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132. This new construction home by Devine Homes by Miller is conveniently located right across from the Harris Library and the Harris Township Park and is in the Penn School System. It is also a short distance to the Granger Paths and popular shopping and dining. This 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home sits on a 2.3-acre lot and offers over 2500 square feet of finished living space. The foyer entry is open to the second level and opens to a den on the left. The main level is open and inviting and features engineered hardwood flooring and 9-foot ceilings. The living room includes a gas log fireplace and the kitchen features white shaker cabinets, granite countertops and island, a walk-in butler pantry, and a dining area. A mud room off the kitchen and garage includes a bench with cubbies, engineered hardwood, and easy access to the garage. Upstairs, the Master Suite has a large walk-in closet and bath with ceramic tile flooring, granite double sink vanity, and walk-in tile shower. The 3 additional bedrooms are spacious and have access to a full bath with cultured marble double sink vanity and ceramic tile flooring. The second floor laundry room includes a utility sink and ceramic tile flooring. A portion of the lot will be hydro-seeded with sprinkler system. Oversized 3-car garage with extra storage space. Call for additional information regarding this special home! Estimated completion date August 2017.
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Dell, a former mercenary, and his wife, Dolly, once a battlefield nurse, believe they have finally found peace in a deceptively idyllic town on the Oregon coast. Until early one morning, when a body washes up on the town's pristine beach. But this no accidental drowning--the corpse is covered with neo-Nazi tattoos . . . and the skull has been fractured with a spike.Eager to close the case before it can hurt tourism, the jumpy D.A. arrests Homer, a harmless schizophrenic whose wristwatch--a gift from God, he says--is engraved with a symbol that exactly matches one of the dead man's tattoos. Mack, the director and sole employee of the local mental-health outreach program, is outraged but helpless. He confides in Dolly, who, with her local connections and her husband's ruthless skills, is anything but. As the search for the real killer pulls them deeper into the world of hate groups, Dell and Mack together discover the treasonous fog of evil that hovers not only above their town but also above America itself. With this latest installment in his new Aftershock series, Andrew Vachss reminds us once again--in his inimitable, visceral prose-that for some, peace comes at a very high price.


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I love Rio Vista! I love Sister Thomas! We've seen so many miracles and progression every day! As you can probably tell it's been an amazing week! Both of us are exchange sisters. We do it now as a companionship. For which we are grateful. It's been so fun receiving inspiration and revelation for them. We have four companionships. You'll be very happy to know that Sister Thomas takes lots of pictures so I have lots more. :)
This week has been incredible! I absolutely love the area, the branch, and Sister Thomas! Every day we saw so many miracles and progression of others and within ourselves. The work of the Lord is amazing! Together we're going to start a journal of miracles and amazing things we see and experience. There's so much even with just one week. The branch is so willing to help us. We had a referral from the branch president for his neighbor. Yesterday we finally contacted the family and began teaching them. We have another appointment next Sunday. A young woman in the branch brought her friend to church and we'll be teaching her at her friends' house. One family whose lives have been very tough is progressing well. They still have a long ways to go, but they're on the path. The father is working towards the temple. Another investigator knows the church is true. Now it's just getting him to act and accept the baptismal invitation and a date. One less-active sister came to church after many years of inactivity. She thought she couldn't go to the temple because she had married a non-member. That same member drove us to Fairfield to do our grocery shopping so we could save miles. As exchange sisters we have felt guided by the Spirit, as we have planned for our sisters and the exchanges we'll have. As a companionship we are so good! I love working with Sister Thomas! She is incredible! Each day is filled with laughter and spiritual uplifting. Our conversations have been edifying and uplifting. Our companionship studies just kind of extend throughout the day. And even go to the next day. My hunger for more knowledge has grown immensely. I love studying the gospel even more! Like I told Sister Thomas the other day, each day I fall deeper and deeper in love with the gospel. With the plan Heavenly Father has for each one of us. I love how He is a part of every little detail of our lives. If we let Him He will guide us and change us. And we will be happy! This past week was the best yet of my mission. And perhaps even my life. I have not had any stress or negative feelings. When things come that in the past would have normally caused me to stress or think negatively I let it go. Sister Thomas and her positive attitude helps. She helps me to laugh all day and to see the miracles. We are continually in awe of the Lord. Of everything He has done, is doing, and will yet do. He is so good! My heart is filled with true joy. And I love it! It comes mostly from, I believe, my companion. Words can't express how happy and grateful I am to be companions with Sister Thomas. Nor can they explain how wonderful she is.
Last night our car wouldn't start. Thankfully we had just talked with a family from the branch as we walked by so we called them and they came to our rescue. They jumped our car and told us to drive straight home. And thankfully it started again this morning.
Rio Vista is amazing! There are windmills. It's pretty cool. It's a very small town. We could walk across it in about 30 min. The area is on the border of the mission so we have accidently gone out of the mission a couple times. There aren't too many Spanish people here in Rio Vista, but we saw a good number when we went to Walnut Grove the other day.
I can't explain how much I love this area! The time I have isn't sufficient to tell you all the adventures we had this past week. Sister Thomas got turned around a few times, but each time we ran into someone just ready to receive the gospel. That or we found a less-active; we're doing a lot of less-active work. Right now we're working with 12 families and have been asked if we could check up on a number of others. The branch is pretty small. We're 30 min away from Fairfield and all by ourselves. I'm used to working in a city with other missionaries, but not here. Last night when our car wouldn't start we texted the zone leaders just to let them know. Not too long after they called us kind of worried. Elder Gifford said, "Well, we were just calling to pray with you." for some reason we found that hilarious. They really wanted to do more but knew they couldn't do anything more. We were very grateful for the members that showed up not too long after we called them. With one try the car was going and we were on our way. Our first reaction after realizing our car was dead was to laugh. Then Sister Thomas said, "Where's my camera?" So we have pictures of us in the cold and wind by our car and the jumper cables. That morning we had both put our winter coats in the car. It had been a little chilly the day before. That afternoon walking around we were hot so we thought it funny we had them in the back seat. But then as we stood by our car at 9 that night we saw how the Lord blessed us and knew what would happen.
It's little things like that that make me just smile and realized even more how much the Lord is a part of our lives. He knew and the Spirit spoke to our minds. We obeyed, not knowing and then realized later we had followed the Spirit. That just makes me smile! :)
Love you lots and lots! Thank you for your love and support! I hope you have another great week. Have fun on the trek. I'm glad G's eagle court of honor went well. Congratulations Buddy! You're the best brother ever!
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The date is set. We will be going to the Temple and getting sealed on Tuesday Sept 9th. I have to be there at 3:10pm and the Endowment will start at 4:40 and the Sealing at 6:40pm. I'm really excited and also nervous. I'm only nervous because I don't really know what to expect. Fear of the unknown.
Anyways, I started book 4 of the Twilight series yesterday. I really like these books.
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Thursday, April 21, 2011
We have been informed of the passing of Lewis Turrell in Auckland, New Zealand on the 21st April 2011 after a long battle with lung cancer. A sad loss for piping in this part of the world. Lewis was a much loved character and friend to all he met. A pupil of William Kennedy, George McLennan and PM Donald McLeod M.B.E. Lewis rose to legendary status in 1958 when he won the Gold Medal at Inverness playing the "Rout of the MacPhees" (the first overseas competitor to do so). On that day he also won the Strathspeys and Reels, the Jig and was second in the March. He has been Pipe Major of the Invercargill and Wellington Pipe Bands and has made such a huge impact on piping in New Zealand. Lewis will be sadly missed by all.
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- AnonymousApril 21, 2011 at 10:01 PM
Ka tangi te titi, ka tangi te kaka, ka tangi hokia ahau, Tii Hei Mauri ora.ReplyDelete
E mihi ana ahau ki te Matua nui I te Rangi,
Ki te rangatira e te kete paepa nui i o te Queen Elizabeth I. Vale Lewis Turrell MBE,
Moe, moe, moe mai ra ki te kainga o te Atua.
No reira te hunga mate ki te hunga mate, te hunga ora ki te hunga ora.
Ki te whanau i o Lewis, ki te whanau whanui e hau e wha, a mihi ana ahau e koutou.
Not as a translation of Maori but as an explaination on my mihi (greetings) to all of us whom had the great pleasure of knowing Lewis
The Titi crys, The Kaka crys, I cry also..I sneeze life into this world.
Firstly I greet acknowledge our creator in heaven.
I greet our great Chief and Bagpiper to including Queen Elizabeth I, rest, rest, rest in peace in the house of our lord.
The dead to the dead, the living to the living, let us join the lines of men.
To the family of Lewis, my thoughts and prayers are with you, and to the extended families of the four winds, I acknowledge you all whom are grieving for the loss of such a great, kind,and wonderfully blessed natured man, whom was always smiling, always caring, and sharing his wealth of knowledge to us in the piping community,as well as his generousity and kindness, that was a true inspiration to me.
I had only known Lewis for a few years after coming home from the States, and as a newbie adult learner piper, I had the dream come true trip of playing at Edinburgh Castle for the Tattoo in 2009. Struggling with tunes prior to leaving I was also having water issues with my pipes, and called into House of Scotland where I met Lewis.
He helped reset my pipes and gave me some great tips on how to try and improve my playing as well. When I came back from Scotland I couldn't wait to tell him of my experiences there, only to find he was shutting shop, but never said why.
I came to learn also of his connection to the Waipu Caledonian Society where I am connected to the region through our Marae not far from there. Thankfully I had the chance to have one last wee dram with Lewis on New Years Day there. We laughed and I enjoyed that last chance meeting. I knew he had been ill and I asked him how his cancer was?
He smiled, and said "I just take each day as it comes,as I always have...."
Lewis you will sadly missed by us all.
No reira tena koutou, tena koutou, tena ra koutou katoa. Therefore greetings, greetings, greetings to us all.
BJ Chetham
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Hello World! Sarah Nicole Perry here. "Well Ok let's make sure there's no confusion, I came into this world November 4, 2007 so no I am not typing yet, as a matter of pure fact my Daddy is typing this first post. " So Pleeease be patient with his skills, or as mama just said the lack there of. HA!HA!
So just so you know, they thought it would be good to get this blog started for those of you who would like to keep up with my endeavours in this new world of which I am discovering daily.So stay tuned! Bye!Bye! For Now!!!!!
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Try to make one yourself by using the template I made! You'll need a piece of cardstock of 11x22 cm for the inside card.
The new kit from Scrap-Club is already on my desk! Adriana asked the designteam to let her know which new releases from the CHA 2009 we like, and boy there's just so much beautiful new stuff! I can imagine how hard it must be to make a choice. Not that I worry because Adriana ALWAYS makes wonderful kits. But guess what: one of the manufacturers/lines I picked is already in this kit. Lucky me! And lucky you if you get your fingers on one of the March kits! The release date is the 19th!!! You gonna love the Scrap-Club kits in 2009! I'm sure of that!
And do you want to know what's inside this album? I'll let you know this weekend.
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Nextly, I kind of felt a tinge of jealousy to hear how very many of you use nicknames/pet names with spouses.
And ergo makes me laugh.
So did most of the comments.
And for the record, I call my kids TONS o' nicknames. I'm breaking the cycle one crazy pet name at a time. But, I do sometimes say things I shouldn't. Like poopypants and tootsqueak. Just cuz those don't go over so well outside the home. Kinda like "Pig Dropping".
The background:
A few days ago Avee got into a lot of trouble for kicking me in a fit of anger. She was sent to her room where she wailed for quite some time. Normally the time out is each minute for however old the child is, but in my house, time out starts after you stop being obnoxious.
So she started hitting, since no-kicking was the official rule.
Today, I was on the phone with my cousin and I told Avee no about something and she pushed me. I said, "You remember what happens when you hit mommy?" and she says, "I didn't hit you, I pushed."
The conversation:
Avee: I didn't push eitho, I just touched you.
Mommy: Avee, if you put your hands on me when you are mad, you will get in trouble.
Cousin: (laughing at my dilemma with a THREE YEAR OLD)
Me: SHE TRICKS ME!!!!
Cousin: (Laughing at me again)
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By Justin Cates
For whatever reason (Blogger sucks) my ND-Michigan preview didn't post last week despite me making an extensive effort to do so in a timely fashion.
Today, I'll reuse bits of that preview and tie it in to what should be a cakewalk for the Irish against Purdue.
The Boilermakers are one of the worst teams on college football. They got absolutely blasted in their opener 42-7 by Cincinnati and barely edged out lower division foe Indiana State 20-14 last week in West Lafayette.
For reference, Indiana State allowed 73 points to Indiana in their first game.
Basically, Purdue can't stop anyone (79th in points allowed) and they can't score themselves (116th in points scored).
This should be an easy win for the Irish, which gives them an opportunity to address some concerns.
Before Michigan, I attempted to say this:
"Touchdown""Interception" Tommy Rees played almost perfectly in the opener completing 16-of-23 passes for 346 yards and three touchdowns. Against the Wolverines, he and the rest of his offense have to let things come to them and not force the issue.
When I've watched Rees play in the past there seemed to be a tendency to press too much. Now that he isn't battling for a starting job, that may well be a thing of the past.
This proved to be fairly accurate with Tommy reverting to forcing things. Rees played well for the most part but threw two interceptions and was very close to a third. The biggest mistake came on a pass picked off in the endzone. I'm fairly certain it was on first and goal making it a rookie mistake. That ball needs to be in the stands.
Another area I had concerns about was the running game.
One thing I'd like to see from the Irish is one of the running backs stepping up and seizing the bulk of the carries....Even though this can clearly be a pass-heavy offense with Rees at the helm, it's nice to have a go-to-guy at tailback in your back pocket.
Clearly, the Irish are pass-happy and quite good at it. The problem is the offense is one dimensional.
Notre Dame's leading rusher Amir Carlisle has just 19 carries through two games and right behind him is George Atkinson III with 13 carries. The two have combined for just one rushing touchdown.
That's not sustainable if you want to keep defenses honest.
The good news is Carlisle is averaging 6.9 yards per carry and Atkinson is sitting at 5.5. The Irish need to use this game as an opportunity to establish the run and ideally find a reliable go-to tailback.
I think it's Carlisle based on his more aggressive running, but he needs to grab the job by the throat and make a statement.
The defense struggled against Michigan, but that's perfectly understandable.
|All quarterbacks should wear outrageous numbers like Devin Gardner's new 98.
Wolverine quarterback Devin Gardner is an impressive talent—even if he did throw the dumbest pass in the history of organized football—and the Irish defense won't have to worry about stopping anyone quite as dynamic the rest of the season.
Based on that variable, I tend to think this performance was an outlier. The defense can go a long way to putting any fears to rest by dominating a very poor Purdue offense.
There are clearly flaws with Notre Dame, but it's still very early in the season and we've seen nothing that can't be fixed.
No one likes losing, but I'm sure Brian Kelly enjoys being able to so easily get his team's attention regarding their flaws. Now it's time to fix them.


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Unlike so many brunch spots, which are ultra hipster or sceney, Kitchenette lacks that "chichi" feel. Ok so it is a little hokey, with its polka dotted decor. But they aren't trying to be pretentious in any way. You get a real sense of a Southern-influenced diner. It actually reminds me of a place I used to frequent in New Orleans. Anyway, the food is delicious and never fancy. The atmosphere, like the food, is more than comforting.
Pancakes, eggs, french toast, oatmeal, and sausage are just a few things that are on the menu. It's so hard to decide what to have because you are presented with so many mouthwatering options. The Cinnamon swirl french toast served with eggs and turkey sausage was so flavorful. The toast was fluffy,buttery and especially rich topped with syrup.
Alongside the toast were the sunny side eggs and turkey sausage. Perhaps not the best I have ever had but definitely a nice compliment to the french toast.
You can even make your own omelet with different ingredients like mozzarella cheese, spinach, tomato, artichoke hearts, bacon, and so much more. And the best part is that it comes with savory cheese grits, which is a nice surprise.
And regardless if it is breakfast, lunch, or dinner you have to try the root beer float. It is served with Max and Mina's vanilla ice cream and Boylan's original birch beer and has a nice "foamy head".
Kitchenette is great for brunch but what's even better is that they serve breakfast daily until 4:30pm. That means you can sleep most of your day away and still wake up in time for a warm blueberry filled muffin or buttermilk biscuits. And if you go for dinner you can try the "breakfast for dinner" portion of the menu, which includes the farmhouse breakfast and lumberjack, just to name a few. Oh and I almost forgot to mention that it's all homemade.
While the breakfast is a reason to go, you don't want to leave without grabbing some baked goods. It's pretty hard to miss that display case when you walk in. It is usually stocked with an abundant amount of treats like hostess cupcakes, tarts, cookies, and other delicious pastries. When I was just there the waitress explained how all of the cakes are made with real cream cheese frosting, whether it's a strawberry shortcake (which she said was her favorite) or a cappuccino cake.
Kitchenette is cozy, quirky, and the overall ambiance is charming. The food is simple, decent comfort food. And they give you pretty generous portions, almost to much. Our waitress was super attentive and very happy. I guess I would be to if I was surrounded by German chocolate and red velvet cakes. This is a great place to stop by if you're in the neighborhood. But don't expect any frills, unless you are talking about the decor.1272 Amsterdam Ave
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This property is 1 minute walk from the beach.
Located on the island of Praslin, surrounded by lush forests and the Indian Ocean, Dhevatara Beach Hotel has spacious accommodation .. It features an outdoor pool, a spa centre and barbecue facilities.
Dhevatara Beach Hotel has individually designed suites with elegant wooden furnishing inspired from nature. Each of the air-conditioned suites has an outdoor seating area and a private bathroom with deluxe L'Occitane bath amenities.
Overlooking the eclectic water garden, the property's à la carte restaurant serves fusion cuisine with Mediterranean, Asian, and Creole flavours. The open-air lounge bar offers fine wines, high tea and exotic cocktails.
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The Apolipoprotein E (APOE) €4 allele is the best-established genetic risk factor for sporadic Alzheimer 's disease (AD) while the €2 allele confers a reduced risk compared with the most common €3 allele. Neuroimaging studies using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) have shown that APOE genotype affects brain structure and function. The aims of the research presented in this DPhil thesis were twofold: 1) to investigate the effect of APOE genotype on brain function in healthy adults using magnetoencephalography (MEG), which is a direct measure of neuronal activity and 2) to explore interactions between the AD risk factors APOE €4 allele, age and female gender and their effects on brain structure and function using resting-state functional MRI and diffusion tensor imaging. MEG revealed similar neuronal activity at rest for APOE €2 and €4 carriers, i.e. those with opposite AD risk, indicating a more general effect on the functional architecture of the brain that is not directly linked to AD risk. However, differences between APOE €2 and €4 carriers became apparent when reactivity to stimuli was explored using the excellent temporal resolution of MEG. APOE €4 carriers showed faster sensory processing and APOE genotype effects were found for functional networks associated with attention. In the second part of this project, female APOE €4 carriers showed overall significantly reduced functional connectivity between the hippocampus and precuneus and a significant age-related decrease in connectivity of these regions. Increased vulnerability of this connection might be one reason for increased AD risk and interventions targeting hippocampal connectivity might be especially effective in at-risk populations. The research presented in this DPhil thesis showed a complex pattern of APOE genotype effects on brain structure and function. While global APOE genotype effects on functional and structural connectivity do not follow patterns of AD risk, more specific measures of connectivity and task-related brain function could be of use in the development of preclinical markers for AD development
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The central Gatell Hotel is a 2-star venue providing guests with airport transfer, shuttle service and ironing service.
This hotel is situated 7 km away from Museu Romantic . The city center lies within 1 km from the venue.
Gatell Hotel provides 61 guestrooms appointed with free wireless internet, individual climate control, a laptop-compatible safe, a personal computer and a closet for a pleasant stay in Vilanova i la Geltru. The rooms have simple decor.
Comer, Beber y Amar and Il Forno are located within 200 meters away.
Guests can reach Gatell Hotel by car from El Prat De Llobregat airport in 40 minutes.
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On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me
A partridge in a pear tree…
There is much to be learned by listening to the radio on your drive home from work. Today, one radio host was doing a Christmas program that took the place of the regularly-scheduled afternoon news. I found her segment about the popular carol, "The Twelve Days of Chrismas", to be particularly informative. I suspected it had religious roots, but I didn't know just how Catholic it was until today.
During the reign of Queen Mary I (1553-1558 ), many anti-papal laws passed by Henry VIII (1509-1547) and his sickly and short-lived successor Edward VI (1547-1553) were repealed. Mary's murderous tendencies earned her the nickname "Bloody Mary". Anyone perceived to be opposed to Catholicism risked gruesome death at the hands of the monarchy. After Queen Mary's death, anti-Catholic sentiment that was fuelled in part by Mary I's abuses of her Catholicism surfaced. As is written of Mary I: "The bitter remembrance of the blood shed in the cause of Rome which, however partial and unjust it must seem to an historic observer, still lies graven deep in the temper of the English people." (Green, Short History, from http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05445a.htm) Queen Mary arguably did the Roman Catholic cause more harm than good in England.
Thus, Queen Elizabeth I's (1558-1603) first Act of Parliament was to restore six of seven anti-Papal laws passed by Henry VIII between 1530 and 1535, including the Act of Supremacy, which transferred the rights previously ascribed to the Pope to the English Head of State. Also, Catholics could no longer hold office. This was later extended to a prohibition of Catholics to vote. Increasingly, Catholics were sought after unjustly, and many met martyrdom.
Eventually, the predominantly Catholic Irish became more vocal defenders of their rights. This forced England to re-consider the legal status of Catholics. In 1791 the Relief Act passed, granting tolerance to Catholic schools and freedom to worship openly. The Relief Act also granted voting rights to Catholics, but stopped short of allowing Catholics to sit in Parliament. The French Revolution eliminated much of the Catholic (as well as Anglican) English foothold in France. This forced many clergy to return to England and thus exert more political influence there. The Irish Rebellion (1798 ) also pushed England toward a complete legal acceptance of Catholics with the Catholic Emancipation Act (1829).
Now back to the Twelve Days of Christmas…
Between 1558 and 1829, it was illegal to be Catholic in England, and, as said earlier, being openly Catholic often meant imprisonment or execution. The Twelve Days of Christmas was written as a "Catechism song" for young Catholic children. It worked wonderfully to teach the faith to children without the state suspecting that it had Catholic origins.
The True Love referred to in the carol is God. He sent his only begotten Son, the delicate "partridge in a pear tree" (Mother partridges feign injury to protect their young; protection of children was seen as a Christ-like attribute) and many other gifts mentioned in Scripture or in Catholic Tradition. Eleven other gifts are mentioned in the carol:
Two turtle doves refers to the Old and New Testaments.
Three French hens symbolize the virtues St. Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians 13:13- Faith, hope, and love (charity).
The four calling birds call to mind the four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
The five golden rings are the Jewish law (pentateuch)- the first five books of the Old Testament: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.
The six geese-a-laying are meant as the six days of Creation (Genesis 1).
The seven swans-a-swimming could be the seven Sacraments (Baptism, Reconciliation, Eucharist, Confirmation, Holy Matrimony, Holy Orders, and the Anointing of the Sick) or the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit- Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear (Awe) of the Lord. (From Isaiah 11:2. Piety is added by tradition.)
The eight maids-a-milking represent the eight beatitudes- Blessings to
the poor in spirit, those who mourn, the meek, those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, the merciful, the pure in heart, the peacemakers, and those persecuted for righteousness. (Matthew 5:3-10)
The nine ladies dancing are the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit- love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. (Galatians 5:22)
The ten lords-a-leaping are the Ten Commandments (Deuteronomy 5:6-21).
The eleven pipers piping symbolize the eleven faithful Apostles: Simon Peter, Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Simon son of James.
Finally, the twelve drummers drumming are the twelve points of doctrine in the Apostles' Creed:
I believe in God the Father Almighty, Creator of Heaven and Earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ his only Son Our Lord.
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried. He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again. He is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The Holy Catholic Church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
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An odd little encounter in our rural Indonesian nonprofit clinic yesterday made me think more about the consequences of volunteering.
In the waiting room, Fitri, one of our bilingual staff members, came up to me looking puzzled. Standing beside her was a young man with Asian features and a friendly, eager expression. He was strapped beneath a huge backpack with a rain cover. While curious patients looked on, he began to speak to me in poor English. I made out that he had met me and heard about our organization. He had decided to come here and offer his services as a volunteer, too.
I was as puzzled as Fitri was. I certainly didn't remember meeting him and we weren't expecting any new volunteers. I asked him if he could explain himself to Fitri in Bahasa (that is, bahasa Indonesia, the national language) rather than in English. "Bahasa?" he said, not seeming to know what I was talking about--which was astonishing, considering we were deep in the heart of Indonesia where Bahasa is the lingua franca. "Chinese?" I suggested, thinking of a doctor we have who knows that language. Finally it emerged that he was Korean. Alas, none of us could speak that to him.
He'd confused me with another volunteer. She and her husband, who soon emerged from an examining room and helped us to clear things up, had indeed met this man two days ago as they waited in the harbor for the boat to our town. Perhaps noticing their Caucasian faces among all the Asian ones, he had walked up to them and asked them where they were going. They explained that they were volunteers with this NGO, whereupon the young man announced that he would come along and volunteer, too.
"Well, you have to learn more about the organization first," John said, taken aback. He told the young man the NGO's name and its web address, and the man wrote them down before abruptly walking off. It had been that short an interaction. Forty-eight hours later, here he was. He had taken a long boat ride to this remote town far off the tourist track, then stumped around town with his backpack asking where the clinic was. Now that he'd arrived, he was ready to roll up his sleeves and get to work. "I do anything, doesn't matter," he averred.
It seemed this young man had just finished earning a mathematics degree in Korea and was now on a sort of yearlong walkabout before joining the navy. In Korea, he explained, you could just offer your services as a volunteer and they would take you on the spot. At least, he had done so once at a tutoring organization there, where he had taught math to children.
It fell to John to gently tell the young man that we couldn't use his services at this time. It's not completely unreasonable to assume that a willingness to work without pay will open the door of any struggling NGO (and aren't they all struggling?). But that's not how it works. As with most organizations that do anything more complicated than, say, clearing invasive brush in public parks, volunteers here go through an application process. They have to agree to certain conditions, sign liability waivers, perform specific duties for which they have the skills, and learn some of the language and customs first so they can responsibly represent the organization. Many applicants are turned away, and just because this young man had come thousands of miles to our door did not put him at the head of that line. As if he were a jar of unlabeled medication, no one knew quite what to do with him--he spoke neither bahasa Indonesia nor, really, enough English to talk to bilingual Indonesians. And as if he were a drug none of us had ever prescribed, we didn't know whether he was prepared to respect local customs or if he'd make a terrible cultural mistake, hurting the organization.
He was crestfallen, but seemed to understand as John explained these things to him and suggested that he inquire at the national park office. He added some kindly advice about researching volunteer opportunities in the future. (I might add that a quick study of the local language--starting with what it's called--never goes amiss!)
In the nicest possible way, this young man's mistake reminded me of the concept in disaster medicine of the "second disaster"--the wave of well-meaning but uncoordinated volunteers and supplies that materialize at the scene of earthquakes, tornadoes, and so on. Though that seems like a good thing, in fact the transaction costs of organizing that energy and stuff are high, and too much unorganized help literally creates a second disaster. On 9/11, so many volunteer fire trucks rushed to Lower Manhattan that they blocked the paths of the fire trucks whose job it actually was to get to the scene. At a Haitian field hospital where I worked last spring, there were six-foot stacks of boxes of donated clothes, all of it lovingly sent by various American groups, none of which any of the medical staff had time to sort out and distribute, and many of which (I confirmed this by poking through them) were worn out, grubby, or otherwise inappropriate. And drug companies are notorious for dumping inappropriate supplies on disaster scenes, where workers then have to make heads and tails of them, starting with figuring out what they are and when they expire. Fiascoes have taken place on many occasions, including the 1988 Armenian earthquake, the 2005 tsunami in Aceh, and Bosnia and Herzegovina in the mid-1990s, when, according to this grim WHO recitation of such failures, 17,000 tons of useless drugs had to be disposed of at a cost of $34 million. Patients have been harmed by drugs whose use was unclear. Even assuming the drug companies meant well (not necessarily a safe assumption!), this is harmful by any measure.
The point is that, the giving instinct notwithstanding, to give can sometimes be a privilege, not a right. You have to give responsibly. And those of us already volunteering are not exempt from self-examination. We can't take it for granted that our good intentions achieve good results--a topic for another day.
As for the young man, we told him about a couple of places to stay the night and suggested a swim at the beach later that evening. He asked us to call him a taxi, but we had to explain that there are none in this town, so he started off on foot. We watched him as he trudged with his backpack down the hot and sunny road. I hope he finds the right place to give of himself.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
The road to hell and the privilege of volunteering
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Social Media and Prezi: The Perfect Pairing For Any Presentation
Social Media Association
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM (EDT)
Event Details
This will be a two-part event:
1. Three Easy Ways to Create Dynamic Presentations Using Prezi.
This hands-on workshop will provide you with the skills to create dynamic presentations using Prezi, an online presentation tool. If you're looking for a more creative way to tell your story beyond PowerPoint—then this workshop is for you. Bring your laptop for an interactive learning session that will provide you the tools to create and deliver presentations that will capture your audience's attention. Prezi presentations can be delivered in a traditional face-to-face environment, teleconferencing (where you can control the presentation in multiple locations), or can be embedded in a website.
Before the workshop, please sign up for a Prezi account: https://prezi.com/pricing/ (or https://prezi.com/pricing/edu/ if you have a school/university email address).
The day of the workshop, please bring materials you want to use for a presentation, including:
-PowerPoint presentation (electronic file)
-Images-either the actual images you want to use or the URL of the image
-You Tube video(s) you want to use
-PDFs you want to include
-Video/audio files you want to use
If you want to see how to use narration, please record what you want to say and save it as a audio file so I can show you how to add it to your presentation
2. Social Media in the Classroom and Research
While students enjoy technology in many aspects of their lives, they are not well prepared to use technology in ways that support their education. This spring, I was able to teach a technology class where the students and I assessed social media in community corrections and used this knowledge to create social media content to share with others. The course attempted to transition students from social media consumers to social media creators. I will show student portfolios from the course. I will also review my current research on the use of social media in the criminal justice system.
Speaker: Dr. Amy Poland
Amy Poland, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at St. Joseph's College. Prior to moving to Long Island, she began her career in criminal justice working with juvenile offenders in a residential treatment facility while she finished her Masters in Public Administration at the University of South Dakota. She completed her PhD in criminal justice at the University of Nebraska and taught at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa and Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas.
Dr. Poland utilizes technology in both her classroom and research. She is one of the inaugural Technology Fellows at St. Joseph's College, teaching her students this semester how to create Infographics and Storify stories related to material they are studying in Correctional Rehabilitation. She has also designed other social media assignments for the classroom including a Twitter/Storify movie critique assignment for the internship classes this semester. For her social media research, she is currently working on an analysis of live trial blogs of two homicide trials in Iowa.
In addition to regularly providing workshops on the use of Prezi in the classroom for faculty and students on campus, Dr. Poland has conducted multiple workshops on the use of Prezi to business groups around Long Island including the Huntington LaunchPad Accelerator, Huntington Small Business Incubator, and the Public Relations Professionals of Long Island.
She is the social media coordinator for her department, developing and maintaining Facebook and twitter pages for the department. She is involved with technology on campus in several other aspects including the Faculty Technology Committee, the Mobile Devices User Group Planning Committee and the Technology in Education Planning Committee.
When & Where
LIFT @ The Morrelly Homeland Security Center
510 Grumman Road West
Second Floor
New York 11714
Wednesday, May 20, 2015 from 7:30 AM to 10:00 AM (EDT)
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I had no idea what a bunch of hacks these people are.
Pitiable, bandwagon, lazy hacks.
I mean, I've seen people hack before, but these are the hackiest bunch of hacks that ever hacked.(bongoss)
I hate him. Heh. why lol?Well, because a bunch of these hacks hacked me last week during a very, very slow day with a hack text that displayed the outstanding hacky breath of their hack attitude (sangat mngelabah kot Mr. K tu). Now I know how Britney feels. Needless to say I'll be watching how I exit a car on those days when I choose to go without knickers from now on. Stay the hell away from me you Mr.K! Sumpah sangat regret knowing him.


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Expansion returned in the early 40's as WWII occurred. As they say, there's nothing like a war to stimulate an economy and workforce. The post-war boom in the 50's was significant with growth occurring in most industries. The "happy days" of the 50's were good times for most. This expansion phase lasted 23 years until 1964. The inflection point between these two phases aligned with significant social disorder and crises. This contraction encompassed the hippie 60's, major racial conflict, assassinations of several major figureheads, and ended with the inflation and oil embargo of the 70's. The contraction phase last 15 years and represented 40% of the cycle time. These were challenging times and the entire cycle reprented a total of 38 years.
The current cycle kicked off the expansion in 1980. Carter's challenging presidency was coming to a abrupt ending, and Ronald Reagan was about to time the next expansion very well. The 80's and 90's represent what will likely be documented historically as the greatest credit expansion of all time. During this expansion, just about everything expanded with stocks reaching astronomical levels. The rise lasted 18 years until 1999 when the contraction phase began. The DotCom Era was the appropriate euphoric finale to an incredibly expansionary period. Many would argue that the expansion lasted until mid-2007 when the credit market imploded. The value of understanding this ratio has never been more significant. The stock market corrections commenced in 2000 and lasted for several years. The "last hurrah" in 2007 illustrates the power of the Federal Reserve's manipulation via the money supply. It's now obvious to all that this level was purely manipulated and that the DJIA/Gold ratio was telling a very different story. This last eight years also illustrates the forecasting strength of the ratio.
The $64,000 question now is "when does the contraction phase end?". Using the cycle lengths of the prior two cycles would indicate that this contraction phase could last 13-17 years. With a beginning in 1999, that puts an end somewhere in the 2012-16 timeframe. Note that in the first cycle, the DJIA bottomed in July 1932, but the next expansion did not commence for eight more years.
Several other observations can be made from this ratio over the past 100 years. The expansion phases appear to average 2/3's of the cycle while the contraction lasts 1/3. Growth appears to be gradual, while contraction is more abrupt. A second observation is that the expansion cycles continue to be shorter (32-23-18 years). The most recent expansion, while the shortest, had the steepest growth. The contraction after the Roaring 20's illustrates that a short rise is usually followed by a sharp fall. This time should be no different. The last observation is probably the most significant and timely. Over the three cycles, the "highs got higher" and the "lows got lower". If this trend continues for this contraction phase, the low could be frighteningly low. This being the "lowest low" in the past 100 years.
The prior posts in this series:


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The Holocaust Stamps Project at the Foxboro Regional Charter School was the brainchild of then-teacher Charlotte Sheer in 2009 with the goal of collecting 11 million stamps in memory of all Holocaust victims, not just the 6 million Jews who perished.
At least another 5 million non-Jews — including non-Aryans, gays, the disabled, Gypsies, political dissidents, Resistance fighters and non-Jews caught helping or defending a Jewish person — were killed. Just how many more is the subject of debate.
In light of the recent rise in white supremacists and neo-Nazis, the project's relevance remains stronger than ever in terms of education about the consequences of racism. To learn more about the project's origins and future, an email interview was conducted with Sheer, who has stayed involved since her retirement.
The interview is being published at this time as Holocaust victims will be remembered during many services on the Day of Atonement or Yom Kippur, the solemn Jewish fast day of reflection, which this year will run 24-plus hours, starting on the eve of Sept. 29:
1. For those unaware of the project, summarize how and why it got started.
"One of the books provided for me to read with my fifth-grade students was "Number the Stars" by Lois Lowry, an historical fiction novel set in Nazi-occupied Denmark in 1942. However, once the story-related discussions ended, so did most interest in the facts behind it.
"Then, in 2009, I decided to keep a written list with some of the important story-related questions and comments the children raised. "How could that happen?" "How many is 6 million?" "Jesus should have been able to help." Their words began to inform my teaching.
"I shared with these 10- and 11- year olds that it was not only Jewish people who were in danger. Anyone whose skin color, beliefs, or culture wasn't part of the Aryan way, or who had some form of disability was in danger, bringing the total number of targeted victims closer to 11 million. In our culturally diverse classroom, a seed of awareness was planted.
"With a number so unfathomable, I challenged the class to try collecting one postage stamp for every person who perished in the Holocaust.
"Why stamps? They're small and accessible. The intent was to use stamps as a symbol for something of value being discarded, as millions of people's lives were thrown away by the Nazis. By June that year, they'd struggled to amass about 25,000 stamps. The children were just beginning to sense the enormity of the number 11,000,000.
"Soon it developed into the Holocaust Stamps Project and became a regular component of the school's Community Service Learning program. In the nine years since it began, students in kindergarten through grade 12 have had the opportunity to participate by donating, trimming and counting stamps or working on original, stamps-based collage artworks depicting events and effects of the Holocaust."
2. About how many Holocaust survivors were there and how many remain alive today?
Sheer reports that one online source said there were about 900,000 survivors in 1945, depending on how "Holocaust survivor" is defined.
An article by the International March of the Living Organization on Feb. 2, 2016 had this to say about survivors:
"World War II ended nearly 70 years ago. Even accounting for those who lived through the war as opposed to having directly suffered its most terrible expressions, the number of survivors still alive today across the world is probably in the low hundreds of thousands, and dwindling."
To get a better idea of how hard it is to attach a number to survivors, Sheer received this response from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington:
"An accurate statistic of the number of Holocaust survivors still alive is very difficult to come by. Different studies using different definitions of "Holocaust survivor" and different sampling methods have returned different results. The museum has not conducted its own study."
3. The students are devoted to the stamps project. How have you maintained their enthusiasm?
"The momentum of the project has largely been driven by the interest of students involved with it. In the first three years, prior to my retirement, the greatest enthusiasm came from dozens of fifth-grade students. As word spread about the project, growing numbers of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade children would seek permission from their teachers to come to my classroom during their student life class time to work with the stamps.
"After June 2012, student life adviser Jamie Droste voluntarily took over leadership of the project, and there was a shift to more of a middle school and high school connection. Droste and several classroom teachers began facilitating small groups who trimmed and counted stamps, or designed and created new collages.
"The project came full circle when a kindergarten teacher asked how she could get her 5-year olds involved. Between October 2015 and May, 2016 the children not only trimmed and counted hundreds of stamps, but, with the help of several high school students, the youngest project participants completed their own stamps collage, "Different People-One World Community."
4. The Boston Holocaust Memorial was damaged by vandals twice over the summer. Does that add a sense of urgency to the educational aspects of the project?
"What happened in Boston definitely underscores the crucial need for more education on the topics of the Holocaust: intolerance, lack of acceptance and the prevalence of disrespect.
Massachusetts is not one of the eight states in the country that requires the Holocaust and genocide be taught as part of the public schools' curriculum in middle and high school. Perhaps what happened at the Holocaust Memorial in Boston should be the wake-up call that the time has come to consider such legislation in the Bay State."
5. How much longer do you anticipate the project continuing?
The 11 million goal will be reached shortly, Sheer wrote in an update as 650 students counted 36,408 stamps as a 9/11 service project to bring the total to 10,800,328 stamps, leaving 199,672 to go. Sheer adds that the school has those stamps already, and so is no longer accepting additional stamps.


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The Founder – Joshua Bonehill-Paine.
The Daily Bale seldom likes to boast, but here we think we have a case certainly to be very proud indeed.
Joshua Bonehill-Paine our original founding member, and still the absolute authority in growing circles and known as 'the founder' of The Daily Bale, and the original charity and fund raising peaceful movement 'Stand Strong' – is now a fast growing charismatic figure in British political thought and the rapidly changing mind set.
Joshua first created the 'Stand Strong' movement to bring all people and all communities together in the face of growing extremism in the U.K, and he went on to raise thousands of pounds for charities and unite communities across the country in peace, unity and harmony in peaceful protest against extremism and violence.
Joshua also recognised very early on the growing threat of the so called 'anti fascist' left wing marxist activist extremist groups across the U.K who were pushing hatred and violence by continuously bringing attention to peoples race and spreading racial tension and hatred within our communities where previously there had been none.
Joshua recognised that these so called 'moral anti fascist' groups were actually very immoral and also very fascist and racist in content, by using race and differences that they themselves see in people to then use as a weapon to throw at any opposition by branding them 'racist' or 'fascist' if they so much as voiced an opinion that went against left wing Politically Correct ideology and left wing Marxist philosophy.
Joshua went on to found The Daily Bale. And the BALE word standing for 'Britons Against Left-wing Extremism.
Both Stand Strong and The Daily Bale were both heavily attacked by left wing Marxist Politically Correct anti fascist thug groups and their sub groups on social networking and media.
Joshua never once backed down from the vile campaign of hate and lies that these vile immoral anti British race hate groups threw at him, and he became even more determined that these evil groups and organisations must be exposed for what they really are in truth.
Today, Joshua Bonehill-Paine is a rising star and a true hero to many hundreds of thousands of decent moral people throughout the United Kingdom, and his following is growing on a vast scale as the public at long last have found a voice against the immorality and the growing anger at the unjust ideology of left wing Political Correctness and its bullying, manipulation and intimidation of decent moral hard working British people from all communities and all faiths and identities.
Many people are now rushing to break any ties that they had with these evil left wing groups, and it is fast becoming anti social and highly immoral to be connected in any way with these left wing so called 'anti fascist' groups – who are in fact very fascist and very racist in the extreme.
So yes, The Daily Bale is proud, and today we have a massively growing number of people who join us every day and every week who are also proud.
Proud to be British and proud that at long last a voice of true reason and common sense has appeared from out of the long years of darkness and the oppression of left wing immorality and the unjust criminality of fascist and racist political correctness.
The Daily Bale calls all communities and all faiths and identities to join us as one.
Lets remove and overcome the evil of political correctness together as one national community of many people united in freedom of speech and true democracy to be who we really are and say what we all really mean, so that we can live together in peace and acceptance, without the constant race hate stirring of the racist politically correct anti fascist immoral left wing bullying, intimidation and manipulation.
Daily Bale.
Would all groups and bodies interested in being recognised with us – please apply via the 'contact us' tag at the top of the page.
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Orton VS Foley - Was the match a big deal?
Zach Arnold at Puroresu Power brought up a good point about yesterday's Backlash match between Randy Orton VS Mick Foley. It's a good point that I would have to agree with. Orton and Foley had a certifide Death Match which is very common in Japan and even US indy feds like CZW and the now defunct XPW. And let's not forget old-school ECW. You probably saw the clips of Foley's run in IWA Japan during the buildup video before the match. The thing is, nobody gave a damn about most of those feds cause they were considered garbage matches, unlike the pure wrestling normally delivered by WWE.
Foley and Orton put on one hell of a barbaric match yesterday and the live crowd ate it up. I myself was suprised and impressed at the violence put out in the match. That kind of brutality only rears it's ugly head once in a blue moon on WWE TV. Fans are already raving at how this is match of the year material since most fans rarely get to watch matches like these, and No, those crappy Hardcore title matches don't count. So just why the heck is what they did MOTY material when the same work being done in Japan and the indy circuit is considered 'garbage wrestling'?
And now that both men went through hell to get Orton over in the end. How will Orton continue to remain over in the long term? Anyone remember Steve Blackman? You know, the guy that had an awesome Hardcore title match with Shane McMahon where he jumped off the Titantron to hit an elbow drop to win the match? Or will Orton end up like Steve Corino and have to bleed buckets every night to hide his limited wrestling ability so everyone remembers who he is? Only time will tell.
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Preaching & Interpretation
"Hence when one asked him if he was ever afraid of running short of sermons some day, he replied - 'No; I am just an interpreter of Scripture in my sermons; and when the Bible runs dry, then I shall.' And in the same spirit he carefully avoided the too common mode of accomodating texts - fastening a doctrine on the words, not drawing it from the obvious connection of the passage. He endeavoured at all times to preach the mind of the Spirit in the passage; for he feared that to do otherwise would be to grieve the Spirit who had written it. Interpretation was thus a solemn matter to him."
- Andrew Bonar on Robert M. M'Cheyne
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Thma Bay Kaek
Constructed : 10th century
Religion: Sivaism
Style : Bakheng
King : Yasovarman I ★ 889 - 910 ★
Location : Between the south moat of Angkor Thom and Baksei Chamkrong, to the north of this last monument and 125m west of the road.
Comment : Thma Bay Kaek is a group of very small ruins and facing to the moat of Angkor Thom. The stylobate section of the laterite and portion of structure above upper deck of the brick making remain.
An excavation of the site discovered, under the paving of the sanctury charmber, an intact sacred deposit composed of a quincunx of five gold leaves. The larger central leaf was engraved with the outline of a standing bull: the traditional mount of Shiva.


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Yves Smith of naked capitalism tells a story of her time working in Japan as a way to illustrate how it is that doing right by the system and doing right by customers is an idea whose time has come and gone. The more I read this stuff the more I realize the re-set button will be pressed only when absolutely no other course is open to our leaders. We must sink to absolute bottom before common sense returns. What drag.
When I worked for Sumitomo Bank, I needed to buy a pricey book that catalogued the equipment in cotton spinning mills for a client (we'd been engaged to help him acquire a manufacturer, and he was interested only in certain types of machinery).
I sent one of the guys in my department to get the expense approved by the General Affairs department (no approval, no reimbursement). For convenience, we'll call the person I sent A and the General Affairs fellow Mr. Noh.
A: We need to purchase this book to complete this assignment for a client. You know he's a really big and important customer. Here's a copy of the engagement letter. You can see that they've agreed to reimburse all expenses. They keep nine figure balances in this branch, so there's no risk.
Mr. Noh: There is no budget in your department for books.
A: I don't understand why that matters since the client is going to pay the cost.
Mr. Noh: There is no budget in your department for books.
A: How could we know to budget for this? Are we to allow for every possible contingency? Then we'd have a budget way bigger than we needed and we would not be careful with our spending. You of all people know how expense conscious our bank is.
Mr. Noh: There is no budget in your department for books.
This went on, I kid you not, for 20 minutes, since A by this point was very well schooled in dealing with a Japanese bureaucracy. Finally Mr. Noh slammed his desk and exploded:
You do not understand. Organization is more important than customer.
The good thing about the Japanese is they are willing to tell you things like that straight up, at least is you persist in being a clueless gaijin long enough.
Most Westerners laugh when they hear that story, because it sounds patently ridiculous. After all, businesses depend on customers, and any business that acts like they have the whip hand will suffer a loss of business.
But we are now seeing that Sumitomo was simply ahead of its time. The bank had been the head of the Sumitomo zaibatsu, which after the war continued in a lite form known as keiretsu. The Sumitomo group was the most cohesive, and the bank really did tell certain group companies like Mazda what to do. Others operated more autonomously, which folks at the bank found annoying. So for it to assume it didn't necessarily have to be all that attentive to "customer" needs was not quite as barmy as it sounds.
We see a variant of the Sumitomo "customer be damned" attitude becoming widespread in financial services. The latest example is CME, which is under the hot lights in the wake of the MF Global debacle. Legislators are trying to get in front of the unhappy mob of wronged customers and call it a parade. And an obvious focus of inquiry is the self regulated derivatives exchange, the CME Group, which also oversaw futures commission merchants like MF Global. Worse, MF Global had gotten a clean bill of health from the CME in its last audit.
Needless to say, this isn't merely a "gee maybe we need to do something about bad practices" issue. As various market participants have fulminated, this strikes at the heart of the integrity of markets. If you can't be sure a large and supposedly reputable broker won't pilfer your accounts, it makes no sense to participate in those markets. Not surprisingly, CME trading activity has fallen sharply.
Now you would think a buyers' strike would persuade the CME that it needs to restore credibility. But the 21st century version of that seems to be to engage in lobbying to preserve the status quo rather than do what it takes to win back customers' trust. The Financial Times tells us the CME is girding up for a fight:
"CME has one of the most effective government affairs operations in the nation's Capitol. I've rarely seen them on the losing end of an issue," says Robert Holifield, a former staff director on the Senate agriculture committee.
CME has spent more than $8m on lobbyists since 2008, ranking each year within the top 20 biggest spenders in the securities industry, according to data compiled by the Centre for Responsive Politics, a non-partisan research group.
It has also been a big donor to political campaigns, laying out about $2m to candidates, party committees and leadership political action committees in the last two election cycles, according to the Centre for Responsive Politics.
This year, CME donated more than $75,000 to lawmakers who serve on the House agriculture committee and over $97,000 to members of the Senate agriculture committee. These committees oversee the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the government futures regulator, which in turn supervises CME's role as a self-regulatory organisation.
And you have to love the CME's admission of failure couched as success:
"In the case of MF Global, we did everything we could within our regulatory power, but MF Global broke exchange rules and government regulations designed to protect customer funds. Because the firm failed to comply with regulations, that does not mean the system failed," the group said.
Huh? First, we don't know exactly what happened. Therefore the CME's confident claim that it was blameless is premature. Second, it admits the process WAS defective. If the overseer did everything right and you have an MF Global level disaster, the system failed. I'm actually amused at this NewSpeakish formulation "We'll admit to a damning fact set but maintain everything was fine."
Now there is a possible out for the CME: that MF Global staff mislead auditors and/or filed inaccurate regulatory reports. Given that the firm unraveled quickly, it would not be fatal to the CME if it were hoodwinked for a while by doctored information. But that in turn would imply a real conspiracy by MF Global staff. So a scenario that is favorable to the CME argues for throwing the book at MF Global.
But back to the bigger picture. Here we have the CME taking a hit in trading volumes, and it acts as if it can just ride it out. I don't see why customers would or should get over their shell shock quickly. We see the same behavior in the securitization market. Investors know damned well they were had. The FDIC put forward a proposal of reforms in a Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in early 2010 which looked to be a pretty good set of measures designed to get investors back in the pool. But the sell side refused to consider it, and so we remain with pretty much the entire mortgage market on government life support. And the worse is that the media continues to parrot the bank/originator line that it is "market conditions" that are keeping investors away from private label deals, when it is in fact the industry's own intransigence.
Here the CME does not have (to my knowledge) the prospect of a government guarantee to boost business. And on top of that, futures traders and fund managers are far more aggressive and outspoken than their mortgage brethren, who have been remarkably slow to stand up to abuses. So it would seem to have far less reason than the mortgage industrial complex to be confident that it can stare its customers down.
But maybe I'm out of touch with the zeitgeist. Or perhaps the iron law of institutions is at work, and people at the CME are all working to preserve their posts, with little regard for what it does to the organization. Maybe in this brave new world of rule by banks, not ceding any ground is more important than profit. If you were really paranoid, you might wonder about whether any individuals here were confident a tough stand in this battle would lead to rewards elsewhere.
All I know is that self regulatory bodies can work in the wake of a 1929 level wipeout, when even more than forty years later, securities trading still had an unsavory air about it. That gave industry incumbents a big incentive to embrace tough standards. Now, with members operating almost entirely with other people's money and looting a widespread phenomenon, the time for firm, outside oversight is long overdue. How we get that with DC largely captured by banks is an open question, but letting the industry mind itself is no longer a desirable option.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
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- Circuit Breakers[8]
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37: Suhail Doshi: How Mixpanel Delivers Value by Tracking Actions, Not Page Views
Anybody that's got a website or app is probably gathering lots of data about their customers but wondering how to make sense of it all. In the old days it was all about counting page views but over the years this has led to inflated figures that are ultimately meaningless.
Imagine my surprise when I came across a start-up called Mixpanel. What caught my eye was them referring to something they called the BS metric. It was actually challenging these very figures that are meaningless, and they were looking at different ways of providing that hidden value behind all that data. So I reached out to Mixpanel CEO Suhail Doshi and invited him on the show.
Can you tell me more about yourself and your role at Mixpanel?
My name is Suhail Doshi, and I'm the co-founder and CEO at Mixpanel.
http://sullivanbrospainting.com/wp-json/oembed/1.0/embed?url=https://sullivanbrospainting.com/power-washing/ What exactly is Mixpanel and what services does it offer?
Mixpanel is a mobile analytics product. If you have an app, Mixpanel will help you understand how people are using that app.
buy prednisolone eye drops online I'm looking at your impressive client list that includes Uber, Air BnB, and so forth. Can you tell me how you got involved with these companies and how you help these heavyweights propel themselves forward?
Until 2009 most of the world was just interested in tracking page views because that was basically how you made money as a company. Most businesses would make money through ads, and the ad buyers would pay based on page views, so that became the most important metric on the internet.
Mixpanel took a very polarizing stance and said we're not going to track page views because we don't know if we can build a product or company that would add a whole lot more value if we did. So instead what we tried to do is track actions.
When you think about companies like Uber and Airbnb they have products that are much more engaging then your standard under construction, Geocities website that goes from page to page. These companies wanted to understand how people were using their products; they wanted an edge against the competition, and they wanted to understand their own products better than their competition. We got involved with these companies because a lot of them were building these tools internally just to be able to compete. When Mixpanel was created a lot of these companies just ended up using us because it's not their core competency to have to build analytics in-house and what was available publically just wasn't good enough.
Can you explain what you meant by the BS metric?
When we started our company, we noticed a lot of prospective customers expected things like sessions and page views. We started to notice the media celebrated those successes. I read an article about how LinkedIn had 250 million registered users. We thought just because 250 million people registered doesn't mean 250 million use LinkedIn.
We started to think that a lot of those metrics used to measure business were BS. We just didn't think it represented how successful those companies were.
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What Mixpanel does is provides an easy way for people to not have to write SQL. They can just track the information and send it to Mixpanel, and we take care of the rest. We give them a very intuitive, easy to use, online form. They can answer advanced questions like, for example, "how many people came back five weeks later and requested a ride on Uber, between these ages, broken down by gender and just in the United States?" That's a very deep question that provides a very powerful insight that makes it easy to go back to their team and say "look what I found". That's something that's very difficult to do if you're forced to write SQL and then forced to ask a data scientist and then get that information a week later because the data scientist has this huge back log.
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BioMed Research International
Volume 2014, Article ID 145304, 2 pages
Peripheral Nerve Regeneration: Mechanism, Cell Biology, and Therapies
1Department of Neurosurgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 10 South Pine Street, Medical School Teaching Facility 559 A, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
3Department of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
4Surgery Department, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, TX, USA
5Departments of Neurosurgery and Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital and VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA
Received 10 September 2014; Accepted 10 September 2014; Published 23 December 2014
Copyright © 2014 Xiaofeng Jia et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Read Exodus 16
Focus on verse 18
One of the world's wealthiest men was once asked about how many dollars he would need before he would have enough; his answer apparently was, "just one more". It would seem that it is in our nature as humans to never be satisfied with what we have. There is an old saying, "The grass always looks greener on the other side of the fence", which accurately describes our tendency to be consistently envious of what is just out of our reach. What we fail to realize is that when we actually manage to get to the other side of the fence, we realize that from this side the grass on the side we just came from actually looks greener.
In today's reading Moses instructs the people about how God will provide food for them in the wilderness. In the morning as the dew lifts there will be "manna" – little flakes of sweet bread like food on the ground for them to collect. In the evening, quail fly in and land in the camp, which they can kill and prepare for meat. This was a test of faith, as well as one of obedience. They were to collect only what they needed for one day on the first five days of the week, on the sixth they were to gather two days worth since there would never be manna on the seventh day.
But when they measured it with an omer, whoever gathered much had nothing left over, and whoever gathered little had no lack. Each of them gathered as much as he could eat. (v. 18)
Not surprisingly some of the people tried to collect more than they needed only to find that it would spoil over night…except on the sixth day. For forty years they gathered "manna", the bread of heaven that the Lord provided for them in the wilderness on every day except the seventh. This was a lesson for Israel not just in trusting the Lord to provide for them, but also in obedience in regard to the Sabbath day. They were not to go out and gather on the seventh day; rather they were to gather enough on the sixth for two days.
The Lord is so patient with Israel – well, at least at this point – He is teaching them to walk in obedience to His commands (and He has not yet given them the ten commandments). How wonderful to have the Lord Himself provide bread each day, and meat each evening… they did not have to hunt, or grow grain or grind flour… though it seems they could use the manna to bake cakes of some sort.
The Lord is still in the business of providing for His people. He may not use manna as the means by which to provide it, but He is faithful to those who put their trust in Him.


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Eastern Maine Medical Center is located in Bangor, Maine. It is a 411 bed facility which serves the mid to upper state of Maine. We have received many awards for patient care and satisfaction. To me these are the only awards that I hold dear. The only ones that mean something to me. I know what care is given within this hospital. Our nurses are top notch.
I don't care if we get awards for being the "most wired hospital", nor do I really care if we are the honey's of the "Joint Commission". I mostly say "okay, cool" when we get these awards and go on with my day. Inside these walls are some of the most caring nurses I have ever worked with. Nurses all over this country work hard. Nursing is more than a career. It is who we are. If you know a nurse you know what I mean. If you are a child of a nurse you have a completely different perception of what a nurse is. Nurses are the backbone of the hospital. We assess, treat, provide comfort and care, perform skills independently. No longer are we the doctors handmaidens of the past. We work side by side with our physicians, together as a team.
So why are we striking? Our contract is up. We came to the bargaining table with complete faith that we could make changes that would keep our patients safe. Please notice that I say "our" and not the. We take ownership of our care and our patients. Our nurses are overworked. The nurse to patient ratio on the floors has become dangerous. In ICU we have ratios that are safe. 1 nurse to every 1-2 patients. This is a workable ratio for us. On the floors there can and often is 1 nurse to 5-7 patients. The nurses can't answer call bells, assess patients, give meds, pass trays, call Dr's, update families, check on labs, call results, treat for pain, and be there to support our patients. We are transferring sicker patients out of the ICU sooner. These patients would go to step down units in many other hospitals. Over worker and stressed nurses have more med errors, more call in's due to illness, and burnout. We are striking for Safe Patient Staffing Levels.
We stand untied. We stand in the rain. We are cold and wet but with smiling faces.
We stand together. We stand strong. We stand in a line all the way down the street.
Ted stands with us. We have support from family and friends. We have support from patients that know what we are fighting for.
I'm so proud of my sisters and brothers.
We have support from the community. The honks made us louder. The more honks the more nurses cheering.
To the haters out there. To the ones who have listened to the media not the facts. No we aren't after money. No raise is even mentioned in the contract. We want this message to be clear. We are for our patients. We want to provide safe care. We are standing in the rain for you. To management, come to the table in good faith. You hired scab nurses many months ago in preparation of breaking our spirit and our Union. Be fair, we will work with you. None of us wanted to be here now. We want to have a good relationship with you. Now to the scab nurses that came from out of state. You know who you are. My thoughts are with you as you travel back to your family for the holiday. Stay safe. Think about what you did and may you have the support of nurses in your community when you need it. I know this post has nothing to do with farming, animals or homesteading. It just has to be said. Love a nurse.
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text: Are you on a mission to complete the race that has been set before you? Have you stretched your tent straps so you can reach out to those looking that something that lies within you? Have your eyes been fogged up and your vision lost? If you fall in any of these three catagories then you must go back to that place where you met the Lord and allow Him to break up the fallow ground. Them you can see that He is the way the truth and the light and the enemie has tried to distract you from your eternal mission. You must begin to cry out to Him that can give you the strehgth to press on toward the prize.The prize that is only promised to those who believe and follow Him. Today take the time to evaluate your mission versus your vision. If you mission and vision are not moving forward then go bak to Him and He will get you back on the right track.


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I hope this meets you at a TIME when it would make the most impact in your life. Time is a very essential commodity in the making of a Muslim. This is seen in various sections of the Qur'an where Allah swore by time. In Qur'an 103:1, Allah says 'By the time'. In Qur'an 93:1, He says 'By the glorious morning light'. In Qur'an 92:1, He says 'By the night as it conceals (the light). Also in Qur'an 89:1, He says 'By the dawn'.The fact that Allah swore by time and the different packages in which it comes, emphasizes the fact that we have to attach the appropriate importance to it. We have to value it the right away. There also are other parts of the Qur'an where Allah talked about time.
Time is all the moment a man spends from his birth till his death. Time is another word for LIFE, of which whatever vanishes in it can never be replaced. Time is a treasure which is more valuable than money, because money squandered or lost can be replaced, but time lost can never ever be replaced.
Time comes in different packages. We have the happy time which seems to pass quickly, hard times which seem to pass slowly. We have time of good-health and time of ill-health, time of comfort and time of discomfort. We have the leisure time and we have the time when we are busy. There's time to hustle and there's time to keep calm and enjoy.
Some people would engage in irrelevant acts and tell you that they are killing time. They are actually committing suicide because that portion of their life which is wasted can never be regained.
What is the value of time? As earlier said, time is all the period you spend from birth till death, hence, it has to be properly organised. The unimportant shouldn't overshadow the important, the important shouldn't take precedence over the more important, while the time-less shouldn't prevail over the time-specific. Setting a portion of time for rest and refreshment is part of organising your time because the soul, heart and body get tired after being used for a long time. Thanks to the advancement in technology, you can keep track of time by checking your wristwatch, cell phone, laptop, wall clock, e.t.c. Even as Muslims, we are taught how to determine the passage of time through weather conditions and change in climate.
You still don't know the value of time? Time is not like a call-credit plan which rolls over. The fact that you have extra minutes which you didn't exhaust yesterday, doesn't mean you can use it today. It's gone forever. There's no carry over. There's no point trying to save time. You can only use it wisely.
At times, a year would pass by as if it was only a month. A month would pass by as if it was a week. A week would pass by as if it was a day. A day would pass by as if it was only a moment. And at the end of the day, you're amazed because you can't pinpoint what you've achieved. The weekend is over before you realise it. The month is over, it's time to pay the rent and you realise you're not even over the rent from last month.
Dear Muslimah, a day must not pass you by without you adding to your wealth of knowledge, for you shall account for every second spent, on the day of Accountability.
Are you still wondering what the value of time is? It's so sad that a lot of us don't know the value of time. But I tell you, if you want to know the value of a year, ask a student that failed, and is a year behind or has to repeat a class or has an extra year. That year means a lot to him.
If you want to know the value of a month, ask a mother who delivered a premature baby. All she needed was a month for the baby to be fully developed. Don't tell her that a month doesn't matter.
If you want to know the value of a week, ask a person in-charge of a weekly newspaper or magazine. To him, everyday is a deadline.
If you want to know the value of a day, ask a mother, a wife or a child, who is waiting for a loved one to arrive, but can't wait because they are unbelievably happy.
If you want to know the value of a minute, ask a person who just missed his flight by a minute. He gets to the terminal and is told 'just missed it man, you just missed your flight'.
If you don't know the value of a second, ask a person who just escaped an accident. He says 'It was just a second ago, the car passed and the accident happened'. A second could have cost him his life.
And if you still don't know the value of a millisecond, ask a person who participated in the Olympics and lost gold because of a millisecond. To such a person, a millisecond would have changed the world history.
My esteemed readers, are you still confused about the value of time? In fact, being a Muslim should make you more conscious of time because you have been commanded to observe solat at a certain time. If time wasn't important, then maybe our beloved Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) wouldn't have taught us that certain acts of worship are most rewarding at certain times.
It is time for action. Sleep early so that you can wake up to observe the night prayer (tahajjud), which is slated for the third part of the night. Remember Allah when other people are sleeping. Whenever it is raining, supplicate. Between the Adhan and the Iqaamah, speak with Allah. On Mondays and Thursdays, fast, just as the Prophet (S.A.W) did. There are various acts of Ibaadah which you must engage in before you run out of time, because you never can tell when your clock would stop ticking. The Prophet (S.A.W) advised us to exploit our free time (leisure) before we become busy.
Dale Carnegie said in his book titled 'How To Stop Worrying and Start Living', 'Our problem is not ignorance, but inaction'. What action are you taking today in order to make the best use of your time (your life)?
Are you still thinking of the value to attach to time? Then I advise you to pick up a copy of the book titled 'Time In The Life Of A Muslim'. Read it, digest it and I pray you do have a change in attitude (for the better) afterwards.
Ma'a salamah!
Written by AMINAH FASHOLA


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