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I worked during my summer vacations. Sure, there were other things, too. We went to fish frys and fried ourselves in front of the fireplace that was always inexplicably burning in the dead of July and generally experienced all the things that Door County, Wisconsin had to offer. But in between then, there was the job. Letter writing, to be precise. No, this wasn't Garrison Keillor's fantasia; this was far more expansive. I was 11 years old, and I had tasked myself with scribbling a hand-written screed to my favorite player on every major league baseball team.
Autographs were the prize, and my game was in top form that summer in 1998. Pencil smudges coated my left hand, and the drop-leaf table was littered with envelopes and stamps. I subsisted on cheese sticks, and that full gullet fueled my brain with the most persuasive words I could muster. There was no margin for error; this was the most important work of my life.
That's why I lied to all of these players. I loved baseball, of course, but I loved the rush of obtaining pen on leather even more. The letters followed a similar format. I would explain who I was and why I was writing, always making sure to end with "You are my favorite player in the world!" — a desperate plea for one more signature. I may not have been honest, but I made up for it by being earnest.
Recently, I looked back at that summer seventeen years ago and the outcome of my 30-team letter-writing campaign. Mostly, I was disappointed. I've got a decent memory, but I'm even better at holding grudges.
Here are the players I wrote to, the reasoning behind that player, and the result of said letter:
Player: Jim Edmonds
Why: He always seemed to be diving everywhere. I owned an Edmonds jersey once, one of those nice, game-like stitched up ones. I spilled nacho cheese on it.
Result: Heard nothing. Now his significant other's on a Real Housewives show.
Player: Tim Bogar
Why: At that time, the Astros had a lineup that featured the "Killer B's": Craig Biggio, Jeff Bagwell, Derek Bell, and Sean Berry. I felt bad for Tim. He was a B, per se, but perhaps wasn't so predatory. I wanted to express my commiserations.
Result: Didn't hear back. Think it may have touched a nerve.
Player: Ben Grieve
Why: He was the talk of the town in Beckett magazine!
Result: He sent me an autographed card, then won Rookie of the Year. That's how karma works.
Blue Jays
Player: Carlos Delgado
Why: He was a first baseman that seemed to either hit a home run or strike out. It's who I modeled my Little League career after.
Result: Returned an autographed headshot. Put him in the Hall of Fame!
Player: Javy Lopez
Why: He was the only likable guy on that team. Ryan Klesko, Walt Weiss, Denny Neagle — yuck.
Result: He mailed a signed card. That card proceeded to sit in my dad's car and become gunked up with his Polo cologne and face astringent.
Player: Geoff Jenkins
Why: He had just been called up from the minors that spring and looked like a stud.
Result: Jenkins autographed a felt pennant and sent it to my home! Pennants are the most charming way to cheer on a team and thus he will always be one of the top Geoffs to ever live.
Player: Manny Aybar
Why: Being diehard Cubs fans, I grew up with a strong repugnance for the St. Louis Cardinals. That's why I thought writing to their worst player would be funny.
Result: Aybar didn't write back. He probably detected my insincerity.
Player: Terry Mulholland
Why: That '98 Cubs team was a lovable squad and I have a special place in my heart for grizzled bullpen men.
Result: He sent me back an autographed 8x10 in a manila envelope! The best part of this story is not only did I possess a glossy picture of Terry Mulholland, but that he must have had a reserve stash of them ready to go.
Player: Matt Williams
Why: The "right way" to play the game was the sermon preached from my suburban coaches and Division III catcher of a father. That means dirt on your jersey and grit with a capital G. Williams was a poster boy for that particular anti-style.
Result: Even better than Mulholland's surprise, Matt Williams shipped a signed rookie card from 1987. It was slightly creased, stained and so, so weird.
Player: Dave Milicki
Why: He was just traded from the Mets and I wished him luck in his new home.
Result: Nothing. He was probably getting settled in.
Player: Ugueth Urbina
Why: I really don't know.
Result: He didn't write back and the Expos are no longer a team. Coincidence?
Player: Marvin Benard
Why: He seemed like a pleasant guy on a team full of jerks.
Result: Marvin didn't respond. My perception of him might have been skewed.
Player: Eric Plunk
Why: Probably only because I wanted to write "Dear Mr. Plunk".
Result: Plunk-is bupkis.
Player: Glenallen Hill
Why: Poems should be written about Glenallen. The heavens sang when he swung his bat.
Result: He was put on waivers shortly after I wrote to him, where my beloved Cubs picked him up. Didn't get an autograph, but I still count it in the win column. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to watch Glenallen Hill highlights on YouTube all damn day.
Player: Rey Ordoñez
Why: He could throw really hard and wore number 0.
Result: Got zero back from him, too.
Player: Mike Bordick
Why: I became familiar with a lot of these players through my Nintendo 64 and Major League Baseball Featuring Ken Griffey, Jr. Bordick was on my fantasy-drafted team and hit much better than his tiny, yellow circle of dots gave him credit for. I also owned a plastic cup from my visit to Camden Yards that showed Bordick and Jeff Reboulet. A collector's item, for sure.
Result: A disappointing no-return.
Player: Trevor Hoffman
Why: This one was more of a letter of gratitude. The previous year, I attended spring training. A San Diego game was about to start when I spotted Hoffman chatting it up with a man near the left field foul line. I husky-sized hustled it over, ball and pen in hand, zig-zagging through bleachers. As I made the final cut, my leg dragged across the metal seats and I reached the All-Star closer just in time. As he was signing my ball, he looked down and said, "That doesn't look good." My sock and shoe were soaked in blood from the gash on my calf. Luckily, the man Trevor was talking to was the Padres team doctor, who mended my wound before the beginning of the 1st inning.
Result: Didn't expect to hear back from a thank-you note and now I've got a good story to tell.
Player: Mike Lieberthal
Why: I respect a good catcher.
Result: I did receive an autographed card. He was an All-Star the following two years, probably motivated knowing a sweaty redhead from Chicago was in his corner.
Player: Jason Kendall
Why: G-R-I-T
Result: He must have been too bruised up and muddy to write me back.
Player: Rusty Greer
Why: He was tearing up the league! The previous season he even received a few MVP votes—a colossal achievement for anyone named Rusty.
Result: I put a letter in, I got an autograph. (That's a deep-track Rusty-themed reference.)
Player: Fred McGriff
Why: I loved Fred McGriff. In fact, if you weren't a fan of the Crime Dog, you're probably not passing the litmus test of my friendship.
Result: Fred came through with a signature and it was on a foiled insert card! That's the equivalent of childhood gold doubloons.
Red Sox
Player: Tim Wakefield
Why: Knuckleballs.
Result: Nope.
Player: Sean Casey
Why: We have the same last name! I distinctly remember mentioning that we might be distantly related.
Result: Most likely too busy tracing the family tree to return any correspondence.
Player: Vinny Castilla
Why: I thought Vinny was the coolest player in baseball. I had an ill-fitting white T-shirt with his face on it to prove that point.
Result: He didn't respond, but I am surprisingly unfazed. Vinny has other things to worry about like slicking back that hair and hitting home runs.
Player: Scott Service
Why: Service belongs in the long line of pitchers that garner the reaction of "That guy's a professional athlete?" May that lineage live forever.
Result: Never received a response because he was probably too busy on some moonlighting plumbing project.
Player: Damion Easley
Why: Easley was probably my favorite player as a kid. I would take my Nerf Liquidator bat in the backyard and whisper "Damion Easley, up to the plate" before I smacked the neon foam baseball across the street.
Result: Greatly disappointed.
Player: Ron Coomer
Why: Coomer seemed like a fun uncle — someone with a swinging Fungo in one hand and an Old Style in the other.
Result: He shipped a signed baseball. Raise a frothy toast to the Coom Dawg!
White Sox
Player: Jaime Navarro
Why: He seemed neutral. The hate for the "other" team in Chicago ran deep in my family. At one point, while visiting my relatives, my grandfather made me take off my Fred Flinstone White Sox jersey before I could enter his home.
Result: I didn't get anything back and it was probably for the better.
Player: Chili Davis
Why: He was cool and old like a designated-hitting Miles Davis.
Result: He didn't write back, but what do you expect from a Yankee?
Final Autograph Batting Average: .333. Not too shabby, but a colossal waste of time.
But what is time when August's in the ninth inning and sun's still setting slow?
As a kid, it's not really about the permanence an autograph can represent — it's the emotions that follow. What matters isn't that these pieces of ephemera found a permanent home in the closet once the Trapper Keepers came out, but that I can still vividly recall the thrill and resentment that came along with the responses and the snubs. The ink might fade but the joy, the validation, the feeling you get seeing your name on official team letterhead does not.
And sometimes those are the only things that get you through the long, hot summers.
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Red Raiders Riley Takemura and Alden Roberts weren't worried about qualifying for next week's Class 2A Regional Wrestling Tournament. They've been talented fixtures within their respective weight classes all year.
The Bellingham duo, though, welcomed the major boost of momentum they earned heading into the postseason's next stage.
Takemura (126 pounds) and Roberts (152) not only pinned their opponents in sub-regional championship matches, they powered through perennial roadblocks while doing so.
"It's been a tough matchup," said Takemura of his previous meetings with Sedro-Woolley's Adam Adkinson. "That match was the first time I have beaten him. It's really big because heading into districts to get a good place it's really important right now."
Roberts hadn't beat Anacortes' Andrew Toth during his previous attempts. But on Saturday, Feb. 7, under the single illuminated mat at Squalicum High School, Roberts earned a big breakthrough.
"It means a lot. I'm super pumped," said the 152-pound senior. "I wrestled that guy before three times. I've never beat him. Every time I've lost through the last couple years, so it was awesome to win."
Bellingham senior Sergio Torres gave the Red Raiders three individual champions with his 22-7 technical fall against Blaine's Derreck Camba, rounding out a strong day for Bellingham during the Class 2A Sub-Regional Wrestling Tournament.
The defending Class 1A state champion Blaine Borderites, who began their title defense Saturday at the 2A level after moving up a classification, performed the best of any Whatcom County school, though. Blaine took second place with 289.5 points, narrowly missing out on a sub-regional title to Sedro-Woolley, which scored 301.5.
Bellingham took third with 171.5 points, Squalicum finished fifth with 155, Lynden took seventh with 132.5 and Sehome was eighth with 121.
But the sub-regional tournament was all about seeding and advancing to next week's regional tournament at Sedro-Woolley High School, where Mat Classic berths with be handed out.
The top four placers in each bracket advanced, and fifth place served as an alternate. Blaine qualified 12 for next week's action, Bellingham sent along six and Squalicum, Lynden and Sehome each advanced five.
"I felt good about it, because we got all our key guys through," Borderites coach Craig Foster said. "A bunch of younger guys made it in the third-fourth place matches."
Blaine's top wrestlers also performed well.
Colton Economy (113), Anthony Frey (132), Riley Fritsch (138) and Caleb Frey (145) each won individual titles. Economy won by injury default, Anthony beat teammate Billy Dodd with a 4-2 decision, Fritsch beat Squalicum's Zachary Wallace 6-2 and Caleb beat teammate Brendan Schmidt by forfeit. Blaine and Sedro-Woolley tied for the most wrestlers in the finals with seven.
Of all the final matches, Takemura's may have been the most thrilling and most surprising.
Through two periods all indications suggested Takemura was going to settle for a second-place medal, but trailing 12-2 heading into the final period the Bellingham senior went to work.
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"I was looking at the score, and I realized I have to pull something out for five points, or I got to stick him here," Takemura said. "He stood up, and I saw the opportunity to get the head-and-arm and just went for it."
Lynden's top finisher was sophomore 195-pounder Brody Weinheimer, who narrowly fell to Sedro-Woolley's Nate Vaughn with a 6-5 decision. Weinheimer took a 5-3 lead in the second period, but Vaughn bounced back to take a 6-5 advantage before the the third period. Neither wrestler scored in the final frame.
Sehome's top wrestlers was heavyweight Briley Funk, who lost in overtime during the championship match against Sedro-Woolley's Erik Lukner. The match was tied 1-1 with seconds to go in OT, but right before the buzzer Funk was slammed to the mat and handed a defeat.
Class 2A Sub-Regional Wrestling Tournament
at Squalicum High School
Sedro-Woolley 301.5, Blaine 289.5, Bellingham 171.5, Anacortes 160.0, Squalicum 155.0, Burlington-Edison 135.0, Lynden 132.5, Sehome 121.0
Championship matches
106: Ty Peth (Burlington-Edison) dec. Eli Zachary (Anacortes) 17-2; 113: Colton Economy (Blaine) inj def. Hugo Diaz (Burlington-Edison); 120: Riley Takemura (Bellingham) pin Adam Adkinson (Sedro-Woolley); 126: Sergio Torres (Bellingham) dec. Derreck Camba (Blaine) 23-7; 132: Anthony Frey (Blaine) dec. Billy Dodd 4-2; 138: Riley Fritsch (Blaine) dec. Zachary Wallace 6-2; 145: Caleb Frey (Blaine) forfeit Brendan Schmidt (Blaine); 152: Alden Roberts (Bellingham) pin Andrew Toth (Anacortes); 160: Jared Mitchell (Sedro-Woolley) dec. Blair Bennett (Bellingham) 10-3; 170: Jacob Farrell (Sedro-Woolley) dec. Ross Atterberry (Anacortes) 4-1; 182: Aaron Tisinger (Anacortes) pin Quinten Roppell (Sedro-Woolley); 195: Nate Vaughn (Sedro-Woolley) dec. Brody Weinheimer (Lynden) 6-5; 220: Gabe Torgerson (School) inj def. James Swanson (Anacortes); 285: Erik Lukner (Sedro-Woolley) def. Briley Funk (Sehome) 3-1.
Other Whatcom County regional qualifiers
106: 3. Jase Cooper (Sq); 113: 3. Primitivo Cruz (Lyn), 4. Suan Tung (Seh); 120: 4. Jordan Peterson-Scotter (Lyn); 126: 3. Gage Lott (Bla), 4. Spencer Wallace (Sq); 132: 3. Ben Donnelly (Bel); 138: 3. Preston Bellville (Bla), Kyle Clemenson (Seh); 145: 3. Payton Peterson-Scotter (Lyn); 152: 3. Erik Davis (Bla); 4. Cole Marlowe (Lyn); 160: 3. Brian Pullman (Sq), 4. Blake Renskers (Bla); 170: 4. Jacob Burgoon (Sq); 182: 3. Spencer Marshall-Rodenberg (Bel), 4. Saul Magallon (Bla); 195: 4. Zach Zimmerman (Seh); 220: None; 285: 4. TJ Burfore (Seh).


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"And the Word of God was increasing. And the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was multiplying exceedingly; even a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith." Acts 6:7
Devotional Thought For The Day
Generally in the Gospel accounts [and also in much of the prophetic literature of the Old Testament] people in the "religious establishment" [priests and full-time religious workers] are opposed to the Word of God, aligned with the will of the political leadership [the rich and powerful], and unwilling to enter the kingdom of God through repentance and faith. Several years ago I heard about a book that was titled "Can Pastors Also Be Saved?" There is much about "religiosity" that is inimical to genuine humble repentance and faith and trust in One Savior, Lord, and Master – the Lord Jesus Christ. That is why this report, that "even a great crowd of the priests obeyed the faith" is so astounding, remarkable, and pleasing. It is important to note the power at work in accomplishing this miracle – "the Word of God was increasing and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem was multiplying exceedingly." This too is a rather remarkable and astonishing report since the observation of Jesus is what generally prevails in regard to the success of the kingdom: "Enter by the narrow gate. For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many. For the gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are few." [Matt. 7:13,14] Jesus immediately adds one of the principle reasons for this dismal reality: "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves." [Matt. 7:15]
So we should all be aware that the sinful propensities of mankind also infiltrate and permeate the life of the church. Most people are aware that their pastors are sinful human beings just like the rest of us. The scriptural observations that "all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God" and that "there is not a just man upon the earth that doeth good and sinneth not" [Rom. 3:23; Eccl. 7:20] also apply to pastors [as they do to all of us!]. Likewise, our sinful nature is infected with the same tendencies to pervert and corrupt the life of the church into "religion" – as we observe in descriptions of the Old Testament leaders and the religious establishment of Jesus' day. The temptations are many to focus on all kinds of other "activities" rather than the Word of God – which alone has power to increase and multiply the "number of disciples . . . who obey the faith." We ourselves are averse to allowing the Word of God to govern all things in our lives – and find many more appealing ways to decide important aspects of faith and life. We seek to influence pastors to "go along" with us, perhaps even using our money and influence to coerce or entice them – and many pastors capitulate. When they do so, they may become part of the "ravenous wolves" – agents of the enemy, and no longer servants of the Word of God. Perhaps nothing is as dismal as a "church" and "ministry" which claims and uses God's Name when they have in fact abandoned God's Word which alone builds God's kingdom!
So for pastors and leaders within the church, nothing is more critical than allowing the Word of God [Holy Scripture, the Bible] to capture our hearts and minds, keeping us in humble repentance and firm and genuine faith in the gracious mercy, forgiveness, and love of God in Christ Jesus – the obedience of faith. For the life and health of the real church, nothing is more critical than keeping the Word of God [which is this Gospel] as the central thing in the life of the church [really, the only thing!]. Whether or not the number of disciples is increased and multiplied is God's business: "no one can say that Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit" [1 Cor. 12:3] – and this happens only by means of the Word of God, for "faith comes by hearing and hearing by the Word of God." [Rom. 10:17] So our prayer, and our chief priority must always be that the Word of God be increasing in our midst.
There are many perilous dynamics that can derail the life of the church, perverting and corrupting even the hearts and minds of the leaders. Thankfully God's power continues through His Word, and the miracles of faith and discipleship continue to be produced within the church. May this be our simple and single desire for ourselves and for our church!
Prayer For The Day
Dear Lord Jesus, thanks and praise be to You that Your Word has power to break through all of the barriers to repentance and faith that exist in our hearts and minds – many of which are "religious," so that by Your grace we too have come to know and believe Your great love for us, and have been incorporated into the obedience of faith. Grant that Your kingdom continue to come to us, and within our congregations. Preserve all of Your priests, even Your pastors, in this repentance and faith. Amen.


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by Will Smith | Oct 1, 2015 | UncategorizedHow much is a fiber broadband network worth to a community? Earlier this year, Seattle, Wash., decided not to build a municipal fiber network because the cost of doing so would have been somewhere between $460 and $630 million. That's a lot of money, so it's easy to see why the city council was hesitant to proceed. But a new study suggests that even at that price, a fiber network may be a bargain. In June, Bento Lobo, a finance professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, wrote a study titled "The Realized Value of Fiber Infrastructure in Hamilton County, Tennessee." Behind the dry title is an attempt to determine the overall value the fiber-optic network has given to Chattanooga, Tenn. According to the study, since its launch in 2010, the city's fiber-optic, gigabit municipal network created between $2,832 and $3,762 for every resident of Hamilton County — or a total benefit between $865 million and $1.3 billion. That's well in excess of the project's cost of almost $227 million, $112 million of which came from a Department of Energy grant. What's more, the network created somewhere between 2,800 and 5,200 new jobs. Join the Club If accurate, these numbers make a strong argument in favor of other cities following suit. A recent study from Broadband Communities says that 165 cities across 38 states have public or mixed public-private community fiber networks. That's a 15-percent increase compared to the 143 community fiber networks online in 2014, and as many as 200 new communities are investigating the potential of community fiber networks. Next Century Cities, an organization devoted to making broadband Internet more accessible, has 118 members. Some of these members, including Chattanooga, already have their own network, but who better to share their expertise with than communities interested in becoming the next gig city? Powerful Allies It's not just Chattanooga and other members of Next Century Cities urging other cities to move forward in the creation of municipal networks. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been a voice in favor of the freedom for communities to do just that; it was the FCC's pre-emption policy that made the idea possible for many communities. In a September 9 speech at the National Association of Telecom Officers and Advisors Annual Conference, Gigi Sohn, counselor to FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, said: "Rather than wait for incumbent ISPs to build the network your cities want and need, you [local governments] can take control of your own broadband futures. Rather than thinking of yourselves as taxers and regulators, which has been the traditional role, you can think of yourselves as facilitators of the kind of services you've been begging the incumbents to provide for years." Sohn mentioned Sandy, Ore., and Westminster, Md., as examples of communities that created their own gigabit fiber networks. Both are small cities — Sandy's population is only 10,309, and Westminster's is 18,724 — but there's no reason America's largest cities can't join them. Los Angeles, for example, has a fiber network, though it's for business customers only. Build or Buy, Whatever Works Not every community wants to build its own network, and that's okay. In some cases, cities that built their own networks did so because private Internet Service Providers (ISPs) decided it wasn't worth the trouble; but for other communities, the private sector is the right answer. Huntsville, Ala., attracted a builder for its upcoming fiber network via a traditional request for proposal, the same way a city might seek bids for a garbage service contractor. Sometimes it's even easier: when Google began service in Kansas City, it prioritized service based on areas that demonstrated sufficient interest. If a community can demonstrate a potential for profit, the private sector may do all the work. Adapting Tomorrow's Technology to Yesterday's Cities The challenge of creating a broadband network in a community never designed for one is obvious. But what about connecting communities of tomorrow? The answer is building new communities with broadband access in mind from the beginning, and it's a topic we'll examine in part two of this series. With the number of broadband networks growing rapidly, you may have more options for high-speed Internet access than you know. To find out, and to compare plans in your area, enter your ZIP code below. [zipfinder]
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Great Language Schools in Ukraine by Billgreen54
What makes a great private language school in Ukraine? Just like all countries, honesty, a professional staff, qualified teachers, up to date facilities, current teaching materials, electronic equipment and a single priority to help students achieve their goals.
Just like all businesses, private language schools need to earn profit. As long as this is accomplished with the student in mind first, earning a profit is essential to stay in business.
A great language school is one that is always honest with students. It starts with proper assessment. Students must take a level test before accepting an assumption that a student is either beginner or elementary.
Sadly, many private language schools require no testing before a student pays for a full course of Elementary English.
Students must demonstrate their level of English in grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, reading, writing and speaking with a professional admissions and assessment professional.
At Larisa English, all new students must undergo this testing. The exception to this are students who have never studied English in the past.
Remember that all Ukrainians must study a foreign language in school. Most study English. Unfortunately, most public schools don't place teaching English as a priority.
The level of English learned in public schools is never consistent with a minimum standard. This is why private language schools are needed in Ukraine.
Once a proper language assessment has been accomplished, students are asked about goals, time available to study and attend their lessons. Students then convey their desire to attend private, semi-private, mini group, or group lessons. At this point, a teacher is assigned and a schedule created for the student.
Proper assessment and a solid understanding of a students expectations are essential to achieve his or her goals.
Qualified and experienced teachers are the most important element to a successful private language school. English teachers also undergo special training by an experienced Native English Speaking teacher at Larisa English Ukraine.
Special training and classroom time with experienced teachers is required for all new teachers at Larisa English before he or she begins conducting lessons.
The facilities at Larisa English Ukraine are centrally located on Sovietskaya and Shevchenko. There are ten classrooms. The classrooms are all equipped modern computers and monitors. All classrooms are connected to the Internet and are equipped for Skype audio and video lessons.
Classrooms accommodate from 3 students to 55. The school is equipped with two Epson projectors and large screens. The movie room is equipped with a kitchen counter, sink, refrigerator and free coffee and tea.
All rooms are centrally heated and air conditioned. Classrooms display English grammar posters and educational materials. All classrooms are decorated with colorful decor and furnishings.
Modern teaching resources should also be used in all schools. Many private language schools still use outdated books and audio cassette tapes. At Larisa English, we use every modern book and electronic media available including MP3 audio.
We teach modern English with up to date vocabulary and modern grammar usage. Using up to date books from well known publishers and series like Oxford, McMillan, Grammarway, Market Leader and many more are all part of the modern resources used at Larisa English Ukraine.
Larisa English Ukraine has published many books that are given away completely free of charge.
Our English Grammar Fundamentals PDF book is well known in Ukraine. Over the years, our books have been viewed close to one million times.
Add our books to our YouTube channels with hundreds of English Learning Videos as well as our many websites with countless English study materials and it's clear that Larisa School of Language is one of the top private language schools in Ukraine.
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I continue to explore 4 basic tangles in crazy chaotic tangleations! Using the same four patterns -- hollibaugh, crescent moon, bales and printemps. Turned out different than the previous one, but equally chaotic. Here are both tiles side by side. The same tangles, but different results:
Now, even though they look chaotic, it's not just randomly adding tangles. There really is a method to the madness and it's the topic of my next lesson Chaotic Tangleations. Here is the partial line-art of the second tile:
Here is another screengrab of the lineart, almost complete:
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Saturday night at the Asia Bar (under the hardware store), listening to ZÉ GUIA & RICARDO OLIVEIRA, sing Sting's lyrics, "I'm an alien I'm a legal alien I'm an Englishman in New York" I changed the words to "I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien, I'm an Americana in Salir". We have moved out of the "big" city and become villagers and every Saturday night the Asia Bar is the place to festa in our village home.
Salir do Porto is small enough to have sheep and chickens as neighbors. It perches on the hillside up above the Tornada river. But it's not really a river, more like a big tidal pool. São Martinho Bay, depending on the tide, flows in to fill up the "big pool" for swimming or fishing up by the ruins. When the tide is out the beach is there to walk, dig for clams and climb up the cliff steps to the mineral spring.
Saint Theresina's Refuge and Lounge, as I call my casa is a perfect apartment with a large terraço. The name comes from the mosaic made of tiles above the front door. Most of the homes have a mosaic above their door with an icon or the name of the casa, all different and all hand painted. These are not anything from any do-it yourself superstore.
My views from the terraço are out of a post card. The bay with majestic cliffs rising from rocks scattered with old ruins, across the bay are the high rise buildings of the brassy tourist resort town, São Martinho, it's wide sweep of beach dotted with bright beach umbrellas. Look the other way, red tile roofs of the village houses and the Miradouro rising behind the church steeple (the steeple has real bells that ring out the time each hour, twice). On the top of the hill is a large white cross and a bench. At night, the lights of São Martinho reflect on the bay like glitter and the cross glows. I can hear the waves from the Atlantic Ocean pounding the shore just on the other side of the hill. Magic, pure magic.
We have our basic needs covered. One mom and pop grocery where we can get our toilet paper, sponges, wine and the tuna in cheaper than anywhere else. Four cafes each with it's own specialty be it the cable channels, the patio, the view, or the pool tables, three restaurants in town, and two more a short walk away. The Asia Bar and the hardware store, a church if you are so inclined and like a good Portuguese Catholic Mass, and a beauty salon. The city hall has the post office, the town bulletin board and a free internet room, every city, town and village in Portugal has a place where people can use computers for free, like the library but more accessible and friendly.
A "Disco-teria" has an obnoxious klieg light that cuts through the sky like some dull butter knife. Someone I know said it is also a place to find "company", Eu não sei (I don't know). We haven't been to the disco yet, we will have to go, just need to be in that disco mood.
A very large swimming pool built with public funding next to the beautiful beach that has a sand dune almost 49 meters high (a third of a mile). I haven't see anyone use the pool and it's closed all winter. It is expensive and we are dying to find out the whole story on how that big ole fancy hole in the ground that no one in our little village, including us can afford to use happened to be built. It does have a good bathroom for the public, they could have just built that and forgot about the pool.
There is a really large recreation and cultural center with card room, pool table, auditorium, badminton, a tennis and futbol court. Badminton Wednesdays are very popular and draw some fierce competitors'; the Ingle-terras (British expats) are wild for it. The center doubles as another café and town communication (gossip) center, the group of women and the group of men (no mingling among genders) sit and talk over the current events. The village festas are all done there, grills filled with sardinhas, musicians playing, dancing and vinho flowing! We got a big four day festa coming up across the bay in São Martinho, St. Anthony's festa, I know there are grilled sardinhas involved so I will be there. I love me those grilled sardinhas!
We do have a small fresh fruit and veggie market near the village square most mornings. Every day the bread truck comes by honking it's horn. You go out and shop for your daily fresh bread out of the back of the truck. Great pão integral, whole wheat bread with all the seeds and bolinas, perfect size rolls for a nice fresh tomato, cheese and olive paste sandwich to take to the beach. The fresh fish truck parks up the hill a bit and has a selection of everything from sardinhas to octopus. In the summer an ice cream truck that also sells fish apparently is very popular…hmmm.
As far as transportation, we don't have a car. Auto accidents account for the majority of deaths per year here. Portuguese even admit they are crazy drivers, imagine all these people racing around in their Smart-Cars. They may be fuel efficient and as green as Kermit, but they still take the curves of steep mountain road without a guard rail at silly speeds. I have been a passenger and I buckle up and close my eyes…seriously, they scare the shit out of me!
If we need to go into the big city, Caldas da Rainha, for things we just have to have, like dried fruit and nuts and cheese from the Praça da Fruta, we have to plan ahead. There are 3 trains: 8am, 1pm and 6pm, those aren't the exact times, but coming or going, those are the options. We also have the bus three times a day, around the same times. If you miss those count on a twelve Euro (about $16) one way taxi fare.
São Martinho is a lovely four kilometer (2.5 mile) stroll on a wood boardwalk around the bay. It has a nice fresh market, fish market and a big supermarket. We bring our backpacks and bags, and then take the train back to Salir, loaded with our supplies, trudge the eight blocks up the little hill to the casa. Unpack and we are all set for a while with Weetabix and things we can't get here in our village.
Such a small life might seem boring, but I have a to-do list as long as the Tornada "river". Right now I need to stroll up to the little market for milk and a garrafa of vinho branco, then see how the swallows are doing building their new nest, then I will probably go say Boa Tarde to the Senhoras at the community center before I visit the one ATM machine.
For a little place it gets busy here.


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The daze of rosés
It's somewhere around the second half of July where Rosé season officially opens in Europe. When does it close? Well, that used to be the end of August when you could go visit Paris and even the homeless would be suckling a bottle of the pink stuff in the park. Nowadays, it seems the season never ends until the tap runs dry. And, as Rosé is a young wine that (really really shouldn't) see any oak aging, the tap is handily-refilled every harvest and thus, #roséallday is upon us.
As far as these things go, I mind it less than the Kardashians and more than cronut. The former is a vapid wasteland of a family that embodies all that is wrong with our culture while the latter is over-hyped but damned delicious. Rosé sits in the middle of this vast Kardashian/Cronut Divide as I can and do indeed enjoy it. I don't go out of my way to find it but if it's what's on the table and well made, I'll definitely indulge.
This is a long way to get into the fact that all wine writers are writing about Rosé at the moment and I might as well also. Such an article released in November is a lot like showing up to an ex's wedding; invitation or not it's just simply out of place.
I've recently been tasting about 200 wines from a single region in Spain that's primarily a red producer with a base of Grenache, Carignan, Syrah, and splashy hot potato of Tempranillo tossed in for kicks and giggles. Of the 200 labels I sampled, there were about 20 of them that were Rosés which is a rather shockingly-high proportion of 10% (whites were just a touch higher at 15% of the total). Of them, 25% where quite good, 50% were okay, and the remaining 25% were putrid. This is interesting to note as it's basically what I find to be the three styles of Rosé.
The Good
What makes a good Rosé these days? Liz Gabay MW wrote a whole book about the subject so she can clearly advise as to the finer details on the subject. For me, it's quite simply: character and clarity. It doesn't really matter if it's the darker Tavel or the lighter Provence style and in fact the Rosés I enjoyed ran the entire color spectrum which shows that it's not really as much of an indicator as one might think.
In these wines, there was a defined character and I could tell they were from a warmer growing climate in Spain but at the same time, they all held nuance. Picking was done thoughtfully and the idea was to make a Rosé wine from the start clearly. Deep, complex flavors were apparent and again, quite varied between them but they all spoke to me and lastly, they were all dry wines.
The Meh
Again, much like the good wines above, color and approach was quite scattered but the one aspect that bound all of them is that they were sweet. I don't have exact residual sugar (RS) counts from the winemakers but they seemed to range from a just-perceptible yet poorly-integrated 7g up to at least 15g. The sugar was sloppy, sticky, and did nothing to enhance the wines.
Why is Brut Champagne so popular? Because that 12g of sugar balances and smooths out the searing acidity in Champagne wonderfully. It's also why Brut Nature, essentially no sugar in Cava works so well as the acid is so much lower. Residual sugar in wine is like Jeff Goldblum in a movie: a little splash like Thor: Ragnorak is great, but a massive dose like Independence Day and it's going to wear on you. Balance is key with RS and in these middling Rosés, it was if the bosses were telling the winemakers, "We hear people like sweet shit. Make the Rosé sweet!" and thus, they were and thus, they had no depth, no character, impossible to perceive acidity, and no length.
These might be decent opinions if in the market for Yacht Rosé, but even that would be a stretch.
The Bad
And these wines were why Rosé was disliked for so long. Take some young vines or others grown in crappier locations and just toss whatever you have together. Smooth it out on the palate with maybe a bit of malolactic conversion or other treatments. Then, bind it by leaving a good deal of RS to cover up whatever else you couldn't hide.
These aren't wines that are crap because they're Rosé. They're crap because they're produced without attention and in a manner that's the polar opposite to the good batch. Garbage in, garbage out.
Given that I'm opening everything to taste with Coravin these days, I've put aside the good group. The bads had a date with my abused kitchen sink. As for the mehs, I've no idea. Maybe it's high time that I go shopping for a yacht to drink them on.


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Curtis and Emily were married this weekend in a beautiful ceremony at The Center Club in Costa Mesa surrounded by their closest family and friends. When I met Curtis and Emily earlier this year they told me the story of how they found me by chance. They were visiting another venue and happened to stumble across one of my images from a wedding I had done there last year. Curtis remembered my name, they googled me, sent me an email and well the rest is history as they say. I've been very excited about this wedding and it's dear to my heart because it reminds me very much of my own almost 8 years ago. Curtis has an adorable 4 year old daughter Stella who was going to be a very big part of this wedding. There was no wedding party. Just Curtis, Emily and Stella standing up and taking vows. When Emily made vows to Stella there wasn't a dry eye in the house (including mine). Congratulations to the newly formed family and I hope you enjoy Part 1 of your sneak peek!
Did I mention how fabulous Emily's shoes were? More about them on the next post :)
It was a bit windy that day which Emily and I laughed about since their engagement session was VERY windy. It seems to follow us.


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KARACHI: Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) has asked the government to introduce structural reforms in the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) in order to make it efficient, effective and transparent.
In a letter to the Finance Minister Asad Umar on Thursday, PTBA President Abdul Qadir Memon has said that the government must work to increae tax base rather than burdening the existing taxpayers.
The association said that the FBR and the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) must be depoliticised so that they can operate independently.
The bar pointed out that the lack of harmonisation in federal and provincial taxes and interprovincial taxes has resulted in rise of disputes and litigations. Towards this, the tax bar suggested finance minister to form and head a "National Tax Authority".
"Therefore, the PTBA is desirous that the government should reasonably increase tax collection without jeopardising the interest of various segments of economy and their long-term growth potential."
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"The policy should not be just about producing a competitive tax environment but also to create a fair tax system that takes into account the ability to pay along with simplified tax laws that encourages high rate of compliance," the letter says.
Furthermore, the letter asked the government to set-up "policy board on tax revenues" under the chairmanship of finance minister comprising economists, representatives of professional bodies (tax and accounting), State Bank of Pakistan, SECP, Ministry of Finance and FBR.
The PTBA is a representative body of 30 tax bars with more than 8,000 members including lawyers, chartered accountants, cost and management accountants and tax practitioners.
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An online fighting game between religious figures has been taken off the Web site by its Italian creators following complaints that the game was religiously insensitive.
However, a link on the site of Italy-based Molleindustria sends a visitor to one of many other sites that still carry the Faith Fighter game.
Molleindustria took the game off its Web site last week after the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC), which represents many Muslim countries, claimed it was offensive to Christians and Muslims.
In the game, Muhammad, Jesus, Buddha and others combat each other. The game is especially problematic for Muslims, since any depiction of Muhammad is prohibited by their religion.
While Faith Fighter has been on-line for a year, the OIC only asked for its removal recently, after an article in Britain's Metro brought the game to its attention. The article deemed the game "deeply provocative" and "disrespectful."
The game now has a disclaimer explaining that it is not meant to be insensitive, and even offering a "censored" version where Muhammad's face is blacked out.
"Faith Fighter was meant to be a game against intolerance," Molleindustria said in a statement on its Web site.
According to the site's spokesperson, who asked to remain anonymous due to the sensitivity of the issue, the game was intended to "create a commentary about the fact that religions can be used instrumentally to create hate, and that is not good."
He added that while there was no specific Jewish figure in the game, there was "a God of the Old Testament" who he said could be considered the Jewish character.
After taking down the game, Molleindustria released Faith Fighter 2, which it describes as "the sequel of the infamous game that outraged over 1.3 billions of Muslims from 57 countries."
It is supposed to teach "the universal values of tolerance and respect." However, there has been criticism that the game, which simply asks players to click on different religious figures to show that they love them, is sarcastic and insincere.
The spokesperson admitted the irony in Molleindustria's responses and the fact that there was a link to the original game.
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This past weekend I held my 4th annual cookie exchange and I wanted to share some tips I've learned over the years, and a few recipes. I absolutely love this yearly tradition, it's such a great time to get the ladies together and catch up with everyone. Plus, the cookie selection was better than ever this year. Having done this for 4 years I've learned a few things along the way that might help you planning your next cookie exchange.
1. I always write out my menu and decide which cookies I am baking about 2 weeks ahead of the party(I actually do this for any event I am hosting), This way I can make sure I have all the ingredients and tools needed. I've had several occasions where I've waited until a few days before to only discover I don't have a certain tool/item needed. One year a recipe called for an apple corer, which I don't have so I found myself the day of the party running around trying to find this item which was sold out everywhere.
2. I try to use Pinterest/Cookbooks to come up with a few new appetizers to share each year. You can follow my cookie exchange recipe board here for all of this years recipes.
3. I make cookie dough ahead of time and put in the freezer until I am ready to bake or I'll actually make a few cookies ahead of time and freeze those as well. This is a huge time saver as the last thing I want to be doing the day of the party is baking a bunch of cookies.
4. The day before I set out all the platters I'll need, decorate the tables, and make sure my wine and drinks are being chilled.
5. I always put together a logistics menu on what I am baking. Usually I am making 5-7 appetizers and if everything has to go in the oven, I need to know ahead of time how this is all going to bake at the same time. No matter how I try this though it always seems to be a scramble the last hour before the party starts. I am still working on this and the only conclusion I can come up with is that I need a double oven(hint, hint to the hubs).
6. About 30 minutes before everyone arrives, I set out the cheese and wine, light the candles, and turn on the Pandora Christmas Station.
7. Make sure my camera charger is full(still no sign of my charger), hence the horrible iPhone pictures I had to take.
8. I always make sure to have a wrapping station as well. I ask everyone to bring a platter but in case someone forgets, or if people want to wrap up cookies to take as a gift, I offer cookie boxes, ribbon, and tags for fun.
9. Each year is always a work in progress and I already have a few ideas for next years party.
10. Have fun!
This year I tried several new appetizer recipes and a few cookie ones as well. Here's my absolute favorite and ones you should add to your next get together. Plus, the cookies are the most amazing ever and ones you definitely want to make soon.
Pancetta Crisps with Goat Cheese and Pear
Caramelized Onion, Mushroom, & Gruyere Tartlets
Cranberry Meatballs
Mulled Wine
Jalapeno Cheddar Crackers
Cranberry Bliss Cookie
I'd love to hear if you have any tips on hosting a cookie exchange. Happy Monday.


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John-Paul Flintoff is a writer and performer. His non-fiction books include Sew Your Own, How to Change the World and The Family Project. He has just published his sixth book What If The Queen Should Die? , a novel about the final days of the reign of Queen Anne. @jpflintoff
Byron Katie was deeply depressed when a radical change left her joyful. She now uses her secret to help others – whether brutalised by war or merely stressed
The ceramicist Molly Hatch researched her family history by finding out about the objects she had loved as a child
Haemin Sunim says a happy relationship and contented children are within reach for us all – if we could just slow down and pay attention to each other
In A Monster Calls, a boy struggles because nobody tells him the truth about his dying mother. John-Paul Flintoff talks to the people behind the new film of the multi-award winning book
Mountaineer Joe Simpson, of Touching the Void fame, followed his soldier father's second world war footsteps. His mission – to understand a man who, like many of his peers, rarely expressed his feelings
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The biggest difficulties involved in joining a local group are usually in our own heads – but it's possible to overcome them, writes John-Paul Flintoff
It is all too easy to fall into unhealthy patterns of thought, but visualising your inner critic can help, says John-Paul Flintoff
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Brené Brown is a Texan academic and bestselling author who believes all our relationships would be better and happier if we stopped worrying about ourselves and engaged meaningfully with each other. By John-Paul Flintoff
Fifty years ago, a husband and wife founded the much loved Little Angel puppet theatre. But would their talented kids take over? By John-Paul Flintoff
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Del Mar's Fifth Fall Racing Season Begins Friday
Wednesday, November 7th, 2018
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Del Mar Thoroughbred Club begins its fifth season of fall racing Friday, spotlighting older fillies and mares in the $75,000 Kathryn Crosby Stakes at one mile over the infield Jimmy Durante Turf Course.
Post time for the first race Friday and throughout the 16-day meeting will be 12:30 p.m., with the lone exception of holiday Thanksgiving when post time will be 11 a.m. Fourteen stakes for a total of $1,950,000 are scheduled for the season which concludes December 2, including the Grade I $300,000 Hollywood Derby on Saturday, December 1, and the $300,000 Matriarch Stakes on closing day.
The Kathryn Crosby, honoring the widow of Del Mar's co-founder, Bing Crosby, attracted a full field of a dozen evenly-matched fillies and mares, including a single also-eligible.
Entrants, in post position order, are Gliding By, Evin Roman; Pyscho Sister, Edwin Maldonado; Miss Southern Miss, Assael Espinoza; Excellent Sunset, Mario Gutierrez; Shehastheritestuff, Geovanni Franco; Quebec, Rafael Bejarano; Way to Versailles, Flavien Prat; Tonahutu, Gary Stevens; Escape Clause, Ruben Fuentes; Sweet Charity, Mike Smith; Last Promise Kept, Drayden Van Dyke, and Pantsonfire, Kent Desormeaux. Also eligible is Birdie Gold.
Coming into the race in good form and certain to attract support are Gliding By, Excellent Sunset, Quebec, Way to Versailles, Escape Clause and Last Promise Kept.


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Feature : The BIME portal allows your Named Viewers to access all the dashboards shared with them from a single url.
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The first five teams have joined startport, the innovation platform of Duisburger Hafen AG
The five logistics teams Aindex.Ruhr, Cargo-Bay, DepotCity, freightpilot and Shippion joined the start-up platform program in March. The young companies have approximately one year to turn their innovative ideas into market-ready logistics products or services. Soon, employees of the Klöckner & Co spin-off XOM will also be using the co-working workstations at startport.
Erich Staake, Chief Executive Officer of Duisburger Hafen AG and initiator of the project: "We are taking an important step towards digitization. The demand proves that our concept is paying off. At the same time, we also need persistence and patience, because this project is not a sprint but rather a marathon."
The founder teams have moved into one of the floors of the Werhahnmühle in the Duisburg interior port for a period of 12 months (with support from a team of Duisburger Hafen AG). Now the teams submit regular reports about their results - and receive extensive coaching services from partner companies and mentors.
Using this approach, the start-ups are supposed to develop their ideas into market-ready products in Duisburg. Additional teams are expected to join them in the Werhahnmühle by the end of 2018. "We expect a strong commitment and a success-oriented approach. Our support is based on the performance principle. It is not enough to have a good idea; one must also work to implement the idea. So far, we are very satisfied, because our teams are highly motivated," says Staake.
The innovation platform startport also targets post-secondary students and graduates interested in starting their own companies. The founder teams receive advice from duisport and the logistics professionals at the exclusive startport partners Evonik, Klöckner & Co and Initiativkreis Ruhr.
Cisco, the world's market leader for IT and networks, and IT system vendor Bechtle have joined startport as technology partners. "The strong support from well-known companies in industry confirms that the idea behind startport, namely to bring together start-ups and industry, is the right way to go," says Staake.
Additional assistance is provided by network/workshop partners such as Fraunhofer IML, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Zentrum für Logistik und Verkehr, Netzwerk DIALogistik Duisburg, consulting company Roland Berger, advertising agency dws, auditors from Ernst & Young, tax advisors from PKF, Deutsche Bank, IDE (Competence Center for Innovation and Start-ups at Universität Duisburg Essen), Instafreight, Digital Hub Logistics, lawyers from Taylor Wessing and Hochschule Rhein-Waal.
Expertise for Big Data and algorithms
The first start-ups at startport are experts for digital Big Data applications. These young companies are at different stages of development. They utilize the attractive work environment in the Werhahnmühle and the free IT infrastructure, and maintain close contacts with the managers, developers and logistics experts at Duisburger Hafen AG. Additional partners are expected to join. The initial discussions are very promising. The support that is offered is continuously optimized through closer relationships with the start-up scene and regional logistics companies, and the provision of additional consultative personnel support for issues such as apartment searches, customer acquisition and public relations activities.
The start-ups at a glance:
Aindex.Ruhr is working on the development of an app designed to guide users to the best possible location. It aims to facilitate the search for the perfect apartment or business location in the Ruhr region, and subsequently in other metropolitan areas. Customers can define their individual priorities. The founders of Aindex have already garnered positive attention: They are the winners of the "#Nextlevelruhr-Hackathon" prize awarded by the RAG foundation.
Cargo-Bay improves the distribution of products of industry, retail and logistics companies and delivers innovative information, management and control options. Through its platform, the company offers more than 1,000 verified freight forwarders in different regions, providing customers with a convenient option to check and compare the freight prices of different providers. Standardized input screens facilitate work processes and reduce errors. At this time, Cargo-Bay already has more than 1,100 customers.
DepotCity digitizes warehouse logistics and makes booking warehouse space and fulfillment as easy as booking a hotel room. This platform provides both professionals and laypersons with the opportunity to purchase professional eCommerce logistics services. All services from storage, packaging and franking to shipping, invoicing and dunning can be booked, and the entire process can be tracked in a transparent manner. The platform brings together seekers and providers of storage space. It also makes it easier for storage space providers to generate attractive additional business.
Freightpilot moves route scheduling into the Cloud with its own software platform. Companies that are currently working with their own, expensive or inefficient route scheduling system can now outsource this function for a competitively-priced monthly fee. The platform offers fully-automated route scheduling across the boundaries of the various senders. For example, two companies that supply the same customer can now share the trip to that customer. The software solution uses artificial intelligence to develop a route schedule on a fully automated basis, and forwards it directly to the suppliers. This creates synergy effects for all participants and reduces the traffic volume and the driving time of trucks and other transport vehicles.
Shippion brings transparency to the freight market. Until now, the process has been as follows: Large freight companies invite tenders, and smaller ones have to ask several freight forwarders for each shipment. Also, there is no uniform, efficient and rapid billing system. This increases costs and reduces profits. Shippion wants to fundamentally simplify freight shipments and offer an automated market place. Shippion automates freight calculation processes and simplifies freight shipments for exports and logistics services providers.
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Managing Director: Peter Trapp
Werhahnmühle in the Duisburg interior port.
5th floor, Loft
550 m2 of office space
14 workstations for start-ups
2 conference rooms
Open kitchen, meeting points, tabletop soccer
Excellent transport connection:
From central train station: 14 min by bus, 18 min by foot, 5 min by bicycle
By car, via the A40, or A42 to the A59, three minutes from Exit
Move-in date for the five selected start-ups: 16 March 2018
Duration: 12 months of use, mentoring, PR and coaching
Offer for start-ups:
12 months office space in an attractive and representative location
Support in the form of on-site mentoring with professional workshops and events, assessment and reflection of the corporate development of the various start-ups
Access to the networks of potential customers, project partners, investors from industry and the logistics sector
Access to logiscs assets, collaboration in sub-projects
Networking, acquisition of potential investors
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Savannah Georgia is a magical and special place. There's no doubt about that.
One of the things that make it so special are the stunning trees. Our urban forest contains hundreds of great and graceful trees, offering shade during our sultry summers .
The most iconographic are our moss draped Live Oaks. These magnificent trees can live to be over 1000 years. They are evergreen ,providing a wonderful green canopy even in the winter. The oldest in Savannah is the venerable Chandler oak across the street from Forsyth Park.
Because of our trees Savannah was known as Forest City in the early 1900s.
The first law concerning Savannah's trees was enacted in 1795 . The fine for cutting down a tree then was $20. That would be around $400 today. I suspect if you actually chopped down a tree now though, the fine would be much greater than $400.
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We are lucky to have Shoshana as part of Chill Fest !
Shoshana is a certified holistic health and wellness coach, Feminine embodiment mentor, personal trainer and workshop facilitator. She is a self-taught holistic nutritionist with an emphasis on traditional Taoist tonic herbs and western herbal medicine. She focuses on wholesome organic produce, preferably local and seasonal.
After many years of food dogma and following other people's dietary advice, she learnt to listen to her own body's signals and to nourish herself accordingly. She loves creating wholesome and nutritious dishes and is crazy-passionate about fitness that can be done anywhere. No gyms needed!
Being a great believer that you can heal yourself, her life's purpose is to guide you on how to feel in-tune with your own body and begin a journey of self-love, spirituality and true nourishment. From the energetic to the physical, all of these systems have played a key role in her own well-being and her understanding of the foundational connection between the human spirit, mind and body.
Many people are now waking up to their authentic human nature. They're finding purpose and meaning in their lives. She is here to guide your precious souls to optimum health through, Intuition, Self-growth. natural living, radical self-love, bio-individuality, pleasure, functional yin/yang movement, earth based medicine, health, happiness, and bliss coming from deep within.


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News came yesterday that Carl Icahn increased his ownership of Chesapeake Energy from 2.5% to 5.8% and now "seeks talks" with the company. Icahn is best remembered as a corporate raider from past decades who now plays the euphemistic role of "activist investor," aiming to buy into undervalued companies and "maximize shareholder value."
Pardon the "excess quotation marks" above, but activist investors can be a mixed bag and I tend to view them with one eyebrow raised because they can sometimes cause a company to make short-sighted decisions that help the investor make a quick profit but don't always benefit the long-term holders of the company.
One thing is for certain, Icahn will not be a passive investor. Likely more of a burr under the saddle, in fact. Interestingly, Icahn agreed last week to buy utility Dynegy, a company that uses lots of gas (and a bunch of coal too) but has been burned (pun unintended) by low gas prices of late. Interesting coincidence?


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Wednesday, 21 May 2014
You can now order new design polo shirts, hoodies, tracksuit trousers and board shorts, featuring the club logo which some of you may have seen on the new swimming hats
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The Children's Garden has a unique opportunity for a Forest School Leader to work with 3-5 year olds at our setting in Stamford, Lincolnshire.
Working between the forest and our on-site yurt, the successful candidate will be responsible for twelve children, along with one or two members of staff, as appropriate. With coaching from one of the UK's leading early years experts, you will organise the outdoors education and environment at our setting.
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(THE PICKET)– The Shepherd University Women's Basketball team traveled to the University of Charleston for the first round of the Mountain East Conference Tournament on Tuesday. Rams lost to the Golden Eagles 73-84. This loss puts an end to the Shepherd season with a final record of 7-22 overall and 6-16 in conference.
Charleston had the lead going into halftime, 41-33. A break in the action wasn't enough to bring the Rams back to life. In the fourth quarter, the Rams got within two points on four occasions, but couldn't muster what it took to bring home the win. The Golden Eagles held the lead for the entirety of the game.
Morgan Arden led her team with 37 total points. Liz Myers added 15 points, four steals and six rebounds. Kristen Nunn added five steals for the Rams.
While the season did not go how most expected, there were a few individual bright spots for the Rams with the individual successes of the two players who earned their spots on the Mountain East Conference Team. Arden and Myers have been assets to the team for the entire season and were recognized by more than just their fellow coaches and teammates.
Arden was selected for the second team, leading the Rams in scoring with a 19.8 average. This scoring average is the second best per game mark in program history. She also tops the team in three-pointers with 43, as well as overall three-point field goal percentage of .430. She is one of the team's top free throw shooters with a .865 mark. Her 553 points are the most ever by a Shepherd sophomore.
Myers, who was selected as an honorable mention choice, paces the Rams with 8.3 rebounds per game, 36 blocked shots, and two steals per game. Her 13.7 scoring average is second on the team. She ranks third on the team in field goal percentage with a .452 mark.
The Rams will now gear up for off-season training and look forward to next year.


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SIXTY-THREE YEARS AGO, a small group of area businessmen started the Brookings United Charities. In 1955, familiar Brookings names like Fishback, Kendall, Sexauer, Dalthorp, Blauert, McCann, and Chapman aspired to receive gifts and administer them for charitable, educational, civic and philanthropic uses. The name was then changed to Brookings United Fund and now serves as Brookings Area United Way. Although the board members and dollar amounts raised has changed through the years, the purpose stays the same:
Brookings Area United Way: Uniting people, sharing resources, inspiring hope, and enriching lives for a stronger Brookings County.
The Brookings Area United Way fights for the health, education, and financial stability for every person in every community. We look for every dollar available to distribute to local nonprofits that are creating innovative solutions to common problems that plague our community. But we are more than fundraisers -- we are facilitators and connectors. We connect, assist in funding, and help promote nonprofits and their accomplishments. By an agency being connected to United Way, they are provided with help in strategy, facilitating conversations, marketing, and much more. United Way promotes discussion of issues that have been overlooked for too long.
Donations to the Brookings Area United Way are distributed exclusively to Brookings Area United Way Partner Agencies selected by our board of directors. Our local leaders agree that Brookings Area United Way shall not fund agencies or requests that could be detrimental to the community as a whole due to their controversial nature. It is essential that local groups and individuals recognize that United Way funds are designed to focus on advancing the common good and not to promote political issues including, but not limited to, the pro-life/pro-choice debate.
The Brookings Area United Way organization is committed to meeting the needs of the communities it serves. As an organization, we recognize and value the diversity of all individuals without regard to race, religion, color, gender, nationality, sexual orientation, physical challenge, and age. We allow zero tolerance for discrimination or harassment.
We are not the United Way that was established decades ago-- we are evolving and adapting to the ever-changing atmosphere of our community. We are changing to confront the challenges of the dynamic and developing world. The one thing that hasn't changed has been our unwavering support and focus on bettering our communities. The Brookings Area Way continues to improve lives and build a better tomorrow. We invite you to join us in investing in Brookings County, and investing in your United Way.


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Back to it - hectic times.....
When you are on holiday and having a blast with the family, work and all that "serious" kind of stuff seems many miles away. Winding down from a ticking brain takes a bit of time, and it strikes me that it always seems to be the moment to head home just about at the point where you are completely into the holiday mode....................life eh ?
For all that I love about fishing and working in fishing, nothing for me beats spending time with my family away from work and fishing. I know I should be saying how nothing's more important than fishing, fishing and more fishing, indeed some people might expect it to be like that for me. But I guess that as you get older, different things start to mean more - and I freely admit that I never used to believe that this could be possible. Don't get me wrong, fishing is the driving force behind a big part of my life, but I can't get away from the fact that a lot of my drive to work and and try my best to succeed at what I do comes from wanting to look after my family the best I can. Life gets hectic.
Much as I would love to head out fishing right about now (Monday morning), there is loads going on here that I have to devote my time to. On Tuesday late afternoon I am flying up country to a meeting with some people on Wednesday. Whatever happens it will be really interesting and a good experience. A lot of my work is "speculative", in that I need to and indeed have to invest a proportion of my time in looking for new avenues. Some come off, plenty don't, but if I never "gambled" my time when I simply would never get anywhere with my working life. Don't ever work for yourself if the idea of not having a guaranteed wage at the end of every month freaks you out !!
Then on Friday I am flying over to Jersey to spend a few days photographing with some of the awesome anglers I am lucky enough to know over there. If we get a bit of weather then it should be very cool indeed. Can't wait to get back to the Channel Islands - there are a bunch of of anglers on Jersey especially who are really forging on ahead with where some parts of lure fishing can be taken, so for me it's a case of nailing photos and also learning as much as I can. Then back home on Monday.
From then on until I head off to Ireland on the 23rd June, it's serious eyes down on a new project I have become involved with. It's going to be a rather scary amount of work crammed into a short space of time, but so what ? So looking forward to spending some proper time in southern Ireland once again - a bunch of us are heading over to a stretch of coastline that is new to us all. Not a million miles away from where I have been spending a lot of time over the last few years, but it's a bit of coastline that I have heard plenty about from some guys I know and trust, and it is about time we gave it some proper attention. I do actually remember the first time I ever heard of the bass fishing along that particular section of southern Ireland, because the guy who told me practically started foaming at the mouth with excitement. If we get the weather then the bass fishing might just be rather interesting............whatever the case, Ireland does it for me in a big way, and I still get the most insane buzz about heading over there. Can't see that ever changing.
Then it's back from Ireland at the beginning of June and eyes back on this new project nearly all the time until the CLA Game Fair from Friday 23rd July up at Ragley Hall - hope to see you there. Phew.......
There is a new online fly fishing magazine that I was emailed details about, called "Bloodknot Magazine" - check it out here. I have not had time yet to have a proper look through, but I have a huge respect for the people involved in putting these kinds of things together.


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The Greatest Gift - Lizzie Weichel
The Christmas season is definitely one of my favorites, if not my favorite time of year. I love the weather, and the lights and all of the festivities. But, during this season, it is so easy to forget the reason why we celebrate. I know that I and many others fall into the habit of saying phrases like "Keep Christ in Christmas" or "Jesus is the Reason for the Season", but then don't give them a second thought. I found myself thinking of practical ways this week that we could keep Christ on the forefront of our minds this Christmas.
One of my favorite things to do is to create a Christmas list, and then open presents. James 1:17 says that "every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change." This means that while the gifts that we unwrap on Christmas day may seem awesome, nothing compares to the gifts of the Father, especially the gift of His son, who sacrificed everything in order to save us. Each time that I see a present wrapped under a tree, or being given to someone this season, I will remind myself that God is the only giver of perfect gifts.
The other way that I will remind myself to focus on the Lord this advent season is to remember why Jesus came. John 3:17 says that "God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him." Christ did not come to this world so that we could have an excuse to get together with family, open presents, and eat good food. He came so that He could save us. While it is fun to do all these things, it is more important to remember this holiday in an attitude of humility, one of understanding what Jesus did for us by coming down from perfect harmony with God to ultimately die on a cross for us. Instead of focusing on the business this Christmas, may we focus on Him who came in utter humility so that He could ultimately save us through His death on the cross.
The Christmas season is such a busy time of the year. I can often find myself getting caught up in distractions that are not necessarily bad things. However, my prayer this Christmas season is that we do not get caught up in these distractions and forget that God is perfect and holy. He is the one who gives us perfect gifts from above, and ultimately gave us the perfect gift in His Son. May we also always be remembering that Christ came into this earth as a lowly baby, so that He could save us from our sins. That is the reason we celebrate this holiday with the joy, worship, and gratitude that we do.
Lizzie Weichel
McKinney Christian Academy


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