Bollywood star Irrfan Khan is into headlines lately after his tweet about "rare disease". Immediately after his post messages from all across the globe started pouring in, wishing the actor "speedy recovery" and "good luck". Rumours started hovering that the actor is suffering from brain cancer and is admitted to Kokilaben Hospital in Mumbai. However, the hospital authority denied such rumours.
Meanwhile, the actor's wife Sutapa Sikdar in her facebook post issued a statement, thanking the fans and well-wishers of her husband. At the same time she also urged them to stop speculating about his disease. She wrote, "My best friend and my partner is a 'warrior' he is fighting every obstacle with tremendous grace and beauty. I apologize for not answering calls msgs,but I want all of you to know I am truly humbled indebted for ever for the wishes prayers and concern from all over the world. I am grateful to god and my partner for making me a warrior too. I am at present focused in the strategies of the battlefield which I have to conquer. It wasn't and isn't and is not going to be easy but the hope ignited by the magnitude of family ,friends and fans of irrfan has made me only optimistic and almost sure of the victory. I know curiosity germinates from concern but lets turn our curiosity from what it is to what it should be. Lets change the leaf. Lets not waste our precious energies to only know what it is and just prey to make it what it should be. My humble request to all of you is to concentrate on the song of life, to dance of life to victory. My family will soon join in this dance of life.
Thank you all from bottom of our heart .
Sutapa irrfan babil ayaan."
Earlier on Monday the actor tweeted a message on twitter that left all his fans speculate about his health. He tweeted, "Sometimes you wake up with a jolt with life-shaking you up. The last 15 days, my life has been a suspense story. Little had I known that my search for rare stories would make me find a rare disease.
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- Veterans Thomas, Williams among four waived by Nets - October 19, 2019
- Cavs rookie coach Beilein still adapting to the NBA way - October 19, 2019
- Sixers waive forwards Highsmith and Miles, center Koumadje - October 18, 2019
Since the end of the season, the Lakers have added some intriguing talent to their roster. But will it mean anything special? Let's take a look:
1. Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak started the offseason by selecting ex-Ohio State standout guard D'Angelo Russell with the No. 2 pick in the draft. Russell is an adept scorer, a crafty passer with size, and above all else, understands how to makes winning plays. All of that should translate well to the pros.
2. Later, Kupchak drafted forward Larry Nance Jr. (Wyoming) with the No. 27 pick. Much like his father with the Cavaliers in the 1990s, Nance Jr. is a late-bloomer who's game seems well-suited for the NBA. He's smart, strong and has gotten better each year he's played basketball. "I'm an energy guy; I play with an incredibly high motor," Nance Jr. said.
3. After that, the Lakers traded for Pacers center Roy Hibbert. The 7-foot-2 former All-Star hasn't had the best of seasons in Indiana lately, but he is big. And he can protect the basket. Consistency is an issue with Hibbert, and his effort sometimes comes into question. But he's a bona fide throwback pivot man, and history shows that when you have one of those, you typically have a chance.
4. Better for the Lakers is the fact they are surrendering little to land Hibbert — as just a future second-round pick and perhaps some cash (and maybe an inconsequential player) are heading back to the Pacers.
5. In free agency, the Lakers reached underrated deals with veteran guard Lou Williams (Raptors) and veteran forward Brandon Bass (Celtics). Williams is a hot-and-cold type who can fill it up off the bench. He is darn good when hot, though. Meanwhile, Bass is steady all around and should be an upgrade over aging and likely departing free agent Carlos Boozer.
6. On top of all this, last year's draft pick, forward Julius Randle, will be returning from a broken leg. Randle played in just one game last season. "The dude is a beast, man," Russell said after a summer-league practice.
7. And, oh yeah, that Kobe Bryant guy will be back as well. Bryant isn't the player he once was, of course, and is coming off two seasons of serious injuries. "I'm not sure how much gas he has left in the tank," Russell said. But Russell admitted having Bryant around will teach the younger guys important NBA things — such as practice habits and winning mindsets. And odds are, Bryant will still be able to score and score a lot.
8. Finally, coach Byron Scott is entering his second year with the team. Sometimes, it takes a coach a year to familiarize himself with a front office and its strategy (as well as the roster). Scott is almost always better in Year Two.
Basically, the Lakers still have several decisions to make and aren't a finished product. Boozer,Jeremy Lin, Jordan Hill, Wesley Johnson and Wayne Ellington are all free agents. And the lineup they have so far may still not be playoff-worthy in the West.
But so far, Kupchak and his staff have done a nice job of putting together a roster of up-and-coming youth and solid-at-worst veterans.
You don't have to make a major summer splash to return to relevance, and maybe the Lakers can prove that's more than just a theory.


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Westport Parts + Service – a new division of Westport Innovations – launched at Automechanika Chicago.
Westport Parts + Service also announced the opportunity for distributors to join the company and it key partners in delivering reliable, accessible original engine (OE) quality parts and service to the growing North American natural gas vehicle market.
Supported by Westport's global parts organization, Westport Parts specializes in OE quality parts to the on-highway truck market including medium duty, heavy duty and light truck and the off-highway market for natural gas vehicles (NGVs). From design to production, Westport said it has set the standard for quality and reliability in NGVs and components by working with global leading OE brands.
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Independent Link Club November 29 Edition
This week's link club brings us some of the best from around the independent MMA websites. Stories include Daron Cruickshank talking about killing zombies, an interview with Liz Carmouche, Junie Browning is back and more.
How to kill zombies with Daron Cruickshank: Episode 1 The Sword [The Fight Nerd]
MMA Matchmaking: Rankings versus Ratings [MMA Valor]
Liz Carmouche: Without Persecution – The Acceptance of Openly Gay Fighters [The MMA Corner]
Road FC-10: Busan results Jeff Monson wins Eun-Soo Lee becomes new Middleweight champ [The Fight Nation]
Interview: Dale Hardiman talks ahead of his Lightweight Title Fight at BAMMA 11 on Dec. 1 [The MMA Review]
Rashad Evans: 'I still have a lot of fights left in me' *VIDEO* [Pro MMA Now]
Junie Browning comes up short in comeback fight at Hardrock MMA 51 [Bluegrass MMA]
Tags: Daron Cruickshank, Independent Link Club, Junie Browning, Liz Carmouche


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Location Challenges
Location-lock payments to a real world location which must be travelled to in order to unlock the payment.
Task Challenges
Task based challenges where recipients will have to provide photo of video proof of completion. Senders have the option of accepting or rejecting the evidence.
Fun games in which the recipient must beat the sender's high score.
Augmented Reality
Augmented reality experiences that integrate digital payments into the real world.


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Memphis Fall Break Ideas For The Kids/
It's Shelby County Schools fall break this week, and I know you'll need some ideas to keep the family busy.
I've covered some special exhibits and activities in this first section. Note that most of these things are included with usual cost of admission to the attraction, which is listed here.
Below this you'll find a basic list of great things to do with your kids in Memphis during fall break or anytime. Follow the links for more info. Got more ideas? Leave em in the comments.
The Art Project in Overton Square
The Art Project hosts "Art Free Play" sessions for you to make art with your kids or watch while they work. You'll need reservations for sure. Check out this week's schedule.
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Stochastic Modeling of Plug-In Electric Vehicles' Parking Lot in Smart Multi-Energy System
In this paper the role of Plug-In Electric Vehicles' (PIEVs) parking lot in operating Smart Multi-Energy System (SMES) has been investigated. SMES in this paper has been modeled as a multi-input multi-output model which consists of some storage and energy converters. In the proposed framework, the PIEV's parking lot behaves like an energy storage with selling energy price less than upstream network price and as manageable load when its purchase price is more than upstream network. On the other hand, traffic pattern of PIEVs in parking lot has an uncertain behavior and is modeled based on stochastic approach. In the stochastic model, two branches of scenarios for total state of charge and total capacity of parking lot in each hour are produced. The considered case studies show the effectiveness of the proposed model and the impact of PIEVs' parking lot in operation of SMES elements.
KeywordsEnergy hub model PIEVs' parking lot stochastic modeling
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Music Students Meet The BBC Philharmonic/
Music students in Y10-13 were invited to visit the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra at their studio at Media City, Salford to meet the Orchestra and hear them perform. The BBC Phil are a world-renowned orchestra and performed Sibelius Symphony 7 under the baton of Finnish Conductor John Storgårds.
The students had the opportunity to ask questions at the end of the performance and were treated to an explanation of how all the instruments worked.
This is what they had to say about their experience: "I enjoyed how they showed you could take everyday objects and play music through them". Matthew Brumfitt, Y10.
"I had never heard Sibelius before and it was played flawlessly." Amy Eden, Y10.
"We had the chance to see how music can be pursued as a profession." Josh Chima, Y10.
"I enjoyed being able to see all the people in an orchestra because when I usually hear an orchestra it is on the radio so you don't get to feel the hum of the music which especially in classical music makes it more enjoyable. It also amazed me how many people were a part of the Orchestra and could all follow the conductor so perfectly. It also perplexed me how the conductor knew what everybody was doing and could control them all."


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Friday, September 21, 2007
The Boy In The Bathroom
This new, affecting three-person chamber musical (at NYMF) centers on an obsessive-compulsive disordered "boy" (played by Michael Zahler) who's locked himself in the bathroom for over a year. He won't come out of his safe, tiled womb even when his Mom (Mary Stout) breaks her hip in a fall, nor when Mom's hired helper (Ana Nogueira) flirts with him from the other side of the bathroom door. While the situation is ocassionally tickled for a laugh or two, for the most part the young man's problem is treated with seriousness and rendered with credible detail: one of the first songs lists the flat foods that Mom has learned will pass through the crack under the door to the bathroom. The musical score is purposefully restrained, sometimes deliberately atonal and has integrity: the musical is appropriately less like a show with musical numbers and more like one with dramatic musical passages. Some clunky lyrics here and there are forgiven, as the score is effective and accomplished: one piece in particular, in which each of the three characters introspects about the want for fresh air, best demonstrates the lyricism that this story gains through musicalization. The underlying causes of the young man's phobias are only lightly touched on, which is as it should be, allowing the boy's isolation to have a more universal resonance. All three characters are well-defined and exceedingly well portrayed: Stout is formidable as always, and squeezes all the dramatic juice out of an eleventh-hour musical monologue that makes plain her character's compulsions; Nogueira very clearly and very winningly articulates her character's relationship with the boy, which begins with curiousity and a little hostility but eventually grows into something deeper. But the show finally belongs to Zahler, who projects both an intense vulnerability and a strong willfullness as the fear-driven boy of the title. He's touching without being cloying. As is the show.
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Creative Classrooms: School Murals & Renovations
Departure City: Any
Departure Date:
May 1, 2020
Return Date:
May 10, 2020
Chuacruz, Guatemala
$1400 CAD + Flights
Help serve a community in need of improving its educational opportunities by working side by side with local students and their families to improve the infrastructure of the community's school, Instituto Mixto de Educación Básica. Participants will be involved in painting walls and desks, and helping construct a new recreational space, as part of a larger renovation project funded by SOS (including upgrades to classrooms' roofs, windows, doors, and more)
This trip will promote solidarity and cross-cultural understanding that will ultimately help reduce poverty and inequality in the world. Each day will be filled with hands-on painting and construction work, playing and sharing with children and cultural excursions. You will learn about local cultural traditions through food, music, testimonies, nature adventures, and visits to colonial towns and historic sites. An integrated opportunity for cultural and Spanish immersion, service and adventure.
Itinerary Highlights Include:
- Contribute hands-on support to painting of the education centre, installation of a recreational space, and work with local students and community members to develop community murals
- Build cross-cultural friendships by participating in artistic, recreational, educational, and cultural activities
- Experience the Chuacruz Cultural Festival (May 1st-5th), a small and unique festival to a village, allowing an opportunity for true cultural immersion
Who We Work With
SOS works exclusively with registered non governmental organizations (NGOs) in every country we work in to not only ensure the efficiency of our projects, but to ensure our volunteers have the best experience.
Partner NGO:
SEED Alliance Husband and wife Edil and Sheily created SEED Alliance in 2013. SEED Leaders propose community projects, in which many of them were born and raised in. SEED Alliance and SOS have worked together since 2012 on over 20 community development projects in Guatemala.
What's Included?
SOS volunteers sleep in available community structures (classrooms, community centers, churches), and live as close to the conditions of the community as possible.
SOS works directly with Flight Centre to process all volunteers' Outreach Trip logistics from your travel insurance to your in country needs like clean drinking water and accommodations!
Three meals a day plus clean drinking water and snacks! Meals will consist of rice, beans, tortillas, and fruit/vegetables. Soups, stews, and pasta dishes are common as well. Most dietary restrictions and allergies can accommodated.
SOS works exclusively with registered non governmental organizations in every community to ensure our volunteers have the best experience possible.


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Compliant Product - Apple iOS 11 Contacts
Certificate Date: 2018.09.13CC Certificate Security Target Validation Report
Validation Report Number: CCEVS-VR-VID10915-2018
Product Type: Application Software
Conformance Claim: Protection Profile Compliant
PP Identifier: Protection Profile for Application Software Version 1.2
CC Testing Lab: Acumen Security
Assurance Activity
Administrative Guide
Product Description
The TOE is the Apple iOS 11 Contacts on iPhone and iPad. The product provides access and management of user contact information within the devices. The Apple iOS operating system has been separately validated (VID 10851). The TOE is an application on a mobile operating system. The TOE is the Contacts application only. The Apple iOS operating system has been separately validated (VID 10851). The mobile operating system and hardware platforms are part of the TOE environment. The evaluated version of the TOE is version 11.
Evaluated Configuration
Security Evaluation Summary
The evaluation was carried out in accordance with the Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme (CCEVS) process and scheme. The criteria against which the Apple IOS 11 Contacts was evaluated are described in the Common Criteria for Information Technology Security Evaluation, Version 3.1 rev 4. The evaluation methodology used by the evaluation team to conduct the evaluation is the Common Methodology for Information Technology Security Evaluation, Version 3.1 rev 4. The product, when delivered configured as identified in the Apple IOS 11 Contacts Common Criteria Guide, satisfies all of the security functional requirements stated in the Apple IOS 11 Contacts Security Target. The project underwent CCEVS Validator review. The evaluation was completed in September 2018. Results of the evaluation can be found in the Common Criteria Evaluation and Validation Scheme Validation Report prepared by CCEVS.
Environmental Strengths
Cryptographic Support:
The iOS platform provides HTTPS/TLS functionality to securely communicate with trusted entities. The TOE does not directly perform any cryptographic functions.
The TOE requests no hardware or software resources during the use of the application. The TOE requires network access.
Identification and Authentication:
All validation of X.509 certificates is performed by the iOS platform on which the TOE is running.
The TOE is installed completely pre-configured. No security related configuration is required for operation.
The TOE will transmit contact information at the request of the user. The TOE provides a notification when sharing this information.
The TOE platform performs cryptographic self-tests at startup which ensures the TOE ability to properly operate. The TOE platform also verifies all software updates via digital signature.
The TOE is a software application. The TOE has the ability to establish protected communications.
Vendor Information
Apple Inc.
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This evening in our sermon series going through the book of Hebrews we encounter a serious exegesis of some Old Testament texts relating to Melchizedek. What can we learn about how to study the Bible through this? And how does this set the groundwork for talking about Jesus as our great High Priest?
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As you've most likely already thought selling your residence is something that you can do on your personal. Many people rely on the expertise as well as abilities of property representatives when purchasing or offering homes. homeowners want to know the score before they decide, "I want to sell my house fast in Fort Wayne, Indiana."
Although these experts can give efficient services to total sales, their solutions are not called for.
In fact, even more, individuals are doing the purchasing or offering procedure without the help of agents. With the Internet and modern innovation, discovering information pertaining to the realty sector is easier than it has actually ever before been. A word of care would be that even though it is simpler to discover all the resources you require online to market your house the procedure could still be demanding. Certainly, the amount of money you might save on marketing your residence without an agent makes it really tempting to aim to sell your house without a representative.
Property owners can reduce prices, approximately hundreds of bucks, by selling properties without agents. There are numerous sources that offer useful details concerning ways to offer a home. Many are readily available for little to no cost, and deal as much understanding as agents might.
Homeowners made use of to depend on property agents for information on listings. These professionals were in the know about the marketplace, recently marketed buildings, pricing information, competition and more. They still are today, yet the Internet has actually made this information more available to all.
There many sites that can be made use of throughout this procedure. These websites permit individuals to conveniently upload info about residential or commercial properties, which indicates listings could be marketed to countless Internet individuals within mins. More prospective customers, as well as deals, are anticipated when listings are well-marketed.
Even more than ever in the past, possible house buyers are also making use of the Internet as a tool. There are trustworthy sites designed for building buyers and also vendors. Sellers use them as a system for listing buildings as well as get to a big audience. Buyers use them to browse exactly what is offered in a details area. People that use these as a selling system are encouraged to be comprehensive in their listings, including premium images and accurate details.
It could be hard to do it yourself vendors to establish the appropriate rate point, specifically without expert help. It is important to investigate the value of neighboring properties, including those lately sold. Keep in mind the problem of the house and also details concerning it that could include in its overall worth. There are a lot of automated devices that create rates price quotes, however, working with an evaluator may additionally be practical. Take into consideration all these things prior to setting a cost. If a home does not sell after time on the market, reconsider the rate to draw in even more customers.
Vendors that do not employ real estate agents in listing and market their building ought to still take into consideration dealing with professionals. Property lawyers or title firms can aid close a transaction by approving the last documentation.
Another point to consider is just because you can promote your home for sale does not mean that you will not need to deal with a property representative to obtain your residence marketed. Many times your prospective buyer will be working with a real estate agent as well as it would certainly be extremely advised to supply the buyer's representative a commission to draw in the best variety of possible purchasers. Maintain a home inspection checklist is usually the most challenging action in the procedure of selling as well as a need to be done correctly.


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"Hope and Despair"
Small-Group Session (1 of 2)
Before the session starts, the leader should set chairs in a circle, with a chalice and matches on a small table in the middle, or somewhere visible to participants. Make sure the strips of paper for "Readings from the Common Bowl" are in the bowl. Welcome people, and allow folks to settle before lighting the chalice.
Chalice Lighting and Opening Words
The group leader lights the chalice (or asks someone else to) and then, with the intent of creating sacred space, reads the following words:
Excerpt, A Blessing for One Who is Exhausted by John O'Donohue
When the rhythm of the heart becomes hectic,
Time takes on the strain until it breaks;
Then all the unattended stress falls in
On the mind like an endless, increasing weight,
The light in the mind becomes dim.
The desire that drove you has relinquished.
There is nothing else to do now but rest
And patiently learn to receive the self
You have forsaken for the race of days.
At first your thinking will darken
And sadness take over like listless weather.
The flow of unwept tears will frighten you.
You have traveled too fast over false ground;
Now your soul has come to take you back.
Take refuge in your senses, open up
To all the small miracles you rushed through.
Become inclined to watch the way of rain
When it falls slow and free.
Imitate the habit of twilight,
Taking time to open the well of color
That fostered the brightness of day.
Draw alongside the silence of stone
Until its calmness can claim you.
Be excessively gentle with yourself.
Gradually, you will return to yourself,
Having learned a new respect for your heart
And the joy that dwells far within slow time.
Brief Check-In
Invite each person, in turn, to share a brief answer to the check-in question. The check-in question is: "How is your heart and mind at this time?"
Readings from the common bowl
The leader passes around the bowl, with strips of paper that have quotes on them. Invites each person to take one strip/quote out of the bowl. Then, invites each to read the quotes. They don't have to read in order, one right next to the last one. But instead, invite them to allow some silence after every quote, and then to see if the quote they picked out of the bowl should go next or not. (See additional page for quotes; these are the quotes that will be torn into separate strips, and put in the bowl before the meeting)
Focusing Question
After everyone has read the different statements, the leader asks the central question that will guide the session's discussion: "Have you ever experienced despair or been close to someone in despair? What was the shape of it? Did it change or end? If so, how?"
First Round
Leader invites attendees to take no more than 2 minutes to share a response to the question. Find a way to gently hold the group to the no-more-than-2-minute limit. Also, let people know there's no cross-talk to the responses: group-members don't answer the statements people make. One person speaks for oneself, then the next person does the same. It's not a conversation, so much as a series of statements. Again, each with some silence or space between. And, again, voices don't need to go in order, with people sitting beside each other speaking—just as the spirit moves.
After hearing everyone's statements, the leader invites the group to sit in silence for 2-3 minutes. This is not time for them to plan what they'll say. It's time to sit and be present, to let whatever comes up, come up.
Second round, reflections on what was heard, with additional thoughts
Whereas in the first round, attendees were encouraged to stick to their own thoughts, here in the second round, people can respond to some of what they heard. Again, encourage brevity—whether a formal 2-minute limit is enforced or not, encourage the conversation to move from one place to another in the circle, not getting dragged down to one or two voices who speak at length. It's OK for people to respond to each other's comments but the responses should not be attempts to fix a dilemma raised, correct someone's feelings or .
Likes and wishes
The leader asks for people to share, as they're moved, what they liked about the session, and what they wish for next time, that they may or may not have experienced this time.
Closing Words & Extinguishing the Chalice
With gratitude for the courage to share, and the openness to listen,
We depart wiser for our time together, and richer for our sharing.Amen.
Quotes for The Common Bowl
"Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is all closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiting. Is this a key? Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go."
― May Sarton, Journal of a Solitude
"It is easy to fall into despair thinking about all that is wrong with the world. The joys seems so small in comparison. Internet videos of cats riding Roombas just can't compete with a father talking about how his dead 13-year-old son had wanted to be a pilot."
-Donna Brazile
"There is no love of life without despair of life."
--Albert Camus
"We draw our strength from the very despair in which we have been forced to live. We shall endure."
-Cesar Chavez
"Life begins on the other side of despair."
-Jean-Paul Sartre
"To me, the black black woman is our essential mother, the blacker she is the more us she is and to see the hatred that is turned on her is enough to make me despair, almost entirely, of our future as a people."
-Alice Walker
"But what we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope."
― George Eliot, Middlemarch
"This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper."
― T.S. Eliot
"Life ... is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
― William Shakespeare, Macbeth
"The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss - an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc. - is sure to be noticed."
― Søren Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death: A Christian Psychological Exposition for Upbuilding and Awakening


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In a bid to counter future war threats from China and Pakistan, the Indian Air Force would deploy Rafale combat aircrafts at Ambala in Haryana and Hashimara in West Bengal, according to a Mail Today report.
India had signed a 7.878 billion Euros deal for 36 Rafale fighter jets from From France in September last year. Rafale fighter jets will come equipped with state-of-the-art missiles such as the Meteor and Scalp. The Meteor is a BVR air-to-air missile, with a range in excess of 150 km.
The Mail Today report quoted a government official as saying that an IAF squadron comprising of 18 Rafale aircrafts would be deployed at Ambala and the other at Hashimara.
In the wake of aggressive patrolling by Chinese forces on the eastern and northern borders and deepening defence ties between Pakistan and China, Indian military aims to be prepared for a two-front war with the two countries.
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The twin threats from China and Pakistan is more telling these days as China takes forward the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project which is a part of China's One belt, One Road (OBOR) initiative and covers Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, an Indian territory. China has so far not shown much willingness towards addressing Indian questions over its involvement in the PoK. Instead, Beijing has challenged India to clarify its concerns.
On Tuesday, while reacting to India's External Affairs spokesman Gopal Bagley's remarks that China should hold a meaningful dialogue on the concerns over the One Belt One Road (OBOR) project, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said, "Over the past four years since the project was initiated we have been holding the principle of extensive consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits (for the project)."
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India boycotted the two-day OBOR, or Belt and Road Initiative Summit, which concluded in Beijing on Monday, due to sovereignty concerns.
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Niantic has big plans for the summer including its first birthday event, a live event in Chicago and the promise of "exciting new features" coming to Pokemon Go very soon.
The Solstice Event will start on June 13th. During the active days, players will be able to more easily find Fire and Ice type Pokemon. Thowing a Pokeball accurately will yield big XP bonuses as well and Lucky Eggs will be discounted in the shop.
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March is Brain Injury Awareness Month.
Since 2005 Dawn Greenfield has worked and trained in yoga refining her focus in 2008 to a Therapeutic focus due to personal injuries generating chronic pain – with daily focus Dawn is pain free. Greenfield has taught a variety of people from 4 years old on the autism spectrum to 30 years old with Traumatic Brain Injury to 60 years old a care-giver who now has time for themselves to 94 years who had never tried yoga. Also more than 600 yoga hours with the Special Needs Community.
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It was a cloudy day in Portland with a high of 82º.
It feels like project runway. Last minute decisions, including changes, were all over the place. But it's adrenaline-fueling, heart-pounding design. As hectic as it gets, it's addicting! I spent most of the day finishing my board and setting a template for the footwear designers' boards.
The footwear and brand designers will be plotting their boards, but most of the CMDs will be printing on 11x17 sheets and mounting them to foam core. On our boards, we are required to include vital information, including color inspiration, color palette, materials, and the different color ways of the shoe models.
All of the designers are at a point, now, where we need to reduce and refine what we have. The above pile is a handful of materials that inspired us and helped us start our projects, but are no longer needed.