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On June 17, 2015, the Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal to ramp up India´s solar power capacity target under the National Solar Mission by five times, to achieve 100 GW (1 GW= 1000 MW) by 2022. The target has been split into 40 GW from Rooftop and 60 GW through Large and Medium Scale Grid Connected Solar Power Projects, entailing an overall investment of Rs.600,000 crore ($100 billion at that time).
It managed to raise quite a few eyebrows as the target was over 40 per cent of the total installed generation capacity of the country, which was at 240 GW by then, and that too it envisaged to achieve this from only one source that was still at a nascent stage of development.
The Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission was launched on the 11th January, 2010 by our former Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh. The Mission had set the ambitious target of deploying 20,000 MW of grid connected solar power by 2022 and aimed at reducing the cost of solar power generation in the country through (i) long term policy; (ii) large scale deployment goals; (iii) aggressive R&D; and (iv) domestic production of critical raw materials, components and products. It had envisaged to achieve grid tariff parity by 2022.
Taking advantage of the solar prices falling over the last five years from `18/ kWh to below `6/ kWh, the Government of India has decided to take a plunge into solar power generation in a big way and announced it as one of the prime sources of energy exploitation of the future. The Indian solar sector is thus, finally coming out of hibernation.
Taking the Paris Climate Summit as a launchpad for its plans in the international arena, India has pledged to reduce its green house gas (GHG) emissions intensity ù the ratio between a country´s gross emissions to its gross domestic product at a particular point - by 33-35 per cent by 2030, compared to 2005 levels. For this, India announced that it will ensure about 40 per cent of its electricity comes from non-fossil fuel sources, with a lion´s share planned from solar, followed by wind. ¨It is a good opportunity for solar panel producers because they will get a good market. It is a very good for the consumer as well, because they can generate during the day time and use net-off facility. So, whatever he generates, his bill gets adjusted accordingly,¨ said Mahesh D Paranjpe, Chief - Hydro Renewable Operations and Safety, Tata Power.
While achieving the target by 2022 is being debated, Power Minister Piyush Goyal went to the extent of announcing his intention to achieve the target by 2017. ¨We are looking at achieving the 100 GW target of installed capacity of solar energy by the end of 2017 itself,¨ Goyal said recently.
The government announced in mid-January that the country´s grid-connected solar power generation capacity has crossed the 5,000 MW mark, with Rajasthan on top, followed by Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh ramping up capacitieshttp://economictimes.indiatimes.com/topic/government.
India is endowed with vast solar energy potential. About 5,000 trillion kWh per year energy is incident over India´s land area with most parts receiving 4-7 kWh per square meter per day. Hence both technology routes for conversion of solar radiation into heat and electricity, namely, solar thermal and solar photovoltaic, can effectively be harnessed, providing huge scalability for solar energy in India. Solar energy also provides the ability to generate power on a distributed basis and enables rapid capacity addition with short lead times. From an energy security perspective, solar is the most secure of all sources, since it is abundantly available.
The top five states with highest potential of solar generation - Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh are estimated to have a lion´s share of 59 per cent of the national potential with 438.19 GW, while the next five big bets have the potential that is about 19 per cent of the national solar generation potential at 142.92 GW. The estimated solar energy potential of 7,48,990 MW, in 29 states and union territories, according to Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources (MNRE)
There is an overarching pro-sustainable energy policy coming out from Central Government, which is strongly encouraging state governments to start adopting their own support policies. The government has been working on creating conducive environment with implementation of decentralised generation of solar energy projects through Surya Mitra Scheme, setting up of Solar Parks, enforcement of Renewable Purchase Obligations etc.
In January, the Union Cabinet approved amendments to the revised tariff policy. One of the most significant revisions is a Renewable Power Obligation (RPO) which would require that 8 per cent of electricity consumption be procured from solar energy by March 2022. This is an important step towards achieving the 100-GW goal, but the RPO will remain just a number without strict enforcement.
The government has received the presidential assent for scaling up of the budget outlay of ´Grid Connected Rooftop and Small Solar Power Plants Programme´ under the National Solar Mission from Rs.600 crore during the 12th five-year plan to `5000 crore for implementation over a period of five years (2015-2020).
According to the latest reports, 26 states out of 30 states and union territories in the country have state-level grid-connected rooftop policies in place. By end-June 2015 itself, 23 states had rooftop policies, while 27 state electricity regulatory commissions had their regulations and power tariff policies in place, according to MNRE.
¨Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA) has formulated the Solar Policy. It was circulated amongst the stakeholders.... after due consultation and revisions, the Policy is forwarded for approval by the State Government before it comes into effect,¨ said Dr Pramod Pathak, Member Secretary, Goa Energy Development Agency, Goa, stating that this way GEDA is working towards the national goal of Solar-100 GW. However, as Goa is a small State with hills and undulating lands, there is not much scope for setting up the solar power plants of the order of 50 or 100 MW. So, GEDA is concentrating on the smaller capacity plants distributed all over the state and promoting solar rooftop plant, especially on the Government offices and Government aided Educational Institutions. ¨Within the premises of GEDA office a 3-kW grid interactive solar power system is erected as a demonstration unit,¨ Phatak added. However, the schemes in some of the states are not encouraging for rooftop solar and it is still a costly proposition for individual customer to set up a solar system for self-consumption, feel some industry sources.
¨Nevertheless, Karnataka, for example, is increasing the benefits of its net metering scheme, where consumers receive credits for pumping energy back into the grid. Tamil Nadu is also mandating that any building above four stories should spare 30 per cent of the space for PV systems. If a couple of more states work in this direction, then the momentum will build across the country,¨ Rahul Gupta, Managing Director, Rays Power Experts Pvt. Ltd.
¨More recent state policies have seen too much of volatility, non-transparency and unpredictability to really win the confidence of a wider investor community. Much still seems half baked,¨ Gupta said emphasising on the need to streamline the policy making processes.
Land is a critical component for mega field-based projects and that too the most disputed one. Solar plant needs about 4-5 acres of land per mega watt of capacity. Financial closure for large projects is contingent on availability of land parcel of required sizes. In some states, conversion of agricultural land into industrial land will take a lot of time. Land is also needed for laying transmission lines. ¨Unfortunately, solar would require a lot of land, so barren land is the only solution. Otherwise you go for roof top, which is more on a domestic level. Laws of physics are unfortunately the same,¨ said Rathin Basu, Managing Director, Alstom India T&D Limited If the land is privately acquired then one can chose agricultural land or industrial land parcels based on economics. Obviously, fertile land is not preferred, whereas barren lands are perfect.
Many states are coming up with solar bids. According to Paranjpe of Tata Power, solar bids are of two types. ¨One is, those who have land available with them, they can quote (the supply price), or the government says that it will give you land at a specified price and you quote for it.¨
In Goa, there is an acute shortage of non-agricultural and fallow land. ¨However, GEDA is pursuing with the stakeholders to bring under project the abandoned mines land where the silted deposits rendered the land infertile. GEDA is also pursuing with Water Resource Department for the canal area where the rooftop type solar power plants can be set up along with the canal land. The potential land allocation from the canal area is expected to yield the capacity of 25-30 MW,¨ said Pathak.
¨Intermittency of solar power is a huge challenge, underestimated by planners today. The amount of renewable energy we are planning to put in the grid requires a huge investment in managing power flow and stability of weight to happen,¨ says Rathin Basu.
¨If the need is for 100 GW then we have to invest in 500 GW of solar capacity. Not many people follow this carefully. When you do that, solar will be a bigger multiplier, because 100 MW coal and 100 MW solar will require the same transmission and distribution (T&D) capacity. But 500 MW of renewable will need 500 MW T&D. That means the T&D investment for renewable will be in multiples,¨ Basu pointed out. Because 100 GW of solar and wind will not produce as much; on an average at the Plant Load Factor of 18 per cent, you will get only 18 GW.
Today, we have 290 GW of capacity, and by 2022 it could reach 450 GW in generation. Generation today has slowed down on the coal side, a lot is happening on the solar and wind side. Renewables are used intermittently, which means the power quality is not up to the mark and has to be purified. This requires compensation, forecasting and software technologies that should be able to forecast the weather to ensure proper and optimal transmission.
The choice of transmission network is made depending on the concentration of renewable power in the respective state. Therefore, the state and national planners need to sit out together and plan it properly, which is being neglected currently. Because of lack of proper planning, many states may back out on the renewable generation, despite the power source being available for them. This is very bad for investors and developers, who have invested in renewable energy in that state. Goa being a small state and having relatively low voltage network has its own peculiar problems. The electrical transmission networking in Goa is designed of low capacity power transmission of 11 kV. Hence there is systemic limitation of feeding the solar power energy to grid inlets. ¨Keeping this in mind and also only the small patches of land availability all over the State, we can go for it 1-2 MW grid connectivity allocation for nearly 250 numbers of 11 kV stations spread all over the State,¨ Pathak explained.
Solar parks are likely to be located in the remote areas; the project execution is likely to get delayed as these locations lack access to basic infrastructure facilities like roads, rails, power availability, telecom networks etc., says Rahul Gupta.
Net metering
Net metering is important to make the Rooftop PV and Small Solar Power Generation Plants (RPSSGP) scheme a success. The advantage of net metering is that payment had to be made only for the difference between the power supplied by the utility and the power produced by the solar panels and there was no need to store the surplus energy in batteries for later use. It would also allow consumers to directly contribute to enhancing the renewable energy capacity of the country. As of May 2015, 19 States/UTs had formulated a net metering policy. In the absence of recommended uniform guidelines, different States had adopted different models for implementing net metering.
As of now, the project is at the policy formulation stage only, the implementation is yet to pick up in full swing. Buoyed by the sharp increase in solar power capacity addition in 2015-16, MNRE plans to add 12 GW of solar power capacity in 2016-17. This is a massive target when compared to the target set for 2015-16 of just 1.4 GW. For 2015-16, the solar power capacity addition target was set at 1,400 MW, and 1,489 MW capacity was added by January 31, 2016. The country´s grid-connected solar power generation capacity has crossed the 5,000- MW mark, in mid-January 2016 with Rajasthan on top, followed by Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh installing new capacities. Rajasthan was leading the list with 1,264.35 MW capacity, followed by Gujarat (1,024 MW), Madhya Pradesh (679 MW), Tamil Nadu (419 MW), Maharashtra (379 MW) and Andhra Pradesh (357 MW).
¨There are currently just over 10 GW of solar projects under development, and about 8.4 GW expected to be auctioned off over the next few months,¨ said Raj Prabhu, CEO and Co-Founder of Mercom Capital Group.
Green Buildings: Around 26 states and some Union Territories have prepared guidelines for installing rooftop solar power systems, a move that will boost efforts for construction of green buildings in the country. Director of MNRE AK Tripathi said the government is also making efforts to incorporate green architecture into civil engineering courses.
As a conservative estimate, about 25000 MW capacity can be accommodated on roofs of buildings having more than two rooms alone, if we consider 20 per cent of roofs in the country. About 130 million houses are having over two rooms, while an average household can accommodate 1-3 kWp of solar PV system. The large commercial roofs can accommodate even higher capacities.
So, achieving 40 GW of rooftop solar capacity is not a difficult target to achieve, but financing of household rooftop is yet to evolve. These rooftop solar PV plants will be set up in residential, commercial, industrial, institutional sectors in the country ranging from 1 kWp to 500 kWp capacity.
The Department of Financial Services, Ministry of Finance has also issued the following advisory to all Public Sector Banks: ¨All banks are advised to encourage the home loan/ home improvement loan seekers to install rooftop solar PVs and include the cost of such equipment in their home loan proposals just like non solar lighting, wiring and other such fittings.¨ This is expected to give a shot in the arm for the solar sector. But the ground realities are said to be different, if one has to go by the industry views.
Road bumps
The World Trade Organization´s (WTO) recent ruling against India´s domestic content policy for solar cells and modules is expected to affect manufacturers who are overly dependent on the Domestic Content Requirement (DCR) market. In the long term, however, the effect should be minimal as DCR projects are a small part of the projects auctioned. The Indian government is expected to appeal against the ruling. ¨Restricting the use of cheaper non-domestic components while expecting solar power at the lowest possible price has never made sense,¨ said Prabhu.
The proposals in the recent budget to bring down by half the depreciation on solar and wind plants is a big blow to this nascent industry. Though clean environment cess has been doubled, how much of it will come to the rescue of solar industry is a billion dollar question.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI), a public sector non-profit firm, has its work cut out for it as a nodal agency of NSM. However, it has received flak from the industry for proposing to shrink implementation deadlines for solar projects.
Solar power is an idea whose time has come. Taking up the idea to the mission mode is a great thing in itself. While experts are debating the possibility of achieving the target by 2022, trying to achieve it by 2017-end seems farfetched. Even going by the history, where the holistic approach - which consists of three main components viz. generation, transmission and distribution - was not taken has deprived the people of the country of uninterrupted and 24 hour power supply, should not be repeated here. The mission should take all its components along with solar generation.
Transmission is one of the critical components for solar evacuation and distribution. Building capacities without evacuation facilities will lead to the current situation faced by the new coal- and gas-based power plants, which are lying idle for want of power purchase agreements (PPAs). Due to inability of distribution companies to buy more power 20,000 MW of capacity is said to be lying idle, at present. Setting up of smart meters and net metering is also essential for giving momentum to the mission.
The government should take into consideration the multiplicity of transmission capacities that may be required for solar power transmission and gear up for the additional investments that may be called for.
Finance is life-blood of any economy, the same is the case with an industry, particularly when its stakeholders include individual households. The government, in association with banks should evolve all kinds of financial modelling tools that help reaching out ot all sections of people and see that they are followed by banks. Last but not the least, the government has to ensure that the benefits reach the right people in line with its motto of the government - to plug leakages in various government schemes.
Case study
Poor implementation of Solar Power programme in West Bengal West Bengal Green Energy Development Corporation Ltd. (WBGEDCL) approved (September 2009) a work plan to install RE projects of 400 MW, Green Building of five MW, roof top SPV plants of 10 MW and develop evacuation infrastructure of 400 MW, to be achieved by 2015. It involved a total investment of Rs 4,225 crore.
Government of West Bengal developed (April 2010) a State Action Plan for Climate Change (SAPCC) which identified a solar potential of 16,000 MW.
Subsequently, in June 2012, Government of West Bengal declared its RE policy. In the Policy, estimated potential of each RE sources, except Solar, was mentioned. Regarding solar potential it was stated that the same was under preparation. Significantly, the potential assessed under the SAPCC was not considered in the RE Policy declared in June 2012 and as per assessment made by NIWE (in 2011), the estimated solar potential of West Bengal was 6,260 MW. The RE Policy set out targets for creation of capacity of 100 MW and 500 MW to be achieved by 2017 and 2022, respectively.
During 2007-14, against target of 100 MW solar power, the State could install capacity of two MW only which was 0.03 per cent of installed capacity in the State, a negligible achievement.
As per RE Policy, WBGEDCL was to identify Government waste land and the land so identified was to be transferred to WBGEDCL which in turn would be leased to the developers. For projects on private land the developer was to arrange the entire required quantum of land through direct purchase. Audit noticed the following deficiencies in planning and implementation of solar projects in West Bengal:
i) Details of sites identified for setting of RE based projects were not kept in public domain in order to facilitate the developers in assessing the information.
ii) Land could not be acquired by seven developers for setting up 32.5 MW solar projects.
iii) In Bankura district, WBGEDCL identified (September 2012) Government waste land (178 acres) in Mejia block. Department of Power and Non-Conventional Energy Resources (DPNES), WBGEDCL was to carry out the feasibility of grid connectivity and submit proposal on these wastelands. The report was not prepared even after lapse of more than two years.
iv) Audit observed that, since June 2012, WREDA received 11 proposals for solar projects but none were cleared till date (September 2014).
Thus, due to lack of commitment to policy and to business plan, only two MW of the Solar RE capacity could be installed in West Bengal.


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No matter how big you are, if you splurge in misconduct, cheating or abuse of power, you will never achieve your potential. You will lose respect and people will always know who they are dealing with.
You will survive, but over time you will become irrelevant, you will not rise in the heart of men, you will be a false hero. At the worst people will throw a shoe at you, or foment some other curse. Do not forget this as you spread your wings. Every society needs its leaders to stand for truth and justice. Even under attack, people will stand by you if they know you are a true fighter, and if you happen to fall, the living will glorify you and remember the good about you. Do not live to be forgotten or despised. Life is for leaders to make a difference. Some leaders are remembered for their wickedness. Those memories bring disdain to our souls.
Leaders who make a true difference are those who fought for justice and inclusion of masses. People are judged not only for their accomplishments, but also by how good they were as human beings. No one is perfect, so if you make a mistake, seek amend. Don't taunt people because you are powerful. Perfidy will always lead to disgrace, because if you indulge in it, it will not be long before you meet your match. The public forum is not a place to bring treason, because sooner or later, you will receive the "scorn".
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Unlucky Strike: A Gallery Of Times Drake Took Women On Dates That Went Nowhere
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Drake's Meaningless Dates
Drake is a serial dater. It's what he does. He takes women out to fancy means and has a good old time. Usually it leads to nothing. He's been out with random women plenty of times while only really seriously dating women like Rihanna or Serena Williams. He's enjoying his single life, so good for him.
So let's look at some of Drake's one off dates and what happened next.
Amber Rose – They went out on a date that caused some friction between he and Kanye
Nicole Scherzinger – They went out a couple of times but that's it
Tyra Banks – They went to Disney together but that's about it
These Bangin' Twins – Drake took TWO women out for a date at the same damn time because he's Drake
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Rosalyn Gold-Onwude – He took her as his date for the NBA Awards


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|"She Just Doesn't Get It"
Disclosure: This post is my own personal opinion according to my own experiences and physical restrictions.
Days are tough when you have issues getting a good night sleep and others think your lazy for sleeping during the day. I get it, I don't look sick. Others don't have a clue the amount of pain that I have to just PUSH through each and every day in order to maintain a very sedentary lifestyle.
Yesterday, I had to go to a job placement meeting so that they can help me find a job that meets my restrictions and help me find an employer who will accept me for who I am and what I can and cannot do physically. Yes, I am smart and I can easily land a job; however, there is a price that I have to pay each day when I get up from the bed. I have to pick and choose my tasks very wisely as it is easy to become fatigued and make my pain increase in the matter of a few minutes or hours depending on what I do.
I was presented with what seemed like an ideal and possibly a great job opportunity from the eyes of the counselors that I just couldn't pass up. Yes, I agree it was a perfect opportunity and could potentially be a perfect match. However, I haven't seen a job description and I refuse put my health at risk, after all if I could still do a light duty job I would have never been laid off.
I was told yesterday that I should wait to discuss any of my physical limitations until after I have been offered a job. Sounds to me like a "bait and switch" technique that some car dealerships use to lure customers into their showroom floors. This advice didn't settle well with me at all. In fact, it seems unethical to lie to someone's face about my restrictions and then when I get the job dance around some of the duties that I cannot physically do.
This isn't fair to me, a future employer, or any of the people that I would have to work around each day. I am not one to complain about my situation on the job, which was part of the reason my former employer had issues with me when I told them all of a sudden that I could no longer do parts of my job.
Lying and being unethical would cause me not to sleep at night and it could even possibly get me fired. I am not going to lie or be unethical for my personal gain.
I believe that I should be open and honest with a potential employer because I was taught at an early age that "honesty is always the best policy". If someone chooses to take a chance and work with me, then we can discuss my limitations in great detail and go from there.


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This week was crazy!! Started out with me taking the wrong bus, then leaving my Credit Card at the ATM and of course no water... No worries got my card back and we got water (for the moment). After all the stress, I got an Ice Cream.
This week we also had divisions! I was in my area with Sister Ferreira, my old companion! It was crazy we caught up on all the good stuff. Then we worked hard! It was a normal division.
We then had a special missionary conference with all missionaries in the world. Whelp in our part of Africa the internet decided to not work, so we sat doing nothing for 2 hours hoping to see it. We saw about 10 mins. Today, we finally got to watch it. WOW!! This is the work of the Lord and I am so happy to be a part of it right now. First time in over 10 years since having a conference like that and I was a part of it!
It is interesting to see investigators realizing the hand of the Lord. Last week we had a lesson with a Lady. It was my companions turn to knock on the door (remember she is new, this was her first door) I did not say anything and my companion froze. The lady was like are you going to enter or just stand there... We then entered and started teaching about Joseph Smith. Her 4 year old son then locked himself in the bathroom. She was very worried about that since all her cleaning materials are inside that room. Here most doors have glass windows on them. She broke the window to unlock the door. Turns out her son was just using the bathroom like he had said. Then this week we visited her again. She then told us it was like someone was trying to stop her from listening to us. We then testified that is Satan and good things are about to come from our visits. I love when people recognize things like that!!
While doing service found a Utah Sweater in the Lady's clothes. That was really rare! Thought it was funny. Lady did not find it as cool as me, just clothes to her. Hope everyone has a good week!
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On Thursday July 12 at 11:30 a.m., Rising Star Casino and the City of Rising Sun will hold a ceremonial event to celebrate Rising Star's new ferry boat operation. Members of Rising Star management will christen the boat and unveil the ferry's name along with the winner of their "Name The Ferry" contest. (Note: image to the left is a stock photo and not the actual ferry boat.) The City of Rising Sun is honored to host the event at our boat ramp at Front and Plum Streets. The bo...
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Posted by Bryce Kendrick on Monday, July 09, 2018
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Posted by Bryce Kendrick on Thursday, July 05, 2018
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First Fireworks Golf Cart Parade Joins Annual Blast Event
Posted by Bryce Kendrick on Thursday, June 21, 2018
Rising Sun Main Street will be hosting a Golf Cart Parade during the City's Independence Day celebration in downtown Rising Sun according to this provided release. The event will take place on Tuesday, July 3. Walkers and bicyclists are also encouraged to participate. The parade will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Rising Sun City Hall located at 200 North Walnut Street, and conclude on Front Street along the riverfront in Downtown Rising Sun. Decorations will be available at the City Hall parking lot b...
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First Blues & BBQ Event Is June 9
Posted by Bryce Kendrick on Friday, June 01, 2018
The Ohio County Convention, Tourism and Visitors Commission (Ohio County Tourism) along with Rising Sun Main Street will debut the Rising Sun's Blues & BBQ on Saturday, June 9, 2018, according to this provided release. The inaugural event will take place on Main and Poplar Streets in Historic Downtown Rising Sun. It will include an amateur BBQ rib competition, live blues music, kids' events and a Hillbilly Fashion Show. The event is free and open to the public. Food vendors will have items ...
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June SNAC Calendar
Posted by Bryce Kendrick on Friday, June 01, 2018
Here is the Rising Sun Senior Nutrition Activity Center Calendar for June. Rising Sun Senior Nutrition Activity Center Activity Calendar Located at Hoosier Boy Apartments, 211 South Walnut St., Rising Sun, IN Contact Aimee Howlett-Ballard, SNAC Director, at 812-438-2468 to reserve a meal Hours: 10:15a - 1:15p, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday Meals are on a donation basis...
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But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds."
Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do. You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that - and shudder.
You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless? Was not our ancestor Abraham considered righteous for what he did when he offered his son Isaac on the altar? You see that his faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did. And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend. You see that a person is justified by what he does and not by faith alone.
In the same way, was not even Rahab the prostitute considered righteous for what she did when she gave lodging to the spies and sent them off in a different direction? As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.


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I recently read this story that talks about a worthy cause, and if you google the term "Hellenic Cardiac Fund" you will see that it is, indeed, a worthy cause that you may want to help out. For 27 years, the Hellenic Cardiac Fund has helped Greek children overcome the most complex congenital heart problems. Most recently, it has helped Asimina from Macedonia, Greece. When she was seven months old, she developed what appeared to be a cold … but this was no ordinary cold my friends. Asimina began experiencing severe shortness of breath and stopped eating. As her condition worsened, the family was referred to the Hellenic Cardiac Fund. The organization was able to bring her and her parents to the children's Hospital Boston located in the United States. There it was discovered that this precious little girl had a very dangerous ailment – a huge cardiac tumor. Her parents were in distress as this tumor was the type that was known to cause sudden death to children. But their sorrow would soon turn into exquisite joy when Children's Hospital world renowned cardiologists and surgeons teamed to remove the killer-tumor. Asimina and her parents have now returned to Greece. She is one of the over 800 children who are living better lives today because of the intervention of the Hellenic Cardiac Program at Children's Hospital Boston. I'm sure you all know there is a tradition among Hellenes to assist those in need. It is a long, unbroken line of caring and giving that is a source of great pride. If you want to find out how to help this organization, below is the contact info:
Bess Pappas
Director, Hellenic Cardiac Fund for Children
300 Longwood Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA


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Pastor Arrested Reading Bible In Front Of DMV
SB1070 works, so let's get rid of it
California Asks Supreme Court to Overturn Arizona's SB 1070 BECAUSE IT WORKS!
But leave it to California to come up with the most novel argument as it tries to convince the Court to overturn the Arizona law. A document submitted by California Attorney General Kamala Harris asks the Court to overturn SB 1070 because it is likely to result in illegal aliens in Arizona moving to other states – like California. In other words, as a far as California is concerned, the problem with SB 1070 is that it works.
But wait a minute! I thought California wants illegal aliens. California needs illegal aliens. The California economy would collapse without illegal aliens. California offers every benefit imaginable to attract illegal aliens. You would think California would want the Supreme Court to uphold SB 1070 just so California could attract more illegal aliens to come and live there.
If California doesn't want all the illegal aliens in Arizona to relocate to California, that's another reason to ask the Court to uphold SB 1070. As soon as the Supreme Court declares SB 1070 to be constitutional, California could pass its own version of SB 1070 because, by the state's own admission, it works.
Economist Laffer gives solution to fix California
Electric companies want YOU to pay their expenses
NEW: Greens Want Energy Bubble Loans from CPUC
MARCH 30, 2012/By WAYNE LUSVARDI
California is getting strapped for cash to continue to pay for subsidies for economically infeasible solar power and energy efficiency projects for homeowners and small businesses.
So the Environmental Defense Fund has concocted a proposal to the California Public Utilities Commission called "On-Bill Repayment." This program would have electricity users pay for such energy upgrades in their monthly electricity bills. The upfront money for energy upgrades would come from loans through commercial banks instead of government subsidies. More…
New Poll, Bad Questions
Polling is a science. In many cases you can get the results you want by changing the way a question is worded. More…
1700 Americans (if the low 10% is used) will not be allowed to work and their government will give the jobs to criminals
Obama to Give Thousands of Illegal Aliens in Bay Area Amnesty
by Stephen Frank on 03/30/2012 ·
The Bay Area is Mecca for foreign criminals. The Obama Administration has decided that at least 1700 illegal aliens are lawbreakers—but not killers, so they can continue to violate our immigration laws. More…
Democrat Feinstein Wants to Start a War—A North vs. South Water War
by Stephen Frank on 03/29/2012
Democrats are pacifists, except when they decide a war is good for them politically, no matter who the war harms or kills.
Senator Feinstein has decided a "good" water war is what she needs to get re-elected.
"Politicians have a way of using titles to their legislation that covers up what it is really all about. More…
Immigration, World Poverty and Gumballs
Immigration by the Numbers — Off the Charts
No pay raise if deficit remains, California elected officials warned
Number of vaccinated kids drops steadily in California
As a growing number of Californians exempt their children from required immunizations, public health departments statewide are launching campaigns to try to persuade them to vaccinate and legislators are trying to make it harder for them to get exemptions. Photo: @alviseni/Flickr
By Hannah Guzik, California Health Report
Amanda Tarpening doesn't want the state telling her to vaccinate her child.
And California public health officials don't want her 17-month-old daughter, who has not been immunized, to fall ill or help spread a vaccine-preventable disease. More…
Is government the most efficient provider of services?
By STEVEN GREENHUT/Special to the email@example.com
Congressman Tom McClintock: Eve of the Budget Debate (video)
Grimes: Democrats/Brown Decide Climate Change Can Wait For Nov. Election
by Stephen Frank on 03/28/2012 ·
Government is sleazy, it really does not want the public to know what it spends, how it spends or how its policies have created first the housing crisis and now the California Depression.
Jerry and his buddies has figured out a way to take tens of billions from businesses and transfer some to government and the rest to its special interest friends. But they have decided to wait till after the November election to kill that California economy. More…
Northern California Sheriffs Speak Out
Sheriffs Standing Tall – Modoc Sheriff Mike Poindexter takes the Bull by the Horns.
Sheriffs Stand TALL – Let's harvest some timber – Sheriff Bruce Haney
Sheriffs Stand TALL – Plumas Sheriff Greg Hagwood's great optimism
Sheriffs Stand TALL – Liberty and prosperity in jeopardy — Del Norte Sheriff Dean Wilson
Sheriffs Stand TALL – Siskiyou Sheriff Jon Lopey defends Public Safety
Meeting hosted by www.PieNPolitics.com
www.SupportRuralAmerica.com, www.ConstitutionalSheriffs.com, www.SiskiyouCountyWaterUsers.com
New State Energy Tax is Illegal and Unwise
Billions of dollars in new taxes may soon flow into California state government to be spent on new programs.
The taxes are harmful to the economy, they're probably illegal, and they're not even needed for the program's success.
And don't even imagine that they're getting Legislative or voter approval.
I'm not talking about new income taxes or sales taxes for education. Not new taxes to balance the state's budget. Not new taxes to sew up the tattered safety net or rescue California's once-vaunted higher education system.
Beginning later this year, billions in new revenues will be used for … well, we don't exactly know yet. More…
Calif. disaster relief aid scrutinized by feds
Dane Golden/FEMAA home in Atascadero shows damage from the late 2003 San Simeon earthquake.
Federal auditors are calling on officials in California to forgo more than $17 million in unused disaster aid set aside following severe storms, flooding and mudslides that occurred in 2005 and 2006. They're also questioning an additional $13 million used to rebuild a school in San Luis Obispo County that watchdogs say could have been simply repaired. More…
Fire Fee Fight Not Over Yet, But Wins in Assembly
FIREFIGHTING: Committee approves bill to repeal fire fee
Democrats, likely with misgivings about the fee, help move the bill along to its next Assembly panel
SACRAMENTO — A Republican effort to repeal California's $150 fire-prevention charge on structures in rural areas cleared its first committee Monday.
The unexpected outcome underscores some majority Democrats' misgivings about the fire fee, just months before officials begin to collect it. More…
Seiler: Democrats Tax and Spend, Tax and Spend
Education is being used as the scare tactic to force you to raise your taxes by $160 billion—money you will not have to send your own children to college or feed your family.
"Hey, it's just the taxpayers' money. All those people out there are bunch of greedy, money-grubbers who should be looted even more. More…
Defend Rural America, Siskiyou County (video)
Do you drink, eat, drive, have a roof over your head, wear jewelry, or use a computer? Then this story affects you. Siskiyou County is ground zero in the battle to defend our food, water, energy, construction materials, metals, and minerals against Big Government's multi-faceted and ever-increasing assault that will, if not stopped, ultimately destroy our nation's real National Treasury – our land, natural resources, and the hard-working farmers, ranchers, lumbermen, and miners that are their true stewards – and end our sovereignty, security, and self-reliance. The situation is far worse than most Americans realize. Mainstream media and government conspire to keep these truths from us. So watch now as the people of Siskiyou County give their first-hand accounts of what is truly at risk. This documentary was premiered on October 22, 2011 in Yreka, California along with the eight sheriffs that stood tall to defend the Constitution.
Does This Remind You of California and Oregon?
Bakers Green Acres vs. Michigan DNR – Family Farm Under Attack
The View Inside – 03/16/12
Uploaded by CalChannel on Mar 21, 2012
This week: Assembly Budget Hearing on the California Court Case Management System, Governor Brown's Budget Proposals are heard in committees, Republican lawmakers introduce legislation to streamline the dismissal of teachers who commit crimes, and a conference on Online Gaming in California.
NEW: Job Lies: When Will 'Green' = 'Dishonest'?
By CHRIS REED
Just as red and blue have become associated with Republicans and Democrats, respectively, because of Election Night maps, will green someday become a synonym for fraud and dishonesty? After listening to Gov. Jerry Brown's two years of lies, prevarications and fantasies about "green jobs," I hope so. It would be semantic justice. More…
Jon Coupal, President, Howard Jarvis Taxpayers AssociationMarch 26, 2012
[Publisher's Note: As part of an ongoing effort to bring original, thoughtful commentary to you here at the FlashReport, I am pleased to present this column from Jon Coupal. Coupal is the President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association – Flash]
If you are new to the FlashReport, please check out the main site and the acclaimed FlashReport Weblog on California politics.
In Sacramento, where the political class feels they can never get enough money from taxpayers, Assemblyman Tom Ammiano has held another hearing on the "evil" Proposition 13, focusing on property tax protections for commercial property. But the intent is clear, as has been pointed out by taxpayer and small business advocate Joel Fox, the real target is all of Proposition 13. Ammiano's star witness, economist Christopher Thornberg has been quoted as saying, "I can't think of one reason in the world that Prop. 13 should exist." And Ammiano, himself, has said about Proposition 13, "If it takes an incremental approach, so be it…my tendency is to want to nuke it." More…


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Groundhog Day
The star of the 1993 classic movie went to see the Broadway musical version on Tuesday and then returned Wednesday for another show
Show's 11 nominations including best actor are most for a new play, while Groundhog Day dominates musical categories
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Groundhog Day review – less harmony and more anarchy please3 out of 5 stars.Matilda maestro Tim Minchin brings his clever wit to Groundhog Day, but would you want to see it more than once?
Power, violence, death and reality … the movies can teach us plenty about life's big issues. From the Godfather to Groundhog Day, five psychologists pick the films that tell us what makes humans tick
Ahead of his sister Nel's new documentary, Matilda and Me, Tim Minchin speaks to Guardian Australia about how he found his voice
It's just a silly comedy, right? Not according to Paul Hannam. He believes the film holds the secret to happiness
Opinion surveys got the Republican caucus winner wrong and were way off with the Democrats too. If you want predictions better turn to an overweight squirrel
As the actor's star-studded variety show A Very Murray Christmas arrives on Netflix, we toast the actor's highlights
The Guardian's digest of the latest film news. Now showing ... Harrison Ford wants to whip up Indy 5, a Die Hard fan wants another Die Hard and the Writers Guild of America wants you to know that Annie Hall's the funniest film of all timePodcast
Writers Guild of America choose Woody Allen's romantic comedy over Some Like it Hot, Groundhog Day and Airplane!
The venerated actor is back on screen in new film St Vincent. Meanwhile, an audience with the man brings with it the offer of a bath and a lesson about the greatest living American
Ghostbusters actor and director of Groundhog Day and Caddyshack dies aged 69
Ryan Gilbey: Bill Murray called it 'probably the best work I've done' and, 20 years after its release, Groundhog Day can still take your breath away. Admirers, including Silver Linings Playbook director David O Russell, explain explain its lasting appeal
DVD club: In 1993, this subtle, thoughtful film came out of the blue from a director, Harold Ramis, and a star, Bill Murray, principally associated with broad, crowd-pleasing farce.
Other films have made more money, but none has become such a part of our language, imagination and faith. As Punxsutawney's annual festival begins, Ryan Gilbey celebrates the phenomenon that is Groundhog Day.


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10 Rescues on the 4th of July By Ventnor City Beach Patrol
The weather was picture perfect for some well deserved R & R on the beach and in the water. Unfortunately, also present in the water, were dangerous rip currents.
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Hello Everyone,
Elder Balmforth here. Thank you all for all of the pre birthday
wishes. I really appreciate it. This week has been really hard, and we
haven't taught as many lessons as we usually do, but we have made a
lot more progress than I usually feel that we do. Our teaching pool is
full of awesome people, but they all have their own unique obstacles
to overcome before accepting the gospel. It's so frustrating
sometimes. I see all of these people, some happy and some not so
happy, but all could be so much happier if they lived the gospel.
Sometimes I get my hopes up and get way excited when there is the
sligtest progress made. I just want to tell everyone the blessings of
the Book of Mormon, and the Church, and the Temple but we have to
start from the beginning so that people understand, and when people
don't let us get to the blessings that they could have it makes me
really sad. We keep going though.
We have been teaching this woman named Charlotte for a couple of weeks
now, going slow because our schedule is so tight and we always need to
arrange for another member to be with us, but we finally got through
the restoration yesterday and it was awesome. Her and her son Treasure
who is like 20 or something were so involved with the lesson. And as
we closed and used some verses from the Book of Mormon as we bore our
testimonies I could tell that the spirit was truly carrying our words
unto the hearts of the children of men. It was awesome and it was
confirmed with their explanation and understanding of how the spirit
works to answer our prayers.
Yesterday our fast and testimony meeting was actually really good.
Usually it is the most stressful day on mission because you just sit
there next to your investigators and pray that no one says anything
stupid, but one of our investigators actually got up and bore an
awesome testimony. It was also really cool because President Omer and
his wife showed up out of nowhere for the meeting. I'm really glad
that we had investigators there.
One thing that I learned this week, which is probably one of the most
valuable things that I think someone could ever learn. I'm still
trying to really learn it. But it is that it is better to light a
candle, that to curse the dark. You may have heard it before, but it
was new to me.
I love and miss you all so much. Thank you for all the birthday
wishes, letters, support and everything.
Elder Balmforth


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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
My Twelve-String Guitar
It was a beautiful Guild Starfire XII, red (of course) with a Bigsby tailpiece and 'f' holes. (Now what sane person puts a whammy bar on a 12-string?) I paid something like $150 for it slightly used. I think it was a 1965 model. Like all 12-strings, it was a bugger to keep tuned. All that extra stress on the neck and twice as many strings to be out of tune, I definitely spent more time tuning than playing.
I have a friend, Frank, that has two 12-strings, and brings both to his performances. He explains to the audience that he needs two to get through a 6 song set. Even then he has to tune between songs. And these are both fine Taylor 12-strings like Leo Kottke plays. He has some great rap while tuning: "It's like tuning a symphony." "First you have to find the string that is out of tune. Then you tune the other 11 to match."
Nowadays we have fancy digital tuners, some built right into the guitar. But back in the sixties you had nothing but your ear, and mine is made of tin (except the part that is lead).
Shortly after that purchase, the wanderlust hit me, and I piled all my earthly belongings into my '59 Chevy and hit the road. I put one of those metal bars across the hooks in the back seat, and hung all my shirts and pants from that bar. I loaded up the trunk with a suitcase of stuff and my Gibson Firebird, my Guild, and my Fender Deluxe Reverb. (That Chevy had a big trunk.) I ended up in Compton, California for a few months. It was a hardscrabble place, but I was looking for adventure, and this was as close to the beach as I could afford. I lived in one of those motels that rented by the week.
Now this was before credit cards, and before I had any credit. What I did back in those days was buy $25 US Savings Bonds. They only cost $18.75 (if I recall correctly) and they would be worth $25 if you held them for 7 years. After two months you could cash them at most banks and there was a chart on the back of the bond giving its value for different maturities.
I had worked and saved up money, and I bought a bunch of these savings bonds and put them in the glove box. When I needed money, I'd cash one. Now this was a lot more money in 1967 than it is today. Back then I would buy a Whopper, fries, and a large coke, give them $1.00, and get 15 cents change. I would fill the gas tank in my car, give them $5.00, and get a buck and a half change. Yes, it was cheaper!
However, I did run out of money and ended up pawning the guitar for something like $75, and then never reclaimed it. Today it would be worth one to two thousand dollars, depending on how good of condition I'd kept it.
I tried to play it finger picking style and even got picks on all my fingers — what a disaster that was. Yet, still today, when I try to play Paul Stookey's "The Wedding Song," I wish I had that 12-string. Never mind that I still can't finger pick, you just can't get that sound without the extra strings. And never mind those songs from the Stone's "High Tide and Green Grass." Oh well, I never could keep it in tune anyway. So here's to Compton and the Pacific Ocean. Here's to being twenty years old and no responsibility or visible means of support. And here's to the good folks at Guild. It was high tide and green grass!
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Finally and for the first time, I – am – mobbed! Now and here! Right in my working environment.
One can't prove and reveal this sneaky treatment that is meticulously hidden behind a gooey smile. But can eminently feel; do feel, which is enough to be hell real in one's life.
I wasn't offended and wasn't defensive either, because I didn't think I was vulnerable. It's been almost 30 years I've been told to stay strong and even to ignore if things were really unbearable.
I think my reaction was no more than what I was told to do. I kept ignorant for a while until I felt the dagger on my sweating neck. Then I pretended to be ignorant. And then I tried to look ignorant. Finally and let's say in a couple of seconds, I've realized that I was giving a lot damn to all, staying ignorant instead.
And, how did this happen to me then?
In my working environment, I notice that people need jokes only when they are preparing to disclose the truth (their true feelings, opinion or whatever the truth might be). They are simply unable to criticise within solemnity and sincerity. Without jokes, they remain silent. Their sneaky jokes are the golden keys to doors of otherization. They love to otherize! This is their daily small habbit for fun.
When I was a child, I was a real dreamer as it springs out from the childhood nature. In practice of these dreams, I was becoming a strict realist, aware of the feasibility and boundaries of each. However, I liked pushing the boundaries further and had no fear to risk even my life.
Affording to risk one self's life encourages a mental distance and freedom as a matter of course, leading to prominence and recognition. The distance enables you to keep far enough to make neutral observations about things and life over people's experiences. I wasn't falling, I wasn't failing very often since my observation of life looked like a set of events and behaviours in slow motion, giving me a lot of time and chance to learn without self-damage. Others' failures and accidents taught me how further I can/must go.
Have prominence and recognition really helped me? Have my ideas walking around the edges made my life easier? How about the sensitivity and my deep interest in people's life (with all good and bad)?
I found out that my becoming the "other" is not because I was differing, but simply because most of the people were similar. They found being similar to each other safe and comfortable. They never like being similar until they meet the different. Meeting the different unites all the similars.
This is exactly what is happening to me in my working environment these days. My distance together with my silence unite the rest and they start thinking what kind of fun can be extracted from this union. There is no fun of being similar at all, no new jokes either. Then? Let's seek something, someone different! And here the mobbing begins!
Under this strong skin, I feel very fragile, almost ready to be smashed into tiny pieces if they continue their truth seeking jokes. Since this is the first time I am mobbed, I have no idea about my lines and future reactions.
Will I start crying at some point?
Will I scream and slam the doors before I walk away?
Will I really just walk away?
If I decide to struggle, what will be my weapon then? Their words? Their daggers?
My words seem too naive and quiet to fight theirs.
Perhaps I should just let this self-control away and wait for 'the moment' where they will possibly stab the daggers in the right place to reach the target or whatever they call "fun".


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Mathew Jacob Riley, May 9, 1996 - April 20, 2013. This is a celebration and remembrance of his life. This is a place where I certainly hope that other mothers will find some hope, some peace. We as a family will never experience life quite the same without our beloved Mathew, but if we can persuade another heart to find hope, than our Mathew will live on forever!
Monday, October 28, 2013
Lisa Gerrard & Patrick Cassidy Immortal Memory
Always my darling! You will always, always be a part of heart! Forever you exist in every part of my being! You are my blessing and you always shall be! My great protector, living as well as in spirit!
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Treasa is a part-time PhD student with a Master of Education, Training & Development from University of Sheffield and a Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution & Mediation from University College Dublin. She was a partner in Burtenshaw Kenny Associates from 1998. Treasa is currently Academic Programme Coordinator and Lecturer in Negotiation, Mediation and Conflict Intervention with the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for Conflict Intervention, Maynooth University.
Articles Published
Kenny, Treasa (2014) Developing the conversation about workplace mediation. Journal of Mediation & Applied Conflict Analysis, 1 (1). ISSN 2009-7170
Kenny, Treasa (2015) Co-creating Positive Working Environments: a meta mediation perspective. Journal of Mediation & Applied Conflict Analysis, 2 (2). ISSN 2009-7170
Conference Presentations:
Kenny, T., Curran, D. and Bouchier, M. (2015) Bridging the Research-Practice Divide: Developing a Research Agenda that informs Workplace Mediation Practice. Edward M Kennedy Research Seminar, Maynooth University.
Kenny, T., Curran, D. and Bouchier, M. (2015) Using Research to Shape the Future of Workplace Mediation in Ireland. Annual Conference of the Mediators' Institute of Ireland, Ireland.
Kenny, T. (2015) The Landscape of Workplace Mediation in Ireland. Presentation as part of a Symposium, 18th Irish Academy of Management Conference, Ireland.
Kenny, T., Curran, D. and Coakley, A. (2016) Bridging the Gap between Workplace Mediation Research and Practice: The Irish Experience. 22nd Annual NW Dispute Resolution Conference, Seattle, USA.
Treasa Kenny
Supervisor: Professor Bill Roche
Research Interests: Workplace Mediation, Conflict Management Systems in Organisations, Industrial Relations, Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour, Organisational Development
Thesis Title: Workplace Mediators in Ireland : A Qualitative and Quantitative Study


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I just finished the binder/cover for the custom first aid kit I'm making for my daughter. All the steps are photographed, and the tutorial will go up in the next day or so. In the meantime, here are pictures!
The design on the front came from Urban Threads and is a Hopi healing symbol. I thought it was appropriate for a first aid kit!
The binder unzips to lay completely flat. Here it's shown with the two inserts already completed; I have to make several more by tomorrow (which is why the tutorial will be delayed!)
There are a few things I would do differently if I had to do it over again. But, all in all, it came out quite nicely, and I'm sure my daughter will love it!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Custom First Aid Kit finished!!
Posted by Welmoed Sisson at 3:05 PM
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Hi Welmoed,ReplyDelete
It looks great!
do you have to have a red or blue cross with the words First Aid on first aid kits over there? I think it is a requirement here so that anyone can grab the kit in a hurry not confusing it for something else.
I googled first aid kit - look at images - and you can see the sort of thing I mean.
you have really put a lot of thought to the construction. Well done.
Sandy in the UK
- AnonymousNovember 18, 2010 at 7:38 AM
I first learned of Urban Threads from your blog, and they've become my favorite design site. Thanks, Welmoed!ReplyDelete
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Plans for a postseason basketball tournament in the Big Ten were sidetracked when the conference presidents postponed a decision on the matter.
The Big Ten's Council of Ten, meeting in Chicago, was expected to formally ratify a postseason tournament, beginning with the 1988-89 season. But the group decided to try to get additional information.
Items the school's presidents and chancellors wanted more information on concerned possible missed class time, site selection and financial considerations.
Big Ten athletic directors approved the proposal for a tournament earlier this month. Conference basketball coaches approved the plan earlier this year.


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Malaysia islamic authority and villagers stand near coffins, which contain the remains of Rohingya migrants in a grave for burial after a funeral ceremony on June 22, 2015 in Malaysia's North-South Pokok Sena province.
Five police trucks were used to transport the bodies to the cemetery, located about 30 minutes from Alor Setar, accompanied with a motorcycle escort.
The burial began at 9.30am and was attended by residents of Kampung Tualang and other nearby villages.
The cemetery compound was heavily guarded by the police.
The bodies were buried after their autopsy was completed by Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah (HSB).
Yesterday, Kedah Menteri Besar Mukhriz Mahathir said the remaining 85 bodies in Wang Kelian will also be buried in the Kampung Tualang cemetery in stages, after their autopsies were done.
According to him, the burial rites of the victims were conducted by the Kedah Islamic Religious Council (Maik), while the costs were borne entirely by the National Security Council (MKN).
The menteri besar is scheduled to attend a tahlil ceremony right after the burial is completed today.
Also seen at the cemetery today were Pokok Sena MP Mahfuz Omar, as well as officials from Maik, MKN Kedah, HSB, and the Kedah branch of Rohingya Society In Malaysia (RSM).
Authority and village workers places coffins in the grave, which contain the remains of Rohingya migrants, into a grave for burial after a funeral ceremony at a graveyard today.
Malaysia's police authorities have found 28 camps and 139 graves of suspected ethnic Rohingya migrants, just 100 metres from another mass grave site discovered earlier in May.
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BabyOh! for iPhone & iPad on Entertainment 1.01
BabyOh! is an apps for Entertainment on iPhone & iPad, by Stefan Lehrner. BabyOh! keeps track on your family planning! Simply enter the first day of your last menstruation and you will see the "critical" days on your screen.
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BabyOh! is an app for iPhone & iPad. With the latest version of BabyOh!, you can have your mobile worked better.
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Apps Full Description see below:BabyOh! keeps track on your family planning! Simply enter the first day of your last menstruation and you will see the "critical" days on your screen...
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Russia seeks to protect environment in Baltic RegionRussia wants to protect the environment in the Baltic region. This was announced at a press conference today by Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov. He said that the safety of oil ships was one of the issues discussed by Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Kasyanov and his Finnish counterpart Anneli Jaeaetteenmaeki in Moscow yesterday.
'We believe that these questions should be considered by the relevant international bodies and on the basis of international norms,' Mr Ivanov said. He also stressed that Russia would take part in the decision-making process and would of course meet all its obligations. Russia is currently negotiating with the EU on the subject of oil transportation, as was agreed at the Russia-EU summit in Saint Petersburg.
Finland has expressed especial concern about the ecology of the Baltic region due to the increasing number of oil ships in the Baltic Sea.
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kapalua, hawaii — Robert Garrigus recovered from an atrocious start Saturday by holing a 50-foot eagle putt on the 18th hole to join Steve Stricker and Jonathan Byrd in the lead at the Tournament of Champions.
In the notorious Kona wind — the toughest at Kapalua — Garrigus chunked a four iron into a hazard to open with double bogey and followed with a bogey to quickly fall out of the lead. By the end of the third round, he was back where he started.
The eagle gave Garrigus a four-under 69 and gave him a good chance to become the first player since Tiger Woods in 2000 to win the season opener after winning the final event of the previous year.
Stricker turned an impossible lie into an unlikely birdie on the 12th hole, avoiding a loose piece of grass behind his ball in the bunker by hitting a four iron to five feet. It was part of five straight birdies that carried him to an eight-under 65, a score he didn't think was possible in wind that makes the Plantation Course play at its longest.


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Windows 2000: Misunderstood
Posted on: 02/17/2000 05:01 PM
Here's a little rant on allot of the Anti-Win2K propoganda that has been floating around. Well all I can say is if it works right use it, if you don't like it find something else. Anyway, here's one guys take on it from osOpinion.com
Unfortunately... many individuals have already begun cranking up the old anti-Microsoft tune before this OS has even made it out of the starting gate. They throw around things like "30 million lines of code" and "close source means poor security" and etc... but throughout this haze of FUD there is a light at the end of the tunnel. I'm here to give you a little glimpse of it. First, let's start with some common misconceptions regarding Microsoft's latest OS.Read the whole article here.
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Beethoven Plus! – 22-24 September, a weekend of concerts & events
Beethoven Plus! – 22-24 September, a weekend of concerts & events
Krysia Osostowicz – violin
Daniel Tong – piano
Two of our most highly respected chamber musicians present a Beethoven cycle with a difference.
Inspired by their close collaboration and experience of playing Beethoven's sonatas, Krysia Osostowicz and Daniel Tong devised the Beethoven Plus! project in 2014, and over the past two years have played the complete cycle to great acclaim at Kings Place in London, St George's Church in Bristol, Sheffield and Cambridge Universities and the Sound Festival in Aberdeen. They are currently recording the whole project for the SOMM label in a series of recitals.
Beethoven's sonatas are unquestionably the greatest body of repertoire for violin and piano: from the aesthetic perfection of the Spring, through the furious passion of the Kreutzer to the sublime lyricism of the final sonata, these works contain a world of emotional intensity and musical invention. To give the cycle an extra dimension, Osostowicz and Tong have commissioned ten composers to write short companion pieces inspired by Beethoven's sonatas, creating a fascinating musical conversation across two centuries, and shedding new light on Beethoven's own creations.
Opening Recital, Friday 22nd September 7:30pm
Coffee Concert, Saturday 23rd September 11:30am
Study Event, Saturday 23rd 3:00pm (free)
Recital, Kreutzer Sonata, Saturday 23rd 7:00pm
Masterclass, Sunday 24th September 11:30am
Finale Recital, Sunday 24th 3:00pm
Tickets available from www.sje-oxford.org/tickets/buy-tickets.html and the Oxford Playhouse.


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Is your iPhone storage full? Here's how to free up space on iPhone
Here's how to free up storage space on your iPhone: delete stuff. Kidding. Kinda.
But, whether you do own an old 16GB iPhone or a new 256GB iPhone, there are ways you can save space and avoid getting those stupid error messages about not having enough storage space. Apple's iOS 11 software has some built-in tools to help you out. Because, without plenty of memory, you can't take photos, install apps, download music, or do a bunch of other tasks on your iPhone.
Let's make sure that doesn't happen. Here's what you need to do.
How to free up storage space on your iPhone
Offload unused apps
You need to go through the dozens of apps on your phone and ditch the ones that you haven't used in forever, because they're just taking up space – both in your storage and on your home screen – at this point. You can, of course, just delete the app by holding it down and pressing the X, or you can 'offload' it.
This will allow you to remove apps but still preserve your documents and data so you don't lose that info.
- Launch the Settings app.
- Tap General.
- Tap iPhone Storage.
- Tap Enable beside Offload Unused Apps.
If you want to disable this feature, go back to Settings, tap iTunes & App Store, and toggle the switch next to Offload Unused Apps. Note: A simply way to find the apps taking up the most space is to go to Settings, then General, and tap iPhone Storage. You'll see a list of apps arranged in order of the amount of space they take up, with the largest space hogs listed at the top.
Review and delete attachments
When you send and receive attachments, whether it's an image, gif, or other media, in Messages, you end up taking up a lot of memory on your iPhone.
Luckily, you can always go into Settings to review every attachment in your messages and then delete them.
- Launch the Settings app.
- Tap General.
- Tap iPhone Storage.
- Tap Messages.
- Tap Review Large Attachments
- Select the ones you want to delete.
- Tap the Delete icon
Delete old conversations
If you never remember to delete text message threads, which take up storage space, you'll be happy to know that iOS can do this automatically.
- Launch the Settings app.
- Tap General.
- Tap iPhone Storage.
- Tap Messages.
- Tap Enable next to Auto Delete Old Conversations.
Note: You'll only see this option if you have texts that are older than one year. Alternatively, you can go to Settings, then Message History, and tap Keep Messages. From there, you'll see three options: 30 Days, 1 Year, and Forever.
Make sure the second and third option aren't selected. If you select the 30-day option, you will delete the majority of messages on your iPhone and make substantial storage savings.
Review and delete music
If you have downloaded albums or songs to your iPhone, be aware that it takes up a lot of space, but also, you can review all your music on your iPhone under storage settings and choose to delete them if you want, which, of course, you should, if you need more memory.
- Launch the Settings app.
- Tap General.
- Tap iPhone Storage.
- Tap Music.
- From you here, you can select and delete music.
Lose the normal photos in HDR mode
Your iPhone has an HDR mode (that's High Dynamic Range) to capture better, more detailed photos. If you prefer this mode and trust it and don't want to guzzle down storage space by saving both the normal photo and the HDR-ified one, then do the following:
- Launch the Settings app.
- Go to Camera
- Deselect Keep Normal Photo.
Change record video resolution
Now, before you go anywhere, be aware that a minute of video can take 400MB of space on your iPhone if you record it at 4K.
The iPhone should default to 1080p HD at 60fps, but you could crunch that down even further by recording at 720p HD and 30fps (just 40MB for a minute).
- Launch the Settings app.
- Go to Camera.
- Tap Record Video.
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I climbed up on top of the chicken house and fell down on my knees; I liked to have killed my self of laughing when I saw the turkey sneeze, Shakespeare.
Bumble bumble bumblebee please do not put your sting on me, if you do it will make me cry then I will wish you to die.---Snakeshit
As I was thanking about this it reminded me of an experience that occurred with me when I was about 16 years old. My good friend ask me to be his chauffer on a big date that he wanted to impress his date that he was a cool cat about town. He further agreed to get me a date with his sister and I agreed so we went off to a movie, which was about 23 miles away. But to impress our dates we wanted to go to a fancy café and had a fancy dinner and when we received our check it was much more then we expected and we pooled our money and we did not have enough money to cover the bill and He excuse him self and he went to the manger and explained to him that we had had got carried away trying to impress our dates and we had over extended our finances and if he could extend us credit for the balance and we would bring him the balance with interest and he stated that he was not allowed to do that he had strong orders from the owner he would be fired but he stated that he was short of help tonight and he would let us wash dirty dishes to pay the balance. We understood his situation and we agreed to his proposal and we went told our dates what we had to do to our dates and explain our situation to them and they even volunteered to help us the four of us spent the next three hours washing dishes. The four of us along with the manger spent the three hours kidding and laughing over about our predicament. That is one of the best dates that I still remember.


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Fight Colds and Flu Naturally, Part Three
Posted by Dr. Gray on Wednesday, October 7, 2009
In this article, we're going to discuss some of the actual things you can do EASILY to fight colds and flu naturally.
In the last couple of articles (Part One, Part Two), we talked about the fact that antibiotics don't kill viruses; and we also talked about how to differentiate between viral and bacterial infections. Taking antibiotics to fight a viral infection is like urinating in a fan to take a shower… it may feel like you're helping, but you're just making things worse!
I don't have the exact stats in front of me, but I would venture to state that 90% of infections are resolved naturally by your body; often without you ever knowing it was there. Your ability to fight off infections is dictated primarily by the strength and health of your immune system. The immune system is a complex conglomeration and cooperation of cells, proteins, organs, and other items that are designed to recognize and destroy invading organisms. The proper way to fight off infections or illness naturally is to strengthen and boost this immune system in order that your body can do what it's supposed to do. Here are some of the most important things you can do to boost your immune system:
- Take extra Vitamin C – If you're healthy and not at risk, 500 mg is usually a good daily amount to shoot for. However, during flu season and/or if you're at risk of exposure, you can bump this amount up to 2,000-3,000 mg per day. This vitamin increases the production of white cells and interferon, an antibody that stops viruses from entering cells.
- Eat garlic – Garlic is antibacterial, antiviral, antihelminic (anti-worm), antifungal, and anticancerous. It's good… eat it regularly or take a quality supplement.
- Probiotics – These are the "friendly" bacteria that are normally present in the digestive tract. They serve multiple purposes including warding off invading bacteria and properly digesting your food for improved absorption of the nutrients you are eating.
- Drink lots of water – Water is the fluid of life. During an illness, there are tons of toxins and wastes that your body is trying to get rid of. Your body must have an ample supply of fresh water in order wash out these harmful substances and to carry good nutrients and immune cells to the sites of infection for battle. If you aren't drinking enough water, it's like flushing a toilet with the tank empty… you can't get rid of the waste, and things just get more and more dirty.
- Stop eating sugar! – Not only will sugar feed the infection, but it reduces the effectiveness of white blood cells (your "killer" cells) for up to three hours after ingesting it. Double whammy negative.
- Zinc – This nutrient is essential to optimal operation of the immune system.
- At the first sign of infection, take Echinacea – This Native American herb has long been valued for its antibacterial, antiviral, and antifungal properties. Studies indicate that it can stimulate production of immune cells. To make sure you've got a good quality source, put some on your tongue and you should feel a slight numbing sensation. No tingle… no good.
- Get plenty of rest – Simply speaking, if you're using all of your energy and fuel on daily activities or work, you have less energy that your immune system can use to fight off illness.
- Avoid dairy products and red meat – These can actually increase mucous production and worsen clogged sinuses.
- Avoid coffee, alcohol, and smoking – These are all well known to decrease immune function.
- Sip Ginger tea – This is a warming herb that soothes the throat, and aids circulation. It helps cleanse the body and increase perspiration which can help with fever.
- Humidity helps – Infections and viruses thrive in cold, dry environments. Stay warm and increase the humidity of your environment. Sleep in a closed room with a humidifier or vaporizer running. Take hot, steamy showers. If you're feeling dizzy and don't feel safe standing in the shower, close the bathroom and run the shower on hot while seated nearby… sit back, relax, and breathe the steam in through the nose if possible.
- Ease sore throat pain by drinking hot herbal teas – Ginger, peppermint, marshmallow (the herb, not the sugar puffs), or slippery elm all make good herbal teas when you've got congestion and/or a sore throat. One of my favorites is strong green tea sweetened with a little honey and one drop of organic peppermint oil.
- Eat something spicy – horseradish and cayenne are good for loosening the sinuses, increasing circulation, and increasing perspiration. Again… warming herbs.
- Eat warming foods that are easy to digest – Like chicken noodle soup or other broths. And you thought this was just Gramma's solution. Turns out Grandma was a pretty smart old bird. Want to make them even better tasting and more effective? Season them with cayenne, garlic, or ginger.
- Wash, cleanse, clean – This seems like a no-brainer, but often we don't take it far enough. Wash your hands regularly; especially if someone else in the house is sick. Change and wash the sheets on the bed and pillowcases. Disinfect the bathrooms and kitchen. Use a new toothbrush. Wash the throw blankets on the couch. Etc. Think about all of the different things you come in contact with that can harbor bacteria or viruses even for a short time (computer keyboard, mouse, telephone,… everything). Clean these things regularly to avoid re-infection.
So, let's wrap it up and recap. One more time… antibiotics don't kill viruses. Stop demanding or rushing to antibiotics every time you feel a sniffle coming on. Most infections can be fought off naturally. It's what your body's immune system is designed to do. One of the best things about boosting your immune system and fighting colds and flu naturally is that your body develops antibodies that stay in your system to increase your immunity the next time you are exposed to a virus or bacteria. This means you are less likely to succumb to an infection or illness if you come in contact with it again.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to comment here or send me an email. Good luck, and stay healthy!
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By Habtamu Alebachew
In Africa, the Ethiopian state only forges ahead in defiance of the recommendations of the Washington Consensus of 1994 by insisting on the constitutional public ownership of land, the policy of selectively closing the doors to international capital, and other non-neoliberal measures.
Secondly, this brought the Ethiopian state, as different from most other African states, to the center stage of managing wealth distribution and causing rapid development in parallel with a real and an unfolding force of rent seekers within and without. This is again the reward for the Ethiopian state for its exceptionality and particularity.
This imposed a duty on the Ethiopian state to become both the authority of anti-rent seeking principles as well as the victim of rent seeking itself.
In its first role as an authority, the state has had to postulate and anchor deeply the iron principle: 'just balance between individual contribution for development and an equal amount of reward'.
As victim, the Ethiopian state has had to continuously deal with the encroaching attacks of rent seekers from within and without who usually advance ahead of the anti-rent seeking war strategies.
In Africa, data show that there is no any other country except probably Eritrea, where more than 90% of rural households have guaranteed possession of agricultural lands. Still, as different from others, natural resources including water bodies, forest grounds, community grazing lands, wild animals, etc, all belong to the state in Ethiopia.
While an international investor buys farmland from private rural households through private individual brokers in other African states, this is possible in Ethiopia only through the offices of the state and only if the land transfer has no any adverse consequence on the populations, near or far.
This adds up on the state the duty of fighting rent seeking within its ranks as it successfully blocked external rent collection leeways through tight policy, which is almost non-existent in other African countries.
Thirdly, for all the reasons above, the Ethiopian state bureaucracy particularly, the civil service under the Executive Branch, and the Judiciary Wing have borne multiple powers and responsibilities, which many counter institutions in Africa severely lack. The Civil Service manages and undertakes the task of wealth redistribution in all the areas of national resource mentioned above and leverages a rapid development as its reward.
In Ethiopia, the state and its large machinery must go to the step doors of the remotest rural peasant and pastoralist, pay for a vast list of projects, insure the provision of development inputs, manage social safety-net programs, and approve transfer of accomplished projects from the hands of private contractors to local governments. In other African countries, not the state machinery, but the farmers and pastoralists must go in search of most provisions at the hands of both the state and private companies.
One could remember that while the average public budget allocated for agricultural development by Tanzanian state every year was not more than 1%, in Ethiopia, it was more than 16% in 2011, which makes the government the largest payer by world standards.
In short, the claws of rent seeking in Ethiopia have wider coverage equal to the wide breadth of benefits and the elevated development roles of the state than in other constrained governments of Africa.
Back to our practical cases above, one could now clearly see that these arguments clarify why the Ethiopian government has had a central place. This justifies Bereket Simon's emphasis on the political leadership, the primary social force, again both as an authority of the anti-rent collection fight and as victim of the rent-seeking regime in Ethiopia.
The Ethiopian government stands in direct and sharp contrast with local government officials and development agents on the issue of resistant farmers rejecting change.
In the second case, the business elites of Kara Kore town closed ranks more against the development intervention of the government rather than the innocent victims of rent collection, the Kara Kore population.
In the third and forth cases, the Ethiopian state is still at the center because the stories are all about its employees, civil servants in action.
The Metema import-import malaise is here a graphic case how the civil service exploits organizational limitations for rent seeking goals.
Any rent seeker, as a rule, does not like any rearrangement that dwindles or checks up its exclusive and separate decision making powers like teamwork. The rent-seeking block of the civil servant systematically exercises it professional advantages to undermine any progressive reform to the disadvantage of rent seeking behavior.


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This morning on the Dave Norman Show, the winners were announced for WCBC's Mother's Day Contest.
Contestants signed up at sponsor locations and winners were awarded beautiful gift baskets from Buttercup Boutique at 415 North Centre Street. Each basket was valued between $85 and $120 and featured products from Buttercup's store.
Winners were Yvonne Kinser from Lindy's Restaurant on Bedford Road. where they offer wonderful home cooked meals in a family friendly atmosphere; Kim Kaiser from Lions Center Nursing and Rehabilitation where they provide the highest quality care for you loved ones; Robin Innskeep from the Buttercup Boutique where they give women what they want in a ladies boutique; and from WCBC, winners were Becky Custer and Scott VanVlack.


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Okay, this is my first book review in a while, and is in truth an interval as I am reading a book for an author. The Cry Of the Icemark (TCOTI) is a book I first borrowed from the library a number of years ago. Since then, I have bought the book that I may read it again, which probably tells you something of how much I enjoyed it! But anyway, I hope you enjoy the review as I get myself back into blogging.
TCOTI is the story of Thirrin Lindenshield, who becomes the young Queen of the Icemark kingdom following the death of her father in the first moves of an invasion into their lands. The Empire of the Polypontus holds the most ruthless army in the land, led by the General Bellorum and his sons. The Icemark is a small region in the coldest part of the land, for it lies under snow for most of the year. Thirrin knows that her small army cannot hope to repel the Empire and the vicious Bellorum, and she knows that she must find allies. Who can she turn to in her hour of need. In a time of need, Thirrin will look to the most unlikely of allies. The talking leopards of the north, the vampires and the savage werewolves. And perhaps, just perhaps, the magic of the White Witch's son.
As a small (early teens) boy, the plot of this book captivated me, and it has lost none of its effect. The book stands around 500 pages, and it isn't a quick read. There is enough time for the plot to twist and turn like a rollercoaster, and boy it does. It think something that compelled me to keep reading it late into the night was that I didn't know what was going to happen, it truly was unpredictable, and to me that's very important in a book. I never enjoy a book quite so much if I'm finding guessing after because it's following too simple a formula. Not so here. Stuart Hill's book is set apart in how it flows in some manner. Another going that really got to me about the book its that it's not just a happy ending; I really felt that tragedy was happening, the depth of Hill's writing is deep and enthralling.
Something that really interests me in reading is character development. I think it's a key theme in this book. The idea of a child monarch isn't something new in literature and fantasy, but it's something that can either be a very successful formula or very drab. If said child monarch doesn't develop and change as a result of their challenges as the king or queen – well, it just isn't right! Queen Thirrin does a remarkable job out making mistakes, picking up on them and learning, growing through experience. I find her a very interesting character, though she isn't my favourite. That would be Oskan, the warlock boy. There's something different about him that I haven't found in other characters, even in other books. Without sounding like a dripping fangirl, he's dark, mysterious and you can never really tell how dangerous he is until he brings himself out though. Even in the darkest of books, you've got to have some humour as balance, and it is delivered righteously. The way the Wolf and Leopard kinds bounce off of each other is hilarious, something that adds an element of lightheartedness to the book, and one much needed.
The Cry Of The Icemark is a book I've enjoyed every time I've read it. I think Stuart Hill is an excellent writer and be had a unique style, refreshing but also serious, which gives a tone to the book I haven't come across before. TCOTI is well worth a read, more than one in fact; and seeing as it's the first of a trilogy, it's something you can really get into.
TCOTI gets an 8/10 from me, and that ain't bad at all!


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Who invented punctation?
Someone who could not tolerate
the ambiguous teeter between dictate and query
hanging in the air with an upward pitch and a small grin
or the pause that links two observations
putatively unrelated in space and time
someone insensitive to the streams of reminiscences we spontaneously mutter
with peripheral intejections a sigh perhaps a note of sarcasm concern
or the sudden pivots from topic to topic that unveil assocations
within our guts
most of us hate punctuation
which is why we discard it the moment we can
or choose one noncommital mark from the host presented by our keyboard
and use it incessantly like Dickinson
knowing that in the end it will be the whisper behind the text our audience remembers
or the pout we left on our face at the end of our assertion
or the twinkle that passed through our eyes
and not at all what we actually said.
Andy Oram
December 18, 2017
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