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Identifying the culture of any group and contextualizing to that culture is a helpful process as long as two important truths are born in mind.
First, every culture is part of a common humanity. Whatever the distinguishing characteristics of particular culture, people within that culture have characteristics that are true of everyone. They are made in God's image, an image they still reflect to some degree by God's common grace even though that image is now marred by sin. They enjoy the goodness of God's world and long for the relationships for which they were made. They are all broken people. They are sinners who face the judgment of God. And they are the victims of the sins of others.
Second, every person is a unique individual. Whatever the distinguishing characteristics of particular culture, people within that culture have aspects of their personality and interests that are unique to them. They may be a truck driver who likes opera. They may be an unemployed teenager who loves reading. Each person is different. Each person is part of a matrix of relationships that is unique to them. So, while cultural descriptions may be commonly true, we cannot assume they are true of the person in front of us. We need to contextualize on a person by person basis.
We can present this through the following diagram.
Everyone is both part of our common humanity ('a') and a unique individual ('e'). In between these two realities we can slice the triangle at different points, so including varying numbers of people. We can, for example, slice it a point 'c' and describe the culture of people from working-class and deprived areas. This would produce some useful descriptions that would be generally true of people from this culture though we must remember that everyone is different and not all our generalizations will be true all the time. We can take broader cultural group such as British people ('b'). Here we can identify some generalizations that were true of both working-class and middle-class Brits. Or we can take a narrow slice at point 'd' and describe the culture of urban rap music or northern working men's clubs.
Three implications follow.
First, we need to remain confident that the gospel is 'the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes' (Romans 1:16). Everyone is part of our common humanity ('a') sharing a common identity as God's image-bearers, facing the common problems of human sin and divine judgment, and needing a common Saviour. Whatever marks out a particular culture as different from others, everyone needs the gospel and everyone can find in the gospel the hope of salvation.
Second, we must always treat people as people, not in an undifferentiated way as generic representatives of a social class. We cannot let our cultural analysis harden into presuppositions or prejudices.
Third, generalized cultural descriptions are helpful tools because often they short-cut the process of person-specific contextualization. There are sufficient common cultural characteristics to make contextualization worth pursing. The differences among people from working-class and deprived areas do not invalidate the process of considering their common traits. The French are heterogeneous, but there is still value in missionaries to France learning about French history and thinking about contextualizing to French culture. In the same way, working-class and deprived areas are heterogeneous, but there is still value in those working in these areas thinking about contextualizing to this culture.
So we can helpfully describe specific cultures as long as we remember that every (1) individual is both unique – they are in some respect like no-one else – and (2) every individual is part of a common humanity – they are in some respects like everyone else.
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Curbing motorcycle noise an ongoing effort for policeBy MICHAEL COUSINEAU
New Hampshire Union Leader
June 16. 2013 12:09AM
When a motorcyclist revved his bike and disrupted the lunches of outdoor diners along Nashua's Main Street last month, Nashua police pulled over the driver.
"He had some problems as a result of what he did," Nashua police Capt. Bruce Hansen recalled Friday.
However, police didn't cite him for violating a revised motorcycle noise law that lowered the decibel level for motorcycles starting this year.
"We cited him for no muffler," he said.
Police can pull over a rider if they believe the motorcycle he or she is operating violates decibel limits and then test the bike with a noise-measuring device. But Nashua police don't often use their decibel meters.
"We kind of shy away from them," Hansen said. "They're a little bit harder to prove (in court). It's easier to prove whether they've got a muffler or not. You can actually see it."
House Bill 1442, which passed the Legislature in February 2012, reduced the legal noise level from 106 decibels to 92 decibels while motorcycles are idling.
Factors to consider
State Police Sgt. Stephen Kace, the liaison to the state Division of Motor Vehicles, said testing a motorcycle for noise isn't just simply pointing a decibel-measuring device. Certain conditions, such as wind and proximity to buildings, need to be considered.
"Routinely, the way it's been handled around the state is a law enforcement department would identify a safe testing area, which would typically be in close proximity to where complaints have been generated for excessive noise," he said.
Police would signal operators of suspected bikes to pull into the testing area.
In Manchester, Lt. Jim Flanagan said patrol officers don't usually carry noise meters in their cruisers but could call for one to be delivered as needed. Police, instead, set up a noise-testing station - a 32-foot circle with the motorcycle in the middle - up to a half-dozen times during the summer months.
"We'll have several noise-enforcement stations throughout the summer where we'll have an officer identifying motorcycles that appear" to surpass the decibel limits.
Manchester police might conduct a noise station at the corner of Valley and Elm streets, getting permission from a business owner to use a parking lot.
"We literally stand on the side of Elm Street and listen to vehicles going by," he said. "We'll signal to the operator to pull into the station."
Compliance time given
Police don't always cite operators and sometimes write up bikes for defective equipment and give their operators a certain amount of time to comply with state laws, Flanagan said.
Figures weren't available from the departments on the number of cyclists cited for noise.
The law that lowered the permissible noise level was not universally known across the state when a story was published in the New Hampshire Sunday News on June 2.
Several police departments said in that story they didn't know the state had lowered the decibel level. Candi Alexander, president of the New Hampshire Motorcyclists' Rights Organization, was quoted saying a motorcyclist couldn't be pulled over by police "just because they think your bike might be too loud.''
Efforts to reach Alexander for this story were unsuccessful.
Concord Deputy Chief Keith Mitchell also said his department doesn't monitor noise levels because it doesn't have decibel meters.
"Motorcycle noise is a quality-of-life issue," Flanagan said. "It's a big problem (in Manchester). It's a problem throughout the state."
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Wal-Mart's Mexico probe could lead to departures at the top
Allegations that Wal-Mart Stores Inc stymied an internal investigationinto extensive bribery at its Mexican subsidiary is likely to lead toyears of regulatory scrutiny.
Allegations that Wal-Mart Stores Inc stymied an internal investigation into extensive bribery at its Mexican subsidiary is likely to lead to years of regulatory scrutiny and could eventually cost some top executives their jobs, analysts said.
The New York Times said that in September 2005, a senior Wal-Mart lawyer received an email from Sergio Cicero Zapata, a former executive at the company's largest foreign unit, Wal-Mart de Mexico, describing how the subsidiary had paid bribes to obtain permits to build stores in the country.
Wal-Mart sent investigators to Mexico City and found a paper trail of hundreds of suspect payments totaling more than $24 million, but the company's leaders shut down the investigation and neglected to notify U.S. or Mexican law enforcement officials, the Times reported.
According to the Times, current Wal-Mart Chief Executive Mike Duke and former CEO Lee Scott, who still sits on the company's board, were among senior executives allegedly aware of the situation.
"Ultimately, it falls under his watch," Brian Sozzi, chief equity analyst at NBG, a firm that does investment research, said of Scott. "It falls under Mike Duke, too."
Other analysts said that Wal-Mart's structure means any drastic action, such as firings of top executives, may not happen quickly.
"In many companies people would be asked to step down," said Consumer Edge Research analyst Faye Landes. "Two complicating factors here are the ongoing nature of the investigation and the composition of the board and the shareholder base."
The shareholder base includes the family of founder Sam Walton, which owns nearly 50 percent of Wal-Mart's shares, making it difficult for any activist shareholders to push for any immediate changes. Walton's eldest son, Chairman S. Robson Walton, known as Rob, and his younger brother Jim are also on the board.
Wal-Mart said in a statement on Saturday it was "deeply concerned" about the allegations in the Times report and began an investigation into its compliance with anti-bribery laws last autumn. It declined to make any executives available for comment, and said the investigation was continuing.


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Our investors are important to our business and strategy. We connect with them through Annual General Meetings, ASX announcements, the Annual Report and Securityholder review. As well as, Investor Roadshows, face-to-face meetings and tours.
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We conduct full employee engagement surveys every second year and Global Employee Updates biyearly. This provides our people with the opportunity to provide feedback on business, leaders and suggest areas for focus and improvement.
The people in our communities are the most affected by our activities. Stakeholder Engagement Plans are produced for all development projects and Community Engagement Managers are employed on all major projects.
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We engage with our supply chain through research, recognition, establishing a Global Working Group on Strategic Procurement, fair reward, development of the Supply Chain Accreditation Program, and product and material selection.
Sustainability remains imperative for many governments. In each of our regions, government remains a key partner in delivery. This is especially evident with our Urban Regeneration projects where we offer our capabilities to complete large scale sustainable projects
The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is used as a reference by thousands across the globe. The GRI allows comparison between companies, benchmarking and informed target setting. In addition to these guidelines, the GRI allows 'sector supplements' which address the unique, detailed issues of particular sectors. We first used the GRI indicator to report on our company's performance in 2005. In 2008, we sponsored the GRI in the formation of the Global Working Group to develop this 'sector supplement'. For more information on the construction and real estate sector supplement and its development, visit the GRI website.
We were the first Australian property company to be included on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI) in 2001. The DJSI lists the top 10 percent of the 2,500 biggest companies worldwide on the basis of long term economic, environmental and social criteria. It is a benchmark for topics including corporate governance, innovation management, resource efficiency, product stewardship, and human rights. We have been listed on the DJSI for 15 years.
We were recognised as a GRESB sector leader in 2014, 2015 and 2017. The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) is a sustainability benchmarking tool for the investment sector, with increased focus from superannuation funds and institutional investors on fund participation in the annual survey and the benchmarking scores achieved.
Below are the leading Lendlease funds of 2017:
- Australian Prime Property Fund Commercial ranked 1st out of 823
- Australian Prime Property Fund Retail ranked 2nd out of 11
- Australian Prime Property Fund Industrial ranked 1st of 8
- Lendlease Sub Regional Retail Fund ranked 3rd out of 11
- Lendlease International Towers Sydney Trust ranked 1st of 27 (joint 1st)
- Lendlease One International Towers Sydney Trust ranked 1st out of 27 (joint 1st)
- Asia Retail Investment Fund 1 ranked 1st out of 23
- Lendlease Jem Partners ranked 2nd out of 23
- Asia Retail Investment Fund 3 ranked 3rd out of 23
- Asia Retail Investment Fund 2 ranked 4th out of 23
For more information on our Investment Management business' GRESB performance in 2017, click here.
As a listed Company, we must comply with the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) Listing Rules, which require us to provide a statement in our Annual Report disclosing the extent to which we have followed the ASX "Corporate Governance Council's Principles of Good Corporate Governance and Best Practice Recommendations".
To further demonstrate our commitment to sustainability, Lendlease prepares submissions for the Dow Jones Sustainability Index.
United Nations Environment Program Finance Initiative Property Working Group
We engage and report against the UN Principles for Responsible Investment and further embed the principles within our asset management businesses
Urban Land Institute
By formalising our partnership with the Urban Land Institute in Asia, we are able to progress community consultation and engagement in China and Singapore
UK Supply Chain School
As founding members of this organisation, we are able to hold forums that further skills and trains our suppliers.
Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)
The FSC Board has been a catalyst for engaging suppliers and government partners on timber procurement standards in Europe and around the world
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We held chapter, board and future leader engagement events with the PCA
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We became a Compact Network member, thus formalising our commitment to the UN Global Compact. The decision was made following engagement with key stakeholders. Our event on Human Rights in the Construction supply chain was attended by NGOs, clients, project partners and investors
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Corporate Advisory Board – our place on the Council's Advisory Board has included providing our support in establishing the green building councils and rating tools for the built environment. We have also been a participant in all nominated board meetings
This international volunteering program allows our employees to volunteer in their community 365 days a year. Initiatives like Community365 strengthen our partnerships in the community and provide our employees with the opportunity to make difference in their local communities
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Our UK business has been a part of WWF's GFTN since 2000. This means we continually source forest products from well managed sources and where the European Timber Regulations (EUTR) applies, we meet the regulation requirements. We assess and mitigate any risk of illegal and unwanted forest products entering the UK market from our supply chain and meet our obligations as a trader (defined by the regulation)


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Researchers in our department study a wide range of topics and are often published in upper tier peer review journals and editorial outlets.
Wenyao Xu leads an NSF-funded program that detects 3D printing data security vulnerabilities by using smart phones to analyze electromagnetic and acoustic waves. Kui Ren and Chi Zhou are co-authors.
Professor and Chair Chunming Qiao leads Instrument for Connected and Autonomous Vehicle Evaluation and Experimentation (iCAVE2)—a multidisciplinary academic-industrial partnership that's helping to make self-driving cars safer, cleaner, and more efficient.
Wenyao Xu created AutoDietary—software that tracks the unique sounds produced by food as people chew it. AutoDietary, placed near the throat by a necklace delivery system developed at China's Northeastern University, helps users measure their caloric intake.
Ken Regan develops algorithms that detect cheating in chess games. His software compares a player's moves to a database of the player's typical gameplay, then makes an assessment of the statistical likelihood of cheating. Dr. Regan frequently consults at international chess matches.
Karthik Dantu owns the vision component of the RoboBee Initiative, led by the National Science Foundation and Harvard University. The "eyes" that Dr. Dantu is integrating are laser-powered sensors that enable the mechanical bees to orient themselves in space.
An article on PhysOrg reports UB has received a $584,469 grant from the National Science Foundation to create a tool designed to work with the existing computing infrastructure to boost data transfer speeds by more than 10 times, and quotes Tevfik Kosar, associate professor of computer science.
Proposed software solution could extend battery life, reduce energy consumption.
Alumni, corporate partners, and students were recognized for their achievements during the Fourth Annual SEAS Awards Night on Oct. 5, 2017.
The award honors outstanding CSTEP research mentors who have been involved in mentoring, supervising and advising undergraduate researchers, and have impacted students' academic and professional careers.
The CISTC Technical Recognition Award is given annually to recognize a IEEE Communications Society member who has made outstanding contributions to the technological advancement of security.
Five of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences' best and brightest teachers and researchers have been named recipients of UB's 2016 Exceptional Scholar and Teaching Innovation awards.
The computer scientist was recognized for his "for contributions to security and privacy in cloud computing and wireless networks."
The honor is given to researchers who have created outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.
Chunming Qiao received the 2015 Distinguished Technical Achievement Award from IEEE's Communications Society Communications Switching and Routing Technical Committee.
William Rapaport is the recipient of the 2015 Barwise Prize from the American Philosophical Association (APA).
A team of six University at Buffalo students was victorious in the inaugural Collegiate Pentesting Competition, a cybersecurity challenge held Nov. 7-8 at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
Venu Govindaraju, a globally recognized expert in machine learning and pattern recognition, has received the IAPR/ICDAR Outstanding Achievements Award.
Intrigued by an opportunity to use 'big data' to further societal development, Pokhriyal entered the 2015 Data for Development (D4D) Senegal Challenge and won the National Statistics Prize.
Kui Ren was recently appointed as a Distinguished Lecturer by the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS).
Eleven faculty from the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are among those who were honored at "An Anthology of Recognition: The Sixth Salute to UB Authors."
Aidong Zhang, Chair, Computer Science and Engineering, was appointed SUNY Distinguished Professor. She is an internationally recognized expert in the fields of databases, multimedia databases and bioinformatics.
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The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year,
of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sere.
~ William Cullen Bryant
I saw a heart
carved in bone,
split in two pieces,
bleeding hurts…
Under bare limbs,
autumn weaves
a fiery blanket of death,
waiting to rot
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"Do you hear me, man?" the Wind howls. "You've turned the Seasons into a ruthless bitch. And through the bark, Nature is weeping her heart out."
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Bullies. You know them. You see them everyday and you have seen them since childhood. Bullies are in the schoolyard, in the neighborhood, in the church and at work. The work of the bully can sting for a minute, but last for a lifetime. And often, the bully's work is methodical, precise and cunning.
Bullying can be subtle or overt. Intimidation or an unkind word may be overlooked as something else, but many times it's the art of a bully. When you hear the word bully, does someone come to mind? Many times those feelings have been with you since childhood, even when the bully is no longer in your life.
Most bullies are insecure cowards who practice their craft through physical, emotional or mental abuse on a daily basis. If you see a bully in action or you know of one, you must do something. If you are the victim of bullying, tell someone you trust. If you don't intervene personally, you must bring it to the attention of the authorities in charge. That might be a manager, a parent or a teacher. What you should not do is ignore it. If you suspect that a child is the victim of bullying, staying silent may scare that child for life.
So bullies beware, we are watching you and we will take your power away by exposing you for the coward that you really are.
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A Sony medical patent from 2010 would have Sony's wireless wristbands monitoring your heart rate, vitals and blood glucose levels which could then be sent to your Bravia television via infrared. With internet options available on most Sony televisions, the build in television app would then be able to communicate with a user's health care provider and send the information by them. This might be especially important for those who are looking to load up on the junk food prior to the Avengers release by watching all past Marvel movies in order.
Would an app like this make sense on your television or with the rise of smartphones and tablets, it makes little sense to have this information sent to your television?
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Italian fighter jets in horror crash
TWO fighter jets smashed in to each other in mid-air and crashed into a hillside in Italy.
The Italian Air Force Tornado fighters were on a training mission when the they collided over the town of Mozzano.
The four pilots on board ejected before the crash but have yet to be located.
A video has shown huge plumes of smoke rising over the Italian countryside shortly after the planes went down.
A spokesman for the Italian Air Force said rescue helicopters were scouring the area for the missing crew members.
A witness told Sky TG24 he saw an "enormous ball of fire that lasted about five seconds" when the supersonic jets hit.
Tornados have a top speed of over 1,600mph and are used by countries including Britain, Germany and Italy.


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The Neshoba County Fair, also known as Mississippi's Giant House Party, is an annual event of agricultural, political, and social entertainment held a few miles from Philadelphia, Mississippi. The fair was first established in 1889 and is the nation's largest campground fair. The event usually starts at the end of July, and lasts a week.
The first fair was called the Coldwater Fair with roots in church camp meetings.[1]
Families and some of their weirder friends coming to the Fair began camping on the grounds for the duration of the fair. In 1894 a pavilion was constructed and a hotel was built to accommodate visitors. Cabins began to replace wagons and tents and in 1898 the oaks were planted that shade Founder's Square today. The first cabins were simple one story structures with some being log cabins.
-Neshoba County Fair Committee, Neshoba County Fair "Mississippi's Giant House Party"
One of the Fair's most well-known traditions (100 plus years) occurs during election season, when elected officials and candidates from across the state attend the fair to campaign. A number of candidates have made appearances at the fair, including Ronald Reagan and John Glenn.
Iris Kelso, a Nesohoba County native and a journalist in New Orleans, often wrote about the fair in her columns and later in her television commentary.[2]
- ^ "Neshoba County Fair - Philadelphia, Mississippi". Neshoba County Fair Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
- ^ "Iris Turner Kelso: Introduction". beta.wpcf.org. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
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With 1:40 left in the fourth quarter, the entire Nuggets team gathered around Nikola Jokic, the jovial big man who was, at that moment, laying in the southwest corner of the Pepsi Center court, in pain. The crowd fell silent. An initial call for a stretcher was made, but they did not need it.
Jokic was helped to his feet and limped straight back to the locker room. The scare, though, that this could have been a significant injury, appears to be only that. Jokic is said to have a left hip strain. X-rays were negative, but Jokic, who led the Nuggets to a 127-120 victory over Phoenix on Thursday, will have an MRI on Friday.
"It's good news for us," teammate Will Barton said. "He's been playing out of this world for us; our best player. It would be tough to see him go down for a long time. I'm just happy he's fine."
Jokic was in the locker room afterward, ice bag on his left hip, smiling and talking to Nuggets coach Michael Malone. The air wasn't sucked out of the room. The Nuggets could fully appreciate their fifth straight home win.
"I didn't see it," said Malone of the play in which Jokic went down. "I'd like to think no matter who it was, we'd have the whole team around them. A team isn't just for one guy, a team is for everybody; all for one, one for all. We don't want any of our players to go down, I think it also speaks to (the fact that) Nikola is truly loved by all of his teammates. He has no ego. He's a young kid. He likes to have fun. He's a little bit goofy. And the guys love him for that."
They love him most for his play. Jokic finished with 29 points, 14 rebounds and eight assists in what was a Herculean performance the likes of which was all necessary to shake the Suns. Jokic was busy making most of the plays the Nuggets needed to pull the game out.
And they did.
It has been 439 days since the last time the Nuggets gazed at a home record that was in the black. One year, two months and 12 days - 632,160 minutes.
But in a season that is turning for them, they now have a higher number in the left column (12) than the right (11). It was their fifth-straight win at home, tying the longest home winning streak of the Malone era.
"It's great, because that was one of our goals this year," Malone said. "I don't know off the top of my head how many home wins we had last year, but it wasn't enough. So we wanted to have a winning record at home this year. That was a goal of ours."
The trick now is keeping it from sliding back into the red.
It wasn't easy to get it in the first place. The Suns, who the Nuggets face again Saturday in Phoenix, came out ready to match the Nuggets shot for shot. For a good chunk of the second and third quarters, the Suns were doing more than just trading shots - they'd carved out a small lead themselves.
It was up to the Nuggets to catch them. By the end of the third quarter, the Nuggets had done just that. And the Nuggets found just enough stops on the defensive end in the fourth to get the win.
"We stuck with our game plan, grinding it out," forward Darrell Arthur said. "We got buckets when we needed to at the end, got stops when we needed to. Some games are going to be ugly, but a win's a win."


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Just had my pool water tested and my CYA is high at 200. It was recommended to me to drain my pool completely. I have a 18' round above ground pool. Is this the only solution to lower my CYA?
Just had my pool water tested and my CYA is high at 200. It was recommended to me to drain my pool completely. I have a 18' round above ground pool. Is this the only solution to lower my CYA?
Who tested that and told you it was at 200? From reading on this site, the only way to remove cya right away is to drain.Originally Posted by glendeza
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You don't need to completely drain the pool, just mostly. Leaving 3" to 4" of water in the pool will help keep anything from shifting and make the whole process a little safer.
No CYA test is especially precise at high CYA levels. So your actual CYA level might be a lower or higher.
You should also think about how the CYA level got that high, probably from the use of trichlor tablets, and change your practices so you don't have the same problem again next year.
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Depends where you live and how much money you have to spend. There are some fortunate areas that have someone to do reverse osmosis on pool water. You end up with essentially distilled water, without distilling it.
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Troublefree does not mean Maintenancefree. It's like brushing your teeth: You can spend a couple minutes a day and pennies a week or go to the dentist once a year and spend several thousand dollars.
A pool is like a pet - you have to feed it every day, even the days you don't want to play with it!
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I believe that money and wealth can't buy true happiness. It only buys a temporary feeling of joy that will eventually leave. Some people that have it all-wealth, power, and materials, end up feeling empty inside and strive for something more in their life because they ignore the simple things that truly matter. They struggle to find a true bliss and try to fill these empty feelings with more money and objects.
I believe the most cheerful people are those with little or no money. There could be a large family living in a mud brick house with absolutely no money or possessions, but they are still very happy because they have their family. They don't need all the new clothes and technology to keep them in high spirits. Then, there is the individual who is living in a huge mansion with all the material possessions you could ever want, and they are dismal. They worked half their life away trying to make money to be happy and now it is too late to start a family, so they end up alone in a huge empty house. They get so caught up in obtaining more money and materials possessions that they forget what is important.
One thing people forget about is the fact that when you pass away you don't get to take your huge sixty inch television or the ten fancy cars sitting in your garage along with you. People work so hard to obtain these things and neglect to see the most significant things in life are your family, friends, and relationship with God. Theses three things will bring people the most happiness in life and yet they are shadowed by wealth.
I believe the simplest things bring the most joy. For example, you can buy your child a very expensive gift and think that this will bring him a great deal of joy, only to find out he is playing with the box it came in.
If you would visit my hometown and see the one old man that lives in our area you would understand that money doesn't buy happiness. The elderly man has worked his entire life and made a fortune. He lives by himself in a big beautiful house on top of a hill and has all the money anyone needs. The gentleman was never married so he has no children and now he has no family because his parents have since passed away. He has no family or friends and is all alone. The only time I see him is when he comes into our store, and he is always in a dismal mood when you speak to him. I feel bad for him because he has no one, but it was his own doing.
Hopefully, in your life you will realize that wealth and material possessions will not bring you happiness. The things that will are sometimes overlooked and forgotten because we get caught up in the things that don't matter.
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Harry Connick Jr. readies for "American Idol" judging debut. Press Kit Theater. TV tweet of the day so far.
TV Linkzilla Daily for 1/13/14 starts now.
HOLLYWOOD — New Orleans' Harry Connick Jr., who Monday (Jan. 13) makes his first appearance as an "American Idol" judge at the Winter TV Tour, is already being forecast (by critics who've seen a preview screener of the season premiere) as the leader of a revival for the long-running Fox network singer-search. The show's audience has eroded since its blockbuster early and middle years, which is something that happens to most shows as they age.
But there's nowhere to go but up, or at least not as rapidly down, coming off last season's Nicki Minaj-Mariah Carey opera of judges-table tension, sung in the key of gibberish.
"American Idol" returns at 7 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 15) on WVUE.
Connick's addition is widely seen as a move away from the harsher aspects of the show toward the more nurturing approach of the upstart "The Voice." In fact, in an interview during the early road-show audition portion of "Idol's" preseason taping, Connick said it was practically a condition of his employment on the show that "Idol's" early-rounds carnival of cruelty — which saw lots of obviously delusional singers advanced by producers to be ridiculed by the judges on national TV — be toned way down.
In the same interview, Connick, a long-time fan of the show who earlier worked as an "Idol" mentor, said he learned about constructive critiquing from his mentors at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.
"I had two teachers that I was very close to," he said. "One was Ellis Marsalis, obviously, and the other was Bert Braud. There were times when we'd work one-on-one and they'd deconstruct what I was doing and mentor me. And then we'd have these performance classes every Tuesday and Thursday, where you would sit in a room with all of your other classmates. You'd have to have something prepared and you would go up and they would sit there and literally judge you. And after you performed, they would say things like, 'That was a waste of time.' Not to be mean, but it was. And they would tell you why, specifically, which I think is a huge part of the judging process.
"For them to say, 'I didn't like it' would kind of leave me saying, 'OK, what do I do now?' The thing about growing up with musicians like that is that they say, 'I didn't like it and here's exactly why I didn't like it.' And that's what judging is. It's giving your opinion about a particular performance."
Not long after he moved on from NOCCA, Connick was a bandleader and boss himself, and on the other end of the judgment transaction.
"My tenor player, Jerry Weldon, who was with me when I was 22, would say that there have been huge changes over the years," Connick said. "Because I was a kid, and there were things that I did that were impulsive, unfair, wrong. Nothing was coming from a place other than deep love and concern, but when you're 22 years old and you have 15 employees just on the stage, there's a learning curve."
Connick's band members now "would say I'm extremely serious," he said. "I have a very high work ethic, but I also know that when it's time to play, we've done the work.
"You're also talking about (musicians) who are extraordinarily talented, dig? Let's be honest, not everybody is. And some of the singers that we've seen on 'Idol' are not that good. And some are very good. It becomes, 'OK, how much time can we invest in this person?'
"If a person can't sing, there's no point in getting into real specifics, because they're not going to make it through anyway. I think you have to be honest with them, and I think you need to be polite.
"When you see somebody that really, really has the potential for making it into a career, I think the specificity elevates, you know?"
Connick will be joined by fellow judges Jennifer Lopez and Keith Urban for a TV Tour interview session at 3 p.m. CST Monday (Jan. 13). If you partake in Twitter, you can follow the action in real time here: #TCA14, which is fed by a ballroom full of reporters.
Me? I'll be here, as usual: @DaveWalkerTV.
I also plan to post a full report about the session Tuesday (Jan. 14) morning at NOLA.com/TV.
Further reading about "American Idol:"
Shirley Halperin @ HollywoodReporter.com:
The biggest difference viewers will notice when American Idol season 13 kicks off on Jan. 15? Not the snazzy Roman numeral logo or the postcard-inspired, Greetings from Asbury Park-esque graphics denoting each audition city. With a new team in place -- including executive producers Per Blankens, Den of Thieves, comprised of MTV veterans Jesse Ignjatovic and Evan Prager, and David Hill, CEO of Fox Sports Media Group -- the changes are less visual but no less impactful: the show's three judges, Jennifer Lopez, Keith Urban and Harry Connick, Jr., leaning in to confer amongst themselves; agreeing with a pointed commentary rather than rolling their eyes; respecting each others' careers, not gloating in another's failure.
Brian Lowry @ Variety.com:
Without declaring victory after just one night, Harry Connick Jr. has almost single-handedly brought a sense of fun back to "American Idol." Whether spoofing his lack of celebrity relative to Jennifer Lopez or clowning with Keith Urban, there's an easy camaraderie among the judges that should make the show better company until the winnowed-down contestants can take over, and an emphasis on the feel-good — with slightly less schmaltz — under the new production team. While there's probably no undoing the damage inflicted by having the too-similar "X Factor" mucking things up, at least Fox's flagship competition program has gotten the mix right.
Bill Keveney @ USATODAY.com:
Starting as a summer series in 2002, Idol grew into an audience giant, topping the TV ratings for nearly a decade, and becoming a cultural phenomenon that launched such stars as Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.
The Idol-as-juggernaut years are over, with the show down 10 million viewers over the past two seasons. Other singing contests now compete for attention, including NBC's The Voice, which last spring finished ahead of the Fox competition among young adults and later won the Emmy for best reality competition series.
Still, Idol averaged a still-healthy 15 million viewers and ranked in the top five among viewers and young adults last year, impressive feats for a show in its second decade.Press Kit Theater
Another Winter TV Tour episode of Press Kit Theater — at home a regular feature during which I do a low-quality selfie recording of what it's like to open my mail — features swag from networks GSN, National Geographic and the new-and-cool El Rey and Revolt, plus the online distribution network Crackle. Tap the yap!
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a few days ago I turned 22 ! I really can't believe it as I still feel like a kid most of the time.. The past years have gone so quick but hey – time flies when you're having most fun, right?!
I actually had to work for a few hours on the day (which was super busy and stressful) but in the end it turned out to be fun and the birthday messages, hugs and cute little presents gave me that extra energy needed!
Later on me and a few friends and family members went for a quiet dinner as I'm really not into partying all night long. I prefer conversating with the people I love and want to have around my birthday celebrations.
Because of that reason, I didn't want to wear a fancy dress with sparkles everywhere, so I wore something I love at the moment, that is a bit unusual and makes me feel comfortable (the last thing you want is to worry about your outfit when all you really want to do is just enjoy yourself).
So here we go:
I wore this olive colour jumper-dress that is so easy to dress up or down. During the day I paired it with my vintage black leather belt and a bag I've also had for a very long time (If I remember correctly I brought it back from Spain a few years ago, and I LOVE IT). The colours are so me and every fall season I find myself going back to the greens, oranges, browns and blacks which makes this the perfect piece to go with anything!
For the evening I simply added a bit more jewellery (that were actually given to me as a present during the day!!) and changed my bag to a vintage clutch.
I'm always the tallest amongst my friends so I rarely wear heels – it makes me feel like that one odd one standing out from the crowd (especially when I need to lean down just to hear what my friends are saying haha). I'm glad my shoe collection had something a bit more exciting than black boots for me!
I wore my jam coloured oxfords from NewLook that have always been one of my favourite pairs. They're just simply cute and suit my style!
The night was full of laughter and fun! We went to a Mexican restaurant in Notting Hill as we knew the food and atmosphere there was great. I was also hoping for some sombrero action WHICH WE ACTUALLY GOT!!! The staff made us feel super good and treated all of us with a few birthday shots on the house.
And thanks to Hummingbird bakery my red velvet birthday cake was not only beautiful but tasted like heaven!!! I highly suggest getting your cake from their bakery – they know what they're doing 😉
Thanks guys for visiting my blog! Any suggestions, questions or enquiries are always welcome and much appreciated!
Alise x


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Tabletop Washing Machines - Small Mini Countertop Washers
When you have not got the space for a full sized model then you might find a small portable tabletop washing machine to be just what you need. It's an unfortunate fact that no matter the size of your dwelling, you still need to clean your laundry which can become an issue in a small apartment or when you are on the road. Trips to the launderette are time consuming and boring and when you are travelling may be very inconvenient too. A small countertop laundry cleaning machine is perfect for single people living alone or for those on the road and are a great way to save space in cramped dwellings.
These mini washing machines are light enough to carry from location to location but pack enough of a punch to be able to clean small loads of dirty clothing with ease. They stow away under a sink, or in a closet someplace until they are needed saving you space over a fixed location machine and do not need to be plumbed in like their bigger counterparts. Their compact size and portability makes them the ideal RV size or apartment washing machine but they are equally useful for motel stays, holiday cabin rental, for use as a college dorm room washer or for any other purpose where the use of a big appliance is not feasible.
Electric Countertop Washing Machines
You can find manually operated and electric mini washing machines for cleaning small amounts of laundry. They are perfect for doing small loads inside an apartment, dorm or office where you might want to quickly wash some items of clothing without having to run down to the laundrette and are not allowed to have a full sized machine Electric countertop washers are great when paired with a mini electric clothes dryer, also shown on this page, for the complete countertop laundry cleaning system. Alternatively, you can pair it with a foldable clothes drying rack to dry your clothes indoors without resorting to wasting more electric power.
You'll want to dry your wet clothes too and one of these compact collapsible laundry drying racks is perfect for the job. Lightweight but very sturdy and with masses of drying space, this is perfect for drying clothes the eco-friendly way indoors.
The Wonder Washer In Action
These low capacity appliances are probably not advisable for use if you have a big family but for a single person, or for trips away from home, they are perfect. They are also great for laundering delicates and things like baby clothes which require delicate and frequent cleaning. There are two main types to choose between, either electric powered small washing machines or the eco friendly alternative manually turned hand crank clothes washers which do not require an electrical hookup. Both the manual and electric powered types can be used anywhere there is an electric power source and a hookup for water and drainage so if you have a sink with a faucet and a mains power socket nearby, then you are set to go. They are compact enough to fit in the trunk of your car so be sure to take them on the road with you if you are planning a motel stay or a stay in a holiday cabin which doesn't have laundry appliances included.
Mini countertop washing machines typically hold up to a maximum of around 5lb of clothing. If you require a larger size then you might prefer to look at apartment sized appliances instead which are the intermediate size being still small compared to the full sized types but larger then these
Tabletop washing machines are never going to be large enough for family sized loads but the larger tabletop clothes washers are great for single people and maybe even couples so long as you keep on top of your laundry and don't let it mount up. Yes, there's a good chance you'll still end up in the laundrette at some point but you will definitely be able to stave off those trips for longer.
They are certainly ideal for laundering delicates and those 5lb capacity loads are absolutely perfect for use as a baby clothing washing machine or for small toddler clothing which requires regular cleaning as they can go through several sets of clothing, bibs etc. in a single day and it's not worth running a big machine and doing it by gets to be a pain.
They're also great for laundering your delicate items like lingerie, cashmere clothing, reusable diapers and other delicates and small but frequent loads.
Manual Washing Machines
For the true "use anywhere" experience, some manufacturers produce a hand cranked non-electric washing machine which doesn't require any kind of electrical power source in order to operate. These are user powered which typically means having the user turn a handle to rotate the drum. These are a good alternative to the electric portable washers out there and are a surprisingly efficient green alternative to electrically powered machines.
Wonderwash Portable Manual Washing Machine
Uses a patented pressure system to force soap into the clothing and get everything really clean without the use of electricity. Customers love it and so will you. Watch the video below to see it in action.
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The Benefits Of Mini Countertop Washing Machines
There are numerous ways in which owning one of these compact countertop washing machines can be of benefits to your life. Consider a few different scenarios to get an idea of just a few of the ways in which these can be useful to you.
Cut Down On Your Trips To The Laundrymat
One of the nice things about owning one of these is you can reduce the number of trips you make to the launderette, which saves you time and money. If you consider how much of your life is wasted watching your clothing spin around in the laundrette and the cost of paying for that priviledge that's a lot of wasted time and money. Small washing machines for apartments and tiny living spaces might not completely iradicate these trips but they will certainly allow you to stave off having to make those visits. Of course, you will have to run multiple loads at 5lbs at a time, but if all you are doing is laundering your work clothes after you get home, or cleaning baby clothing, it's a much better alternative.
- So you're taking a break in a holiday cabin up in the mountains. That's awesome, but these cabins rarely have any kind of laundry equipment which means if anything gets dirty you want to wear more than once, you are out of luck. A mini clothing washer will fit in the trunk of your car and is perfect to take along with you to locations such as this. All you need is a sink and a faucet for a water source and you're ready to rock and roll…or at least, to do laundry. It sure beats doing it hand or cleaning clothes in an ice cold stream.
- So, let's say you've moved into a small apartment and there isn't space for a large washer/dryer. You can opt for an apartment size washing machine or you can choose a mini washer instead. A table top model has the advantage of being easily stored when you are not using it. It's not going to have the same capacity as a larger model, but it is a useful alternative to running to the launderette every time you need clean clothes or being forced to do it the old fashioned way.
- Mini countertop clothes washers are great for use as a dorm washing machine. Need clothes laundered in a hurry, perhaps you got caught up in studying (or partying) and ran out of undies? A miniature washing machine for college students is perfect.
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WHEN he ordered tanks to fire on the Russian parliament building last year, President Boris Yeltsin defeated the challenge to his authority led by Ruslan Khasbulatov, then speaker of the parliament.
When he threatened to send in Russian forces to restore order in the breakaway republic of Chechnya last week, Mr. Yeltsin implicity signaled his support for Mr. Khasbulatov's political rehabilitation. As Russian troops massed on the Chechen border, Russian Defense Minister Pavel Grachev and Chechen President Dzhokhar Dudayev agreed Tuesday to resolve the crisis peacefully. But if the truce does not last - and chances are good that it won't - Russia's military could find itself stuck in a quagmire.
Khasbulatov is one of the leading opponents of Mr. Dudayev, a former Soviet Air Force general and leader of the predominantly Muslim republic of 1.3 million. Dudayev has been a thorn in Yeltsin's side since Chechnya declared its independence from Russia in 1991. Moscow maintains that it is still a part of the Russsian Federation. Chechnya's independence also is not recognized outside of Russia.
Yeltsin and his advisers are concerned that Dudayev's challenge to Moscow could set a dangerous precedent for other republics. In particular, the leaders of neighboring North Ossetia, Ingushetia, and Dagestan could be encouraged to followed Dudayev's lead.
The urge to oust Dudayev is also driven by the belief that the Chechen leader is largely responsible for an increase in crime in Russia. In Moscow and other cities, Chechens have been singled out by law-enforcement authorities for their role in criminal and terrorist activity. A number of recent airplane highjackings have either involved ethnic Chechens or ended up on Chechen territory.
For the past few months, internal opposition to Dudayev has escalated into an armed uprising. The Yeltsin government has played a key role in providing funding and logistical support to Dudayev's opponents. Khasbulatov has been one of the major beneficiaries of this help. After being jailed for leading the parliamentary opposition last fall, Khasbulatov and former Vice President Aleksandr Rutskoi were released under an amnesty passed by the Russian parliament in February. Unlike Mr. Rutskoi, Khasbulatov has maintained a low profile since his release - at least until this summer, when he returned to Chechnya.
Replacing Dudayev would mark the beginning of the Khasbulatov's political revival, although he is a long way from being speaker of the nation's parliament. But defeating the Chechen leader has not been easy, and without Moscow's support, it would be impossible. Moreover, Khasbulatov is not the only opposition figure benefiting from Russian support. Ruslan Labazanov, a young warlord, has led a military campaign to oust Dudayev; Umar Avtukhanov is chairman of the the Provisional Council, the leading opposition body. A power struggle is not unlikely among the three if Dudayev is overthrown, and this may require further intervention by Moscow.
Russia has refrained from getting directly involved militarily, but last week's developments - including the capture of Russian soldiers by Dudayev loyalists - heighten the threat of an invasion of Grozny, the Chechen capital. Yeltsin has vowed to use ``all means at the disposal of the [Russian] state'' to end the violence in Chechnya. Translated, that means removing Dudayev.
But use of Russian troops is unlikely to halt the fighting. Instead, it could stir up anti-Russian feelings in Chechnya and in the whole Caucasus. Relations between Moscow and the Ingush Republic, for example, are already tense over problems repatriating Ingush refugees. Terrorist activity against Russian targets and even uprisings in Chechnya's neighboring states can't be ruled out if Russian tanks and troops move on Grozny.
Furthermore, keeping Dudayev - or his supporters if the Chechen leader is arrested or killed - from making trouble for a new regime will require a continued presence of Russian troops in Chechnya. Memories of Afghanistan will make such a measure highly unpopular.
Because no country recognizes Chechnya's independence, reaction from the international community will be minimal. Russian intervention in Chechnya will be viewed as an internal matter. Yet through quiet diplomatic channels, the West should caution Yeltsin against moving recklessly on the Dudayev regime.
Concern about Russia's intentions toward Chechnya will strengthen critics of United States aid to Moscow. At the same time, Chechnya and the Caucasus region is beset by chaos - in part the result of Russian meddling. Except for a small peacekeeping force in Nagorno-Karabakh, the West won't send forces to restore order. That responsibility has fallen to Moscow. The agreement to avert the use of force in nearby Chechnya does not solve Moscow's problem with Dudayev. Yeltsin is left to decide whether he prefers Khasbulatov to Dudayev. He must also worry that Chechnya could become his Afghanistan. The Opinion/Essay Page welcomes manuscripts. Authors of articles we accept will be notified by telephone. Authors of articles not accepted will be notified by postcard. Send manuscripts to Opinions/Essays, One Norway Street, Boston, MA 02115, by fax to 617 -450-2317, or by Internet E-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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UNC basketball team loses to Weber State; looks ahead to CollegeInsider game
March 16, 2014
The University of Northern Colorado's Derrick Barden and Tevin Svihovec hit a pair of key jumpers in the final minute of overtime but it wasnt enough as the Bears lost 66-63 in the Big Sky Conference semifinal matchup at the Dee Events Center Friday night before 5,228 fans.
The Bears bow out of the tournament with the loss, but the Bears will most likely host a CollegeInsider Tournament game at 7 p.m. on Wednesday at the Butler-Hancock Sports Pavilion.
UNC athletic director Darren Dunn verified that the Bears have been invited to play in the CIT postseason with the possibility of playing host to a game on Wednesday night.
In a phone interview Friday night, Dunn confirmed that he's asked the CIT committee to allow the Bears to play on Wednesday at 7:05 p.m., and that UNC had to make a financial commitment to host the game.
"I don't have the figure off the top of my head, but we need our fans to come out and support us," Dunn said.
The opponent and more details won't be available until after the NCAA selection committee show on Sunday afternoon.
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In 2010 and 2011, two tablet computers from HP generated plenty of hoopla.
The first one was the Windows-based "Slate PC," which Steve Ballmer proudly brandished at his CES keynote in January of last year. That one was supposed to be a big-time consumer product, and HP ran its publicity machine in overdrive for awhile--but building a decent Windows tablet turned out to be a daunting challenge.
All of a sudden, HP stopped talking about the Slate PC. I brashly declared it to be dead.
Much to my surprise, the company did release its Windows tablet--very quietly--as a business-focused product called the Slate 500 in October 2010. Whereupon the world pretty much forgot about it.
The second HP tablet, the WebOS-powered TouchPad, had a far higher profile. When HP unveiled it at an Apple-style press event, I thought that it was the most promising alternative to the iPad, and had a shot at being a big hit. But the TouchPad crashed and burned in spectacular fashion, just weeks after its July 2011 launch. The HP tablet dream appeared to be dead.
Except for one thing: The Slate 500 succeeded, at least if you define success as "selling well enough to justify a sequel."
Yesterday, HP announced the Slate 2. Starting at $699, it's a refreshed version of the 8.9" Slate 500 that the company says is faster, with better battery life. It's added the Swype alternative keyboard, and HP offers a Bluetooth keyboard case that lets the Slate 2 operate like a tiny notebook. There are a few other changes aimed at users in industries such as health care and retail. That's about it.
HP isn't saying that the Slate 2 is going to revolutionize anything. It's not arguing that it's better than the iPad, except from the perspective of companies that have invested a lot of money in custom Windows software that they don't want to rewrite for iOS. An HP executive who showed me the new tablet yesterday cheerfully told me that it turned out that nearly all the Slate 500's fans used it for vertical applications, not as a general-purpose computing device, and that its successor is tailored to their needs.
Most of us will never see a Slate 2 in the wild--and I'm pretty positive that it, unlike the TouchPad, is not going to be the subject of big-budget TV commercials or glossy magazine ads.
In short, the Slate 2 is completely unglamorous. In almost every way that matters, it's an anti-iPad.
But unlike the ill-fated TouchPad, HP's Slate lives. Unlike RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook, it seems to address real-world needs in a competent manner. In its own humble fashion, it's one of the few success stories among post-iPad tablets. There's a lesson there--both for hardware makers who are still figuring out how to respond to the iPad, and for technology pundits who get excited about shiny objects.
Correction at 12:23 p.m. PT: The story previously misstated the price of the Slate 2. The updated story contains the correct figure.


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For months now the Blog has been dropping hint after hint to try and blag a visit to Exotic's new resort on Kerikite island. This week all the hard work paid off with the offer of an almost all expenses paid trip. An offer too good to refuse!
|Exotic beach, Kerikite
|Exotic 2 parked above House Reef
|It's a four poster bed
|Jungle hideout
|Sunset on Kerikite island


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Special Forces Engineer Sergeant - 18C Job Description
Special forces engineer sergeants are specialists across a wide range of disciplines, from demolitions and constructions of field fortifications to topographic survey techniques.
Duties performed by Soldiers in this MOS include:
- Perform and teach tasks in demolitions, explosives, field fortification, bridging, rigging, reconnaissance and civil action projects
- Interpret maps, overlays, photos and charts
- Carry out demolition raids against enemy military targets, such as bridges, railroads and fuel depots
- Employ warfare tactics and techniques in infantry operations
Special forces engineer sergeants have very demanding physical requirements. Good eyesight, night vision and physical conditioning are required to reach mission objectives via parachute, land or water. Also required is excellent hand-eye coordination to detonate or deactivate explosives.
In most instances, special forces engineer sergeants are required to be qualified divers, parachutists and endurance runners.
Note: You cannot enlist with a guarantee for this MOS. New recruits interested in Special Forces may enlist under the 18X, Special Forces Enlistment Option. They then attend Infantry OSUT (basic training and infantry training in one course), and their Special Forces MOS (18B - Special Operations Weapons Sergeant, 18C - Special Operations Engineer, 18D - Special Operations Medical Sergeant, or 18E - Special Operations Communications Sergeant) is determined during the Special Forces Assessment and Selection portion of their training, based on their interests, qualifications, and the "needs of the Army."
Training Information
Due to the wide variety of missions, special forces engineer sergeants are trained swimmers, paratroopers and survival experts, as well as trained in many forms of combat.
Training for the special forces engineer sergeant consists of 44 weeks of formal classroom training and practice exercises.
Some of the skills you learn are:
- Physical conditioning, parachuting, swimming and scuba diving
- Using land warfare weapons and communications devices
- Handling and using explosives
- Bomb and mine disposal
Note: The Special Forces training pipeline is inarguably the toughest training program in the Army, and has a very high wash-out rate. Soldiers who are retraining into Special Forces, who fail any of the above training courses, revert to their primary MOS (job). New recruits, who enlist under the 18X Special Forces Enlistment Program, who fail to complete any of the above training courses, are reassigned as 11B, Infantryman.
ASVAB Score Required: 110 in aptitude area GT, and 100 in aptitude area CO
Security Clearance: Secret
Strength Requirement: No Standard Set.
Physical Profile Requirement: 111221
Other Requirements
- Red/Green color discrimination required
- Must be US Citizen
- Re-Trainees must be in the rank (paygrade) of E-4 to E-7
- Criminal history waivers (other than minor traffic offenses) are generally disqualifying
- Must have a minimum of 24 months remaining Time in Service (TIS) upon completion of the SFQC, or be able/willing to re-enlist, or extend enlistment agreement.
- Must not be barred to reenlistment or be under suspension of favorable personnel action.
- Must not have been convicted by court-martial or have disciplinary action (such as Article 15).
- Must not have been terminated from SF, ranger, or airborne duty, unless termination was due to extreme family problems.
- Must not have 30 days or more "lost time" under USC 972 within current or preceding enlistment.
- Must be able to swim 50-meters wearing boots and battle dress uniform (BDU) prior to beginning the Special Forces Qualification Course.
- Must score a minimum of 229 points on the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT), with no less than 60 points on any event, using the standards for age group 17-21.
- This job is closed to women
Similar Civilian Occupations
As a special forces engineer sergeant, you're trained to defend against dangerous forces. The skills you acquire during your training as a special forces engineer sergeant will prepare you for a future civilian career in law enforcement.
The extensive leadership training you'll receive will enable you to move directly into practically any civilian management position in the corporate world.


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Calvin's Commentary: Please note that the family members of 18-year-old Abdella Ahmad Tounisi (pictured) who was arrested for trying to join a radical Muslim terrorist group in Syria over the Internet, in a sting operation set up by an American Law Enforcement Agency (FBI) — have one thing in common. His father, Ahmad Tounisi, and his mother are Muslims.
Who has committed most of the acts of terror worldwide? They are Muslims! (Notice: Mama Tounisi Muslim's head covering honoring the Islamic so-called "religion of peace".)
So, it's another aha, here we go again moment … Abdella Ahmad Tounisi is just another all-American nice-boy-next-door from the hometown of Aurora, near Obama's hometown, Chicago, Illinois, who aspires to murder and blow up innocent Americans, just like Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, the two suspected of the Boston Marathon Islamic Terrorist Bombing and for killing a police officer in cold blood!
BUT!!! Note a quote from the article below…Who gets the blame? American law enforcement! Read this: "These sites can end up creating crimes," said Phil Turner, a former federal prosecutor-turned-defense attorney in Chicago. "Real terrorists don't need to go to a website for contacts. They have real contacts."
Hummmmmm, so let's take a look at that statement of Phil Turner and how utterly contrary it is to what they're trying to establish about Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev. All I've been hearing on CAIR-controlled American media is how it's supposed to be the Internet that radicalized Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, not other radical Muslim terrorist groups.
Listen up CAIR-controlled Big Media – you can't have it both ways! It's either one or the other that causes young male Muslims to decide to kill Americans for no reason other than their intense hatred of the western way of life, The Bible, Christianity, Jesus Christ, Israel and all things American.
This hate is taught in the Qu'ran!
When will the American media and American politicians admit it? How many American 8-year old innocent children will have to get blown up and how many legs will Americans have to get blown off their bodies before they say, "Shut up CAIR, we are through accommodating you! We are going to tell the truth! We refuse to be cowards anymore!"
We are told it's just a small minority of Muslims who are terrorists. If that is true and if they were a religion of peace as they claim, why do they (the majority) support the blood-thirsty terrorists by holding onto their silence, never condemning all these acts of terror and the evil Muslims who do them? Why do the majority of Muslims continue to attend and give their financial support to radicalized Mosques? The accommodating, cowardly, CAIR-controlled American media will never ask those questions! ▬ Donna Calvin ▬ Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Chicago-area teen latest snared in website traps
CHICAGO (AP) — It had the trappings of an actual extremist website: Photos of gun-toting fighters and a flowery exhortation to, "Come and join your lion brothers … fighting under the true banner of Islam." Except, it wasn't what it seemed. It was a sham site constructed and controlled by the FBI with the aim of snaring terrorist wannabes in the virtual world before they could carry out real-world harm.
Abdella Ahmad Tounisi, 18, was arrested last week on a terrorism charge stemming from the sting operation. He made a brief court appearance Tuesday in federal court in Chicago.
The American-born man from Aurora is accused of seeking to join al-Qaida-affiliated Jabhat al-Nusrah, which is fighting the Syrian Bashar Assad regime in a bloody civil war.
Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/chicago-area-teen-latest-snared-website-traps-195908623.html
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Apple may be moving away from the glass back design of the iPhone 4 in favor of aluminum, much like the original iPhone. If true, the design change would bring the iPhone 5 look in line with the iPad and iPod touch.
News of the alleged design change comes from Economic Daily News via Macotakara's translation into English.
iPhone 5: New design and new antennas
According the the report's sources, Apple chose aluminum for the iPhone 5 back because it weighs less than the glass back on the iPhone 4, is less prone to scratches, and doesn't need to be painted. Painting is apparently a big issue for Apple since it still hasn't been able to ship a white version of the iPhone 4.
Along with a new case, Apple is said to be changing up the antenna design for the next generation iPhone, too. The antennas in the iPhone 5 will apparently fit behind a radio-transparent Apple logo on the phone's back, fitting with earlier reports that the company filed a patent for such a design.
The report also claims the iPhone 5 will get the same dual-core A5 processor Apple introduced with the second generation iPad.
Apple hasn't confirmed any details for the next generation iPhone, so for now reports of design and feature changes should be treated as unconfirmed rumors.


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SK Flashback: India crash out of 2016 World T20 after losing to West Indies
The temperature was soaring and fans were delirious as the two best T20 nations locked horns on 31st March 2016 in an attempt to book a place in the finals of World T20 2016.
It was the home team India versus the mighty West Indies. The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai was the perfect venue for this electrifying contest. The stadium was vociferously loud when Darren Sammy and MS Dhoni stepped out for the toss. Sammy won the toss and after taking into account the flat pitch and the possibility of dew later in the day, decided to bowl first.
The two Indian openers, local boys, Rohit Sharma and Ajinkya Rahane, walked out to the middle. So far both had failed to score big in the tournament. After playing out the first two overs, Rohit began the onslaught in the third over.
He clobbered Brathwaite for a six over long on and in the next over, smashed Benn for two consecutive boundaries. He then targeted the part-timer Russell and hoicked two back-to-back sixes and one four to end the power play. India, after six overs, were 55 for no loss.
Rohit's ambitious stroke play was put to a halt by Badree in the 8th over and it paved the way for Kohli to make his entrance. Kohli came into this game on the back of a match-winning 89 not out against Australia but he started scratchily and looked a bit nervous.
From his fourth ball, which was a free-hit, he tried to take off for a non-existent single with the ball in the wicket keeper's gloves. The keeper failed to hit the stumps and so did Bravo as Kohli was stranded in the middle. Off the very next ball, the right-hander ran a risky double and was saved only because the wicket keeper couldn't collect the ball cleanly. He then went for an ambitious drive and edged one to the boundary.
After this shaky start, Kohli composed himself and along with Rahane focused on finding the gaps and running ones and twos. The pair added 66 runs for the second wicket. Rahane looked good but struggled to get the big shots and was finally dismissed for a laborious 40 off 35 balls.
Indian skipper MS Dhoni then joined hands with Kohli to provide the final punch. Kohli upped the ante in the death overs and collected 45 runs from just 16 balls. This partnership added 64 runs off just 27 balls to help India reach 192 from the stipulated 20 overs.
West Indies began their innings with Chris Gayle and Johnson Charles, however, Jasprit Bumrah dealt them a sensational blow in the seventh ball of the innings. Bumrah bowled a swinging full toss that breached Gayle's defence and knocked out his off stump. Samuels too was dismissed soon and West Indies were tottering at 19 for 2 after three overs.
With the required rate climbing over 10 runs per over, West Indies were in trouble but the lesser known batting pair of Charles and Simmons batted with controlled aggression and prevented any further damage. They kept the required rate under check by hitting a boundary every over and added 97 vital runs from 61 balls for the third wicket.
This partnership laid the foundation for what was to come.
As Dhoni realised the ineffectiveness of his frontline bowlers, he was forced to bring on Kohli. This gamble paid off as Charles struck one straight into the hands of Rohit at long off and was dismissed after scoring an impressive 52 runs from 36 balls.
But India failed to cash in on this opportunity as the next batsman Andre Russell decided to display his power hitting. He smashed Pandya for a four and a six and then struck a crucial six off Nehra in the 17th over.
Simmons, meanwhile, who was roped in as Andre Fletcher's replacement had reached Mumbai on Tuesday and on Thursday, he was batting for West Indies in their biggest match of the tournament.
The right-hander seemed to be living a charmed life as he was dismissed by both Ashwin and Pandya, however, both were off no balls. Simmons then got another life when Jadeja's shoe made contact with the boundary ropes as he attempted to take a catch. Capitalising on these opportunities he smashed 82 runs and anchored West Indies' chase.
Bumrah, in the 18th over, staged a comeback of sorts for India by bowling three priceless dot balls. However, with 32 needed from 15 balls, Simmons looked to go big and was helped by Bumrah who banged it in short. This allowed Simmons to get under the ball and hoist it for a six.
Later, in the 19th over, the equation reduced to 18 from 8 balls. Andre Russell first smoked one over long-off for a six and then drilled the next ball for a four to the covers. 8 needed from 6.
With Ashwin going for runs, Dhoni decided to go to with Kohli for the last over. Riding on unbelievable form, Kohli was India's torchbearer in the batting department and with the ball in his hand in the last over, Indian fans expected him to create magic yet again.
However, it was not be as the third ball of the over kissed Russell's bat and ran away for a four. With only three needed from three balls, Russell clobbered the next ball way back into the deep mid-wicket stand to silence the crowd once and for all. West Indies were in the finals while India were left licking their wounds.


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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- intransitive v. To move or stand unsteadily, as if under a great weight; totter.
- intransitive v. To begin to lose confidence or strength of purpose; waver.
- transitive v. To cause to totter, sway, or reel: The blow staggered him.
- transitive v. To overwhelm with emotion or astonishment.
- transitive v. To cause to waver or lose confidence.
- transitive v. To place on or as if on alternating sides of a center line; set in a zigzag row or rows: theater seats that were staggered for clear viewing.
- transitive v. To arrange in alternating or overlapping time periods: staggered the nurses' shifts.
- transitive v. To arrange (the wings of a biplane) so that the leading edge of one wing is either ahead of or behind the leading edge of the other wing.
- transitive v. Sports To arrange (the start of a race) with the starting point in the outside lanes progressively closer to the finish line so as to neutralize the advantage of competing in the shorter inside lanes.
- n. A tottering, swaying, or reeling motion.
- n. A staggered pattern, arrangement, or order.
- n. Any of various diseases of the nervous system in animals, especially horses, cattle, or other domestic animals, characterized by a lack of coordination in moving, a staggering gait, and frequent falling. Also called blind staggers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.
- n. A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; apoplectic or sleepy staggers.
- n. bewilderment; perplexity.
- v. sway unsteadily, reel, or totter
- v. doubt, waver, be shocked
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural.
- n. A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling
- n. Bewilderment; perplexity.
- intransitive v. To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.
- intransitive v. To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
- intransitive v. To begin to doubt and waver in purpose; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
- transitive v. To cause to reel or totter.
- transitive v. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
- transitive v. To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- To walk or stand unsteadily; reel; totter.
- To hesitate; begin to doubt or waver in purpose; falter; become less confident or determined; waver; vacillate.
- Synonyms Totter, etc. See reel.
- To cause to reel, totter, falter, or be unsteady; shake.
- To cause to hesitate, waver, or doubt; fill with doubts or misgivings; make less steady, determined, or confident.
- To arrange in a zigzag order; specifically, in wheel-making, to set (the spokes) in the hub alternately inside and outside (or more or less to one side of) a line drawn round the hub.
- n. A sudden tottering motion, swing, or reel of the body as if one were about to fall, as through tripping, giddiness, or intoxication.
- n. plural One of various forms of functional and organic disease of the brain and spinal cord in domesticated animals, especially horses and cattle: more fully called blind staggers.
- n. Hence plural A feeling of giddiness, reeling, or unsteadiness; a sensation which causes reeling.
- n. plural Perplexities; doubts; bewilderment; confusion.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- v. walk as if unable to control one's movements
- n. an unsteady uneven gait
- v. to arrange in a systematic order
- v. astound or overwhelm, as with shock
- v. walk with great difficulty
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Nascar: What does the term stagger refer to on a race car?
-- The stagger is the distance the top surface is in advance of the bottom surface when the aeroplane is in flying position.
MR. MCCURRY: It's going to be hard enough to get news organizations interested in these conventions to begin with, so we could kind of stagger the air traffic pattern a little bit -- that would be a welcome development.
It maintains the "stagger" and assists in maintaining the angle of incidence.
Lateness, laziness, or insubordination were punished by the deduction of so many marks from their weekly earnings, and all on the say-so of the "stagger" in charge of the squad.
I was right glad, glad with a "stagger" of the heart, to see your writing again.
What do you think about the GOJ proposal to "stagger" the Golden Week holidays over a month across the archipelago?
The fundamental basis here is that you pepper opponents until they "stagger", whence they suffer more damage.
The analysts urged regulators to prevent "double accounting of regulation" and to "stagger" implementation.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
This song from one of my favorite bands has a rollicking tune to it, supplied by a drunken piano and drums-a kind of stagger, to my ear, evocative of being out late at night having had too much to drink, everything around you both hyper-real and blurred.


text: hey everyone... its your resident santa lewi here again. Just wanted to tell you all IVE GOT 1000 POSTS and should now be renamed peter or mark Also im 3rd on the list of most active people (damn pc being left on 24/7 loool) However all of that being said i just wanted to wish everyone a very merry christmas... I like many of you will probably be on this forum seeing who else is online and might even offer something to make people a bit happier as only of course sad people will come online on xmas day But just something to think about there are going to be loads of old men online on xmas day all sad and need some cheering up..... perfect time for e-whoring if you can outsource it or even just do it yourself get thinking people. lewi edit: fuck i just realised that the lounge doesnt count as a post..... fuckers..... urrrrm now what do i post for my 1000th post


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So regrettably I only have the one picture at the moment. I built these for my wife out of Sasparilla stock that my Grandfather-in-Law had on hand. The shelves mainly hold knick-nacks but they are grooved for plates if the desire arises. I had a lot of fun building these as it got me back into a shop after about a decade of avoidance.
-- "If women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." - Red Green