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Should I Buy The Cheapest Air Conditioning Unit or Heat Pump?
What about price?
Should you go for the cheapest air conditioning or heat pump system you can get? In most cases, the answer is no. Generally… you get what you pay for. Some contractors may offer to install air conditioning or heat pump systems at a low price, but this can come back to bite you if the air conditioning or heat pump system is installed improperly, or it is the wrong kind of air conditioning or heat pump system for your home. In the long run, you may find yourself paying more — a lot more — in operating and maintenance costs, unnecessary repairs, increased utility bills and shortened lifespan of your central air conditioning or heat pump unit.
Reputable air conditioning contractors will not sell you the cheapest air conditioning or heat pump system on the market; but they will give you the best air conditioning or heat pump system value for your home's heating and cooling needs and for the life of your air conditioning or heat pump system.
Choosing the right air conditioning or heat pump system is only part of the equation; proper installation is perhaps the most critical determinant of how air conditioning or heat pump systems perform. The energy efficiency of air conditioning or heat pump systems depend greatly on where and how they are installed. Our professional air conditioning and heat pump installation and repair technicians can maximize the performance of air conditioning or heat pump systems with proper placement, sizing, connection, configuration and calibration. We don't take a one-size-fits-all approach; every air conditioning or heat pump system installation is different. We always perform a heat load calculation to ensure you are purchasing the correct size AC unit or heat pump for your home.
Our air conditioning or heat pump system specialists take the time to make sure that your air conditioning or heat pump system is installed correctly so that it operates at maximum efficiency today and years from now. We always obtain a city building permit to ensure all air conditioning and heat pump installations are performed correctly and comply with city building codes. And our experienced Service Technicians are always on-hand to make sure your air conditioning or heat pump system keeps on working.
Are some air conditioners built better than others?
It's always best to stick with the top name brands like Trane, Carrier and Rheem. All the better brand Air Conditioning
and Heat Pump manufacturers make high efficiency AC units up to 20 SEERS.
The compressor is the heart of a condensing unit. On a hot day, it works long and hard. Rheem installs the highly advanced scroll compressor in every Rheem condensing unit we produce. Scroll Compressors are recognized by the industry as the leader in reliability, efficiency and quiet operation.
Other features to look for include louvered steel cabinets that protect the coils from damage and expensive repair bills.
Also, with some condensing units, the fan can be another source of bothersome noise. Rheem units have a grill design that minimizes air restriction for quieter fan operation.
Whether you are building a new home, or you are upgrading to a new, more efficient air conditioning system, we offer a wide variety of residential and commercial air conditioner, heat pump and HVAC brands that meet the capacity, efficiency rating, and price that you are looking for. Fix Your AC Fast sells complete heating and cooling systems that include air conditioners, thermostats, heat pumps, filters, Indoor Air Quality products, accessories and AC repair services
Your air conditioning system consumes more power than any other appliance in your home or office. Today's high efficiency systems cost much less to operate. In the past decade, the development of new technology has drastically improved the efficiency of heating and air conditioning equipment. Today's high efficiency heating and cooling systems are so much more efficient that they can actually pay for themselves in energy savings. With Federal Tax Credits, Utility Company rebates and Air Conditioner Manufacturer Rebates it may practically pay for itself in the first year of ownership. Air Conditioning technology has improved so much that systems installed prior to 2006 could be highly inefficient by today's standards.


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IILP is different. Whether you have been involved in efforts to diversify the legal profession for years or are new to the endeavor, you'll find that IILP's approach is different from the familiar and traditional diversity efforts lawyers, judges and law students have come to expect. We seek real change, now, and offer a new model to achieve it.
Our Approach
IILP talks about what others don't want to. We talk about what is really on people's minds, no matter how sensitive the issues. We appreciate the need for tactfulness, but also know that other less "politically-correct" perspectives may be valid and important and must also be addressed. We don't stifle discussion. Rather, we encourage it, even if it's about IILP's own efforts.
Our Core Philosophy
The legal profession must be diverse and inclusive. Why? It goes to our core philosophy:
IILP asks the hard questions. We don't shy away from asking the questions that need to be asked. Whether we call them gorillas or elephants, regardless their weight, if they are in the room, we acknowledge them:
IILP gets the data. We move beyond the anecdotal. It's not enough that everyone knows or accepts certain facts. We test the facts, measure them and report them.
IILP invents and tests methodologies that will lead to change. The legal profession has not made the kind of progress in diversity and inclusion that it should. Continuing to follow the same strategies or to do more of the same types of programs while expecting different and better results wastes everyone's time, energy and resources.
Identifying, Acknowledging and Tackling the Barriers
There is skepticism, and perhaps even cynicism among some, about the prospects for increasing diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. We acknowledge that and understand why it is so.
Historical Discrimination
Regrettably, the history of our profession is filled with instances of discrimination and prejudice against diverse individuals. These range from denying admission to the bar to revoking or refusing bar association membership to discriminating in hiring and in judicial appointments, nominations, and confirmations to discriminatory court rulings. IILP starts from the premise that yesterday's practices have shaped today's profession.
Lingering Prejudices and Assumptions
Human nature being what it is, all of us are subject to prejudices and assumptions that may have little real grounding in reality but nevertheless influence our attitudes and shape our behaviors. By recognizing them for what they are, we can perhaps begin to lessen their impact. Consider, by way of example, how easily and frequently you or other lawyers or judges might have prejudices or make assumptions, positive or negative, about:
Educational Achievement Gap
Becoming a lawyer requires educational achievement. For a variety of reasons, some people do better in school than others. If the group that does better in school is comprised disproportionately of individuals from certain groups, this achievement gap, whether real or perceived, affects the diversity of the pool of future candidates who will enter and graduate from law school.
Entry Pipeline into the Profession
If those entering law school are a relatively homogenous group, the pool of lawyers graduating and taking the bar will not be more diverse. A smaller pool of law students who are diverse, of necessity, results in a less diverse legal profession.
Equity Ownership of Larger Law Firms
The composition of equity partnership in large law firms contributes to the diversity stalemate experienced by those same firms:
Visibility and Access
Within law firms, it is not uncommon for diverse lawyers to find that they are particularly lacking when it comes to visibility within the firm and access to leadership, business, and opportunities. From the law firm perspective, too often the effort by clients to emphasize diversity is piecemeal and lacks consistency. Law firms often find it easier to emphasize recruiting over retaining diverse lawyers. And, it is not uncommon for a firm to have a few diversity "stars" at the expense of all the other diverse lawyers at the firm.
Perceived Effort Required by Clients
Much of the impetus behind the legal profession's diversity and inclusion efforts has come from corporate clients. When corporate clients are interested in and committed to these efforts, much can be accomplished. Yet, even the most interested and committed corporate clients face internal challenges to their diversity goals.
What you sometimes hear:
IILP's Unique Role in Promoting Change
There are many diversity groups and organization. IILP is unique:
Our Leadership
Our leadership is multidisciplinary. The members of our Board and Advisory Board come from many practice settings and include:
Our leaders are personally devoted to diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Each is engaged full-time or devotes a meaningful amount of time to diversity and inclusion and to IILP. For example, with over 25 years of experience, Sharon Jones has earned a reputation as one of the most effective diversity consultants in the U.S. and abroad. Professor Elizabeth Chambliss is one of the foremost authorities on diversity and inclusion statistical data and research. Dr. Sandra Madrid is one of the nation's leading experts on law school admissions issues. Marci Rubin leads the most successful business development program for minority lawyers, the California Minority Counsel Program. Lawrence Baca spent 32 years at the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division including a four year detail as Deputy Director of the Department's Office of Tribal Justice and is one of the best known experts in federal Indian Law. Sally Olson and Leslie Richards-Yellen are partners responsible for their respective law firms' diversity and inclusion efforts. Terry Murphy and Annette Hudson-Clay have guided their respective bar associations' diversity efforts, making them two of the more successful bar associations. John Mathias has been leading the American Bar Association Section of Litigation's Judicial Internship Opportunities Program and Martin Greene is one of the country's best known advocates for minority-owned law firms. Read more about our Board Members and Advisory Board Members.
We start with the "pipeline" . . .
Much of the emphasis on diversity and inclusion has tended to focus on the "demand side" – corporate clients using the assignment (or withdrawal) of their business to encourage outside counsel to be more diverse. We fully support such efforts. But IILP's focus goes beyond that: We look at the pipeline – helping diverse students become law students, enter the legal profession and eventually become successful lawyers and judges – and the profession that awaits. As part of our mission, we want to make sure that the profession that awaits them genuinely offers a career path for long-term professional satisfaction.
Starting with the pipeline without limiting ourselves to it is an important distinction. Corporate clients can urge, beg, cajole, threaten, or even demand more diversity among their outside counsel, but if the pool of diverse lawyers is insufficient, none of that will make much of a difference. But we also recognize that the diverse lawyers who are already part of our profession are subjected to professional barriers and obstacles others do not encounter. Until we, as a profession, acknowledge and address those challenges, pipeline efforts alone will solve very little.
Hence, while IILP supports and intends to complement corporations' "demand-side" efforts by increasing the pool of diverse law students and lawyers to the benefit of the entire legal profession, we do not have limit the IILP to a "supply and demand" paradigm.
For example, IILP's Pledge to the Profession project, which is aimed at encouraging more lawyers to get involved in pipeline efforts.
Our "Holistic and Atomistic" Approach
IILP looks across the spectrum of diversity and inclusion to include:
IILP also looks at the differences (or not) among the groups in terms of the challenges faced in different sectors of the legal profession.
Our Research Capabilities and Activities
IILP researches the issues necessary to move the diversity and inclusion "needle" forward by providing the documentation to support or disprove theories and assumptions with measurable data about the profession's progress or lack thereof.
Our "Open Talk/Real Change" Forums
IILP works to provide innovative forums that we call "Open Talk/Real Change" for discussion and learning that moves beyond the standard conference or meeting. Our educational programming brings together cutting edge thinkers and thought leaders with real world practitioners, and, through tools designed to elicit frank and candid discussion on differing points of view, seeks to forge consensus with action. IILP tries to foster conversation that moves beyond preaching to a choir of like-minded and sympathetic individuals. It aims to bring together different views and experiences to facilitate real learning and informed action. We promote unsanitized dialogue about diversity, inclusion and our profession.
Our Collaboration with the Local Community
IILP is a national organization that relishes the opportunity to collaborate with and support the work of local and regional organizations. If our mission to increase diversity and inclusion within the legal profession is to have any chance of success, it is crucial that we engaged with those organizations that know their own communities best in this endeavor.
If you are a local organization that would like to collaborate with us, we welcome the opportunity!
IILP was incorporated in September, 2009; and we opened our office on December 1, 2009. With the conclusion of our first full year of operations, it is appropriate that we report on our progress and activities.
|January 2010
|IILP Board convenes its first meeting.
|February 2010
|IILP and Harvard Law School's Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program agree to undertake a joint research project to study how law firms communicate internally on sensitive subjects such as perceptions of bias.
|March 2010
|IILP and the Chicago Bar Association present "Professionalism in Practice," a two-day program that brought together law students, young lawyers and judges to explore the concept of professionalism through a lens of diversity and inclusion. Thirty law students from five law schools, twelve judges, and fifteen young lawyers participated. The participants learn how different experiences can color one's perceptions about what is or is not professional and how to better work across lines of difference.
|May 2010
|IILP's website goes live.
|June 2010
|IILP holds a launch event at Kraft Foods' headquarters in Northfield, IL.
|August 2010
|IILP launches its Pledge to the Profession pipeline project during a reception hosted by Del Monte at its headquarters in San Francisco, CA. The Pledge to the Profession encourages lawyers to make a commitment to dedicate the equivalent of one day (or eight hours) to working with an existing pipeline program. IILP also launches its Business Case for Diversity Research Project.
|September 2010
|IILP and Harvard Law School's Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program research project begins. IILP makes a presentation about its work to the Coalition of Women's Initiatives in Law Firms. IILP participates in the California Minority Counsel Program's annual business development conference.
|October 2010
|IILP's Advisory Board convenes its first bi-monthly meeting. IILP starts its Partners and Allies program, creating a "seal" for each level of support.
|November 2010
|IILP participates in the American Bar Association Section of International Law's program on "Diversity, Equality and Inclusion for the International Lawyer" in Paris, France. IILP also participates in programming at the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association Convention in Los Angeles, CA.
|December 2010
|IILP holds a reception hosted by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom to introduce itself to the New York legal community. Later that month, IILP collaborates with the Harvard Law School Negotiation and Mediation Clinical Program, the Chicago Committee on Minorities in Large Law Firms, the Harvard Law School Association and the Harvard Law Society of Illinois to arrange a presentation of their joint research findings on Law Firm Diversity & Inclusion Communication Practices. The program, followed by a reception, is hosted by Kaye Scholer at its Chicago office.
2011 looks to be just as active a year for IILP as 2010, perhaps more so. Coming up:
We invite you to join with us in these efforts and welcome your participation, involvement and leadership.


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Since January 2011, when Senator Berger and his colleagues were sworn in to lead the State Senate, North Carolina's unemployment rate has fallen from 10.4% to 5.5%, and the state's economy created over 250,000 new jobs.
Senator Berger and his colleagues had a simple philosophy to help private businesses and hard-working North Carolinians pull the state out of the worst recession since the Great Depression: get out of the way. They've worked to get government off the backs of job-creating businesses, and it's paving the way for more creativity, productivity and entrepreneurship than the State has seen in decades.
The Senate, for example, just passed its fifth regulatory reform bill in five years, to cut government red tape and keep unelected bureaucrats from halting progress in the private economy. The Senate has balanced state budgets, approved new clean energy exploration, cut taxes on families and businesses, reformed public schools and invested in universities to ensure North Carolina remains a destination for new businesses and workers from around the world.


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Thanks for visiting my website and learning a bit more about me, Tony Janko, and how I can help you achieve your real estate goals.
As a Purdue University graduate, and a resident of Central Indiana for over 20 years I am very familiar with the Metropolitan Indianapolis Market. I absolutely love my job and the people I get to meet and represent. I am driven to exceed my client's needs and ensure their real estate experience is far and above the positive experience they deserve. I'm very adept with the current real estate trends in Indianapolis and all of its surrounding towns, such as Avon, Plainfield, Brownsburg, Zionsville, Carmel, Fishers, Noblesville, Geist and Greenwood. My clients range from first time buyers and move up buyer to investors, new home construction buyers, and relocation services. I have the dedication, experience and knowledge to make sure you get to the closing table on your home purchase or sale!
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Indiana Real Estate Broker
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KW Agent Leadership Council 2010-2012
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Adobe has confirmed that hackers infiltrated their network and stole millions of customer emails and encrypted passwords. They have further acknowledged that your password hint, name, encrypted credit card number, card expiration date, and other confidential information may also have been leaked. An analysis of the hack by Paul Ducklin of Sophos states that 150 million users have been affected and that the encryption methods used to protect customer data are extremely weak.
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Amy Schumer Squats To Pee In Victorian Costume In Hilarious Photo — See Pic
Amy Schumer got REAL with her Instagram followers on Feb. 23 when she posted a pic of herself using the toilet! But of course Amy wasn't just relieving herself in the typical fashion. She LITERALLY was decked out in Victorian era threads. And honestly she looked adorable! See the pic of her squatting here!
Amy Schumer, 34, is never one to hold back, which is exactly what she proved in her latest Insta pic. The TMI photo is quirky — and a bit outrageous — but nonetheless, it's SO Amy! Leave it to the comedian to bare all on social media by demonstrating how to pee while sporting Mary Poppins-eque getup. Pretty laughable, right? You've got to see her funny post!
The photo, which Amy eloquently captioned, "Oh," has already received over 45.5 thousands likes and has generated tons of positive fan reactions as followers guess what project Amy has in the works. But really, Amy? You HAD to tease your newest bit by publicly peeing? Honestly though, whatever works, right? And the Inside Amy Schumer star definitely likes to keep us on our toes, which — duh — is why we love her!
One fan commented, "I laughed so hard when I saw this," while another supporter gushed, "I just love her. I want to be her friend!" We love all the affirming feedback that Amy is getting, it seems like she can do no wrong! Trust us, not every celeb could post a pic like this and have fans fall even MORE in love with them!
But at least Amy knows how to keep it classy when showing us the proper way to squat in costume. And whatever project she's got up her sleeve, we know it has something to do with the Victorian age — after all, her outfit looks pretty authentic to us!
One thing is for sure though, whatever the actress is cooking up, we're sure it's going to be completely hilarious — just like everything else Amy does! And we're pretty sure her BF, Ben Hanisch, 29, will be the first one in line cheering her on. After all, the couple IS totally adorable together. Peeing or no peeing, you do YOU, Amy!
What do you think of Amy's Insta, HollywoodLifers? Totally TMI or totally all in good fun?


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The article delivers top 13 tips on professional communication skills to help people achieve success in life dramatically. Is it reliable?
Seattle, WA (PRWEB) November 06, 2013
This is an informative article that is suitable for those who want improve their professional communication skills fast without joining in any communication skills classes. Firstly, the article points out that, in order to communicate effectively, people need to understand their target audiences. After that, the author encourages people to use specific and concrete language and maintain eye contact during the conversation in order to get the attention of listeners. Secondly, the article also takes people step-by-step through an interesting process of discovering how to connect to their spirituality, and how to regulate their emotions effortlessly.
Lastly, in this report, people will discover helpful techniques on how to build relationships based on trust and how to stay calm easily during stressful situations. Additionally, in the article, people will find out ways to control the speed of negotiations, and ways to manipulate other people through anchoring. In other words, this report gives people some simple mind control tricks, which can reveal the thoughts and feelings that other people are trying to hide from them and advanced communication skills that can boost their communication skills to the next level. Thanks to the helpful information in this report, a lot of people can develop their communication skills and achieve success in their life with ease.
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A lighthearted look at news, events, culture and everyday life in New York.
By Nina Pajak
You know the feeling.
You're at dinner with a friend, and there's a lull in the conversation. Maybe you've just finished a course and you're both marinating in your food coma. Maybe the laughter from that anecdote about a run-in with an ex just died down. Maybe you've hit an awkward silence after realizing for the tenth time that you two will never agree on Seinfeld v. Friends. Whatever the reason, your fingers begin to itch. You wonder if anyone has emailed or texted you. You wonder what's going on with the game. You want to call a mutual friend to tell her you're at dinner with so-and-so and, so, yeah. You wonder if you should be live-tweeting the argument going on at the table next to you. It's rude! It's so rude. You know that.
But . . . you . . . just . . . can't . . . resist . . . the . . . phone.
But what if you reached over and remembered that you actually checked your phone in when you sat down, jury duty-style? That's the concept at Eva restaurant in Los Angeles, land of inappropriate restaurant-related cell phone behavior.
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If you surrender your device for the duration of your meal, you will be handsomely rewarded with a 5 percent discount on your bill. But, is it worth it? Can you bear to give your dining partner your undivided attention in exchange for a small savings? I mean, we're far past the point where anyone would be asked to do such a thing in exchange for nothing, though some establishments still vainly try to impose rules to that effect.
But how would you settle the argument at your table of whether "Glycerine" by Bush came out in 1994 or 1996?* And how would you text your friend to give her real-time updates on the status of your dinner's progression so that she may plan to meet up later at the precise moment you're arriving at the bar?
More: Is Your iPhone Making You Dumb?
It's hard for some of us of a certain age to think back to a time when we had no cell phones, and a plan was a plan, and dinner was dinner, and all sorts of questions went unanswered but endlessly discussed and debated.
But I suppose that's all moot, and we are where we are. But that doesn't make phone usage in restaurants any less obnoxious. I have to say, while I'd be loath to hand over my phone, it's hard to admit that keeping it by my side during a meal out is literally worth a few dollars. This seems less about the money, and more about putting things in the proper perspective. Your friend can wait until you've finished eating to know whether it's time to put on her shoes yet. And you don't need to tell your mom that funny story you know she'll love before you forget. And you can probably wait to find out whether Kevin Bacon was in A River Runs Through It.**
We can do it, you guys. I know we can. If our Bluetooth big shot cousins to the West can manage, we certainly can.
*It was 1995.
**Nope. You're thinking of The River Wild.
So, what do you think? Would this ever work in New York City? Would you try it?
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Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor, Marketing - EDHEC
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To participate to the continuous development of the EDHEC BBA, EDHEC Business School is recruiting one Assistant Professor or Associate Professor or Professor of Marketing, with an expertise in sales and negotiation.
The successful candidate is expected to actively mostly teach in this program and to fully participate to EDHEC agenda in Pedagogical Innovations.
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This is a simple command line tool to tell the the startup facility to enable (on) the Apache (httpd) daemon at runlevel 4 (--level 4). Works great and fast, but the script httpd must have some parameters in the file to let chkconfig know what to do with it:
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ls /etc/rc4.d. The numbers of the startup script represent the order of how they are started.
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Today I bade goodbye to Penny. Three years ago, she became mine for a measly price of P2,800. Now as she grows older, and SLOWER, her upgrading price has gone up, while her usability has gone low. But she is one machine I'd learned to love. She watched me grow from one who knew nothing about Microsoft Word to one who knew something, like hacking– CPUs, memories, disks, legacy and I/O devices. Our three years journey was one most fruitful, because she had honed my skills to the utmost. I had adapted to her ways ("Checksum error"), her idiosyncrasies ("Try Safe mode"), her habits ("Your computer maybe at risk. Click here to update") and her tantrums ("Could not find boot ini."). Because she's grown tired of Windows 98, she shacked up with Windows 2000, but finally settled with Windows XP. No one, definitely no one understood her more than I did; no one lovingly cared for her more than I did. You could say that today our parting was a tearful one. Penny it was who kept me company in my early blogging days. But I have to move on. Since she refused to be upgraded, rather, she could no longer be upgraded, I gave her away, and took on a new laptop.
My youngest daughter was too happy to have Penny the Pentium 2.
Things in this world get old or outdated. I thought about it last night too as I talked to a fellow preacher who's on his last semester in a graduate school. He and his fellow students are on the cutting edge, the laptop-carrying generation, not just the ordinary laptops, mind you, but the Dual Core Centrino, 1 gig RAM, 180 gig hard disk, Windows Vista OS. Because they're groomed to be counselors, teaching and lecturing became common affairs, and the DLP ("digital live projector") became the common gadget they attach to their Neo Emprivas. The suns of modern technology definitely shine so brightly in the classrooms.
But everything man invents will eventually go out of date. Someday even personal laptops, DLPs, RAMs and HDDs will become obsolete. CRT monitors have just given way to Plasma, but soon Plasma too will be outdated. Everything in this world to which man has attached some significance will go the way of the old and will become null or nothing.
Does our mortal insignificance baffle you? Man, who started as couple in some garden in the Middle East, has now become a dot in the universe. There's too many of us. I hate it when they don't call me by my first name, but in front of an ATM, in a bank, in front of a ticket booth, I am just a number. But maybe, someday, numbers too will give way to encrypted dots.
But some significant things remain and never get outdated.
The news that Someone had suffered agony and death for me, for you, and for them, for Muslims, for Jews and for those who are neither Muslims nor Jews–an insignificant bunch of creatures–comes to me as significant. He died for the Jews who killed Him. He died for the Muslims who did not even believe He died for them. I never asked Him to, but I am most thankful to know that a drop of His blood had also been shed for me.
The news of His death, burial, resurrection, ascension and coming again is history about two thousand years old, but the significance of it remains. That news is the Gospel, and it is Allah's instrument to save Jews and Muslims and those who are neither Jews nor Muslims.
Muslims, Jews, and those who are neither Muslims nor Jews need forgiveness. Why talk about heaven when all I need most today is be cleansed from my sin? Once I am cleansed, I am made new. Heaven is for those who have been made new.
Why talk about Paradise when it is a new relationship with my God and with my fellow man that is of paramount importance? If I love my God–Allah– I would no longer hurt, maim, or kill my fellow man. If I love my God I would accept Jesus as his Prophet who spoke for God, the Lamb who was offered for my sin, the High Priest who entered the most Holy of Holies to mediate for me, the King who rules my life, and the God who will come again and judge me.
These facts never change.
Let the gospel in its purity be preached through far and wide. It is the story that constantly reminds us that our only hope is Jesus.


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Last weekend I went to a Dist::Zilla "micro-hackathon" at Ricardo Signes' house. This is something we've done before, setting aside some focused time to tackle something tough. This time, we set out to fix the leaky encoding handling in Dist::Zilla and Ricardo explains the result well in his blog.
But what about Plugins?
I'm really happy that we finally fixed Dist::Zilla's handling of encoding, but unfortunately, Dist::Zilla is only as good as the ecosystem of plugins for it on CPAN. OK, really, it's good on its own but it's even better because of its ecosystem.
As Rik said, lots of things will just work better than before, particularly if you stick to UTF-8 for your files. The plugins most directly affected are FileGatherers and FileInjectors — anything that calls
add_file — in particular anything that reads a file off disk without a particular encoding and then uses that as the content of a Dist::Zilla::File::* object.
For example, if you wrote a plugin that reads a template file, runs it through some other libraries, and stuffs the result into the
content of a File object, then you really ought to sit down and think about whether you ought to be reading
:raw or with some decoding layer. (You should probably shouldn't read with the default layers, which might do CRLF translation on Windows.) Whatever you decide, I recommend Path::Tiny and methods it offers like
slurp_raw and
FileMungers are probably fine. Typically, they read
content — which is now decoded text — then do something with it, and then stuff it back into
content. Munging is text in and text out, and Dist::Zilla will take care of encoding it before writing it to disk.
Come out, come out, wherever you are…
Using grep.cpan.me, I tried to review all the FileInjectors and FileGatherers I could. Most of them look like they'll be unaffected by the changes in Dist::Zilla. But some looked suspicious and I'll give a list of them below.
If you wrote one of these, please review it for any changes you need to make for Dist::Zilla version 5 and release a -TRIAL version to CPAN. Follow the instructions at the bottom of Rik's post to get the -TRIAL version of Dist::Zilla and its dependencies.
If you use any of these, try them out with Dist::Zilla version 5 and see if it breaks anything for you. If so, let the author know right away.
To be clear, I'm not sure these need work, but they're doing things that concern me.
If you wrote or use a FileGatherer or FileInjector that is not on the list, that doesn't necessarily mean you're safe. It just means that a quick skim of your code didn't throw up any red flags.
Micro-hackathon for the win
If you've got some project that you're stuck on, I encourage you to grab a friend, set aside a day or two, and see if a micro-hackathon like ours can get you unstuck.
In addition to getting Dist::Zilla fixed, I had a lot of fun. Whenever I get to sit down and work with Rik, I learn something new. This time, I feel like a lot of work I've been doing around encoding in the last year all came together in my head and made sense.
Beyond that, I picked up a few editor, Moose and Mac tricks; got to visit most of Rik's favorite Bethlehem dives; tried saffron-almond ice cream; and learned several new board and card games. Woo hoo!
Thank you to Rik (and his family) for a great weekend!


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A project we've been following since we first discovered in late 2010, finally gets a trailer, and release.
Recapping… when we first wrote about it, director Carl Franklin had been quiet for awhile it seemed; at the time, he hadn't been behind the camera since 2003, when he directed Denzel Washington in the thriller, Out Of Time.
Fans of Franklin should be pleased to know that he's returning to the feature film director's chair, to produce a film called Bless Me, Ultima, based on Rudolfo Anaya's award-winning novel of the same name, which chronicles the turbulent coming-of-age story of Antonio, a young boy growing up in New Mexico during World War II, and his relationship with Ultima, an elderly medicine woman who helps Antonio navigate the dangerous battle between good and evil raging in his village, and ultimately helps him discover his own spiritual identity.
The project was actually announced in early 2009, and Franklin was also the screenwriter for the film, based on the 40 year old novel – one that I haven't read, but from the little research I did, the consensus is that it would in fact be a challenge to make a film based on it, because of its content, and style.
"Magical realism" was one critic's description of it. Also, the book was reportedly banned and burned by several groups, and it ranks highly on the American Library Association's list of banned/challenged books from 2000 to 2009; apparently, many opposed "the profanity and the alternative religious content."
Although, the novel is said to be a reading requirement in high schools across the country.
The film was shot on location in New Mexico, with a cast and crew made up mostly of New Mexicans.
I anticipated it would be released in 2011 (didn't happen); it's now officially out in theaters, much to my surprise, BUT only in New Mexico theaters at the moment. According to the film's website, it's currently playing in Albuquerque and Sante Fe theaters, and has actually been out since September, when it made its premiere in El Paso, TX, opening in four theaters there.
But if we have any readers in Albuquerque or Sante Fe, consider giving the film a look, and if you do, share your thoughts.
The producers are working to give the film a wider release, but no updates on that front yet.
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Jennifer Knapp brings her "Inside Out Faith Tour" to SOU
Jennifer Knapp, a Grammy-nominated singer well-known in the faith-plus-entertainment subculture which includes the Contemporary Christian Music genre, performed Wednesday night in the Stevenson Union on the Southern Oregon University campus as part of her "Inside Out Faith Tour."
The concert was introduced by Adam Walker Cleveland, associate pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Ashland, which helped organize the event in cooperation with the Ashland First Congressional United Church of Christ, Ashland's Trinity Episcopal Church, and the First United Methodist Church of Ashland.
"I've been listening to Jennifer since when I was in college," said Cleveland. "I was what you might call a Jennifer Knapp groupie."
Knapp is not your average Christian musician though.
Knapp's tour promo describes her as "a gay person of faith." Her tour is geared specifically at building "a positive and constructive dialogue on behalf of LGBT people of faith," by sharing her personal story of how she has tackled the challenges that come from being both openly gay and a Christian entertainer who has been criticized for her sexual orientation by some segments of the religious audiences to whom she markets herself.
Knapp, 38, exhibited a strong sense of humor at the show, co-sponsored by SOU's Queer Resource Center. "You might have heard, but I actually play music for a living," she said. She also joked around with audience members.
"Can I keep you?" she asked a girl who called out from her seat that she loved Knapp. "Now, she's a girl and I'm a lesbian. I guess I have to be careful what I say now," Knapp said.
Knapp kicked off with a performance of "A Little More," her hit song which describes the basic tenets of Knapp's religious beliefs, specifically her belief that God's grace is more than she deserves or can give others.
"For all the sin that lives in me, it took a nail to set me free / Still what I do I don't want to do and so goes the story," she sang.
She proceeded to alternate between sharing short biographical vignettes and anecdotes and performing her music, each story building on the previous and each song relating lyrically in some way to the story just told.
Knapp said she converted to Christianity as a college student, after befriending Christian classmates who invited her to church. Her conversion was motivated by a desire to find value and meaning in her life, which she said she could not find due to very low self-esteem.
"One day Christianity made a lot of sense to me," she said. "I thought, who am I that God would see me as valuable enough to save me? Then I learned there was a verse that said that very thing."
"I came [to Christianity] as a girl of the world, not a virgin . . . I would leave church services, light a cigarette in the parking lot, and say, 'That was fucking awesome.' Long story short, I became a Christian rock star."
The pop culture phenomenon of Contemporary Christian Music, or CCM, of which Knapp is a part, is an emulation of the kind of fare offered by secular pop and rock radio.
In the mid- to late 1960s, the church decided it would serve as a great evangelistic tool, as well as a wholesome alternative to "worldly" music. Christian radio, complete with guitars, drums and solos, was born in the 1970s. By the late 1990s, CCM had achieved a significant reputation as a corporate force to be reckoned with, its records selling better than classical, jazz and New Age music combined.
By that point, CCM was also addressing social issues that sometimes came into conflict with religious principles. The "Inside Out Faith Tour" is one of the latest examples of this commentary.
Knapp described having conflicting feelings about her sexuality early on in her career.
"I uploaded all my confusions into my songs, all my passions into my songs," she said. "I knew nothing about love, but I kept looking to my faith to tell me about that love."
This confusion was reflected in songs such as "Whole Again," a song Knapp performed at the event which came from early in her career.
The emotion in Knapp's performance was on display as she sang, "Am I lost in some illusion, or am I what you thought I'd be? Now it seems I've found myself and need to be forgiven."
She sang a song called "Say Won't You Say," the chorus of which referred to "love everlasting," as an example of a song she said she wrote without understanding what her subject was all about.
Two of the songs performed hail from her latest album. The album, titled "Letting Go" and released in 2010, marked a watershed moment in Knapp's career. It was the first effort after coming out as a homosexual and her first work produced following a long hiatus that started in 2003, when she traveled to the Australian outback where she lived for the next seven years.
"I literally had my wilderness experience," Knapp said, adding that her seven-year stay in Australia was a retreat from the religious community in which she was involved. Her hope was, she explained, to find personal space in which to reflect on whether she wanted to retain her faith in light of her homosexual orientation.
She described this period as one in which she "dared God" to love her as she was. Her career hung in the balance pending what she believed God's answer would be.
Knapp said the question of whether a person can be both gay and a Christian is one that is not often raised in liberal settings, where the answer is almost always an obvious yes.
"I am probably preaching to the choir here," she said.
But for many others, especially those outside higher education environments, the question is a subject of serious debate among religious believers and of raised eyebrows among the religiously-uninitiated or non-believing.
"My redneck, middle class family in Kansas was actually relieved [when I came out to them], because they thought this whole Christian thing of mine would go away. It didn't," she said, illustrating the sense even non-religious people have that there is a contradiction in being gay and a person of faith.
However, by the end of Knapp's hiatus, she had put faith in more than God. She put faith in her religious community to be understanding and accepting of her sexual orientation.
"I wouldn't have come back and continued singing and writing songs if I knew Christian bookstores were going to pull my records off their shelves. I wouldn't have tried," said Knapp, who went on to describe her coming-to-terms with both keeping her Christian faith and in coming out as gay to her fan base.
But not all of Knapp's fans at the concert were supportive of Knapp's homosexuality.
"I really think it's an abomination. It's a sin," said Jon Clement, a laser manufacturer from White City who said he attended the concert because he had listened to and enjoyed Knapp's music over the years.
He said Knapp's sexual orientation does not change his opinion that "she has a wonderful voice and a good stage presence."
"But I don't think she takes the Bible as true," he said. "She picks and chooses."
"She's broken the second commandment because she makes God in her own image. She winks at sin, because she alluded to smoking and drinking."
Clement went on to say he was not prejudiced against gays.
"God extends his hand to homosexuals, hoping they'll come out of that sin," he said.
But Knapp expressed concern over the fact that three-fourths of all anti-gay rhetoric come from religious sources, citing a recent study by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation research group, in conjunction with the University of Missouri, in support of this claim.
Her concern was that gay people of faith would feel obliged to quit their faith because of this rhetoric, as she herself almost did.
After the concert, Knapp had no comment on what Christianity or the Christian Scriptures had to say on the subject of homosexuality, pointing out that there are over 3,000 denominations of the religion, many of which have differing beliefs about homosexuality, from affirming to condemning and everywhere in between.
"Those who are outside Christianity would look on all these denominations as sects," she noted, going on to describe her desire to transcend sectarian differences.
"God made me a singer. That's my gift to the universe. And I'm attractive," Knapp concluded, summarizing in a nutshell what her long process of self reflection and discovery led her to accept.
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The concert was fantastic. I too am a person of faith who is also gay. Jennifer's story helped me to realize that I was not the only one who was rejected by "the church" for being who God created me to be.
The "church" wants to be righteous bigots, which is in total contrast to who Jesus is, and what His ministry is all about.
John 3:16 states "For God so loved the world that He gave His only son, that whoever believes in Him shall not parish but have everlasting life".
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I think Jennifer did a great job of entertaining at the concert, and is a very good speaker.
I didn't get a chance to ask her what she meant by "Christian", since her definition of that word was different than what the Bible describes. It does beg the question, "Can there be "Christian" pedophiles, or bestiality? Where does it stop, if you aren't using a standard? (the Bible).
The Apostle Paul wrote to the Corithians,
"Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
And that is what some of you were.
But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God." (1 Corinthians 6:9-11)
What Paul is saying, is that homosexuality isn't a unique sin, and that people can repent (change their minds), through the Holy Spirit's touch on their lives.
After hearing Jennifer's story, it was clear that she had never repented, the Bible says "Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out, that times of refreshing may come from the Lord" -Acts 3:19
So, in order to approach God Almighty, you must have your sins forgiven through Jesus Christ's atoning blood on the cross. It was full payment for your sins.
That's what is called the "Good News" or Gospel.
What I hope comes across to homosexuals is that the church (true believers) really loves you, cares about you, and your eternal destiny. We don't want you to end up in Hell; that would be horrible.
So, we shouldn't discriminate against homosexuals, as we are all sinners. But at the same time we need to warn of the dangers of staying in sin.
Most people would say they are a good person.
So, as a challenge, please take the "Good Person" test, if you dare, as directed below and please comment:
Thanks for the article about the Inside Out Faith Tour with Jennifer Knapp. We were very happy with the event, and the turnout. From conversations that I had with folks after the event, it seems like what Jennifer shared really touched a lot of people.
I appreciate you giving Jon Clement an opportunity to share his perspective, but perhaps it would have been helpful to interview someone else, perhaps a clergy person, to hear their perspective as well.
I will say that I do NOT believe homosexuality to be an abomination. It is not a sin. And if Mr. Clement felt that Jennifer doesn't believe the Bible, or that she picks and chooses, perhaps he should have asked her a question about how she deals with scripture. As I mentioned at the event, Jennifer was open to any and every question.
There are plenty of Christians, myself included, who believe the Bible, who take the Bible very seriously, yet do not agree with the traditional interpretation of just 7 verses in Scripture that people say speak about homosexuality.
If you are interested in a different interpretation of some of these verses, I'd recommend a blog post I wrote about Jack Rogers's book "Jesus, the Bible and Homosexuality." It's one of the best books out there on the topic.
In response to Mr. Cleveland,
I'm sorry to hear that no one else was interviewed by Nathan. That was probably a result of my spending a lot of time talking to him. I would have been good to have more people's perspective on it.
It was very clear that Ms. Knapp does not hold to the authority of scripture, so that was one thing I didn't need to ask her.
I did want to ask Jennifer some questions, but the time was limited, and lots of people had questions, so I wasn't forward enough to get a chance at the microphone. These were the questions I would've asked:
1. What is your definition of "Christian", and why do you prefer "person of faith"?
2. Do you consider yourself a good person?
3. Do you obey the Ten Commandments?
What I'm noticing, is that we are using words with different definitions, such as "Christian". What is your definition of "Christian"?
What is your definition of the word "God"?
Who is "Jesus Christ"?
What is "Hell"?
Defining terms will help the discussion move along, and prevent confusion.
It will really help also to have the perspective that if the Bible really is true, sin is real, and hell is described even somewhat accurately, then it is terrifying to think what will happen to those that have not had their sins forgiven.
I pray that you would consider this from my point of view, because of the terrible consequences if you're wrong. If I'm wrong, I won't even be able find out.
That is the motivation for me to try to convince you of the truths of the Bible.
Here are some resources to check out from Joe Dallas, a former homosexual.
He does a good job of explaining this sin biblically and practically.
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Feb. 1, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Siltanen & Partners Advertising announced today the early debut of their much-anticipated return to the Super Bowl commercial arena for the launch of Skechers GOrun 2. This is the second year in a row that S&P has developed a Super Bowl spot for the footwear company, following their huge success in 2012 with media darling Mr. Quiggly, a sneaker-wearing French bulldog who sprinted past racing greyhounds and moonwalked his way to victory. That spot ultimately ranked as No. 3 on USA Today's highly-regarded consumer ad meter.
(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130201/LA52602)
This year's Skechers commercial, titled "Chase," promises to be just as memorable and impactful a delivery as last year's success on the world's biggest advertising stage. It's the story of a hero. And like the story of a boy and his dog, the bond between man and gazelle has never been…well, sweeter. As an appetizer prior to the big reveal, Skechers launched a teaser clip of the spot on January 18th.
"Every time you watch a nature program, you wince at the sight of a cheetah taking down the little gazelle. Our commercial uses a runner and his shoes as a protector of the little guy who's getting picked on. There's an underdog tale going on here that is reminiscent of the story we told in a different way last year," says CEO and Chief Creative Officer Rob Siltanen. But will they be able to save the gazelle? Click the link below to find out.
"The most-liked spots on the Super Bowl typically involve animals and fun story telling. Our spot has these components plus product relevance—an advanced running shoe that helps you go fast," says Siltanen. "The Super Bowl isn't just the Super Bowl of football. It's truly the Super Bowl of advertising. A Harris poll showed that 45 percent of men and 65 percent of women watch the event as much for the commercials as for the game itself. As a brand you need to be respectful of this and give people a story that rewards them for paying attention. Brands that do this well are the ones that are rewarded with water cooler talk and media attention."
"Chase" made its official debut on Entertainment Tonight and is now available online and in social media outlets and will, of course, be seen on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3rd, during the second quarter of the big game. Skechers will continue to run "Chase" well into the spring.
Production Credits
Agency: Siltanen & Partners Advertising, El Segundo, CA
CEO/Chief Creative Officer: Rob Siltanen
Partner/Creative Director: Joe Hemp
Creative Director: Rex Fish
Copywriters: Rex Fish, Rob Siltanen
Art Directors: Joe Hemp
Account Director: Anna Amador
Director of Broadcast Production: Maricela Rogers
Production Company: City of Angels Creative Enterprises - Executive Producer Jason Dennis
Director: Adam Toht
Editor: Lee Cowan
Studio Artist: Shirley Widyaningsih
Video Effects Company: The Saline Project
Animation Supervisors: Adam Toht and Ben Toht
Music: Apollo Studios - Executive Music Producer Koo Abuali, Composers Tim Buron and Raphael Reed, Producer Jason Brando.
About Siltanen & Partners Advertising
Siltanen & Partners is one of the fastest-growing independent, full-service advertising agencies in the United States. With a talented group of smart individuals comprising the team, S&P offers a wide array of creative and strategic services, as well as media planning and buying for its clients. The company also offers full print, broadcast, and digital production services. Founded in 1999, the agency has two offices in Southern California and its clients include Skechers, Panda Express Restaurants, Coldwell Banker Real Estate, Epson Printers, University of California Los Angeles and the Los Angeles YMCA. The agency motto "Creative work that works" is exemplified by its breakthrough yet highly effective ads that consistently generate interest and industry leading sales results.
About Rob Siltanen
Rob's work has been much-celebrated in his 25 years in the business. His accolades include Time's Commercial of the Year, Rolling Stone's Commercial of the Year, USA Today's Commercial of the Year, Adweek's Commercial of the Year, the Emmy award for Commercial of the Year, five commercials in the permanent collection at New York's Museum of Modern Art, and the winning of virtually every top advertising-industry honor, from Gold One Show to Gold Clio and two Grand Effie Awards, honoring the most affecting advertising in America. Rob and his imaginative work have been featured in articles by The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Fortune Magazine and The Wall Street Journal. He has also discussed his work on a variety of television programs, including Good Morning America and The Oprah Winfrey Show.
To view Skechers "Chase" click here: www.siltanen.com/super2013
SOURCE Siltanen & Partners Advertising


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- Gail said...
Very nicely done - the neckline on this pattern looks quite complicated. Did you change the sleeves?
- 13 February 2011 at 20:35:00 GMT+11
- kbenco said...
I love the neckline gathers. It looks very well constructed. I know what you mean about the pregnant look, but on a really hot day a bit of room around the waist is not a bad thing. Do you have a belt you could use for cooler weather? The dress is very pretty either way.
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- marysews said...
I find it interesting that the waterfall pleat does not make you look fat or pregnant or anything like that.
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I think the pleats are actually very flattering on you. And I love the fabric - what a great color!
- 14 February 2011 at 09:10:00 GMT+11
- MushyWear said...
Oh, I love this. The colors are gorgeous on you and I really like it styled with the strappy black sandals. Very pretty.
- 14 February 2011 at 18:28:00 GMT+11
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Thank you for your comments. This was a fun challenge.
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- anna said...
I recently acquired the pieces for this pattern but not the instructions, and I'm not experienced enough to try to make the dress without them! Is there any chance you could scan and upload them for me? I know it's a big ask but I thought I'd give it a go. Thanks heaps
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Matthew is the first book of the New Testament and the first of the four Gospels, consisting of a total of 28 chapters. In this series, I plan to work my way through the book, one chapter at a time, studying the book systematically and laying out my findings in a structured format. The study will be fast-paced and not particularly deep, but that's okay; it's a survey, not a detailed commentary.
There may be factual inaccuracies, grammatical errors, or other fallibilities on my part. If you catch any, please feel free to call them out in the comments.
I am coming from the perspective of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith. Though the Confession isn't inspired, it is a valuable resource compiled by wise men of God to guide our study of the Scriptures. I believe that they were accurate in their understanding and precise in their explanation of the doctrines of Christianity, so I point to the Confession as representative of my own beliefs.
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forms of subsidy, but that pales into insignificance in terms
of the subsidies given to other forms of energy such as nuclear,
for example. Do you have a view on that?
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that might cause people to say
308. You are at an early stage yet?
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so I think it is a bit early to say it has not got enough money.
309. Secretary of State, the Marine Conservation
Bill is in front of the House at the moment. Clearly we have to
find a workable compromise between serving the marine environment
and our drive (positive drive, you might think) towards harnessing
offshore wind and wave power. What work have you been doing with
colleagues in DTIindeed have you been doing any work with
colleagues in DTIon this and what is your overview about
promoting alternative forms of energy?
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that DTI is engaged in, the promotion of renewables, and it is
something that my department is engaged in as well, but I think
you will find that both DTI and my department are committed to
safeguarding marine biodiversity and to safeguarding the marine
environment. In fact we jointly fund something called the Joint
Nature Conservation Committee whose role is to provide us with
the kind of information we need to identify special areas of conservation
and special protection areas in the marine environment, particularly
close to our own shares, and to help us to meet the provisions
of the Habitats Directive and the Birds Directive.
310. Are there any protocols for that or any
background notes for that which we can look at?
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Chairman: Secretary of State, that was a very
worthwhile session from our point of view and I hope you found
it so too. Thank you very much indeed.


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