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Pastor Jerry was born and raised in Michigan graduating from Manistique High School in 1972. After high school he spent four years in the U.S. Coast Guard and in the summer of 1977 he began studying for the ministry at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. (Hear Pastor Jerry's testimony in Revelation Series Part 25—Saved by Grace.)
That fall he met and became engaged to Karen Horner from Indianapolis, Indiana; four months later, they married in February 1978. (In the sermon Parable of the Wedding Garment you can hear how they met.) Karen is an occupational therapist working in the Bradley County Schools in Tennessee.
Their daughter Hannah married Mickey Ortel; their son Jeremy married Laurel Towles and their youngest son Joshua married Amanda Hayes. They have six grandchildren.
Jerry has a BA in theology from Andrews University an MA in religion (homiletics and soul-winning) from Southern Adventist University and completed a Doctor of Ministry in Expository Preaching from Andrews University in 2008. His hobbies include reading, golfing, skeet-shooting and cheering on the Colts. His greatest delight is spending time with Karen and their family.


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The Washington Two-Step: Dancing Back To Normal
Time and again, business leaders say the one thing they want out of Washington is more certainty.
But rarely do they get their wish.
In recent years, business owners have found themselves wondering whether their government would default on its debts, shut down national parks, change tax rules, cancel supplier contracts, confirm key leaders at federal agencies or hike interest rates.
Finally on Wednesday, they saw policymakers take two big steps toward a more certain future.
First, the Federal Reserve said it would start to modestly taper its bond-buying stimulus. The changes will start in January — so now you know.
The second move came hours later when the Senate voted 64-36 to complete the first bipartisan budget agreement in years. The $1.01 trillion budget deal resolves many questions about automatic spending cuts and deficit-reduction plans.
That marked "a really big step forward," says John Silvia, chief economist for Wells Fargo Securities.
Congress "lowered uncertainty about fiscal policy, and the Fed lowered uncertainty about monetary policy," he says. As a result, "2014 will probably be a better year" for the economy, he adds.
Putting a specific dollar figure on the cost of uncertainty isn't easy. But Silvia says there's no question businesses are less likely to hire when they don't know what is coming out of Washington.
"A lot of companies have government contracts," he notes. If they can't predict what's happening with spending cuts or shutdown threats, they can't hire. And all business leaders wonder: "Are you going to change the tax rules? What is the cost of financing? You can never get rid of all uncertainty, but you can reduce it," he says.
Apparently, investors agreed that greater certainty would be a good thing. They sent stock prices soaring, with the Dow Jones industrial average rising nearly 300 points on Wednesday.
Randall Stephenson, the CEO of AT&T and chairman-elect of Business Roundtable, issued a statement saying Congress' approval of the budget should serve as a foundation for more compromises.
"Our leaders can build upon this agreement by moving forward with comprehensive tax reform, lifting the debt ceiling, reforming immigration and passing updated Trade Promotion Authority legislation to advance U.S. trade agreements," he said.
The budget deal, put together by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., and Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., should help prevent a government shutdown for the next two years. The House passed it last week, and President Obama says he will sign it into law.
Still, there's plenty of uncertainty ahead. Congress will have to approve an omnibus appropriations bill to implement the bipartisan budget accord. Lawmakers are expected to vote on that in January.
Then in February, Congress has another opportunity to generate jitters: It could get into another big battle over raising the debt ceiling. In October, during a partial government shutdown, lawmakers agreed to suspend the debt ceiling until Feb. 7.
Getting clarity on the government's borrowing authority may take some doing, given that Republican leaders are likely to demand big concessions in exchange for their cooperation.
On the issue of monetary policy, the Fed ended its meeting Wednesday by starting the process that will get interest rates back to more normal levels.
When the financial crisis hit in 2008, the central bank took many extraordinary steps to ensure that interest rates — both long and short — would stay extremely low. The goal was to stimulate business expansion by making it easy to borrow.
Fed policymakers have been saying for months that as soon as the economy got strong enough, they would start to back off the easy-money efforts. But no one knew exactly when that would happen.
Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday that the Fed would make "a measured reduction" of its extraordinary steps at each of its eight meetings in 2014.
Stuart Hoffman, chief economist for PNC Financial, wrote that the Fed's "announcement is the start of a very long process of normalization in interest rates."
So with two steps taken, one by Congress and one by the Fed, the U.S. economy may have begun the long walk back to a more normal level of certainty. Or maybe it's a more certain level of normality.
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Wednesday, 29 August 2012
Sepia Saturday 141 : 1 September 2012
32 comments:
- Peter said...
No need to alert you about my blog, it's there. Thank you!
- 29 August 2012 at 09:52
- ScotSue said...
My contribution this week - A Sad Watch Tale.
Thank you, Alan, for adding my blog to your sidebar listing.
- 30 August 2012 at 09:57
- Kathy Hart said...
Last week was the first time I participated - anxious to do so again.
- 30 August 2012 at 15:12
- Little Nell said...
A treasured timepiece and a bit of history from me.
- 30 August 2012 at 16:55
- Bob Scotney said...
I nearly posted all videos but changed my mind - just in time.
- 30 August 2012 at 18:17
We are going to move my oldest sister to a new home this saturday. So I did my blogpost today.
- 30 August 2012 at 23:32
- Alan Burnett said...
I just found the time to get this up before going away for the weekend, but it will be Monday before I get time to visit all the other posts. So little time, so many times.
- 31 August 2012 at 09:09
Just a study in how time moves on but nothing really changes
- 31 August 2012 at 16:40
- Postcardy said...
I have a postcard of a "wonderful clock."
- 31 August 2012 at 18:03
- DougVernX said...
I've posted in a "timely" manner. Have a happy week end everyone!
- 31 August 2012 at 21:08
- Mike Brubaker said...
Time without time, that's always my motto. A post to celebrate Hard Labor Day.
- 31 August 2012 at 21:31
- North County Film Club said...
My post is a twist on the theme - time for a home tour.
- 31 August 2012 at 21:44
- Peter said...
I am not the mimicking type but possibly I stay close to the Barbara and Nancy interpretation of the theme. Come and see for yourself!
Have a nice Labour Day weekend.
- 31 August 2012 at 23:10
- Joy said...
Thanks to Sepia Saturday I discovered I had more virtual clocks than ever imagined, but narrowed it down to two.
- 1 September 2012 at 01:36
Repeat post but at least I made it! Sorry Ive been away so much
- 1 September 2012 at 05:45
- Tattered and Lost said...
A captured moment in time.
- 1 September 2012 at 05:51
- Bruno Laliberté said...
Sharing with you what I may have discovered over time, and what I've kept as well...
And a little song too!
For those who like that kind of thing.
- 1 September 2012 at 10:45
- Kathy said...
Didn't go with a time theme. The look of the room led me in a completely different direction.
- 1 September 2012 at 15:39
- 21 Wits said...
Hello Alan, and speaking of time, what happened to August? It seems it barely arrived and now it's September 1st today! Time, is moving faster than I like! I hope you enjoy your weekend, we are all enjoying this 4 day holiday weekend celebrating Labor Day, and fun stuff like the fair!
- 1 September 2012 at 16:12
- 21 Wits said...
I must be in a hurry! No my computer is, and Alan if you could, remove my first Karen S. is my Bones post (my computer stored it's memory and popped it on before I had TIME to switch it to today's Time post!
this is today's post
- 1 September 2012 at 16:16
- Oregon Gifts of Comfort and Joy said...
Hi You Guys! I have two this week ... the first is a story from a guy who found me through my blog about living simply on Smith River near Tin Pot Valley. The one I took a few liberties and tied in time and kindergarten by scanning an Eloise Wilkins book. Can't wait to see what you all have going!
Kathy M.
- 1 September 2012 at 17:08
- Christine H. said...
I haven't participated in Sepia Saturday for quite awhile. Here I am at the tail end of it and looking forward to all of your posts.
- 1 September 2012 at 17:23
- Jana Iverson Last said...
A little tweak on the theme this week - "timeless" instead of "time and time again."
- 1 September 2012 at 18:26
In, just in the nick of Time :-) Jo
- 1 September 2012 at 19:01
- Wibbo said...
I'm off topic with a lovely smile :o)
- 1 September 2012 at 19:24
- Queen Bee said...
I'm going to the beach with my grandmother and her friends in 1938.
- 2 September 2012 at 00:22
- dakotaboo said...
I am only just in time this week, abd I bring you something from "another time".
- 2 September 2012 at 10:54
- Sheila @ A Postcard a Day said...
I posted on time but forgot the time and didn't visit to leave my link.
I was missing last week and so my sidebar link is missing too.
- 2 September 2012 at 14:50
- Teresa Wilson Rogers said...
Here I am finally, late as usually, actually 3 weeks late! Can you add me back to the side-bar participant list? Thanks!
- 2 September 2012 at 16:42
- ScotSue said...
A fascinating prompt, so a second short contribution here.
- 2 September 2012 at 20:14
- Kristin said...
Not a post about time but about wood burning stoves in my life.
- 2 September 2012 at 21:26
- Bob Scotney said...
Marilyn's Challenge
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Most banks have a few years of experience in mobile banking now and are looking ahead to what their next upgrades to mobile will be. The question facing all of these institutions and their IT teams is how can they get the most out of their mobile channel, says Vijai Shankar, director of product marketing at Kony, a mobile applications developer.
It's vital that banks take full use of the capabilities that mobile offers because mobile transactions are the cheapest for the bank to process, Shankar argues. For example, banks save an average of $4.15 in processing costs for every check that is deposited through mobile rather than the branch, according to a report released earlier this year by Javelin.
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To build upon current mobile offerings, banks need to look at mobile from a convenience standpoint, even when working on security, Shankar says. "We are now firmly in the customer experience world [in mobile]. Everything you do from a security standpoint has to be balanced with the experience," he explains.
Although banks often struggle with balancing security and convenience, over time biometric authentication will provide a path to making mobile more secure and more convenient simultaneously, Shankar predicts.
However, voice biometric technology hasn't reached the stage yet where it can be trusted 100% for authentication, he advises. "There is a significant issue with false positives, such as, say, I'm speaking in a noisy location. This issue can be circumvented by offering a back-up authentication method," he adds.
In order to maximize customer experience with mobile, banks must take a more collaborative approach within their organization, Shankar counsels. Too often, he says, the mobile team is separate from the team's working on other channels, creating a disjointed customer experience, he observes. It's also helpful to have a multi-channel solution with the same code base, he notes. Breaking down the silos that separate mobile teams from the rest of the organization will ensure that a customer has a consistent experience when starting a task in one channel and then finishing it another, Shankar explains.
Lastly, banks need to find move past using mobile to cut costs and improve customer experience, and actually use it as a channel to grow revenue through value-added services, Shankar says. Mobile photo bill pay is a perfect example of a service that not all customers are going to use but some will be willing to pay for, he suggests. Another example he offers is immediate access of funds from a mobile deposit for a fee.
And although mobile payments are still nascent, Shankar says banks shouldn't be shy about moving towards a wallet solution by offering a loyalty app comparable to Apple's Passbook. Banks can use such an app to incentivize their credit or debit cards, and can incorporate geo-location data form the mobile device to make immediate and relevant coupons and offers.
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It's no secret that the Obama administration has struggled from the beginning to find a coherent narrative to support the Afghan war it inherited. Or to craft an even remotely coherent strategy. (Other than how to shift the blame when the whole thing implodes.)
But now that General David Petraeus is assuming command, hearts seem suddenly light. There is a sense – or at least a claim – that new leadership in the field will somehow transform an otherwise bleak and worsening situation. This sense is shared across party lines, and it appears likely that Petraeus will be unanimously confirmed in his new role by the Senate Armed Services Committee.
It seems appropriate, therefore, to reread Gen. Petraeus' seminal work, Field Manual 3-24, to get a sense of how he might undertake this transformation. (FM 3-24 is the counterinsurgency guide for the US military. Along with FM 3-24.2, Tactics In Counterinsurgency, it details what every US soldier, from private to four-star is supposed to know about COIN.)
If Afghanistan is, in fact, a COIN engagement – and we must assume POTUS believes it is, since he has nominated a man perceived to be America's foremost COIN expert to lead it – then he should be using the best available COIN guidelines to assess it. Presumably that would be FM 3-24, so I've taken the liberty of extracting key points to use as metrics. The number and italicized sections below are lifted directly from FM 3-24. The snarky (excuse me, I mean insightful) commentary is mine.
1-4. Long-term success in COIN depends on the people taking charge of their own affairs and consenting to the government's rule.
Er . . . then actually having a functioning 'Host Nation' government is a necessary precondition for success?
1-10. For the reasons just mentioned, maintaining security in an unstable environment requires vast resources, whether host nation, U.S., or multinational.
You mean vast, as in hundreds of thousands of troops, similar numbers of development personnel and the cash to fund it all?
1-30. Protracted conflicts favor insurgents, and no approach makes better use of that asymmetry than the protracted popular war.
Nine years and counting. Might be a good time to ask which team has the deeper bench.
1-113. The primary objective of any COIN operation is to foster development of effective governance by a legitimate government.
Oh. Whoops.
1-116. Six possible indicators of legitimacy that can be used to analyze threats to stability include the following:
- The ability to provide security for the populace (including protection from internal and external threats).
- Selection of leaders at a frequency and in a manner considered just and fair by a substantial majority of the populace.
- A high level of popular participation in or support for political processes.
- A culturally acceptable level of corruption.
- A culturally acceptable level and rate of political, economic, and social development.
- A high level of regime acceptance by major social institutions.
How many points do you get for 'none of the above'?
1-121. Unity of effort must be present at every echelon of a COIN operation.
Ah, man, even the VP, those weenies over at State and the National Security Advisor?
1-131. The cornerstone of any COIN effort is establishing security for the civilian populace.
Right. Remind me how many of those provinces were rated as 'fully secure' in the April 2010 review? As I recall, the exact number was, umm . . . is zero a number?
1-134. Insurgencies are protracted by nature. Thus, COIN operations always demand considerable expenditures of time and resources.
Roger that. Just so long as the pull date is before the next election.
Well, shucks. Color me cynical.
In the wildland fire biz we used a quick and dirty little algorithm called TREAT to decide whether to fight or flee. I think it might apply here, too.
- Time
- Resources
- Experience
- Attitude
- Training
The rule was, if you had any three or more, it was a good decision to stand and fight. Any fewer, and it was time to remove your crews from danger.
Using that for AfPak, I'd give the US about 1.2. Pretty good on attitude, fair on training (for that specific environment), way short of time, resources and experience.
The US cannot commit to the 10 to 20 year time frame (starting today!) that is likely necessary to actually succeed. Nor can it come close to putting the necessary number of troops in the field. (Estimated at over 1.4 million with the classic troop density of 20 counterinsurgents per 1,000 population. Yeah, you can count the locals, but at this point, the ANA and ANP are so bad they would have to be subtracted from the total, not added.) And – key point – in terms of experience, the US has yet to win a classical counterinsurgency fight. (Sorry, Iraq doesn't count. It wasn't true COIN, and the US did not win. For an explanation, see Fourth Generation Warfare in a Fifth Generation Conflict.)
Bottom line? Time to run.
Excuse me. I mean 'strategically redeploy'.
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Last night's game vs. the Texas Rangers played in Arlington was the second instance this season where we have seen the raw side of Brian Matusz. We saw the side of him where he is just a vulnerable lefty with nothing more special than the next guy coming in. The first instance? In Minnesota. He seems to not be able to handle lineups that are over the top stacked with power and patience. The Twins and Rangers probably can both be considered in the top five for hitting teams in baseball. With Josh Hamilton, Nelson Cruz, Vladdy, and even second year shortstop Elvis Andrus, some people may say that this lineup is just as productive as the Yankees, if not more. The Yankees are not too quick, and are getting older by the day. Like the Rays, the Rangers are mostly a young team full of bursts of incredible talent.
Speaking of the Yankees, Matusz faced them back at the end of April. He let up 3 earned runs and allowed 9 hits over 6 IP with only 2 strikeout but no walks. While Major League Baseball would count this in the stats as a quality start, it was not the top quality we were looking for out of the rookie of the year candidate. His 2 wins on the year are over the Rays and A's. He beat the Rays in the O's third game of the year, where we had just lost our first two in Tampa and came out with fight to get a much needed W coming into the Opening Weekend homestand. Oakland is just bad. Other than those 2 wins, Matusz has still pitched quite well frequently. Because of the Orioles lack of any offense ever it seems, Brian's 1 run 6 inning performance in New York (vs. Yankees) and shutout 7 innings against the Indians at home this past weekend go without notice because he does not end up with the W. In New York, the loss was due to the Orioles only scoring one run in the entire game, giving Matusz such a lean amount of run support to work with. Back at home, he had the W going through 7 innings with a 2-0 lead before the bullpen blew the game, and Matusz ended up with the no decision there. Both times though, bullpen to be blamed partially or not, the run support just has not been there to back this guy up.
After last night's lousy outing of 2.1 IP, Matusz' ERA is now up to a sub-par 5.26. He allowed 7 runs on 8 hits in his short stint, with 2 strikeouts and 1 walk. The true killer, though, was the fact that he let 2 homeruns sail out of the park which accounted for 5 of the 7 runs. The problem last night for him was that he lost control of his fastball and just did not seem to have the velocity behind any of his pitches as compared to what we have seen in the past. His curveball showed good movement, but once again, velocity was down, making it very vulnerable to a contact hitter. As opposed to a guy like Tim Wakefield, Matusz does not have the movement or command needed to be able to lessen the speed behind his pitches, so last night the Rangers capitalized on the fact that he was pitching behind hitters and never really setting a tone.
As he said in his post-game interview, he was not on top of his stuff one bit. It was one of those games as a rookie that gets away from you early that you can never catch up with. As Bergesen said in his interview once: out of every 10 games you pitch, there will be 2 good, 2 bad, and 6 average ones in the middle. This was one of his bad ones. If that theory is true, then his next start would have to fall into the average category.
I also would not put it past him that his mindset was no on target. He seems very calm and collected when talking, one of the chillest guys ever in my opinion, but the last few weeks have been rocky for him. He got the harsh loss in Minnesota after letting up 6 runs off of 9 hits in 3.2 innings, but then followed that up with a brilliant performance against Cleveland this past weekend. The fact that he battled back from a setback to his solid beginning of the season is marvelous for a young guy like him, but I don't blame him if he got a bit anxious or even upset with the outcome of Saturday's game. If that game gave him trust issues with the guys coming in after him to close it, then this issue could have been sitting on his mind all night. If he is focusing more on the follow-up performances by his teammates in the bullpen, he loses the concentration he needs to have in order to have a successful game against a lineup like the Rangers that he had to face.
I wish him luck next week against the A's in Baltimore. Hopefully he can bounce back and shine against a team he already beat earlier this season.


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Industrial style furniture is a beautiful way to bring old and new together in the home. Our unique BA Dining collection combines iron and recycled teak for a unique, modern look.
We are currently quoting 3-7 working days for delivery on garden furniture. This may be slightly longer to parts of central and northern Scotland, Cornwall, Devon and parts of Wales.
For delivery to these locations and other areas over 3 hours from LE13 1NL, contact us for a time and price.
Delivery timescales for wooden and bespoke furniture will vary down to specific orders. Ex-display furniture and local orders can expect quicker delivery, though most orders are currently quoted 6-8 weeks to make. The product(s) will be delivered as soon as they are made and ready. Our products are made to be of the highest quality and made-to-order, using raw wood materials made in our own workshop, meaning that items may differ in timescale.
If there are delays or parts of your delivery that we cannot control, we will do our best to keep you up to date of the situation. Contact us for a more accurate estimate when you place your order.
Smaller items such as garden furniture covers can be sent directly to you once ordered. Shipping is free within the UK mainland. Most of our covers are sent through Hermes and are signed for upon delivery. These can usually be delivered within 3-5 working days.
Location and Cost
ORDERS UNDER £499 to UK MAINLAND - £79. (exclusions apply)
ORDERS OVER £500 to UK MAINLAND - £49. (exclusions apply)
FREE DELIVERY AVAILABLE ON ORDERS OVER £1500 to UK MAINLAND with free assembly! (exclusions apply)
The postcodes listed below are areas that we are able to deliver to but may incur additional cost due to distance and time:
Central Scotland Postcodes: DD, DG, KA, ML, KY, PA, FK, PH, DD, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Northern Scotland Postcodes: PA, AB, IV, KW, PH
Cornwall Postcodes: EX, PL, TR
Devon Postcodes: DT, EX, PL, TQ
Coastal Wales Postcodes: LL, SA, SY
All Other Overseas Countries – We will always attempt to accommodate any customer requirement. For all countries outside of the UK and Ireland, as well as the British Isles, please contact us either via telephone or email at email@example.com to discuss each order prior to placing the order on our website. We can deliver to most UK ports, though overseas shipping will have to be completed by the customer.
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For most solid wood furniture orders, we take a small deposit from the initial order to place the order into our system. When the item is ready to be delivered, we ask for the remaining balance to be paid, so as to not be holding onto the customer's money when it is not necessary.
For garden furniture and upholstery that is not in stock at the moment but due to arrive with us on a certain date, we will take your details and a deposit for the item. Once the stock is with us, we will send you an email letting you know that we are ready to deliver it to you, and the remaining balance can be paid and delivery can be arranged with us or the couriers.
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Most deliveries are made between 07:00 and 18:00 Monday to Friday, though we, or our couriers, will contact you nearer the day of delivery for a more accurate time. We may even contact you on the day should our schedule change. We are also able to contact you up to 30-60 minutes before we arrive.
If you are unable to accept delivery at the planned time, we will try our best to accommodate you and delivery at a more suitable time. A neighbour or family member is fine to accept delivery, so long as we have access to where the item is being delivered. If we cannot complete the delivery and it is classed as failed, additional charges may be incurred for a second delivery attempt.
Before placing your order, please inform us if there are issues with regards to parking around the property. If the property is a new build, we may require the nearest postcode or landmark to locate you.
Any outdoor steps leading up or down to the property will have to be made aware of before delivery.
We ask that you check the dimensions of any access that the furniture will have to go through. As our handmade wooden furniture is solid wood, it is not always possible to have it in smaller pieces, meaning it is delivered in larger sections.
Internal measurements such as the front door, inner doorways, staircases, bannisters, skirting boards, radiators, window sills and any other projections must be accounted for when measuring for any indoor furniture.
Space for manoeuvring in corridors and staircases is also very important so please that into account for tall or wide items. In some cases, doors must be removed to fit certain items. We are not always able to offer this service so please organise this in advance or contact us prior.
External access such as gates, fences and alleyways will fit the majority of pieces through, though areas that are narrow will require double-checking for wider or taller pieces of furniture. We insist that delivery access points be cleared of any potential obstacles, particularly breakables, as this presents a hazard to our staff and couriers.
Free delivery covers ground and first floor. If the furniture is being delivered to a higher floor, you must inform us beforehand. Whilst we may able to offer additional services that go above and beyond standard delivery, if the furniture is likely to be damaged or cannot be safely be delivered to it's location, the delivery may be classed as failed and additional charges could be incurred. As stated, most deliveries are completed by two people - if more are required to do this, contact us well in advance.
Whenever possible, we will delivery the product to your desired location - it is our customer's responsibility to inform us of this. If you are not available at the time of delivery, a message or instruction beforehand will help us achieve this. The space for the new furniture should also be made clear - we do not offer a disassembly or recycling service.
If you are uncertain about your access and need to some help with measurements, do not hesitate in contacting us for advice.
Delivery Process
Deliveries of indoor wooden furniture that see us have direct contact with furniture means that we wear gloves and face masks for yours and our own safety. We also hope that we can continue to keep safe by maintaining social distancing when inside, when possible.
For internal deliveries, we are happy to remove footwear if you wish, or we also carry shoe protectors to wear inside. We recommend laying down sheets/blankets if you are concerned about your carpets or floors catching sawdust.
Most deliveries will be carried out by two people, though we will let you know if it is just the driver who will be delivering.
If several items have been ordered at once, we will try our best to deliver them together - we will contact you should this not be possible.
Local deliveries for garden furniture orders can usually be delivered in a short timescale (i.e. next day). Depending on your location and order, same-day delivery may be available, though we will let you know should this be the case.
Deliveries may be carried out by independent companies/carriers. Therefore, although we can offer guidance and communication, specific days and times may be outside of our control and delays, though rare, are sometimes unavoidable.
Deliveries by external companies will avoid pallet drop-off, which reduces waste for our customers and reduces chance of damage to the packaging.
The majority of deliveries of our handmade wooden furniture will be delivered and assembled by our in-house delivery staff, which negates the need for packaging. Wooden items delivered by couriers will be hand wrapped and securely packaged for delivery.
The garden furniture items that we deliver and assemble, such as the Pearl Day-Bed and Danielle U-Shape Dining Set, will have any packaging or rubbish taken away free of charge. Boxed items delivered by us and our couriers will left be left as delivered, meaning it is our customer's discretion to dispose of the packaging that comes with their product.
We suggest that you keep all packaging in good condition until you are completely happy with the product. It is vital that upon delivery, you check your item(s) for damage or fault. The quicker an issue is seen, the faster we can resolve your issue for you. If possible, please inform the drivers straight away, or contact us within the same day, or within 24 hours, so that we can replace the items in accordance with your statutory rights. For more information, see our Returns Policy.
If you wish to collect your order from us directly, this is entirely possible. Contact us for further details. Collection can either be done at our store in Melton Mowbray, or at one of our workshops in Leicestershire. Valid ID and proof of payment will be required upon collection.
Contact Us
If you have a situation that is not covered on this page, feel free to contact us directly via telephone, email or online chat. We will do our absolute best to assist you.
Telephone: 01664 668450
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For deliveries by our own delivery team - In the unlikely event that goods arrive faulty or damaged, please inform our drivers immediately or contact us directly the same day within 24 hrs, so that we can replace them in part or whole in accordance with your statutory rights.
For courier/drop off deliveries - a notification to Kubek Furniture must be made within 14 days of receipt of your goods, in writing via e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com and fully outlining the relevant issue/cause for the requirement to return the said goods.
All returns must be agreed by telephone or e-mail so we can agree on collection dates/times.
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Yes, you can draw workers' comp and Social Security at the same time. There is an important limitation on that rule. The public policy for Social Security is that there is no way that the government wants you to get more money for not working than for working if you can work. So there is a limit. If you take what you get in workers' comp, which is two-thirds of what you were making, and you put Social Security on top of that, you might get more than you got before you got hurt. Social Security does not want that to happen. So the Social Security Administration has put in 80% limit on how much you can get. If you are drawing two-thirds of your money, or 66%, in workers' comp you just have a very little bit left to get to that 80%. So anything over 80% Social Security will take back and keep. So there is a limit. It's a complicated area. There is a way to settle your workers' comp case and get both 100% of your Social Security check and get a settlement workers' comp. I would recommend that you talk to a lawyer that is familiar with this area because it is a complicated area and you have to be extremely careful when you're doing your settlements.
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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Zach Johnson always feels good when he gets to Colonial.
That feeling usually last through the week.
Johnson has won at Hogan's Alley twice in the last three years. He is the first player in more than three decades with four consecutive top-10 finishes in the event.
Now he's back as the defending champion, without a top 10 this season. But he has felt good even without eye-catching results.
"I'm going to hopefully take some of those good feelings I've had over the last four years, not necessarily dwell on them, but embrace them and put them into play in some regard," Johnson said Wednesday, a day before beginning his title defense.
Five-time winner Ben Hogan is the only player who has won the Colonial more than twice, and he finished in top 10 seven times in a row during a span when he won four times from 1946-53. Tom Watson had been the last with four top 10s in a row at Colonial (1977-80).
Matt Kuchar, No. 13 in the world ranking, is the highest-ranked player in Colonial's invitational field. The only other three in the top 25 are Charl Schwartzel, 2012 Colonial runner-up Jason Dufner and Hunter Mahan.
When Johnson slipped on the winner's plaid jacket last May, it was first victory since the 2010 Colonial. He also won the John Deere Classic last summer.
This season, Johnson has made nine of 12 cuts this year. His best finish was a tie for 18th at the Tournament of Champions in January, but he tied for 19th at The Players Championship two weeks ago.
"I'm excited. I like where my game is going, or is," Johnson said. "I like where it is and I like where it's going. So I'm just trying to remain patient and let things kind of happen."
It's not really the lack of top-10 finishes that bothers Johnson.
"It's been frustrating that I truly haven't been in contention late on Sunday. That would be my biggest frustration," he said. "What is comforting is that the beginning of the year I was probably more off than I would even like to admit fundamentally. But in saying that, what's comfortable about that is the fact that I would rather be off fundamentally than certainly physically or even mentally. My attitude has been great."
Johnson then joked that he understood if reporters might not really know about his good attitude because he hasn't been in many interview sessions based on his play.
"If you ask my caddie, it truly has been good," Johnson said. "I've been very positive and certainly trying to keep working. I have hit a lot of balls, in February, March, April and even into May just to try to get it back."
Before his closing 72 last year, including a two-stroke penalty on the 72nd hole because he failed to properly remark his ball after moving it out of the line Dufner's last putt, Johnson had played 15 consecutive rounds in the 60s at Colonial.
The only other two-time Colonial winner in this week's field is Corey Pavin, the 1985 and 1996 champ making his 30th consecutive start in Fort Worth. And he is again bypassing the Senior PGA Championship to keep that streak intact.
"There was a thought process, yes. It wasn't a very long process," Pavin said about the decision to play at Colonial instead of a senior major. "But ultimately when I kind of got down to it, it was a pretty easy choice then. I just love being here. I would rather be here than there. It's as simple as that."
In six Champions Tour events this year, Pavin has two top 10s and two other top 25-finishes. His only PGA Tour appearance was the Northern Trust Open, where he missed the cut in his 657th PGA Tour start.
Pavin has eight top-10 finishes at Colonial, including a seventh-place finish just three years ago. He has missed the cut only four times.
"Obviously, I like it here," Pavin said. "It's a golf course that I feel very comfortable on."


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Project Ideas
The wiki is being retired!
Documentation is now handled by the same processes we use for code: Add something to the Documentation/ directory in the coreboot repo, and it will be rendered to https://doc.coreboot.org/. Contributions welcome!
The following are some ideas that have come up in the community. Some are more or less suitable for GSoC and prospective students' application should expand on some ideas and pair back others.
Linux Firmware Kit, BITS
There are various test suites for firmware aspects, esp. those that interacts with the operating systems. Unfortunately, some of these projects are dead, some seem to be forked and developed semi-publically, and having all that stuff in lots of different places is a big hassle.
The goal of this project is to pick up the pieces, and create a single tool (most likely a bootable CD/USB drive image) that can be booted on vendor BIOS (for the Red Hat and Canonical developers that work on these) as well as coreboot (preferably seabios and FILO to improve testability - is an issue created/fixed by coreboot or seabios?). This can then be improved in various ways.
There's also intel-gpu-tools that might have some useful tests (at least for intel-boards): http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.video.dri.devel/63948
When applying for this task, please state in your proposal what you think might be worthy extensions to the existing tests.
Required knowledge for this task: Not so much coreboot/firmware level, but you should have some idea of the boot process of a Linux system (as these test suites are mostly Linux based). GSoC probably won't provide enough time to learn all that (Linux boot process, firmware interfaces such as ACPI) and still develop the tools in some useful way.
Further reading: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Reference/fwts http://biosbits.org/ http://linuxfirmwarekit.org/
Infrastructure for automatic code checking
We already have a build bot that builds various configurations of coreboot. It would be nice to extend it with various code validation routines, for example:
- Validate that there's no regression in doxygen documentation (eg. are all arguments to functions still explained in @param tags, eg. after new arguments were added?)
- Make code lint clean (and maybe extend lint to not fall into our traps), and run lint over the tree. Report regressions
- Use LLVM's static code checking facilities, report regressions.
- Work on code coverage support for coreboot code (dump data into ram, or via serial. Provide tools to fetch it). Analyse that data.
- LLVM tools: Clang static analyser, SSA assertion checker
- Lint tools: Splint
- Coverage: LCOV, GGCOV
coreboot test suite
Create a test suite to gather and report coreboot mainboard and payload settings. This project may leverage libpayload, coreinfo, memtest86, BITS, and other tools. The suite should gather result and report them at summary and detailed levels. The goal is to help coreboot developers identify problems and to test coreboot features. This project should work closely with the testing rig and test reporting projects. It is important the the student considers how testing and reporting can be extended as features and tests are added in the future.
coreboot cheap testing rig
The goal of this project is to create a cheap testing rig which works with the existing board test infrastructure. We have a hardware test system since 2006:
The initial version of our testing rig used a remote power switch and was rather expensive. With cheaper technologies such as X10, it's possible to drop the testing costs per board significantly.
- http://qa.coresystems.de
- InSystemFlasher is a cheap DIY hardware prototype for building an automated testing rig for modern SPI-based boards. This could be used as a starting point.
coreboot mainboard test result reporting
One of the biggest challenges in coreboot is support many systems in the same codebase. As systems age and coreboot continues to develop, the condition of mainboards becomes unknown. This project would define a coreboot test results reporting mechanism, gather data, and report passing and failing systems on a webpage. This project would work closely with the coreboot test suite project and/or the hardware test rig project. A good example of test results gathering and reporting is done by the Phoronix/Openbenchmark. The student should investigate other test and reporting solutions to leverage the best options for coreboot. It is important the the student considers how testing and reporting can be extended as features and tests are added in the future.
coreboot ports for Family14 mainboards
Identify potential mainboards to port based on the recently released AMD Family 14 support. The goal would be to support publicly available plaftorms with a number of payloads and operating systems.
coreboot ACPI/S3/power managment
coreboot has support for ACPI tables and S3 support for some platforms, but it is very mainboard specific. Create a generic solution for ACPI table generation and S3 support.
coreboot port to ARM SOC's with PCIe
ARM SOC's with PCIe are available. These systems can take advantage of coreboot's strength in properly configuring PCI devices, fast boot time and payload support.
Note that coreboot has in the past supported three different CPUs (x86, Alpha, PPC), so the structure is there for adding in a new processor family. We will need to find the right platform to do the work, but I (Ron) can provide a board and JTAG debugger if needed.
There was an ARM project started in 2011.
- Bari Ari
- Ron Minnich
- QingPei Wang
coreboot panic room
Create a safe boot solution for coreboot to easily and cheaply recover the system in case of a panic().
Ron would like to base this solution around SerialICE. The basic idea is that the system always boots to SerialICE. There is a test in CMOS for 'last boot worked' and, if this is set, SerialICE finds a coreboot in cbfs and runs it. If 'last boot worked' is not set, or the user hits some magic keyboard sequence, SerialICE takes control.
SerialICE needs to be extended (not much) to make this work. Having this capability would make it possible for Ron to get some very hard ports working that are just not possible today. At the same time, there are lots of hardware boards to test this idea on, so it should be easy to get it working.
It might be possible to integrate this into the coreboot build as a bootblock option (in the same spot as the fallback/normal switch and the simple loader).
There was a panic room project started in 2011 http://blogs.coreboot.org/blog/2011/05/09/gsoc-project-coreboot-panic-room-diagnostics-also-remote-flashing/
Board config infrastructure
Design data structures that host information about the board layout so coreboot can better initialize components and generate all kinds of tables (mptable, pirq, acpi, ...) from that dynamically (at build or runtime, as appropriate). Adapt boards to use that instead of the current hardcodes.
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Refactor AMD code
AMD K8 and AMD Fam10 are different enough to have their own code. This is unfortunate, as you have to decide which CPU type you use in a given mainboard. Refactor AMD code so a single image can support both chip types on a given board. Also move tables from get_bus_conf and the like to the device tree or kconfig options (or runtime detection), as appropriate.
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I don't see many exercise classes taught at libraries, do you? If you know of a library that sponsors a regular exercise class, send us the link. The lack of workouts at the library doesn't surprise me because most facilities don't have the space or equipment. Some do not want to run anything longterm because it keeps other patrons from accessing the space. This all makes sense, but so does offering courses on hatha yoga, meditation, and walking at your local library.
Here's an example of a hatha yoga class in a library http://www.myacpl.org/events/yoga-people-50-and-2012-04-11. The course is ongoing and has been a success for several years. However, like most library settings, the space is limited. Namaste to instructor Linda Cochran for continuing this great program in the Athens Public Library, Athens, Ohio.
Here's a very good article about the rationale for libraries extending their services to include fitness courses http://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/Libraries-Now-Offering-Books-and-Workouts.html
Put this way, it makes a great deal of sense in spite of the limitations and hesitations to blend your books with your bodybuilding by getting it all at the local library. In his fab book SPARK, Dr. John J. Ratey with Eric Hagerman, (a book I require in my college courses,) explains the benefits of exercise to brain health and overall wellbeing when he recommends exercise first then hitting the books. Exercise improves brain elasticity and grows new brain cells capable of absorbing new information.
So the next time you're at the library, look around for a fitness offering and let me know what you find.


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PEEDI is a high-speed Ethernet/RS232-to-ICD EmbeddedICE solution that enables you to debug software running on Microchip PIC32, Infineon ADM5120, Atheros AR6001XL and Realtek RT3050 MIPS32-based processor cores via the Debug port. PEEDI provides the services needed to perform debugging operations.
It also works as an In-Circuit Serial Programmer allowing you to program the microcontroller's on-chip Flash memory.
With optional licenses, PEEDI also can be used also for high-speed GNU gdb debugging and Flash Programming of ARM7, ARM9, ARM11, Cortex M0/M3/M4/A5/A8/A9, XScale, AVR32, PowerPC, Power Architecture, PowerQUICC II, PowerQUICC III, QorIQ, ColdFire, and Blackfin devices, as well as the ARM core of TI DaVinci DM644x.
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List of supported Flash devices.
The PEEDI MIPS32 In-Circuit Debugger/Programmer can also support other architectures with the purchase of additional software licenses.


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The Book of Ecclesiastes is, up to a certain point, the converse of the Book of Proverbs.74 It is the experience of a man who— retaining wisdom, that he may judge of all—makes trial of everything under the sun that could be supposed capable of rendering men happy, through the enjoyment of everything that human capacity can entertain as a means of joy. The effect of this trial was the discovery that all is vanity and vexation of spirit; that every effort to be happy in possessing the earth, in whatever way it may be, ends in nothing. There is a canker-worm at the root. The greater the capacity of enjoyment, the deeper and wider is the experience of disappointment and vexation of spirit. Pleasure does not satisfy, and even the idea of securing happiness in this world by an unusual degree of righteousness, cannot be realised. Evil is there, and the government of God in such a world as this, is not in exercise to secure happiness to man here below—a happiness drawn from the things below and resting on their stability; though as a general rule it protects those who walk with God: "Who is he that shall harm you, if ye be followers of that which is good? "75There is no allusion to the truth that we are dead in sins and offences. It is the result in the mind of the writer of the experience which he has gone through, and which he sets before us. As to the things around us, there is nothing better than to enjoy the things which God has given us; and finally, the fear of Jehovah is the whole of man, as the rule of his walk on earth. His own capacities do not make him happy nor the gratifying of his own will, even when he has everything at command. "For what can the man do that cometh after the king? "Man fails to secure joy; and permanent joy is not to be found for man. Consequently, if there be any joy, it is with the sense that it cannot be retained.
The moral of this book goes even farther than that of the Proverbs—on one side at least; for we must remember that it is this world that is in question (under the sun). Wisdom avails no more than folly. The difference between them is as great as that between light and darkness. But one event happens to all men, and much reflection only makes us hate life. The heart becomes weary of research, and after all one dies like another. The world is ruined as a system, and death cuts the thread of thoughts and projects, and annihilates all connection between the most skilful workman and the fruit of his labours. What profit has been to him? There is a time for all things, and man must do each in its season, and enjoy that which God gives on his way. But God is the same in all His works, that men should fear before Him. He knows that God will judge the righteous and the wicked; but, as far as man's knowledge extends, he dies as the beast dies, and who can tell what becomes of him afterwards? There is no question here of the revelation of the world to come, but only of the conclusions drawn from experience of what takes place in this world. The knowledge of God teaches that there is a judgment; to man all is darkness beyond the present life. {Ec 4}
Chapter 4 expresses the deep sorrow caused by the crying injustice of a sinful world, the unredressed wrongs which compose the history of our race, and which, in fact, make the history of man insupportable to one who has a sense of natural justice, and creates the desire to put an end to it. Labour and sloth alike bring their quota of distress. Nevertheless, in the midst of this quicksand in which there is no standing, we see the thought of God arise, giving a firm foundation to heart and mind. {Ec 5}
This is in the beginning of chapter 5. He demands respect from man. The folly of the heart is indeed folly in His presence. From thence onward we find that that which takes away the vain hope of earthly happiness gives a more true joy to the heart that becomes wise, and therefore joyful, in separating itself from the world. There is therefore the grace also of patience. The self-sufficient effort to be righteous only ends in shame; to be active in evil ends in death. Finally, to strive after wisdom by the knowledge of things below is labour in vain. He has found two things: first, with respect to woman, judged by the experience of the world, he has found none good; amongst men, one in a thousand; and, in a word, that God made man upright, but he has sought out many inventions apart from God.
God must be honoured, and the king also, to whom God has given authority. We see too in chapters 9 and 10, how little everything here meets the apparent capacity of man; and, even when this capacity is real, how little it is esteemed. Nevertheless the wisdom of the upright, and the folly of the fool, have each its own consequences, and, after all, God judges. To sum up the whole, God must be remembered, and that before weakness and old age overtake us. For the manifest conclusion of all that has been said is "Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole of man."
The chief subject, then, of this Book is the folly of all man's efforts in seeking happiness here below, and that the wisdom which judges all this only renders man still more unhappy. And then all this experience, on the part of one who possessed the highest capacity, is put in contrast with the simple principle of all true wisdom—submission and obedience to God, who knows all things, and who governs all things, because "God shall bring every work into judgment."
If we remember that this Book gives us the experience of man, and the reasonings of man, on all that happens under the sun, there is no difficulty in those passages that have the semblance of infidelity. The experience of man is necessarily infidel. He confesses his ignorance; for beyond that which is seen, experience can know nothing. But the solution of all moral problems is above and beyond that which is seen. The Book of Ecclesiastes makes this manifest. The only rule of life then is to fear the God who disposes of our life, who judges every action all the days of the life of our vanity. There is no question, in this book, of grace or of redemption, but only of the experience of this present life, and of that which God has said with respect to it—namely, His law, His commandments, and the consequent judgment—that which is decreed to man.
A Jew under the law might say these things, after having had the experience of all that God could give man to favour him in this position, and in view of the judgment of God that is connected with it.
In Proverbs we have practical moral guidance through the world; in Ecclesiastes the result of all efforts of man's will to find happiness, with all means at his disposal. But in the whole inquiry in Ecclesiastes there is no covenant relationship, no revelation. It is man with his natural faculties, and such as he is, conscious indeed he has to say to God, but seeking by his own thoughts where happiness is to be found. Only that conscience has its part in the matter, and the fear of God is owned at the end. It is God owned indeed, but man in the world with full experience of all in it.
74 See the note to Proverbs, page 187.
75 Peter's epistles, after laying the foundation of redemption and being born again, are occupied with the degree in which what was immediate (in promise) among the Jews is applicable now. The first epistle, its application to saints; the second, to the world and the wicked here below: hence he goes on to the new heavens and the new earth.