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The Walking Dead and Prayer
I never thought that I would be that person. Guts, zombies, and fear-dramas were something I had always sworn against, but The Walking Dead was coming out with a new season on Netflix and on a spontaneous whim I decided to try it.
For all it's blood and gore, the first few seasons have this compelling theme of struggle not just for the survival of mankind, but for the survival of hope. If nothing else, working a cubicle job and wishing for other things…I can identify in my own way with this struggle for hope. There are times when we all can.
There's a point in The Walking Dead where the main character, Rick, has spent a great deal of time away from killing zombies and a lot more time safely planting a garden inside the closed perimeter of the prison fence where their group safely lives. Slowly, slowly, he has nurtured his hope for a more idilic future for his son into the land and watched it grow into carrots and piglets. The zombies loom outside the fence, always, but for a while Rick separates himself from the obvious threat of destruction and allows his hope in a better life to grow.
I'd like to think I'm a writer. After writing my first manuscript, something happened that was both wonderful and terrible. There was a publishing company in New York, a pretty reputable one that's published some famous YA fictions about lovestruck vampires and terminally ill teenagers falling in love. I had solicited more than a few publishers with a proposal, explaining my book and why they should want to publish it, and this particular publishing house contacted me wanting to read my manuscript.
For three days I felt like my whole world was falling into place. I'd worked an entire year on this manuscript, poured days upon days into each word. After all that hard work, and this good news, I felt the weightless sensation of absolute and boundless hope.
Then on the third day I received that dreaded, unceremonious, mass email that is sent whenever a personalized touch is not necessary, summed up in the following phrase: Thanks, but no thanks.
It is a blessing that the Lord does not leave us to alone to our short sighted hopes, or to our gut-wrenching disappointments.
I was reading some sermons by Fredrick Buchner recently and I was only in the introduction when he started prodding me right where I was wounded. He had written, "Even if you're afraid that your prayers will be unanswered, pray them anyway." Those words made me angry. I slammed the book shut and grumbled, "What do you know, Mr. Fredrick…?" I was afraid to pray, because I was afraid to hope again only to be disappointed.
But I couldn't get that sentence out of my head. The next day at work, I wrote it on a sticky note, and now every day when I sit down to my desk job I read it.
Prayer can look a lot like angry shouting, or like your grieving the death of a loved one. It can look like you're an insane asylum inmate, laughing and crying at the same time. It can involve the greatest terror you might ever feel, when the reality of the power of God shakes your knees together and you can hardly breath. Or sometimes it can be like a beautiful film score, with all the most heart-swelling arrangements, making you feel so full you could float away.
Whatever the state of your hopes and dreams, of your heart and all its inner workings, I implore you. Knock. Keep knocking. Even if you have to change your tactics and burn the door down, don't give up seeking God, praying, asking, reading. For all the things that always change, for the circumstances you trusted in, the conditions that made you feel at rest, the truth is that God is the only hope and dream, the only peace and rest, that never dies.


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Mountain Bike Races at Winter Park Resort
It is getting that time for bicycle racing at Winter Park Resort. This year should bring another great season of cross country bike racing with the Epic Singletrack series.
2012 marks the 20th year of epic cross country racing hosted by the Winter Park Competition Center! The Epic Singletrack Series is proud to be the largest cross-country race series in Colorado, bringing you exciting race courses over the 600+ miles of single track in the Winter Park/Fraser Valley, also known as Mountain Bike Capital USA. The Epic Singletrack series is a set of seven races held at and around the Winter Park Resort area. The races are grouped by ability: beginner, sport, expert and pro.
Some of the biggest names in biking have ridden these races with Lance Armstong being the best known name to race at Winter Park Resort. Lance rode the King of the Rockies in 1999 after winning his first Tour de France. While it is exciting for Winter Park Resort to have hosted such high profile riders as Armstrong, it should also be noted that they are proud to be a welcoming and fun race series for those wishing to try mountain bike racing for the first time. No memberships are required!
Epic Singletrack Race Schedule:
- Race 1: June 16 – Hill Climb Kick-Off
- Race 2: June 30 – Epic XC
- Race 3: July 14 – Epic XC
- Race 4: July 15 – Epic STXC
- Race 5: July 28 – Epic XC
- Race 6: August 4 – Epic XC
- Race 7: August 25 – King of the Rockies
To find out more about the Epic Singletrack Mountain Bike Race Series checkout their website.
Want to have the best pre-race schedule? Let Winter Park Lodging Company set you up in the most convenient Epic Single Track Lodging, usually a walking distance from the start line. No need to wake up early to up to Winter Park come up the night before and let your lungs adjust to the 9000 ft. altitude up here at Winter Park Resort.
Check out all the Winter Park Epic Resort Single Track properties and get your first choice of digs today.
Get ready mountain bike season is upon us and the Epic Singletrack Series is starting June 16th!


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Inspired by the dramatic geography and cross-bedded hues of ancient canyons and mountains, the RANGE COLLECTION wall hangings are created using the traditional Japanese nerikomi technique of layering and mixing multiple colored clays.
The Dark Sands wall hanging features a dark brown canyon under a dark sky with a bright red sun and light birds flying close to it. Its size is approx 7" long x 6" wide.


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Critical Role is Geek & Sundry's live Dungeons & Dragons show, featuring Dungeon Master Matthew Mercer and his troupe of fellow voice actors. Catch them every Thursday night at 7:00 PM PT on the Geek & Sundry Twitch channel and on Alpha.
If you've watched Mothership before Critical Role begins on Thursdays, you've likely seen Geek & Sundry's Dani Carr give an expert refresher of what happened on the show the week before. Dani's speedy Critical Role recaps are now their own weekly show!
Critical Recap can be found on YouTube and Facebook every Thursday, summing up the previous week's adventures in three minutes or less. We've taken the first ten recaps and put them in one video to catch you up on the story so far, just in time for episode 11!
Each week Dani will enthusiastically run down the battles, the conversations, and yes, even the shopping before the stream begins, so you'll never feel behind on the Mighty Nein's adventures.
- Learn more about the fan composer of the music you now hear pre-show, Colm McGuinness.
- Download the previous week's adventures on the Critical Role podcast every Thursday.
- Don't miss the new campaign of Critical Role, live on Alpha and Twitch Thursdays at 7:00 PM Pacific.
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After finishing second in the state at 215 pounds a year ago, expectations were high for Frankfort-Schuyler's Hank Penree heading into this wrestling season.
After finishing second in the state at 215 pounds a year ago, expectations were high for Frankfort-Schuyler's Hank Penree heading into this wrestling season.
Saturday, Penree took one more step in meeting those expectations.
The Maroon Knight senior won defended his Section III title with a 4-0 win over Vernon-Verona-Sherrill's Ryan Wendt and will now make a return trip to the state tournament to be held next weekend in Rochester.
Penree, no doubt, will be looking to improve on last year's loss in the finals and become the first state champion from Frankfort since Don Marrone in 1968. Penree already holds the school record for career wins with 151.
While Penree was the 215 pound favorite for much of the year, another sectional title didn't come without its share of adversity. He tore a hamstring muscle earlier in the season which set him back a bit and has just recently started to feel 100 percent.
"That leg injury was a tough blow, but he just worked his way through it and is 100 percent right now and looking very good," Frankfort coach John Treen said. "Hopefully everything works out for him next weekend."
Many heading into the finals felt Penree might be ripe for an upset after two close decisions over Wendt earlier in the season including a narrow 2-1 victory in the Central New York Wrestling League Tournament.
Penree would have none of that, though as he dominated Wendt from start to finish in securing his crown.
"I don't really know who predicts those things but a lot of people had Wendt beating him," Treen said. "Hank just overwhelmed him and dominated the match. It was only 4-0 because the kid basically curled up in a ball and didn't do much."
Penree was the only local wrestler to win a sectional title yesterday at Cicero-North Syracuse High School.
Little Falls senior Johnny Wratten was the other local finalist. Wrestling at 160 pounds, Wratten lost to Morrisville-Eaton's Ryan LeBlanc 19-5. LeBlanc finished third in the state a year ago and beat Wratten for the third time this season.
Two of Penree's teammates took third for Frankfort-Schuyler. His brother Andrew took third at 189 pounds with a 2-1 double overtime win over Morrisville-Eaton's Ethan Childs in the consolation finals. That win avenged a loss to Childs in the Center State Conference Tournament finals two weeks ago.
Senior Frank Sanders also took third at 135 pounds winning his final match of the day 7-1 over Morrisville's Cody Frost.
Ilion had three fourth-place finishers in 103-pounder Keith Hacker, 145-pounder Jared Hoffman and 215-pounder John Eysaman. Hacker and Eysaman both lost in the semifinals.
Hacker lost to eventual champion and most outstanding wrestler D.J. Pfluger, of Sandy Creek, while Eysaman lost to Penree in the 215-pound semifinals. Hacker then wrestled back before losing to Adirondack's Ken Eaton in the consolation finals. It was his fifth loss to Eaton this season.
Eysaman lost to Hannibal's Shane Crandell in the consolation finals. He had beaten Crandell in the quarterfinals earlier in the day.
Hoffman lost in the quarterfinals to Marc Walton, of Cato-Meridian and then lost to Walton again for third place.
Herkimer's Bobby Maida finished fourth at 96 pounds after losing to Dolgeville's Dan Haughton in the consolation finals. Those two wrestled five times this year with Haughton winning three of the matchups. Maida had beaten Haughton in the quarterfinals Saturday before getting pinned by eventual champion and top seed Dominick Giacolone, of Cato-Meridian.
Mohawk sophomore Zach Hunt finished fifth at 152 pounds with a win over Adirondack's Jake Meyers in his final match. Hunt had lost in the quarterfinals to Holland Patent's Kris Burger.
Phoenix won the Division II team title with 153 points well ahead of Watertown-IHC, which had 126.
Frankfort was tops among the local teams with 59 points. Ilion was next at 49.
As expected, Watertown-IHC had four individual champions, all of which were the top seed in their weight class and all who qualified for the states a year ago. Those champions were Brian Kampnich, at 125 pounds, Ken Kampnich, at 130 pounds, Antonio Doldo, at 145, and and Derek Brenon, at 152.
Sherburne-Earlville had a good day with three champions. At 171 pounds, Wheeler Brunschmid was one of the surprises. The Sherburne senior upset top seed Jordan Jerome in the semifinals then won the title with a win over Watertown-IHC's Brian Piarulli in the finals. Piarulli had upset second-seeded Alex Meyers of Morrisville-Eaton.
Sherburne's other two champions were 112-pounder Greg Duvall and 285-pounder Chris Pike, who defended his sectional title at that weight.
Phoenix's Mark Crisafulli, at 135 pounds, will also be heading to the state tournament after defending a sectional title.
While Penree earned an automatic spot to the state tournament, other wrestlers who placed highly at Saturday's tournament still have a shot. Wildcard entries are chosen to fill the weight classes at the state tournament and those will be announced Monday.
Team scores: Phoenix 153, Watertown-IHC 126, Sandy Creek 106, Cato-Meridian 98.5, Adirondack 89.5, Morrisville-Eaton 84.5, Sherburne-Earlville 81, Vernon-Verona-Sherrill 75, Holland Patent 74, South Jefferson 73, Frankfort 59, Lowville 50.5, Ilion 49, Canastota 48, Beaver River 44, Copenhagen 44, General Brown 30, Little Falls 25, Marcellus 22, Cazenovia 18,. Hannibal 17, Herkimer 17, Dolgeville 15, Skaneateles 12, Mohawk 11, Fabius-Pompey 10, Port Byron 9, Lafayette 6, Jordan-Elbridge 5, South Lewis 4
96 — Dominick Giacolone (C-M) pinned Dylan Kavanaugh (VVS)
103 — D.J. Pfluger (SC ) dec. Kyle Crisafulli (Phoe), 7-5, OT
112 — Greg Duvall (S-E) dec. Dan Walts (VVS), 6-4, OT
119 — Sean Hanson (SJ) dec. Matt Birchenough (Low), 6-0
125 — Brian Kampnich (IHC) dec. Alex Petroff (Caz), 7-0
130 — Ken Kampnich (IHC) pinned Aaron Ingersoll (Low), 3:24
135 — Mark Crisafulli (Phoe) pinned Ben Freeman (Cop), 1:42
140 — Nick Lalone (C-M) dec. Scott Luberto (SC), 10-6
145 — Antonio Doldo (IHC) dec. Sean Wilkinson (Can), 12-2
152 — Derek Brenon (IHC) dec. Ryan Jones (Phoe), 6-0
160 — Ryan LeBlanc (M-E) dec. Johnny Wratten (LF), 19-5
171 — Wheeler Brunschmid (S-E) dec. Brian Piarulli (IHC), 6-5
189 — Chad Dahlin (Phoe) dec. Dan Fruscella (HP), 10-4
215 — Hank Penree (F-S) dec. Ryan Wendt (VVS), 4-0
285 — Chris Pike (S-E) dec. Austin Lee (C-M)
Consolation finals results:
96 — Dan Haughton (Dol) dec. Bobby Maida (Herk), 3-0
103 — Ken Eaton (Ad) tech. fall over Keith Hacker (Il), 3:50
112 — Bryan Monnatt (BR) dec. Matt Shirley (SC), 10-8
119 — Ethan Kirk (Ad) dec. Justin Widrick (BR), 3-2
125 — Andrew Gingerich (Cop) dec. Ron Spann (Ad), 4-1
130 — Kris Shirley (SC) dec. Scott Gardner (Phoe), 5-2
135 — Frank Sanders (FS) dec. Cody Frost (M-E), 7-1
140 — Charlie Nunez (Phoe) dec. Devin Widrick (BR), 5-2
145 — Marc Walton (C-M) dec. Jared Hoffman (Il), 7-3
152 — Kris Burger (HP) dec. Steve Wandell (VVS), 4-2
160 — Tim Reedy (Marc) dec. Kevin Shirley (SC), 6-3
171 — Jordan Jerome (SJ) dec. Patrick Prashaw (Ad), 5-1
189 — Andrew Penree (FS) dec. Ethan Childs (M-E), 2-1, 2OT
215 — Shane Crandall (Hann) dec. John Eysaman (Il), 5-3
285 — Mike Barker (M-E) dec. Logan McNitt (SC), 7-5
Fifth-place results:
96 — Caleb Green (PB) dec. Jared Crast (SJ), 6-5
103 — Alec Sheddon (S-E) dec. Lance Brown (SJ), 5-1
112 — Talon Sotherdon (Phoe) dec. Tyler Sirota (Can), 8-2
119 — Brian Stevens (HP) dec. Jeremy Bombadier (GB), 14-5
125 — Rourke Devlin (M-E) dec. Eric Munk, 7-5, 2OT
130 — Zack Zupan (Can) dec. Matt O'Rourke (Ad), 8-4
135 — Luke DelGrego (Il) pinned Nate Hopkins (Can), :40, OT
140 — Joe Beach (SJ) dec. Anthony Fish (Cop), 7-1
145 — David Kellogg (SJ) won by default over Steve Falk (HP)
152 — Zach Hunt (Moh) dec. Jake Meyers (Ad), 6-2
160 — Brandon Bosco (C-M) dec. Tyler Mann (HP), 5-4
171 — Alex Meyers (M-E) dec. Josh Dietterich (GB), 5-3
189 — George Dobrovsky (Skan) dec. Mike Wilbert (Ad), 9-4
215 — Mike Wilder (Phoe) pinned Dan Dwyer (Laf), 4:45
285 — Glenn Garrett (HP) pinned Tom Freeman (Low), 2:02


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With customer demands and expectations on the rise, companies are under more pressure to ensure that they have an adequate supply of product in stock at all times. Tracking for inventories is a tricky and sometimes time-consuming process, but having a solid inventory and asset tracking tool in place can make the task a breeze!
No matter the size of your business, keeping track of merchandise and consumer demand has always been a top priority for companies that sell a product/products to customers. Add to that the necessity of keeping accurate records on all of your products plus making use of that data has proven to be quite a chore.
Gone are the days when a shared electronic spreadsheet would suffice for tracking all of the inventory in stock. Products are being moved from person to person and place to place, and knowing what you have, where it is and its current status is of utmost importance. Manually entering data in a spreadsheet that anyone can access and alter is asking for trouble. And those errors can be very costly. With more accurate data, companies can make informed decisions about what to order, how much and when it is more/less in demand. This is also helpful when planning special promotions or events to move inventory and make room for new stock. The level of data available that tracking for inventories provides goes way beyond a spreadsheet and can be customized for each individual business and their specific needs.
Tracking for inventories of any size has been made so much easier these days. Without a good inventory tracking system in place, companies often have to guess which is never a good thing. Companies are now able to easily manage supply and inventory levels and even receive alerts when supplies levels are running low. Holding too much inventory ties up capital that could be better used elsewhere, while too little inventory results in unhappy customers and lost revenue.
Thanks to built-in scanners that employees can use from their own smartphones or tablets, they can scan an item's barcode and include any associated information that needs to go along with it. Other allocated users can know what is in stock, where it is and if there's anything special they need to be aware of. This instant data also allows companies to know when to reorder products or maybe stop selling a product due to low sales.
Unfortunately, theft in the workplace isn't uncommon. The U.S Chamber of Commerce estimates that theft by employees costs American companies $20 billion to $40 billion a year. Any item is fair game – stacks of shirts in the back room, computers, even simple office supplies. If you aren't keeping up with what you have, chances are that someone knows that and will take advantage. Inventory tracking software can provide important data concerning sales or inventory dips. If that data does not show an increase in profits or cash flow, that can be a trigger that something is amiss, and it could be a theft problem. This is just another value that tracking for inventories brings companies.
Asset Panda is the only tool you need when it comes to tracking for inventories in a user-friendly, intuitive format. Asset Panda is flexible and completely customizable. It's easy to import data from legacy systems and adjust how you organize and display your data. From the custom dashboard, columns and fields to custom notifications, alerts, reports and security settings, Asset Panda was built to adapt to the way you work.
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With Asset Panda, the entire lifecycle of your vital inventory lives in the palm of your hand. Give us a free 14-day try by visiting www.assetpanda.com and see how tracking for inventories simply can not get any easier!


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You may think that beer and chocolate don't necessarily go together… But, once you find the perfect craft beer, the two will be an unforgettable experience of love. Just like you and your Valentine.
Here at 30th Street Liquor Store we are your one stop shop for your craft beer needs. We have wide range of beer types to suit your chocolate palate. The darker your beer, the more likely you will want a lighter, more delicate chocolate to keep your palate harmonious. Unlike wine, the carbonation of beer has a palate cleansing quality. If you choose a bitter beer, it's a good idea to pair it with a less bitter chocolate as it can easily become overwhelming. One thing to steer clear of while pairing the two is lighter beers; they tend to fall flat when paired with the cocoa butter.
Here's a guide to what we have in our craft beer section at 30th Street Liquor Store and recommended chocolate pairings;
Cannery Brewing Oatmeal Stout $5.50 +T&D
IBU: 30, Alc./Vol: 5.5%
This smooth mouth-feel with bittersweet roasted flavours will go great with a milk chocolate with hints of coffee. A mocha flavoured truffle would be ideal!
Four Winds Juxtapose Wild I.P.A $6.25 +T&D
IBU: 50 Alc./Vol: 6.5%
This unfiltered multiple award winning brew is 'the juxtaposition of ripe tropical fruit esters, with a moderately bitter but graceful finish. The hard to pair IPA's are best with a spicy chocolate to back up the hoppy bitterness, despite the number one beer pairing no-no! Pick up the widely available Lindt Chili Dark Chocolate bar to enjoy with this famous beer. Or go to your local Purdy's chocolate shop and get the Pink Himalayan sea salt Chocolate Caramels!
Dead Frog Nutty Uncle Peanut Butter Stout $6.00 +T&D
IBU: 24 Alc./Vol: 6.1%
This gold medal winning creamy Milk Stout is brewed with 8 premium malts, roasted cocoa beans, and REAL peanut butter! This strong ale has a slightly sweet finish. Pair it with none other than a peanut butter cup! Our local Cotton's Chocolates makes wicked handmade ones! There's multiple recipes online that show how to make your own at home, this week calls for a little extra loving so valentine-ify your cups! ♥
Hearthstone Graham Cracker Ale 4 pack tall cans $12.25 +T&D
This ale has a somewhat hilarious story behind the main flavouring ingredient: the graham cracker. In 1829 the graham cracker was invented in an attempt to cure the masturbation epidemic that was sweeping the nation. They add 50kg of graham crackers in each batch, resulting in notes of honey vanilla and all around graham goodness!
So as they say on the can, 'instead of knocking one out this Valentine's day, how about knocking one back with Hearthstone!' Pair it with any chocolate. Preferably in a heart shaped box to get in the v-day mood!
Wishing a lovely Valentine's day to you from the staff at 30th street liquor store! ❤
Xoxox, Chloe ♡


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Year : 2015
Style : Heavy Metal , Thrash Metal
Country : Canada
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Metalord is a four piece band from Quebec city, Canada but they were formerly from Charlevoix, just close from this beautiful city. The band officially formed in 2007 around Marc Bélanger on vocals and guitars, A-J Belley on vocals and drums and it is now completed with Sébastien Maltais on bass and Mathieu Boivin as the lead-guitar player.Inspired from the beginning by the american « Big four » thrash metal movement, the band evolved throughout the years to become an ensemble mixing the original thrash spirit of the '80's with a modern metal sauce, as well as exploiting intense melody wich is going to please an open ear willing to taste hooky choruses and scorching riffage.Launched in 2015, their debut album Speed of life earned national and international praise with its fast and intense offer. The album got Metalord on stages around, the province and most notably openning for prog metal legends Queensrÿche at l'Impérial de Québec in 2016 while the self- titled Speed of life vidéo is keeping on showing what the band is capable of. Metalord is ready to bring over its metal madness full speed ahead, hang on !
Metalord has a long story in it's short history. The band started in the early 2000's as a noisy outfit in singer/ lead guitarist Marc Belanger's parent's basement in Baie St-Paul, Quebec. The original line-up also featured A-J Belley on the drums. Inspired by their heroes from Metallica, Megadeth, Nirvana, Pantera, Slayer and hundred great bands, the pair played with several bandmates in bars, festivals and parties in Canada throughout the years. Metalord did the classical recipe: playing as a cover band first, then replaced covers with their own stuff. The band gained local recognition where they set stages on fire with the packed and metal friendly audiences in Canada. Canadian metal... it's always been a bit hit and miss. Anvil, Annihilator and, ahem, Triumph instantly come to mind as bands with reasonable levels of success. For some reason, though, metal bands from this part of the world seem to struggle to break through. Maybe it's that twat Justin Bieber's fault?Maybe Metalord, hailing from Quebec, could be the next big thing?After a few listens to their latest offering - 'Speed Of Life' - I very much doubt it. There's certainly nothing new here and Metalord very much wear their influences on their sleeve.Marc Belanger (lead vocals, lead guitar) is obviously a big Kirk Hammett fan and this can be heard in every solo. There's some decent riffage going on here and Belanger's voice fits well with his combination of Nick Holmes from Paradise Lost and Die Krupp's Jürgen Engler style of delivery. Apparently the band started off as a covers band and I could imagine they would make a decent tribute act to if the Big 4 they imitate so well.Title track, 'Speed Of Life', is a solid opener with plenty of stabbing riffs and pounding drums courtesy of the unfortunately named AJ Belley.'Breakout's main riff would put a smile on Kerry King's face, but apart from these standout moments the album is very derivative and one song blends into the next. The ballad, 'Better Than You Hope', doesn't live up to its name and is quite frankly painful listening. Leave the ballads alone, lads!!
Line Up:
Sébastien Maltais - Bass - See also: Fearvisions
A-J Belley - Drums
Samuel Paré - Guitars - See also: Kaotik, Tales of Destiny, Ültra Raptör
Mathieu Boivin - Guitars
Marc Bélanger - Vocals, Guitars
01. Speed of Life
02. Overthere
03. Break Out
04. Kiss My Eyes
05. Devil's Legacy
06. Better Than You Hope
07. A Way Out
08. Darkness on My Way
09. War
10. Thierry's Song
11. Bleeding Me
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It's been a while since I shared my Project Life spreads so today I'm catching up! Here is a look at my week 4...
I'm a little behind on my Project Life right now as things have been so chaotic here, but I have a crafty weekend planned this week so I'll have a major catch up, I've missed it too much!
Thank you for dropping by today!
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YARMOUTH—Three days after a painful loss at rival Yarmouth, the North Yarmouth Academy boys' lacrosse team needed to make a statement Saturday morning, when it hosted Thornton Academy for an interclass battle.
But at halftime, the Panthers weren't getting the job done, being hindered by turnovers and penalties.
Then, in the second half, NYA was at its best, taking care of the ball, finishing scoring opportunities and playing smothering defense as it pulled away for an 11-3 victory.
Senior Eliott Wellenbach was a matchup nightmare for the Golden Trojans, scoring three goals, adding an assist, winning 13 of 18 faceoffs and collecting 10 ground balls and the Panthers' defense held Thornton Academy scoreless for the final 30 minutes, 13 seconds as NYA improved to 6-3 and dropped the Golden Trojans to 6-4.
"We woke up a little bit," said Panthers coach Peter Gerrity. "(In the second quarter, we) stopped playing our game and we were reacting. We got back to our game in the second half, as you can tell. It was a lot more fun. We cleaned up our penalties and played our game and everything fell into place."
Early to rise
Saturday morning's game was just the fifth all-time between the programs (please see sidebar, below). After an eight-year gap, the squads squared off in Saco a year ago, where NYA prevailed in a defensive struggle, 3-1. The Panthers won the other three meetings by a composite 39-8 margin.
Thornton Academy entered the game 6-3, losing at Cheverus, Kennebunk and South Portland.
NYA suffered a tough loss to start the season, 7-6, to visiting rival Yarmouth, but the Panthers turned things around with a 16-4 win at Wells, then made everyone sit up and take notice by rallying from 5-1 down to defeat visiting Cape Elizabeth, 9-6. Wins at three-time defending Class A champion Scarborough (8-5) and Fryeburg (12-2) followed before NYA lost a rematch of the past two Class B state finals, 8-5, at Falmouth. After a 15-4 home win over Gorham, the Panthers lost at Yarmouth Wednesday, 11-6.
"We were mentally underpreapred," Gerrity said, of the loss to the Clippers. "The kids weren't 100 percent ready to go. The first game we were overexcited and Wednesday, we weren't excited enough."
Saturday, NYA struggled for a time, then demonstrated that when it's clicking, it's very tough to beat.
The Panthers went ahead for good just 3 minutes, 8 seconds into the game when senior T.J. Daigler scored unassisted.
Midway through the first quarter, senior Jacob Scammon set up classmate Matt Hawkins for a rocket that Thornton Academy junior goalie Jack Grondin couldn't stop, making it 2-0.
When senior Jeremy Sylvain finished a feed from Wellenbach with 29.6 seconds to go in the first for a 3-0 advantage, it looked like NYA might be on its way to an easy win, but the Golden Trojans would get the better of the play in the second quarter.
Just 1:22 in, the visitors got on the board when, out of a timeout, junior Taylor Browne scored unassisted.
Seconds after a goal from sophomore Isaac Sinclair was waved off for a Panthers' penalty a split second before the shot was released, Thornton Academy managed to score man-up, as Sinclair scored on a rebound with 9:06 left in the half.
The Panthers were able to answer as Scammon set up senior Oliver Silverson for a goal with 8:22 to play before halftime, but the Golden Trojans got another man-up opportunity and again capitalized as senior Josh Cyr passed to junior Ian Carrier, whose shot beat NYA sophomore goalie D.J. Nicholas to make it a 4-3 game with 6:13 remaining.
Both goalie stepped up big to keep that score in place the rest of the half.
Grondin robbed Silverson, Sylvain and Silverson again, while Nicholas made a clutch save on a bid by Browne which would have tied the score.
The Panthers only led, 4-3, at halftime, due in large part to 20 first half turnovers and six penalties, good for 2 minutes, 40 seconds.
At halftime, NYA collected itself, wasn't penalized again until the game was well in hand and got some separation.
After Scammon hit the post a minute into the second half, Wellenbach, who was frustrated early on by shots that were either saved or hit field players, scored unassisted with 10:32 to play in the third quarter for a 5-3 advantage.
Silverson (from Hawkins at 8:58) scored to make it 6-3 and with 4:28 remaining in the stanza, Scammon scored unassisted to for a 7-3 Panthers' lead.
"We tried to beat them at their physical game (in the first half), then we came out and passed around on offense and had good, settled possession defense," said NYA junior defender Wes Bright.
Any doubt was erased in the fourth quarter when Scammon dodged two defenders and finished at 9:20, Daigler set up Hawkins a little over a minute later and Wellenbach scored unassisted with 5:48 to go.
With 2:58 to play, Wellenbach scored one final goal (unassisted) and NYA went on to the 11-3 triumph.
"We needed to find our mojo and we clicked the second half," Wellenbach said. "We needed to play our game. We were hitting a lot (in the first half, but we) needed to move the ball."
"This was a good rebound game after Yarmouth," Bright said.
"If we're nervous, we're on our heels and turnovers will happen," Gerrity added. "If we play our game and we're ready to go, turnovers disappear."
Wellenbach was one of six Panthers to tickle the twine. He did so three times, while Hawkins, Scammon and Silverson all had two goals and Daigler and Sylvain had one goal each. Scammon added two assists, while Daigler, Hawkins and Wellenbach each had one. Nicholas made five saves.
Wellenbach won 13 of the 18 faceoffs, including seven in a row in one stretch.
"I love having my two poles, (senior) Aidan (McLaughlin) and (sophomore) Ben (Ambrose), on the wing," Wellenbach said. "They're fast and can go win ground balls. If I don't get it, they will and if the other team gets it, they'll get it away from them."
"Eliott had a good game," Gerrity said. "I was waiting for him to get back to doing a very good job in the faceoff circle."
Wellenbach also had 10 of NYA's 65 ground balls. Bright also collected 10 ground balls.
"In the fourth quarter, we changed our slide package, so that allowed me to pressure a little bit harder," Bright said. "In the first two quarters, I thought I had to just get the ball upfield. I got too excited. In the second half, I settled down and threw good, clean checks. I think what makes us so good is that we have a good set of takeaway defensemen who can work together and slide efficiently to the ball. I think that's the key to our defense."
"(Wes) did very well today," Gerrity said. "He was awesome. He was hungry for the ball and took it away all over the place."
McLaughlin grabbed nine ground balls and Hawkins had seven.
The Panthers turned the ball over 35 times, but forced 36 giveaways. They had a 29-17 advantage in shots (23-8 on cage).
Thornton Academy's goals came from Brown, Carrier and Gamage. Cyr had the lone assist. Grondin made 11 saves and had a team-high five ground balls. Sophomore Chris Camire came on to play goal at the end of the game and made one save.
Playoffs loom
Thornton Academy (fourth in the Heal Points standings) closes with a game at Deering Wednesday and a home test versus Scarborough May 28.
NYA leapfrogged Yarmouth for the No. 2 spot in the Eastern B Heals (Gardiner is first) and plays host to Waynflete Tuesday. The Panthers visit Cape Elizabeth Friday before closing the year at home May 29 versus Falmouth.
"We can still move the ball around better on offense," Wellenbach said. "Defense-wise, we're doing well. Our second slide needs a little work, but our goalie's great. I think we'll move along nicely."
"I think we're on our way to a solid playoff run," Bright said. "We need to settle our clears down, keep the ball and limit our turnovers. I feel like our defense has stepped up big to fill the shoes that were left for us."
"We have to play our game every time we step on the field," Gerrity added. "This last stretch is tough. We haven't played Waynflete in awhile, then we have Cape and Falmouth. We have our work cut out for us."
Sports Editor Michael Hoffer can be reached at [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter: @foresports.
NYA senior Jacob Scammon is defended by Thornton Academy junior Kaleb Lehmann. Scammon had a pair of goals in the win.
NYA senior Eliott Wellenbach fires a shot on goal. Wellenbach had a game-high three goals and 10 ground balls.
NYA senior Matt Hawkins bounces off a hit from Thornton Academy senior Jake Woodman.
NYA senior Oliver Silverson launches a shot from the side.
NYA senior Jeremy Sylvain rips a low shot on goal as Thornton Academy junior Chase Conklin defends.
NYA junior Jackson Cohan-Smith stymies Thornton Academy junior Ian Carrier. The staunch Panthers' defense held the Golden Trojans scoreless from the middle of the second period on.
Previous NYA-TA results
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NYA seniors T.J. Daigler (left) and Oliver Silverson bump fists after Silverson scores during the Panthers' 11-3 home win over the Golden Trojans Saturday.
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North Yarmouth Academy 11 Thornton Academy 3
First period
8:52 NYA Daigler (unassisted)
6:25 NYA Hawkins (Scammon)
29.6 NYA Sylvain (Wellenbach)
Second period
10:38 TA Browne (unassisted)
9:06 TA Gamage (unassisted) (MAN-UP)
8:22 NYA Silverson (Scammon)
6:13 TA Carrier (Cyr) (MAN-UP)
Third period
10:32 NYA Wellenbach (unassisted)
8:58 NYA Silverson (Hawkins)
4;28 NYA Scammon (unassisted)
Fourth period
9:20 NYA Scammon (unassisted)
8:06 NYA Hawkins (Daigler)
5:48 NYA Wellenbach (unassisted)
2:58 NYA Wellenbach (unassisted)
TA- Browne, Carrier, Gamage 1
NYA- Wellenbach 3, Hawkins, Scammon, Silverson 2, Daigler, Sylvain 1
TA- Cyr 1
NYA- Scammon 2, Daigler, Hawkins, Wellenbach 1
Faceoffs (NYA, 13-5)
TA- Lehmann 2 of 12, Sinclair 3 of 6
NYA- Wellenbach 13 of 18
Ground balls (NYA, 65-37)
TA- Grondin 5, Cyr, Gamage 4, Falton, LaPointe, Michaud, Woodman 3, Bryant, Giroux, A. Sinclair, I. Sinclair 2, Browne, Lehmann, Lemoine, O'Brien 1
NYA- Bright, Wellenbach 10, McLaughlin 9, Hawkins 7, Sylvain 6, Daigler 4, Ackerman, Claytor, Cohan-Smith, Scammon, Silverson 3, Nicholas 2, Ambrose, Chicoine 1
Shots on goal:
Shots on cage:
TA (Grondin) 11 (Camire) 1
NYA (Nicholas) 5
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My patterns have taken out temporary restraining orders against me, because I keep stalking them on Ravelry to see how many sales I've made. I just can't seem to stop myself. Does anyone else do this?? Seriously. I need to know that I'm among friends. I check my patterns about every hour. I check it on gmail to see if there are any emails about sales. When I don't see anything there, I go over to Paypal to verify that there really is nothing there. After that's been verified, I check Ravelry to see if the other two sites are lying to me. It's really unhealthy, lol. All I can think about is people knitting something that I've designed. I'm hooked! I have several designs that I've written a pattern for, which I just need to have test knit. I've found a free test knitting group, but there are so many rules!! I don't mind rules, but that means that I need the time to read them all, and then fill out all the necessary paperwork, and I don't have that kind of time right now. (Anyone interested in test knitting a pair of stranded hand-warmers?) I have a design that I wrote out based on an item that a customer brought into the shop yesterday. She needed to replicate it for someone else, and didn't know where to begin. We talked about it some, and then she said something about socks that jogged my memory, and I was off like a rocket, scribbling the pattern down on a notepad. She offered to pay me for the pattern, but I gave it to her in exchange for knitting the sample for me (free test knitting!). Hopefully it works out and than I'll have a sample photo to include with my pattern. I also need to work out a few other sizes, and if it all works out then I'll introduce it here. All I can say for now is that it's retro and based on a vintage item found in a yard sale. Very cute, very practical, and I'm inspired to do some really funky things with it.
In other news, I'm knitting a sweater for the German-Nana (did I mention this already??) and it's coming along nicely. My only issue is that the Cascade 220 superwash (which I love) is pooling just a bit through the sleeves so I'm now working from both ends of the ball to minimize this. I could have just pressed on with the sleeves as they were, but I'm a bit OCD about these things so I ripped it back and started again with one strand from the inside and one from the outside, alternating them every row. There's still a very slight amount of pooling but much less, and much less obvious than the first go-round. When that's done, I'll be finishing a piece for a customer and then there's a possibility that I may need to knit an angora scarf for another woman who can't find what she's looking for. I suggested she try Amazon, and Etsy, and then let me know if she still can't find it as I've got a connection to some 100% angora yarn. I'm never gonna get Dante's socks knit at this rate. The knitter's kids have no handknits. But when I finally get back to knitting my own stuff, I'll have fantastic labels to put on them because I ordered custom labels from Namemaker.com. They do lots of different types, and their minimum is really tiny so I could try them out before I commit myself to 1000 labels that will sit around my place taking up space. I'll let you know what I think of them when they arrive, but I'm excited about them.
I'm also excited about the jeans, long-sleeve T-shirts, and gray wool pea-coat that I ordered from Gap! I'm hoping this coat will fit better than the one I bought last year. It was just too big, but I never got around to having it altered. I figured that I'd try the next size down this year and see how it fits. I really wanted a pea-coat anyway, and it was way on sale. I also got a few long-sleeved tee's because they're really practical in the winter and they work really well under my vests, and short-sleeved sweaters. And lastly, I got two pairs of skinny jeans. I know. I wasn't going to. I'm more of a boot-cut jeans girl, but it's hard to wear my boots with them when it snows and I need to tuck the pants into the boots. There's just so much fabric in the legs to tuck in. So I figured I'd try the jeans with my boots this winter and see how they work out. This is either going to be really cute, or really not.
Finally, let's talk about school. I'm burning out folks. I'm frustrated with the ridiculous level of work in classes that have nothing to do with my major (thankfully, these two are the last of my general ed classes). I'm irritated that the classroom layout was changed so drastically that I missed an assignment (my first missed assignment since I started school) because I didn't know we even had an assignment. I got it turned in, but I had to hustle to keep from losing more than one grade on it. I've never even been late with an assignment before. Not even when my entire family was sick with H1N1 flu last year. I've never earned less than an "A" on an assignment either, but I guess this is my first. I'm also irritated because I've been assigned to a group for this week's discussion, and no one in my group has responded to the email I sent out 3 days ago regarding the project. I finally just did my assigned part, and sent an email to the instructor telling her about it. Hopefully we're graded individually and not as a unit, because I'm not gonna lose points for other people failing to hold up their end...and I'm not gonna do their work for them. Guess I'll update you on that next week. While you wait, here's a photo of a cat being silly.
What's on the Menu.....
Friday, December 3, 2010
Stalking my patterns
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Ugh, I hate group projects! Whenever we had them in my general ed classes I always had to be the one to organize everything and keep on everyone's case about it to make sure that it got done. It's really hard when other people aren't as motivated as you.ReplyDelete
I think I'm getting Alice Starmore's Fair Isle knitting book for Christmas so I'll be learning how to do stranded work soon enough!
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|18 Burlington Drive, Westville, KwaZulu Natal
18 Burlington B&B and Conference Venue
Bed & Breakfast Accommodation In Westville
Welcome to 18 Burlington
Upmarket and reasonable! Nestled in amongst beautiful trees, this 3600m2 property is conveniently situated off Westville Road, in the heart of central Westville, Durban.
Six B&B rooms, in a gracious double-storey house, provide a private and relaxed environment for guests.
There is off-street parking for over 20 cars, and a beautiful pool and patio area leading off from the large dining room.
There are 6 en-suite guest rooms with every convenience. The house is exclusive use for our guests.
All 6 B&B rooms have the following:
Percale linen
Air conditioning
Flat screen TV
DSTV hotel package (decoder per room)
Bar fridge (18 Burlington is a licensed facility)
Hairdryer, iron and ironing board
Free tea/coffee facilities
Free bathroom amenities
Free WiFi
Laundry service
Child facilities – cot can be provided; gated pool on site
Espin - Standard, 1 x Queen bed, shower, ground floor.
Arrelano - Deluxe, 1 x King/twin bed, bath with shower over bath, outside access large ground floor room; courtyard.
Parkes - Standard, 1 x Double bed, bath with shower over bath, upstairs, adjacent to small lounge with outside access.
Di Scenza - Deluxe, King/twin bed, bath room & shower room, upstairs; large room; original master bedroom of house.
Kessler - Deluxe, King/twin bed, free-standing bath & separate shower, upstairs; large room adjacent to small lounge with outside access.
Buttler - Executive, King/twin bed, free-standing bath & separate walk-in shower, upstairs; very large room adjacent to small lounge with outside access.
18 Burlington offers ample secure, off-street parking for all our guests.
WiFi Internet Access is available in all rooms throughout. Complimentary access is provided on a daily basis.
Flatscreen televisions are available in all rooms with access to the DSTV Hotel Bouquet and CNN.
We have a lovely pool available for guests' use.
We are within walking distance to Westville CBD's shops, restaurants, etc.
Conference Facilities
Our conference room has air conditioning, dimmable lighting and comes standard with all necessary equipment.
This lovely 30 seater room is 13m x 5.5m = 71.5m², and has two sets of French doors that lead onto a lovely pool and entertainment area. The room has air conditioning, dimmable lighting and comes standard with the following equipment:
2 x data projector screens (you can orientate the training either end of the room)
2 x flip charts
1 x wall chart
A data projector is available on request
FREE WiFi for delegates attending training
Off-street parking for approximately 20 cars
Back-up generator for load shedding
Liquor licence
Excellent catering
We are a mere 20 minutes or less from the beaches, Durban city centre, International Convention Centre Durban (ICC), Durban Exhibition Centre, Suncoast Casino, Durban Golf Courses, Umhlanga, and 10 minutes or less to the CBD of Pinetown, Westville Hospital, and the Westway & Westend Office Parks next to the Pavilion Shopping Centre.
Area Information
20 minutes or less to Durban beaches, Moses Mabhida stadium, ABSA stadium and 30 minutes from the King Shaka International Airport. 10 minutes or less to CBD's of Pinetown and Durban, the ICC and Durban Exhibition Centre. 5 minutes or less to Westville Pavilion Shopping Centre, Westwood Mall, Westway Office Park, Westend Office Park, Essex Terrace and Westville Hospital. 18 Burlington is well located for easy access from all major freeways and the King Shaka International Airport.
- air conditioner
- air conditioner (all units)
- air conditioner (some units)
- airport transfers
- bar fridge
- conference venue onsite
- DSTV in room
- DSTV in room - Hotel Package
- free toiletries
- hair dryer
- internet facilities
- mini bar
- packed lunches
- serviced
- wi-fi / hotspot
Leaving the airport, follow the signs on the N2 towards Durban/Pietermaritzburg. After the toll plaza continue travelling south on the N2 for approximately 27kms. (You will notice a shopping complex on your right hand side called Westwood Mall)
Take exit number 165 which is the N2/N3 interchange, and follow signs towards the right and you are now travelling west on the N3.
Take the next off ramp - Exit 13: Westville Spine Road /St James (we are 3kms from this point). At the top of the off-ramp turn right across the highway and cross over the traffic lights on the other side of the highway. You are now heading into Westville.
Turn left at the 2nd set of traffic lights into Buckingham Terrace (Civic Centre on left).
Cross over the next set of robots and turn left at the second set of robots into Westville Road. (KFC on corner)
Pass the Post Office on your left and turn right immediately thereafter into Burlington Drive.
The Senior Primary school will be on your left. Turn left into the second house after the School - no 18. (Green pallisade fence)
- Bed Configuration
- Deluxe Room (Sleeps 2) x 3
- Room 1 - king
- Standard Room (Sleeps 2) x 3
- Room 1 - double
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Conference Venue Accommodation
detailsAccommodates how many people?
Capacity : 30
The following apply
Exclusive / preferred service providers on call Restroom accessible Kitchen accessible Audio – visual equipment (request details) Food / beverage facilities for catering purposes Crockery and cutlery available for hire Catering done in-house Designated parking area Sufficient parking space Fully staffed (cleaning, servers etc.) Internet connection Wireless internet connection Air conditioning Good lighting that can be operated independently Liquor license Bar on-site A purpose-built and dedicated back entrance available for equipment loading and offloading Wheelchair friendly A specified area for coaches and buses to stop to allow delegates and guests to embark and disembark safely Dedicated storage space that can safely store event materials and equipment overnight Individual lockable storage available for storage of more valuable items
Sleeps 10 or More Accommodation
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Wedding Venue Accommodation
detailsCapacity Information
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The following apply
Reception area Chapel Area for wedding ceremony Undercover area for signing the register Fully catered Couple must provide own catering In house events coordinator (compulsory) In house events coordinator (not compulsory) Liquor license Fully stocked bar Cutlery and crockery rental Cleaning / serving staff Bridal suite Honeymoon suite
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INTAGE Thailand Supports School in Need
Earlier in June, INTAGE Thailand visited Baan Nong Tien School in Petchburi province, to donate scholarships to students and present teaching material, sports equipment, toys and necessary items to the school. In addition, INTAGE staff also joined other activities including building up book shelves in the library, planting home-grown vegetable at the schoolyard, and offering lunch meal and ice cream to the children.
Such activity is a part of INTAGE social responsibility scheduled every year, in accordance with INTAGE vision to be an Intelligence Provider to the society it belongs.
Group photo with Baan Nong Tien students and teachers
Sponsorships donated by INTAGE Managing Directors,
Mr. Kiyomi MIYAUCHI and Ms. Dangjaithawin Anantachai.
Thank-you cards from a student
Activities at the school


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The average woman completes 59 tasks per day. Learn how to keep your body feeling strong and healthy as you go through your busy day!
This is a free health seminar on Saturday at New Harbor Church where physical therapist, Mariah Rivera, will present about health topics like:
Posture and how to correct it
What in the world is in that box/bottle?
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Today I went on a Christmas Ride with a group of horsey friends. We added tinsel where we could and set off for a mulled wine at the pub in the next village.
It was absolutely gorgeous weather, cold, but the sky was beautifully clear. We had a good natter on the way round and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. You can't beat catching up with like minded friends.
Between work and Christmas parties and preparation I really, really, valued some quality time in the great outdoors. It got me thinking what a difference fresh air makes to how we feel.
Whilst I was outside, breathing in the lovely cool air was amazing. When I got home, having done all of the jobs that go with having a horse, I was perfectly worn out. Ready to sit and relax but not so exhausted that I needed to flop. A really satisfying kind of tired. A really restful state to be in.
When things get hectic for your this Christmas make time for some outdoor fun. It could be anything, a walk to a cafe, a game of rounders, a run. Whatever it is allow your mind to be present and to soak up the sensations that you experience as you go.
Enjoy listening to your friends and family when you are in company, make time to enjoy the countryside, drink that mulled wine slowly! When you get home notice how good you feel for having been out experiencing the world.
So often we go through the motions without appreciating the experience. Just a simple reminder to be present can make all the difference. A short trip out could be the highlight of your Christmas if you do it in the right way.
If you get frustrated with your mind wandering then a Revitalise Day could be a great way to start your new year. Our next retreat day is on 09 01 2016 and it will be the perfect opportunity to focus your attention on how you want your new year to be.


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Speaker: Pastor James Perreaux
Topic: Discipleship: More Than a Click (Luke 9:57-62)
Increasingly things in our lives are simply one click away. Whether it is buying a book, watching a movie, or filing your taxes. Easily accessible with minimum effort.
In the same way, the invitation to follow Jesus is inclusive and available to all people. But although his love for us is unconditional, following Jesus will cost you something eventually. Have we counted the cost? When we do, we discover that giving up our whole lives allows us to receive the life he intends for us.


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In addition to the release of Army of Two and Super Smash Bros Brawl there are two baseball game releases to remind us that Spring is just around the corner - at least it is here in Atlanta. Despite the dusting of snow on my deck last week, blooms are appearing around the yard already. And as always there's a handful of quirky DS games to give me pause.
Bully: Scholarship Edition (Wii, X360)
Rockstar's Bully comes to the Wii and 360 with optimised graphics and all new missions.
Let's Ride! Friends Forever (DS)
"Every girl needs a best friend, and yours is your horse! Together, there's nothing you can't do."
Major League Baseball 2K8 (PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, X360)
MLB '08: The Show (PS2, PS3, PSP)
Performance enhancing drugs not included.
Army of Two (PS3, X360)
The third-person shooter with a heavy reliance on partnership hits the streets.
Chicken Hunter (DS)
Shoot the chickens while they run amok.
Imagine: Figure Skater (DS)
Following in the footsteps of Imagine Fashion Designer, Imagine Animal Doctor, Imagine Babyz and Imagine Master Chef.
Super Smash Bros. Brawl (Wii)
You won't have to wait much longer - it's set to be released March 9th, 2008.


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enamel pins are everywhere. and they're all so darn cute, and dare i say super-cool?
i've never considered myself a pin kind of gal, but i'm definitely changing my tune. i love the idea of swapping a necklace out for a pair of eyeball enamel pins, citrus or crying hearts.
here are a few of my favorites (i'm fairly certain there will be a part 2):
2. Crying Heart
4. Vanilla ice Cream
6. kiss man
8. Drive in movie
1. Gems
3. Citrus
5. Eyeballs
7. Erasers, Strawberry, lolly pop, and a secret diary


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Phil's Quick Capsule Review:
Anna And The Apocalypse is surprising for many reasons. Firstly I had no idea it was a musical. Secondly, as much as it tried to be a musical version of Shaun of The Dead it's just not. Look it's not a bad film it's just very disjointed and by the end the limited budget really does start to show. It's got some great moments (the waking up musical number is well staged) but for me the idea was better than the execution. Just about worth a watch.
Best Bit: Dancing in the zoo
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The Coolest Muslims We Know: a Public Conversation
Progressive Muslims and progressive Christians, in some important ways, have more in common than progressives in either faith have with their conservative counterparts. Are you surprised? This is one of our favorite conversations ever. Hella good. Just hella good. "You shall know them by their fruits."


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The Kane Area High School competition cheerleading squad was one of the top six highest scoring teams at the District 9 Competitive Spirit Championships on Saturday at DuBois Area High School and will advance to the PIAA Competitive Spirit Championships, scheduled for Jan.
Wolves' senior Andrew Bucheit scored a career-high 43 points in Kane's 95-53 win over Sheffield on Friday night. The Wolves improved to 5-2 with the win.
The Kane Lady Wolves lost 43-33 Wednesday night in the Wolves Den to North Clarion in the finals of the Kane Girls Holiday Basketball Tournament.
Kane Lady Wolves Ella Marconi and Camryn Cummings were the varsity players selected to the All-Tournament team.
The Kane boys basketball team won the Sheffield Sports Boosters Holiday Tournament Wednesday night with a convincing 62-33 win over the hosts.
The Kane girls basketball team won 48-25 Tuesday night over the Eisenhower Lady Knights to advance to tonight's championship game of the Kane Girls Holiday Basketball Tournament.
The Kane boys basketball team will play in the championship game of the Sheffield Sports Boosters Holiday Tournament tonight, scheduled to tipoff at 7:30 p.m.
The Kane Wolves downed the Chestnut Ridge Lions 34-12 Friday night in DuBois to advance to the PIAA Class 2A quarterfinals. Frank Truden ran for three touchdowns and the Wolves' defense, shown here making a gang tackle on a Lions' ball carrier, forced three turnovers to help secure the win.
Kane quarterback Reed Williams, shown here getting ready to hand off the ball to fullback Austin Labesky during a game earlier in the season, will lead the Wolves into the PIAA playoffs this Friday night when they take on the Chestnut Ridge Lions at DuBois High School at 7 p.m.
The Kane Wolves won a District 9 title for the third straight season with a 21-14 win over Clarion last night. The Wolves captured the District 9 Class AA Championship to improve to 12-0 this season and move on to the PIAA playoffs.
Erik DeLong now holds the Kane Wolves' single season rushing record with 1,578 yards. The junior rushed for more than 130 yards and scored three touchdowns in Friday night's 55-7 win over Moniteau in the D9 2A semifinals.


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Razor Crazy Cart Chain (V1-4)
Replacement chain for Razor Crazy Cart Version 1-4
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Nouveau Casino de Paris: Robert Babicz, Swann Decamme, The Wallet brothers, Marcmite
Curious X in Paris by Curiosity music
We are glad to announce our first gig in Paris! Catch us the 09 march in Paris for the Curious X by Curiosity music! Along Robert Babicz, Swann Decamme and Marcmite.
– 9 March 2018
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WINSTED — At the special Board of Selectmen's meeting held at Pearson Middle School on Monday, March 26, Superintendent of Winchester Public Schools Melony Brady-Shanley presented her proposed budget for fiscal 2018-2019.
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Want to know what's coming to a cinema near you this March? Look no further…
Continue reading March 2018: All the films coming your way!
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What do you get when you cross The Fox and the Hound with Hercules and Home on the Range? Bully Elliot – aka: the sweet and funny, if unremarkable, Ferdinand.
We always knew it wasn't over. Back in 1995, Joe Johnston's Jumanji, starring the late-great Robin Williams, concluded on a beach in France with the deadly, titular board game washed up and still beating its drums. Twenty-two years later and they're still banging away, in Jake Kasdan's flawed but fun sequel.
When it comes to festive films, the term 'Christmas classic' gets bandied around a lot at this time of year – very occasionally, it's even warranted. Better Watch Out is not one of those films. It's a great one, and certainly seems destined for annual repeat viewings, but whereas those films are cuddly and snow-dusted, this one's a gleefully masochistic romp, dripping with merry brutality. Think Home Alone meets The Gift, directed by Tarantino.
Three died in the Boston Marathon Bombings of 15 April 2013 but Stronger is a story of survival. Whereas Patriots Day, earlier this year, dramatised the manhunt that immediately followed the two explosions, David Gordon Green's tremendously understated film is concerned with the longer term aftermath and the process of picking up the pieces.
The Frozen machine has never felt more marketably mechanical than it does in Olaf's Frozen Adventure.
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Smarter Logos = better informed consumers
Joint research on the effectiveness of logos has been unveiled at a Roundtable with senior EU officials by AIM, the European Brands Association and BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation.
The purpose of this initiative is to provide consumers with better information on products, free of advertising purposes.
Logos are often more eye-catching than text and can provide a lot of information in a limited space. If well designed and tested for effectiveness they are a very good tool for conveying use, quality, health, safety or environmental information.
However, according to a Eurobarometer1 survey, EU-wide logos are often unknown to a large number of consumers or else known, but misunderstood. This is concerning as the information involved can play a role in consumer choice and might be intended to induce a certain type of behaviour or instruct on safe use."
Malcolm Harbour MEP, Chair of the IMCO Committee and moderator of the Roundtable stated:
"It is an honour to be invited to such an inclusive meeting with a wide range of interests represented on a very important subject. We agreed on criteria to develop effective logos for the benefit of consumers. We also identified further work to be done so that consumers are better informed."
Veronique Scailteur, Chair of the AIM Consumer Committee, said:
"Enhancing knowledge is one of the four pillars of the EU Consumer Agenda2 . In line with this policy objective, AIM and BEUC are committed to continue their cooperation and exchange to improve consumers' information."
Monique Goyens, Director General of BEUC, explained:
"Logos exist in all forms and shapes. Consumers are often unfamiliar with them, misinterpret their meaning or are even confused by their message. We want to see new logos part of EU laws being tested within a representative group of users. Only this can guarantee its added value."
1 Special Eurobarometer 342, Consumer Empowerment, 2012
2 A European Consumer Agenda - Boosting confidence and growth, European Commission, 2012


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I do feel a bit lost Day 2 of no gray dress. I honestly keep looking for it and then realize I don't have to find it and put it on in the morning. I'm like a goldfish rounding the corner and rediscovering the little plastic castle again - oh joy! - I forgot! (Thanks, Ani Difranco) I love it when I realize I am free to wear whatever I like - maternity clothes without another layer and another challenge. The sense of freedom is really interesting - haven't felt like this in a long time. Like a young girl able to eat all the sweets in the world, and no one will say a word. Another freedom is not finding someone to take a photo of me daily....that really felt self-focused and a bit obnoxious at points. I went shopping with a friend and it was pretty anti-climatic: I was not nearly as interested as I thought I might be. Picked up a black maternity dress for a wedding and some sandals. Nothin' to write home about.
In other news: Tomorrow is our 10 year anniversary (A decade!!! Heading to Ann Arbor for the night) and Robby's Rainbow Preschool 4 year old bday party is tomorrow.....made some Thomas whistle topper cupcakes! Wanted to have a "takeaway toy" for his buddies and found these low-noted whistled (nobody wants a high pitched goody, do they?) 4/$1 at Target. Plopped atop some blue frosting and we're off! Easy and fun.


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Possible Starting Eleven for England Versus Tunisia
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England play Tunisia in the opening game of their World Cup Russia 2018 campaign. Kick-off is on Monday 18th June at the Volgograd Arena. With the competition looming, Southgate will be keeping a close eye on the players as they play their final games of the domestic season. Who will he choose for his final squad, and who will make an appearance in the first Group G game?
England really need to put in a solid performance this year. They have only reached the semifinals twice since winning the competition in 1966, and the last time they were only in contention for 8 days, which was their shortest ever attempt. This year they have 14/1 World Cup odds of winning and are realistically expected to reach the quarterfinals.
Gareth Southgate has yet to confirm his final selection for the tournament but is set to reveal his provisional squad of 35 players in time for Monday, 14th May. A few days later, shortly after the conclusion of the Premier League, Southgate is expected to narrow this number down to a provisional squad of 28 players, in order to relieve tension for those involved. The FIFA deadline for the final selection of 23 players is on 4th June, 10 days before the World Cup starts.
Until the final selection is made, it's difficult to know for sure who will make the cut. At this point, though, speculation is possible, and certain players can be ruled out. Liverpool duo Joe Gomez and Alex Oxlaide-Chamberlain are both out with injuries and won't be on the plane to Russia. It's looking unlikely that Chelsea defender and England ex-skipper Gary Cahill will make the first team defence.
Former Manchester United player and current BT Sports Analyst Owen Hargreaves, who had 42 England caps in his 13-year-long career, recently named his side for Tunisia. He chose Jordan Pickford in goal, a decision that seems likely. His back three were John Stones, Phil Jones and Harry Maguire, with Kyle Walker playing an RWB role and Danny Rose playing LWB.
In midfield, Hargreaves selected Eric Dier and Jordan Henderson as the winning combination in CM, with Raheem Sterlin on the right wing and Dele Ali on the left. Harry Kane will be centre forward in this formation, although he receives strong support from the wingers.
The bookies have tended to give better odds for Kyle Walker playing in CB, with Kieran Trippier playing the RWB position. Raheem Sterling and Dele Ali could also play more central attacking midfield roles. Rashford could also play on the left wing, but it's more likely that he will be used as a weapon off the bench.
England have yet to play friendlies against Nigeria at Wembley, and against Costa Rica at Elland Road, so manager Garther Southgate will have plenty of time to experiment with formations before selecting his final team of 23 players on 4th June. England play Tunisia in their first group game, followed by matches against Panama on 24th June and Belgium on 28th June. Of these, Belgium are expected to be their strongest competition by far. Let's hope that Southgate chooses the right men for the job. Who do you think will make the final England team?


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text: Last month I had the chance to visit New Orleans for my friends at The Kitchn, and while it was not my first encounter with this magical city, I'm never bored with it. NOLA has a special way of making you enjoy going with the flow and creating new experiences. What started off as a trip with goals and plans ended with my flight back home being grounded, extra time in the Crescent City, and a masquerade ball and dinner hosted by Mario Batali for the Link Stryjewski Foundation (an organization that supports local youth empowerment groups). I scrambled to find something to wear, but it was totally worth it as the Bal Masqué featured an amazing array of dishes by some of the best chefs around the country. My favorite dish of the weekend was a boozy, citrusy, Baked Alaska type thing called "Satsuma Business," born from the minds of Babbo's Rebecca Deangelis and Nick Morgenstern. In typical over-the-top New Orleans style, The Kitchn's Managing Editor and I stole a whole one from a nearby table and dug in with spoons after finishing our own slices. And though I may not rock an evening gown with high tops again for the foreseeable future, I'm grateful for another wonderful trip, surprises included.


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Stephen Smith MP
Minister for Defence
to the
Third Plenary Session
of the
12th International Institute for Strategic Studies'
Shangri-La Dialogue
Military Modernisation
and Strategic Transparency
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Thank you Dr Chipman for your warm welcome.
Fellow Plenary Session panel members, Indonesian Minister for Defence Purnomo and United Kingdom Secretary of State for Defence Hammond.
Distinguished participants.
Ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you very much for inviting me to the 12th International Institute for Strategic Studies' Shangri-La Dialogue and to present to this Plenary Session on 'Military Modernisation and Strategic Transparency'.
I am pleased to attend my third Shangri-La Dialogue and, more importantly, pleased to maintain successive Australian Defence Ministers' record of attending every Shangri-La Dialogue since its inception in 2002.
Australia's recent Defence White Paper, launched on 3 May this year, made the following key judgement:
a new Indo-Pacific strategic arc is beginning to emerge, connecting the Indian and Pacific Oceans through Southeast Asia. This new strategic construct … is being forged by a range of factors.
Notably, India is emerging as an important strategic, diplomatic and economic actor, 'looking East', and becoming more engaged in regional frameworks.
Growing trade, investment and energy flows across this broader region are strengthening economic and security interdependencies.
These two factors combined are also increasingly attracting international attention to the Indian Ocean, through which some of the world's busiest and most strategically significant trade routes pass.
The ongoing shift in influence to the Indo-Pacific is, however, not just about economics.
Economic growth has underpinned military modernisation and military capability growth across the Indo-Pacific.
The Indo-Pacific is home to four of the world's major powers and five of the world's largest militaries – China, India, Russia, the United States and North Korea.
As well, the region has its fair share of potential flashpoints, in the Taiwan Straits, the East China and South China Seas, the Korean Peninsula, and Kashmir.
It is also home to non-traditional threats such as international terrorism, energy security, particularly susceptible to the adverse consequences of climate change and in regular need of humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
Military Modernisation
The Indo-Pacific is predominantly a maritime environment with Southeast Asia at its geographic centre.
Australia's 2013 Defence White Paper ("the White Paper") observed that while overall defence spending is growing in Southeast Asia, most states are spending a similar proportion of Gross Domestic Product on defence as they did prior to the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997.
The White Paper also made the important distinction that while "much of the procurement of Southeast Asian countries is aimed at consolidating existing capabilities and upgrading professional standards, some countries – particularly Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Vietnam – are introducing advanced platforms".
These advanced platforms include beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles, air-to-air refuelling, modern surveillance radars, digital data-links, highly capable airborne early warning and control platforms and electronic warfare systems.
Together, these advanced capabilities can provide a significant increase in combat capability through improved situational awareness, better command and control and improved integration of defence networks.
It is not surprising that in this maritime domain, some Southeast Asian countries are introducing advanced submarines that have highly capable systems, such as Malaysia's diesel-electric SCORPENE Class equipped with the Blackshark torpedo.
The Indonesian Navy is seeking to introduce advanced corvettes, submarines and anti-ship guided missiles over the next 20 years.
More broadly in the Indo-Pacific, the size of China's economy, combined with its domestic defence industry and military planning, has enabled its official defence spending to deliver significant capabilities, including modern submarines, and the continuing development of anti-ship ballistic missiles, fifth-generation fighter aircraft, carrier-based air power, anti-submarine warfare capabilities and counter-space systems.
India is also pursuing modernisation across its military forces, strengthening its capacity for maritime operations in the Indian Ocean and the Bay of Bengal through new classes of frigates and destroyers, new conventional and nuclear submarines, a submarine-based nuclear deterrent, its own designed aircraft carrier, advanced fourth and fifth generation fighter aircraft and maritime surveillance aircraft.
The need for strategic transparency
Australia acknowledges that its future prosperity is tied to the stability and security of our diverse and dynamic region, a region emerging as the world's economic, political and strategic centre of gravity, but which also faces a range of security challenges.
Australia recognises military modernisation is a natural part of any country's economic development.
The countries of the Indo-Pacific are no different in this respect. Australia both expects and accepts that the countries of the region will continue to modernise their defence forces, as Australia will.
At the same time, however, Australia will continue to encourage all countries to be open about their defence policies, procurement plans, military planning and transparent about strategic intentions.
Sometimes commentary around transparency seems often to focus exclusively on China.
The requirement for strategic transparency is not unique to any one country. It applies to all in the Indo-Pacific.
Australia encourages all countries to be open and transparent about their military capabilities and strategic intentions, as this will help to increase understanding and mutual confidence within the region.
Military modernisation, coupled with long standing maritime and territorial disputes and continuing potential flashpoints raise the risk of strategic misjudgement or miscalculation.
This underlines the need for strategic transparency.
Transparency of strategic intentions, defence policy, force posture, capability and modernisation builds confidence and reduces potential or perceived insecurity.
It allows countries to understand better the perspectives of others, filling what could otherwise entertain suspicion and concern.
If countries do not offer transparency, we are all collectively faced with a risk of miscalculation.
White papers are an opportunity presented to Government to make declaratory statements on their defence policies and postures and, present opportunities to provide more detailed assessments of their security environment and proposed policies to address security challenges.
They can describe current military capabilities, force structure, budgets, and outline future modernisation proposals.
They can provide information on why certain procurement and modernisation paths are being pursued, and the policy position that is supported by those capabilities.
This transparency can help to reassure the region that there is trust in defence planning and procurement, and that acquisition of capabilities do not need to bring about a sense of threat.
It can for example be difficult for others to understand the logic or rationale behind another country's military activities, without first having the opportunity to gain a clear understanding of that country's strategic intent through transparent public statements or direct dialogue.
Providing others with an understanding of intentions and perspectives does provide a basis upon which to build cooperation.
Sharing perspectives helps identify common interests and challenges, expanding the opportunity in which to pursue deeper cooperative defence engagement.
Shared renewed interest in growing maritime trade, for example, has provided a basis for regional cooperation at multiple defence and military levels to address piracy.
Transparency, of course, is not achieved through a single event or document.
Transparency is a continuous process. Ongoing dialogue and engagement builds habits of mutual trust, cooperation and understanding.
Regional security architecture can both enhance this understanding and help the region to keep pace with strategic change.
The ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus has made rapid progress, providing opportunities for such cooperative engagement. It will conduct its first Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise later this month, involving all 18 Member countries.
Future training, exercises and familiarisation visits under this framework offers a key way through which to develop military to military and defence to defence linkages.
Practical military-to-military activities help foster regional partnerships and themselves build transparency, openness and interoperability.
As well, activities which enhance interoperability will also help us respond more effectively to the contingencies the region will continue to face, particularly:
Australia's military modernisation
In the interests of strategic transparency, I now outline key judgements and decisions from Australia's 2013 Defence White Paper.
The White Paper judged that "Over the next three decades, Australia's relative strategic weight will be challenged as the major Asian states continue to grow their economies and modernise their military forces."
The White Paper also made the commitment that "Australia will, however, maintain the capacity for effective self-defence and for an active regional posture."
The White Paper sets out a framework to continue to defend Australia's national security interests, to have an effective and capable Australian Defence Force (ADF), and to have four priority tasks for the ADF.
The first priority task is for the ADF to be capable of the defence of Australia.
The second is to be capable of operating and taking lead responsibility in Australia's immediate region, the South Pacific and Timor-Leste.
Third, to be capable of operating with our partners in the Indo-Pacific, in particular, South East Asia.
And fourth, to be in a position to make a contribution where our national security interest warrants it, to a broader or a global operation, of which Afghanistan is a current example.
The White Paper outlines key joint force and service specific capabilities the ADF requires to meet these tasks including:
The White Paper outlines key areas for ongoing investment in capabilities which support the ADF more generally: an enhanced amphibious capability based on the introduction of two new Canberra Class Landing Helicopter Dock ships and three Air Warfare Destroyers, and cyber, intelligence, communications, Space Situational Awareness, Command and Control and simulation capabilities.
Australia will also further analyse investment in unmanned aircraft for maritime and land area intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, including a potential for these assets to have a combat role.
Consideration of the Australian domestic and the international legal position and Australia's public policy framework will be important preconditional elements of any future Australian consideration of the use of armed unmanned aircraft.
Enhanced Regional, Alliance, and Global Defence Engagement
Australia's January 2013 National Security Strategy and the November 2012 Australia in the Asian Century White Paper make clear that for prosperity reasons alone Australia must take advantage of the opportunities and minimise the risks of the Indo-Pacific.
The 2013 Defence White Paper describes how the Government plans to enhance our defence relationships across the region as a critical element of the Government's strategy to so do by helping strengthen regional security.
As countries in the region modernise their defence forces, there is also scope to implement deeper strategic and security partnerships.
Australia sees opportunities to broaden and deepen these partnerships.
We want to take these partnerships forward at a pace and with a focus that meets the mutual interests of Australia and our partners.
Our longstanding partnership with Indonesia is of particular priority. We will also work hard to strengthen other relationships across the region including China, India, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Vietnam.
Our partnership with New Zealand remains critical to our security responsibility in our immediate region: Australia and New Zealand will continue to work together across the spectrum of strategic planning, operations, capability development, and institutional cooperation.
We will also strengthen our support for regional multilateral security frameworks, including the East Asian Summit and the
ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus.
The White Paper recognises that our Alliance with the United States remains our most important military relationship and the ongoing pillar of Australia's strategic security and defence arrangements.
In its 62nd year, the Australia-United States Alliance is an indispensable, enduring feature of these arrangements. Both countries are committed to working closely in the Indo-Pacific to promote peace and security, investment and prosperity.
The Alliance has never been stronger, as reflected by the expansion of practical cooperation to areas such as cyber and space. The Alliance continues to adapt and remain relevant to contemporary security challenges.
These enhanced arrangements include rotations of US Marines to northern Australia.
The initial rotation of around 200 Marines occurred between April and September 2012, and a second company-sized rotation of around 200 Marines arrived in Darwin on 21 April 2013 for six months.
Our stated intention is to grow this to a 2,500 strong Marine Air Ground Task Force over the next few years.
The Australian Government is currently considering the detailed arrangements for a future six month rotation of 1100 United States Marines to start in 2014.
We are also starting to discuss enhanced aerial cooperation, which will result in increased rotations of US aircraft through northern Australia, and the potential for additional naval cooperation at a range of locations, including HMAS Stirling near Perth, our Indian Ocean naval port.
Defence funding
Transparency of defence funding and investment in military modernisation is an important part of strategic transparency.
According to figures released on 15 April by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), world military expenditure totalled $1.75 trillion in 2012, a fall of 0.5 per cent in real terms since 2011.
SIPRI found that military expenditure in Asia and Oceania rose by 3.3 per cent in 2012. China, the second largest spender in 2012, increased its expenditure by 7.8 per cent ($11.5 billion). Russia, the third largest spender, increased its expenditure by 16 per cent ($12.3 billion).
Large increases were also seen in Vietnam and in Indonesia. Spending in India decreased by 2.8 per cent.
The Australian Defence funding model will now be based on a four-year Forward Estimates Budget cycle, with that determined on an annual basis taking into account contemporary strategic economic and fiscal circumstances and a subsequent six-year general guidance for Defence planning purposes.
In the recent 2013-14 May Budget, the Australian Government has provided $113 billion to Defence over the Forward Estimates period 2013-14 to 2016-17, with the Annual Budget growing from $25 billion in 2013-14 to $30 billion in 2016-17. This compares to $103 billion in the 2012-13 the Budget Four Year Forward Estimates period.
For general guidance for Defence planning purposes, the Government has provided funding guidance of around $220 billion for the subsequent six years from 2017-18 to 2022-23.
The Government has also committed to increasing Defence funding towards a target of two per cent of GDP. This is a long-term objective that will be implemented in an economically responsible manner as and when fiscal circumstances allow.
The Indo-Pacific is undergoing significant economic and strategic change. The changes in our region present strategic challenges but also enormous opportunities for prosperity in the decades ahead.
We have all greatly benefited from the Indo-Pacific region's long period of peace, security, stability and prosperity.
We owe this in great part to a long period of substantial adherence to international norms and the creation and growth of regional institutions which continue to build habits of dialogue and cooperation in the region.
Our regional institutions continue to develop under the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting Plus. We now see Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers from all key countries in the region meeting to discuss both issues of prosperity and investment and peace and security.
We must continue to invest our effort, energy and resources into our regional institutions to ensure that we are best equipped to manage the challenges that lie ahead.
Practical Defence to Defence and Military to Military cooperation – in humanitarian assistance and disaster relief, peacekeeping training and operations and maritime security – will help build transparency and habits of mutual respect, trust and cooperation between our militaries and our nations.
This building of mutual respect, trust, confidence and adherence to international norms will minimise the prospect of tension and the risk of miscalculation.
Continuing to build support for our regional institutions and habits of dialogue will help us withstand and resolve tensions if and when they arise.
This is the best collective transparent approach to deter conflict, enhance regional security and maximise prosperity for the people of our region and our nations.


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