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Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran has been fired for authoring a Christian book in 2013 that described homosexuality as a "sexual perversion."
Mr. Cochran had just returned to work Tuesday at the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department following a monthlong suspension for comments in his book, "Who Told You That You Are Naked?" the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
In the book, Mr. Cochran identifies himself as Atlanta's fire chief and says it's his first priority within the department "to cultivate its culture to the glory of God." He was accused of distributing copies of the book at work, prompting an investigation into potential discrimination within the fire department. The findings of that investigation have not yet been released, the Journal-Constitution reported.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed said in November that such writings were inconsistent with the city's employment policies. He announced on Tuesday that the city would be separating from Mr. Cochran.
City Councilman Alex Wan said in a statement that he supports the administration's decision.
"[Mr. Cochran's] actions made it a difficult work environment for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender employees within the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department," he said Tuesday. "This sends a strong message to employees about how much we value diversity and how we adhere to a non-discriminatory environment."
Religious groups, including the Faith and Freedom Coalition and the Georgia Baptist Convention, have rallied around Mr. Cochran to decry what they believe is an impingement on religious freedom, the Journal-Constitution reported.
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Bulova 1952 American Girl
5/10 votes
Manufacture Year:1952
Movement Model:5AD
Movement Jewels:17
Case Serial No.:327456
Case shape:CornerCut
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The case has the year No. L2 for 1952 on the back of the watch. The watch aslo has what looks like 2 Diamonds one on each ornate shoulder of the watch. The watch also has a very petite 10K gold filled original bangle with safety chain. Would appreciate any information please
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So, as those who have been chosen of God, holy and beloved, put on a heart of compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience
Colossians 3:12 NASB
This week we've been talking about how an apologetic heart can alter our relationships. Each day we have heard about different situations where an apology was needed and the reaction from all the ones involved.
I've made a special effort this week to really focus in on my social interactions, and to take notice of the times when an "I'm sorry" has entered the conversation. I thought about how I was feeling at the time, how I felt during the conversation, and how I felt afterwards. And what I found out was this...
The apology means very little if it's not attached to an apologetic heart.
As we all know sometimes saying I'm sorry is extremely difficult, and at other times it rolls off our tongue without a hint of resistance. What factors play into which path we choose varies depending on the situation, the person (or persons) involved, the possible outcomes, and the emotions we have dwelling within.
In my opinion that last one - our emotions - is the deciding factor in whether our offer of "I'm sorry" is truly genuine or whether it is just a socially appropriate gesture.
The times I've found saying I'm sorry the hardest is when I am not sorry. I am not sorry for my actions, nor am I sorry for the consequences of my actions – to me or the other individual. And that my friend is a very dangerous place to be, because it reveals a devastating truth.
When this is how I live, it is obvious who I am living for, and it's not God. No, with this state of mind and heart, I've chosen to forgo His divine nature and taken on that of another. I've become consumed with Satan's character and it infiltrates every aspect of my life, infecting anything and everything it touches… including those around me.
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Whether it's because of a prideful spirit, or because we feel justified in our actions, or because we simply are not sorry – we as God's chosen are called to a higher standard. We were called out of the pits of hell and placed in the heavens alongside our Savior. We've traded our filthy rags for His royal garments, and it's time for those things… a heart of compassion, acts of kindness, a humble spirit that always responds with gentleness and patience… to become what catches the eyes of those around us.
Oh sister, will you join me today in making a conscious effort to allow the Holy Spirit to change us from the inside. To pursue these heavenly and holy attributes above the desires of our flesh. To surrender our broken and defective hearts over to the Great Physician, in exchange for a heart that is saturated with the love of Christ and is therefore genuine in all it does.
My Sweet Daddy... to know You is to know love, for it the very essence of Who You are. Thank You for the genuine forgiveness You freely offer to all who would come. I am so sorry for what I've allowed the condition of my heart to become. Please remove the rot my flesh has produced. Uproot anything within me that isn't sown in Your love.
I pray that Your love, Your compassion, Your kindness, Your humility, Your gentleness, and Your patience would consume every aspect of my life so that as I move about the earth I may leave behind signs of Your life instead of the devastation and destruction caused by Satan. Allow me to embrace the process of this change. Lord, I praise You and thank You in advance for the way You will answer this prayer. For it's in Jesus' Precious and Holy Name that I ask these things, Amen.
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A prospect or potential customer/consumer who has responded is called a Lead. It is a person who has shown some kind of interest in a company's product. Leads are gained via an existing customer or via a direct response to an ad. The marketing department of a company is responsible for the lead generation. The sales department of a company is responsible for finding and closing leads. For example, a vendor will display their wares at an industry trade show, hoping to attract the attention of qualified buyers attending the exhibit. Each inquiry for more vendor information would be a "lead," which might subsequently be developed into a sale.
In marketing, lead generation is the generation of consumer interest or inquiry into products or services of a business.Leads can be created for purposes such as list building, e-newsletter list acquisition or for sales leads. The methods for generating leads typically fall under the umbrella of advertising, but may also include non-paid sources such as organic search engine results or referrals from existing customers.Businesses strive to generate "quality" leads,hose with a higher probability of a desired outcome.
Lead generation is the process of making contacts which may lead to a sale or other favourable outcome. The leads may come from various sources or activities, for example, digitally via the Internet, through personal referrals, through telephone calls either by the company or telemarketers, through advertisements, events, and purchase of lists of potential customers.


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For plenty of players, the search for that eternal soul mate of a guitar can sometimes feel like an endless quest. A little perspective often helps to narrow the field, though, as does the acceptance of the old "different horses for different courses" theory. Obviously, given their druthers, everyone would play a Historic Series 1960 Les Paul Standard VOS or Custom Shop Class 5 Quilt Top, right? Not necessarily. And that's the beauty of the electric guitar: certain models might indeed be acknowledged as the epitome of their breed, but that doesn't mean that these are the right guitars for every player. That's why Gibson offers the variety that it does, both in accurate replications of vintage models and updated or "hotrodded" designs suited to the full gamut of modern playing styles.
Take a moment to break it down and you quickly realize that more diverse elements contribute to forming your opinion of a guitar than of perhaps any other item of consumer goods. And I guess that's partly because a guitar isn't just another piece of consumer goods: it's a companion, a confidant, a partner in creative expression. As such it needs to have a sound that suits your style, with enough sonic versatility to offer some mileage; needs too feel right to your left hand, your right hand, your lap and your shoulder; and needs to appeal to your aesthetic sense. In short, you need to dig it inside and out, frontward and backwards. Given all these variables, it's extremely important to seek out the guitar that's the best guitar in the world for you. Don't just grab the guitar that someone else tells you is the "best one made," or get a guitar just like your hero's, or the one that merely looks the coolest, or that got the best review in the magazines last month. Play, listen, clear your mind of all preconceptions, then play and listen some more. Does it sound right? Does it feel right? If the answer to both is "yes" you're on the right track.
Both feel and sound are subjective, although, if you'll permit me an inexactitude here, feel is rather more subjective than sound. While one player might declare that the fuller, more rounded profile of the Historic 1958 Les Paul Standard's neck makes for the most playable guitar on the planet, you might get along better with the slimmer neck on the Historic 1960 Les Paul Standard (one reason the Gibson USA Les Paul Standard is available with both neck tapers). Or, you might find you prefer that slimmer neck feel partnered with the slimmer, lighter body of the '61 SG Reissue. As for tone, although the sound of any guitar has to appeal first and foremost to its player (and he or she is the final judge whether that's a "good" or a "bad" sound), if you get a collection of sharp-eared musicians together in a room they can often agree pretty closely on a range of tones from inferior to superior—even when all are "different."
There's a common misconception afloat that if you put the same make of pickups and style of hardware on two different guitars made largely of the same wood, but in different styles, they'll come out sounding much the same. The truth is, every aspect of a guitar's construction affects its sound. Factors such as neck attachment, neck thickness, wood combinations, and even body shape all play their part in determining a guitar's voice. Which goes to say that just because the Les Paul Studio, SG GT, and Les Paul Goddess all have a 498T humbucker in the lead position and a tune-o-matic bridge doesn't mean they're going to sound the same. Not by a long shot. But they'll all sound superlative if they prove to be the right guitar for you.
Assess a range of name players, even those plying the same genre, and it's easy to see that their choice of creative tool is dictated as much by their own personal desires as by the requirements of the music they play. Both Billie Joe Armstrong and Tom DeLonge play fierce, raging contemporary punk, but they do it on two very different Gibsons, the Billie Joe Armstrong Les Paul Junior and ES-335-inspired Tom DeLonge Signature respectively. Looked at from the flipside, both Steve Howe and Herb Ellis are inextricably associated with the ES-175, but use the template to produce inspiringly different music. Of course, put a vintage-inspired Les Paul in the hands of virtuoso riff-rockers Jimmy Page, Warren Haynes, or Joe Perry and they're all perfectly content, so maybe even the soundest theories have their exceptions. Then again, they do at least prefer different colors.


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Liverpool Chamber Choir performs a sequence of songs that reflect the Victoria Gallery & Museum's remarkable collection of art and curiosities collected through the 137 year history of the University. The music will be equally eclectic in style and range, from the Renaissance to the 20th century, and from Gerald Finzi to Frank Loesser. It includes the first concert performance for probably 200 years of a scurrilous glee on attempts to solve the problem of Longitude.
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"…time well spent on how to arrange a plan for our finances that will save us THOUSANDS on the EFC for our daughter's college education."
We are very pleased with the helpful information and money saving advice we have received from The College Planning Network. The planning sessions we attended were time well spent on how to arrange a plan for our finances that will save us THOUSANDS on the EFC for our daughter's college education. The CPN group is an organization I would highly recommend to anyone who has a child that is planning on continuing their education into the college years.
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CPN took care of all of the FAFSA forms for us and submitted them well in advance of school deadlines to insure maximum funds would be available to our daughter. It was a great experience and well worth it!
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My parents recently signed up for your services after listening to a free Tele-Workshop. They were hesitant at first, but when they received the advice on how to decrease their EFC on the FAFSA, they were very happy. Without the advice, they said that our EFC would have been much higher. They wished they would have known about The College Planning Network more than a year ago to make the changes that needed to be made a lot sooner. I have received my award letter from at least one college so far and our out-of-pocket costs through the college is actually lower than what the EFC was on the FAFSA! Thanks for saving my parents money!
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"We are so glad for CPN's help, and for the excellent follow up when additional information and yearly FAFSA is required."
Our financial situation was very complicated due to our involvement with several small businesses and start-ups in progress. We had pre-planned and saved for our children's college educations, but decided to attend one of CPN's Tele-Workshops "just in case". We were shocked when we found out that, due to the formulas used for financial aid eligibility, we could basically be penalized for the college savings. CPN worked with our daughter to help her with her college search, and was able to wade through and re-allocate our financials, and substantially improve financial aid eligibility in a fair, legal, and equitable manner. We are confident that our pre-planned education assets will now not be depleted prematurely. We are so glad for CPN's help, and for the excellent follow up when additional information and yearly FAFSA is required.
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Hi Alicia! Just wanted to forward the appeals response from Georgetown and let you know how thrilled we are! Thank you so, so much for your help!
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"I can hardly believe you were so willing to help me on such a short notice at the end of the work day. You certainly went above and beyond!"
Thank you so much for all of your help. I can hardly believe you were so willing to help me on such a short notice at the end of the work day. You certainly went above and beyond! You are wonderful. Right after talking with you the FAFSA website shut Noah out again before he was finished, but he finally got on, finished what he needed to do and just got it submitted.
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Hi Dave,
I know Erick talked to you yesterday about our dilemma with BG. I'm attaching the letter we received from them as well as Zack's latest report card. I have no idea if it's possible to resubmit his application to them with letters of recommendation from teachers (and/or others) and to address the issue of his GPA not meeting their minimum or any other documentation you think might help.
I think Erick explained to you the whole saga of his ADHD diagnosis and the turnaround he has made this year. He is like a totally different student. If it were last year this time, I would not even be encouraging him to pursue college but he has made a very positive transformation this year. It's been like a breath of fresh air. Unfortunately, it didn't allow enough time to have much effect on his cumulative GPA and now he's paying the price. He is so close to their requirements, I'm hoping they will reconsider.
Let me know what you think. We have not told him about the denial letter from BG yet. Thanks!
Sandy W.
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After talking to Maureen and Cathy in your office, I spoke to the Admissions rep at BG – she was very interested in the information on Zack regarding the ADHD. She asked me to fax his most recent report card immediately. She called back about an hour later and advised they are going to accept him – he will be part of special program where his grades will be monitored. The only difference is he'll have to meet with an advisor 4 times per semester to ensure he never drops below a 2.5 GPA. Yay!
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I have to admit, when I saw CPN's video I was sceptical; however now would recommend CPN to anyone who has college bound students.
I have to admit, when I saw CPN's video I was sceptical; however now would recommend CPN to anyone who has college bound students. Just plan early. Daughter number 1 (who graduates in May 2011), did not even start her application, FAFSA or for that matter college selection process until February. 2011! I almost had a heart attack…. CPN took the "bull by the horns" and now we are just waiting for the offers due to CPN's rapid response. So far I am real impressed, but my daughter has not been accepted yet (which is not CPN's job). The professionism, quick responses and advice has been wounderful. I also have 2 other daughters that will be attending college within the next 2 years. CPN is already on top of this, which takes a huge amount of pressure off of me.
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TEAR staff are available to speak at your church or small group. TEAR speakers speak from a Bible based perspective, and personal experience of issues affecting the lives of our poorer neighbours. Whether you're organising a conference, looking for a speaker for a youth event, or would just like to expand your roster of speakers, TEAR's education staff are happy to work with you to create a presentation that suits your needs, while inspiring and challenging your audience. Contact your local TEAR office to arrange a TEAR speaker.
Matthew Maury has been the CEO of TEAR Australia since 2009. He has extensive international development experience having served in a variety of roles within the sector for over twenty-four years; from village-level rural development projects, complex humanitarian emergency responses, advocacy and public policy development, disability empowerment, and regional management roles for global INGOs.
In addition to his 15 years living and working in Africa, Matthew has been directly involved with integrated development projects in Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East. As well as his role with TEAR Australia, Matthew is on the governing bodies of ACFID; Make Poverty History; Micah International and, the Integral Alliance, a global alliance of relief and development agencies. Passionate about ensuring development systems work for the poor and marginalised, Matthew has published work on developing bottom-up accountability systems for NGOs. His weekends are filled with efforts to get out biking, hiking or on the beach with his wife and two boys.
Steve Bradbury is the Director of the Micah 6.8 Centre, a Tabor/TEAR/Eastern University collaboration, and Chairman of the International Board of Micah Challenge, a global advocacy campaign mobilizing Christians against poverty. Steve served for 25 years as the National Director of TEAR Australia (1984-2009) and 10 years as the Chairman of the Micah Network, an international alliance of over 300 Christian relief, development and advocacy organisations. He has taught graduate and undergraduate courses on poverty, mission and development at the Bible College of Victoria, Whitley Baptist Theological College, and Tabor Victoria.
After 10 years of speaking in churches and at major events across the U.K, and more recently as a local church pastor in Melbourne, Paul is passionate about the central role that the local church plays in God's redemptive plan for our world. With a Masters degree in 'Church Practice' Paul is committed to inspiring the church to make creative and biblically shaped responses to poverty and injustice.
An experienced communicator to all ages, Paul seeks to engage the bible and culture as he explores what it means for us to be disciples of Christ in this increasingly complex world.
Go west young man… and so they did. Greg and partner Elvira have taken the call seriously, moving progressively further from their Eastern suburbs upbringing, firstly to the city with Urban Seed, then to Footscray, and now to Cudgee in South West Victoria, where together with a number of other families they are exploring a permaculture, sustainability, faith and community thing. They are also involved in the work of Manna Gum with their good friends Jon and Kim Cornford. They have two young kids, and life is a rich compost of people, food, laughter and adventure. Greg Hewson is the State Team Co-ordinator for TEAR Australia.
NSW and ACT Church Engagement Coordinator
Compelled by Jesus' love, Becky has always had an infectious passion for people and social justice. Originally from rural NSW and a country girl at heart, she has enjoyed living in Sydney for the past ten years, especially its beaches.
Becky has degrees in International Development and Education. These studies and her background working in ministry, community development and her role teaching disadvantaged young people have deepened her desire to see all people experience fullness of life in the transformative love of God.
She is blown away by the good news of the gospel, in wonder at the beauty and mess of life and is eager and excited to see the church in Australia embody the love of Jesus and envision a hope filled future.
NSW & Territories Assistant Coordinator
Steve has been involved with TEAR Australia for 20 years and presently oversights the Western Sydney TEAR group, with his wife, Diana. They have three children. Steve organises events and works with TEAR groups and volunteers.
Victoria & Tasmania Engagement Coordinator
Tim Johnson is TEAR Australia's Victoria/Tasmania Engagement Coordinator. Tim, together with his wife Cath, baby son Theodore and their friends, live life as part of a community development project on the Mornington Peninsula in southern Victoria. Tim has worked as a Pastor and Youth Worker and is currently studying his masters in international development.
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Ross Farley commenced full time Christian ministry by serving six years with Brisbane Youth for Christ. He worked for eight years as a youth pastor for a local church followed by ten years with the Scripture Union of Queensland where he founded and developed the SU Qld Training Department. Ross has also been a part time chaplain for a private school.
Currently Ross is a Speaker and Educator for TEAR Australia and his role includes education and Bible teaching. He is a visiting lecturer at the Brisbane School of Theology (formerly BCQ) in Aid and Development. Ross is author of Strategy for Youth Leaders, Following Jesus and Leading People and Strategy for Youth Leaders for the 21st Century. He is also the co-author of Incite, Making a World of Difference.
Ross is a graduate of the Brisbane School of Theology (formerly called the Bible College of Queensland). His post-graduate degrees include a Graduate Diploma in Religious Education and a Master of Arts majoring in leadership studies. Ross is married to Lyn and has three married children and eleven grandchildren. He enjoys reading, movies, walking, running, swimming, surfing, kayaking and playing with the family dog.
Contact the WA TEAR office to arrange a speaker.
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A Baptist pastor and youth worker, Steve has a passion for Biblical mercy and justice, both locally and globally. Currently undertaking a Masters in Development Studies, Steve lives what he believes, and his integrity comes through in his inspiring messages.
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Ben Clarke lives and works in Adelaide. He has worked as a pastor, church planter, community development officer and teacher. His passions include justice and a biblical understanding of our place in the Kingdom of God. Ben has a passion for growing things, the people who do grow things and for food justice. He is also an advocate for all of the lovely expressions of community that are popping up around the place. He worries about violence in our communities and the globe. As a father of seven he also worries, theorises and acts on issues that affect our planet and the inheritance of his children. Ben speaks from the Bible, informed with his experience of the lives of the poor and marginalised, in a way that encourages and challenges us all to live for the "kingdom come".
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24th April - WDCVC "Drive It Day"
Buckinghamshire Railway Centre
A big than you to everyone who came along on this years Drive it Day to make it the success it was, and also thanks to Antony Olins, Martin Cooper and Nick Hardey for supplying some lovely pictures to capture the days events!
We left The Scotsbridge Mill a little after 10:00am for our wander through the Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire countryside first on to the A404/A413, after which we took a lovely 'B Road' drive to circumnavigate Aylesbury and go through some lovely little chocolate box villages. It was one of my aims on this trip to have a feeling you could be driving along roads of times gone by. Judging by the kind comments for people on the run I believe this aspect was well received.
Arriving at the Railway Centre a little after 11:15am we parked up beside the main platform near the original ticket office, which added the atmosphere. Once we got settled, had a cup of tea it was time to enjoy the sights and sounds of the place, not to mention a good few ride on the two steam trains they had going on the day, traveling in first class, naturally…
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The faculty of the Master in Strategic Design of Spaces includes a combination of academics and practitioners from IE School of Architecture & Design and IE Business School.
Renowned for its marked focus on the entrepreneurial spirit and its humanistic approach, IE's world-class faculty is comprised of entrepreneurs, executives, academic experts and authors. Many of these professionals have had executive positions in start-up companies or multinationals or have been published in top journals. As professors, they bring intellectual diversity and practical insights into the classroom to create challenging and enriching programs.
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Director Master in Strategic Design of Spaces
Guzmán is currently the Head of Workplace Strategy & Design at JLL Spain, one of the leading real estate consultancies in the world having presence in 200+ offices in more than 80 countries. From this position he is assessing some of the most innovative companies and corporations in ways in which they can improve their performance through interventions in their working environments. He is currently working in some large scale projects such as the new HQ for Groupe Renault Spain or the Workplace Strategy & Change Management for a new 45.000 m2 building in Barcelona that will be hosting 2.800+ employees of the Catalan Government.
Before joining JLL he was one of the four founders of the architectural firm J1Arquitectos, an award-winning office of architecture based in Madrid where he was involved in the designing of residential and commercial buildings, educational facilities and other typologies including interior design and master planning.
Some of his works were awarded and published internationally in media like Arquitectura Viva, The Phaidon Atlas of World Architecture, C3 in Korea, Dezeen, Architizer and many other online and offline magazines around the world.
As a scholar he is currently the Academic Director of the Master in Strategic Design of Spaces by the IE School of Architecture and Design, and international graduate program designed in partnership with the Royal College of Art in London that is educating professionals in the design strategies of the spaces that foster innovation. He also runs a Design Studio in the second year of the bachelor in architectural studies.
Guzmán obtained his PhD at the Polytechnical School of Madrid in February 2016, with the thesis "José de Yarza García, European links within spanish peripheral modernity", which was awarded with Cum Laude.
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I'm now back in Melbourne after a very interesting and productive trip to Canberra and Sydney. It was a great chance to catch up with colleagues and discuss my research. Thanks to everyone who helped make it happen. Next week I will take further advantage of being in Australia by giving two more seminars, this time in Melbourne. On Wednesday I'll be speaking at La Trobe and talking about my recently published book, The Rise of Democracy. And on Thursday I'll be returning to The University of Melbourne, where I did my undergraduate and masters degrees. There I'll be talking about my new humility project. Information for the seminars is below.
- 'The continued rise of democracy? Notes on an uncertain future', Wednesday 9 March 2016, 12:30 – 14:00, Common Room, Social Science, Level 3, Room 324, La Trobe University.
- 'Humility and democracy', Thursday 10 March 2016, 17:00 – 18:30, Terrace Lounge, Walter Boas building, University of Melbourne.


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Peter Sagan turned heads this weekend, and not just for his incredible bike-handling skills and race domination.
After winning at Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne, the world champion took a page from Chris Horner's Big Mac diet to prove that the best recovery food isn't always complex carbohydrates and protein shakes and he elected to house a handful of Haribo gummy bears before proceeding to the podium.
He followed up tiny gummy bears by enjoying a very-not-tiny beer.


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This page contains the team's concerns about redevelopment. It isn't exhaustive, but it gives you, in our own words, what we feel is good or bad about the project as it currently stands.
1. Projections of revenue for the project are based on the best of all possible world projections. If the redeveloper is correct that a market exists for a luxury rental building on the site and those projections come true, then the financial side of the project works. If it doesn't, the town will potentially suffer as much or more than the redeveloper….
2. The town is proposing to issue $6.3 million in taxpayer-guaranteed long-term bonds to give to the redeveloper…. This issuance will raise the town's debt outstanding nearly 12% to $63 million. The town will be paying interest on the borrowings for at least two years, and maybe more, without any revenue from the project….
3. We are giving the redeveloper a significant discount on the property taxes he would otherwise be paying on the project….
4. The town says it will ask the state for a waiver of the affordable housing obligation in this Phase 1. It won't tell me how many units or cost…
5. The Planning Board in 2007 sidestepped the town's ordinance requiring 2.5 spaces per unit in favor of one-third less, 1.67 spaces, citing some sort of shared parking plan and the separate zoning and planning authority of the Redevelopment Area. I can't get anyone to explain to me exactly how that happened….
You can review video and summaries of council meetings at www.WestOrangeGrassroots.org, a website I maintain. Information on the project is on the town website at http://bit.ly/zkShlc. Please consider sending a link to this page to others who you think would be interested in this issue.
I'm in favor of redevelopment there, just not this project as proposed.


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- I can show kindness by being a bucket filler. (2nd grade)
- I can be a free fish when someone teases me (3rd grade)
- I can choose forgiveness instead of revenge. (4th grade)
- I can solve conflict peacefully. (all grades)
- I can use an extended feelings vocabulary and cope with uncomfortable feelings. (3rd grade)
Unfortunately, one 45 minute lesson on a topic is usually not enough to lead to real behavioral or attitude change in most of my students. I am always hopeful that their teachers and parents will reinforce these lessons in the classroom and at home but I know it doesn't always happen. One way I've tried to keep our lessons in their memory after I've gone is through Life Skills posters in each classroom. After each lesson, I add the 'I can' statement to the poster. By the end of the year, each class' poster will have the 12 Life Skills they've learned. Here's one of our 4th grade class' posters so far:


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Premiere Motorsports Group is a highly diversified organization that specializes in brand marketing, product development, motorsports, project vehicle builds and much more. This monthly newsletter will present recent happenings, the latest projects, race reports and current news from around and within the PMG operation. Check it out!
Lunarpages Sponsors General Tire Give-A-Way
Hart and Huntington Off Road is helping Team Partner Lunarpages activate a General Tire Sweepstakes Give-a-way Contest. One Grand Prize Winner will recieve a set of four DOT Approved General Tire Brand Road Legal passenger Car/Truck Tires of their choice.
All you need to do is click over to Lunarpages Facebook, "Like" their Page, and than you are eligible to enter. We have also configured the contest to award bonus entries for every time you share the contest with friends. Contest ends May 20th. Do it now and you could win a set of brand new General Tires, the same rubber that Team Hart and Huntington drives on!
The Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series has brought a load of changes to teams and racers for the 2013 season. One transformation was the short course track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway which had recently undergone a major reconfiguration eliminating turns 4 & 5 while improving views for spectators. The result was serious hot wheel-to-wheel racing action all around. The Hart and Huntington Off Road Team was right in the mix of it, but in the end, one complication and hardship after another prohibited favored results.
Premiere Motorsports Group was contacted by Long Beach Transit Authority to introduce a fresh new look for the cities fleet of New Flyer Buses. PMG has already wrapped 16 of 49 Vehicles.
Kevin Lee, Marketing Manager for Long Beach Transit stated "The buses look great! We have been getting a lot of compliments on the new paint job from McCray and the graphics you installed. Thanks for the great job!"
In addition to graphics, printing and vinyl installation, PMG also provided the "Clean Energy" Emblem Plates using the high dome plastic manufacturing process.
Lake Elsinore Motorsports Park collaborated with Premiere Motorsports Groups to create quality track signage and outdoor billboard advertising for Southern California's premiere off road motorsports park facility. The venue is growing in popularity with national events being held annually, so the staff knew they needed to come up with a long term solution. PMG has offered affordable design and manufacturing of the billboards that creates a uniform look throughout the park. The billboards feature durable Avery 3303 Gloss Vinyl printed on corrugated plastic panels.
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We've got some good news for you if you're a fan of pop culture cons in Australia - Oz Comic-Con is about to get a whole lot bigger.
The folk behind the Aussie pop culture convention have teamed up with the world's largest producer of pop culture events ReedPOP, with the aim to combine resources and usher Oz Comic-Con into a new era. ReedPOP's portfolio curently includes New York Comic Con, PAX (PAX East, PAX Prime and PAX Australia) and Star Wars Celebration.
"Teaming ReedPOP, the world's leading producer of pop culture events, with Oz Comic-Con, Australia's top series of pop culture shows, was a natural fit," said ReedPOP's Global Vice President Lance Fensterman in a statement. "We are thrilled to work with the entire team at Oz Comic-Con and together build fan experiences that are bigger, better and more amazing than either of us could do alone."
Fensterman is enthusiastic about building upon Oz Comic-Con's existing foundations and blowing it up into an internationally recognized brand.
"We want to work on what [Oz Comic Con] has done and make it even better," he said in a quick interview with IGN. "That means more of an international presence at the events - more big names, and the big brands."
Considering the success of its Penny Arcade expos, it's clear a strength of ReedPOP's is its ability to tap into the various niches of video game culture.
"I think you'll see some real growth there," says Fensterman of the presence of video games at Oz Comic-Con. "Not just with the big brands, but with table top gaming and indie gaming, too."
ReedPOP will first have a presence at Oz Comic-Con's upcoming Perth (March 29-30) and Adelaide (April 5-6) shows, with the group's assessment of those helping to build future events.
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Following last issue's ultra-brawl with Condor and Swan through the halls of the White House, Hawk and Dove have more questions than answers! Luckily for them, they've taken a prisoner! But even as they begin to question him, sinister forces align with a new target in mind: Dove's boyfriend, Deadman! Can Dove protect the man she loves, or will her ghostly lover fall into darkness?


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HARTFORD, Conn. -- State Reps. Laura Devlin (R-Fairfield and Trumbull) and David Rutigliano (R-Trumbull) offered a message to small business owners and manufacturers at the annual Connecticut Business & Industry Association's "Business Day" at the State Capitol: hold lawmakers accountable for the actions they take and proposals they advocate for in Hartford.
Both Devlin and Rutigliano participated in a panel discussion with other Fairfield County legislators and members of the Fairfield county business community, where business owners raised questions about the future of Connecticut's economy and the steps the legislature will take to stimulate growth for small businesses.
As they fielded questions about current proposals at the Capitol, most lawmakers conceded that pro-business initiatives had been outpaced by anti-business proposals pushed in other legislative committees.
Rutigliano, however, encouraged the panel's audience to become even more active in the legislative process, urging those in the room, as well as their employees, to hold elected officials accountable for the votes they make.
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While American national security policy has grown more interventionist since the Cold War, Washington has also hoped to shape the world on the cheap. Misled by the stunning success against Iraq in 1991, administrations of both parties have pursued ambitious aims with limited force, committing the country's military frequently yet often hesitantly, with inconsistent justification. These ventures have produced strategic confusion, unplanned entanglements, and indecisive results. This collection of essays by Richard K. Betts, a leading international politics scholar, investigates the use of American force since the end of the Cold War, suggesting guidelines for making it more selective and successful.
Betts brings his extensive knowledge of twentieth century American diplomatic and military history to bear on the full range of theory and practice in national security, surveying the Cold War roots of recent initiatives and arguing that U.S. policy has always been more unilateral than liberal theorists claim. He exposes mistakes made by humanitarian interventions and peace operations; reviews the issues raised by terrorism and the use of modern nuclear, biological, and cyber weapons; evaluates the case for preventive war, which almost always proves wrong; weighs the lessons learned from campaigns in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam; assesses the rise of China and the resurgence of Russia; quells concerns about civil-military relations; exposes anomalies within recent defense budgets; and confronts the practical barriers to effective strategy. Betts ultimately argues for greater caution and restraint, while encouraging more decisive action when force is required, and he recommends a more dispassionate assessment of national security interests, even in the face of global instability and unfamiliar threats.
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PrefacePart I. The Post-Cold War Hiatus1. Introduction: From Cold War to Hot Peace2. Policy Milestones: Cold War Roots of Consensus3. Confused Interventions: Puttering with Primacy4. New Threats of Mass Destruction: Capabilities Down, Intentions UpPart II. History Strikes Back5. Terrorism: The Soft Underbelly of Primacy6. Striking First: Well-Lost Opportunities7. Big Small Wars: Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam8. The Main Events: The Rise of China and Resurgence of RussiaPart III. Decision and Implementation9. Civil-Military Relations: A Special Problem?10. Plans and Results: Is Strategy an Illusion?11. A Disciplined Defense: Regaining Strategic Solvency12. Conclusion: Selecting SecurityNotesIndex
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I'm a fish breeder and aquaculture researcher. I've been culturing saltwater aquarium fish for sale and research since 1996.
I also photograph things I'm passionate about: nature, the ocean, and marine life. My favorite subjects are sharks, reef fish, and fish larvae. I'm a fish nut!
My leisure-time passion is windsurfing.
This site hosts my research (previously on rcthawaii.com and bluereefphoto.org/blog) and my photography (previously on bluereefphoto.org).
My path to breeding fish started thanks to my parents, Ulrich and Ursula. Both were biologists working with tropical fish (they developed tropical fish food); I spent a good part of my youth roaming around their laboratory outfitted with rows and rows of fish tanks. It was hard to avoid having a love for fish rub off on me.
When I was seven, we left the landlocked German countryside and settled in the Bahamas. What a change! For a kid that loved nothing more than to plop around in ponds and play with fish, the move to the coral reef couldn't have been more exciting! I learned to keep saltwater aquariums and, whenever possible, was in the sea observing and collecting reef animals for my aquariums.
My parents both loved to spend time in the ocean as well. In fact, my mom taught me how to windsurf when I was just 10 years old. The sport was just beginning and quite challenging for a kid to learn—especially with heavy equipment that barely planed and often broke. But, then as now, windsurfing gave me so much on so many levels. It's dynamic and complete exercise. It relieves stress. It brings freedom and elevates the soul. It forges a closer and more positive relationship with nature. It's adrenaline. I was hooked and am still hooked today. Naish Hawaii has supported my windsurfing addiction since 1998.
When I was 15, I started boarding school and thus made my move to the United States. I focused the next seven years on my education and spent the holidays improving my windsurfing skills. A freshwater tank in my dorm room and a parasitology study, in which I collected sunfish from the local lakes and kept them in the laboratory for examination, were my only experiences keeping fish during that time.
I was first exposed to breeding fish while on a college field trip to the Hawaiian Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB). One evening, a graduate student (Brett Danilowitz) invited us to watch the hatching of domino damselfish eggs he was raising for a research project. The larvae were barely visible. This 2-mm sliver of protoplasm would turn into damselfish? Incredible! The experience set my life's path. A year later, I moved to Hawaii.
Before long I was on my first dive. I remember swimming over a large coral head in about 60 feet of water. A flash of intense blue appearing from a crevice below suddenly caught my eye. I swam down to investigate and was welcomed by a striking iridescent blue and orange fish. It was Potter's Angelfish—my first encounter with a Centropyge species, above or below the water. I was smitten. A few months later I introduced three Potter's into a 55-gallon community tank set up in my bedroom. Little did I know that these little angelfish would become my work, my play, and everything in between for many years to come.
I specialized in my newfound interest in graduate school with a degree in aquaculture. My thesis paper was on the reproductive biology of the dwarf angelfishes, the Centropyge. The research involved spawning Centropyge species and evaluating fecundity under different nutritional and environmental conditions. I also worked at HIMB's aquaculture lab. Most of our research involved food fish; nonetheless, I experienced raising a tiny egg through the larval stages to a miniature adult. This was intriguing stuff and all new to me. I wanted to apply what I had learned to marine ornamentals—to the animals I had cared for and observed for so many years.
After graduate school, I took on a part-time research position with Hagen. The pet and aquarium products company needed someone to evaluate its saltwater product lines for marine ornamentals, specifically aquarium filters, feeds, and water conditioners. The testing could be to be done at my facility. Needless to say, my first tank inhabitants were broodstock— a pair of maroon clownfishes. In March of 1997, the pair spawned and I set out to raise my first batch of eggs. Fifteen days later, I was the proud papa of one gorgeous little clownfish juvenile.
Obviously, hands-on breeding experience was still lacking here, having started out with over 500 eggs. I needed to develop that wet thumb. I read everything that I could get a hold of on the subject of clownfish propagation, and breeding ventures improved. In the summer of 1997, my first "ball" (show photo) of clownfish juveniles was produced. What a vision! Now I wanted to move on to other, more difficult species. Since at the time the literature was limited to information on breeding clownfishes and neon gobies, I developed my own techniques through trial and error and experimentation.
Over the next two years, I produced orchid dottybacks, canary blennies, harlequin shrimp, the green-banded gobies, and the blackcap basslets, in addition to several clownfish species. This was exciting work, but it was time to move on. In the back of my mind, I always wanted to follow up on my thesis work and complete the life cycle of a pygmy angelfish. No Centropyge had ever been raised in captivity, though not from a lack of effort. I too had dabbled with the larvae here and there over the years, but without much success. With a more polished wet thumb, I set out on my new mission. In 2001, I raised the first batch of Centropyge larvae into juveniles. I saw an opportunity to fund my research and follow my mission—preservation through propagation. That same year, I founded Reef Culture Technologies.
A short time later, Koji Wada, owner of Blue Harbor Aquarium Company in Japan, approached me. A hobbyist in Japan had offered to donate his pair of Centropyge interrupta for me to breed. Centropyge interrupta is a gorgeous, rare Centropyge species that's quite valuable. Clearly, I did not turn him down. The rest is history.


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I dont know exactly how his script achieves the effect, as its written in python, but i will show you a way how to get a similar effect manually.
The main feature of the effect is a crisp, offset highlight, that gives your text a glossy and slightly rounded appearance.
Basically its a bevel without the shadow, but the highlight does not line up with the text edge, instead it is offset a bit inside the text boundaries.
So really its just a variaton of bevelling.
Lets start !
01. My canvas is 800x400 – i applied a gradient as the background.
02. Type your text – i used the font Ventography at 300px
dont make your text too small to avoid jaggy edges !
03. Align your text, apply layer to image size if necessary, then alpha select.
04. Save the selection to a channel (Select → Save to channel).
05. Shrink the selection by a value that you want your highlight to be offset (i used 4).
06. Create a new transparent layer on top of all.
07. Fill the selection on the transparent layer with a 50ies grey (#808080).
08. Save the shrinked selection to a channel – in the channels tab, rename this channel to 'Highlight'
then deselect.
We will bump map this grey layer, then get rid of the grey to extract the highlight.
09. Gaussian blur the highlight channel (thats the one from the shrinked selection) – i will use a value of 5, higher and lower values are possible, but 5 is mostly a good value
10. activate the grey highlight layer, call up the BumpMap (thats under 'Filter → Map').
Under BumpMap choose the blurred highlight channel
….decide on the direction of light – i will use the default.
Find a Depth that will give you a strong highlight – this can be as small as 3 or much bigger
i will use 10.
Depending on what kind of effect you want, you may want to have a very bright highlight – for that play with the Angle – see how the brightness changes with different values.
I used an Angle of 15
For this effect we dont need a shadow, so turn up the Ambient to the max - that will filter out all the black shadows.
11. To extract the white highlights out of the grey layer, apply Color to Alpha (Colours → Color to Alpha), with the exact 50ies grey (#808080).
12. Next we want to tighten that extracted highlight with an alpha-curve
this step depends on what you made your highlight in the BumpMap process.
In my example the highlight is already pretty tight, but sometimes it can be fuzzy.
Call up the curves-tool and set the channel to alpha !
Now give the curve an angular shape like you see in the screenshot.
Depending on your individual highlight, the anchors may be dragged higher lower, more to the right or to the left....
important is, that you find a good middle ground between too fuzzy and jaggy !
For demonstration purposes i will show you the same highlight made fuzzy by blurring it by 5.
Also i changed the text-color to black for better contrast.
As you see, this looks pretty good as it is (licorice, lol) and depending on what you want to achieve this can be great.
Here are a few examples how you can custom shape the highlight:
Here the highlight is way too jaggy. Try a different curve !!!
This is a very thin highlight (that could benefit from a duplicate to make it brighter)....
and here its quite fat.
To finish our little texteffect i will add an Inner Shadow
01. Alpha select your basetext and then invert.
02. Create a new transparent layer, name it Inner Shadow.
03. Fill the selection with a dark colour, depending on your basetext.
04. Gaussian Blur the layer (i used a value of 8)
05. Next offset the layer so that you get a 3D-ish effect.
I clicked the layer with the Move Tool, then used the arrow keys 2 px down and 2px to the right
06. To get rid of everything that is outside the textboundaries apply a layermask 'from channel'
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07. Set the Mode to 'Multiply' or any other that makes sense for you and play with the Opacity if necessary.
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Vodafone Confirms Start Date Of Chief Financial Officer
24 October 2011: Today Vodafone Qatar Q.S.C. ("Vodafone Qatar" or "The Company") confirms the start date of its newly appointed Chief Financial Officer.
In July this year, Vodafone Qatar announced that Steve Walters had been appointed as Chief Financial Officer for Vodafone Qatar, reporting to Richard Daly, Chief Executive Officer. Today the Company confirmed that Steve Walters will officially start his new role in Qatar on Sunday 7 November 2011. Steve is an experienced finance executive, and previously held the role of interim Head of Finance for Vodafone Essar Ltd. Steve first joined Vodafone in 2000 and has extensive experience in Vodafone Group, European Region, and since 2008 in India in core areas of finance including M&A.
John Tombleson, Vodafone Qatar's former Chief Financial Officer and Acting Chief Executive Officer, will be leaving Vodafone Qatar to take up the role of Chief Financial Officer on 7 November 2011 at Vodafone's affiliate in Kenya, Safaricom. John has been an integral part of the Vodafone team in Qatar since the Company's inception in 2008.
"The Board of Vodafone Qatar is extremely grateful to John for all his hard work and dedication to the Company and we wish him every success in his new role in Kenya. We welcome Steve Walters to the Company who brings with him a wealth of experience", said H.E Sheikh Abdulrahman Bin Saud Al Thani, Chairman of Vodafone Qatar.


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So, are you ready to start investing your money? Let me highlight five important factors that you need to consider before you start investing.
You must pay off all your consumer debts as quickly as possible, especially your outstanding credit card bills. If you can't pay off all your current credit card debts at once, pay as much as you can afford. Don't incur any more new debts with your credit cards. A practical step you can take is to keep your credits cards at home when you go out and carry only cash in your wallet. Use cash only to buy things until all outstanding credit card bills are paid off. Don't roll over your credit by paying only the minimum sum. With high interest charges by credit card companies, it really doesn't make sense that you're still paying for that restaurant meal consumed months ago. Make it a habit to pay your credit card bills in full every month.
2) Begin saving on a regular basis
Start saving by setting aside what you can afford to save regularly. Instruct the bank to automatically deduct a comfortable amount from your paycheck every month and deposit it into your savings account. There is much positive psychological impact on you when you begin to see your savings grow over time.
3) Set up an emergency fund
It is prudent to put aside an amount of savings as emergency fund. A general rule of thumb is to set aside a sum of money that covers a minimum of 8 month's essential expenses, such as food, transport and utilities. This emergency fund is not meant for investing or spending, so don't touch the fund in this account unless there is a real emergency!
4) Invest in your education
Read books and articles on personal finance, money management, wealth building and investing. Take time to learn about the various investment vehicles such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, commodities and properties. Every investment instrument has pros and cons. Understand the investment well before you start to invest your money. Evaluate and see which type of investment suits you in accordance to your risk tolerance. I have read thousands of books and articles over the years and am continuing to lay hands on any good books made available. That's how I acquire my investing knowledge and putting the acquired knowledge into practice polishes my investing skills over time. Therefore, invest in your own education and develop your financial literacy before you start investing.
5) Invest as early as possible
Begin investing your excess money once all consumer debts are paid off and the emergency fund set up. Time is an important factor in investing your money and you need to start investing as soon as you can afford to, and as early as you can. Investing early gives more time for compound interest to work for you. Compound interest is earning interest on your interests as well as principal which will make your money grow at a faster rate over time. If you invest $10,000 at 12% returns compounding annually, you will have about $31,100 at the end of 10 years. At the end of 20 years, you will get $96,500. If you stay invested, you will gain close to $300,000 at the end of 30 years! Can you see the power of compounding over time?
Albert Einstein once said: "Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it. He who doesn't, pays it."
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Welcome to Winchester Research Repository
Winchester Research Repository is a digital archive of research and knowledge exchange output produced by University of Winchester staff. The repository stores a range of content and provides different levels of access, but its primary focus is on providing open access to the University's research publications. Winchester Research Repository forms an important part of the University's provision for meeting research funder requirements for open access, enabling 'Green' access to publications.
Bonnardel, Valerie
A gender difference in color preference among British participants has been repeatedly reported, in which both males and females show a preference for blue-green colors, while females express an additional preference for pink-purple colors6,10,12. To investigate the robustness of gender difference ...
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Background: Asperger Syndrome (AS) is part of a spectrum of disorders encompassing difficulties with social interaction that may result in specific educational needs for doctors in training. There is currently limited research on the impact of AS on work as a doctor. Methods: This is a qualitative...
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The 2011 musical The Book of Mormon has been widely recognized for its inclusion of intertextual references. From nods to Star Wars and The Lion King to Bye, Bye Birdie and The Music Man, the production fashions a bricolage of references to a diverse collection of existing texts from across a range ...
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This article reflects recent events in the macro-politics of Western Europe and North America through the perspective of intervention. It explores how populism combines with (anti)- social media to reiterate a lie with sufficient force and regularity to create conditions in which a myth can take roo...
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Through funding from The Big Lottery, the University of Winchester was commissioned to carry out an independent evaluation between 2016 and 2019 of the support for young carers and their families provided by the Hampshire Young Carers Alliance (HYCA), a collaboration of ten young carer services work...
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An arrow is definitely an internationally comprehended image that's utilized on signals to merely show course, as in "Entrance" or "Exit". In art, nevertheless, an arrow is just a effective, visual tool that's frequently coupled with words to provide them action and dynamism. An arrow guides the eyes of the audience in a particular course. An arrow may venture out from any part of a, weaving in and out, forwards and backwards, and around in circles, across a two-dimensional surface, making flow and depth. Graffiti artist Ezo says that each graffiti author has their own arrow and it's true: the variations and design probabilities of an arrow are unlimited. An arrow could be used all forms and sizes; solid and big or long and spindly, sharp or squared, simple or with multiple ends. An arrow may naturally follow the course and movement of a letter, such as for instance a vine. Or it could blast off the part that it projects, just like a rocket, as in the art of "The Rammelzee", referred to as Gothic Futurism.
Graffiti History
The art of graffiti was already an extremely popular activity of young adults very for a not just for them and long time period. This isn't art, on a construction of requirements, graffiti is just a different type of art. People who color graffiti wish to stick out one of the group. In graffiti, graffiti artists are divided in to two kinds - authors, artists who are authorized, and bombers, who paint illegally.
History of bombing began in the sixties, once the New Yorker began to paint train wagons. Still another guess is this tradition is the beginning of the free distribution as an ingredient of the subculture of hip-hop. Right now, one of the standouts of the planet of street artists can be viewed as author, Robert Banks, who rose high, due to his imagination. He's an extremely top quality works and his style is significantly diffent from normal graffiti artists. Banksy's covering from law enforcement and the press can't take him with the camera. Meanwhile, new figures appear on the walls, and which make this art more and more qualitative. Maybe you know such authors in the graffiti, as Can2, Seen, Super Kool 123.
Bombers appreciate produce their with a color called Montana Black. This can be a particular color developed especially for the bombers. There are several prevalent designs in the art of graffiti which every graffiti artist knows well, included in this are: wild, buble, daim, 3d. There really are a large amount of nuances regarding graffiti. But in the end, remember, it's not really a type of vandalism, it's a type of art.
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Yi-Jen (Ian) Ho is an assistant professor of Supply Chain and Information Systems at the Smeal College of Business, Pennsylvania State University. He received his Ph.D. in Information Systems at The Paul Merage School of Business at The University of California, Irvine. He is mainly interested in understanding the impacts of information technologies on consumer choice. His current research focuses on the areas of social media, mobile and location-based technologies in digital markets.
Social media, mobile tehcnology, location-based advertising and ditigal marketing
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S. Dewan, Y. Ho and J. Ramaprasad, "Popularity or Proximity: Characterizing the Nature of Social Influence in an Online Music Community", Information Systems Research, 28(1), pp.117-136.
Y. Ho, Y. Ho and Y. Tan, "Online Cashback Shopping: Implications for Consumers and e-Businesses", Information Systems Research, 28(2), pp. 250–264.
Ph.D., Information Systems, University of California, Irvine, 2016
MIS 441, Business Intelligence for Decision Making


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Walter Pall's main blog about bonsai and his work with trees from day to day. Lots of good pictures of good trees and lots of valuable information about bonsai.
why is the colour of the first beech diferent of the second one? Is it ok? is another kind of beech? or is just it's natural colour!
Because he first one spent three weeks in the BMW hall and the other one was outside. Are you not reading my blog?
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Aqib Talib, the veteran cornerback for the Denver Broncos, is reportedly on the trading block. The NFL rumors started with reports that the Broncos are looking for the "right price" in exchange for Talib on Saturday.
Dianna Russini of ESPN tweeted, "The Denver Broncos are making Aqib Talib available for a trade for the right price per multiple sources," to start the speculations that Talib is on his way out of the Broncos' roster before the new NFL season begins.
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Talib, a three-time NFL Pro Bowl team member, is a good player for the Broncos the last two seasons but is already 30 years old. He played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2008 to 2012 and the New England Patriots in 2012-2013. He's with the Broncos since 2014 and helped the team win Super Bowl 50 last season.
Talib has been involved in a controversy this offseason. He suffered a gunshot wound to his lower right leg in an incident in Dallas but did not suffer any major injury. The incident added to the NFL rumors that the Broncos are willing to let him go this summer.
However, Broncos general manager John Elway denied the NFL rumors that they are trading away their veteran cornerback.
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"False. [Aqib Talib's] name was never brought up anywhere," Elway stated to ABC News to dispute the speculations that they want to let go of Talib.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 — Ben S. Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, said today that the growing turmoil from increasingly permissive subprime lending had demonstrated a need for tougher restrictions on what borrowers and lenders can do.
In testimony this morning to the House Financial Services Committee, Mr. Bernanke said a full review of consumer protection regulations was under way under existing regulatory authority.
"The recent problems in subprime lending have underscored the need not only for better disclosure and new rules but also for more-uniform enforcement in the fragmented market structure of brokers and lenders," he said.
Today's hearing is focusing on subprime lending practices and ways to mitigate foreclosures. Among those testifying is the secretary of housing and urban development, Alphonso Jackson, who estimated that of the 2 million subprime home loans whose interest rates are scheduled to reset by the end of next year, perhaps 500,000 would go into foreclosure.
Some analysts have said that a majority of those loans may go into foreclosure, with borrowers unable to switch to a new variable-rate loan that provides relief. Such switching, previously routine, has become difficult as the mortgage lending market has tightened.Continue reading the main story
Mr. Bernanke said that 15 percent of subprime loans were seriously delinquent in July — that is, 90 days or more in arrears — triple the level of two years ago.
Mr. Bernanke's call for consideration of stricter regulation of mortgage lending practices signals a shift from the policy of the Fed and other federal regulatory institutions over the last several years. The regulators were reluctant to block mortgage products that might have a useful purpose for certain kinds of people, and did not want to interfere with the markets.
Now, the Fed chairman said, "improved and more timely disclosures may not be sufficient in some cases" for protecting consumers. "We are looking closely at some mortgage lending practices, including prepayment penalties, escrow accounts for taxes and insurance, stated-income and low-documentation lending and the evaluation of a borrower's ability to repay."
Prepayment penalities, which can make it difficult for borrowers to escape a loan that exceeds their means, are probably the most controversial practice in subprime borrowing mortgage area. Escrow accounts for taxes and insurances are meant to prevent a homeowner from being caught with a big bill at the end of the year for accumulated property taxes and insurance. And "stated-income and low-documentation lending" refers to loans that take little or no account of the borrower's ability to repay.
Also testifying this morning was Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr., who signaled some softening of the administration's opposition to raising the limits on mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two big finance companies known as government-sponsored enterprises, or G.S.E.'s.
The two companies are currently limited to loans of $417,000 or less, and therefore barred from so-called "jumbo" mortgages. "There is little question that allowing the G.S.E.'s to securitize jumbo mortgages would give a short-term lift," Mr. Paulson said in his testimony today. But he said that "consideration of this issue should be limited to a provision that is temporary."
The companies are currently limited to about $700 billion each in the mortgages that they back. Mr. Paulson said it would be "fiscally irresponsible" to expand those limits substantially unless Fannie and Freddie got a much strengthened regulator in place of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight.
Even though there is no statutory federal guarantee for the mortgages backed by the two entities, he said taxpayers would be implicitly on the hook for any defaults.
"The current G.S.E. regulator has less authority than a federal bank regulator," Mr. Paulson said.
The regulator, known as Ofheo, said Wednesday that it was allowing Fannie and Freddie to expand their portfolios by about 2 percent a year, a move that analysts said would do little to ease the strain on the housing market.
Mr. Paulson praised House passage of a bill aimed at reforming the regulatory structure of the two companies. But Senate Democrats see little prospect of passage of a comparable Senate bill in the next two months.Continue reading the main story


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I'm back home from a quick visit to the South and I am ready to start on my holiday gift making for the season. I'll a little late to the game this year, but I plan to be a busy bee catching up my all of the holiday hustle and bustle this weekend. On the plane ride last night, I was compiling a mental list of what I wanted to make and this morning I went through all my old posts and thought I'd share it with you if you are in need of a spark.
Here's what looks good to me this year...
Vegan Sweet Potato Sugar Cookies (or use Pumpkin!)
Do y'all do homemade gifts? What's your favorite to give or get??