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HANOVER, MA – Sturtevant, Inc. today announced the sale of three 26-foot Whirlwind® Air Classifiers to Fortescue Metals Group Ltd (FMG) in Australia as part of the Iron Bridge Project. The high-throughput operation will remove beneficiated Magnetite fines at 120-mesh, 200-mesh and 325-mesh and increase iron concentration. Thereby, the refined and enriched iron ore will be sold at higher prices.
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd chose the Whirlwind® Air Classifier because of its dry air classification process. Wet washing requires expensive capital equipment, high energy output and a high volume of water. Dry separation requires less capital investment, less water and energy costs and provides exponential savings over wet washing. Sam Rajkovich, Sturtevant's Director of Sales & Marketing said, "Dry air classification saves our customer money on the initial capital investment and allows them to refine and improve the quality of their iron more economically than any other method of particle separation."
Another crucial factor for Fortescue Metals Group Ltd's choice was that the Whirlwind® Air Classifier was efficient even at high moisture contents. The Whirlwind® offered the most flexibility during variable process conditions including weather, temperature, and humidity changes.
About the Iron Bridge Project
The Iron Bridge Project is a joint venture between Fortescue Metals Group Ltd and China's Baosteel with the intention to mine magnetite to convert to steel from deposits located south of Port Hedland, Australia situated on the traditional lands of the Njamal People.
About Sturtevant
Sturtevant Inc. is the leading family-owned manufacturer of material processing equipment including its patented Whirlwind® Air Classifier which separates fines from aggregates with precision and accuracy without screening or wet washing. Sturtevant pioneered air classification technology in the 1920s and has over 90 years of proven experience and more than 5,000 air classifier installations worldwide.
For more information, please visit the Whirlwind Mobile Air Classifier product page or contact the company at 1-800-992-0209 or email sales[at]sturtevantinc.com.
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MOD defend use of live pigs as shooting practice for Army medics
THE Ministry of Defence have supported the shooting of live pigs so that they can be used in military medical training.
Shocking pictures emerged overnight appearing to show the farm animals being strung up by their legs and shot in a firing line.
The practice done in Denmark, as it is illegal in the UK, allows British military surgeons to then operate on the animal's gunshot wounds while it is still alive.
An MOD spokesperson said: "Our military surgeons undertake vital training in Denmark where they learn specialist trauma treatment skills that save lives on the battlefield.
"All animals used in medical training are anaesthetised before they are treated and by participating in the Danish led exercises twice a year rather than conducting our own, we minimise the overall number of animals used."
"It is only the UK, Denmark and Norway still using these methods and it seems wrong for us to hold onto these barbaric archaic and outdated methods."A PETA spokesperson
It is believed the pigs are anaesthetised and strung up before being shot with AK-47 machine guns or 9mm handguns.
Medics are then given the chance to work with the live wound to treat it as if it were on a human.
British surgeons are apparently sent to the training camp, Jaegerspris Kaserne in Denmark twice a year.
Animal rights group PETA have slammed the brutal training procedure, reportedly nicknamed Operation Danish Bacon.
Mimi Bekhechi, associate director of PETA UK told the Daily Mirror: "The Ministry of Defence's decision to ship out members of the armed forces for these deadly and cruel exercises in Denmark – which would be illegal if conducted in the UK – is impossible to justify medically, ethically or educationally."
This is Denmark's second big animal cruelty scandal in two weeks after a giraffe was killed at Copenhagen Zoo as visitors watched its body being fed to lions.
PETA have filed a complaint against the European Commission about the training courses in Denmark.
A spokesperson for PETA said: "We argued to the European Commission that the training violates the requirements to use non-animal training method.
"It is only the UK, Denmark and Norway still using these methods and it seems wrong for us to hold onto these barbaric archaic and outdated methods."

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Located in Torreon, Best Western Hotel Posada Del Rio Express is in the business district and close to Torreon Urban Forest and Revolutionary Museum. This hotel is within the vicinity of Venustiano Carranza Forest Park and Revolucion Stadium.
Make yourself at home in one of the 72 air-conditioned guestrooms. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Bathrooms feature showers, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Conveniences include desks and coffee/tea makers, as well as phones with free local calls.
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Recently I was setting up my MacBook for youth & attempting to project the image from the computer to the screen. A pretty normal function and one I thought would be pretty simple task. However, somehow and God only knows (or a Mac expert) that the image from my computer began to project a completely different visual. I quickly became incredibly frustrated after several failed attempts to fix the projection problem. How hard can it be to take one thing and authentically project it somewhere else without anything being different.
In this moment (if I'm honest I was über close to using some words probably not uttered by a pastor in the church walls of Heathmont Baptist Church) I felt the voice of God speak to me saying "MJ you do this in your life too." "What are you talking about" I said to God, I should by now know better to argue or question him on things.
God was gracious with me again and explained "isn't it frustrating when the real picture isn't shown but rather an imposter is projected? Well in the same way their are times where who you are projecting is not who you really are." I felt immediately convicted and repented in that moment fully aware of my sin and also my own inadequacy. I know in my life when I feel inadequate or that I believe I'm not good enough these are the moments I'm most likely to project a performance image rather than the real image. In these times I need to learn to once again lean more onto God and put more of my trust in him and not myself.
We need to be accurately projecting who we really are and who Jesus is. People can spot a fake from a mile off, and also become quickly frustrated once they realise their is a difference between the real picture and what we are projecting. Don't be who you think others think you should, but rather project an authentic image of who you are and who Jesus is.


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It's the dramatic closing arguments at the manslaughter trial of Dr. Conrad Murray.
"Conrad Murray caused the death of Michael Jackson. For Michael's children, this case will go on forever because they do not have a father," said prosecutor David Walgren.
Walgren projected an image of Michael Jackson on a screen in the courtroom showing him at the final rehearsal for his This Is It tour, then spoke about the tragic impact his shocking death the very next day had on his children.
"Paris had to come in and see her father in that condition and scream out, 'Daddy!' " said Walgren.
The trial that's gripped America now comes down to this—lawyers for both sides make their final impassioned pleas to the jury of seven men and five women. After six weeks of shocking twists and turns, the question remains: Did Dr. Murray accidently kill Michael Jackson?
The Jackson family turned out in force Thursday for closing arguments.
And INSIDE EDITION found Murray, just hours before closing arguments, on the beach playing with his two-year-old son Che and walking with his girlfriend Nicole Alvarez near the Santa Monica Pier.
Alvarez was a memorable witness in a tank top and bare arms who testified that Murray called her from the ambulance as Michael Jackson was rushed to the hospital. Alvarez is one of four different girlfriends who Murray communicated with that day.
The prosecutor reminded the jury about that heartbreaking recording of an out-of-it Jackson made by Dr. Murray on his cell phone. On the recording Jackson said, "When people leave this show, when people leave my show, I want them to say, 'I've never seen nothing like this in my life.' "
Walgren said to the court, "Michael Jackson trusted Conrad Murray. He trusted him with his life."


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Bristol mayoral race: Geoff Gollop makes tax pledge
The Conservative candidate for Bristol mayor is so confident savings can be made he has promised to freeze or even reduce council tax if elected.
Geoff Gollop said he believed he would be able to deliver on his pledge within his first year in office.
The BBC learned last month that Bristol City Council is facing budget cuts of £15m more than had been expected.
Voters going to the polls on 15 November will have 15 candidates to choose from for Bristol mayor.
The city's new mayor will be asked to sign off cuts of £25m, which could rise to £28m, from next year's budget - a 7% cut from the current £366m budget.
'Move Bristol forward'
Talking about the release of his manifesto, Mr Gollop said: "One year from polling day, if I am elected as mayor, I will proudly stand up and declare that every idea in my 'change' document has been transformed into action.
"As a chartered accountant and local councillor for 11 years, I am ideally placed to use my skills and knowledge to move Bristol forward."
Mr Gollop, a former Lord Mayor of Bristol, is also promising to lower fares on Bristol's public transport and offer business rate relief for independent shops.
Other ideas in his manifesto include introducing a Bristol School Olympics, a bond scheme for people to "invest" in the city, freeing up plans for the Arena, and making decisions about care for the elderly with individuals in mind, "not the profits of big business".
Fourteen men and one woman are in the running to become Bristol's first directly-elected mayor.
Standing for election are: Tom Baldwin (Trade Unionists and Socialists Against Cuts), Tony Britt (Independent), Tim Collins (Independent), Dave Dobbs (The Birthday Party), George Ferguson (Bristol 1st), Rich Fisher (Independent), Stoney Garnett (Independent), Owain George (Independent), Geoff Gollop (Conservative), Neil Maggs (Respect), Spud Murphy (Independent), Philip Pover (Independent), Daniella Radice (Green), Marvin Rees (Labour) and Jon Rogers (Liberal Democrat)


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Do you feel that your love relationship is lacking spark? Then here are a couple of tips which can help you to nurture your love relationship with extra warmth and pleasure.
When you are at the beginning of love relationship, then it is quite obvious for you to notice certain kind of glow on your faces.
When you are in love, you will obviously do everything that can be possible with you in order to please your partner, especially when you are at the beginning stages of love.
Those romantic dinners under candlelight, long walks, gifts, etc., every thing seems to be so perfect and you can feel that as if you were in a dream land.
But as the time passes, you can notice that there is something missing in your love relationship and you will feel that there is no spark or fire left in your love relationship.
All of a sudden, one fine day you will wake up speculating "is the love deceased in our relationship?†so, if this is the condition of your love relationship, then here are certain ways to keep up your loving gestures long in your relationship.
Make out some time to spend with your loved one!
In your fast paced life, though it is filled with many commitments and goals to achieve, try to make out some time to spend daily with your partner, which can bring more happiness and relaxation for your mind. These commitments and goals even existed at the initial stages of your love relationship, but you did manage it very well.
So, it means that it is possible for you to reschedule your routine plans once again. So, try to take out some time for your partner and try to maintain a long lasting love relationship.
Try to make out all possible ways, which can help you to spend some time for your partner. In weekends, plan for a trip or at least go for a candlelit dinner or wake up early in the morning in order to have breakfast together.
Have a discussion but not fight!
When you shape a relationship with someone, you intend to tell them about your life, your ambition and goals of your life, and your genuine secrets. You will also love to hear them in return. But, if you feel you know someone thoroughly or inside-out, you can feel that there is nothing much to talk or communicate.
Despite of conversing, you would rather complain each other about your daily frustrations and irritations of your day. Discussing only about the facade of your lives can lead to estrangement of your love relationship and eventually you can feel that your love in relationship, which you had at the beginning stages, has vanished.
So, try to avoid this kind of frustrated conversations and give more importance to communicate with more love and affection towards each other. Try to discuss about the current issues or try to help your partner in their troubles by giving appropriate suggestion or solutions to solve their problems.
So, if you still feel that your love relationship means a lot to you, try to follow these couple of tips which can significantly help you to lead a splendid love life.


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NORTH FALMOUTH — Warren W. Stanley, 90, of North Falmouth, died on April 23, 2009, following a brief illness.
NORTH FALMOUTH — Warren W. Stanley, 90, of North Falmouth, died on April 23, 2009, following a brief illness.
He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Jean V. Stanley.
Born on May 1, 1919, in Bristol, Conn., the son of the late Joseph and Irene Stanley, he resided in North Falmouth and Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
After 35 years, he retired in 1977 as CEO of Watson Associates, now known as Banknorth N.A. He served as president of the Hartford Association of Independent Insurance Agents and president of the Knollwood Beach Association as well as a director for many years.
A former member of the City Club of Hartford and the Avon Country Club, he was also a member of the United States Power Squadron, achieving the rank of navigator, and was an active boater in both Florida and Connecticut.
Mr. Stanley was a member of the Congregational Church of Old Saybrook for many years, serving as both a trustee and a member of the building committee. He also served as a district trustee of the New Haven council of Methodist churches.
He is also survived by his daughters, Claudia Moose of Maysville, Ky., Carol Hull of Murrells Inlet, S.C., Janet Macuch of Lakeville; and a son, Jeffrey Stanley of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
In addition, he leaves 21 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his sister, Eleanor Bader, and his daughter, Sally MacDonnell.
Memorial services will be held at a later date in Old Saybrook, Conn.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Memorial Garden Fund of the First Church of Christ in Saybrook, 366 Main St., Old Saybrook, CT 06475.


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About SPRC
SPRC is the nation's only federally supported resource center devoted to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. We provide technical assistance, training, and materials to increase the knowledge and expertise of suicide prevention practitioners and other professionals serving people at risk for suicide. We also promote collaboration among a variety of organizations that play a role in developing the field of suicide prevention.
Who We Serve
SPRC serves individuals, groups, and organizations that play important roles in suicide prevention.
- Suicide prevention grantees: Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Grantees funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to support suicide prevention work in Campus, State, and Tribal communities.
- State suicide prevention coordinators and initiatives: individuals and groups in the state with the lead for statewide SP.
- College and university staff involved with suicide prevention efforts on campus.
- American Indian/ Alaska Native communities: Individuals working with native populations to support suicide prevention and mental health promotion.
- Health and behavioral health care providers who play a role in identifying and helping individuals at risk of suicide.
- Professionals providing social services in their community and organizations who can help reduce suicide rates among the populations they serve.
- Members of the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention, the public-private partnership dedicated to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
We also work with researchers, policymakers, public health professionals, suicide loss survivors, mental health consumer groups, and national and federal agencies and organizations
The Services and Resources We Provide
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- Help and tools for state, tribal, community, and campus suicide prevention organizations and coalitions, including recipients of Garrett Lee Smith youth suicide prevention grants
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- Toolkits, guides, research summaries, and information sheets on a variety of suicide prevention topics
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- Bringing together health and mental health providers to strengthen their capacity to prevent suicide among their patients and clients
- Website:
- Information and a variety of tools and resources on suicide prevention, including products tailored for specific populations, at http://www.sprc.org
- E-newsletter and social media:
- News, funding and research updates, and announcements in our e–mail newsletter The Weekly Spark, and presence on Facebook and Twitter
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- Extensive online collection of manuals, reports, and articles on suicide prevention
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Is Your Financial Planning Business a Netflix Or a Blockbuster?
Netflix has just released its latest results and says it's added a record 7.05 million new users in the fourth quarter. 5.12 million of these were from international markets.
Part of the growth is due to international expansion, part is from having good content — programs that people want to watch (Gilmore Girls, anyone?).
At my local shopping centre is a DVD rental store. I know, it's 2017 and that's crazy but this store still exists. What's even more crazy is that it actually changed hands a couple of years ago — why anyone would buy a bricks and mortar video store is beyond me.
I used to enjoy heading to the video shop to rent videos. And by 'video' I mean actual videos — the VHS variety. The ones that you had to rewind when you finished watching them.
More recently (as in the past ten years) I'd rent DVDs (no rewinding required).
So why is the traditional video store dead (or at least on life support) but Netflix and other streaming services are thriving?
Because they were in the wrong business.
The problem with video stores holding a physical product was the need for inventory. If you didn't have the latest movie to rent, you missed out on business. And you needed multiple copies of the movie to keep your customers happy.
But when that movie declined in popularity, you probably needed to hold less copies of it.
If I came into your store looking for a particular movie and you'd already run out of copies, I'd go somewhere else and rent it.
The video store owner was hampered by the need to hold physical copies of movies. And there was little point in holding any obscure movies in stock, because they'd hardly ever be rented.
But now we watch a lot of video online, via streaming.
We no longer need to hold a physical copy of the program we want to watch. We download it and watch it.
Chris Anderson, in his book The Long Tail explains that when there's digital delivery and no physical inventory, an online store (like Netflix or an Apple Music) can hold a much wider range of movies. It can afford to offer some of the obscure movies because all they are is some data on a hard drive, not physical space on a shelf.
So the popular movies are still popular and streamed the most, but there's a long tail of less popular titles that have a much smaller audience.
The video stores failed to adapt to the digital change. It's easy to see in hindsight, but perhaps it wasn't so obvious to them at the time. Why didn't Blockbuster create Netflix? It had relationships with all the major movie distributors but stayed focussed on its model of renting physical copies of movies instead of seeing the shift to digital.
Netflix started as a mail order DVD rental business. And Reed Hastings (the owner) offered to sell 49% of Netflix to Blockbuster to they could get into the online video rental space. They turned him down.
Netflix then moved into streaming movies and started to create its own content — something Amazon Prime is also doing. House Of Cards was Netflix's first production and won three Emmy Awards.
The important thing to understand here is that the end result of what these two businesses — Netflix and Blockbuster — sold is exactly the same — I sit in my lounge room and watch a movie or TV series on my television.
The difference is in the delivery. With Blockbuster I went to them and borrowed a physical item, with Netflix I don't need to go anywhere. I just sit on my couch, select a movie and start watching. Actually, with our internet connection it's more like select a movie, make a cup of tea while it starts downloading, then start watching.
My concern is that the financial planning industry will undergo a Netflix-type change, and many planners will realise too late that they're still running a Blockbuster.
So what can you do about it?
You must understand what the consumer wants. Notice I didn't say 'understand what your product is'? The consumer doesn't want your product, they want the outcome.
I never wanted a VHS cassette. I wanted to watch a movie.
What do your clients want? What are the outcomes that good financial planning provides to them? When I've looked at surveys asking these sorts of questions, answers such as 'peace of mind', 'knowing I'm on track to retire when I want to', 'knowing where my money is going' and 'having confidence that my money is working for me' are some of the responses.
Notice they didn't say 'having the best superannuation fund' or 'the best insurance policy'.
Blockbuster thought they were in the DVD rental business. They weren't. They were in the business of helping their customers watch movies. The product they sold (DVDs) was what enabled their customers to watch movies.
I speak with a lot of financial planners and it's interesting to hear the different responses around what they do that creates value for their clients.
Some are like Blockbuster and think that their value proposition revolves around a product.
Some say they're like a Netflix and have a value proposition based around outcomes, but their charging models show that they're in fact still like a Blockbuster — getting remunerated for product advice.
My fear is that the industry is still in a Blockbuster-like state and is not prepared for the potential disruptions that will inevitably occur.
If I took a quick poll amongst my readers, I'm sure that the majority of you use at least one of the streaming services — Netflix, Amazon Prime etc for movies or Spotify and Apple Music for music. Even YouTube can be classed as a streaming site.
You probably didn't use them five years ago, but you do now. And I bet you enjoy the programming selection and the ease with which you can watch something.
No-one is longing for the good old days when you had to hop in the car to get to the local video rental store.
Over the next five years, the financial planning versions of Netflix will come into this industry and create change and disruption. They'll use technology to build a better advice process and they'll innovate by trying new things that meet the customer's needs.
Forget waiting two weeks for a Statement of Advice — it'll become instant.
And face-to-face engagement with clients in your office during business hours — that model will change as well. And yes, I agree that face-to-face contact is important in building strong relationships with clients, but I also think that an alternative like video-conferencing will be incredibly attractive and convenient to clients who want advice at a time and location that suits them.
Don't say that it won't happen or can't happen to the financial planning industry. It can and it will. Why is it that we embrace technological change in so many areas of our life but choose to believe these sorts of changes won't occur in our industry?
So, is your business a Blockbuster or a Netflix?
Businesses that truly understand what their clients want and can deliver those services in a way that the client sees as being valuable will succeed.
Financial planning businesses that continue to promote a value proposition that's based around a product will struggle. That's because your product will become like a VHS movie.
The biggest challenge that I see is this — in areas where there's been massive disruption, the disrupters have usually come from outside the industry. Just think about Uber, AirBNB, Amazon, Netflix etc. These businesses disrupted existing industries by innovating and offering a better product.
What worries me is whether this will happen in the financial planning industry. We're all focussed on what the current players are producing in but we're not thinking about what a new entrant could do. What if one of the major retailers here in Australia or even globally started selling financial products and offering advice? Coles and Woolworths do it to a degree with their credit cards and insurance, but what if they got very serious and invested a lot of money into finding a better way for Australians to save for their future and protect themselves?
What if Amazon decided it wanted to offer financial planning?
Bottom line — it's tough to predict what's going to happen. Hindsight is great but it's hard to predict something when you don't know what it'll look like.
To combat all this you need to have a strong idea around how you can create value for your clients. You need to think afresh about your business and the way it's structured. Are you offering all the services that your target market are looking for? Have you taken advantage of the latest technology to be able to deliver efficiencies for your business and clients?
What do you think? Will the financial planning industry undergo a Netflix-like change, or is the Blockbuster model still a safe option? Leave a comment below.
Originally published at Contar Media.


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Will Arsene Wenger gamble in the transfer market?
Back in August, Arsene Wenger described the transfer window as being like a game of poker. You can see what he means. It is a time of year when clubs are competing for a limited stock of talent, agents are on the lookout for a new contract, and some managers use the media hype to motivate their squad or complicate matters for opponents.
The stakes are as high as ever this time around. But knowing who is serious about doing business and who is just testing the water – for whatever reason – is far from easy. The papers are invariably full of speculation. But as often as not the stories that find their way into the press are as much about media manipulation as they are actual accounts of what is on the cards.
And of course, irrespective of what happens in the transfer market, the whole business of signing new players is far from certain. Look at Mesut Ozil. Who would say that the £42.5 million Wenger put down to sign the German was not a massive gamble? That question seems all the more pertinent now that Santi Cazorla has turned himself into the king of the assist. That £42.5 million could have bought a whole battalion of defensive reinforcements.So the transfer window is not just a game of poker. It also represents just about every other game you would expect to see in casinos. Bluffs and judgement are all well and good, but the spin of a roulette wheel can be every bit as capricious as the vagaries of form and fitness. For all the research in the world, how can you possibly predict that someone is going to be homesick, such as the story of Manchester City's Jesus Navas, or that their family is actually going to determine where they can and cannot go?
All well and good. But that leaves us scratching our heads when it comes to making sense of what may or may not play out over the course of this – or any other – transfer window. If the likes of Wenger cannot be sure of what is going on, how are the rest of us supposed to keep up?
The simple truth is that we can't. For all the tempting titbits that filter through the media – James Milner, second-string Roma striker Mattia Destro, and Winston Reid have all tickled our transfer taste buds of late – we won't know until a deal is struck. Viewed from afar, the chances of any of them making the move to the Emirates has to be an outside bet at best.
On the other hand, the idea of Wenger in a casino offers an interesting insight into how he goes about his business. If you looked at how his teams play you could paint him as a devil-may-care, cavalier, high-stakes gambler. But as we know that is nothing like Wenger the dealer. At times he is more like one of those ultra-methodical types who covers the same roulette numbers time after time with sensibly modest stakes. Away from the park he is conservative predictability personified.
The analogy is a revealing one because it shows up the contradictory side of Wenger the manager. He is more of a cultivator of young talent than a gambler. The rise of Francis Coquelin to the first-team ranks is a classic Wenger tale of long-term cultivation. Never mind the transfer window, Wenger would always prefer to recruit from the junior ranks.
But as we have seen with Ozil, under pressure he is sometimes prepared to go all in. And that, of course, means we can't possibly predict which way Wenger might jump this time around. If he were a poker player, he would certainly keep you guessing.


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Project 3 ~ Choice 4 ~ Spinosaurus' Evolution
I chose choice 4 for my third Biology project, which covers evolution. We were to choose an animal and writer about its adaptations.
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By Bethany Project 3 ~ Choice 4 Meet Spinosaurus We have been able to collect enough data to tell how this dinosaur lives and how it was adapted to it's environment. Natural Selection: While this massive predator was very huge and hunted giant plant eaters and even smaller meat eaters, its natural selection during its declining years was poor. Since T. Rex was better fit for the environment than Spinosaurus, the natural selection favored T. Rexes much more than Spinosaurus. Eventually, Spinosaurus went extinct. Adaptation: Spinosaurus had a head like a crocodile, sail on back, body built like, like Giganotosaurus and T. Rex, but bigger. Spinosaurus lived close to water and even lived in it. They also lived on land. On land or in water, they were well adapted to be killer monsters. Speciation: Two separate species of Spinosaurus were found: Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus and Spinosaurus Maroccanus. Competition: On land, T. Rex and Giganotosaurus provided some competition, as they were also giant meat eating dinosaurs, Spinosaurus was the biggest though. None of these three would have liked to share the prey, so Spinosaurus did have some competition for food. In it's last years of living, the Spinosaurus had to scavenge because they're large prey was dying off from changing environments; so even smaller meat eaters posed a problem for the Spinosaurus, these packs of meat eaters could easily pull a a Spinosaurus down and kill it. In the water, they caught big fish near the shore. The Spinosaurus may have had to compete with the big crocs of the Cretaceous. The Spinosaurus was a unique species of theropod living during the Cretaceous time period of the Mesozoic Era. This dinosaur is now extinct, but we still know about this creature from the fossils found by paleontologists. The first fossil of Spinosaurus was found in WWI, but was destroyed in WWII by an Allied attack on Germany. Pictures were still taken though before the museum (which had been just across the street from the Nazi headquarters). Another fossil was found in Africa. Overproduction: The remaining Spinosaurus populations could not adapt to their changing environment for survival, the species population declined because of this. Resources and Song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpinosaurusFull transcript
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EN Engineering's business is growing in Kentucky
EN Engineering experienced growth and decided to expand its operations in Boyd County, Kentucky. The purpose of the expansion is to better meet customer demands in the tri-state region of Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio.
The company is investing approximately $3 million into building a new facility, which will consolidate and house all of the Kentucky operations. Currently, EN Engineering has five separate buildings throughout Boyd County. The building will be completed by summer 2015.
The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority has preliminarily approved a tax incentive worth up to $1 million for the company.
The company provides engineering services for heavy industry clients, such as gas an oil pipeline companies. It currently employs 725 workers around the U.S. including almost 90 workers in Kentucky, and anticipates hiring 80 more employees in Boyd County.
"This is very exciting for eastern Kentucky," said Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear. "EN Engineering's announcement not only will bring dozens of well-paying jobs to the region, but also further signifies the Commonwealth's importance in the industrial energy sector."
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I think it is a far bigger stretch to say that boxers of the past couldn't beat todays boxers based on the fact that American footballers of today are apparently far superior to their counterparts from the past, (I say apparently cos I know very little about the sport, I'm Welsh, I watch rugby not American football) or that this generation of sprinters continue to smash the records of the previous generation.
I also didn't say boxing was purely technical. But it is a lot more complex than simply the strongest or quickest boxer always wins.
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I generally agree with the OP's point. Speed and strength need to be applied to a particular discipline like boxing, hockey, football, basketball, baseball etc. In some cases, the greater physical abilities are too much for technique, smarts or whatever you may call it to overcome. I think linemen in football are a good example of this. Modern NFL lines would manhandle 1960's teams.
On the other hand, NFL quarterbacks provide an example of physical abilities taking a back seat to the brain. Drew Brees wouldn't be on an NFL roster if size strength and speed were the only criteria to playing QB. Pure physical ability is clearly less important than intangibles because the best QB's are almost never the most physically gifted. Jeff George probably had the best arm of any QB, but his career was a bust.
The same principle can be applied to other sports:
Hockey: Gretzky wasn't the fastest or strongest player of his time, he had the best vision and anticipation.
Baseball, filled with endless prospects who never panned out because they didn't develop the eye well enough to deal with MLB pitchers.
Basketball: The importance of vision, particularly with point guards.
Boxing is similar in that vision and anticipation of a live opponent dictates the physical actions that are taken to an enormous degree. Much more so than sprinting or weight lifting.
So to me, when you consider an athlete in boxing, the mental factors are so critical that they have to be considered athletic ability.
At similar weights, I don't think the boxers of today have progressed to the point where the older fighters can't physically compete, like NFL linemen have.
As for the likes of Joe Louis or Rocky Marciano against the Klitschko's and other much bigger heavyweights, it's tough to say. I think Louis would fare well, but I'm not certain.
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There is a reason Barry Bonds has more home runs than Babe Ruth and it is not because todays athletes are better. We live in the modern age.
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I like how 99% of people just agree with the TS, just because they have nothing to say))
we can argue as much as we want, but give me a brake man. How many times you seen "WR" or "OR" in London this year? almsot at any other competition. Runners from Jamaica along made me happy watching Olympics. In any era there always will be some one who will be bit slightly better, slightly faster etc. comparing that long jumper to all sports is straight silly.
In boxing there were greats in the past who'd beat todays champs, but at the same time we have boxers who'd whoop past boxers as well.
Give it another 100 years, once 3rd world countries will have opportunities to compete in all sports the picture will change again.
So I disagree with your post ts, Today's athletes ARE better and will be better with science developing etc
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Boxing did "evolve" from about 1900---> 1930 or something, in my opinion. The general style is quite a bit different I feel. There will have been small advances due to better nutrition and other input chemicals shall we say. Better technology that allows not so much better training but better physical analysis. However overall the advances are much smaller than other sports due to boxing being more a thinking mans sport that can also rely on determination and guts/toughness etc. You don't usually see anyone win a 100m race because they have more heart than the people next to them or they outwitted them. It's purely physical and these small differences in lifestyle etc need to be taken into account.
However saying that if you put the likes of Ezzard Charles in the ring today he'd still be awesome. Same goes for many a fighter from the previous era.
I also feel that people like Bob Fitzsimmons and Sam Langford and people from that time would get thoroughly beaten by the likes of Jones Jr, Marvin Hagler, Monzon etc. Just by watching the tapes you can tell there is a clear difference in the way they fought from the way they do now. Which is why I've concluded that boxing somewhat "improved" to meet the stylistic requirements of today's era about 1930. The rules of the sport changing also is a factor in that though.
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i think fighters have gotten stronger and faster
not many fighters of the 00's-60's compare with amir khan, gary russell, yuriorkis gamboa and so on, fighters just seem alot faster now
and so i think it's appropriate to figure they hit harder
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There are qualities that cannot be replaced by physical strength or speed.
Boxers need dedication, hunger, an iron will.
To quote the great Cus D'Amato
"When two men are fighting, what makes youre watching is more a contest of wills than of skills, with the stronger will usually overcoming skill. The skill will prevail only when it is so superior to the other mans skill that the will is not tested .
As times as you see a fellow get tired in the course of a fight, note that he gets tired when pressure builds up, after he gets hurt or hes been in some kind of doubtful situation, not being able to control the situation. Thats when he starts getting tired. Thats why when two good fighters get to fight, theyre head to head, so to speak, they wont give an inch and theyre using all their skills and ability, until maybe about the seventh or eight or ninth round, one fighter start to visibly weaken. It only means hes reached a point where he no longer can stand the pressure. Hes now become dominated, because when two people fight its very much like two armies. They seek to impose their will on one another.
These qualities , or better the lack of thereof, are what makes modern fighters generally inferior, in my opinion.
Less hunger, less will to fight, less determination to fight.
Less comprehension of what it takes to be a boxer at high level.
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Tuesday, 5 January 2016
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Card blank: 7" x 7" white silk
Die: Apple Blossom 'Flourish Heart' (magazine freebie)
Punch: Woodware Square Corner
Other: Stampendous 'Friendly Greetings' peel off
Snippets: Red Moondust and white card, two silver heart peel-offs
I punched the corners of a square of white card, layered it onto red Moondust card and attached it to the card front. I die-cut the Flourish Heart from red Moondust and attached it to the square, placing the silver peel off below it. To finish, I added two small silver peel off hearts. Quick and easy, but I like it!
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Kath, Love the die and really like the clean white card behind it. Makes it stand out.ReplyDelete
Hope you have a good day. Sue
Love how you showcased the intricate heart in a frame with a white background ...beautifulReplyDelete
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Stunning card Kath - and the die is beautiful! Very elegant make indeed.ReplyDelete
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FAB swirly die cut heart making a wonderfully CAS card. xxxReplyDelete
Fabulous CAS card and a the die is lovely, like the addition of the two little silver hearts.ReplyDelete
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What a gorgeous die! I love the red and white colour scheme with the touch of silver. xxReplyDelete
Love the simplicity of your card the die looks brilliant against the whiteReplyDelete
Beautiful card Kath, love the red + white with the silver sentiment xxReplyDelete
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How beautiful! I love that die & your very elegant card!ReplyDelete
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Influencing Skills: Morning Session
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Focus Area: Workplace Skills
The acid test of a good plan is the willingness of others to implement it. A key workplace skill is the ability to positively influence people in such a way that others willingly alter their thoughts and plans. One's level of influence can be dramatically improved by carefully adjusting ideas to the concerns and communication styles of others and by formulating ideas in a compelling way.
In this workshop, participants bring their own influencing challenge and use the theory presented to hone their idea to maximize acceptance by their stakeholder group.
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Russel is one of Kwela Leadership's two founders and his expertise includes leadership development, team development, executive coaching, and training on a wide variety of topics.
He has worked extensively as a leadership consultant / trainer since 2004 across a wide variety of sectors, including government, publicly-held, and non-profit. Russel's experience also includes 14 years in the high technology/engineering sector, where he held management roles in product development, marketing, customer service and training. Russel holds a Masters degree in Engineering from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
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Wednesday, November 13, 2013
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Thank you for stepping out to improve lives with the 19th annual Triangle Run/Walk for Autism! It was so good to see old friends and make new ones, and to celebrate our loved ones with autism.
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Proceeds from the Triangle Run/Walk for Autism will fund local programs of the Autism Society of North Carolina (ASNC), the leading statewide resource organization serving the over 65,000 people in NC across the spectrum throughout their lifespans. Everyone knows someone affected by autism — maybe your brother, cousin, friend at school, neighbor, or co-worker. Join others on October 14 to make a difference in the life of someone you care about with ASD. In the past 18 years, we have raised over $1,000,000 through this event. You can help!
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Maine's New Leaders Council Holds Second Institute, Featuring the Radio-Host and Political Activist, Richard Fowler of Washington, D.C.
PORTLAND, ME – New Leaders Council of Maine proudly presents Richard Fowler, of the radio program, The Richard Fowler Show, as the speaker and leader of our second Institute this weekend, February 20th and 21st, 2016.
This month's NLC – Maine Institute highlights the importance of Communication in both our personal lives and our work places. Communication is key to achieving any pursuits in a progressive leaders life and who to help extend this message and help our Fellows achieve this than Richard Fowler? Fowler has centered his life around the importance of the human voice and thus has created a dynamic approach to attaining his objectives. The Richard Fowler show can be described as everything you want in a radio show: both a progressive and fresh approach with a distinct outlook on policy, politics, and the people of this country.
In addition to his show, Richard Fowler has organized and registered more than one thousand milliennial voters in Florida for the NAACP, has been a campaign manager in Washington, D.C. (where he now resides) and has also, in addition to our team, has been an advisor for minority, female, and younger candidates. He serves as the Interium Director of Generational Alliance, a liberal youth engagement organization. Previously, Fowler served as the Policy and Advocacy Director for the Young Democrats of America for almost five years, and in 2012 was a delegate for the Democratic National Convention, representing Virginia. Need we say more? We are so happy to have Richard Fowler joining us this weekend!
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People are so mad about Winter, but they got it all wrong. Winter's not a bad guy, it's just an awkward loser. It's Spring we should blame. All this time, we've been complaining and whining about frost and snow, but Winter's just doing its job. Check the resume, and it's all there. Skills: Making People Cold Making People Miserable Making People Drink Beer Until They Forget They Are Cold And Miserable
We've gotten exactly what we should expect. But what has Spring done for us? What's its excuse? The seasons are a group project, and Spring hasn't even shown up to class. Winter's trying to pick up the pieces, but do we notice? Do we even take a second to consider the one putting in extra hours? No. We're too busy fawning over the bad boy.
It's March, dammit. How long are we supposed to wait for this neglectful douchebag? It's dance night, and Spring swore to go with us, but now it's nowhere to be seen. For weeks we've patiently holding our breath, telling ourselves that this will be the week to crack the 40 degree mark, and what have we gotten? Spring hasn't changed, hasn't even apologized. It's the first thing on our mind, and yet it hasn't even made an appearance. How many broken promises of fun and sun are we supposed to believe only to have Spring call us drunk five days late saying it can't make it? And we take it like we don't deserve better.Enough is enough. Because while Spring doesn't give us time of day, Winter's giving us everything its got: surprise vortexes, nightly snow poundings, enough broken water mains to ice over half the country. We've got a perfectly good season right in front of us. Sure, it's not the season we fantasize about, but its sweet and hardworking and reliable. It's something we could take to meet our parents. It more than makes up for Spring's neglect. If we were smarter, we'd follow our friends' advice and listen to "I Will Survive". We'd ignore Spring the next time it showed up. No matter how much it told us it'd changed, that it was a new season, we'd stay strong.
But that's not how it works. We're stuck in some crappy 90's date movie, and can't stop wanting the football captain even though he doesn't know our name. We could be dating Pauly Shore, but we're too obsessed over Encino Man. Because ultimately, it doesn't matter how hard Winter tries. The second Spring comes around, we're out that door. Even if its wasted with a half-eaten bag of Taco Bell, we're going to smile, hop on the back of the motorcycle and forget all the crap it's put us through. Pathetic.
In these contentious political times it is more important than ever to work together in a bipartisan way with the people who said I should be thrown out of a helicopter for being an Antifa terrorist.
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Training is a Catch-22
Continuous training is vital to the success of any district information technology plan, because, unlike large corporations, districts don't have specialized information technology personnel, says Dwayne Alton, director of information technology support at Lee County Public Schools in Florida.
"You really have to have the appropriate skill level" to put storage solutions in place, set up a wireless network or move resources to the cloud, he says. "You can't just throw these solutions in place. You have to have people who understand the system. That's a big challenge in school districts. … You have a small number of people doing everything. The Catch-22 is, when do you get these people time to train? Because they're always supporting systems."
Alton estimates that Lee County spent $120,000 to provide everyone in IT between 80 and 160 hours of training when they first created their major data center move more than three years ago. The costs and time have been about $28,000 and 120 hours per year since then, Alton says. "If you don't invest in the training and use professional services to transfer the knowledge, you end up buying a big, shiny box that doesn't really help you," he says. "For the most part, if you invest in training and have staff to deal with your systems, it's a huge money-saver."
The exact amount can be hard to quantify, Alton adds, since it amounts to things like increased user downtime and decreased use of systems, because they are considered unreliable. "We tend to invest in equipment but not training," he says. "IT people all agree on this; it's how you sell it in tight budgetary times."


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When does an American citizen give up his Constitutional rights — specifically, one who has joined al-Qaida and called for violence against the United States?
It's a legal question two U.S. administrations have failed to clearly answer. And, it seems, does not fret much about when a U.S. citizen becomes an al-Qaida threat and is reachable with a drone-fired Hellfire missile.
See: al-Awlaki, Anwar.
And enter into the discussion Adam Gadahn, another American citizen who is now an United States-denouncing al-Qaida member. Gadahn, in a new 30-minute video, hails the al-Qaida attack on a U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi, Libya, and called for more attacks on American diplomatic sites.
The U.S. government has slapped a $1 million bounty on Gadahn's head.
"Adam Yahiye Gadahn was indicted in the Central District of California for treason and material support to al-Qaida," according to the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center. "The charges are related to Gadahn's alleged involvement in a number of terrorist activities, including providing aid and comfort to al-Qaida and services for al-Qaida."
Should the U.S. have an opportunity to take out Gadahn? One hawkish Republican senator who has met recently with President Barack Obama on national security matters thinks so.
"Adam Gadahn is an American citizen who has aligned himself with Al Qaeda. He should be considered an enemy combatant not a common criminal, Senate Armed Services Committee member Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Monday in a statement. "And even though he is an American citizen, he should be subject to being killed or captured by our military and intelligence forces. The use of lethal force against Gadahn is appropriate and should be utilized without hesitation.
Graham also believes the al-Qaida cultural analyst and spokesman, if captured by American forces, should not treated as a criminal — but as an enemy combatant.
"If captured, Gadahn should not be read his Miranda rights, but held as an enemy combatant under the Law of War for intelligence gathering purposes," said Graham, a colonel in the Air Force Reserve's judge advocate general's corps. "As a senior Al-Qaeda operative his deeds and actions put our nation at risk."
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Hunan Mung Beans in Outrageous Dressing
This is one of our very favorite recipes - of any kind! The dressing is beyond compare. Absolutely life changing!!!
- 1 pound (or more) Mung Bean Sprouts
- 1 cup cucumber - peeled and sliced
- 1/2 + cup carrot - grated
- 1+ cup sweet peppers (use as many colors as you like) - chopped
- Any and all other tasty colorful vegetables
Outrageous Dressing:
- 3 Tbs. tahini or crunchy peanut butter (or combination of the two)
- 2 Tbs. soy sauce
- 4 Tbs. vinegar
- 1 Tbs. hot red pepper oil
- 1 tsp. cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1 Tbs. toasted sesame oil
- 2 Tbs. corn, sunflower or vegetable oil
- 1 Tbs. ginger - minced
- 1 Tbs. garlic - minced
- 1 Tbs. scallions - minced
- 1 Tbs. white wine
- 1 tsp. hot mustard (optional)
- 1/2 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 cups broth (chicken or vegetable)
- bean thread or rice noodles (optional)
- We prefer our bean sprouts raw, but you have options.
- If you like, you may poach the mung beans for 1/2 - 2 minutes by putting them in rapidly boiling water, remove to strainer and cool with cold water. Drain well.
- Mix all vegetables and sprouts in a bowl.
- Mix all dressing ingredients together and pour over sprouts + vegetable mix.
- Chill and garnish with (additional) minced or finely sliced scallions and toasted sesame oil.
- Serve over bean thread rice noodles if you like (we do).
- This recipe is from Henry Chung's famous Hunan Restaurant in San Francisco. Henry signed my copy of his cookbook (February 15, 1986 - the day after I and Lori's first kiss) and I have used it so much and for so long now, that many of the pages are hard to read for all of the cooking stains. Thanks Henry, you have made our lives far spicier and more delicious, and you have been with us since our very beginning. You will never know how indebted we are to you - for your inimitable recipes as well as your wisdom.
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A Senate committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would make it a third-degree felony for persons who know they are HIV-positive to work as prostitutes or to solicit sex workers. Utah already tests arrested sex workers and their customers for HIV and informs them of their results. SB 50, sponsored by Sen. Jerry Stevenson (R-Layton), would consider anyone who signs a notice of their test results to be aware of their status, thereby eliminating a requirement for a hearing with a police officer and a counselor. Declaring the offense a felony would put the defendant into the statewide court records system, rather than individual city courts. Having won approval by the Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee, the bill moves to the full Senate.
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Ministry Description: The House of Friends (HOF) is a community outreach adult ministry of Bethany United Methodist Church. The program provides a therapeutic social day out for individuals with early to mid-stage dementia who are cared for at home and gives a welcome respite or "time away" to the family caregiver. The intent is to minimize caregiver and participant stresses so that institutional care and associated expenses can be delayed. There is no cost for program participation. There is an admittance process for entry to the program. Membership is open to all, regardless of religious affiliation or gender. HOF reaches out in a 30-mile radius to families in the greater Austin area.
Types of Volunteers Needed: In-session companion volunteers (buddy one-on-one with dementia individual in weekly program, In-session service volunteers (lead sing-a-long, piano accompaniment, exercise leader, develop crafts & activities, share a special talent or skill, provide a food snack, assist with open activities, etc.), service member on functional teams including fundraising, hospitality, alumni visitation, finance, preparing materials). Provide a one-time lunch for 40 for Thursday program.
How to volunteer: Contact Nancy Kier, HOF Volunteer Coordinator (512-250-5501); Susie Petersen, Director, (512-331-5284).
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Legion to congress: Ease the burden
WASHINGTON – American Legion National Commander Daniel M. Dellinger told members of the House and Senate Committees on Veterans' Affairs Wednesday that this is a "crucial threshold in history" with more than 1.2 million service members soon to discharge from the U.S. Armed Forces and enter civilian lives, expecting the support they earned and deserve.
"I call this a crucial threshold in our nation's history because today's veterans are coming home, looking to their elected leaders in Washington for fulfillment of responsibilities befitting their military sacrifices," Dellinger said in the joint session of lawmakers as hundreds of members of the nation's largest veterans service organization took to Capitol Hill to meet with congressional delegations from their states as part of the 54th American Legion Washington Conference.
High on the Legion's legislative agenda, Dellinger explained, are smooth transitions for those entering the veteran ranks, including better VA claimsadjudication, improved mental health care and assurances that military retirees and veterans will not be asked to sacrifice benefits as the budget cuts of sequestration are imposed.
"It's our job in The American Legion, and yours, in Congress to ease the burden of their transitions," Dellinger said. "As our troops come home from Afghanistan and other duty stations around the world, the job we share – this moral and legal obligation – can only be expected to grow more challenging, and more important in the years to come. More than 1.2 million service men and women are expected to discharge from military service over the next four years and we must be prepared."
Dellinger warned of the potential dangers of sequestration, not only for military retirees and veterans but for national security. "I want to make it clear that veterans fully appreciate the difficulty of our nation's current fiscal condition," he said. "However, as former service men and women, we will not stand by and watch today's budget problems weaken tomorrow's ability to defend and protect our nation. Nor will we allow the drastic cuts of sequestration to become an excuse to cut or reduce VA services."
Dellinger then addressed the VA backlog "of undecided benefits claims, including an adjudication process that The American Legion has often found to be rife with errors and inconsistencies depending on which regional office is handling the veteran's claim." Dellinger outlined steps his organization has taken to assist VA in identifying and correcting problems, along with recommendations for improvement. "One step in the right direction would be electronic medical health records that would follow a service member from day of enlistment through the end of life," he said, referring to a joint DoD-VA system that would reduce the information-gathering burden on veterans applying for benefits.
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For some of you that don't know there's an important holiday in January! Or at least it should be considered a holiday. ; ) CHA… craft hobby association! ie: new products start popping up and makes all of us dream of hoarding everything. And lots of us do. 🙂 SO add this one to the list of must haves cause it's freaking adorable!!! (Prepare for lots of exclamation points in this post! lol) The newest Dear Lizzy collection is Lovely Day!! This has some of my favorite icons of all time… the fox and bunny, chic topknot crafter and car with luggage on top. All the heart eyes!
I love the uplifting and cheeky phrases and the colors! Can't wait to share more! I'm picking up a box of these these goodies tomorrow and I'll be having some creative fun and film a video so you can see them up close! I made a few projects but they're being shipped to CHA at the moment for the craft conference in a couple weeks! I always get excited, nervous and anxious to share new stuff so I hope you guys love it! Oh, did I mention the coloring washi tape? A fun twist to the coloring book craze plus it's adorable. There's some coloring 12×12 papers too!
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Here is the teaching outline for SUNDAY NITE LIVE. Join us at 6 PM (EST).
1. First Things First
Malachi 3:10 CEV
"Bring the entire ten percent into the storehouse, so there will be food in my house. Then I will open the windows of heaven and flood you with blessing after blessing."
Proverbs 3:9-10 KJV
"Honor the Lord with your capital and sufficiency [from righteous labors] and with the firstfruits of all your income. So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine."
Proverbs 3:9-10 AMP
"Honor the Lord with your wealth And with the first fruits of all your crops (income); Then your barns will be abundantly filled And your vats will overflow with new wine."
2. Check on Your Priorities to Make Sure They're Right
Matthew 6:33 KJV
"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you."
1 Kings 22:5 AMP
"But Jehoshaphat said to the king of Israel, Inquire first, I pray you, for the word of the Lord today."
3. Confess the Word Over Your Seed and Situation
Proverbs 18:21 MSG
"Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit—you choose."
Galatians 6:9 KJV
"And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not."
"Father, in the name of Jesus, I command this Holy Spirit led-seed to go where I tell it to go. . .to do what I tell it to do. . .I speak that it will not return void. In the strong name of Jesus, by the authority of the Word in Matthew 16:19 which says that whatever is bound on earth is bound in heaven. . .I bind any and every hindering spirit that would seek crop failure for the precious seed that I'm sowing. The Word says in John 16:23 that whatever I ask in your name. . .you will give it to me. Father, just as a farmer expects a harvest from the seed he sows into the ground. . .I'm claiming my mega harvest over the seed that I've sown. I'm standing in expectation for an immediate bumper crop harvest. In the name of Jesus, I pray. Amen."
Matthew 6:26-33 AMP
Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow[seed]nor reap[the harvest]nor gather[the crops]into barns, and yet your heavenly Father keeps feeding them. Are you not worth much more than they?
27 And who of you by worrying can add on hour to[the length of]his life?28 And why are you worried about clothes? See how the liliesandwildflowers of the field grow; they do not labor nor do they spin[wool to make clothing],
29 yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his gloryandsplendor dressed himself like one of these.
30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is aliveandgreen today and tomorrow is[cut and]thrown[as fuel]into the furnace,will Henot much moreclotheyou? You of little faith!
31 Therefore do not worryorbe anxious (perpetually uneasy, distracted), saying, 'What are we going to eat?' or 'What are we going to drink?' or 'What are we going to wear?'
32 For the[pagan] Gentiles eagerly seek all these things;[but do not worry,]for your heavenly Father knows that you need them.
33 But firstandmost importantly seek (aim at, strive after) His kingdom and His righteousness [His way of doing and being right—the attitude and character of God],and all these things will be given to you also.
4. Be Bold In Spite Of Your Circumstances
Mark 11:23 KJV
". . .whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith."
Job 41:11 CEV
"I am in command of the world and in debt to no one."
Romans 13:8 AMP
"Keep out of debt and owe no man anything, except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor [who practices loving others] has fulfilled the Law [relating to one's fellowmen, meeting all its requirements]."
Matthew 3:2 KJV
"And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
Matthew 3:2 AMP
"And saying, Repent (think differently; change your mind, regretting your sins and changing your conduct), for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."
5. Keep the blessing flow going
Luke 17:10 KJV
"Even so on your part, when you have done everything that was assigned and commanded you, say, We are unworthy servants [possessing no merit, for we have not gone beyond our obligation]; we have [merely] done what was our duty to do."
Proverbs 11:24-25 TLB
"It is possible to give away and become richer! It is also possible to hold on too tightly and lose everything. Yes, the liberal man shall be rich! By watering others, he waters himself."
6. Understand the value of your seed
Psalm 126:6 KJV
"He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him."
Psalm 126:6 MSG
"And now, God, do it again— bring rains to our drought-stricken lives
So those who planted their crops in despair will shout hurrahs at the harvest, So those who went off with heavy hearts will come home laughing, with armloads of blessing."
7. Your actions now. . .determine your success later.
Proverbs 5:21 GWT
"Each person's ways are clearly seen by the Lord, and he surveys all his actions."
Taking action. . .is pleasing to God.
Philippians 2:13 GWT
"It is God who produces in you the desires and actions that please him."
Take action in creating a plan to make the last quarter of 2015. . .your best ever.
Ezra 10:4 GWT
"Get up! It's your duty to take action. We are with you, so be strong and take action."
Take action. . .not just talk about it.
1 John 3:18 GWT
"Dear children, we must show love through actions that are sincere, not through empty words."
Taking action. . .brings rewards.
Hebrews 11:6 KJV
"But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him."
2 Chronicles 15:7 GWT
"But you must remain strong and not become discouraged. Your actions will be rewarded."
Jeremiah 17:10 GWT
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