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- Sparse blind source separation
- GMCA for hyperspectral data analysis
- Local mixture model and L-GMCA : application to Astrophysics
- Non-negativity and sparsity in blind source separation
- Sparse blind source separation in the presence of outliers
- Publications
- The GMCALab toolbox
Introduction to blind source separation
Blind source separation (BSS) is a very effective mathematical method to analyze data which are modeled as the linear combination of elementary sources or components. The underlying linear model used so far in BSS is the instantaneous linear mixture model :
Following this model, each observation is modeled as the linear combination of the same sources plus some noise/perturbation term. The goal of BSS is to jointly estimate the mixing matrix A and the sources S. This yield an inverse problem that is clearly ill-posed. Attempting to make this problem better posed is classically done by assuming further a priori information about either the sources and/or the mixing matrix.
Since the beginning of the 90s, this problem has been well studied in statistics yielding the famous ICA framework (Independent Component Analysis). In the beginning the XXI-st century, fostered by recent advances in harmonic analysis and statistics, the sparsity of the sources has been put forward as an efficient way to disentangle between the sources.
Based on the concept of morphological diversity, the Generalized Morphological Component Analysis (GMCA) algorithm allows for the separation of sources which are sparse in any signal representation (orthonormal, redundant, ... etc). It has been proved to be quite robust and performs very well to process noisy data. In a nutshell, the GMCA algorithm tackles the following optimization problem:
This problem is solved using iterative thresholding algorithms with an particularly. An exhaustive description of the GMCA algorithm can be found in this review article.
GMCA for hyperspectral data analysis
The GMCA algorithm has been further extended to process hyperspectral data. In contrast to usual multispectral data, the number of observations can be large (~100) in the hyperspectral case. Furthermore, the columns of the mixing matrix A are generally related to the electromagnetic spectra of the sought-after components; these spectra generally exhibit some regularities/structures which have sparse distributions in an adequate signal representation (e.g. wavelets).
In the hyperspectral case, the HypGMCA algorithm further enforce the sparsity of the sources as well as the sparsity of the columns of the mixing matrix. A description of the HypGMCA algorithm as well as an illustration on Mars Express data are presented here.
Local and multiscale mixture model and L-GMCA
The GMCA algorithm assumes that all data sample follows a linear mixture that is described by the same mixing matrix. However, in some physical applications (and more precisely in astrophysics), this model should be replaced by a local mixture model. For the purpose of CMB estimation from microwave data, the GMCA algorithm has been improved to perform the separation of sources assuming a local and multiscale mixture model. This model has particularly been proved to be efficient for the estimation of the CMB map from the Planck data.
J. Bobin, J.-L. Starck, F. Sureau and S. Basak, "Sparse component separation for accurate CMB map estimation" , Astronomy and Astrophysics , 550, A73, 2013.
Non-negativity and sparsity in BSS
Sparse non-negative matrix factorization or BSS is a very active field. However, properly enforcing sparsity together with non-negativity is non-trivial. The GMCA has recently been extended to handle both constraint in a proper way thanks to recent advances in optimization and more precisely in proximal calculus. Further details can be found at this location.
Sparse blind source separation in the presence of outliers
While real-world data are often grossly corrupted, most techniques of blind source separation (BSS) give erroneous results in the presence of outliers. We propose two robust algorithms, coined rGMCA and rAMCA, that jointly estimate the sparse sources and outliers without requiring any prior knowledge on the outliers. More precisely, they use an alternative weighted scheme to weaken the influence of the estimated outliers. The latest rAMCA algorithm, based on AMCA, provides good performances in terms of accuracy and reliability, both in the determined and over-determined case. Further details can be found in this report.
J. Rapin, J. Bobin, A. Larue and J.-L. Starck, "Sparse and Non-negative BSS for Noisy Data", IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 21, 62, pp 5620-5632, 2013.
J. Rapin, J. Bobin, A. Larue and J.-L. Starck, "NMF with Sparse Regularizations in Transformed Domains", SIAM Journal on Imaging Sciences, 4, 6, pp 2020-2047, 2014.
J. Rapin, J. Bobin, A. Larue and J.-L. Starck, "Sparse and Non-negative BSS for Noisy Data", IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 21, 62, pp 5620-5632, 2013.
Y.Moudden and J.Bobin, Hyperspectral BSS using GMCA with spatio-spectral sparsity constraints - IEEE Transactions on image processing - Vol 20. Issue 3. pages 872-879 (2011)
J.Bobin, J.-L. Starck, Y.Moudden, J. Fadili, Blind Source Separation: the Sparsity Revolution, Advances in Imaging and Electron Physics, Vol. 152, p. 221-298 - Peter W. Hawkes Ed. - 2008.
J.Bobin, J.-L. Starck, J. Fadili, Y.Moudden, Sparsity and Morphological Diversity in Blind Source Separation, IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Vol.16, N.11, p. 2662-2674, November 2007.
J. Bobin, Y. Moudden, J.-L. Starck and M. Elad, Morphological Diversity and Source Separation, IEEE Signal Processing Letters, Vol.13, N.7, p. 409-412, July 2006.
In Astrophysics :
J. Bobin, F. Sureau, J.-L. Starck, A. Rassat and P. Paykari, "Joint Planck and WMAP CMB Map Reconstruction", Astronomy and Astrophysics , accepted.
J. Bobin, F. Sureau, P. Paykari, A. Rassat, S. Basak and J.-L. Starck, "WMAP 9-year CMB estimation using sparsity", Astronomy and Astrophysics , 553, L4, pp 10, 2013.
J. Bobin, J.-L. Starck, F. Sureau and S. Basak, "Sparse component separation for accurate CMB map estimation" , Astronomy and Astrophysics , 550, A73, 2013.
E. Chapman, F. Abdalla, J.Bobin, J.L. Starck, G. Harker, V. Jelic, P. Labropoulos, S. Zaroubi, M. Brentjens, A. De Bruyn and L. Koopmanx, The scale of the problem: recovering images of reionization with GMCA, MNRAS, 459, 2013.
J.Bobin, Y.Moudden, J.-L. Starck, J. Fadili, N. Aghanim, SZ and CMB reconstruction using GMCA, Statistical Methodology, 2008 - Vol. 4, p.307-317.
The GMCALab toolbox
A lightweight Matlab/Octave version of the GMCALab toolbox can be found at this location.
We are now developping a python-based toolbox coined pyGMCALab, which is available at this location.


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A book of beautifully drawn city maps tops our list this month. It's followed by the New York Times bestseller, longlisted for the National Book Award, Between the world and me. There is a light note too, with the reprint of Bill Bryson's Made in America.
Metropolis : mapping the city / Jeremy Black ; contributing editor, Christopher Westhorp.
"The city: a place of hopes and dreams, destruction and conflict, vision and order. The first city atlas, the Civitates Orbis Terrarum , was published by Braun and Hogenburg in 1572 for the armchair traveller interested in a world that was opening up around him. Since then our fascination with foreign cities has not abated. This sumptuous volume looks at the development of the mapping and representation of the city revealing how we organize the urban space." (adapted from Syndetics summary)
Between the world and me / Ta-Nehisi Coates.
"In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns of a father for his son, Ta-Nehisi Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis. Americans have built an empire on the idea of "race," a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men–bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion." (adapted from Syndetics summary)
Big world, small planet : abundance within planetary boundaries / Johan Rockström and Mattias Klum ; with Peter Miller.
"Johan Rockström and Mattias Klum reject the notion that economic growth and human prosperity can only be achieved at the expense of the environment. They contend that we have unprecedented opportunities to navigate a "good Anthropocene." By embracing a deep mind-shift, humanity can reconnect to Earth, discover universal values, and take on the essential role of planetary steward. With eloquence and profound optimism, Rockström and Klum envision a future of abundance within planetary boundaries–a revolutionary future that is at once necessary, possible, and sustainable for coming generations." (adapted from Syndetics summary)
Don't even think about it : why our brains are wired to ignore climate change / George Marshall.
"Most of us recognize that climate change is real, and yet we do nothing to stop it. Marshall argues that the answers do not lie in the things that make us different and drive us apart, but rather in what we all share… Once we understand what excites, threatens, and motivates us, we can rethink and reimagine climate change, for it is not an impossible problem. In the end, Don't Even Think About It is both about climate change and about the qualities that make us human and how we can grow as we deal with the greatest challenge we have ever faced." (adapted from Syndetics summary)
The Bloomsbury reader on Islam in the West / edited by Edward E. Curtis IV.
"For more than a millennium, Islam has been a vital part of Western civilization. Today, however, it is sometimes assumed that Islam is a foreign element inside the West, and even that Islam and the West are doomed to be in perpetual conflict… The Reader explores not only the presence of Muslim religious practitioners in Europe and the Americas but also the impact of Islamic ideas and Muslims on Western politics, societies, and cultures. It is ideal for use in the university classroom, with an extensive introduction by Edward E. Curtis IV and a timeline of key events in the history of Islam in the West…" (Syndetics summary)
Made in America : an informal history of the English language in the United States / Bill Bryson.
"Bill Bryson, bestselling author of The Mother Tongue, now celebrates its magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood . . . and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle called his befeathered cap "Macaroni." (Syndetics summary) (Reprint)
PostCapitalism : a guide to our future / Paul Mason.
"Over the past two centuries or so, capitalism has undergone continual change – economic cycles that lurch from boom to bust – and has always emerged transformed and strengthened. Surveying this turbulent history, Paul Mason wonders whether today we are on the brink of a change so big, so profound, that this time capitalism itself, the immensely complex system by which entire societies function, has reached its limits and is changing into something wholly new…" (adapted from Syndetics summary)
Why are we waiting? : the logic, urgency, and promise of tackling climate change / Nicholas Stern.
"The risks of climate change are potentially immense. The benefits of taking action are also clear: we can see that economic development, reduced emissions, and creative adaptation go hand in hand. Stern argues that the risks and costs of climate change are worse than estimated in the landmark Stern Review in 2006 — and far worse than implied by standard economic models. The science warns of the dangers of neglect; the economics and technology show what we can do and the great benefits that will follow; an examination of the ethics points strongly to a moral imperative for action. Why are we waiting?" (Syndetics summary)
Why we think the things we think : philosophy in a nutshell / Alain Stephen.
"Have you ever found yourself alone with your thoughts? Have you ever been asked if the glass is half full or half empty? Do you wonder what true happiness is or how to attain it? Or maybe nothing really matters if everything is just an illusion or a dream? Author Alain Stephen seeks to explore some of these key questions by tracing their origins in the writings of prominent thinkers through the ages, from the colonnades of ancient Greece to the intellectual salons of twentieth-century France, and show how these ideas and concepts have developed over time…" (adapted from Syndetics summary)
Killing the host : how financial parasites and debt bondage destroy the global economy / Michael Hudson.
"KILLING THE HOST exposes how finance, insurance and real estate (the FIRE sector) have gained control of the global economy at the expense of industrial capitalism and governments. The FIRE sector is responsible for todays economic polarization (the 1% vs. the 99%) via favored tax status that inflates real estate prices while deflating the real economy of labor and production. The Great 2008 Bailout saved the banks but not the economy. This book describes how the phenomenon of debt deflation imposes austerity on the U.S. and European economies, siphoning wealth and income upward to the financial sector while impoverishing the middle class." (Syndetics summary)


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Signage & Wayfinding Design
We combine expertise from architecture, interior design, graphic design and typography, giving us a unique understanding of how to navigate the built environment. Our designs go beyond the aesthetic, and our wayfinding solutions aim to improve the navigational performance of spaces. Our team has designed wayfinding systems for large-scale projects such as luxury hotels, shopping malls and entire mixed-use developments as well as smaller, more intimate environments, such as co-working spaces and cafes.


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There are some days when an invite drops into your inbox and you have to reply so fast, your keyboard practically steams. Shake it Up at Malmaison was one of those invites. Cocktails? Pampering? Food? SIGN ME UP! The event was held in the beautiful Malmaison hotel, in their Work and Play space. Work and … Continue reading Shake It Up at Malmaison
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Festival Hairstyles, with Blow Ltd
Festival season is still in full swing, with some of the UK's biggest festivals still to come. Whether you're packing up your tent and your wellies, or whether you're just looking to create that festival fashion look at home in the garden, I've teamed up with Blow Ltd to bring you some of the best … Continue reading Festival Hairstyles, with Blow Ltd
The Chop, at Rush Hair and Beauty
A drastic haircut is always a scary thing. I've had my hair lots of lengths over the years, but it's been long for a long while now. It was more than time for a change, and I decided for a much shorter cut. I booked myself in with Rush, Birmingham. I've been to a blogger … Continue reading The Chop, at Rush Hair and Beauty
February Favourites
https://youtu.be/Cq4BiZgRYqg My monthly favourites are up! This month, I've been loving: Yoga With Adriene Back In Time for the Weekend Captain Marvel Volume 1: Higher, Further, Faster, More Twinings Salted Caramel Green Tea Drops of Youth Bouncy Sleeping Mask Oils of Life Intensely Revitalising Facial Oil Osmo Wonder 10 Leave In Treatment Let me know … Continue reading February Favourites
Forever Repurchase Products
https://youtu.be/1BDyfQG--KY I thought it would be fun to talk about my holy grail, forever repurchase products. I'm certainly not a beauty guru, but after years of playing around with products, I've found a few things that I love and will be using for a long time to come.
Pamper Sessions: The Body Shop
I confess. For me, The Body Shop brings to mind amazing smelling body butters, a lot of tea tree oil and the handcream my mum likes. Turns out I was wrong. New ranges are being added all the time. With the same standards the brand has always had on ethical and sustainable products, The Body … Continue reading Pamper Sessions: The Body Shop
November Favourites
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19-00aJ-D8A Get me being all like a proper YouTuber with a favourites video! It's quite the mixed bag with clothing, jewellery, beauty and a liberal smattering of geekery. I hope you've had fantastic Novembers, guys. What's been your rocking your socks over the last month?
What is Glamour?
Glamour: An attractive or or exciting quality that makes certain people or certain things seem exciting. Synonyms: allure, attraction, charm, fascination, captivation, romance, mystique, exoticism Enchantment, magic Recently, I was given a beautiful new coat. It's almost full-length, with a nipped in waist, a full skirt and a fur collar (faux, obviously). Sometimes I feel … Continue reading What is Glamour?
#BEDM – Fashion, Beauty and Grooming
The salon mirror selfie is not something I'd ever taken before this one. This was at the Francesco Group event, which I wrote about earlier in the month. The stylist was part way through getting a wave in my hair. She'd had to create this ringletty look first, and then gently brushed it out with … Continue reading #BEDM – Fashion, Beauty and Grooming
Francesco Group Bloggers Event
On Thursday night I set off to see my new best friends at the Francesco Group. After my review appointment earlier in the month, I was pretty excited to get an invite to their bloggers event. I wanted to post about it now rather than wait, even though I've only recently reviewed them. Promise I'm … Continue reading Francesco Group Bloggers Event


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If you have recently been watching The Voice Kids, you will understand the emotions parents go through when watching their precious child audition for their dream opportunity….
It can be a roller coaster of emotions for a parent throughout the whole process and the rejection can be tough! At Models Direct we do not send you on lots of castings with your children, however some clients will only select child models if they attend the casting. So here are Models Direct top tips to surviving it!
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Manager, Gas Analytics for Desktops
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Job Purpose
ICE Data Services, a division of Intercontinental Exchange, provides data, analytics and technology solutions to the financial markets across a wide range of business segments and assets classes. ICE Data Services offers a suite of desktop and mobile applications to deliver the content and capabilities on which our customers rely to navigate the markets. As a Product Manager for Gas & Electricity in Desktop Solutions, you will define the product strategy for the desktop and mobile offering. You will be responsible for defining, prioritizing and overseeing the implementation of the content and functionality requirements for customers in the North American Gas & Electricity markets. You will work closely with the sales team and directly with customers to understand their needs and to prioritize the product road map to maximize new sales opportunities and retain existing customers. You will also work closely with the technical product management team to ensure that the application is built to meet the specific needs of these customers.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Work with sales, customers and the development team to define and manage the long-term vision for the gas & electricity desktop and mobile offering
- Gather and create documentation that details the content and functionality as required by these users
- Work with the project team and stakeholders to fully define use-cases and functional requirements of platform
- Assist project management with prioritization and tracking of the implementation of platform requirements
Knowledge and Experiences
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Engineering, or Finance
- Experience using or managing financial software products
- Experience as a trader or analyst in the North American gas & electricity markets
- Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills
- Proven organizational skills with strong commitment to product delivery
- Detail-oriented with demonstrated ability to write unambiguous requirements
- Must be results oriented and self-motivated
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, sometimes stressful environment
- Ability to effectively facilitate requirements gathering and review sessions involving multiple stakeholders
- Occasional travel
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability or veteran status, or other protected status.


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Media Advisory - Discover Ecuadorian art at City Hall
As part of a Friendship City agreement between Toronto and the City of Quito (Ecuador), the City and the Ecuadorians Association of Ontario will host the opening ceremonies for an Ecuadorian art exhibit at City Hall. The exhibit will feature prominent Ecuadorian artists from both Ecuador and Toronto, with works that combine indigenous creativity and the ancestral inheritance of Ecuador.
Date: Tuesday, February 19
Time: 5 to 7 p.m.
Location: City Hall Rotunda, 100 Queen St. W.
The exhibit will be on display from February 19 to 22, from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. Featured artists include: Carlos Aranha, Edisson Rafael Beltrán Beltrán, Gustavo Mosquera, Jose Homero Guevara Parra, Ayo Brothers, Antonio Arias, José Muñoz Rodríguez, Rosy Revelo, Ximena Jaramillo and Luis Alfredo Andrade.
Biographies of the featured artists are below.
The City of Toronto and the City of Quito formed a Friendship Agreement in 2006 to promote cultural understanding, educational exchange and economic relations between the two countries.
Toronto is Canada's largest city and sixth largest government, and home to a diverse population of about 2.6 million people. It is the economic engine of Canada and one of the greenest and most creative cities in North America. In the past three years, Toronto has won more than 70 awards for quality, innovation and efficiency in delivering public services. Toronto's government is dedicated to prosperity, opportunity and liveability for all its residents.
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Toronto Economic Development, Culture and Tourism Media Hotline, 416-560-8726
Artist Biographies - Ecuadorian Art Exhibit
Carlos Aranha
Born to a family of artists and intellectuals in one of the most scenic countries in the world, Carlos Aranha began to develop his extraordinary artistic abilities from a very young age. While the talent that surrounded him in his formative years and the rich diversity of the Ecuadorian landscape may have been what inspired his artistic pursuits initially, it is his passion for ideas and his thirst for new methods of self-expression that were, and always have been his primary driving forces as an artist.
Dance of Joy
Dancer's Dreams
Playful Time
Edisson Rafael Beltrán Beltrán
Born in Ecuador on January 24, 1976, Edisson studied town-planning architecture in the Central University of Ecuador. All his work is done in copper and reflects harmony, nature, spirit and new forms of expression that are full of energy and purity. Edisson is always looking for the plenitude in space and nature, relating his work to the sun, the water and all the natural elements that are in conjunction with the color and movement as he creates a new and deep message.
Wake of the Dragon
Gustavo Mosquera
Born in Patate Ecuador in 1962, Gustavo's first studies in art were in the workshop of his teacher, Endara Crow. He is an artist with great talent and it is captured through his work. Gustavo's art displays the beauty of the Ecuadorian people where he mixes reality with imagination. The use of vivid colors put the touch of happiness to his extraordinary works.
Time of Celebration
The Earth Gives Fruits
Jose Homero Guevara Parra
Jose Homero Guevara Parra was born in Ambato in 1962, and graduated from the University Tegnologica Equinoccial. Jose is a simple man with a warm smile that flows almost wild in the middle of his kind face. He utilizes his family roots and life experiences as an inspiration for his works.
Woman that Wanted to be a Tree
Garden in the Golden Light
Orange Tree
Celestial Woman
The Orange Early Riser
The Orange Early Riser with Green
The Volcano
Spring Romance
The Houses
Ayo Brothers
Luis Ernesto was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1972, and his brother Luis Amilcar was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1969. Both are self-educated within multiple studies. The Ayo brothers were introduced to painting through technical drawings and restoration projects which they were exposed to in the workshop of their teacher Endara Crow in 1989. Since then they have been part of many individual and collective exhibitions.
The Purity of the Mud
The Island is a Treasure
Andean Woman
Woman with Moon
Cooked Mud
Antonio Arias
Antonio Arias was born in Quito, Ecuador in 1944. He studies at the Institute of Arts and Crafts, Casa de la Cultura from 1970 to date. He has participated in 52 collective exhibitions in and out of the country. The work of this artist exhibits deep contrast, which finds a harmonic synthesis through the qualities and equilibriums of its construction.
José Muñoz Rodríguez
José studied Fine Arts at the Pivate College Casa de la Cultura Nucleo Los Ríos, Babahoyo-Ecuador from 1991 to 1995. In 1995 he was granted his Masters in Plastic Arts by the Casa de la Cultura Nucleo Los Rios.
As a Plástic Artist he realized his artistic works in painting and sculpture for personal creation and for individual commission. From 1991 to 2007 he has participated in 22 individual exhibitions in several cities of Ecuador and in six international including Spain and Germany.
Rosy Revelo
Born in Ibarra, Ecuador in 1965, she obtained her degree in Plástic Arts at the Central University of Ecuador in 1989. Rosy travels to Switzerland and Spain where she carries out studies in the shop of Art Contructivista Joaquin Torres Garcia. At present she directs at the Gallery Studio Rosy Revelo in Quito.
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Born in Toronto and raised by her Ecuadorian Mother, Ximena has been involved in fine arts for eight years. She gained a solid foundation in the fundamentals of art at the Ontario College of Art and Design. She also studied interior design at the Academy of Design and Technology. Her creative passion is seen through her vivid use of colour and subject matter. Inspired by nature and architecture, her work has a very eclectic look.
"Art to me is like alchemy; it is magical and mysterious and formulates into gold. It is a rush of energy entering my body, tickling my brain, touching my heart, intensifying my senses and releasing out through my paintbrush on to my canvas. Art is my escape of reality and the open door to my imagination."
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Luis Alfredo Andrade was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador and is one of the most distinguished Ecuadorian artists of our time. It is rare to find the talent, vision and depth that this teacher of the arts possesses. The stages of the whole American continent have vibrated with the light and energy of this big artist. Luis Alfredo Andrade transmits his brilliance through his performances as an actor, writer and artist.
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Four Flirty Very first Messages To Send On Bumble, HuffPost
Swipe left, swipe right, swipe left, swipe right.
It can get a little tedious and time consuming. And…
It deepthroats big time when the matches fade away like a train ter the distance.
That's why I waterput together this brief movie to help you with one of the best fresh dating apps… Bumble!
Sending just one of thesis four flirty very first messages on Bumble can dramatically increase your success rate and help you secure more actual world dates, with high quality fellows.
Go see it now and let mij know what you think te the comments below.
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You've got 24 hours to voeling him or else he vanishes.
Here are four flirty very first messages to send a stud on Bumble to catch his attention, and embark that conversation.
Bumble Message #1
The very first one is meant to be lighthearted and flirty. Here's an example:
I think your cut-offs might just be a little too long.
There you go. You got his attention, by poking joy a little bit, and that's the entire point, right?
You're not here to make joy of him te a serious way, just find something te his profile that you can lightly taunt him about.
When you taunt him you're going to get his attention and it's going to want to make him react.
Bumble Message #Two
Number two, is the inquisitive observation. Here's an example:
I see that you like to snowboard. Where's your dearest mountain?
All you're doing is finding something ter his profile and ask a genuine question about it.
Just be observant. See if there's some type of hobby that he's into. Maybe there's something that he's doing at work or something that he's doing with his friends or his family.
Just take a look at it. It will only take you Ten seconds.
Bumble Message #Three
The third type of message to send on Bumble is called the cold read. Here's an example:
Let mij guess. You're not from Boston? I'm thinking Schuiflade.
It's a cold read because you are looking at something ter his profile, and you're guessing something about him.
You could be totally wrong, but it has the capability to spark a joy conversation, and chances are it's going to get his attention.
Other cold reads could be:
- Guessing his astrological sign
- Guessing what he does for work
- Guess something that he does for joy
Just take a quick look at his profile, guess something about him, throw it out there, and observe him react.
Bumble Message #Four
Eventually, number four is just go straight for the pick up line.
Now let's say you got a guy's profile and literally there's nothing te there that you can truly work with, but you still want to message him.
You could attempt this line:
Two truths and a lie. Ready. Set. Go.
Believe it or not, Hinge, which is another dating app, ran a survey, and they found that this line improves your response rate likelihood by overheen 31%. It's joy, it's playful, and you know what? It's just like a joy little spel for you guys to get to know each other.
Before you know it, he's going to say his two truths and a lie, you can guess.
You're going to have your two truths and a lie. Before you know it, you're having a excellent time and see where the conversation goes from there.
Reminisce, the only objective of online dating, whether it's Bumble, Match, eHarmony, or OkCupid, is to meet the person offline.
It's not a relationship… it's not anything yet until you've met offline. So use it spil a instrument to be able to meet people ter the vivo world.
What are some joy lines that you've used that have worked indeed well? Share te the comments below.


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Some days, that's exactly what it feels like.
Don't Die Don't Die Don't Die
After a series of squats, box jumps, skull crushers and other fancy-sounding exercises at Talisman Centre… I'm soaked… and I'm sucking wind. Some days, it just feels like all you can muster out of your body is "please heart, don't give up on me now!"
I think that is one of the coolest things I've learned during my time at the Talisman Centre.
Adapt, don't quit.
And some days… it sucks. One would think that when I blog about fitness, I would be excited to say (like most people on Facebook) I Benched 350 today! Well for the record, I can't bench 350. Pretty sure 150 might also not happen LOL. Some days, the victories are simply the fact that you're there. And I'm happy to say, instead, that winning isn't all just "lifting up heavy things then putting them down again". Insert your grunt here.
I've never been a quitter… but I have been a procrastinator… more like a delay-er. Or maybe it's "great ideas that never get finished-er". Or all of the above, let's be honest. I find it neat how my trainers David and Jackie have taught me, what seems to be, new techniques to win at life… as well as at fitness.
Shuffling my week has been one of my biggest "learn from personal training at Talisman". I'm on time more than ever… I don't over-commit (this one I still need help mastering), and I'm able to complete. Completing is so huge for me.
4 things "Don't Die" means, regarding fitness:
- You're pushing your body, it's growing.
- Re-learn your grit.
- Fight to win, don't expect to win.
- Complete it. If you believe it's possible, it is possible.
So, "Don't die" is of course not really life threatening… but it sure can be a battle. It is a fight for your life… a fight that I'm prepared to win, and certainly will complete. Every gross, slimy sweat print I leave on a gym mat is like another victory tattoo of a battle that didn't kill me. In fact, it's promising me a life of fun activities, excellent photos with my kids and friends and most importantly great stories of how I got there. And didn't die along the way.
Please visit Talismancentre.com. For the record, I always clean the mat 😉


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I think this may have been the first weekend in a long time that I did not have to set my alarm.
I still did though. Sleeping in was a much welcomed event at the Gus & Alex Everglades Residence.
Olivia was in town this weekend, so Meg and I spent some time with her, eating Pho (surprise, surprise), having drinks and never making it out to bars because we were too chatty. In between fun with Olivia and Meaghan's new love for yoga, we found some time to thrift for the shop. We are both pretty excited about our finds! There are a few things that may need to be pried from my hands. This floral dress I'm wearing being one of them. Expect to see it in the shop in the next coming weeks.
Outfit details…
Dress: Old Navy
Jacket: Old navy
Scarf: thrifted
Tote: Stay Home Club
Sunglasses: Kensington Market
Shoes: Bass
Dress: thrifted
Cardigan: thrifted
Tights: H&M
Clogs: vintage
Necklace: gift from Matt
Watch: Nixon, gift from Kristen
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Speaking to reporters on the White House's South Lawn in late July, President Donald Trump revealed that he was "looking at" a stop in Denmark after an upcoming trip to Poland to attend a World War II commemorative ceremony. For officials in Copenhagen, the comment came as a surprise. Although it is customary in Denmark for there to be a standing invitation for the U.S. president—and though officials in both countries had been discussing the possibility of an American delegation visiting—no formal invitation had actually been extended to Trump, according to two senior Danish officials and an individual who works closely with the Trump administration in Copenhagen.
A judge overstepped by giving a life prison sentence to a man whose girlfriend cut the baby from the womb of an unsuspecting neighbor, the North Dakota Supreme Court ruled Thursday, ordering that the man be resentenced. William Hoehn, of Fargo, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit kidnapping in the August 2017 attack on Savanna Greywind, who died of her injuries but whose baby survived. Hoehn's girlfriend, Brooke Crews, admitted that she sliced Greywind's baby from her womb.
The link between fires and climate change Individual wildfires and heat waves can't be directly linked to climate change, but accelerated warming increases their likelihood, size, and frequency. July was the hottest month ever recorded, period. The month prior, meanwhile, was the hottest June ever in Earth's history, with temperatures nearly 20 degrees Fahrenheit above average.
The United States will aggressively enforce its sanctions to prevent the private sector from assisting an Iranian oil tanker that is traveling through the Mediterranean and that Washington wants seized, a State Department official said on Thursday. "The shipping sector is on notice that we will aggressively enforce U.S. sanctions," the official told Reuters days after warning countries not to allow the tanker to dock. Ship tracking data has shown the ship, Adrian Darya, formerly called Grace 1, last heading toward Greece, although Greece's prime minister said it was not heading to his country.
Mexico United Against Crime said in a press release on Tuesday that the rulings open the door for a larger debate about legalizing cocaine, and whether law enforcement should focus its resources on violent crime rather than drug use. A court in Mexico has granted two people the legal right to carry and use cocaine in a landmark case launched by a pro-legalization group. Mexico United Against Crime announced on Tuesday that a court in Mexico City had granted two injunctions ordering the government to allow plaintiffs to "possess, transport and use cocaine," but not to sell or buy it, AFP reported.
Albanian officials on Wednesday razed a beachfront restaurant whose owner was captured on camera attacking a car rented by Spanish tourists, as the country scrambles to clean up its reputation as a burgeoning holiday destination. The incident, filmed by the victims' tour guide from inside their vehicle, took place at the weekend in Porto-Palermo on the Ionian coast in southern Albania, a popular tourist spot. The restaurant owner, 51-year-old Mihal Kokedhima, was arrested and faces trial for "verbally assaulting a group of Spanish tourists for futile reasons", damaging their car and causing minor injuries, police said.
Jair Bolsonaro hopes to sabotage conservation efforts in the Amazon, leaked documents show. A series of powerpoint slides reveal that Brazilian government officials intend to build a bridge, motorway and hydroelectric plant through the rainforest. The plans, which were leaked to Open Democracy, have emerged as fires rage throughout the Amazon.
The 2016 Ford Mustang Roush Stage 3 is a perfect example of how far the modern Mustang can be pushed, and this gorgeous, one-owner Roush Mustang will be auctioned off at no reserve by GAA Classic Cars. The highest of the Roush tuning levels, the Stage 3 transforms the Mustang into a track car. This starts by bolting a Roush supercharger atop the Mustang's 5.0-liter Coyote V8 resulting in 670 horsepower – a significant improvement over the 435 -horsepower Mustang GT.
According to the EPA, the 2020 Chevy Bolt EV has an estimated driving range of 259 miles, up from 238 miles. Chevrolet isn't saying yet exactly what it did to achieve this improvement, but we hear it has to do with new chemistry for the lithium-ion battery pack. The 2020 Chevy Bolt EV will go further on a charge than before, with the EPA reporting that the electric hatchback's range goes up to 259 miles, from 238.
President Trump Wednesday expanded on his views about how Jews who vote for Democrats are "disloyal" and dismissed any criticism of his comments. When asked by a reporter on the White House lawn Wednesday afternoon if his comments were anti-Semitic, Trump dismissed the criticism. "Any Jewish people that vote for a Democrat — I think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty," Trump said on Tuesday.
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to halt the scheduled execution of a Texas inmate who maintains his innocence and contends his murder conviction for killing a suburban Houston college student was based on junk science. Larry Swearingen is set to receive a lethal injection Wednesday evening for the 1998 killing of 19-year-old Melissa Trotter. Her body was found about a month after she was seen leaving her campus.
WASHINGTON – Appearing on "Fox and Friends" on Monday morning, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said that The New York Times' 1619 Project was "a lie." The 1619 Project is an effort by the Times to commemorate the 400th anniversary of slavery's beginning in America. The 1619 Project aims to "reframe the country's history, [understand] 1619 as our true founding, and [place] the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of the story we tell ourselves about who we are."
Rick Gates, the former Trump deputy campaign chairman and a central witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, appeared in federal court again on Thursday to testify against former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig at his ongoing trial connected to a Ukraine-related legal project that Craig did involving Gates' former boss Paul Manafort. Gates' turn as a prosecution witness on Thursday morning was his first public court appearance since he took the stand a year ago at the trial of Manafort, Trump's former campaign chairman, on tax and bank fraud charges brought by Mueller. Gates served as Manafort's right-hand man for about a decade, including the period in 2012 when Manafort oversaw an in-depth review that Craig conducted of the widely criticized trial of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko of Ukraine on abuse-of-power charges.
Russia and China have asked the United Nations Security Council to meet on Thursday over "statements by U.S. officials on their plans to develop and deploy medium-range missiles," according to the request seen by Reuters. Moscow and Beijing want to convene the 15-member council under the agenda item "threats to international peace and security" and have requested that U.N. disarmament affairs chief Izumi Nakamitsu brief the body. The Pentagon said on Monday it had tested a conventionally-configured cruise missile that hit its target after more than 500 km (310 miles) of flight, the first such test since the United States pulled out Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
High drama unfolded in New Delhi late Wednesday as officers from India's equivalent of the FBI scaled the walls of a former finance minister's home to arrest him on corruption charges, local media reported. Earlier in the day, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had alerted airports to prevent Palaniappan Chidambaram, finance minister from 2004-2008 and again from 2012-2014, from leaving the country. Chidambaram, 73, earlier this week failed to secure bail and had not been seen since Tuesday, until he showed up at the headquarters of the opposition Congress party on Wednesday to proclaim his innocence.
A post-Brexit trade deal with the US would be "highly unlikely" if there is a hard border on the island of Ireland, Boris Johnson has been warned. The Congressional Friends of Ireland, a group in the US Congress which supports and promotes peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland, has written to the prime minister warning that it will oppose any US-UK trade deal if it risks undermining the Good Friday Agreement. Any trade deal that put that in jeopardy would be "highly unlikely", it said.
China detained a U.K. consulate staffer from Hong Kong for visiting a prostitute, a Chinese newspaper alleged, a new twist in a case that has raised concerns Beijing is trying to warn the British government against meddling in its former colony. Police in the border city of Shenzhen said Simon Cheng, 28, "violated the 66 article of China's law on administrative penalties for public security, which states that people who engage in prostitution or visit prostitutes shall be detained for no less than 10 days but no more than 15 days," the Communist Party's Global Times reported Thursday. Cheng's 15th day of detention is Friday.
Anew national CNN poll of the 2020 Democratic primary has some pretty brutal numbers for Kamala Harris. When CNN last polled the presidential race shortly after the first Democratic debate in June, Harris was on Joe Biden's heels, trailing just 17 percent to 22 percent. But according to the latest survey by CNN, conducted August 15 to 18, Biden has rebounded to 29 percent, while Harris has dropped all the way down to 5 percent, tied for fourth place with South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg.
A major organization for Hispanic journalists on Thursday gave Fox News the boot from its upcoming conference in response to the network's use "invasion" rhetoric when discussing immigration. Fox News was set to appear as a sponsor at the National Association of Hispanic Journalists' confab next month in San Antonio, but in a letter to the group's members, NAHJ President Hugo Balta said that invitation has been revoked. "The line between commentary and journalism was crossed long ago by Fox News and is no longer even in sight," wrote Balta, who is currently an MSNBC senior producer.
A serial killer who preyed on older gay men during a rampage 25 years ago that left six dead on or near the U.S. East Coast is scheduled to be executed Thursday. Gary Ray Bowles, 57, was set to receive a lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke. He drew the death sentence for his conviction in the November 1994 murder of Walter Hinton in Jacksonville Beach — one of six killings in an eight-month span in 1994 that terrorized the Interstate 95 corridor and won him the nickname the "I-95 killer."
Eight months after first raising the idea, President Trump on Wednesday said his administration is again "very seriously" looking into ending the practice of conferring U.S. citizenship on anyone born in the United States. "We're looking at that very seriously, birthright citizenship, where you have a baby on our land, you walk over the border, have a baby — congratulations, the baby is now a U.S. citizen," Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House. In October, on the eve of the 2018 midterm elections, Trump said he believed he could end birthright citizenship by executive order, claiming it was not part of the U.S. Constitution, and predicting the question would ultimately be settled by the Supreme Court.
Idaho motorists have reportedly been harassing buses carrying children under the age of five. The buses drive low-income children of migrants or agricultural workers to federally funded educational programs during the day. Idaho drivers have reportedly been harassing busloads of young kids, prompting a local nonprofit to remove signs from the buses that identify the riders as children of migrant workers.
Chinese state media on Friday hit back at claims by U.S. officials that China was failing to crack down on the flow of fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances into the United States, saying that responsibility for opioid abuse lay with users. The United States was "pushing responsibility" for fentanyl abuse to China and ignoring that Beijing had implemented strict controls on the highly addictive synthetic opioid, reported The People's Daily newspaper, published by the ruling Communist Party. U.S. officials say China is the main source of illicit fentanyl and fentanyl-related substances that are trafficked into the United States, much of it through international mail.
The chief executive of the e-commerce firm Overstock.com stepped down Thursday over his relationship with an alleged Russian intelligence operative jailed for meddling in US politics. Patrick Byrne only recently admitted that he had a close relationship with Maria Butina for three years, during the period when she beguiled top Republican and National Rifle Association officials with talk of strengthening Moscow-Washington relations and her flair with guns. He said in an eccentric company statement last week that he had been pulled into the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election by the deep state and men in black , charging that the FBI probe was political ...
March For Our Lives, the group formed by the Parkland students in the wake of the mass shooting at their school in February 2018, has unveiled a new plan for gun control. The Peace Plan is a six-step proposal focused on changing gun laws in America to prevent mass shootings, which continue to ravage the country. "Everywhere we look, gun violence is decimating our families and communities," the plan reads.


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Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural statement
At Hart Plain Junior School we recognise that the personal development of children, spiritually, morally, socially and culturally (SMSC), plays a significant part in their ability to learn and achieve. We therefore aim to provide an education that provides children with opportunities to explore and develop:
· their own values and beliefs
· their own spiritual awareness
· their own high standards of personal behaviour
· a positive, caring attitude towards other people
· an understanding of their social and cultural traditions
· an appreciation of the diversity and richness of their cultures
We consciously facilitate opportunities in these four areas in the following ways:
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT: Refers to the children's beliefs, religious or otherwise, which inform their perspective on life and their interest in and respect for different people's feelings and values.
· Giving pupils the opportunity to explore values and beliefs, including religious beliefs and the way in which they impact on people's lives. This is done, for example, through Assemblies, PSHE planning, RE and History.
· Giving pupils the opportunity to understand human emotions and feelings, the way they impact on people and how an understanding of them can be helpful for example through English and Drama, music and dance.
· Developing a climate or ethos within which all pupils can grow and flourish, respect others and be respected e.g. Hart Plain Prefects; School Council; Celebration Assemblies; Hart Plain's Playtime Buddies; Junior Road Safety Officers, Junior PCSO's
· Offering pupils the opportunity to appreciate the beauty and wonder of the natural environment e.g. visit to local National Park, Hart Plain garden, Class topics on our Environment
· Accommodating difference and respecting the integrity of individuals e.g. Weekly core value assemblies and awards, School Council, Hart Plain's Prefects and Playtime buddies.
· Promoting teaching styles that:
· Value pupil questions and give them space for their own thoughts, ideas and concerns
· Enable pupils to make connections between aspects of their learning
· Encourage pupils to relate their learning to a wider frame of reference – for example asking 'why', 'how', and 'where' as well as 'what'.
· Participation in enrichment activities to promote aspiration e.g. Y6 visit to Portsmouth University, Y3/4 and 5/6 visit to languages festival.
MORAL DEVELOPMENT: refers to a pupil's understanding, attitude and behaviour to what is right and what is wrong.
· Providing a clear moral code for behaviour which is promoted consistently through all aspects of the school e.g. Behaviour Policy; Hart Plain's Core Values; Anti Bullying Week, E-Safety week, Cyber bullying week
· Promoting racial, religious and other forms of equality (Racial, Inclusion, Equal Opportunities, SEN policies)
· Giving pupils opportunities to explore and develop moral concepts and values throughout the curriculum e.g. truth, justice, equality of opportunity, right and wrong (PSHE; RE; History; English; Assembly; Drama,; School Council; Litter Pickers, Community Police officer visits)
· Developing an open and safe learning environment in which pupils can express their views and practise moral decision making (School Council; Drama; Participation in local initiatives such as Junior PCSO, Junior Road Safety and "Keep Safe". Safeguarding policy & practice)
· Rewarding expressions of moral insights and good behaviour(Celebration Assembly; class reward systems; house points; termly behaviour treats)
· Modelling through the quality of relationships and interactions the principles we wish to promote e.g. fairness, integrity, respect forepersons, pupil welfare, respect for minority interests, resolution of conflict keeping promises and contracts. (Whole school charity events; Celebration Assemblies; Assembly themes)
· Recognising and respecting different cultural groups represented in the school and the wider community.(Celebration of religious festivals in RE and newsletters, use of flag pole)
· Encouraging children to take responsibility for their actions e.g. respect for property, care of the environment and code of behaviour (Behaviour Policy; Assembly themes)
· Providing models of moral standards through the curriculum (Literacy; History; RE; PSHE; Assembly; Drama)
· Reinforcing the school's values by posters, displays etc. (Weekly core value winners, reading challenge poster)
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT: refers to a pupil's progressive acquisition of the competencies and qualities needed to play a full part in society.
· Fostering a sense of community with common, inclusive values(Assembly; Home-School Agreement; Friends events including Discos and trips to the pantomime; involvement with community arts projects; partnership with local churches, involvement with local Waterloo 200 community project, involvement in Hampshire drink driving campaign)
· Promoting racial, religious and other forms of equality (Racial &Equal opportunities policies; )
· Encouraging children to work co-operatively (PSHE, , Playtime Buddies, House system; mixed year group curriculum events, mixed sports teams)
· Encouraging children to recognise and respect social differences and similarities e.g. where they live, different kinds of family models, age issues (RE; English, History, Geography and PSHE)
· Promoting British Values (see separate Statement)
· Providing positive corporate experiences e.g. special curriculum events, productions, school council, school sporting events, class Assemblies
· Help pupils develop personal qualities which are valued in society, e.g. thoughtfulness, honesty, respect for differences, moral principles, independence, inter-dependence, self-respect
· Help children relieve tensions between their own aspirations and those of the wider group (Pride, ELSA, parent support worker)
· Provide opportunities to participate in the democratic process and participate in making community decisions (School Council; votes in class on a variety of issues; House captain votes)
· Providing children with opportunities to exercise leadership and responsibility (Council leaders, Class monitors; Hart Plain Prefects; Playground buddies, Junior Road Safety officers )
· Making members of the wider Waterlooville community welcome in our school and keeping them informed of developments (Website; newsletter; notice board; community board; involvement in community events e.g. Horizan Leisure Centre opening of new play centre, Waterlooville 200 project, Community art project, Football tournaments)
CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; refers to a pupils developing understanding of beliefs, values and customs in social, ethnic and national groups different to their own.
· Providing children with opportunities to explore their own cultural assumptions and values
· Celebrating the attitudes, values and traditions of diverse cultures(Geography; RE; History; Literacy; Library; Assembly; Art; Dance; Music; celebrating festivals and drawing on diverse parent cultural backgrounds; International Week, Petersfield Art Festival)
· Recognising and nurturing particular gifts and talents (Local Events with other schools, Hart plain Music)
· Developing partnerships with outside agencies and individuals to extend pupil's cultural awareness (e.g. drama, music and dance groups, links with local Museum, links with local churches)
· Reinforcing the school's cultural values through displays and photographs


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Free Rummy All Day
Rummy really is a great card game and there are still thousands of rummy fans who have never played this game on the internet before. One of the reasons for this is that many of them think that you have to play to play. This can be true if you are playing on a rummy web site that pays the winners in real money, but there are plenty of places that rummy fans can go on the internet to play for free. If you are bored and you don't have a partner to play rummy with, just find a free rummy game online and you will be able to play by yourself for as long as you like. Rummy.com offers free rummy games and is one of the most popular places for rummy players from all over the world to congregate. This website will let you play all sorts of different variations of the game all in one place.
Games.com is another great place to find a free game of rummy. Day or night you can always start a game here. This huge gaming web site offers just about every kind of game under the sun, but they do offer some really cool Gin Rummy and more for card players. You will be able to spend a lot of time on this site just searching all the games that they have available, but if you are a rummy fan there will only be one that you are interested in.
Another awesome free gaming site that offers rummy is called Pogo. This web site has been around for many years and has been bringing free and paid gaming to players from all around the globe. They have a couple of different styles of rummy to choose from on this site, so make sure to check the rules before you start playing. If you search the web you will be sure to find some other great web sites offering free rummy games, but the point is that you do not have to pay to play. You can enjoy this game whenever you want without spending a dime.
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Reflections by Joseph Ostrander
What does that single word invoke in your imagination? Is there a longing for the expected elements that elicits stirrings for a perfection unimaginable?
"What no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, and what no human mind has conceived"— thethings God has prepared for those who love him— 1Cor 2:9
And then verse 10 adds:
"…these are the things God has revealed to us by his Spirit."
Was there an element of heaven experienced, or better understood as expressed, this morning during our weekly gathering together? I think the idea that Chris was communicating to us, "revealed by his Spirit", was an interactive, living, breathing, hands-on expression of what the kingdom of heaven looks like. I think we were invited to participate in heaven-on-earth dynamics that are meant to develop in us that "divine curiosity" Chris mentioned last week in his opening prayer before the teaching time.
But the awkward tension we experience in the here-and-now that is an admixture of the now and the not yet, makes for an uneasy element of this faith walk we continue on. Why would God ask us to pray impossible prayers of healing and leave us in the pregnant pause of…not yet???
The Vineyard Organization, along with most charismatic church expressions, believes in the power of divine healing. And there is a rite/ritual associated with such praying; the laying on of hands.
I do believe the human touch conveys much more than a simple religious gesture. It extends ourselves to others that are truly in need of a miraculous touch. I think we choose to identify with the fragile existence we all share when we identify with the challenges other saints are dealing with. It can communicate sympathy, but more accurately, support, compassion, encouragement, and even the more elusive element of hope…
But what about the saints that were prayed for this morning? Was there a miraculous realization for Chris or Sarah, or Larry or Judy? Did they experience a genuine correction to the complex health issues they suffer from?
In a paper I wrote many years ago about the healing of Jairus' daughter, I concluded that God is neither indifferent to our sufferings, nor is He obligated to assuage them. Healings as we understand them seem to be the exception rather than the norm here in the tension of the here and not yet.
God's sense of fairness, along with His crazy extravagance, is bestowed upon both the just and the unjust. Jesus made this point recorded for us in Matthew's gospel, chapter 5, verse 45b:
"He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous."
It is not a stretch of my faith to actually believe that amazing miracles happen each and every day throughout the world. I do believe they happen. But when I timidly pray for the Good Lord to hear my petition for the dear saints I prayed for this morning, there is a nagging sense of futility in trying to experience that explosive collision between heaven and earth in the Del Mar Elementary School gym we gather in. Haven't we dedicated that space to experience a God that seems more elusive than available for the divine interventions we ask for???
Mark 9:24 has this very visceral prayer that I wish to repeat as my heartfelt cry:
"I do believe; help me overcome my unbelief!"
Think about it…


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Presiding over the intersection of Main and Center Streets for the past 124 years, the image of the Geneseo Bear Fountain is commonly associated by students and community members with the place that all of them, in some respect, called home.
Myths about the Bear abound; the Geneseo Wikipedia page indicates that it was purchased by the Wadsworth sisters and cites circumstances under which it will jump off the fountain and run away. Few people, however, know the true story of "the bear in the square."
"The Geneseo Memorial Foundation: Its History and Restoration," a pamphlet written by sociology professor Kurt Cylke and published by the Association for the Preservation of Geneseo (APOG), illuminates the subject.
The Geneseo Bear is made of bronze and sits on a pedestal fashioned out of hand-quarried Nova Scotian granite. The bear was installed in 1888 as a commission of brothers Herbert and William Austin Wadsworth. Members of the Wadsworth family have been longtime landowners in the Geneseo area.
The statue is a memorial to the brothers' beloved mother and – for lack of a better word – bears her name as The Emmeline Austin Wadsworth Fountain. It was originally used as a source of water for passers-by and their horses. According to psychology professor and APOG President Joan Ballard, the fountain also had working spigots on which a tin cup was hung for people to drink from.
The fountain was designed by Richard Morris Hunt, who also designed mansions for the Vanderbilts and the base for the Statue of Liberty. The sculptor is disputed, but it may have been either Antoine-Louis Barye or Christophe Fratin, both of whom were renowned sculptors of bronze animals in their time.
The sheer age of the bear fountain, in addition to the damage and vandalism it has survived, has led to a restoration project by the Geneseo community to return the fountain to its 19th century glory. Phase one of the project was completed in 2008. It involved replacing the electric light held by the bear for a number of years with a historically accurate Gothic lantern similar to the one it originally held in 1888. The project continues on today with plans for more restoration. A Geneseo Bear Fund has been established to accept donations.
"The Geneseo Bear was not just a memorial to [the Wadsworths'] mother, it was a gift central to the village," Ballard said. "It is a symbol for a lot of students of their time in college – a symbol that helps people remember where they came from."
To learn more about the history of the Geneseo Bear and efforts to restore it, visit www.geneseo.edu/repairthebear.


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Christmas Dinner 2016
December 11, 2016 @ 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
General Info
Time: Sunday, December 11, 2-5pm
Location: The Urban Garden at Atlanta Mission (377 Centennial Olympic Park Drive NW, Atlanta GA 30313) is an open lot located at the corner of Centennial Olympic Park Drive and Ivan Allen Jr Blvd.
Parking: On the street or in paid lots nearby. The Georgia Aquarium Parking is a short walk away.
Weather: Right now, the forecast is looking great! However, please remember that this is an outdoor event. Please keep an eye on the weather, and dress appropriately. All of our events are rain or shine.
Safety: Please be safe, walk in groups, and if you have any issues ask any of the security team to help you. Please do not give any rides, give out any of your personal information (address, cell phone number, etc.) and stay within the area of the dinner.
Volunteer Meeting Times
Food Dropoff: 12-12:30pm, onsite
Registration: 12:15pm, onsite
Decor: 12:30pm, onsite
Beverage Service: 12:45pm, onsite
Food Service: 1-1:30pm, onsite
Dinner Begins: 2pm!
Caroling: 2:30pm, onsite
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- Push-out Score suggests push-out forces
- After almost 14 years in the position
- Praise for Sink
- Search for a successor
- Sink said 55 words
(exechange) — Indianapolis, Indiana, April 23, 2018 — Dan Sink, finance chief of Kite Realty, leaves. As announced by Kite Realty Group Trust in a news release and in a regulatory filing published on Monday, April 23, 2018, Daniel R. (Dan) Sink, Chief Financial Officer, leaves the real estate investment trust after almost 14 years in the position, effective June 30, 2018.
It is the end of an era.
Among the 3,000 largest publicly held companies incorporated in the U.S. based on market capitalization, the average tenure of the CFOs who departed over the past 12 months was 6.3 years, according to data compiled by exechange. Only 23 percent of the CFOs who departed over the past 12 months left the position after more than 10 years.
Kite Realty will undertake a search for a successor.
"To pursue other personal and professional interests"
Sink's departure from the CFO post is explained as follows. Kite Realty said: "Mr. Sink stated that he plans to pursue other personal and professional interests."
The phrase "to pursue other personal and professional interests" opens the door to speculation.
Precise information about Sink's future plans was not immediately available.
"Leaving/his intention not to renew his employment agreement"
Kite Realty said: "Daniel R. Sink, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer ("CFO"), will be leaving the Company when his employment agreement expires on June 30, 2018."
Kite Realty further said: "On April 17, 2018, Daniel R. Sink, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Kite Realty Group Trust …, notified the Company of his intention not to renew his employment agreement upon the agreement's June 30, 2018 expiration."
"Not due to any disagreements"
"Mr. Sink has confirmed that his decision to leave is not due to any disagreements with the Company with respect to any matter, including but not limited to any accounting-related policy or matter," Kite Realty said.
It is a phrase that may be intended to prevent false rumors. It may also fuel further speculation and raise more questions than it answers. Such a phrase should be read very carefully. The exact wording may be insightful.
Share price decline
The change follows a decline in the share price of Kite Realty Group Trust since July 2016.
Chaired by John A. Kite
Kite Realty Group Trust is chaired by John A. Kite.
Kite has served as Chairman of the Board since December 2008, as a trustee since the Company's formation in March 2004 and as the Company's Chief Executive Officer since the Company's initial public offering in August 2004.
In the position of CFO since 2004
Daniel R. Sink has been the Chief Financial Officer at Kite Realty Group Trust since August 2004.
Dan Sink has been the Chief Financial Officer of Kite Companies since 1999.
His responsibilities include overseeing the real estate finance area, the corporate accounting function, corporate tax planning, company financial budgeting and corporate operations and administration.
From 1989 through 1999, Sink was employed by Olive LLP (subsequently merged into BKD LLP), one of the fifteen-largest accounting firms in the country, acting as a tax specialist in charge of the tax consulting for the central Indiana real estate/construction group.
Sink is a Certified Public Accountant, and earned his B.S. in Accounting from Indiana University.
Sink has served in his current role since the Company's initial public offering in 2004, and he will be assisting with the transition until his contract expires.
Generally speaking, when a top manager announces to step aside with no successor available, it's a signal that the change was unexpected and too early.
Push-out Score suggests push-out forces
It is not completely certain what forces eventually triggered Dan Sink's move.
The Push-out Score™ determined by exechange suggests that push-out forces may have contributed to the change.
Read the full story in the exechange report 18.2018 ($).


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I buy a pound bag of Original blend coffee beans from Dunkin Donuts. Cost: $8.99. Assume $10.00 inclusive of all sales taxes and transportation costs, but not the opportunity cost of the time spent traveling to buy it and return home.
I currently estimate (pending the end of the current bag of coffee beans that I am using) that I use about half an ounce of beans for each 7 oz. cup of coffee that I make. That's 32 cups of coffee cost of the coffee per cup? $10.00/32 = $ 0.3125.
Coffee filters from Jewel Foods – their "Everyday Essential" brand – 200 4-cup filters for say $2.00, or $0.01 per filter.
I use distilled water from Walmart, $0.88/gallon, assume $1.00 including sales tax and other costs. 1 gallon = 128 ounces. I use a full 8 oz. cup of water, so I get 16 cups of coffee out of a gallon of distilled water. Cost of distilled water per cup: $1.00/18 = $ 0.0625.
I don't use sugar in my coffee. I do use about 1 tablespoon of Walmart Great Value heavy whipping cream. 1 pint = about $2.50, assume 10% in sales taxes, etc., cost per pint is $2.75. A pint has 32 tablespoons (or 96 teaspoons, FYI, thank you, Google!). So, cost of heavy whipping cream per cup = $ 2.75/32 = $ 0.08594.
I grind up the beans in a Mr. Coffee coffee bean grinder. Cost = $20.00, from Target. It should last at least 1 year, during which I'll have made about 2,000 cups of coffee (6 cups a day, AT LEAST, times 365 days = 2,190 cups, round it to 2,000. Allocated fixed cost of coffee bean grinder to each cup of coffee = $ $0.01.
Same calculation for the Mr. Coffee coffeemaker, purchased at Walmart. Depreciation Cost of use of the machine per cup: $0.01.
A while back I bought 4 Victor brand 1950's-restaurant style porcelain coffee mugs, that the Victor Insulator Co. no longer makes. $40 for each mug, $10/mug, expected to last a lifetime. Cost per use: $0.01.
Cost of household electricity to make a cup of coffee, regardless of kitchen light that might be needed: Assume $0.05 per cup.
Total cost of a cup of coffee made at home:
Ground beans $ 0.3125
Distilled water $ 0.06125
Heavy whipping cream $ 0.08594
Coffee filter = $ 0.01
Depreciation of grinder $ 0.01
Depreciation of coffee drip machine $ 0.01
Depreciation of Victor 1950's-restaurant style porcelain mug $ 0.01
Electricity $ 0.05
Total cost to make a cup of coffee $ 0.53959 == $ 0.54/cup of coffee made at home.


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Food Perception Bias: Body Mass Index and Snacking Behaviors
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It is possible that overweight people have greater perceptual biases of food and drink than people of healthy weight and has been suggested that current diet may affect dietary memories. I hypothesized that (1) there would be a significant negative correlation between participants' body mass index and accuracy of perception of cheese puff amounts, (2) participants' estimates of food amounts would be significantly more accurate when the cheese puffs were visually present compared to participants' estimates when the cheese puff containers were occluded from view, and (3) participants' estimates would be significantly more accurate for containers having fewer, large cheese puffs compared to participants' accuracy estimates for containers having more, smaller cheese puffs. After surveying 51 Texas State University undergraduate psychology majors, using 10 identically cylindrical, clear, glass containers of identical weight displaying varying amounts of large cheese puffs and small cheese puffs, it was found that BMI was unrelated to accuracy of cheese puff estimates, the manipulation had no effect on the accuracy of estimates, and overall, amounts of large cheese puffs were estimated more accurately than small cheese puffs.
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Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
The man who does not value himself, cannot value anything or anyone.
Ayn Rand
|Self Respect Quotes
Ben Sweet
Walk tall, or baby don't walk at all.
Bruce Springsteen
You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.
I care for myself. The more solitary, the more friendless, the more unsustainted I am, the more I will respect myself.
Charolette Bronte
Respect yourself and others will respect you.
If you want to be respected by others, the great thing is to respect yourself. Only by that, only by self-respect will you compel others to respect you.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Nothing resembles selfishness more closely than self-respect
George Sand
Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women.
Gordon B.Hinckley
Self-respect--the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.
H. L. Mencken
You would not exist if you did not have something to bring to the table of life.
Herbie Hancock
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
Joseph Campbell
I would rather take the role and work and make my own money and self respect than to have sex with someone who has a lot of money.
Kristy Swanson
When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everyone will respect you.
Lao Tzu
I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect.
Mahatma Gandhi
They cannot take away our self respect if we do not give it to them.
Mahatma Gandhi
Too many people overvalue what they are not and undervalue what they are.
Malcolm S. Forbes
Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
Marilyn Monroe
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself.
Michael de Montaigne
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
Maya Angelou
There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. Lose your complacency, once betray your own self-contempt and the world will unhesitatingly endorse it.
Thomas Mann
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
Orison Swett Marden
When I severe my connections with the A.I.A. I do so with my own self respect, as a matter of pride and I am sure within your knowledge of my character.
Ralph Thomas Walker
True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.
Ralph W. Sockman
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by standing in one's own sunshine.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can't build joy on a feeling of self-loathing.
Ram Dass
I think the reward for conformity is that everyone likes you except yourself.
Rita Mae Brown
I cannot consistently, with self respect, do other than I have, namely, to deliberately violate an act which seems to me to be a denial of everything which ideally and in practice I hold sacred.
Roger Nash Baldwin
You'd be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you'd do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.
Sarah Addison Allen
It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself.
Thomas Paine
Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
William James


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Why are there so few women in the Telecom industry? How will diversity play a role in meeting the needs of a growing ICT workforce? TIA NOW is joined by TIA board members Betty Manetta, President and CEO of Argent Associates... Kanchana Raman, President and CEO of Avion Networks… and Jennifer Sims, CEO of Power and Tel to discuss.
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Betty Manetta, President and CEO of Argent Associates, spoke with TIA NOW about how artificial intelligence plays a big role in fraud detection and predictive analytics. Manetta talks further about the importance of finding your role in the always changing and burgeoning technology ecosystem.
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