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Seeing signs of giants inhabiting the ancient city, the party decides to do reconnaissance before making a direct move for the mountain, which they assume is their ultimate destination. Sneaking into an unoccupied house near the edge of the city, they wait until dark. Without enough magic to protect against the weather, Taeva, Haggor, and Shayliss have a hard time sticking out against the freezing cold, as the party does not wish to make a fire and draw attention. By the time darkness falls early in the evening, the rogue and monk are very happy to start moving.
From Balekh's divinations earlier, they know that the western edge of the city closest to them has been set up as a tent city for various giants that appear to be engaged in construction projects around the city. Taeva and Veshenga set out and skirt the edge of this city, passing between in at the foreboding fortress that guards the main road through town. Past the giants, they find little sign of life in the southern half of the city. After seeing some of the sights, including a building guarded by what could only be abominable snowmen, Taeva decides to return to camp, as she is feeling the chill profoundly in the open air. Veshenga, protected by magic against the cold, continues on. Shortly thereafter, she sees the glacier to the east give way to a tangle of giant fungi and strange plants running right up to the main road, and the air warms. She figures these are likely benefiting from some kind of volcanic hot spring, and sneaks forward across the main road to cast magic that will let her communicate with the plants. From them, she learns that the tangle runs deep and is deadly to those that venture too deep. The plant, however, does clue her in to the native inhabitants of the city, which it calls Skulks.
As she continues on into a section of the city featuring even more massive construction than the rest, likely the abode of giants, she begins to sense that she is being followed. She hides in an alley and waits, and is soon rewarded by another shadowy, humanoid figure moving after her. After it appears to give up on finding her and turn back, she creeps up on it and grabs ahold. The flabby creature struggles then gives up, and once Veshenga introduces herself and promises not to harm him, he introduces himself as Morgiv, indeed one of the denizens of the city called Skulks. However, on getting a better look at him, Veshenga recognizes a similarity in appearance and language to the strange man that makes her feel that he is, if anything, from an aeons-lost tribe of Varisians. These individuals, who Morgiv calls "Providers" must have adapted to the city over the last ten-thousand years. He seems happy to see adventurers that want to defeat the "god-king" and make the city once again safe for his people to roam, as they have retreated into their glacial tunnels.
Meanwhile, Haggor is exploring exactly these tunnels. He found that the glacier only goes so deep, and conceals an ancient lava flow that must have wiped out half of the city during the fall of Thassilon. He passes warning glyphs without knowing what they are warning against, and then quickly finds that they indicate sections of tunnels still swarming with the angry dead from fallen Xin-Shalast. Fortunately, Haggor has been preparing his magical gear precisely to handle the undead, and after he bodily tears several wraiths and spectres apart, they begin to leave him alone. He further explores the tunnels, finding evidence of inhabited sections guarded by pairs of humanoids (who he will later learn are the same Skulks as Morgiv). He remains hidden and doesn't bother them, instead exploring the rest of the dangerous tunnels and then heading back to camp.
He arrives at about the same time as Veshenga and Morgiv, and introductions are made with Veshenga translating the Skulk's strange patois of Thassilonian and Varisian for the rest of the group. The creature tells them that he can easily lead them to a secret way atop the mountain to Karzoug's seat of power, but that the mountain is protected by a powerful obscuring field that none can penetrate without the right magics. He indicates that the Sihedron rings that three of them wear, gathered from various lieutenants and dungeons of Greed, are the required tokens. However, they do not have enough for everyone. According to Morgiv, most of the emissaries that dwell on the mountain have the rings, and they could be assaulted when they leave the mountain, but they usually do so in great numbers. The only denizens of the lower city that he believes have the rings are a dragon and a demon that are tentatively allied with Karzoug. The party, after some deliberation, believes that these will be the targets whose defeat will be least likely to immediately raise alarms.
Sneaking into the tunnels with Morgiv, he provides them a safe area nearer the north of the city to rest during the day. The next evening, they enter an ancient coliseum shaped as a Sihedron star where they are told the "demon" lives. After bypassing a number of traps and minor threats, they come upon the being's dwelling in one of the boxes for nobles of the city. Instead of a demon, they find that he is instead an Ice Devil, guarded by two Bone Devils, and is prepared for them. Negotiations very quickly fail. Amidst ice storms and walls of ice, the party batters through the guardian devils and charges the lead devil, who teleports away, realizing he is outmatched, after threatening to remember their faces. Balekh immediately follows him with a scrying and teleport, emerging only seconds behind him. The party finishes the being off to realize that they are still inside the city in an abandoned house on the mountain not far away. They dimension door back to the creature's lair and gather up its ring and various other treasure before heading back to the tunnels.
The next night, they sneak into an ancient tax collector's treasury, emerging on the lair of an ancient blue dragon. Negotiations go longer than with the devil, but the dragon is not at all swayed by their suggestion that the world would be better off without Karzoug, instead deigning to lecture to them about the grandeur of the renewed Thassilonian Empire that is soon to commence. Deciding that they are unlikely to win this particular argument, the party attacks. The dragon unleashes lightning and phantasmal duplicates, nearly crushing Veshenga and dealing terrible wounds to Haggor and Taeva. However, like most of the party's foes without time to prepare or room to maneuver, the fight is over quickly and decisively. As Haggor stashes the creature's neatly organized hoard into their portable hole, Taeva skins the beast (Haggor insists that the skin go in a bag of holding that will not result in it rotting on top of the rest of the treasure).
With sufficient rings on hands, the next evening the party takes Morgiv's secret route up the mountain, dispatching a guardian roper on the way. Reaching the top with the aid of the rings, they find a nearly abandoned set of buildings, with signs of life only in the immense tower that soars nearly half a mile high, nearly to the face on the mountain itself. After scouting the main route into the tower, Balekh finds that it is heavily guarded by giants. Instead, they decide to enter via a hole near the top of the tower, at it at least appears to not be immediately guarded and to allow them some control over the terrain. The party flies up and enters the small (by giant standards) side room. Just as they're getting their bearings, an emanation of Karzoug appears in the room, spectral as he forces his way into this dimension. He asks them once more if they will set aside their foolish quest to defeat him and nods sadly when they once again reply with only impudent remarks and insults.
The vision fades and the party begins to prepare for battle, assuming that the alarm has been raised. Sure enough, less than a minute later sounds of armored foes are heard rushing down the hallway. As Haggor throws open the door to attack the threat, he finds three foes. The first is, though enlarged and covered in massive armor, by her sword and face clearly Viorian Dekanti, the pirate queen from Riddleport last seen driven mad by the sword of the champion of Greed. Flanking her are two immense giants, covered in runes, that appear to be the evolved form the creature that emerged from the cauldron in the Therassic Monastery. The battle is furious, with Karzoug's champion and the giants cutting into Haggor again and again with thunderous blows. However, Balekh is on hand with healing magics and the rest of the party is giving better than Haggor is taking. Viorian is pummeled, disarmed, tripped, and stabbed with a bleeding wound, rolling away to try to save herself only to be finished off by Veshenga. The first giant fires a massive shower of mystical sparks from its runes before it falls, and the second tears into the party before it, too, falls to a focused assault.
However, as the last giant falls, the party has only a moment to breathe, as the next wave of foes is howling down the hallway. Forming up for the new threat, they see a quartet of giant-sized, armored women with the lower bodies of lions. They are clearly another kind of Lamia, and Balekh wastes no time trying to thin them out with a synthesized spell of holy fire and arcane lightning before fleeing around the corner. The creatures respond with twin columns of holy fire of their own and a wall of gnashing blades. However, most of the front line easily avoids these spells (though Balekh takes nearly as much punishment as he dealt), and charges forward to destroy the beasts. Haggor smashes two into the walls to make room for the rest of the party to unload a barrage of arrows and spells down the hallway at their sisters. As they fall, everything becomes momentarily quiet. Apparently, there were no other tower guardians immediately nearby.
The party takes the reprieve to recover, loot the bodies, and explore. They find an immense throne room, dwellings for dozens of giants, and, most importantly, an ornamental sepulcher for Karzoug that faces a very ornamental emerald and gold lens illuminated by a magical brazier. Suspecting that they've found the way into Karzoug's sanctum, they consult the divinatory quill they found in the Scribbler's lair and determine how to enter the domain. Balekh uses the last of his spells to wall off and arcane lock the entrances to the room, and they all hope that it will be enough to allow them to grab enough rest to assault the Runelord fresh. This proves to be a good plan, as they have just finished their morning studies when they hear pounding begin on the newly created walls. They steel themselves and prepare to face their ultimate battle.


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Salt and Light: Matthew 5:13-16
Once more, take a moment to consider that there were two primary points of focus in the Sermon on the Mount: the Covenant and the Messiah. Jesus is teaching how to restore the Covenant and prepare for the Messiah's reign, the Kingdom of Heaven.
Jesus makes a reference to the salt normally available around the Sea of Galilee. The primary source was any number of local salt marshes. This was "salt of the earth" as opposed to the much better evaporated sea salt, which was also more expensive. Marsh salt was loaded with impurities. It was gathered with some care to ensure it was not toxic to humans. Still, the remaining impurities made the salt easily degrade. Just a little moisture and it was tasteless because the actual salt leeched away and left only the impurities. Exposure to heat did similar damage. But if you tossed it outside, it would render the soil rather infertile, so it's best to dump it where things weren't expected to grow — where feet, hooves and wheels kept the ground barren.
But what was the primary use of this common marsh salt? It was seasoning and preservative for food. The saltiness made some foods more palatable, and kept stored food from spoiling. People who cling to the Covenant have a potent effect on the world, keeping it palatable to God. Without at least some minimal presence of people living by His revelation, there's no point in letting things go any longer. If people reject the mercies of His covenants, then the world becomes so remote from divine truth that Creation itself would refuse to go on any longer. Our presence as people of His truth preserves this world from destruction.
In the same vein, He says that we are the light of the world. Whatever it is the sun does physically, we who walk by revelation do for the world morally. How can anyone hope to see what's real without us to shine the light? This is a rather obvious symbolism that goes back to the most ancient times. But He turns it just a little by pointing out that cities built on hilltops or mounds aren't seeking to hide. Rather, the whole point is to be noticeable, to draw the weary travelers and traders to a dense market protected from threats. It's a pretty bad city when you can't safely sleep in the open square inside the walls.
The original purpose for raising up the nation of Israel was inherent in the meaning of the name: "God strives." It was the name God gave Jacob after the wrestling match with the Angel of God (Genesis 32). Yes, there is a play on words here, with the idea that Jacob wrestled with God, as it were, but it's only possible if God wrestles back. This was an experience that prepared Jacob for the testing to come, and to make him strong in the personal covenant he had with God. So the name Israel was given to the nation, but only after it first came to signify a mission to live by revelation. To walk by revelation is to participate in revelation. The whole identity of Israel the nation was bound up in Israel the mission.
So what would be the point of a nation that rejects the Covenant? It's like an oil lamp hidden under a basket. You should proudly display your covenant obedience like a lamp mounted on the lampstand in a dark house. How else will the world have a clue how things are supposed to work? We who walk by His Covenant are His mercy shining in the darkness.
The Messiah will come looking for people whose lives shine the light of truth. These are the people who make Him look glorious. It will be like the difference between night and day.


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The importance of data warehousing for community development organisations: the impact on Iraqi victims of the explosive remnants of war
Hassin, Ahmed (2008) The importance of data warehousing for community development organisations: the impact on Iraqi victims of the explosive remnants of war. Journal of Business Systems Governance and Ethics, 3 (4). pp. 1-8. ISSN 1833-4318Full text for this resource is not available from the Research Repository.
This article discusses how important data warehousing is for developing organisations. data warehousing is a great asset for organisations to plan and prioritise their interventions for helping victims of war remnants. This article shows how information should be of high quality and accounted for. Information extracted from data warehouses can be used to show the impact of intervention on beneficiaries. It also enables more effective stakeholder interaction. Data warehousing assists organisations to gain a competitive advantage by providing good service to beneficiaries and, will, consequently, help organisations to attract donor funds. The example given from Iraq shows how Iraqi Health and Social Care Organisations used a data warehouse to identify needs, plan projects and raise funds for survivors of explosive remnants of war. This concept can be used by other development and aid organisations operating in countries affected by explosive remnants of war and health related development fields.
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UNICEF WASH Officer Jobs in Abuja - Nigeria
UNICEF works in 190 countries and territories to protect the rights of every child. UNICEF has spent 70 years working to improve the lives of children and their families.
Defending children's rights throughout their lives requires a global presence, aiming to produce results and understand their effects.
UNICEF believes all children have a right to survive, thrive and fulfill their potential – to the benefit of a better world.
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About Our Parish
Our Vision
We each are called to be fully alive in the Sacred Heart of the Risen Christ and together are sent to be living reflections of His love in the world.
Our Mission
The people of St. Margaret Mary parish are a Catholic Christian community gathered together to celebrate the presence of Christ in sacrifice and sacrament. Our community is supported and developed by meeting spiritual, educational and social needs.
Our Values
As a community guided by the Holy Spirit we value:
- Loving, respecting, and dignifying all people
- Providing life-long education and faith formation
- Sharing the Good News through our words and deeds
- Committing to be People of God through service to others
- Welcoming all in our peaceful and spiritual parish environment
- Fulfilling our tradition of stewardship
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"Plene Vivit in Sacro Corde Christi Resurgentis"
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St. Margaret Mary Parish (SMM) was founded in 1919, however the church you see today was not built until 1942. The church and grounds were designed by Fr. Suneg. Every component of the campus reflects his dreams, detailed planning and physical labor of love.
SMM facilities sit on approximately 12 acres. The church is constructed of Indiana limestone and oak. It holds 850 people. Sunday attendance averages 2500. The parish has 4500 members and over 1500 families.
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Mayzie was a rescue with LuvnPupz who had was diagnosed with Demodex Mange. While the veterinarian was treating her from the inside, we performed a therapy once a week, for 5 weeks until all of her hair had grown back. This is a great example of how a veterinarian and Certified Pet Aesthetician can work together to help a pet in need.
Heizer was diagnosed by his veterinarian with severe allergies. Unfortunately, the prescription drugs and special diets were no match. His owner was desperate to find some relief. We performed a therapy once a week, for 6 weeks and were very pleased with the results!
Makenzie is also a rescue from LuvnPupz who had a litter of puppies. After the puppies were weaned, we were able to assist in growing back her unknown hairloss. It only took one therapy per week, for 3 weeks before we had her looking like her old self!
Though we weren't able to grow back the hair on Jasmine's tail after 8 weekly therapies, we were able to remove the rough callus on her tail and make it supple again.
Update: After a year of finishing her course of therapies, we noticed that there's hair slowly growing on Jasmine's tail!


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Working in the Arts in Long Beach
The Arts Council aims to help connect artists and performers to arts-based jobs in Long Beach.
If you have a Long Beach-based job, internship or volunteer opportunity in the arts, please email it to firstname.lastname@example.com. Include the job title, location, contact info, and link for more information.
Current Job & Internship Openings
Able ARTS Work: Curatorial Intern
The Curatorial Intern will be integral in assisting with exhibitions and maintain an expansive visual arts archive. The intern will assist the exhibitions coordinator in developing our annual juried exhibition, CORE: Defining Ourselves. The intern will help to...read more
University Art Museum: Graphic Design Intern
The intern will assist in the day-to-day tasks of UAM in-house design work, both digital/web and physical promotional material, under the supervision of museum staff. Working directly with the Associate Director of the UAM and the Public Affairs and Communications...read more
MoLAA: Education Program Coordinator
POSITION DESCRIPTION MOLAA seeks an Education Program Coordinator for its Education Department. The Education Department is a deadline-driven, fast-paced department which provides educational and cultural resources to local educators and the community. The Education...read more
Job Opening for Hip Hop Instructors at Pony Box Dance Theatre
Pony Box Dance Theatre is currently hiring enthusiastic hip-hop instructors for their "Dance for Healing Project." Teaching locations vary throughout Los Angeles County. Hours for the position are typically between 1 to 5 p.m. Please send resume to...read more
Volunteer at Pow Wow Long Beach
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AUSTIN, Texas (CBS.MW) -- Dell Computer officials said Apple Computer's demands to change a reselling agreement led the PC giant to stop selling IPod digital music players.
Mary Fad, a Dell spokeswoman, said Wednesday that IPod sales stopped on March 31. She did not give details about agreements, but said "the new one wasn't going to work."
Dell DELL, +3.26% began selling a Microsoft MSFT, +1.83% Windows-based version of the IPod in October 2002. Fad did not have figures for how many Apple AAPL, +2.36% IPods that Dell sold over the past six months, but said "it was not our decision" to terminate the reselling arrangement.
Apple also sells Windows IPods through a partnership with Target TGT, +2.00% stores. There was no word from Target about whether it would agree to Apple's new reselling plans.
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08 Aug How Invisible Beliefs Stand In The Way Of Your Real Happiness
On Tuesday I pressed the send button on 42,434 words that make up my next book, Less Is More. I waited with baited breathe … half anxious, half excited, all wondering. On Thursday I received a call from Joel Rickett, my publisher at Penguin; his words: "I Love,Love,Love it!". I jumped with joy, not just because this was the news I had been longing for, but because he had trusted me … and the fact that both he and my agent Scott Hoffman both loved it blew my crazy limiting belief out of the water (see below). Here's the back story …and some powerful lessons I learnt along the way.
On Monday, 16 June 2014, I flew to Toronto to join some of, if not most of my favourite people in the world at Jayson Gaignard's Mastermind Talks. Like all journey's I needed a book to keep me company, this time Thrive was up and by page 102, I had a whole new perspective. And so did my book. That's the great thing about books and inspiration; one thing tends to lead to the other.
My mind went into overdrive and I wrote Why Mindfulness Matters: Get More Done … By Doing Less on the plane – it quickly became one of my most shared pieces of content to date. I had struck a chord. I needed to change my book. Not that easy when it was already 3 months overdue! I sent the blog to Joel with the message: "I'm changing the course of the book, but trust me, in fact don't just trust me, trust the 456 people who have shared the blog. I promise we're doing the right thing." Fortunately, he trusted me.
In the last 6 weeks, 70% of the book changed. It had taken 9 months to get to that point, but once my instinct really kicked in and screamed "that's IT!!!" the rest of the book was written in a fraction of the time. Less is more.
When you listen to your instinct, it's rarely wrong.
But here's the thing. Two weeks ago, I was talking to a friend. She asked how I was getting on with the book.
This was my reply: " Brilliant, really nearly there – maybe the last 10%. I love it. I'm really, really proud of it. I think it's going to make a massive difference to anyone who reads it. Or at least that's what I hope!"
She replied: "Do you enjoy writing?"
"Absolutely" I said, "I love writing. I love creating content. I just want to create content that empowers people to change their lives. Writing, speaking, workshops, seminars. It's all writing really. It's all creative."
My friend: "So why haven't you ever pursued it as a career full time?"
Me: "Because you can't make real money being creative."
Where did that even come from?!?!
For the whole of my adult life, I have truly believed that I had NO limiting beliefs. I argued, there was no way I could have, given things I have been through and how I have fought my way out of or through them. If I had limiting beliefs, they would have held me back and incapacitated me. I couldn't have any. No way. Not me.
Er … yeah, right.
"You can't make real money being creative."
The penny dropped and I realised that belief has held me back in so many ways. It's made me make choices about my life and my career that I know for sure would have been different it hadn't existed. Don't get me wrong, I don't want anyone to feel sorry for me. I've been blessed with amazing opportunities and experience as a result of the path I chose, but nonetheless, that fundamental, wholly illogical and totally unfounded belief set me on a course that I wouldn't have chosen without it.
I felt I needed to run a 'real' business if I was to be 'successful'. Nothing wrong with that. Unless that's not what makes your heart sing.
As my 8 year old told me when he was just 6 years old and being encouraged by his teachers to join the school rugby team "Just because you're good at it Mummy, doesn't mean you want to do it"
Out of the mouths of babes …
Now imagine I had grown up with JK Rowling or Steven Spielberg. Do you think I would have had the same belief? Hell NO!
The most dangerous beliefs are the invisible ones, the ones that have crept so deep into your being that you don't even know they are there. In fact, you would swear they didn't exist. I have no idea where it even came from. It certainly wasn't my Mum instilling it into me, she has always encouraged my creativity. Maybe it's the subliminal things, like my Mum was an incredible English teacher, whilst her brother was the successful businessman. No guessing who made the most money. But who impacted the most lives? In my naivety, maybe that registered that I couldn't be creative and make 'real' money. It was subconscious which is even worse as I had no way of recognising its existence until the words came tumbling out of my mouth. It reminded me of a poem by my favourite poet, Philip Larkin:
NOTE: To me, this not a criticism of parents, but an indictment of all of us. Society, parents, teachers, friends, but most importantly ourselves.
We're all holding onto some kind of limiting belief. It's time to let go. It's time to shine.


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design files: black and white invitation.
Black and white has always been a soft spot of mine. Add in my favorite pattern (polka dots, obviously), and you have a wedding invitation suite that makes my heart flutter.
In creating this cohesive group, I wanted a clean, modern, and simple aesthetic. Mixing a bit of a handwritten-type font with a simple sans serif font provides the perfect balance of romance and modernity. Not only is the black and white an elegant choice, it also subtly reflects the white of the bride's dress and the black of the groom's tux!
With a save the date, invitation, reply card, and menu, I tried to use just the right amount of dots. I love how simple yet strong these turned out to be!
Would you ever use black and white invitations, or do you think it's important to incorporate a pop of color?


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Bioinformatics Student Receives Grant
Posted on Apr 25, 2017 0 Comments
Zheng Ruan, PhD student in Bioinformatics, has been awarded a 2017 Innovative and Interdisciplinary Research Grant from the University of Georgia Graduate School. This grant provides an award to assist Mr. Ruan in his research activities.
The Graduate School established this program as part of its strategic initiative to support innovation and interdisciplinarity in the research being conducted by doctoral students.
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Mars One is taking applications for a 9 year One Way Trip to Mars
Here are some of the criteria you need before applying to literally a job offer out of this world.
What are the qualifications to apply?
In 2013 Mars One will conduct a global search to find the best candidates for the first human mission to Mars in 2023. On Mars, the primary responsibility for the astronauts is to keep everything, and everyone, up and running. This will be a particular challenge for the first teams. They will need the skills to solve any potential problem – some of which will be completely unforeseeable. Their combined skill sets of each team member must cover a very wide range of disciplines. The astronauts must be intelligent, creative, psychologically stable and physically healthy. On this page, we offer a brief introduction to the basics of our astronaut selection process.
The astronaut selection process
In spaceflight missions, the primary personal attributes of a successful astronaut are emotional and psychological stability, supported by personal drive and motivation. This is the foundation upon a mission must be built, where human lives are at risk with each flight.
Once on Mars, there is no means to return to Earth. Mars is home. A grounded, deep sense of purpose will help each astronaut maintain his or her psychological stability and focus as they work together toward a shared and better future.
Mars One cannot stress enough the importance of an applicant's capacity for self-reflection. Without this essential foundation, the five key characteristics listed below cannot be utilized to the fullest potential.
Five Key Characteristics of an Astronaut
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The astronaut selection program will be open for applicants who are 18 years or older.
Medical and Physical Requirements
In general, normal medical and physiological health standards will be used. These standards are derived from evidence-based medicine, verified from clinical studies. The applicant must be free from any disease, any dependency on drugs, alcohol or tobacco, must have the normal range of motion and functionality in all joints, visual acuity in both eyes of 100% (20/20) either uncorrected or corrected with lenses or contact lenses, free from any psychiatric disorders. It is important to be healthy, with an age- and gender-adequate fitness level. Blood pressure should not exceed 140/90 measured in a sitting position. The standing height must be between 157 and 190 cm.
Country of Origin & Language
Mars One accepts applicants from any country in the world. It is possible to apply in one of the 11 most used languages on Internet: English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Russian, Arabic, Chinese Mandarin, Korean, Indonesian, Japanese. The official language will be English. Nevertheless, when a candidate applies for the selection program, it is not necessary for him or her to possess an extensive knowledge of English: we will provide candidates with documentation in different languages. As applicants progress through the selection procedure, requirements on their English skills will increase.
Read more about the plan here http://www.mars-one.com/en/mission/summary-of-the-plan


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CIRI seminar: Pr. Ping WANG
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Pr. Ping WANG ( School of Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai, China), " Regulation of Cytosolic DNA induced type I Interferon production by deubiquitination "
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Will Selle Final Reflection
Mon Dec 8, 2014 21:15
This has been a very great experience for me as well. Also, with my colleague and research partner, I've definitely stepped out of my comfort zone and am very grateful that all of you Reading folks have taken me under your wing!
From this process, I learned the incredible value of conveying clear and well designed research that promotes education. At first I was daunted by this task, because of the "research" that I had read and studied from past college professors, and the thought that I was going to have to produce something in this course that stacked up to "conventional" educational research. Even at the conclusion of this project, I feel that there are many questions we still left unanswered, and I can't help but feeling this this sense that the research I produced is not valid, carries little worth, and would need mountains of revision before being published, if ever.
After reading the final article by Stremmel, I felt much more at ease with the intent and outcome of my project. I've already shared my paper and presentation with colleagues, friends, and even some of my high school level students.
Through the process of this action research project, I've become less skeptical on the subject of quantitative research. Due to the abstract and obscure nature of some educational scenarios, it became clear to me that, especially in Reading, its hard to put a number on certain aspects of learning. Comprehension for example, is so subjective. I was enlightened to see all of the strategies, data collection methods, and assessment tools that my classmates used in their research. This is definitely something that I will act upon in the future.
In the future, I'd like to continue the scope of the study that Jessica and I started. I'd like to track the literacy data and progress of music students over multiple years to further investigate correlations of fluency and literacy in languages. Through class discussion, many class members suggested that I compare music instruction to mathematics-this could prove as fruitful as the correlations to language learning in music. I will definitely be collaborating more with my Reading and Math colleagues in the future!
Thanks again everyone for including me in your learning community! This was my last course requirement for my Master's degree, and I couldn't have asked for a better culmination to my graduate program. Peace!
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I have really enjoyed this class and felt like I have learned so much from our own research as well as everyone's research. From my project I have learned how important it is, especially with...
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I think that during the semester, I touched on all of the three components of teacher research. In regards to a heightened sense of personal awareness of my own practice, I learned how to achieve...
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I collaborated with one of my co-workers, Tracy Cornacchio, at my school for my teacher research project. I learned what is meant by being a teacher researcher and I learned about my particular...
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From my project and the process of the research I learned both the complexity of conducting teacher research within the classroom, in addition to the simplicity of conducting teacher research within...
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Participating in this project has really opened my eyes to the possibilities of my job as a teacher. I no longer see myself as simply the "giver of knowledge" or a person who must carry out a...
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I have learned much from this research project. I started this project with a mindset that this type research was something I did in my classroom everyday, but soon realized that this was only...
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I have learned a lot from the experience of becoming a more formal researcher in my classroom. I say formal because I learned that the questions that I've had and the process about which I have gone...
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First of all I learned what being a Teacher Research is and what it is all about by doiong the project. I also found of how effective the Writing Workshop could be in kindergarten. I have always...
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As teacher's we are constantly going through an inquiry process with our students. WE observe them, get to know them and assess them. We use this to drive and adjust our instruction. Its an ongoing...
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What I learned from the process is that I can make data into something that I can use. This has been a professional struggle for me since becoming a teacher. We have become a data driven society, and ...
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This semester conducting teacher action research helped me become more mindful and aware of my teaching practices and outcomes. I became more purposeful and felt committed to an intervention plan. In ...
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Scholars believe the bronze vessels were likely copies of ceramic vessels.A fine white pottery was made during the Shang Dynasty.Many ancient bronzes were removed from China, especially in the early 20th century, and few have been given back or carefully studied.Bronze vessels and figures were generally made using the lost wax casting technique, which worked as follows: 1) A form was made of wax molded around a piece of clay.Materials other than jade, such as agate and glass were used to make "jade" ornaments.See Ritual Bronzes Above Great works of art from the Warring States Period include bronze vessels with inlaid geometric silver decorations, snake-shaped bronze fittings and jade and gold wire jewelry and bows made with dragons with glass eyeballs. historian chronicled in Ming-era records, the tomb contains a throne room, a copper dome, models of pavilions and palaces filled with gold, gemstones and other treasures, sacred stone tablets, copper coffins, inscribed soul towers, prayer temples, and a relief map of China with a miniature ocean and models of the Yangtze and Yellow rivers filled with flowing mercury.
Each one has an individual face, and its own hairstyle and facial expressions.2) The form was enclosed in a clay mold with pins used to stabilize the form. The mold hardened into a ceramic and the wax burned and melted leaving behind a cavity in the shape of the original form. A metal sculpture was created and removed by breaking the clay when it was sufficiently cool.Most Shang vessels were decorated with taotie, face-like symbols with "eyes" composed of swirling lines.The oldest ones date back to the Xia dynasty (2200 to 1766 B.C), when the legendary Yellow Emperor is said to have cast nine bronze tripods to symbolize the nine provinces in his empire.


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Roemer Arboretum is a perfect fit for students hungering for a quiet haven to relax or complete work, but its ground will soon attract students looking for a bite to eat. Behind its thick expanse of trees and brush, the Arboretum is developing an organic community garden, part of a bigger undertaking known as the Geneseo Food Project.
"The garden got started last fall when students approached me about wanting to start a community garden," said Ken Cooper, English professor and co-founder with Jordan Kleiman for the Geneseo Food Project.
"Students spend all this time on campus cultivating their brain. When they go to eat, that critical thinking ceases. People should be more conscious of food - organic and healthy. It's all about linking up people's brains and bodies," he said.
Cooper feels that students should be thinking about food education in a holistic sense.
"The food that you eat has a fundamental connection to the environment" said Cooper. "For people who don't know that much about food, growing it and eating it is an interesting experience."
Cooper would like students and community members alike to have the empowerment of knowing how to choose the right foods for themselves.
As of now, the garden only has half of the allotted 60 by 60 feet cleared. Fencing, to keep deer and other animals out, surrounds ten beds of vegetables.
"Everything grew well [this past summer]," said Cooper, noting that the garden yielded produce such as tomatoes, basil, cilantro, parsnips, beets, and lettuce. He further explained that not only did the vegetables and herbs grow successfully, but tasted good too.
Cooper encourages anyone who is interested to drop by and help out by using his or her hands as weeding tools. Because the garden is organic, weeding is done by hand and without pesticides.
Such a simple approach to food production can create a new connection to the earth.
"Many students like gardening because there's something really tangible about it. It's a real satisfaction to look around and say, 'Man, this place looks great,'" said Cooper.
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The Electronic Security Association (ESA) recently re-launched its sister website, www.AIREF.org, to make it easier for consumers, security professionals, journalists and public safety officials to find research pertaining to the electronic security and life safety industry.
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Irving, Texas (August 7, 2014) "" The Electronic Security Association (ESA) recently re-launched its sister website, www.AIREF.org, to make it easier for consumers, security professionals, journalists and public safety officials to find research pertaining to the electronic security and life safety industry.
The website is the home of the Alarm Industry Research & Educational Foundation (AIREF), the research arm of the security industry. New components of the website include an interactive timeline that gives visitors a quick look at the initiatives accomplished by AIREF throughout the years and a click-through feature where users can get in-depth reports, executive summaries, press releases and security industry-related articles.
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The new AIREF website also highlights one of the industry's most anticipated fundraising events, the AIREF Golf Classic. Information about the 2015 event is easy to find on the homepage and the simpler format allows visitors to quickly access information about tournament dates and location, sponsors, player registration form and photo highlights from the previous year.
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Dim hills! (I cried.) Mountains of azure delicate and far, Home of the setting star, What mystery and loveliness you hide! A nameless light Falls, wildly, on these woods and fields and streams, A land of dusk and dreams And happiness delaying in its flight. There marbles shine, Broken or not, and whiter by the tree The dryad waits for me- Wreathing her forehead with a scarlet vine. Oh! swiftly I Shall hasten from these narrow, dusty ways To where enchanted days Lift, fearlessly, their music to the sky . . . . I reached at last Those hills of dream, to find them lone and bleak, Snows on the noblest peak, And graves that told but of the beauty passed. I turned my glance To that far plain so grey to me before: O land of Nevermore , Now purple with the twilight of romance!


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What is mobile attribution?
Mobile attribution: Determining that a mobile app install, or post-install event, is the result of a particular media source engagement. Mobile attribution is essential for optimizing user acquisition and re-engagement efforts and results.
What is a mobile app install?
An Attribution Model is a rule, or set of rules, used to determine how credit for an event is assigned to touchpoints in conversion paths. All players in the mobile marketing ecosystem, from Google Play and iTunes, to ad networks such as Facebook and Twitter and onto the mobile measurement companies, have their own mobile attribution models. Each player, by definition, counts installs and events differently.
It is important, to understand the attribution model of a player you work with, and most important to understand the AppsFlyer attribution model for AppsFlyer is the globally recognized mobile attribution authority.
AppsFlyer's attribution model is that an install is recorded only after the user downloads and launches the mobile app. This means that the time stamp of an app install is always the first launch.
In contrast, ad networks regard the engagement time as the install time, while app stores use the download time.
AppsFlyer's attribution methods
There are several different attribution methods AppsFlyer uses, depending on the device platform and availability.
Install referrer (Android only)
AppsFlyer uses the Google Play referrer parameter which delivers the original URL clicked before redirecting to Google Play. This is the primary method for Android and is only available if the Android app is stored in the Google Play store and not in an out-of-store market.
Device ID matching
The ad network, which has access to the user's device, sends the device ID to AppsFlyer on the click URL, or when notifying AppsFlyer an impression has been served. This allows AppsFlyer to match the click device ID with the device's ID fetched by AppsFlyer's SDK.
Device ID matching is the primary attribution method on iOS. Available IDs are:
- iOS devices: IDFA, hashed Sha1 IDFA
- Google Play: GAID, hashed Sha1 GAID
- Out of store Android markets: Android ID, IMEI device IDs
Device ID Matching for Self Reporting Networks
Upon the first app launch, AppsFlyer checks whether the app is configured to receive traffic from several networks, called Self-Reporting Networks (SRN). These networks include Facebook, Snapchat, Google Ads, Twitter, etc.
AppsFlyer queries all SRNs configured for the app by you, using the unique device ID of the new install. The query is done using the Mobile Measurement Partners (MMP) APIs, which SRNs enable AppsFlyer to use. Based on the returned answers, AppsFlyer can attribute new users to SRNs.
The fingerprint is established by gathering different parameters about the device. The fingerprinting information is first gathered at the time of the click. At the time of app launch, it is gathered again and matching is attempted. The information retrieved includes device-related parameters such as IP address and OS version.
Fingerprinting is a statistical matching method and is not based on a unique ID. Therefore, it always loses to clicks with referrer or ID matching methods, if they also occur within the look back window.
For the same reason, the attribution window for fingerprinting is much shorter than the other methods. However, AppsFlyer determines the fingerprinting attribution window dynamically, based on the type of the user's network and the uniqueness of the IP address.
Tv attribution
AppsFlyer supports attributing organic installs to TV or radio campaigns under the TV media source. An organic install is TV attributed when all of the following occur:
- The download, install, and the first launch together takes place a short time after the commercial is aired.
- The user is physically located in the country where the ad is aired. The option to limit to a specific city is permitted.
Methods of TV attribution:
- File Loading
- TV Integrated Partners
- Shazam
AppsFlyer supports attributing app installs when the app was installed on the device prior to the user purchasing the device.
Because there is no preceding user engagement, click-through, or view-through, installations are attributed on the first launch using AppsFlyer's SDK API. See Configuring and Testing Pre-install Campaigns for Android
User engagement attribution types
AppsFlyer records and uses two types of different user engagement attribution types: click-through and view-through. Click each item below to view the details.
Click-through attribution
Most attributed mobile installs come from user clicks on ads: banners, videos, interstitials etc.
Upon the ad click, AppsFlyer opens a click lookback window with a default duration of 7 days. Installs that occur during the lookback window duration are considered as non-organic and are attributed to media sources. Installs that occur out of the lookback window are considered as organic installs.
AppsFlyer recommends using 7-day click lookback windows, which is the industry standard. However, you can customize the time period to 1-30 days based on the agreement you have with your media sources. For example, Facebook uses a 28-day click-through lookback window, Twitter uses 14 days and Google Ads uses 30 days. You can match AppsFlyer's click-through lookback window to any of these values.
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Clicks Lookback Window
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Referrer, ID Matching
1 – 30 Days
7 Days
1 Day
The click fingerprinting attribution lookback window is limited to a maximum of 24 hours on iOS, and a lot less on Android, to maintain a high level of accuracy.
For more information about AppsFlyer's lookback windows, click here.
View-through attribution
New installs by users who have viewed mobile ads, but have not clicked on them, can be attributed to the ad networks that served the ads.
The lookback window for view-through attribution, which is much shorter than for click-through attribution, is also configurable in the AppsFlyer dashboard.
To enable the view-through attribution, you must select it in the configuration window.
This is especially helpful for video ad networks that traditionally have low CTRs on their video ads, but also for traditional ad networks serving regular ads.
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ID Matching
1 Hour - 2 Days
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In cases where both a click and an impression have occurred, the click always prevails, as it is an active engagement.
For more information on View-Through Attribution, click here.
Advanced attribution topics
Assisted installs
AppsFlyer fully attributes only one media source per install, usually according to the last ad click or the last ad impression (if there were no clicks).
Assisted Installs (AKA multi-touch attribution) are installs where the Media-Source/Campaign did not have the last touch, but did touch the user before the install and this took place within their attribution lookback window.
The assisting networks get credit as contributors to the install on AppsFlyer's dashboard and raw data.
For more information, click here.
AppsFlyer records new app installations on a device when:
- The app was never previously installed OR
- The app was already installed, has been uninstalled and then re-installed after the re-attribution window from the original install date has passed.
Re-installs within the re-attribution window are therefore not attributed to any media source, including organic. However, any performed in-app events by reinstalling devices are attributed to organic.
For device testing and multiple installations, you must white list the device on AppsFlyer's database or else only the first install is recorded. To Whitelist a device for ongoing testing purposes, click here for more information.
Retargeting attribution
A user who re-installs an app within the re-attribution window (90 days by default) is considered a re-attribution and appears as such in the AppsFlyer Retargeting Dashboard, if acquired from a retargeting campaign.
For more information, click here.
App updates
When existing users update their app, AppsFlyer does not consider them as new users, nor show it in any way on the dashboard. You can see the distribution of your new app versions and more on the SDK information page.
The only exception to this rule is when an app, that has an active user base, first introduces AppsFlyer's SDK. When existing users update to the new version, which includes AppsFlyer's SDK, AppsFlyer shows them as new organic users.


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Your First Look At The Fenty Beauty Brow MVP Line
The brush is a game-changer.


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Sc1 Tk1: Ugly Duckling
Welcome to the very first official episode of Story Matters! In this episode, I talk about the inspiration behind creating the show, becoming the next great American novelist at the age of six and using Ernie from Sesame Street as a stunt double for a violent scene in my feature film directorial debut. Enjoy!
Hello, World!


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A Support Network are those resources which you have available to you to assist in general or at varying stages of severity of the disorder.
it includes your close social network:
- Mother
- Father
- Sister/s
- Brother/s
- Cousin/s
- Uncle/s
- Aunt/s
- High School Friend/s
- Parent Club Friend/s
- Sport Team Mate/s
- Church Congregation
- Local Support Group/s
- High School Mum/s (you know the one's the mum's whose children you went through school with they can be AWESOME!)
- Work Mate/s
- Coach
- Pastor, Priest, Rabbi, Religious Teacher or leader.
- Online Support Groups
- Facebook Friends
Those people in your life who you feel comfortable enough to speak to, their formal relationship or "title" in relation to how you know them is not as important as how understanding, approachable, respectful, and tolerant they are.
It includes your Health Care Providers:
- General Practitioner
- Psychiatrist
- Psychologist
- Counselor
- Psychiatric Nurse
- Local Psychiatric Triage or Crisis Assessment Team
- Local Emergency Room
- Psychiatric Ward
- Drop in Center
- Dietitian
- Physiotherapist
- Optomistrist
- Audiologist
- and the list goes on and on and on….
The people who are Paid either by You or your Insurance Company or Government to provide you the services to assist you in learning to Manage your health and mental health they are there to support you within their professional capacity in achieving your health goals. And the reason I include all health sectors is because it is very important to remember that good health cannot be achieved without good mental health and vice versa, when our physical health is poor our mental health is compromised, a fact which has been evident in almost all studies of mental health amongst cancer, heart disease, asthma, arthritis and diabetes patients.
Support network's can be healthy or unhealthy, depending on the support which is provided. It is possible to enable self destructive behaviour, and promote poor mental health as a support person. It is very important that we recognize what kind of support we receive from those within our support network, is it healthy or unhealthy? do they listen without passing judgement? is the support and advice they give in our best interests and provided with good intentions? even if they don't entirely understand.
Your support network may include the boy's down the pub, which would not be conductive to someone trying to kick alcoholism.
Sometimes we do need to clean up our support network. So it helps to sit down and list which resources there are available. How each can help, at what stage they can help, either in the early stages or if and when it reaches a crisis.
Once your Support Network is Identified and you recognize which parts of it are helpful and which less helpful we can use this information to establish a Mental Health Action Plan.


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"Renegade Gospel: The Rebel Jesus" Series
March 24th, 2016 - Maundy Thursday
John 13:1-17, 31b-35
It is so difficult to get a seat at many of the restaurants in our area on a Friday or Saturday night.
There are some restaurants that have reservations or even call ahead seating. The reality is that sometimes we are closed out at certain restaurant tables in our area. What about seating at the table for the last supper? There is always a seat reserved for you and for me. Do you know why? Our sinfulness is the reason. Your table is ready.


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Intel is no slouch when peering into the mid-term to long-term future. It has a proven track record of doing this adeptly. Its very survival depends on it. That is why it is no surprise to see the chip giant swapping WiMAX for LTE. However, the LTE Intel has in mind is not the same LTE that US telecom companies like Verizon and AT & T are implementing. Instead, the far seeing Intel is interested in TD-LTE or time-division-LTE. This is a variant technology used by Clearwire. Most interestingly, this is the standard used by carriers in China. Does Intel see something American telecoms don't?
Intel and big Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei have agreed to put up a joint research lab in China to test out TD-LTE infrastructure and silicon components. While these types of interoperability testing deals are quite common and are usually nothing to write home about, this particular deal is worth looking into. It shows Intel's interest in carving out a new mobile broadband segment for itself. Moreover, it plans to do so in one key geographic market that is exploding: China.
While the China deal is a great step for Intel, it also marks a step backward and recalibration for its initial 4G strategy. Earlier, Intel went all in on the WiMAX standard amidst the heat of the 4G wars and competing standards. Its idea for backing WiMAX is to break the stranglehold telecom companies have on wireless data/phone standards for a more standardized protocol that is friendlier to Intel. It is obvious by now that WiMAX has become an orphan technology. That's right-Intel bet on the wrong tech horse.
Now that the 4G wars have relatively calmed down, the winners in this technology struggle are becoming apparent. The most obvious winner is LTE. However, it is a particular type of LTE-frequency division duplexing or FDD. Most of the world's telecoms are embracing this standard except, interestingly enough, China. Why is the rival TD-LTE being championed by the same organizations that had bet on WiMAX (Intel is one of these, obviously)? TD-LTE uses the same unpaired spectrum that WiMAX used.
This begs the question, is Intel making the same mistake again by championing TD-LTE? Is this WiMAX part 2? Why doesn't Intel just follow the hordes implementing LTE-frequency division duplexing? One possible explanation is that if Intel joins the herd, it will be an also-ran in the chip making end of this standard. As witnessed by its experience with 3G, Intel's share of the market for the chips for that standard was that of an also-ran Qualcomm dominated that game. Intel does not intend to make the same mistake again. Qualcomm makes almost half of all key radio chips used by mobile phones. This is an extremely lucrative market Intel wants in on and playing second banana is not going to cut it By doing an end run on Qualcomm and hitting the large Chinese mobile market, Intel is possibly preparing to dominate a large market which it can then use as a base to dominate other markets.


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Right Here, Right Now: On Richard Yeagley's The Sunday Sessions
Richard Yeagley's The Sunday Sessions screens at Chicago's Gene Siskel Film Center as part of their ongoing Stranger Than Fiction documentary series. The prevailing sentiment of this month long-series centers on concerns of identity, with the seven films of the series all demonstrating the rather unconventional routes that men, women, and children take in an attempt to achieve some measure of self-actualization. However, it's Yeagley's troubling documentary about gay conversion therapy that left me most concerned about the reluctance with which the young and idealistic refuse to learn the ways of the world. For The Sunday Sessions is a film not about achieving self-actualization, but rather denying it, proposing that conventional cultural mores and antiquated modes of spiritual thought inform a tradition of behavior that needs to be actively subscribed to. To do what's natural is, in effect, unnatural.Read More


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We will be meeting @ Starbucks on Loretta and Kuykendahl to have a time of discipleship. It's not just learning ABOUT the Bible, it's about living it out. Discipleship isn't just telling someone what to do, it's showing them how.
High School guys and girls will be meeting from 5:30-6:45pm


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IPRT is putting four key questions to candidates in the run up to Election 2011. One critical question aims to secure a commitment from politicians to place priority on passing the Spent Convictions Bill this year.
IPRT is now asking all its members and allies to ask their local TD's and party canvassers:
4. Are you committed to the Spent Convictions Bill? Will you make it a priority?
Ireland is the only European country which does not provide for any system of expungement of spent convictions (so-called 'second chance legislation'). This means that even minor convictions can remain a permanent barrier to employment:
- Employment is proven to be one of the biggest factors in desistance from crime and reoffending.
- The proposed Spent Convictions Bill, published by the outgoing Government, received cross-party support.
- The legislation is ready for re-introduction to the Oireachtas, following considerable work by the Dept of Justice and Law Reform officials.
- We need to ensure that this is a political priority for a new Government and that a revised Bill is enacted in the first session of the new Oireachtas.
We need your help. It would be great if you too could ask the question of your local candidates – remember, you don't have to express any personal investment in the legislation to ask the question!
And if you get any commitments/any answers, please let us know so that we can hold them to account after the election!


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C++ Software Developer (m/w/d)
DALIM SOFTWARE is looking for a hands-on individual, someone who can jump right into the growing, fast paced and dynamic environment of our clients.
This person would be part of our development team, responsible for designing, developing, and implementing software packages for our web based solutions, as well as troubleshooting and debugging of software code.
The majority of our the solutions are VMWare, RedHat Linux or OS X based. Our client's platforms extend from Windows to Mac and include tablets and mobile. The applications running on the servers are a mix of standard software packages as well as our own server software and tools.
The ideal candidate will possess the ability to work independently and as a team member, have experience in developing web applications and hands on experience in designing interactive applications.
- Design, build and manage software modules, using C++ technologies
- Gather and refine specifications and requirements based on technical needs
- Write well designed, testable, efficient code
- Integrate software components into a fully functional software system
- Document and maintain software functionality
- Excellent development skills
- Write well designed, testable, efficient code by using best software development practices
- Strong ability in troubleshooting
- Excellent collaborative skills
- Ability to work and thrive in a fast-paced environment, learn rapidly and master diverse C++ technologies on Unix environment
- French language is required, further languages a plus
Preferred Experience
- Familiarity with Linux and Mac OS X tools and C++ development technology in general


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How to Price Your Product so Your Prospect Says Yes (Yes!)
A good business needs good pricing that gets people to buy into your idea. Sean D'Souza believes that one of the best ways to get people to buy is to follow what he calls the "yes-yes" model. When it comes to buying something, usually people are faced with two options, yes and no. When people are given options like premium and regular ("yes-yes"), they focus on whether or not it's worth getting the bonuses offered by premium over the regular version. They think "good or better?" not "yes or no?" and that's exactly what you want.