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Sit Still
". . . Sit still, my daughter, . . ." Ruth 3:18
Stillness is an art. The women sat together as the gray dawn broke over the sky. Naomi and Ruth each had thoughts that disquieted their souls. Thoughts of uncertainty of the future. Thoughts of hopefulness that things would be different. Naomi was eager to find a home for Ruth.
Naomi felt responsible for the future of Ruth. Ruth had clung tightly to Naomi during the long days of transition from Moab to Bethlehem, from the hot days of living and gleaning in unfamiliar land. Ruth was filled at once with hope, fear, and wonder.
It was not easy for Ruth to sit still, she knew she was standing at a doorway which seemed about to open into a new destiny. It's not easy to sit still when hope calls us forward, when our natural instinct is to take matters into our own hands and do something to secure the accomplishment of our plans.
Every year the stress and the speed of life escalate. Events, engagements, programs, information, opinions, flash past us. There seems to be no time to pause until another event comes along. It's increasingly difficult to find time to sit down. Even if there is time, the mind is so filled with distracting thoughts, it's impossible to sit still.
There is only one way to regain the lost art of stillness. We must shelter ourselves in absolute faith behind Jesus Christ. He is our strong tower and we are to hide ourselves behind His cross.
We are to sit still, knowing He has matters well in hand; that God is able and eager to carry on while we sit still. We sit still because He does, we rest because He's working matters out. Our cause is safe in His hands and He will see it through to the end.
Happy are we when we can hand over our anxieties and burdens to the Lord with the assurance that He carries the weight of our concerns. He bears them and will finish what He has started.
Cast your cares on Him and sit still.


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The waters of the Manasquan River glow orange as the River Belle, a replica of a Mississippi riverboat, heads into the sunset, propelled by its massive paddle wheel. Passengers crowd the foredeck to take in the spectacle. Later, the River Belle will loop back toward the beaches for a view of the fireworks over Jenkinson's Boardwalk.
The River Belle departs daily from its dock in Point Pleasant Beach for various themed cruises. Its sister boat, the River Queen, is docked in Brielle and is more often used for private events; both are available for charter.
The boats travel at a leisurely pace, giving riders ample time to enjoy the calm inland waters. Both have two air-conditioned indoor levels with open bars. River Belle Cruises offers a variety of outings throughout the summer. By day, there's the Sunday Brunch Cruise (11:30 am and 1 pm); the Buffet Luncheon Cruise (Wednesdays at noon and 2 pm); and a 90-minute Sightseeing Cruise (daily starting July 5). Evening excursions are the Starlight Dinner Buffet Cruise (Saturdays starting July 14) and the Pizza and Fireworks Cruise described above (Thursdays starting July 19). Both boats have a special July 4 fireworks cruise, and River Belle stages a Murder Mystery Cruise August 25 and October 27.
Tickets can be purchased in advance by mail or at the office in Brielle. Checks or cash only.
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Emergency preparedness poster a finalist in Plain English Awards
The poster was designed to convey clear messaging and images for everyone including people with mobility impairments about what to do in an emergency, like alternatives to 'drop, cover, and hold' if they're in a wheelchair.
Council's Community Services team consulted with numerous organisations including Red Cross Refugee Services, Age Concern, Deaf Aotearoa and Arthritis New Zealand to get feedback to incorporate into the final design.
The Creative Services Manager Brenda Costeloe says it was a rewarding brief for the actual design of the poster.
"We always design with the customer in mind, we start with their needs, and the Community Services team identified that people with accessibility issues form an important part of this customer group," says Brenda. "We used larger font sizes, less text plus pictogram images to explain what to do, also simplification and a clear hierarchy of written information to make this poster as accessible as possible."
Acknowledgement for the poster is a bonus for the designers who concentrated on finding the right visual balance between text and images for effective messaging, according to Brenda.
"It went through several iterations and testing to make sure we had it right, it is good to see the work be recognised and valued by the public. The designer and illustrator did a great job collaborating with Community Services to get it right."
An article about the poster was published in the June 2015 edition of the Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management impact magazine, generating much interest in the resource from around the country from local authorities and government organisations.
The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 19 November 2015 at Wellington's City Gallery.
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The Richeys of Dallas are a family consumed by a single passion that binds them together and gives meaning to their lives. The passion is tennis, although it seems not to matter what it is—it could be music or politics or cocker spaniels—because the significant aspect is the extent of the family's commitment. It is natural enough that the dedication is to tennis, for George and Betty Richey are both teaching professionals and their children Nancy and Cliff are among the top amateur players in the world. But for the Richeys tennis has long been more than simply vocational, more than a game.
The Richeys' love for tennis and each other—they are a joyously happy family—is so overwhelming that it has both isolated and insulated them. "Often we don't realize that things we say or do strike other people as different," George Richey says. "We are so close and we live with such a common purpose that sometimes, why, we just forget how other people may look at us."
The family lives in an atmosphere of despotic togetherness, believing in each other and especially in George, whose firm control is directed by an overriding concern for his children's success. Toward that end he will subjugate himself completely, even if it means abandoning parental dignity and authority. When practicing with his father, Cliff—who is still in his teens—will snarl appallingly rude abuse: "Shut up and just hit me the ball!" Or: "Well, I don't want to quit, so stay there and hit me some more!" But George Richey takes it because he believes that Cliff must release his tensions in this way. "I do nothing but try to please him and give him what he wants," he told an old Houston friend a short time ago.
George and Betty travel almost everywhere in this country to see their children play but, though George Richey is a tough little man, he is afraid of airplanes and never has been in one. So the Richeys tour the country in their 1959 Cadillac, carting the kids from tournament to tournament. In the summer they take their vacation from the swank Brook Hollow Golf Club, where Richey is the tennis pro, and make a long circuit. "I guess we've never had a real vacation," Betty Richey says, as if the thought had occurred to her for the first time. "I mean, everywhere we go there is tennis, a tournament or something."
Anyway, there is always practice. Nancy and Cliff practice incessantly, hours every day, and they go at each other without compassion. "We never play what Daddy calls 'giggle tennis,' " says Nancy. (Giggle tennis encompasses just about all tennis not played in the determined Richey manner.) The family has stopped the car on a whim to practice on a strange court. Nancy and Cliff have gotten off a plane and practiced at midnight. They have rallied long hours in the tropical midday sun when every other tour player was asleep or sunning. The two kids invariably practice before a match, and often they start hitting at dusk after both have played singles and doubles that day. "I need some grooving," Cliff will whine, and there go all the Richeys, changing clothes, picking up tennis paraphernalia, charging into action just like down at the firehouse. "Just that extra 15 to 20 minutes can make the difference," George Richey says, explaining it all. Then they will go home, or to whatever hotel they are staying at, and talk about tennis till it is time to go to sleep.
Many people consider the Richeys' attitude odd, but the Richeys are singularly proud of themselves and their accomplishments. They are straightforward, pragmatic people, firmly believing that discipline, competition and victory offer greater rewards than a more prosaic life. The results seem to bear them out.
Nancy Richey, 22, has grown up to be an attractive woman, the best player of her sex in the U.S. and the fourth best in the world. Cliff Richey is 18 and still maturing, but already he is ranked 11th among U.S. men. Since these ratings were made, his performances indicate that he now should be listed no worse than fifth.
It has, of course, occurred to George Richey that someday his two children may both be ranked as the world's best, and it is a thought he relishes not only as a father. Being a teaching professional, he is just as proud of Nancy and Cliff as pupils as he is of them as children. Before Nancy and Cliff grew up, Richey's best pupil was Tut Bartzen, who was a high-ranked U.S. player a few years ago. Richey discovered Bartzen in San Angelo, Texas when Bartzen, as a kid, would come down and watch for hours as Richey played. Richey admired the boy's interest, took him on and taught him everything he knew. Eight years ago, when he was at his peak, Bartzen said, "George Richey is a thoroughly fine person who adores the game. It's his whole life. He is not in teaching for the money but because tennis means so much to him. His only interest is in helping my game. He will stay out as long as I want and do anything I want." That could be Cliff Richey talking now.
Undoubtedly, part of George Richey's fanatical interest in his pupils is the vicarious thrill he gets from their success. He is, of course, most dedicated to the life of his only son. "It's a good thing I came first or I never would have gotten any attention," Nancy says, joking, but the rest of the family, George included, agree she is not just kidding.
As a boy in San Angelo, George Richey was a boxer and an outstanding baseball prospect, good enough at 13 to pitch against 18-year-olds in American Legion ball. At 14, however, he injured his right elbow when he fell out of an automobile, and in a lengthy, complicated convalescence he took up tennis, the only one-armed sport he knew of. Even today the only thing George Richey does left-handed is play tennis.
Richey quickly became proficient enough in the sport to earn scholarships to two Texas colleges. After marriage, the war and a half-hearted attempt at chicken farming back in San Angelo, he became a tennis pro. In 1952 Richey was good enough to be the eighth-ranked professional in the country, but it was as high as he ever got. He still carries in his wallet a wire-service clipping, laminated in plastic, of those 1952 rankings.
As a teacher Richey can be a martinet, but he tempers his demands with the understanding that he is only interested in meeting you all the way—or not at all. "I never cared if Nancy and Cliff played tennis," he says, "but, if they wanted to, all I asked was that they really devote themselves to it."
The charges that Richey has driven his children unmercifully are, taken as a lot, patently foolish. Richey drives them, yes, he saturates them with this game and the importance of victory, but the children approve of his demanding methods. "As George says," Mrs. Richey explains, " 'If we pushed them too hard, well then, why did we get a $400 phone bill in calls from them from Europe last summer?'
"They used to kid Cliff at school, always asking him why he didn't want to have any fun. He would just grit his teeth and try to explain. I remember how wonderful I felt a couple of years ago when we were all driving back to Dallas after the Sugar Bowl tournament. Cliff had won a great big trophy—oh my, you should see it—and we were just driving along together when all of a sudden Cliff grabbed that trophy and hugged it and said: 'They talk about me not having any fun. Why, this is the greatest fun in the world. This is the kind of fun that lasts all year.' And we drove on like that, laughing. We all felt so wonderful. Can you understand?"
Cliff was batting a tennis ball around from the time he was old enough to walk, but George Richey was more inclined to laugh at the chubby kid's efforts than to pressure him into playing the game. Cliff actually gave up tennis when he was 8; he took it up again when he was about 12 upon discovering that his school tennis team took auto trips to matches. Cliff and Nancy's dedication has increased steadily in recent years—which is rarely the case with truly force-fed child athletes. For example, Nancy dates hardly at all now, while the earliest recollection many of the girls on the circuit have of her is seeing her show up at the junior tournaments with her steady's high school ring flapping from a chain around her neck.
Cliff used to go steady, too. "It was very heavy," Mrs. Richey says. "He brought her perfume from Paris." Ham Richardson, still the country's seventh-ranked player though he spends most of his time as a Dallas stockbroker, is Cliff's favorite and most formidable hometown opponent. Richardson tells this story: "Last year I was playing Cliff, and he was not concentrating, which is, of course, extremely unusual. I won two sets from him and offered to play him one more. This astonished him, because usually I am the one who quits first. He got very red and grimaced and said that he wasn't sure he could. Cliff didn't say so, but I know he had a date. Finally he mumbled something between his teeth, ran inside the club, called up and broke the date. I can't fool around with girls,' he told me. 'Girls are nothing but trouble for a guy.' I don't think he has had a date since then." (He has not.)
On the circuit Nancy and Cliff spend most of their time together. They keep strict training, up at 9, in bed by 11. In between there is practice and matches. Seldom indeed do they bother with social functions. Nancy is thus something of an unknown quantity to her touring companions, and although she is never abrasive, the way Cliff can be, the other girls let her go her chosen way, playing and talking tennis with her brother.
She is petite, only 5 feet 3, with auburn hair, delicate skin and the intense look of her father. But there are three things that everybody says (in order) about Nancy Richey: she is sweet, she is domesticated and she will make somebody a good wife. And these are things that also describe her mother.
Betty Richey can be as frank as her husband, but she has tact and grace. She is a kind, sensitive woman and even those who dislike George Richey and his methods take pains to find fault with Betty only because of her choice of husband. When she moved from Electra, Texas to San Angelo Junior College, where she met her husband, she knew nothing of tennis. Today she is her husband's assistant, teaching beginners and helping to run the tennis shop at Brook Hollow. Despite their devotion to a sport, however, both Mrs. Richey and her daughter remain refreshingly feminine, content in the old southern style to be overshadowed by the men in the family. George Richey or Cliff will often interrupt either of the women, even when one of them is trying to explain something as personal as her emotions.
Not surprisingly, Nancy rarely creates any sort of public commotion. The one exception is her fondness for wearing shorts instead of a skirt when she is playing. Writing in World Tennis magazine last year about the Italian championships, Correspondent Gloria Butler suggested that mass Italian male apoplexy had been occasioned by Miss Richey's unfeminine apparel. "Nancy was a curiosity to the Italians," the article said. "They are very woman conscious and they just could not understand how such a pretty girl could ruin herself by wearing unbecoming clothes. The face is adorable, but she wears a floppy hat which hides it, a T-shirt and long Bermuda shorts which emphasize the wrong part of her anatomy."
It is true that Nancy's outfit is hardly what you would call beguiling, but it is functional and, as such, it is Nancy. It is also the Richeys. Mr. Richey himself designed and sells the hats ("mesh panels on the side of the crown for coolness and air circulation"), and Nancy gave up on the fetching little swishy skirts for reasons even more utilitarian: she likes to keep the extra ball in her pocket and sometimes she has caught her racket in her skirt.
The rest of Nancy's court manner draws little attention, because her excellence is so mechanical. She appears to be a player constructed, a wind-up doll. While playing she is mute, a bundle of combative pugnacity. She speaks not at all to her opponent, no matter how well she may know the girl, and emits only unladylike grunts—"oomm"—nearly every time she hits a ball. She looks over at her parents less than Cliff does when he is playing, but her gaze is more painful and beseeching, as if she were trying to communicate on some new level. The other girls on the circuit believe that Nancy must have her father in attendance to play her best, and Nancy herself admits that she is happier now that Cliff is traveling with her. (Of his father's omnipresence Cliff says frankly: "Sometimes you realize that he is a crutch you don't need.")
On the court Nancy seldom ventures from the baseline, stroking the ball perfectly, boom, "oomm," again and again. Because her ground strokes are nearly flawless, she plays her best tennis on slow surfaces such as clay, where the stress is off the serve and volley. Having improved her volley and overhead, Nancy now comes to the net with more confidence and regularity. After four years of being ranked near the top, she attained the No. 1 U.S. ranking in 1964, and she is well on her way to retaining it for 1965.
To become the world's top woman player, however, Nancy must improve her performance on grass. She has never progressed beyond the quarter-finals at Wimbledon or the semis at Forest Hills, and you don't become No. 1 like that. But her all-round play has never been better than this year, and on clay and composition surfaces she has consistently beaten the three women ranked ahead of her: Maria Bueno (1-1), Margaret Smith (3-1) and Lesley Turner (3-1).
Nancy's climb to the top should be helped as attrition works on those above her. Miss Bueno is 25 now and has been ill again this year (she was out of competitive tennis for a year with hepatitis). The two Australian girls are increasingly less interested in the pursuit of tennis balls. Nancy, however, loves the tennis life more than ever and is quite content to do Cliff's laundry while waiting for that somebody to be a good wife to.
"Nancy took every home economics course there was at Southern Methodist and then left," Mrs. Richey says. "She is very domesticated. She can cook, and she sews quite well. I wish Cliff would have some other interest. When he was a little boy he used to play the guitar, and we'd like to get him to do that again. Now he just has nothing but tennis.
"He's so intense that it's—well, it's scary. You ought to see his notebooks. It's no wonder he didn't do as well in school as he should have. Why, every page is just lists of players that he beat and their records."
Cliff is no longer in school, still lacking more than a year to graduate from Highland Park High, the suburban Dallas alma mater of Doak Walker and Bobby Layne. Cliff was taken out of school for the spring semester last year and then again this spring. But this time there are no real plans for him to go back, though there is idle talk of correspondence courses.
His quitting is something that obviously concerns Mrs. Richey, and she admits that this was one thing done in the name of tennis that bothered her. "But school was so difficult for him," she concedes. "We would pick Cliff up at school in the afternoon and get on the courts about 5 or so. Of course, we always had to wait until the members had gone. Then we would practice till about 7, when we would go home. I would cook the dinner while they all took showers. It was very easy for me to fix—a steak, potatoes, and I would make a salad. I asked George once if we shouldn't have something different, but they all said, 'Why change?'
"By the time we finished dinner it would be 9:30 or so. That was when Cliff should study, but he just couldn't do it then, because he was so tired. My, for a long time he had some very bad tension headaches. Oh, I'd try to get him to study after dinner, but he'd be so tired then, and that's when he'd break all up and start crying."
At 18, Cliff remains something of a child. He has an unbecoming butch haircut, and when he plays his shirt flaps right out and stays out. He is 5 feet 9, a bit taller than his father, and he has taken off about 15 pounds, down to 165, but he still gives the impression of chubbiness. It may be just his round, full face and his big oval gray eyes that give this impression.
Cliff was ranked 11th among all men players in the country last December for his 1964 performance. Many people feel that he would have been included in the top 10 except for spite—that this was an unofficial censure in response to his temperamental actions, some of which have echoed around the world.
Cliff's explosions on the court are a side product of his competitive intensity. Like all members of his family, he has an extremely good sense of humor, but on the court there is no lightness. He is obsessed, determined not to be diverted from the single goal of victory. He plays with a look of studied agony, finding nothing entertaining about any aspect of the event. He appears, indeed, like an actor trying to look angry on orders. If a ball boy errs with just a slightly misdirected bounce, Cliff is likely to let the ball go by and glare menacingly at the youth. If, in the midst of a rally, an excited fan should prematurely applaud, Cliff—no matter who wins the point—will go out of his way to frown at the offending party. Similarly, he never forgets a line call. He has been rude to referees and opponents at the price of becoming unpopular with his fellow players and losing all favor with crowds, even in Dallas.
Sadly, Cliff's court posture is doing the family more harm than anything else. Other things may make the Richeys appear a bit eccentric, but Cliff's demeanor really inflames people. In his headlong rush toward victory Cliff has somehow equated courtesy with being sissy.
Fortunately, George Richey has cautioned Cliff about the folly of further frenetic disorders. Last year, when Cliff called home after a series of frightful episodes in Italy and England, his father instructed him that no matter how right he might be he was "to go about things more diplomatically." George's concern should now be to curb Cliff's constant pettiness and gracelessness on court. Some opponents think if this does not happen Cliff will become so keyed up that his game will disintegrate from a case of massive, uncontrollable jitters.
Cliff is so enveloped in tennis that many tour players believe he does nothing at night but go to his room and read his scrapbooks and tennis magazines. This is an exaggeration. Maybe this is an exaggeration. Maybe this is not an exaggeration. Cliff is not only a tennis player, but a tennisophile. Most youngsters who memorize all the batting averages are scrawny kids who aren't good at sports. But Richey, the athlete, knows virtually every score of every match he has ever played and—with the important and semi-important matches—he also has total recall of point scores, key shots, bad calls, crowd noises, temperature, wind conditions, his father's reaction and other attendant information.
Cliff has been providing at least occasional stiff competition for top players since he was 15. Nancy, of course, used to beat him when he was younger. (As a matter of fact, when Nancy was 14 she beat every member of her father's Southwest Conference champion Rice University tennis team.) To stimulate competition, George Richey would announce that Nancy and Cliff were playing in the finals of some important tournament. He would name the imaginary site, and Nancy would make appropriate travel posters. Then she would beat Cliff, and he would promptly rage and cry and tear up all the posters. When he finally beat her, Nancy tore up all the posters.
Stubborn and cocky, Cliff has always been a more difficult tennis student than the amenable Nancy. It took months for George Richey to convince his son that he must eliminate the loop in his backhand but, characteristically, when Cliff finally agreed he went right out and hit 4,562,182 balls to improve it. Like his sister, his ground strokes are the strength of his game, but he has more court imagination and variety.
His deficiency is his serve—particularly the second one—which is neither tricky nor deep. One who does not agree with this widespread analysis, however, is Pancho Gonzalez. "A weak serve in comparison to what?" Gonzalez says. "Weak compared to Kramer? Weak compared to Gonzalez? Weak compared to who? It's the results that count."
Even those who are concerned about Cliff's serve are not losing sleep over it. They think that, if he must, he will just experiment with a million new serves until he finds a good one. Many of his critics also feel that he will become a better fellow on the court when he starts playing on the Davis Cup squad and becomes part of a team. A few years ago the USLTA worked out an informal arrangement that allowed Cliff to be a quasi member of the U.S. Junior Davis Cup team and still travel with his family. It proved to be an impossible arrangement and had to be dropped. Now Mr. Richey promises to stay out of things completely when Cliff is on the team.
Gonzalez thinks that Richey rates slightly behind Arthur Ashe in the battle for the second Davis Cup singles spot alongside Dennis Ralston. "Cliff can't rally with Ashe," Gonzalez says. "It takes a few more years for a player of Richey's size to cover the court smoothly and with command."
Cliff and Nancy are at Wimbledon now—center stage, the shrine of tennis. They are hiding under their floppy hats, gritting their teeth, not smiling and not talking to prospective opponents—generally behaving like the gladiators they consider themselves. They are practicing all the time, consoling and helping each other, watching out for each other, cheering for each other and walking off the court with each other, because George Richey, for once, is not there. When George watches his children play, he is subdued and intent, holding his emotions under rigid control. Betty Richey is only slightly more animated. When something very exciting happens that is good for Nancy or Cliff, she will suck her breath in and make a little noise, and clap quickly. Generally, the Richeys are good, devoted spectators, although sometimes George is so absorbed that he forgets to applaud when an opponent makes a winning shot.
When the children glance at him—stare at him—during a match, he returns the gaze and no more. He offers no encouragement or advice in the midst of a match because he knows there will be times when he will not be there, and he does not want his children to depend too much upon him.
When the match is over he moves quietly down to the side of the court to wait for his child to join him. Relaxing slowly, he will perhaps turn to accept congratulations, but mostly he just keeps standing there, arms akimbo, staring out at the court.
At times like this you think he must see himself out there, a right-handed George Richey putting on his sweater and picking up his rackets after a victory over Parker or Kovacs or Riggs or others of that time who were better than he, maybe just because they never fell out of an automobile and had to play tennis left-handed. But that is over, and now George Richey has more than just a laminated clipping in his wallet. "There is a wonderful satisfaction in seeing something succeed that you developed yourself," he says, talking of that moment when he stands there waiting for his child who has won. "Look, if you were a great horse-racing fan and every year you went to the Kentucky Derby because you loved it, wouldn't you be even more interested if you had a couple of your own horses running?"
His child comes off the court and to him. This time it is Nancy. George Richey ushers her through the crowd, but sometimes he gets lost in it, so that he must drop behind, and many do not know that he is the father of this player, tagging along. Betty Richey, still in her seat, and Cliff, somewhere nearby, glance fondly at each other and then watch them as the other two go off. It is the same every time, they know. At the very first chance, past the press of the crowd, George Richey will reach out and put his arm about his child, and they will walk off that way, talking tennis. They have great love for each other, they have pride in their life, and they have won.


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Never ones for understatement, Muse have unveiled the OTT and overblown new video for latest single 'Revolt'. Check it out below.
Revealed via Apple Music, the clip of course features drones - they do love a good drone. Beyond that, it's an intense and dizzying camera angles focus around a Prague street in the grips of revolution, as petrol bombs fly, flares light up and the sky and the band continue to perform though all the chaos - conveniently wearing gas masks for the occasion.
"We wanted the video in black and white only using colour to represent revolution," say the band.
There's also a virtual reality version of the video, which you can experience via the VRSE app.
Watch the video for 'Revolt' below
Muse's full upcoming UK and EU tour dates are below. Tickets are on sale now. For tickets and information, visit here.
April 2, 2016 - Birmingham Barclaycard Arena
April 3, 2016 - London The O2 Arena
April 5, 2016 - Dublin Three Arena
April 8, 2016 - Manchester Manchester Arena
April 9, 2016 - Manchester Arena
April 11, 2016 - London O2 Arena
April 12, 2016 - London O2 Arena
April 14, 2016 - London O2 Arena
April 17, 2016 - Glasgow SSE Hydro
May 2, 2016 - Lisbon MEO Arena
May 5, 2016 - Madrid Barclaycard Arena
May 14, 2016 - Milan Mediolarum Forum
May 15, 2016 - Milan Mediolarum Forum
June 4, 2016 - Prague O2 Arena


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Building a problem-solving culture that lasts
McKinsey article by Randy Cook and Alison Jenkins
Organisations cannot improve unless they consistently seek out and solve their problems. For most, that means undertaking a profound cultural change - which must begin from the top.
When a company engages its people in problem solving as part of their daily work, they feel more motivated, they do their jobs better the organisation's performance improves, an a virtuous cycle starts to turn. Such an approach can tap enormous potential for the company and its customers.


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As we all know there is a lot going on in the world today that's not the greatest message we want our children to hear or see. Sometimes it's difficult finding the words to express to our children exactly what is happening. As a Mom, and an Early Childhood Professional I'm a firm believer in keeping everything simple when explaining to children tough topics. I strive to model the best behavior for all children.
1. Model kindness at home and outside the home. Showing children what kindness looks like is key, and it will let them know that it's ok to do. Reinforce examples of kindness throughout the day so your child understands when someone was kind to them, and how it made them feel.
2. Teach your children that kindness extends past their homes. Talk about the huge world we live in and how beautiful that connection is. Talk about the difference between everyone, and that we all belong to the human race.
3. Try not to overexpose children to adult conversation, or view it. This will help minimize the views of the world you wish your child not to engage in. This will help you keep them focus on the best parts of life, and how to partake in it. There will be plenty of times for further discussions on many subjects as they grow into them.
4. Teach respect for each others space. For example: Hands on your own body, Gentle hands when touching others, listening to friends words, or taking turns. My favorite teachable moment with children is sharing is caring. These are great skills to master while they are young, and will naturally flow into a kind-hearted child.
5. Set up a recycle activity that helps the earth, or plant a garden. These activities will demonstrate how children should love, respect, and treat the earth. Leading them to understand how the earth will treat them in return.
Here is a video that I just posted on my Storytime YouTube Channel that focuses on becoming Kindness Super Heroes. I share rock stories that I created that gives children examples of several scenes they may run across in their lives. These scenarios are opportunities for them to think about what acts of kindness they could choose to do. Thank you for reading and viewing. I hope everyone is having a Grand day filled with kindness.
¡Gracias! Shauna
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1. Soak clay pot in water (completely submerged) for at least 30 minutes.
2. Mix softened butter with olive oil, add 2 minced garlic cloves, sage, lemon zest, salt and pepper to taste. Set aside.
3. Loosen chicken skin by lightly inserting fingers under skin. Rub a small amount of butter/herb mixture lightly under loosened skin. Rub remaining butter mixture on outside of chicken. Season outside of chicken with salt and pepper.
4. Season chicken cavity with salt and pepper. Place as many vegetables as will fit, along with the 2 cracked garlic cloves in chicken cavity. Place remaining vegetables along with potatoes in bottom of baker.
5. Set chicken on top of vegetables in baker. Stuff parsley around the chicken. Squeeze lemon juice around chicken and onto parsley.
6. Add clay pot lid on top and put baker in cold oven. Set oven temperature to 425°F and cook for 1 ½ - 2 hours (the first 20-30 minutes of your baking time will be the oven coming up to temperature). Remove lid of clay pot and turn heat up to 500˚.
7. Remove chicken from the oven and drizzle extra olive oil over the skin while the oven reaches maximum temperature. Put chicken back in (still uncovered) and cook for an additional 10-15 minutes, or until skin is golden brown. Chicken is done when meat thermometer inserted in thigh area reads 165°F.


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FDA moves to keep food safe for animals
For the first time, the Food and Drug Administration is proposing rules that would govern and regulate the production of all animal foods, protecting them from disease-causing contaminants. Under the proposed rule, facilities manufacturing, processing, packing and holding animal food would be required to practice procedures that can minimize or prevent hazards that are likely to occur, according to the FDA.
"I think it's sad how it takes something bad to happen for action to be taken," said Santa Monica College student Manuela Penaloza.
The announcement stems from the FDA's ongoing investigation on the cause of almost 600 dog deaths believed to be linked to pet jerky treats imported from China.
"I'm careful of what food I give my two dogs, but I didn't know there were so many dangers in pet food," said Penaloza.
"This is one of the most elusive and mysterious outbreaks we've encountered," said Dr. Bernadette Dunham, director of the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine, in a statement on the agency's website. "Our beloved four-legged companions deserve our best effort, and we are giving it."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a healthy diet is just as important for animals as it is for humans. Salmonella outbreaks, for example, are not just linked to "people food."
The most prominent potentially disease-causing pet foods are jerky pet treats, according to the FDA.
A report on these treats issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services stated that as of Sept. 24, more than 3,600 dogs and 10 cats have reportedly become ill from eating jerky pet treats.
"I've had some pets in my life, and I've only seen a few get sick, but I never thought it could have been the food that caused it," SMC student Mayra Cendejas said.
The new proposal would be a part of the Food Safety Modernization Act, which was signed into law by President Barack Obama on Jan. 4, 2011.
"FSMA aims to ensure the U.S. food supply is safe by shifting the focus from responding to contamination of the food supply to preventing it," according to the FDA.
According to a summary of the proposed rule by the FDA on its website, the protective measures would apply to domestic and imported animal food, including pet food, animal feed, raw materials and ingredients.
The summary also states that facilities producing animal food will be required to have plans outlined for identifying hazards, specify the steps to reduce or prevent those hazards, spot and record monitoring procedures and results, and specify the actions to take to correct the problems.
"I love my dogs, and I think that a lot of people would agree that they aren't just animals and they're really like a part of the family," said Penaloza.
This new law is just a proposal and will be open for public comments for 120 days, according to the FDA. However, with recent recalls and animals becoming sick from food given to them by their owners, whether or not the proposal passes, pet owners still have options when choosing pet food.
The CDC states that the basic maneuvers for preventing illness from pet food is to check for recalled pet food and always wash hands.


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When asked to comment on a recent Chinese media publication, that claimed that "the Dalai Lama was not qualified to speak on the state of 6 million Tibetans" Mr Samphel, said that "This stand taken by the Chinese government is very cliched and the Tibetan administration has responded many times to such allegations and accusations made by the Chinese side". He went on to say that the best judge to decide whether His Holiness the Dalai Lama was a true representative of the Tibetan people would be the Tibetan people themselves, and they must be given the chance to decide freely what course they would take on such a matter.
"The institution of the Dalai Lama itself is very old, whereas the Chinese communist party is barely 60 years old, and assumed power only through the power of the gun, the institution of the Dalai Lama is the symbol most Tibetans would think of, when asked about Tibet, that itself says a lot about the credibility of the Dalai Lama institution". Responding to the Chinese claim that prior to the 1950's Tibet was a very feudal and backward society, and it was only the Chinese occupation that helped the Tibetan society develop, the spokesperson had this to say "the Tibetan society of the past was not a Shangri la, it was not a paradise but compared to other societies at the time, it was not that bad either. Admittedly people were poor but they were not starving, and Tibetan Buddhism which played and still plays such a huge part in the lives of Tibetans teaches us to work to survive and not with the overriding aim of wealth being the focus, for example the Tibetan nomads would look after livestock but would not slaughter them for profit. This was the Tibetan way. Injustice was prevalent it is true, but the Chinese claim that the 14th Dalai Lama did nothing to address this situation is false because when His Holiness came to power in 1950,he set up the reform committee to ensure fair and equitable distribution of land, and it was only the Chinese invasion that lead to these reforms being sabotaged."
When asked to explain the explanatory note, that was given by the central government in exile after Chinese officials had rejected "The memorandum for genuine autonomy for the Tibetan people" on the grounds that it was contradictory to the Chinese constitution, Mr Samphel said that "the memorandum was a very reasonable document that had nothing controversial in its length, but the Chinese united front government said that this was nothing but another way to seek independence, the memorandum seeks nothing but to request the Chinese government to implement the rights given to minorities,i.e the Tibetan people that is itself enshrined in the Chinese constitution, and called for one single administration to be set up to serve the needs of 6 million Tibetans in China, and this one administration must enjoy genuine autonomy, under the auspices of the constitution of the People's Republic Of China. The baseless allegation and accusations made by the Chinese against the Dalai Lama is merely an attempt to justify their rejection of the memorandum. There are also many Chinese scholars living in China but independent of the government who feel that this memorandum is the best possible solution, to prevent Tibet from slipping out of China's control. A law firm that was based in Beijing sent a few of its employees to Lhasa to examine the causes for unrest in the Tibetan society, and in their report made after a month of extensive research said that the frustration and eventual protests grew out of the wrong and rigid leftist policy followed by the Chinese government not as the Chinese government claimed started by the instigation of His Holiness."
The current Chinese government is very stubborn on its stance, but there are now voices emerging from inside China that feel that maybe the current regimes handling of the situation is not right, therefore there is still hope for the Tibetan people, and all we can do is keep up our inner strength and keep hope in our hearts.


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It would seem, with the implementation of blueprint, that the patch made to ActiveMQ for config-substitution support in G2.2 is not carried forward to G3.0. Ivan made a patch about 25 months ago which "include[s] a customized spring placeholder bean in Geronimo-4475. a. the bean will read the config-substitutions.properties, so that the PortOffSet and ActiveMQPort could be used in the borker's configuration file. b. Make it support the placeholder like ${${ActiveMQPort} + ${PortOffset}} Maybe we should create an injectable properties placeholder spring bean to avoid reference the config-substitutions.xml directly in the future." [GERONIMO-4499] With blueprint in G3.0, a new patch will likely have to be created. See Also: can't use PortOffset in var\config\config-substitutions.properties to start two geronimo instance at the same machine. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-4499 Improve JMS portlet for AMQ 5.3 Broker configuration https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-4475 https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12398383/G4475-geronimo-activemq.patch The ActiveMQ working directory and port are not referenced correctly - multiple instances not possible https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-5987 Thread: ActiveMQ does not use PortOffset @ 2011-06-01 Thread: ActiveMQ is not configured correctly in G3.0-SNAPSHOT @ 2011-05-31
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The 4th annual Still Frothy Surf Festival 2013 kicked off Friday night at Hoagies restaurant with a some live music from Timmy Curran. It also included 805 Beer on tap, great food from Hoagies and a silent auction to raise funds for Ampsurf, Young & The Brave Foundation, Waves of Impact, Jared Allen's Homes for Wounded Warriors and the Oceano Junior Guard.
"Another amazing year in the books for Billabong's Still Frothy Surf Contest at Pismo beach! Walt Cerny you are the man and a true legend for putting on such a great event each year! Everyone got tons of prizes the groms and parents were grinning from ear to ear and pismo produced some rippable surf! Epic times!"– Torrey Meister
Saturday morning kicked right off with the groms, girls, boys and juniors taking to the water in small rippable conditions. By 10:30am, Adam Repogle hit the water as the jet ski pilot for the 2 hour tow-at air show, which was insane. Timmy Curran, pulled a huge 360 rotation air, while Albee Layer, Matt Meola, Shaun Burns, Austin Smith-Ford and Josh Hoyer put on a great show. Adam Virs was also on a tear, pulling some amazing airs and power carves securing an equal first place with Albee Layer. After the tow-at air show, there was the "Beater Challenge" in which pros, Torrey Meister, Kalani Robb and Timmy Curran teamed up with local up and coming groms for a team relay event surfing on Catch Surf Beater Boards. Winning the Beater Challenge were Torrey Meister and Austin Neumann, each winning $100.
Sunday the event kicked off with a full round of 64 for the pro-am contest. Everyone was ripping, including legends, Tom Curren, Kalani Robb, Torrey Meister, Pat Curren, and event organizer, Walter Cerny. The final was a spectacle and by far the most amazing surfing ever to grace the Pismo Pier. The lead changed several times, but in the end, Torrey was just too on fire for anyone else to squelch the flames.
"Had the best time surfing and doing tow at airs. Cool idea and done super well. All the surfers had a great time." – Kalani Robb
All of the local kids were amazing as well. The Central Coast is putting forth an amazing comeback, thanks to long time Billabong ambassador, Walter Cerny and local companies like Esteem and Moondoggies surf shops. As captain of the Esteem team, Walter is not only coaching kids such as Braden Jones, he is also helping to provide a positive influence for so many of the youth in the 5 Cities area.
"Great contest! We need to see these Central Coasters surf more often!" – Tom Curren
Stilly Frothy would like to thank the following sponsors: Billabong, Rockstar and Allegiant Airlines presented this years event. Key sponsors included: Toyota / Scion of Santa Maria, Smith & Sons, Radiology Associates, Banzai Bowls, 805 Beer, Sand Castle Inn, California Fresh Market, Ventana Grill, Catch Surf, Channel Islands, Esteem Surf, GoPro, Nixon, Future Fins, Dakine, Xcel, Kicker, Gearbox, Hoagies, Sector 9, Globe, Von Zipper, UPG, Offshore Theater, Vertra, Dell Computers & Ground Swell Coffee
For more information on the 'Still Frothy Surf Festival' visit US.Billabong.com and check them out on Facebook.
Tow-At Air Show Results
1. Albee Layer & Adam Virs -_$2,000 ($1,000 each)
2. Shaun Burns & Austin Smith-Ford – Allegiant Air Roundtrip ticket each to Hawaii
3. Timmy Curran & Josh Hoyer – $500 ($250 each)
Best Individual Air – Albee Layer – Kicker Ipod Dock Stereo
Best Carve – Adam Virs – Sector 9 Skateboard
Most Creavtive – Timmy Curran/Josh Hoyer – X-box which they donated to winner of boys!!!
Toyota Iron Man – Torrey Meister – $500
1. Torrey Meister – $1,500 & 1 Allegiant Air Roundtrip ticket to Hawaii
2. Noah Weigrick – $800
3. Pat Curren – $400
4. Killian Garland – $200
1. Vinnie Leonelli – $500 & 2 Allegiant Air Roundtrip tickets to Hawaii
2. Braden Jones
3. Jonah Pierce
4. Joel Wilke
5. Trenton Simon
6. Will Reichel
1. Braden Jones – 2 Allegiant Air Roundtrip tickets to Hawaii & Xbox 360 250GB Console
2. Sean Wood
3. Jeff Knell
4. Noa Jacobson
5. Ethan Solu
6. Levi Knull
1. Pitas Higgins – 2 Allegiant Air Roundtrip tickets to Hawaii
2. Otis Kelly
3. Jaden Ermocida
4. Nick Worel
5. Nick Fernandes
6. Evie Adamski
1. Abby Brown – 2 Allegiant Air Roundtrip tickets to Hawaii
2. Abby Neuman
3. Tori Burke
4. Evie Burke
5. Breaun Higgs
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Like many parents, I have kids who are excited to be involved in sports. My oldest is on her high school swim team and my three youngest kids have taken up the exciting sport of Gymnastics. A couple months in, the "Littles" are all still pumped up for class every week. I quickly learned that Gymnastics is a sport of repetition. I also learned one of the difficult aspects of Gymnastics is that most of the skills kids need to practice, require equipment. I'm not quite ready to sign the kids up for Olympic-style training, with time in at the gym every day, but I wanted to find a way for my kids to have tools at home that would help them to excel and would inspire them to reach for the stars. I found Hazli's Foldable Balance Beam and Mat for at-home-practice and it has helped all of my kids advance in both skill and confidence!


text: I am an artist who lives by experiences. Life totally fascinates me – even its difficulties – and I try to be a witness of my period in history. I absorb energy from contemporary society, from the world around me, which attracts me and saddens me at the same time, and I try to translate the fears and uncertainties of this age into works of art that also express who I am. I do this through an artistic language that fluctuates between the aesthetic and the social, striving to strike a balance between my mind and my mood. I set no limits to my freedom both in my choice of materials and in my reflection, and I like to consider myself an artist who expresses himself freely, even when this is fleeting. Every work of art for me has its own story, its own soul, composed of reflections that can be simple or complex, but that are impossible to define in their entirety, because they are constantly evolving. The objects I use in my works have so far been materials obtained from the real world, which have been destroyed by time or by nature, and which through my art acquire new life and a different purpose. Even the images I take from the Internet, from social media, from magazines and from the world around me and that I use as a canvas for my works of art lose their original purpose. The scratch, the imprint, the painting and the gestures that I place on these images, as a testimony of the act of an arrogant society towards human nature, gives them a new form and changes them into moods, both mine and that of society in general, often joining me in becoming the creator or the witness of my reflection. This is why some projects directly involve the viewer with the work, or involve the viewer in the exhibition. In short, I consider my artistic work not to be a simple product, but the result of a process, an ongoing round-trip journey between my intimacy, my instinct, rationality and the world.


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About 5 years ago I ran across a restaurant that was having a warehouse sale. I walked through the dark warehouse and saw bins of old silverware, plates, and cups. There were also broken, run-down appliances, light fixtures, and wall decor. I didn't think I'd find anything useful… until I got to the back of the warehouse and saw a dirty, scuffed up, wobbly table.
The table had clearly seen better days, but it happened to be the exact size Liz and I were currently looking for. I knew it would need to be rehabbed, but I thought it might be worth it. I asked the guy behind the register how much they were charging and was shocked to hear he was practically giving it away.
I loaded the table up in a friend's truck and took it straight over to a Hopester's workshop, knowing he'd be able to help me restore this table back to its original beauty. After days of sanding it down, tightening some nuts and bolts, and applying many coats of stain, our table was ready. My friend Tim and I carried it into our kitchen. It was a perfect fit! A beat-up, run-down table that was once sitting in the corner of a dark warehouse has become the gathering place our family sits around every day.
I like shiny, new things, but more and more I am coming to love things that have been restored! Things that were once scuffed up, rough around the edges, and deserted in overflowing warehouses. These restoration projects have become a reminder of my own restoration. My restored kitchen table is a daily reminder of my own restoration by Jesus!
This coming weekend we will be starting a new sermon series called Restore. We will take a few months to go through the book of Nehemiah, which starts with a city in ruins and God's people scattered. As we go through this story, we will see Nehemiah give us a guide as to how we can restore what lies in ruins.
In Nehemiah, God's people are re-building a wall and re-committing themselves to God's ways. Today, we don't necessarily see a wall in ruins, but instead we see lives all around us in ruins. There is much around us that needs to be restored, and the story of Nehemiah is one of restoration.
In our messed up, scuffed up, wobbly world, we can use Nehemiah's wisdom as a guide to draw our own lives back to the Heavenly Father and others back to Jesus.
I hope you'll join us, and I encourage you to invite some friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family to join us as well as we start this new sermon series!


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Vertical Packaged Air Conditioners
Heat or cool multiple rooms with a single self-contained, through-the-wall unit that can be concealed in a wall or closet. Vertical packaged air conditioners are compact, all-in-one units with a built-in compressor, so there's no need for external wiring, refrigerant lines, or landscape barriers. Install them in a cutout of an exterior wall and control them with a remote, wall-mounted thermostat. They have a fully insulated cabinet for quiet operation. Often used in hotels, multi-unit buildings, and room additions.


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One of the latest trends in the search engine market seem to be custom search options, search filters and specialized search parameters. Google has introduced the search options in the main Google search engine a while ago. These were made up of advanced search parameters which have been accessible before (before starting search) and new filters. A click on the Show Options link on a search results page will open the available options in a sidebar.
Google has added new custom search options yesterday which are now accessible in Google Search. The following four options have been added to Google Search:
The past hour and specific date range parameter was accessible through url parameters before only. The inclusion in the search options makes it easier to use this parameter. Search engine users can now increase or decrease the amount of shopping sites that are displayed in the Google search results which can be very handy depending on the type of search performed.
Visited pages and not yet visited is only available for users who are logged into their Google account and have web history enabled. This can be interesting to continue a search at a later time without having to revisit pages that have been visited before. Books, blogs and news finally allows to refine search to only see results from these sources. They are similar to the previous source filters which allowed search engine users to only display results from sources that were videos, forums or reviews.
It would be interesting if Google would reveal statistics about these custom search options to see how many search engine users make use of them. Which leads to this question: Have you used the custom search options?Advertisement
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Learning Analytics Community Exchange
The Learning Analytics Community Exchange was an EU funded project in the 7th Framework Programme involving nine partners from across Europe. LACE partners are passionate about the opportunities afforded by current and future views of learning analytics (LA) and educational data mining (EDM) but we were concerned about missed opportunities and failing to realise value. The project aimed to integrate communities working on LA and EDM from schools, workplace and universities by sharing effective solutions to real problems.
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This past Wednesday me and Sir Jonathan were blessed to have a surprise speaker at our church, Chip Ingram from Living on the Edge ministries. He spoke about Hollywood's prescription for lasting relationships versus God's.
- Find the right person.
- Fall in love.
- Fix your goals and dreams around this person.
- If steps 1-3 don't work, repeat cycle with someone else.
- Become the right person.
- Walk in love
- Fix your hope on God (Seek to please Him)
- If failure occurs go back to square 1 and ask yourself, "Am I the right person, am I walking in love, etc.
This man hits it on the head way better than Sir Jonathan and I ever could, so please give this message a lesson. This is the video from the night he visited our church. It is a must see! Click on the message entitled: Sex, love, and relationships.
Know Your Worth.
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Pico Technology has opened a new office in Garbsen, Germany. They recently hosted German press officials at an inauguration ceremony. Pico's new office is in response to German PicoScope users, distributors and vehicle manufacturers asking for local sales, training and support in Germany. The facility will also service the needs of customers from Austria and Switzerland.
Pico Technology which until now has worked with over 25 vehicle manufacturers including GM, Toyota, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Tesla and CNH, will now be able to engage directly with German manufacturers. The combination of the power of their products, the software updates and a growing presence in Germany will create more confidence in the brand.
Together with key partners like the Sternbeck Akademie, the company will be investing more time, effort and resources in developing PicoScope content, videos and technical articles in Germany, offering a more complete and comprehensive package to German customers, and making it easy for them to find, buy and benefit from PicoScope.
Olaf Jensen, Distribution Sales Manager for Pico Technology, and trainer Jens Sternbeck gave practical demonstrations of the oscilloscope at the ceremony, highlighting both the outstanding performance and the technician-friendly PicoScope software.


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Whether it's purchasing lumber from sources that follow sustainable forestry practices or continuously reformulating finishing materials to reduce emissions and hazardous wastes, environmental sustainability is top of mind within their business practices. As part of their promise to do the right thing, they set company-wide environmental goals, tracking and measuring them to ensure they meet our commitments.


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A few weeks ago, I discovered Rickshaw Bagworks, a San Franscisco based company that makes custom order bags and laptop sleeves for cyclists. I'm not a cyclist, but I totally fell for their products. After trying out the Timbuk2 Snoop Camera Messenger, I was discouraged that I would ever find a messenger bag for camera gear that would totally check all the items on my wish list. Timbuk2 makes great bags, but the material they use is stiff and plasticky, and the bag was hard and very inflexible. Rickshaw bags are made from a material called "Cordura", which is a nylon that wears almost like a canvas. It's made in the US, and they have a bunch of amazing colours to choose from. Yes – they make the bag in the colour YOU want. Fabulous! They also use a material called "Performance Tweed", that is being made from plastic bottles. Not only is the material soft and fashionable, it's also very dirt and water resistant. To make sure the bag was completely waterproof, I had them sow in a waterproof liner between the outer and inner layer of fabric. The liner is so thin and pliable that the bag remains soft and conforms to the shape of your body when you wear it. I tried it out for the first time last weekend, and I loved it.
All Rickshaw messengers come with velcro strips sown into the inside of the bag (the soft part), and you can buy organizing pockets to outfit the bag just the way you like it. It has two huge front pockets that fit all kinds of stuff, and a cavernous interior with a flat bottom. The bag stands upright even when empty, and all that without any added sheets of plastic or cardboard.
What's so amazing about the Zero is the way they manufacture it without any waste. The bags are completely made from fabric rectangles, and even the cut off corners are being used somehow in the production. I am very impressed with mine. The only thing missing was the camera insert. Luckily, the Timbuk2 Snoop insert (sm) fits the medium Zero perfectly! So in the meantime, I can use the Zero as a camera bag, and strap the tripod under the flap as well.
I am waiting to hear back from Rickshaw for further information about a camera insert they are planning to make that can be velcroed into the bag like all their other accessories. Oh, and just in case you are wondering if I am affiliated with Rickshaw in any way, I am totally not. I'm just a customer, and a happy one at that.
My messenger is a Rickshaw medium Zero, in the Cordura colour "Coffee" on the outside and the Performance Twee "Graphite" 0n the inside. You can find Rickshaw bags here.


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Keep your ears nice and toasty. Nutcase's removable ear pads provide comfort and warmth on those brisk and chilly rides. Compatible with Nutcase Street (Bike & Skate) and Little Nutty lines only. Not compatible with Metroride, Baby Nutty, Moto, Snow, or Water.
To protect against bright sunlight and light rain, the Nutcase removable visor shades, shields and protects. Made from soft flexible rubber with a hard rubber fin that fits between the ABS plastic outer shell and EPS foam liner, the visor is perfect for unpredictable weather and sunny days alike. Visors are compatible with Street and Little Nutty helmets only, and will not fit with Metroride, Baby Nutty, Moto, Snow, or Water.
When chilly, soggy weather rolls through, Garneau's H2 Helmet Cover keeps you both warm and dry. It's made from a polyurethane-coated spandex that's water resistant. The sealed seams and a snug stretch band that fits easily over your helmet also keep water from seeping in. Plus, when the sun's not shining, the high-visibility yellow color and reflective accents will help make you visible to others.
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HIGH Fitness is an emerging leader in group fitness, inspiring people from all walks of life to a lifestyle of better health and overall wellness. HIGH transforms old school aerobics into a highly addictive new fitness experience that combines simple, modern fitness techniques (i.e. HIIT, plyometrics, etc.) with music you know and love. 15 and up.
When: Saturday, May 18th from 10:30a-11:30a
Where: Outside in Celebration Circle adjacent to 9th Street.
Cost: Free!
*When you participate in a program or activity at JUMP, you agree to our Personal Release Statement.
What to Expect: Wear clothes you can move in and bring a water bottle. We have limited changing room space and do not have lockers for personal items at the moment so please plan accordingly. Check our FAQs below for any further questions.
What is JUMP?
JUMP – or Jack's Urban Meeting Place – is a not-for-profit, interactive creative center and community gathering place in the heart of downtown Boise. Please go to jumpboise.org to learn more and join our newsletter so you are in the know on fun, spontaneous happenings at JUMP.
JUMP is a dynamic and innovative space and safety is our first priority. Please monitor your children and keep them safe at all times.
Personal Release Statement: I understand that the activities and services related to my participation may have an element of hazard or inherent danger and I take full responsibility for my actions and physical condition. I agree to release, indemnify and hold harmless JUMP and its directors, officers, contractors and employees from any liability loss, cost or expense (including, but not limited to, attorney's fees, medical and ambulance costs) that I may incur while participating in the activities. JUMP will not tolerate any unlawful use of copyright material. Liability for such unauthorized use shall rest solely with the producer. The participant further agrees to hold harmless JUMP for damages arising out of such claims. I assume the liability of and agree to compensate JUMP for any damages other than normal wear and tear of the facility and equipment. When entering the JUMP premises, you are entering an area where photography, audio and video recording will occur. By entering these premises, you consent to all recording media and its release, publication, exhibition or reproduction to be used for any JUMP purpose. I further waive my rights to all claims in connection with any JUMP publication, regardless of its purpose. JUMP is not responsible for replacing lost, misplaced, stolen or damaged belongings and valuables; therefore, JUMP recommends that visitors bring only essential items to the facility.
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
You may bus, bike, drive, walk, skip, etc. Check Boise's bus schedule at www.valleyride.org. We love bikers and have bike racks to secure your ride. If you plan to drive, paid parking is available on the 3rd and 4th levels of the JUMP parking garage or in Simplot's below ground parking garage, both accessible from the Myrtle Street entrance located between 11th and 9th Streets. Please note, the below ground parking garage is only available after 4PM until 6AM on weekdays and all day on weekends. Credit/debit cards accepted only.
Do you have accommodations for people with disabilities?
Absolutely. We support the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and encourage participation by everyone. If you require special accommodations to participate in our programs or to use our facilities, please view the JUMP Building Map to locate accessible parking spaces or call 208.639.6610 for additional information.
What is the refund policy?
We depend on your enrollment for a successful class so please plan your schedule carefully. Classes which do not meet minimum enrollment are subject to cancellation. Refunds are issued in full if the class or program is cancelled, if you cancel at least seven days before the starting date of the class, or for documented medical reasons. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com to request a refund.
What about cancelled classes?
Please check our website http://jumpboise.org/ and the hours of operation for any cancellations, you may also call the front desk at 208-639-6610. We will email registered participants and also post on our social media.
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Please email firstname.lastname@example.com with any questions/concerns/compliments/puns.
Notice of Photographic and Media Recording
When entering the JUMP premises, you are entering an area where photography, audio, and video recording will occur. By entering these premises, you consent to all recording media and its release, publication, exhibition or reproduction to be used for any JUMP purpose. You further waive your rights to all claims in connection with any JUMP publication, regardless of its purpose. If you have any questions please call (208) 639-6610.


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Cushman & Wakefield represents FitHouse in their third Manhattan lease of 2018
New York, NY – August 2, 2018 – Cushman & Wakefield announced today that the real estate services firm has arranged a long-term lease for fitness brand, FitHouse, at 93 Worth Street in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. Formerly a Crossfit ICE location, the retail space leased a total of 4,500 square feet on the ground and lower levels. This is the third location Cushman & Wakefield has brokered for FitHouse this year, joining 712 Broadway, which opened earlier this year, and 20 West 14th Street, currently under construction and slated to open this fall.
A Cushman & Wakefield team consisting of Managing Director Brandon Singer and Senior Brokerage Coordinator Michael Cody represented the FitHouse in the transaction. The landlord of the property is Izaki Group Investments.
"We completed this deal only two months after the closing of FitHouse's incredible location in Union Square, which is extraordinarily exciting," said Brandon Singer of Cushman & Wakefield. "We are looking forward to working with FitHouse the brand as they continue their Manhattan rollout through 2018."
Founded by serial French tech entrepreneurs, Ben Chemla and Clément Benoit, FitHouse offers an innovative approach to boutique group fitness classes offering an unlimited variety of workout classes, taught by New York's top instructors, for a flat fee of $99 per month. The company intends to open additional Manhattan locations in key neighborhoods throughout the year.
"FitHouse is extremely excited about our growth so far this year. We appreciate all of Cushman & Wakefield's strategic support and guidance while navigating the New York City retail market and we are confident that the new FitHouse Tribeca will be another great success. Brandon Singer and team have assisted us in finding the perfect spaces to grow FitHouse into and we look forward to continuing on this journey together," says FitHouse CEO, Clément Benoit.
93 Worth Street is situated in the heart of Tribeca, a perfect neighborhood for this innovative fitness concept's next location as it is one of Manhattan's trendiest areas with ideal co-tenancy and access to the brand's target audience. The property neighbors major restaurants and retailers, waterfront piers and parks, and is highly transit accessible with the A,C,1,2,3,4,5,6,J and Z trains nearby.
About Cushman & Wakefield
Cushman & Wakefield is a leading global real estate services firm that delivers exceptional value by putting ideas into action for real estate occupiers and owners. Cushman & Wakefield is among the largest real estate services firms with 48,000 employees in approximately 400 offices and 70 countries. In 2017, the firm had revenue of $6.9 billion across core services of property, facilities and project management, leasing, capital markets, advisory and other services. To learn more, visit www.cushmanwakefield.com or follow @CushWake on Twitter.


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Job Hazard Analysis (JHA) is a way to help workers focus on accident prevention by writing down the steps, possible hazards, and controls for any specific job. A job hazard analysis can help workers and their supervisors find hazards before they turn into accidents.
When incidents occur, one of the first questions that will be asked, or should be asked, by the manager, the incident investigator, the OSHA representative (or whoever is asking questions...) is Can I see the JHA? By using this as a starting point for any incident investigation, it can be known if the workers were aware of the specific hazard, had planned how to prevent incidents from occurring on the job site, or if the crew even knew what a job hazard analysis is and why it's important.
A Job Hazard Analysis is sometimes called by different names, depending on the company culture or industry, including:
- Pre-Task Hazard Analysis
- Job Task Analysis
- Pre-Job Plans
- Job Safety Analysis (JSA)
- Pre-Task Planning
- Safety Task Analysis
A job hazard analysis is an exercise in detective work. The goal is to discover the following:
- What can go wrong?
- How can injuries happen?
- What would cause an accident to happen?
- How likely is it that the hazard will occur?
A specific work task can be separated into a series of simple steps. For each step, hazards should be identified.
As steps required to complete a job or task are identified, it is important to think about the types of hazards. Consider these common types of hazards and be sure they are included in the JHA:
- Struck against or Struck By
- Contact With or Contact By
- Caught In, Caught On, or Caught Between
- Fall to Same Level or Fall to Below
- Overexertion or Exposure
More examples of tasks or hazards that lead to accidents include:
- Working at heights
- Slippery surfaces
- Exposed moving machinery parts
- Fires or explosions
- Noise
- Electricity
- Toxic Emissions
- Corrosive chemicals
- Low oxygen
- Repetitive tasks
- Heavy lifting
- Overhead work
- Rigging activities
- Use of heavy equipment
- Working with powder actuated tools
Weeklysafety.com has hundreds of safety meeting topics, including a comprehensive safety meeting kit on JHAs. Included in this safety meeting kit is a JHA template any company can use. To get access to everything Weeklysafety.com has to offer including a JHA form, a customizable safety manual, and hundreds of safety topics at your fingertips for a super-low monthly subscription, click the button below.


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Sandy Alcantara shines bright as Marlins knock off Phillies
The early returns on the Marlins' big winter trades have been underwhelming. At least at the major league level.
While Giancarlo Stanton, Christian Yelich and Marcell Ozuna are happy campers, wearing new uniforms for teams that are pushing for the playoffs, the collection of players the Marlins received in return for the three outfielders have made little to no impact in Miami so far.
Lewis Brinson has struggled to hit above the "Mendoza Line" (but is starting to show some late-season life) while Magneuris Sierra has struggled to hit much of anything. All of the others spent the summer developing in the minors.
Sandy Alcantara could be the exception.
Alcantara on Wednesday overpowered the Philadelphia Phillies with a masterful pitching performance, delivering seven scoreless innings in the Marlins' 2-1 victory.
"That was some power stuff right there," said manager Don Mattingly. "Fun to watch."
Alcantara, who will turn 23 on Friday, was making only his second major league start and first since an armpit infection landed him on the disabled list. But his second outing was even better than his first for the Marlins when he held the Mets to a run on three hits over five innings on June 29.
On Wednesday, Alcantara flummoxed the Phils, who were bidding to pick up a game on the first-place Atlanta Braves in the National League East but instead left South Florida having lost two of three in the series -- the first series win for the Marlins since mid-August.
"He seemed aggressive all night," Mattingly said. "He was on the attack tonight."
Mattingly said if Alcantara proves that he can consistently pitch the same way he did Wednesday, the Marlins could be looking at a No. 1 or No. 2 starter for years to come.
"You talk about the potential of him," Mattingly said. "Is it a top-of-the-rotation guy? And only he tells us that. Is he going to go out every time and have consistent stuff like that. When you start seeing that on a regular basis, then you're talking about a guy that has the potential to be a top-of-the rotation guy."
Austin Dean drove in both Marlins runs with a fielder's choice and single. Alcantara and the Marlins didn't need any more than that as the rookie right-hander pushed his record to 2-0 in his two starts. It's a small sample size, to be sure. But Alcantara has an electric mix of pitches that befuddled the Phillies.
Dean and Alcantara were teammates for much of the season at Triple A New Orleans and the outfielder said the pitcher was the same Wednesday as he was in May and June.
"That was honestly the best I've seen him pitch this year," Dean said. "It was lights out."
Alcantara issued a pair of walks and hit a couple of batters. But the Phillies only seriously threatened once while he was on the mound when Carlos Santana doubled over Brinson's head with one out int he third. Alcantara took care of the next two batters on ground ball outs, though, and it was smooth sailing from there.
The Phillies scored their only run after manager Don Mattingly went to his bullpen in the eighth and Asdrubal Cabrera drove in Jose Bautista on an 0-2, low-and-away slider from Kyle Barraclough.
The Phillies threatened again in the ninth, putting two aboard with one out. But Drew Steckenrider struck out the final two batters for his fourth save.
Mattingly said Brian Anderson looks "mentally tired" and gave him the day off Wednesday. Anderson has regressed since the All-Star break, going from a Rookie of the Year candidate to an afterthought in the battle for the top rookie award.
"He looks tired," Mattingly said. "He looks more mentally tired than physically tired. I think that's what guys get this time of year. Just the at bats the last three or four days haven't been very competitive. You have to keep fighting no matter whether you're getting your hits or not."
Anderson has gone 0 for 14 and struck out nine times this month. He is hitting just .227 with two homers since the All-Star break.
"I think you turn that mental side around," Mattingly said. "No matter what you say about it, the other team's played the same amount of games we have. It's just an excuse in my mind. You have to be stronger than that mentally to compete because everybody's in the same boat."
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More Than 215 Ekiti APC Youths Decamp To PDP (Photo)
Not fewer than 215 members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ekiti State had decamped the party to
join Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). This
happened during PDP Ado Local Govt Monthly meeting held @ ward 9 Oke Ese in Ado ekiti .
Speaking on behalf of the defectors Mr Bada Ganiyu and Oluwasegun Ogunsakin, who spoke on behalf of others stated
reasons why they decamped to PDP.
Said landmark achievements of Gov.
Ayodele Fayose within two years in office had superseded all that were
achieved in the last two
administrations in the state.
"They said the main reason why they decided to dump their former party was because of the enviable character of the governor.
Another person who pleaded that his name should not be mentioned,
described Foyose as pace setter , record maker and breaker who is using
native intelligence to transform every sector.
While welcoming the defectors, The Executive Chairman of Ado Ekiti Local govt. Hon Deji Ogunsakin and Ado Local PDP Chairman Hon. Bamisile said the new members shall be treated
in the party like other members.
Party leaders and political functionaries that welcomed the defectors at the meeting include: formal Deputy Gov. Dr. Sikiru Tai Lawal, Ado Local Vice Chairman Otunba Omolade Bolarinwa, SUBEB
Chairman Sen. Bode Ola, Formal House of Assembly Member Hon. Segun Ola,
S.A Works Hon. Odunayo Talabi Arinka, Formal S.A Political and the
current S.A on Culture Hon. Ademola Bello, P.A to Gov. On stomach
infrastructure Sunshine Anifowose, PDP State Exco. Hon. Apempe etc.


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The influence that big companies wield through their supply chains makes them strongly placed to lead the eradication of modern slavery, Business Council of Australia head Jennifer Westacott said on Friday. Source: Sydney Morning Herald.
Ms Westacott addressed a Sydney Archdiocese seminar and expo on human trafficking and modern slavery on Friday. In her speech, Ms Westacott argued that the international scourge of modern slavery was "often shielded by the complexities of global trading relationships" and that big business could change that through their global supply chains.
"This is why business is best placed to take the lead on ending this odious practice. Australian businesses have to – and are – taking the lead on this issue," Ms Westacott said.
"Increased global trade has lifted millions out of poverty and delivered higher standards of living to all Australians. But it has also increased the risk that supply chains are tainted by the use of forced labour.
"Large businesses with the might of their purchasing power have the means to uncover modern slavery in their supply chains and the economic firepower to cut it off at the source."
Business leaders at the Sydney Archdiocesan event also heard from Moe Turaga, who left Fiji for Australia as a teenager and worked up to 12 hours a day, seven days a week on a grape farm in Victoria for money to send back to his widowed mother.
Two years later he discovered that his mother had received none of the money he had entrusted his cousin to send back to her.
"Angry, cheated, deceived, ashamed, powerless, trapped – all of these emotions and worse. That's what it feels like to find out you're someone else's slave," Mr Turaga said.
John McCarthy QC, chair of the Sydney Archdiocesan Anti-Slavery Taskforce, said as one of the largest employers in the country, the Church is taking a leading role in ensuring its supply chains comply with the new laws. It is reviewing and revising its contractual and business practices.
Business 'has firepower' to stop modern slavery (Sydney Morning Herald)
Pope at Angelus: Join forces to end human trafficking (Vatican News)


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When Texas parents get divorced, there may be a question as to who gets custody of the children. In some cases, there may also be a question as to what type of custody a parent has. In a child custody matter, a parent may receive either physical or legal custody. Physical custody means that the child primarily lives with that parent.
Legal custody means that a parent has the ability to make decisions about that child's welfare. In some cases, parents may have joint legal or physical custody, which means that they both get to participate in the process of raising their child. It is important to point out that joint physical custody doesn't necessarily mean an equal split. That may need to be worked out between the parents when creating a custody agreement or parenting plan.
Depending on the circumstances in a case, parents may receive alternating or serial custody. Alternating custody means that one parent has a child on particular days of the week or for a certain number of days before relinquishing it back to the other parent. Serial custody may involve a parent having physical and legal custody of a child for a set number of years before it goes to the other parent.
Individuals who are concerned about retaining parenting rights in a divorce may wish to consult with an attorney. This may help a parent learn more about the process of determining who gets custody or what other rights a parent may have. An attorney can often assist in the negotiation of a parenting plan that is in the best interests of the child.


text: Share: Comments Print December 3, 2014 at 6:20 AM Are Seattle's Ferguson protesters hurting their cause? Posted by Robert J. Vickers Protesters gathered outside Westlake Center Monday night as police bar them from entering the mall. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times) Protests simmering through downtown Seattle for more than a week are increasingly aggravating. Like many places around the country, local demonstrators are upset with the recent grand jury decision against indicting a Ferguson, Mo., police officer for shooting an unarmed teenager. In Seattle, protesters have snarled traffic and disrupted holiday celebrations. They've been the source of attacks on property, police and the general public. They've provoked pepper spray and percussion grenade responses from restrained police. And 11 of them have been arrested. Presumably, protesters want an end to police brutality and racism. I say presumably because all they've done thus far is march, chant and disturb people minding their own business. At last check, none of the protesters have expressed a tangible policy change to anyone in a position of authority. Additionally, they seem oblivious to the possibility that federal criminal charges and a civil suit will be filed in the Ferguson case. To be sure, Seattle has its own regrettable history of deadly police shootings to atone for – most notably that of John T. Williams in 2010. But while local protesters might say their demonstrations are as much about Williams as they are about Ferguson, it's becoming increasingly difficult to appreciate the purpose of the protests when the people involved are causing caustic reactions from ordinary citizens. Perhaps in their minds, they're parroting Nietzsche: "Out of chaos comes order." But the only order the Seattle protesters seem to be inspiring is an order for more police. What do you think? Take Our Poll Comments | Topics: Ferguson, john t. williams, Michael Brown


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Article by Allie Beckett, Marijuana.com
Nature proves time and time again that everything in the natural world is connected by an elaborate web of life.
This complex network makes it difficult to classify the entire plant world into an organized system. Plant taxonomy has changed over time as DNA science has advanced and plants are understood in new ways.
Currently, we catalog plants under the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) which follows a Linnean classification system (pictured to the right). Focusing mostly on Northwest plant species, ITIS is a collaboration of U.S., Canadian, and Mexican agencies that form the backbone the Encyclopedia of Life is built on.
If we trace marijuana through this classification, this is what we find:
Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, Cannabis ruderalis
In some cases, these are all viewed as simply "Cannabis sativa"
According to ITIS, cannabis is a member of the small Cannabaceae plant family which is a member of the rose order (Rosales). This means, if we expand cannabis' relatives out one classification further to its Order, our favorite herb would be related to strawberries, blackberries, apples, pears, plums, peaches, almonds, figs, mulberries, and of course, roses. All of these fruits and botanical species fall under the umbrella of the rose family, making them distant cousins of the cannabis plant.
Today, however, we're going to focus on the direct relatives of cannabis — those included in the Cannabaceae family.
The Cannabaceae family is considered small for the plant world with a total of 11 genera (plural of genus). But these 11 genera are home to hundreds of subspecies. The genera classified under the Cannabaceae family are Aphananthe, Celtis, Trema, Cannabis, Gironniera, Humulus, Parasponia, and Pteroceltis.