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Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act")[1] , and Rule 19b-4 thereunder,[2] notice is hereby given that on March 25, 2010, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC ("NASDAQ" or "Exchange") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC" or "Commission") the proposed rule change as described in Items I, II, and III, below, which Items have been prepared by NASDAQ. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act [3] and Rule 19b-4(f)(2) thereunder,[4] NASDAQ has designated this proposal as establishing or changing a due, fee, or other charge, which renders the proposed rule change effective upon filing. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons.
I. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Terms of the Substance of the Proposed Rule Change
NASDAQ proposes to modify Rule 7050 governing pricing for NASDAQ members using the NASDAQ Options Market ("NOM"), NASDAQ's facility for executing and routing standardized equity and index options. Specifically, NOM proposes to expand the list of options that will be assessed routing fees of $0.30 per contract for customer orders and $0.55 per contract for Firm and Market Maker orders that are routed from NOM to NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc. ("Phlx"). The proposal also includes a technical change to properly alphabetize the symbol "BAC" in the rule text. NASDAQ will make the proposed rule change effective for transactions settling on or after April 1, 2010.
The text of the proposed rule change is available at http://nasdaqomx.cchwallstreet.com/, at NASDAQ's principal office, and at the Commission's Public Reference Room.
II. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
In its filing with the Commission, NASDAQ included statements concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. NASDAQ has prepared summaries, set forth in sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements.
A. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change
1. Purpose
NASDAQ is proposing to modify Rule 7050 governing the fees assessed for options orders entered into NOM but routed to and executed on NASDAQ OMX PHLX, Inc. ("Phlx"). Specifically, NASDAQ is proposing to expand the number of options to which certain routing fees apply to reflect the expansion of the fee schedule for adding and removing liquidity on the Phlx.[5]
NASDAQ currently assesses a $0.30 per contract routing fee for customer orders, and a $0.55 per contract routing fee for Firm and Market Maker orders routed from NOM to Phlx for options that are subject to fees and rebates for adding and removing liquidity as described in the Phlx fee schedule. To reflect the additions Phlx is making to its fee schedule, NASDAQ proposes to add the following options to the table set forth in Rule 7050(4): Alcoa, Inc. ("AA"); American International Group, Inc. ("AIG"); Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. ("AMD"); AMR Corporation ("AMR"); Caterpillar, Inc. ("CAT"); Cisco Systems, Inc. ("CSCO"); Ford Motor Company ("F"); Direxion Daily Financial Bull 3X Shares ("FAS"); Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3X Shares ("FAZ"); SPDR Gold Trust ("GLD"); Intel Corporation ("INTC"); JPMorgan Chase & Co. ("JPM"), Las Vegas Sands Corp. ("LVS"); MGM Mirage ("MGM"); Micron Technology, Inc. ("MU"); Newmont Mining Corporation ("NEM"); Palm, Inc. ("PALM"); Pfizer, Inc. ("PFE"); Potash Corp./Saskatchewan, Inc. ("POT"); SanDisk Corporation ("SNDK"); AT&T, Inc. ("T"); UAL Corporation ("UAUA"); Verizon Communications, Inc. ("VZ"), and United States Steel Corporation ("X").
The Exchange is proposing these fees to recoup the majority of transaction and clearing costs associated with routing orders to Phlx. As with all fees, the Exchange may adjust these routing fees by filing a new proposed rule change.
The Exchange has designated this proposal to be operative for trades settling on or after April 1, 2010.
2. Statutory Basis
NASDAQ believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with the provisions of Section 6 of the Act,[6] in general, and with Section 6(b)(4) of the Act,[7] in particular, in that it provides for the equitable allocation of reasonable dues, fees and other charges among members and issuers and other persons using any facility or system which NASDAQ operates or controls.
NASDAQ further believes that the proposed rule change is consistent with Section 6(b)(5) of the Act [8] in that it is designed to prevent fraudulent and manipulative acts and practices, to promote just and equitable principles of trade, to foster cooperation and coordination with persons engaged in regulating, clearing, settling, processing information with respect to, and facilitating transactions in securities, to remove impediments to and perfect the mechanism of a free and open market and a national market system, and, in general, to protect investors and the public interest; and is not designed to permit unfair discrimination between customers, issuers, brokers, or dealers, or to regulate by virtue of any authority conferred by the Act matters not related to the purposes of the Act or the administration of the Exchange.
NASDAQ is one of eight options markets in the national market system for standardized options. Joining NASDAQ and electing to trade options is entirely voluntary. Under these circumstances, NASDAQ's fees must be competitive and low in order for NASDAQ to attract order flow, execute orders, and grow as a market. NASDAQ thus believes that its fees are fair and reasonable and consistent with the Exchange Act.
B. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Burden on Competition
NASDAQ does not believe that the proposed rule change will impose any burden on competition that is not necessary or appropriate in furtherance Start Printed Page 18251of the purposes of the Act, as amended. To the contrary, NASDAQ has designed its fees to compete effectively for the execution and routing of options contracts and to reduce the overall cost to investors of options trading.
C. Self-Regulatory Organization's Statement on Comments on the Proposed Rule Change Received From Members, Participants or Others
No written comments were either solicited or received.
III. Date of Effectiveness of the Proposed Rule Change and Timing for Commission Action
The foregoing rule change has become effective pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A)(ii) of the Act [9] and paragraph (f)(2) of Rule 19b-4 [10] thereunder. At any time within 60 days of the filing of the proposed rule change, the Commission may summarily abrogate such rule change if it appears to the Commission that such action is necessary or appropriate in the public interest, for the protection of investors, or otherwise in furtherance of the purposes of the Act.
IV. Solicitation of Comments
Interested persons are invited to submit written data, views, and arguments concerning the foregoing, including whether the proposed rule change is consistent with the Act. Comments may be submitted by any of the following methods:
Electronic Comments
- Use the Commission's Internet comment form (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml); or
- Send an e-mail to email@example.com. Please include File Number SR-NASDAQ-2010-040 on the subject line.
Paper Comments
- Send paper comments in triplicate to Elizabeth M. Murphy, Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549-1090.
All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NASDAQ-2010-040. This file number should be included on the subject line if e-mail is used. To help the Commission process and review your comments more efficiently, please use only one method. The Commission will post all comments on the Commission's Internet Web site (http://www.sec.gov/rules/sro.shtml). Copies of the submission, all subsequent amendments, all written statements with respect to the proposed rule change that are filed with the Commission, and all written communications relating to the proposed rule change between the Commission and any person, other than those that may be withheld from the public in accordance with the provisions of 5 U.S.C. 552, will be available for Web site viewing and printing in the Commission's Public Reference Room, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Copies of such filing also will be available for inspection and copying at the principal office of the Exchange. All comments received will be posted without change; the Commission does not edit personal identifying information from submissions. You should submit only information that you wish to make publicly available. All submissions should refer to File Number SR-NASDAQ-2010-040 and should be submitted on or before April 30, 2010.Start Signature
For the Commission, by the Division of Trading and Markets, pursuant to delegated authority.[11]
Florence E. Harmon,
Deputy Secretary.
1. 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1).Back to Citation
2. 17 CFR 240.19b-4.Back to Citation
3. 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).Back to Citation
4. 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).Back to Citation
5. See SR-Phlx-2010-47 (March 22, 2010). For a description of the Phlx's current fee schedule for adding and removing liquidity, See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 61684 (March 10, 2010), 75 FR 13189 (March 18, 2010) (SR-Phlx-2010-33).Back to Citation
7. 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(4).Back to Citation
8. 15 U.S.C. 78f(b)(5).Back to Citation
9. 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A)(ii).Back to Citation
10. 17 CFR 240.19b-4(f)(2).Back to Citation
11. 17 CFR 200.30-3(a)(12).Back to Citation
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Mental health. That phrase SO many people are reluctant to discuss. Add "athlete" to that phrase, and it gets even more quiet. Yet, do a quick google search, and you will find dozens of articles discussing mental health difficulties in athletes of all levels, ages, and abilities.
Unfortunately, in the sports world, there's historically been stigma surrounding athlete mental health (although it's changing...YAY!!). On one hand, given mental health is still battling stigma in non-athlete populations, I can understand it. On the other hand, it is TIME for us to stop being weird about athlete mental health; we are all responsible for breaking that stigma. It's time for us to have real, honest discussions about it, and all work together toward helping student-athletes seek mental health treatment.
As you may already know, athlete mental health is one of my passions. I'm a practicing clinical + sport psychologist, so I work with many college student-athletes who are dealing with mental health issues. I'm incredibly comfortable discussing mental health and often encourage people to seek services in my professional AND personal life. Seeking mental health treatment IS NOT a weakness. Would you consider it weak to get an MRI and surgery for your knee? Nope. Mental health is no different.
One of the biggest barriers to student-athletes seeking mental health services is stigma (Wahto, Swift, & Whipple, 2016; Watson, 2005). This may take the form of student-athletes fearing how others will perceive them seeking treatment. It may also include their own negative biases about treatment, including believing that it's not helpful. Given we know mental health treatment can be incredibly effective in reducing difficulties and improving outcomes, what can be done to reduce stigma for student-athletes seeking mental health services?
1. Encourage those who are struggling to seek help.
Mental health difficulties can be incredibly scary and lonely. I cannot tell you how many student-athletes have asked me if they are the only ones who I've worked with dealing with mental health issues. (The answer is a resounding NO, by the way.) Mental health difficulties impact our thoughts and emotions to the point that it can be incredibly isolating. Unfortunately, when that's the case student-athletes may be reluctant to talk about what's really going on.
Don't be afraid to ask a student-athlete how he or she is doing. If you come at it from a place of genuine care and concern, it will be meaningful. Tell them what you've noticed and why you're wondering if they're struggling. Let them know you're there for them and can help them find resources to feel better. If you're not sure how to find these resources, ask someone you trust (a coach, team physician, ATC, teammate, parent, etc.) to help you or the student-athlete find them.
If you're seeking mental health services, make sure you're working with a LICENSED mental health provider, such as a psychologist (LP), social worker (LICSW), or counselor (LPCC). That "mental toughness" expert working with your team may not have appropriate training to effectively help you manage mental health issues. Ideally, the licensed provider with whom you're working will also have sport psychology training, too, because there are a number of unique factors in the student-athlete world that complicate things.
The American Psychological Association (APA) has a psychologist locator that you can use to find a psychologist in your area. You can also search the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Certified Consultant database. Just make sure the certified consultant you choose is also licensed in a mental health discipline. Other places to find providers include your college counseling center, local mental health agencies, or state psychological associations.
It's also important to note that there are MANY different therapeutic approaches. Unfortunately, movies perpetuate a stigma that therapy means laying on a couch, talking endlessly about feelings related to your mom, while the therapist is drawing on a notepad and not listening. THIS IS NOT TRUE! Well, I do have a couch and we will talk about feelings, but the other points aren't true. The only time I take notes is during the first session, just so I can remember all the new info!
One of the most common, evidence-based, and effective approaches is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). I touched on CBT in my previous blog post about "shoulds." It's ideal for athletes, as it's action-oriented. Granted, there will be some discussion about feelings (they're good things!) but not like it's portrayed in the movies. There are also other evidence-based approaches that are helpful that your therapist will discuss at the outset of treatment if they're right for you.
2. Create a climate of mental health acceptance.
Although mental health difficulties are common, not everyone has experienced them. As humans, we are vulnerable to judging what we don't understand. We may not even intend to come across as judgmental, but trust me, others notice and experience even subtle judgement harshly. Take a moment to notice how you talk about mental health. Are you weird about it? Do you whisper when you mention depression? Do you avoid talking about it all together? Do you dismiss mental health as something "in your head"?
If you talk about mental health in a stigmatized manner it's not going to help those you care about open up to you. If you don't understand mental health difficulties, APA has many resources available to help you understand them better. (There's also a great article on that page about how to choose the right psychologist.)
I find being matter of fact (yet supportive) about mental health to be a good approach. Allow others to acknowledge their difficulties, and direct them toward getting help if they haven't already. Ask how they want you to be helpful in this process. If you're not able to help in the manner they desire, offer something you CAN do. For example, maybe you're not one to have long conversations about emotional topics, but you'll invite them over to play with your dog. It's still being supportive, just in a different way!
There are also a number of great organizations that promote student-athlete mental health. Two of my favorites are the University of Michigan's Athletes Connected and the Student-Athlete Mental Health Initiative. These resources can be a good starting point for the discussion around student-athlete mental health.
3. Be patient.
Some mental health difficulties can be resolved relatively quickly, whereas others take time. Or maybe you'll feel better and then encounter a road bump that increases mental health symptoms. That's okay! It's like rehab for a physical injury: sometimes we know the course of recovery, sometimes we don't. Most of the time recovery isn't entirely linear and has some setbacks. Stay the course and keep working on it. You WILL feel better!
If someone you care about is dealing with mental health difficulties, remind them of this path. Athletes are used to pushing hard and getting results! Managing mental health concerns sometimes means pushing hard, whereas other time it means being patient. (What a great time to work on those patience skills, huh?).
I'm a strong proponent of student-athletes seeking mental health services. You're managing MANY different roles at any given moment, and at the very least, keeping it all in balance can be stressful. The reality is that life also happens while you're working on all of these accomplishments. You don't always know when you'll be thrown a curve ball, and it may not always be at the best time.
Talking with a therapist does NOT mean you're "crazy." Nearly all the people with whom I work are typical people that most wouldn't even know experienced mental health difficulties. Chances are they are just like you.
Dr. Erin Haugen is a licensed clinical psychologist and sport/performance psychologist located in Grand Forks, ND. She specializes in helping college student-athletes excel in sports and in life. She is a former basketball player, current triathlete, and LOVES dogs.
Disclaimer: You should consult an appropriate professional for specific advice tailored to your situation. If you are experiencing a life-threatening emergency, you should call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

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DAY TRIP | Ojai, California
Music of the Day: Lord Huron "Ends of the Earth"
Main Street, Ojai is fun to check out by foot -- you can find cute shops, wine tasting bars, ice-cream + coffee shops, and galleries.
Bart's Book is an independently owned outdoor bookstore with a large collection of rare and vintage books. There are plenty of spaces to sit and read in the shade and tons of interesting books to choose from.
Summer Camp is a home and lifestyle shop that totally had Wes Anderson "Moonrise Kingdom" vibes. The shop was full of whimsical camp-themed decor, vintage goods, and cute finds. The price-point was a bit high but it was still fun to window shop and admire every inch of space.
A fun place to relax and explore is Ojai Valley Inn & Spa. We enjoyed stopping by the ice-cream shop, sitting under the shade of these lantern-covered trees, and checking out the herb garden with tea houses.


text: Share: Comments Print February 3, 2009 at 4:00 PM Rush Limbaugh Posted by Seattle Times staff Pause the pontification, please Thank you for the Leonard Pitts Jr. column criticizing Rush Limbaugh ["That's why they're called dittoheads," syndicated columnist, Feb. 1]. Too many journalists are guilty of the "journalistic malpractice" mentioned by Pitts because of their failure to criticize Limbaugh. I hope Pitts and others will continue to challenge Limbaugh and expose him for the fraud that he is. Limbaugh's resume is void of accomplishment. He gave no quarter to lawbreaking drug addicts until he became one. His racist remarks cost him a broadcasting job (he resigned before he was fired). He has failed at marriage three times. He has never served in the military. He has never raised children. He has no credentials to be pontificating to the rest of us. If The Times and other media will publish more articles that expose Limbaugh and inform the Limbaugh "dittoheads," perhaps we can avoid electing the type of leadership that got us into our current mess. — David Storm, Everett Comments | More in Politics


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ATLAS Production System in heterogeneous computing environment
ATLAS Production System in heterogeneous computing environment
M Borodin1,2, D Golubkov1,3, A Klimentov1,4, R Mashinistov1
1Big Data Laboratory, National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", Moscow, Russia
2National Research Nuclear University "MEPhI", Moscow, Russia
3Institute for High Energy Physics, Protvino, Russia
4Brookhaven National Laboratory, NY, U.S.A
The new generation of the ATLAS production system is an automated workload manager, which used by thousands of physicists in CERN to process and analyze the distributed exabyte-scale data using the power of 150 computing centers, supercomputers and cloud academic resources. The system was developed in accordance with the requirements from ATLAS scientific community: a flexible web user interface, fast adaptivity to new working processes, high efficiency use of computing resources, automated load balancing controlled by configurable policies for different types of data processing, scalability. It's achieved through the use of a scalable multilevel system architecture. The high level interface for workflow management provides the abstraction of data and generates sets of input parameters - computing tasks based on user requests. These tasks are transferred to the executive low-level system to run in a heterogeneous computing environment. The task monitoring system provides continuous access to information about tasks and necessary task management methods. We present a description of the main elements of the system, their interactions and solutions used in the development of the system architecture.


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Are You Listening?
Hmmm...is our Lord calling YOU to embrace a life of total consecration to himself through religious life or priesthood?
Here is a great new resource to help you grow in those listening skills so that you CAN respond generously and quickly to the Lord's promptings.
This Vocational Download of the Month Club from the Institute on Religious Life provides an audio download every month for an entire year. This is for men and women 18 -35 years old who are serious about discerning a vocation to priesthood and religious life. Periodic emails will also provide helpful discernment resources as well as notices of special vocation events.
I hope you will subscribe!
Speak Lord, Your Servant is Listening...


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Delaware Special Olympics
16th annual Lewes Polar Bear Plunge to Benefit Special Olympics
This was held Sunday Feb 4th 2007 @ 1:00 pm. There were 2672 total Plungers and an estimated 12,000 spectators. It raised $484,000 for Special Olympics. They say it got as high as 29 degrees but my truck said 24 when I got in it to leave. They also say the water was 42 but felt like 32. I just dont see 42 no way!!!! Just a great time for a great cause.
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"10 billion Ringo fans
can't be all wrong
target your audience
then write them a song...
-- from "Cheap Buttons" (on August By Cake)
By now many of you know that Guided By Voices (GBV) -- led by singer and main songwriter Robert Pollard -- are a prolific band of merry music makers, (seemingly) year-after-year gleefully tossing off multiple albums-after-albums of Brit-pop inspired rock 'n roll in the time it takes most bands to even think about booking studio time to record. In 2017 so far, Pollard and company have put out two new long players -- one, a two record set -- and several singles, maybe more depending on how you count these things.
Rather than walk away from the ongoing flood of GBV music -- as some people I know sort of have -- I've found that the best way to enjoy the GBV universe is simply embrace it with open arms and let yourself go with their flow. Don't expect every song to knock you out right off the mark, allow time for it to engage you over time. Every new GBV album will be at least interesting and at minimum there will almost always be that one song which gets under your skin and digs deep inside your psyche. Typically, a GBV release offers you more than that, however...
In many ways, listening to GBV's records are an encapsulated lesson in rock and roll of the last 50 or so years. A neat mashup of everything we have heard and learned from Brill Building pop to the rawest of punk, new wave and of course the original 1960s British Invasion by The Kinks, The Who, The Stones, The Beatles and The Animals. Thus, when GBV put the phrase "Rock 101" on the promotional trailer for their latest album, you know what they are talking about...
The three GBV related releases I have purchased thus far this year include one quasi side-project and two full albums by the newest incarnation of GBV. They all have their charms. All are generally good sounding, pretty much full-fidelity (not LoFi) listening affairs, probably digitally recorded, pressed on dark, quiet, well-centered, standard weight vinyl. All include free downloads. They all rock. And, you can find them all on Amazon (links can be found by clicking on the highlighted sub-headline titles to the the mini-reviews below) or at your favorite record store.
Following are highlights of what I heard:
This one snuck out in late 2016 and it is basically a collaboration celebrating the reunion between late 90s-era GBV guitarist / singer Doug Gillard and Robert Pollard, no doubt signaling the beginning of what became the current lineup of the band. Gillard is a guitar monster and his tight approach to making rock records seem to work well with Pollard's off-the-cuff shoot-from-the-hip-and-heart compositional aesthetic -- very much a Yin-Yang situation. A GBV album in all but name, ESP OHIO has some great songs including the tune the band has played in recent live sets, the fun march step rocker "Royal Cyclopean." "Weakened by A Logical Mind" is one of those tunes which has recently impregnated its ear worm into my psyche. Each time I play this album, another song sinks its hooks in.... signs of a very good period-of-transition record, for sure...
This first two - record set from GBV celebrated the group's 100th release -- yes, they have released at least 100 recordings in the GBV universe in its 30-plus year career. Feeling overwhelmed yet? The remarkable thing about this one is that it sounds really good and has some great songs on it that grow on you and... oh... wait... yeah... that is kinda "the thing" about most every GBV recording!
I'm into the album opener "5° On The Inside" and the churning "When We All Hold Hands At The End Of The World" (a title U2 probably wishes they had written). Interestingly, this album is not entirely a Robert Pollard showcase: there are fine songs by several of the new band members on August By Cake, which makes the album more like an earlier GBV album when tracks by Pollard butted up against songs by Tobin Sprout. It keeps things fresh! And just when you thought there was going to be too many songs and forgettable moments, an epic end like "We Liken The Sun" plants an ear-worm in your gut with its anthemic repeated lines "Burn your face, with your gut, light your head, liken the sun." And so it goes on August By Cake.
A sprawling modern rock 'n roll record, August By Cake offers up hooks galore even some drama. One of my favorites is "Substitute 11 (An Educational Nightmare Teleplay)" in which a fill-in teacher clearly gives up and is found passed out drunk at the desk. The students run wild in the streets while the school's director intones: "Substitute 11, come in... Substitute 11, can you hear me?"
Yeah... August By Cake is a cool record.
GBV's latest, How Do You Spell Heaven, is a single disc affair containing songs nearly all written by Robert Pollard. This album rocks in the best possible way and -- dare I say it -- offers a more mature take on the band. Certainly the raw production and performance edges are tightened up a bit. All the instruments seem in tune and as well as Pollard's singing, even when he's seemingly first-take riffing on a new idea. The band is playing well and singing well -- yes, there are several Who-like harmony moments on this album, more than I remember hearing on past GBV albums (and that is not a bad thing!).
Words and phrases jump out and surprise on How Do You Spell Heaven. Lines like:"maximum high kick, quoting the psychic." Or, consider the haunting and very Beatles/Who-esque descending signature chorus-of-a-sort on "Steppenwolf Mausoleum" coupled with a lyric coming face to face with age: "And now fast cars are gone, along with the girls..." There is also a fascinating little mini rock opera: "How To Murder A Man (In 3 Acts)" which indeed crams several distinct musical movements into a three minute pop song.
The band must have felt strongly about the sequencing on this album, taking a very old-school approach by putting the first single -- and one of the most easily accessible tunes -- at the end of the album: "Just To Show You." As a vinyl listen, I like this as it kind of forces you to listen to the whole album to get to that last gem. Of course with the free download you can jump around to any point where you'd like (or just move your stylus manually).
But I think you understand what I am getting at here...
Listen to the whole record in the sequence as the band intended. This matters as the songs on How Do You Spell Heaven build upon one anoter. Side Two especially seems to grow and grow in a tight-knit suite of tunes: the title track followed by "Paper Cutz," "Low Flying Perfection," "Nothing Gets You Real" and "Just To Show You." And, when you get to the end, bask in the glow of that heartwarming moment: a love song in effect -- perhaps a song of reconciliation -- that doesn't use the "L" word.
"I've come over here just to show you a short letter word.
A four letter word to know you better,
It won't be the usual disguise,
I'm gonna know you, just to show you."
Indeed... All you need is love, kids... Perhaps its time to put a little GBV love back in your heart with one of these new releases.


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Today I received an email from Chris Bell with some answers to our questions following his visit a few weeks ago. I thought that you may not want to wait until after half term to read the answers and so I have copied it for you to read below!
Hey Sophie,
I know it's half-term so you won't be (or shouldn't be!) thinking about school – but I just wanted to send you the responses to the questions that the Yr 6s asked.
Tell your class I really liked their thank you cards as well.
Have you ever been caught up in a tornado? Daisy, Yr 6.
– Thankfully NO! But I have been very close, about 200 yards away from one…Scary!
Why has it been so warm this Winter? Jack, Yr 6.
– Very good question Jack, and the answer is a little complicated, but it has to do with colder than normal water in the Atlantic Ocean to the south of Greenland and a stronger than normal current of air about 25,000ft above the Earth (called the jet-stream). The combination of those things has brought air from a milder part of the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest of Britain.
How close have you ever got to a tornado? Boden, Yr 6.
– Too close! About 200 yards away from one in the state of Missouri in the year 2004.
How long did you have to study at University to become a weatherman? Alice, Yr 6.
– Good question Alice, you can get a Meteorology degree from university in 3 years, and the topics you'd need to focus on are maths, physics, and geography. UEA in Norwich and the University of Reading are two universities known for Meteorology degrees.
Have you or anyone you have been with ever been hurt by a tornado? Ella, (Yr 6?).
– Thankfully no, we generally stay a safe distance away from the parts of a thunderstorm that may produce a tornado.
Which tools (manual or electronic) do you use to forecast the weather? Maddie, Yr 6.
– now days a computer and access to the internet are the most important things you need to be a Meteorologist. We use very sophisticated computer models to predict the weather. But those computer models rely on accurate measurements of the weather from around the world with lots of different weather instruments and satellites that are in space.
How long does it take for a tornado to form? Max, Yr 6.
– The thunderstorms that produce tornadoes can develop very quickly, and a tornado can form in as little as 15-30 minutes.
When you do the weather on TV is the screen green or a monitor? Alfie, (Yr 6?).
– Good question, most of the time the screen behind the weather presenter is green or blue, and the maps that people see at home are put on by a computer. However, at the BBC in Norwich they do actually have a big wall with the actual weather on a monitor behind the weather presenter.
And tell Kai from your class that it's lots of fun being a weatherman (he asked that question in his thank you card).
Best wishes,
Chris Bell | Meteorologist at Weatherquest | Stormchaser


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Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Marketing Orientation
On Wednesday February 9, 2011, I attended a Snap Shot Orientation for Marketing Partners of the Atlantic City Convention and Visitors Authority. Partners were welcomed by Doreen Prinzo, Manager, Marketing Partnership. All attending partners were introduced with some information pertaining to their specific business. Some of the areas covered were How To Promote Tourism, How Can You Help Conventions and How You Can Take Advantage of Your Partnership. Partners were introduced to staff members of the ACCVA with each staff member talking about their role in promoting the ACCVA and Atlantic City Tourism.
I was fortunate enough to meet and discuss partnering with fellow ACCVA partners to package goods and services. I spoke with the owners of The Inn at Sugar Hill, Colonial Inn, The Carisbrooke Inn and The Chelsea. We spoke of incorporating Golf Schools, Corporate Outings and Lessons with Lodging at the partners Inn's and Hotels. I am looking forward to developing packages with these partners in the near future.
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Sales Process Check-Up: Do you have a plan to achieve your goals?
Do you want to grow your business this year? (I'm assuming you do)
Do you have a detailed plan to do it? (I hope you do)
Do you have a consistent, repeatable sales process that will help you achieve it? (you might)
Can you describe it? …without saying "it's all about relationships…"? (you probably can't)
What if you don't have the relationships with the people you need to in order to grow? (you clearly don't)
What if you're new and don't have any relationships at all? (that's a real problem)
If all it takes is relationships, then why don't all of your relationships yield revenues? (because it takes more than that)
If you said that you wanted to grow your business this year, and you don't have answers to those questions, then how are you going to do it? (hmmm…)
Let's start by admitting that it's going to take more than relationships, which is helpful, especially if you're new and don't have any. How does anybody get started in this business anyway?
One more quick question… Have you ever been called Type A, an achiever, a go-getter, a hustler, a control freak? (I rather prefer the term 'control enthusiast' but that's just me…) You LOVE the big win, and there's a lot to complain about when you don't.
Sales is a results-oriented game, so it's easy to focus on the results and assume that with your eye on the prize, everything else will magically fall into place. That's only partially true – it's not the whole story. If you don't have the pieces to the puzzle, let alone know what they are or where to put them, how are you going to be able to accomplish anything?
The answer is by establishing a simple, repeatable process, and focusing your efforts there rather than solely on results. You cannot control results, but you can control your thoughts and your actions, which are the basis for that process.
When you focus on your process, you get results, and with more consistency. As your process improves, so do your results.
Making more sales doesn't necessarily make you a better salesperson, but a better salesperson makes more sales. Great salespeople have great sales processes. A great sales process puts you in position to win.
Being in a position to win does not mean that you always will. Sometimes the chips just don't fall your way. So, you review your process, you correct deficits, you address inadequacies, you learn from lost opportunities…
As you improve your process you put yourself in better positions to win. When you're in more of these positions, you win more.
There's really no way around it, if you want to win more you need to do the work. There needs to be some focus and direction to the work though, and the odds are that you don't have much of either. The sales process is really simple when you break it down. It hasn't changed much ever, despite what the pundits and the talking heads would have you believe, and regardless of the new tools and means by which it is carried out. Hustle will not get you as much as discipline will. In fact, hustle without discipline will only wear you out.
The process and the discipline do not need to be complicated. In fact, the one I use is so simple that I do not even require a CRM to manage it, though it can be easily integrated into yours. It's repeatable, scalable, and will shine a light on how much more effective you can be immediately.
I can show you the process, but it's up to you to be disciplined enough to implement and work through it.


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There's been a long time, but I was taken in the eternal movement of life.
Sometimes, I just sit and wonder why is it so like the sunfire.
All these sounds coming from deep inside. All this fury, that is mere illusion.
I just wonder when the sun goes down, we don't even choose it. When we choose, it's just an impression,
We don't choose. We don't choose to love, we don't choose to stay, we just do the things that must be
done to keep on going.
Why is it on earth that some people are never satisfied with what they have, when it's happiness
they must find something wrong to breach it. they can't get enough, never!
It must be the foolishness of their hearts that brings them to let the sun go down on them!
When I sit and look around, I just see that it's not worth it fighting the events, they just happen
you think you master them, it's true to a certain extent, but the feelings are here, and you can't but be
sad and angry when the sun goes like fire.
It's true then the night comes. The only way to handle it is to think that night is also part of the game
and that's good too to have shares of night in this life.
The only way to make it through life is to accept the choices, even if you think you didn't make them!
Sometimes, it's good to think your life in a different way and find that maybe you deserve better
than those people who love you so much that they can't stay with you forever.
Yes, it sounds paradoxical, but I swear it does exist, trust me!
And that's all I wanted to share with you, I can't share more.... Let me know if you think the same.
18 février 2007
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Earlier on in the year we wrote about the rise of NEP5 tokens, as more NEP5 tokens are launching there is a greater than ever excitement about NEO, and the projects being launched on their native blockchain. NEP5 tokens so far to date have seen some incredible profits for investors, but which are the top 5 most profitable NEP5 tokens so far?
We also wrote about some NEP tokens to look out for, and if you had invested in any these projects you would have seen a very nice return on your investment. There is a lot of excitement around NEP5 tokens throughout 2018 after a number of successful projects. Here's the top 5 most profitable NEP5 tokens so far:
Top 5 most profitable NEP5 tokens so far
#1 Ontology (ONT)
Ontology is the coin used within the Ontology project. Ontology (ONT) "is a is a new high-performance public blockchain project & a distributed trust collaboration platform" which "provides a series of complete distributed ledgers and smart contract systems."
Ontology's official ICO price is $0.20 meaning it is up around 43x at the current price of $8.60, however, this is not actually completely accurate. Ontology did not have an ICO, instead they did an airdrop to NEO holders and an airdrop to a humber of users who registered for their newsletter. When ONT was actually available to be traded on exchanges it was around the $1 mark. Meaning it is still one of the most profitable NEP5 tokes so far.
#2 DeepBrain Chain (DBC)
DeepBrain Chain is a decentralized neural network. Countless nodes across the world will supply computational power to AI companies and receive DBC as rewards. 70% of the DBC will be paid by the system and AI companies only need to pay 30%.
The vision of DeepBrain Chain is to provide a low-cost, private, flexible, safe, and decentralized artificial intelligence computing platform to artificial intelligence products.
DeepBrain Chain tokens were released at just $0.015 which seems incredibly low considering they are now traded at around 7.3x that price at $0.115. It is also worth noting the DBC has reached an all time high of $0.63 according to coinmarketcap.com. Even though it is considerably down from this figure, if you got in at the ICO price you would still be well in profit.
#3 Red Pulse (RPX)
Red Pulse is a market intelligence platform covering China's financial and capital markets. They aim to connect industry experts, practitioners, and professionals together to share their views and analysis to a global audience. Red Pulse is building the next generation ecosystem for knowledge and research sharing.
Red Pulse tokens RPX were initially released at just $0.035 and after reaching highs of $0.77 back in January 2018 according to coinmarketcap.com they are now back down to around $0.15, still an impressive increase of around 4.2x the ICO price, making RPX another on of the most profitable NEP5 tokens.
#4 Switcheo (SWH)
Switcheo is the first ever decentralised exchange to run on the NEO blockchain. Switcheo is certainly one of the most exciting projects which will run on the NEO blockchain. They allow users to trade all NEP5 tokens on a decentralised exchange, allowing for maximum security. Although Switcheo is the first decentralised exchange, it will shortly have to compete with NEX. See Switcheo v NEX to compare the two.
Switcheo tokens SWH were realeased at $0.016 and after reaching highs of around $0.075, SWH is back down to approximately $0.047 still almost 3x the ICO price. Whats more impressive is Switcheo only finished their ICO in March 2018. We could well be looking at one of the most successful NEP5 tokens in the making here.
#5 Qlink (QLC)
And finishing off our list of the most profitable NEP5 tokens so far is… Qlink.
Qlink is the worlds' first decentralised mobile network. Qlink, is dedicated to constructing an open-source telecom infrastructure on blockchain. Qlink finished their ICO in December after issuing QLC tokens at $0.10, Qlink is now trading at around 2.2x that at $0.22 after reaching highs of around $1.15 according to coinmarketcap.com.
That concludes our roundup of the most profitable NEP5 tokens so far, one thing is for sure and that is the projects running on the NEO blockchain are certainly living up to their hype and 2018 will be an exciting year for all NEP5 projects. Which do you think will be the most successful? Don't forget to let us know via social media.


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UN Chronicle. 1995 Dec; 32(4):[4] p..Faced with unrelenting impoverishment, marginalization and social strife engulfing Africa - home to the greatest proportion of least developed nations in the world - ministers from every region of the world convened during the 1995 session of the UN Economic and Social Council to tackle the complex range of interrelated issues and problems that have made the economic and social development of Africa a formidable challenge. "Today, this continent often baffles the world by continually giving the international community reasons for alternating between hope and discouragement", UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali said on 4 July in an address to the opening of the Council's three-day high-level segment, whose purpose is to set UN policy on major international matters. (excerpt)


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Do you snore while you sleep? Do you wake up tired each day and can't explain why? If so, you could be suffering from sleep apnea. Sleep apnea should be taken seriously, and to help you understand why, our dental expert, Dr. Scott A. Young at Scott A. Young, DDS in Charlotte, North Carolina, has provided you with this information:
First, sleep apnea is a common sleeping disorder that occurs when you are sleeping making your breathing difficult or interrupted as you sleep. The sleeping disorder can happen to anyone, despite their age. However, more adults are more likely to have sleep apnea then children. Oftentimes, it is found in adults over forty or who are overweight. Sleep apnea can also arise in people with a long history of sleep apnea or people with very large tonsils, very small jaws, or large tongues. If you suffer from any nasal obstructions such as a deviated septum, allergies, or any sinus problems, you too can also be at risk for this sleeping disorder.
If sleep apnea is left untreated, sleep apnea can lead to a multitude of problems that could have been avoided. These health conditions include:
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7 x 7 Waltons Tongue and Groove Wooden Corner Shed
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The 7ft x 7ft Corner Shed is perfect for discreet, garden storage. This shed neatly fits into the corner of your garden and the space saving design is both practical and affordable! Made from high quality planed tongue and groove timbers, the shiplap cladding of this shed locks together to form a strong, weather resistant panel. The large double doors provide easy access and storage for larger garden items such as lawn mowers or furniture and are complimented by styrene glazed windows which flood the building with light. Styrene is a safe, environmentally friendly alternative to glass that is completely transparent and shatterproof.
The corner garden shed has high quality framing and floor joists giving the shed a solid foundation for storage or even use as a small workshop. The roof and floor of the building are made from solid sheet board and come complete with a sand felt roof covering to protect your building and its contents.
Full assembly instructions are supplied with the shed along with all fixings for quick and easy assembly!Click here to view our easy to follow installation instructions Download the Absco App to view product videos and manuals.
Important Information
Our dip treated buildings, once installed, will need treating as soon as possible and on an annual basis in order to receive the 10 year anti rot guarantee*. The building also includes a 1 year manufacturers guarantee* as standard.
Dip Treated Buildings
Our buildings are supplied flat packed as DIY kits with full instructions.
It is the customer's responsibility to follow the instructions outlined in Aftercare.
All of our buildings are delivered unpainted. The buildings are dressed for display, we don't supply any accessories or shelves featured within the product images.
Our factory applied Dip Treatment may differ in shade between components as it is simply a basecoat.
Exact product dimensions are supplied on the listing as we do round off the main size of the building in order to make it easier for customers to find, so please be sure to check the item's specific measurements carefully.
All measurements refer to the exterior of the building which includes the roof overhang unless stated otherwise.
Our styrene windows are protected using a clear film which will need to be removed after you've installed the building.
Delivery times highlighted with an asterisk (*) refer to working days.
10 Year Anti-Rot Guarantee
Our Dip Treated Garden Buildings come with a 10 year anti rot guarantee. Anti-rot protection guards against fungal decay. The guarantee does not cover movement, twisting, warping or splitting of timber products over time.
During manufacture we apply a water based treatment which protects against fungal and insect attack. This treatment lasts approximately 3 months and will require a preservative top coat application as soon after construction as possible.
In order to keep your building in tip top shape and maintain the 10 year anti rot guarantee, it will need re-treating at least annually. Only high quality timber preservatives should be used and applied in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. This must be done at least annually to preserve the 10 year anti rot guarantee. For more information please refer to the Waltons T&C's.
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Subject to the conditions set out in the T&C's (Section 8) the Seller warrants that the Goods will correspond with their specification at the time of delivery and will be free from defects in material and workmanship for a period of 12 months.
We want you to enjoy the use of your new garden building for many years. To give you the best chance of doing so, your product needs protecting at the start and maintained during its life. If you're planning a DIY project, please read our Self-Installation & How to Build a Shed advice pages before you start.
All long-lasting garden buildings will have been built on a solid and level base, either concrete, slabs, a wooden frame or ground level bearers. A flat, level base is essential, for more information go to our How to Build a Shed Base guide.
If your garden building is not level and square when built, it will twist and warp with the natural movement of the wood. The first signs of this are when the doors or windows stop opening and closing properly. You may get issues with the roof and potential gaps in the panels which will allow water in, there may be flex in the floor and probably creaking. Check your base is level in both directions and adjust prior to the build. It will be really difficult to adjust afterwards.
Our styrene windows are protected using a clear film which will need to be removed after you've installed the building.
All Waltons shed windows are designed to fit well, but over time and with the movement of wood, small gaps can appear. Help to prevent this by sealing your windows with a silicone sealant. You can do this either when you build your shed, or add it to an existing one. We've created this video Protect Your Shed - Silicone Window Sealant for guidance.
We've also created these handy Maintenance Guides to help you make the most out of your building, for years to come. Should you require any further advice, you can contact our Customer Service Team on 0800 029 1000 and select Option 3.
Please Note: Sizes are approximate only. For specific details, please consult our technical department.
|Imperial Size (ft)
|7 x 7
|People Req'd To Build
|Anti-Rot Guarantee
|10 Years
|Cladding Style
|Shiplap Tongue & Groove
|Cladding Material
|Shiplap Tongue and Groove
|Roof Material
|9mm Solid Sheet Board
|Floor Material
|9mm Solid Sheet Board
|Roof Type
|Door Style
|Double Door
|Building Type
|Corner Sheds
|Metric Size (Meters)
|2.1 x 2.1
|Under 2.5m Tall
|6' 5"
|6' 5"
|Eaves Height
|5' 7"
|Ridge Height
|6' 5"
|Door Width
|3' 8"
|Door Height
|5' 6"
|Internal Width
|6' 2"
|Internal Depth
|6' 2"
Delivery Information
Delivery on this building is 7-10 working days to most UK Mainland addresses.
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Bridgeport, Conn.-The University of Bridgeport men's basketball team saw its six-game winning streak snapped on Wednesday night at home, as six members of visiting LIU Post Pioneers reached double-digit scoring in LIUP's 90-69 East Coast Conference win over the Purple Knights. With the loss, Bridgeport is now 17-10 overall and 12-5 in the ECC. The Purple Knights now must also win their regular season finale at the University of the District of Columbia on Saturday afternoon to guarantee themselves the number two seed and a bye into the semifinals of next week's East Coast Conference Championship Tournament that will played in UB's Hubbell Gym. The Pioneers are now 10-17 overall and 9-8 in conference action.
Junior Sam Joseph (Brooklyn, N.Y.) led the Purple Knights with a game-high 19 points.
Joseph was joined in double-figure scoring by seniors Kyle Benjamin (Bronx, N.Y.) with 12 points and Montana Mayfield (Philadelphia, Pa.) with 10 points. Benjamin finished with a double-double grabbing 10 rebounds.
Greg Dotson and Aary Bibens led LIU Post, as they each netted 18 points, and Bibens finished with a double-double snatching 10 rebounds.


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More or less done with the medusa. Just some small things to do here and there. The crew is also more or less done. Just need to put them on the bases.
I also put together a standard for my 4th legion. I mounted it on a magnet. The Idea is that i can put it on different bases and models or separate on its own base. I simply have the standard on one magnet on one side of the base and another magnet on the other side. Simple and easy :) .


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What is myofascial release therapy? The hands-on approach is an effective method of improving motion and removing pain. An important facet of the approach is the body's connective tissue system known as the fascial system. This intricate webbing has a profound effect on the way a person feels and it can be a source of great discomfort.
The fascial system is a web-like structure of connective tissue that is dense, woven through every part of the body. Fascias are present in the following areas:
- Organs: Heart, lungs, brain, liver, kidneys, and all other organs.
- Spinal cord
- Muscles
- Nervous system
- Bones
- Circulatory system
The system is fascinating because it does not involve separate webbings, as one would imagine. Instead, it is a single structure that connects every system in the human body, as if the person were wearing a net fabric from head to toe. No part of the body exists outside of the webbed structure.
Every part of the human body is interconnected. The nose is connected to the toes, and the heart is connected to the knees through this web of connective tissue. The webbing serves an extremely important purpose; it holds the body together.
The fascia system is a support for the body, allowing different components to function independently while still tied to all other parts of the body. Part of the support involves tension in order to hold the structure together. Balance is an important aspect of the system and imbalance of tension can be the source of pain.
Myofascial release therapy seeks to promote balance by alleviating tension that may be present in the structure of the fascia. Some suggest that this approach is effective in treating a number of health conditions, as outlined in the article The "Missing Link" in Your Treatment.
Normally, the fascias are relaxed, with tension used when necessary. The web system can move without any restrictions under normal circumstances. However, some conditions can lead to a tightening of the fascia, making it less able to move freely.
• Physical trauma
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Over time, the fascia can become very tight and uncomfortable. The individual may find that his or her range of motion is restricted, flexibility is compromised, and moving can be very painful.
Myofascial release therapy releases the tension in the fascia, providing pain relief and increased mobility. This approach is most effective when it is catered to the individual. Treatment includes:
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Over time, the patient builds an awareness of tension, posturing and movements. Combined with hands-on therapy and appropriate manipulation techniques determined by the therapist, the patient can feel the results in little time.


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Brooklyn Beginnings: The Settlement and Founders of a Historic Black Town in Southern Illinois
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Brooklyn, Illinois is known as the first majority Black town to be incorporated in the United States in 1873. Nearly forty years prior, Brooklyn was one of the few settlements in the area that allowed African Americans to purchase lots and build homes. This lecture will discuss the town's unofficial founder, Priscilla Baltimore, its early residents and institutions, and its initial growth and development.
Bring your lunch and join us for a different speaker and topic on the third Wednesday of each month. Brown Bag Lectures are held at the ISM Research & Collections Center at 1011 E. Ash St. in Springfield. The Collections Center must be accessed from the new gate on Ash St. and approached from 11th Street or further east due to the rail closure at Ash and 10 ½ Streets. For additional information, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com or (217) 558-6696.


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Obama eyes US$478 billion infrastructure spend
[WASHINGTON] President Barack Obama's budget being released Monday will include proposals to spend US$478 billion (S$646.4 billion) on improving creaking infrastructure, paid for by a tax on money US firms hold overseas.
"The president will propose a significant investment to repair our crumbling roads and bridges, and modernize our infrastructure so businesses can create good jobs here at home," a White House official said on Sunday.
The one-third increase in infrastructure spending would be paid for, in part, by a one-time 14 per cent tax on cash US businesses park overseas to avoid tax.
"This transition tax would mean that companies have to pay US tax right now on the US$2 trillion they already have overseas," the official said.
Republicans who control the House of Representatives and the Senate are likely to view that as an anti-business tax hike, which they have vowed not to make law.


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Recently I presented a few lectures derived from a book my wife bought me titled "Evidence for Christianity" by Josh McDowell (for PowerPoint lessons see below). He is a professor who teaches on this subject and collected his wealth of knowledge into a book. He is not an Orthodox Christian but most of what he writes does not disturb Orthodox theology or teachings, but for a few things here or there that should be obvious or are otherwise mostly benign. He presents evidence in support of the Bible, Christ, and His Resurrection from a historical and scholarly perspective, bringing to light writings and some archaeological finds that reflect the validity of the historical underpinnings of Christianity. I highly recommend his book, especially if you are seeking to stabilize your beliefs upon more solid evidentiary grounds. Believing on faith is best, but if you need evidence, there's plenty of it!
Here is a list of the most interesting highlights I found in the book:
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Evidence of Christianity PowerPoint – Part 1
Evidence of Christianity PowerPoint – Part 2
1) Not millions, but billions of copies have been distributed.
2) Out of about 6,500 known languages, the Bible has been translated into more than 2,200, which covers about 90% of the world's population.
3) Originally, Scripture had no chapters or verses, spaces or punctuation even.
4) The Hebrew Old Testament did not even have vowels until some time between the fifth and tenth centuries.
5) It was not until about the 1200s that modern chapters were given to Scripture, and middle of the 1500s that verses became standardized (for the New Testament; Old Testament was around the 900s).
6) No ecumenical council definitively delineated the canon, but rather over time by a consensus among the fathers there came a clearly accepted set of New Testament Scripture.
7) The first person in recorded history to name the 27 books of the New Testament as we have it today was the great Egyptian Pope of Alexandria, St. Athanasius.
1) Counting Greek copies alone, there are about 5,656 partial and complete manuscripts copied by hand from the 2nd to the 15th centuries.
2) Add over 10,000 Latin Vulgate copies and about 9,300 other manuscripts copied over time, we have over 25,000 historical manuscripts of the Bible
3) In terms of number of extant (i.e., still available) manuscripts of a historical writing, the closest one that comes in 2nd after the Bible is Homer's Iliad with only 643 manuscripts available to us today (yet no one really questions the reliability of that writing now do they?)
4) The earliest complete manuscript of the Bible is dated to around A.D. 300. For Homer's Iliad….. A.D. 1200. Time difference between the ORIGINAL to the EARLIEST COPY: Bible = 250 years; Iliad = 2,000 years.
5) Aside from manuscript copies, the early Church Fathers quoted so much of the Bible that it is possible you could almost entirely write the New Testament just based on what they wrote.
1) Many "Christian" leaders of various denominations do not believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus Christ. For example, in 2002, nearly 2,000 Church of England clergy were polled and 1/3 doubted or disbelieved in the physical resurrection of Christ [this was taken from a source other than the book itself, but thought it was interesting.]
2) There are only about four major world religions based on a person rather than a philosophical system: Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, and Christianity. Only Christianity claims their founder resurrected from the dead.
3) The earliest evidences all agree (whether explicitly or implicitly) that Christ's tomb was empty after He was placed there. What differs is why it was empty.
4) A relatively recent discovery shows that Emperor Claudius (A.D. 41-54) sent out a decree that no graves should be disturbed or bodies extracted or removed (presumably in reaction to the Christian doctrine of Christ's resurrection).
5) It is unlikely the Roman guard slept in wait outside the tomb, because the punishment was extremely severe. For example, early writings show that when a soldier was found asleep on duty, they hurled him off a cliff.
6) It was well known among the Jews that at Christ's time they would place the dead in a tomb and roll a stone (known as golel, golal, or golalim [plural]) to close it.
7) It is recorded in a fourth-century manuscript side note that it would take more than 20 men to roll away such a stone.
8) If the notion is that the disciples stole Christ's body, the disciples had no incentive to die for a lie; the drastic change they evinced, from being scared and afraid, to publicly proclaiming their affiliation to Christ (with no real personal gain yet under threat of death and persecution), is possibly the greatest evidence of the resurrection available to us.
1) Tacitus, a first-century Roman said that the Roman Emperor Nero blamed Christians for the fire that started in Rome, and then wrote about Christ and the new religion of His followers:
Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superstition [probably the resurrection of Christ], thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judea, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome.
2) Suetonius, chief-secretary to Emperor Hadrian (A.D. 117-138) wrote:
Punishment was inflicted on the Christians, a body of people addicted to a novel and mischievous superstition."
3) Julius Africanus (A.D. 221) quotes Thallus (A.D. 52) who tried to explain away the dramatic natural events that occurred during Christ's crucifixion:
On the whole world there pressed a most fearful darkness, and the rocks were rent by an earthquake, and many places in Judea and other districts were thrown down. This darkness Thallus, in the third book of his History [not extant today], calls, as appears to me without reason, an eclipse of the sun.
4) Pliny the Younger (A.D. 112), a government official in Rome wrote this remarkable history of what Christians were known for at his time:
[Christians] were in the habit of meeting on a certain fixed day before it was light, when they sang in alternate verses a hymn to Christ, as to a god, and bound themselves by solemn oath, not to do any wicked deeds, but never to commit any fraud, theft or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate, and then reassemble to partake of food—but food of an ordinary and innocent kind.
5) Emperor Trajan replied to Pliny with guidelines on how to punish Christians:
No search should be made for these people, when they are denounced and found guilty they must be punished, with the restriction, however, that when the party denies himself to be a Christian, and shall give proof that he is not (that is, by adoring our gods) he shall be pardoned on the ground of repentance even though he may have formerly incurred suspicion.
6) The Talmud (complied between A.D. 70-200) says this about Christ:
On the eve of Passover Yeshu was hanged. For forty days before the execution took place, a herald went forth and cried, 'He is going forth to be stoned because he has practiced sorcery and enticed Israel to apostasy. Any one who can say anything in his favor let him come forward and plead on his behalf.' But since nothing was brought forward in his favor, he was hanged on the eve of Passover!
7) A second-century Greek writer named Lucian of Samosata provides sarcastic critiques of Christians:
The Christians, you know, worship a man to this day—the distinguished personage who introduced their novel rites, and was crucified on that account…. You see, these misguided creatures start with the general conviction that they are immortal for all time, which explains the contempt of death and voluntary self-devotion which are so common among them; and it was impressed upon them by their original lawgiver, that they are all brothers, from the moment that they are converted, and deny the gods of Greece, and worship the crucified sage, and live after his laws. All this they take quite on faith, with the result that they despise all worldly goods alike, regarding them merely as common property."
8) Josephus, the famed Jewish historian who lived at the time of the apostles (c. A.D. 37-100), also wrote much about Christians and Christ:
[Referring to the high priest Ananias, he writes]:
"He assembled the Sanhedrin of the judges, whose name was James, and some others [or some of his companions], and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned."
"Now, some of the Jews thought that the destruction of Herod's army came from God, and very justly, as a punishment of what he did against John, who was called the Baptist; for Herod slew him, who was a good man, and commanded the Jews to exercise virtue, both as to righteousness towards one another and piety towards God, and so to come to baptism."
"At this time there was a man who was called Jesus. And his conduct was good and he was known to be virtuous. Many people from among the Jews and other nations became his disciples. Pilate condemned him to be crucified and to die. And those who had become his disciples did not abandon his discipleship. They reported that he had appeared to them three days after his crucifixion and that he was alive; accordingly, he was perhaps the messiah concerning whom the prophets have recounted wonders." [from a fourth-century Arabic text]


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All the glory of golden years of modelling
It was a joyous walk down memory lane for former Adelaide models of the 1960s-1980s who attended the GoldenYears of Modelling Reunion at the glitzy new Crown Plaza Hotel on Friday night.
And an impressive roll-call of women of a certain age attended and there many emotional scenes as women who had not seen each other for 30 or 40 years, kissed and embraced each other, sharing snippets of their life stories.
Those were the halcyon years of elegance and glamour – of matching hats and gloves and then of skimpy mini-skirts; when Adelaide's department stores had their own fashion buyers, when interstate manufacturers' agents would fly into Adelaide to sell their latest ranges and when Adelaide's newspapers would feature pages of fashion advertisements weekly. Models had an abundance of work on offer and David Jones had parades on most weeks of the year. Back then, wild child model agency owner, Sandy Clarke, bought Pam Ellis's model agency and, although very young herself, she managed a stable of high profile, professional models.
It was also the era of quests aplenty – and Sandy's girls won most of the crowns. Many moved from their modelling days into successful careers in fashion, in events management, public relations, leadership training and the media.
"We worked together in the 1960s in the department stores and modelling for the manufacturers from Melbourne,'' said Deborah Lennon.
And she gathered her mates like mother-hen for a photograph, lining up Kay Newman, Pauline Linehan and Heather Grey.
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By Frank Sebastyan, 26/10/2010 @ 5:00 pm
Hey Nadine, it was a great experience to attend the Sandy Clark reunion gig. The speakers were all entertaining delivering their tributes to Sandy from their era. Most guests dressed to kill. As a newcomer to the modelling industry I was a bit fascinated by it all – George and Harry in attendance too! I was also gobsmacked that I knew almost half the people there simply from my social, business and entertainment life connections in Adelaide. It was great to catch up with old friends. And wot about the new photographer face swanning around at the event Olivier F?
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HBC Catechism Series Q4 – Our Only Comfort
What is your only comfort in life and death?
That I am not my own, but belong, body and soul, in life and death, to my faithful savior Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins and preserves me in such a way that without the will of my heavenly father not a hair can fall from my head. In him, all things work together for my good and my salvation. Therefore, by his Holy Spirit he also assures me of eternal life and makes me very willing and ready from now on to live for him.
If you are familiar with many of the old catechisms, you will recognize this question as well, and as I've mentioned already, you will notice this often. But, one of the things we've done in our catechism is to borrow from multiple catechisms, and so this question is the first question of the "Heidelburg Catechism". It's a very long answer, and so I'm going to just comment on a few things that I hope will help us appreciate this beautiful answer even more!
First, notice that it begins with the question of "comfort". As we saw in the last question, the issue of joy, or satisfaction, or as this question puts it – comfort – is an extremely important issue, and the reformers and puritans thought so as well! It is not wrong to want comfort, it is not wrong to want to be satisfied and happy. The issue always comes when we begin to think that we can find true comfort or joy from someone other than God. Well, this question shows otherwise – we have only ONE comfort in life and in death. So, we see first that it's not wrong to want comfort, and indeed, it is right to remember where our true comfort comes from.
Secondly, we see that this comfort is grounded in the gospel. The answer says that we belong, body and soul, in life and in death, to our faithful savior, Jesus Christ. We've been purchased by God, and it came at an infinitely costly price! Paul says "you were bought with a price, so glorify God in your body!" The comfort we receive, the joy we feel, comes to us because of Christ. His suffering brought about our comfort. His despair led to our joy. Our only comfort and joy in this life is that we have a belonging with God because of Jesus.
Third, this comfort is about physical and spiritual salvation. The catechism reminds us that our salvation isn't only spiritual, but physical as well. We aren't gnostics or dualists. We know that our bodies belong to Christ. We know that we are called to love God with heart, soul, mind and strength – with all that we are. And so we know that our comfort is in knowing that God works "all things for our good" and "preserves us" all the way until he takes us home to heaven.
Fourth, this comfort in life finds its perfect end in "eternal life". Jesus says in John 17:3 that eternal life is all about "knowing God", and so we see that the consummation of the comforts of the gospel is that we would know and have God. The chief end of man is to glorify and enjoy God, and our comfort comes from knowing that we will achieve our end one day. For a christian, there is no greater joy or comfort or encouragement then to be told that one day, even if it's on the other side of great suffering, we will be with God. Eternal life is everything for a christian, and so the catechism tells us that through the Holy Spirit, this comfort finds its end in eternal life.
Finally, though we could say so much more, we see that the comfort of the gospel for life and death has a motivating purpose – to make us ready and willing to live for God. If the gospel that guarantees your forever peace, joy, and favor with God hasn't also motivated you to love and serve him, then you haven't believed the gospel. Our only comfort in life and death is also our greatest motivation for living rightly and dying faithfully. A christian who has experienced the assurance and joy that comes from the gospel has seen what a treasure God is, and is willing to be rid of anything that hinders their relationship with him. For a christian, the motivation to fight sin comes not from the law, but from the gospel. It comes from seeing what their sin cost their savior, and it comes from seeing the way that sin causes us to move away from God, not closer to him. When we sin, we are effectively saying "God, the price you paid to forgive me was too much, because I don't really want to be free from this", and we are also saying "God, sin is ultimately about refusing to love you, and I refuse to love you right now." But for christians, although we do sin, we hate our sin, precisely because of the comfort that has been purchased for us in Christ. And, through the power of the Holy Spirit, we are ready and willing to live for God.