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SAP Intelligent RPA: Get conditional value from Excel
In this Blog Post I will demonstrate a possible way to get a conditional value from an excel sheet. In my example file I am searching for a specific conditional value included in a matrix:
Here a screenshot of my example file:
I would like to have the robot put the requested value into field B4 (marked in yellow).
As you can see all three guys have friends named Julia, Olga and Linea, whereas all their friends live in different cities. The value I am looking for is stated in the question "Where does John's Friend Olga live?" In our example the correct answer would be "Warsaw" – the value of field C14.
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Add Excel as a new Application
Create a new workflow
Add Excel library in the project's framework
Add an "Initialize Excel" activity in your workflow
Add an "Open Existing Excel file" activity
Add a "Start loop" activity
Add an "Exit loop" activity
Add context to your project
Add an "Exit Condition" to your "Exit Loop" activity
The condition $data$ == 'John' && $data$ == 'Olga' results in an 'if AND' condition. This way BOTH conditions (Name = John AND Friend = Olga) are checked if fulfilled.
Add a "Get one value" activity
Add properties to my "Get one value" activity
The row description sc.localData.Startloop + 7 lets the robot start the loop in row 7, which is the first row with values in it.
Add another "Get one value" activity
Add properties to the second "Get one value" activity
Add another "Get one value" activity
Add properties to the third "Get one value" activity
Add a "Loop" activity
Add a "Set one value" activity
This activity shows the result of requested value. I am aware of the fact that there are different ways to show the value of this newly created variable. However, I felt this way is a simple and optically valuable way to show the result.
Add properties to the "Set one value" activity
After executing the bot, the excel file shows the value I was looking for in field B4:
The robot loops through all lines starting in line 7 and ends in line 14 as both conditions are met for the first time and saves the value related to the condition in another variable.


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The totally-new Axis T250 makes history as the first 25-foot boat produced by the Axis brand.
"Designing and producing the first-ever 25-foot Axis was a huge accomplishment for the entire team," said Jack Springer, CEO of Malibu Boats, Inc., in a company press release. "Not only is the all-new T250 the biggest boat Axis has ever produced, but it had to live up to the standards Axis owners have come to expect—and that's not easy. I'm proud to introduce the T250 that will set the new standard for performance, convenience, style and value in the 25-foot class."
At 25 feet long, the T250 provides comfort and storage and room for 18 people. And with over 5,000 pounds of ballast, that size translates to a pro-level surf wave and wakeboard wake.
A classic traditional bow provides forward seating. The massive wraparound lounge provides plenty of options to relax while running down the lake, at the cove or to sit in comfort while your crew surfs and wakeboards.
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The T250 also features the first-ever touch screen from Axis, which is now featured on all Axis models. The dash is low-profile and intuitive with a universal phone holder, ergonomic new steering wheel, Bluetooth stereo, analog controls, and the new touch screen in the most valuable real estate.
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2017 | Mexico City, Mexico
Bania & Xristos got married in beautiful Greece back in 2015. She's from Mexico and he's from Greece and they decided to live in Mexico City. Two years after they were expecting their first baby they asked Lalo if he could take their maternity photos.
They are such a fun couple and we're really happy with the pictures. Nowadays they have two boys and are still living in Mexico City.
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The plan is to maintain a rough split of 60% equities to generate a rising income which should hopefully keep pace with inflation. All equity investment trusts have managed above inflation dividend increases over the year. In this regard, the drawdown sipp is an index-linked annuity substitute.
In my first year review at the same point last June, the portfolio had got off to a good start with a total return of over 20%. The positive run has continued for a second year with an unchanged portfolio returning just shy of 8%. Total return for the two years is 32.6% which means the value of the portfolio is now back to where it was prior to taking the 25% tax-free lump sum payment.
By far the best return has been smaller companies specialist Aberforth with a return of over 30% this year and a near 95% return since the start. Losing a little ground this past 12 months have been Murray International (-5%) and Aberdeen Asian (-7%).
Here is the portfolio (not actual amounts but roughly reflecting weighting for each holding)
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Pension Changes
As we all know, there was quite a radical shake-up of pensions announced by the Chancellor in his March Budget. Here's are links to my posts shortly afterwards - Budget 2014 and Review of SIPP Strategy.
Fortunately the GAD rules have once again recently been relaxed to allow the drawdown limit increase from 120% to 150% so this will provide some additional flexibility for the coming year. I am currently awaiting notification of the new limit from AJ Bell, however when the changes announced in the budget take effect from April 2015, these GAD limits will become redundant.
Having had a little time to digest these changes over recent weeks, I am increasingly drawn to the conclusion that option 3 would be the best course to adopt - that is a phased withdrawal of the remaining pot and the reinvestment of excess funds into my ISA.
I am still not 100% decided on this so leave a comment below if you have any thoughts.
SIPP Charges
One area of surprise this year has been the significant increase in charges levied by AJ Bell. Their annual admin charge has increased from £90 to £120 p.a. but in addition, they have introduced an entirely new tier of charges which they call a 'custody charge' of £25 per quarter (£100 p.a.). They have also introduced a 0.2% fund custody charge capped at £50 per quarter but as I do not hold funds, this will not apply thankfully!
My next step will be to compare prices of the low cost providers to see how they stack up with the new charges from Youinvest. I imagine this may take a little time to research as the usual comparison sites do not cover sipp charges in drawdown. I will post my findings in due course.
Apart from this, I am happy with my first two years of self-managing a drawdown sipp portfolio. I will make a note to update again next June.


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"Madam Tulip! Actress, fortune-teller, psychic, sleuth!"
When out-of-work actress Derry O'Donnell moonlights as celebrity fortune-teller Madam Tulip in an English Stately home, she's trying to make some cash.
Instead, she is drawn into an alien world of wealth, titled privilege and family secrets.
A countess once a chorus girl, a gambling earl and his daughters, a cultured and handsome art expert—all caught in a terrifying web of ghastly threats, murder and
abduction. As an aristocratic engagement party turns into a nightmare, Derry and her friend Bruce face the prospect of a gruesome and infamous death.
Madame Tulip and the Knave of Hearts is the second in a series of thrilling and hilarious Tulip adventures in which Derry O'Donnell, celebrity fortune-teller and
reluctant amateur detective, plays the most exciting and perilous roles of her acting life, drinks borage tea, and fails to understand her parents.
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Madam Tulip and the Knave of Hearts is a very good book.
It's about Derry as Madam Tulip and after finding out, along with her friends, that the theater palace has fallen, she and her friends set up a art auction to try and raise money for repairs. She soon meets a woman named Octivia who invites her to her castle and asks for a reading.
Derry soon finds herself caught up in a mystery when the Earl gets a package with a gross item inside. What is it and who does it belong to?
As she tries to find it, she gets caught up in bad things. What happens and who sent the package? Read on to find out.
5 stars.
A millionaire banker, a film producer with a mysterious past, a gun-loving wife, a PA with her eyes on Hollywood, a handsome and charming estate manager—each has a secret to share and a request for Madam Tulip.
As Derry and her friend Bruce race to prevent a murder, she learns to her dismay that the one future Tulip can't predict is her own.
Madame Tulip and the Bones of Chance is the third Madam Tulip adventure.
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This is my review of Madam Tulip and the Bones of Chance.
It's the 3rd book of the Derry O' Donell series.
Derry is at a castle trying to make a movie, but the movie gets ruined and never happens.
Instead, she is offered a chance to play her character, Madam Tulip, and tell fortunes at a Halloween party. She soon learns that something bad is going on between a couple, but in order to find out what it is, she gets kidnapped with her friend Jessica, and they get thrown into a confusing meeting.
The two men who kidnapped them tell them the whole truth about what they overheard, and they soon learn who it was that tried to kill them when they were on their way to a picnic. Who was it? Why were they shot at? What happens after they get kidnapped? Do they get rescued? Do the bad men get away?
You need to read this book to find out. I liked it a lot.
I give it 5 stars.
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David Ahern grew up in a theatrical family in Ireland but ran away to Scotland to become a research psychologist and sensible person. He earned his doctorate but soon absconded to work in television. He became a writer, director and producer, creating international documentary series and winning numerous awards, none of which got him free into nightclubs.
Madame Tulip wasn't David Ahern's first novel, but writing it was the most fun he'd ever had with a computer. He is now writing the fourth Madam Tulip adventure and enjoys pretending this is actual work.
David Ahern lives in the beautiful West of Ireland with his wife, two cats and a vegetable garden of which he is inordinately proud.
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Isaiah 53
1 O Lord, who has believed our report, and to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed?
2 We proclaimed His presence as a Child, as a Root in a thirsty land. He had no form or glory, and we saw Him; and He had no form or beauty.†
3 But in comparison to all men, His form was lacking in honor. He was a man in suffering and knew how to bear sickness. His face was turned away, and He was dishonored and not esteemed.†
4 He bears our sins and suffers for us, yet we considered Him to be in pain, suffering, and ill-treatment.
5 But He was wounded because of our lawlessness, and became sick because of our sins. The chastisement of our peace was upon Him, and by His bruise we are healed.†
6 All we like sheep have gone astray. Man has gone astray in his way, and the Lord delivered Him over for our sins.†
7 Although He was ill-treated, He opened not His mouth. He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb is silent before his shearers, so He opens not His mouth.†
8 In His humiliation His judgment was taken away, and who will declare His generation? For His life is taken from the earth, and because of the lawlessness of My people He was led to death.†
9 I will appoint evil men for His burial and rich men for His death, because He committed no lawlessness, nor was deceit found in His mouth.†
10 The Lord wishes to cleanse Him of His wound, and if You give an offering for sin, Your soul shall see a long-lived seed.†
11 The Lord wishes to take away the pain of His soul, to show Him light, to form Him with understanding, and to pronounce righteous the Righteous One who serves many well; and He shall bear their sins.
12 Therefore He shall inherit many, and will divide the spoil with the strong, because His soul was delivered over to death. He was considered among the lawless, and He bore the sins of many, and was delivered over because of their sins.†
Psalms 95
1 When the house was built after the captivity; an ode by David. †Oh, sing a new song to the Lord, Sing to the Lord, all the earth;
2 Sing to the Lord; bless His name; Proclaim His salvation from day to day;
3 Declare His glory among the Gentiles, His wonders among all peoples.
4 For the Lord is great, and is greatly to be praised; And He is to be feared above all the gods;
5 For all the gods of the nations are demons, But the Lord made the heavens;
6 Thanksgiving and beauty are before Him; Holiness and majesty are in His holy place.
7 Bring to the Lord, O families of the Gentiles, Bring to the Lord glory and honor;
8 Bring to the Lord the glory of His name; Take up sacrifices and enter into His courts;
9 Worship the Lord in His holy court; Let all the earth be shaken before Him.
10 Say among the Gentiles, "The Lord is King, For He established the world, which shall not be shaken. He shall judge the peoples with uprightness."
11 Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth greatly rejoice; Let the sea be shaken and all its fullness.
12 Then the fields and everything in them shall rejoice; Then all the trees of the forest shall greatly rejoice
13 Before the face of the Lord; for He is coming, For He is coming to judge the earth; He shall judge the world in righteousness, And the peoples with His truth.
Proverbs of Solomon 20
21 A wise king is a winnower of the ungodly, And he casts them upon the wheel of torture.
22 The breath of man is the light of the Lord, Who searches the inner man.†
23 Mercy and truth are a guard for the king, And they will encircle his throne with righteousness.
24 Wisdom is an ornament to young men, And the glory of old men is their gray hair.
25 Bruises and fractures happen to evil men, And plagues shall come into their inner man.†
1 Timothy 3
Qualifications for Bishops
1 This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the position of a bishop, he desires a good work.†
2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;†
3 not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence
5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
6 not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Qualifications for Deacons
8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money,†
9 holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.
10 But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless.
11 Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.†
12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
The Guide for Faithfulness: An Early Creed
14 These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly;
15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.†
16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the Spirit, Seen by angels, Preached among the Gentiles, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.†


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So, what exactly are Emergency Contraceptive Pills?
Contraceptive pills are one of the most popular birth control methods. They are oral contraceptives which are advised to be taken immediately after having unprotected sex if a couple wants to prevent pregnancy. Condoms are also quite popular, but when a condom breaks or tears during rigorous sexual intercourse, an emergency contraceptive pill is the way to go. After all, emergencies come knocking at your door at the most unwanted times. Although it is very important to understand that there are two kinds of pills, one being for regular usage and the other one being an emergency pill, aka, morning after pill. There are some that can be active up to 72 hours while some which can be active up to 120 hours. The problem is that so many teenagers are using emergency pills or morning after pills in the wrong way and leading a highly sexually active life. These pills are only meant for emergency purposes and not for daily usage. Daily usage of emergency contraceptive pills in india can do some severe damage to the body. It is quite obvious that an overdose of any medicine can have some serious side effects. There is also a confusion of the usage of contraceptive pills as means of abortion. They are absolutely not meant for the time when you are already pregnant. These pills are used so that it does not lead to pregnancy after unprotected sex. Not after doing so. It does not discontinue pregnancy; it only stops it from happening in case you have had unprotected sex. So, first tip, do not have unprotected sex if you want to evade pregnancy.
Things to be kept in mind when using them:
There are a few things that need to be kept in mind when taking an emergency contraceptive or morning after pill:
1. It is necessary to be taken within 24 hours and before it crosses 72 hours or else it will render the pill useless.
2. Each and every pill has a 95% success rate when taken on time.
3. It does not take on the task of safeguarding you from sexually transmitted diseases.
4. It should be administered by women in between the ages of 25 to 45 years.
5. The rate of teenage pregnancies is growing and it is not advised for a developing reproductive system so teenagers should try to avoid this as much as possible.
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2. Breast tenderness
3. Lower-abdominal aches
4. Irregular menstruation
5. Vomiting
6. Delays in menstruation.
But, these side effects differ from person to person and depend highly on the metabolism of an individual. However, these side effects go away in a matter of two days.Emergency contraceptive pills are quite popular these days and it is very important to know all the in's and out's before the usage of any such product and hence, all the details have been provided above.


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What does becoming a skilled coder and becoming a skilled teacher have in common? The need for quality tools for professional development and demonstration of skills that are tied to real rewards in the workplace: lessons that have application for all those in public interest fields.
Many parents knew—and others learned during school closures due to COVID-19—that educators are key to student success.
Research corroborates the fact that talented educators can help students surpass expectations. Teachers can also help close stubborn gaps in achievement that exist between students of color and students from low-income backgrounds and their peers. However, our public K-12 education systems are not always effective at leveraging an educator's full potential. In order to do that, we must invest in and improve the quality of our teaching workforce over time through quality professional learning and career advancement opportunities that draw upon evidence-based best practices.
So how do we do that? How do we attract, develop, and retain more high-quality teachers in our schools, particularly as interest in becoming and remaining a teacher is declining? As with many intransigent public issues, the answer is multi-faceted and complex. But there is an effort underway that has the potential to change the underlying culture of bureaucratic compliance for both professional learning and career advancement, and ultimately improve teacher efficacy and retention: a digital tool called "microcredentials."
Techies Lead the Way
Microcredentials (MCs) first began to take hold in the technology sector of the U.S. economy around 2011. As employers' need for workers with digital coding skills expanded rapidly, many individuals became interested in becoming "coders," but several factors stood in their way. Lack of formal education, financial constraints, and rapidly changing content that required constant learning to keep up with the ever-changing ecosystem kept many from entering the profession.
Coding "boot camps" and other short-term training programs proliferated to help build the necessary skill sets, but candidates still needed a way to demonstrate skills to employers before landing a job. Microcredentials were relatively well-suited for this task because individuals could earn them by demonstrating–via a performance assessment–the application of a specific, discrete skill or competency in a real-world or simulated setting. Coding microcredentials were (and are) offered by a variety of entities including organizations providing the boot camps, software companies that developed the coding language, or even a would-be employer. The credential earned was typically shared as a "digital badge" that incorporated verifiable data about the performance assessment. As a result, employers felt they could trust microcredentials as a reliable indicator that the person possessing the badge was competent in the "micro" skill indicated on their credential.
The education field took notice, adopting the idea in 2014 when Digital Promise and Bloomboard jointly introduced the first microcredential platform for educators. Microcredentials for teachers, according to the National Education Association, are "a digital form of certification indicating demonstrated competency/mastery in a specific skill or set of skills." Since then, the number of developers and issuers of teacher microcredentials has been growing exponentially. Providers include individual school districts who offer microcredentials and digital badges to better engage teachers in professional learning and growth, as well as non-profit and for-profit organizations focused on further developing a specific content area or aspect of teaching. Even traditional institutions of higher education are jumping into microcredentialing as a new way to reach the teacher market for upskilling.
Beyond professional learning, states who see a specific need among their teaching workforce (e.g., a dearth of computer science teachers) are providing clear "stacks" of microcredentials that together would indicate teacher readiness for the role. Additionally, because a "stack" of micro-credentials could potentially be substituted for higher education credits, or for traditional licensure exams, some see microcredentials as a strategy to bring more diversity into the teaching profession, by making it more accessible and affordable.
At the Heart of the Problem
To earn microcredentials, educators identify competencies they want to master and complete the requirements to earn them. They are a 180-degree change from what has existed for years in the teaching profession.
While the United States is pretty good at mandating and investing in professional learning — nearly every educator in the country is required to participate in ongoing professional development — what is available today often doesn't serve the needs of teachers or their students. A significant portion of teachers' professional development is done to fulfill state-mandated "credit hours," time-based professional development units that teachers must earn in order to retain or advance their license that allows them to teach in public schools. A 2011 estimate of school districts' annual professional development spending per teacher was $14,750, and teachers often make additional investments out of their own pocket.
Where things break down is on the quality of learning opportunities. Most teachers engage in professional development (PD) which does not reflect the scientific evidence related to how adults best learn (e.g., personalized, sustained areas of focus over time, with formal opportunities for guided practice, collaborative feedback, and individual reflection). In fact, PD often manifests itself as the exact opposite: a one-size-fits-all approach where every teacher — regardless of their experience or subject area — attends the same lecture-based training without opportunities to practice. The training also lacks follow-up on incorporation of the concepts in the classroom. Not surprisingly, this approach has been ineffective, and educators often view PD as something they must endure, rather than something that supports them and their students.
Meanwhile, there are few opportunities for career advancement for teachers that don't require leaving the teaching profession (either becoming a school or district administrator, or leaving education altogether). The opportunities for increased recognition, authority, and compensation that do exist are often tied to experience or degree attainment, rather than the ability to demonstrate application of knowledge and skills on the job. The recent push to standardize teacher performance evaluations did little to change this, in part because principals are reluctant to provide their teachers with constructive feedback even when they're aware of areas for improvement. The result: almost all teachers end up being rated highly overall, with little distinction between them. This can be particularly demotivating for some of our most-effective and highest-potential teachers, who love their students but want to be recognized and rewarded for their superlative efforts and outcomes.
Given this lack of support and of opportunity, it's not surprising that the educator workforce is sometimes described as a "leaky bucket," with high teacher turnover and attrition in schools across the country, particularly those serving our highest-need students. In fact, a 2019 poll reported that half of teachers surveyed say they are seriously considering quitting the profession. Microcredentials may be just what we need to work our way out of this quagmire.
Shooting to the Head of the Class
Because of their reliance on demonstration of discrete skills through the submission of evidence, microcredentials are poised to change the way educators learn and evolve. Whether a given teacher microcredential provides direct teaching or "training" resources varies greatly by provider — some do—while with others it's up to the teacher to determine how to gain the competency in question. But unlike traditional PD, the process needed to earn a high-quality microcredential reflects the evidence on how adults best learn.
Instead of requiring every teacher to attend the same training, microcredentials give educators myriad options to choose from, ideally based on need or area of relevant interest. Instead of being based on hours in a chair, microcredentials require demonstration of competency, typically in their own classroom, vetted against a rubric. If an educator falls short of meeting the competency, they receive feedback explaining what they need to improve, and can continue to practice until submitted evidence proves skill mastery. In every aspect, it appears that microcredentials could change the compliance-and-convenience culture of teacher professional learning by focusing less on the act of gaining information and more on the act of implementing that information to better serve students. (Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative is one regional educational agency taking this approach.)
What's more, states and school districts can use microcredentials to better delineate teacher roles and career pathways, and help retain teachers who would otherwise leave the field. For example, they can create a set, or "stack," of microcredentials that specifically aligns with specific advanced roles such as a "teacher leader," who supports other teachers and comes with increased compensation. States such as Arkansas are experimenting with this type of approach.
As of fall 2019, at least 15 states and many more districts have begun to experiment with using microcredentials for educators to meet requirements for certification, professional development, license renewal, and advancement. (Some of these states' efforts are still being piloted, while others are fully established in statute or regulation.) Momentum is building and if applied correctly, microcredentials could be crucial in moving educator professional development away from the one-size-fits-all broken model toward quality, competency-based teacher empowerment.
But along with optimism, comes the need for caution. When decision-makers first inserted PD as part of expectations for educators, they thought it would address issues with teacher quality and job satisfaction. Without appropriate structures and oversight, the promise and potential of PD was wasted, and the same could happen for teacher microcredentials. Already there is vast variability in the rigor of the associated resources, evidence requested, and rubrics used to assess that evidence, in part because there is a lack of consensus among stakeholders on the definition of a microcredential and what it should entail.
We know that teaching is ultimately different from coding, largely because defining quality teaching is much more subjective in this human-centric profession, and often dependent on contextual factors outside of educators' immediate locus of control. Because of this, the design and application of microcredentials for teachers may have to look different too. We must carefully study initial implementations of educator microcredentials to determine what is and isn't working, and iterate on how microcredentials are being developed and embedded within education policies and practices.
If the successes and failures of current pilots and programs aren't used as opportunities to learn and improve, microcredentials won't fulfill the vast potential they hold for K-12 education — or for other public interest fields that look to adopt the technology. At best, they will become the next fad in professional development and advancement, falling off of the radar. At worst, microcredentials will become another medium of delivering ineffective, compliance-based professional learning and advancement opportunities that do not meet the needs of anyone. The choice is ours.


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And finally… black and white case
A group of nuns have prevailed in a legal battle over the ownership of a 15th-century convent.
A court in Palma de Mallorca found in favour of the nuns, who had been in a dispute with the Bishop of Mallorca.
In 2014, the nuns abandoned the dilapidated building to move to a new one in central Mallorca. Javier Salinas, bishop at the time, registered the building in the name of the diocese, availing himself of a 1998 law that lets the Catholic church register properties that are related to religious practice – even without proof of ownership.
Each side has accused the other of planning to sell the building – which is in a prime location in Palma's old town – to hotel groups. Matters came to a head in 2015 when the two sides confronted each another in the street after the nuns began moving some of the art from the building.
Pilar Rosello, the nuns' lawyer, said the bishop was trying to "scam" the nuns with fraudulent certificates.


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30 Oct AVMA President Provides Update on Student Debt Issue
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) President Dr. John H. de Jong made student debt the primary focus of his column in the Oct. 1 issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Dr. de Jong stressed how important it is for the profession to be financially rewarding. The AVMA, along with the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges and the Veterinary Medical Association Executives, co-lead the Veterinary Debt Initiative, with a goal to help veterinarians thrive in financially sustainable and profitable careers. Dr. de Jong explained AVMA's role in tackling student debt—from advocacy on federal policies to help ease student loan and repayment burdens to the support of online student loan modules that can be found on AVMA's website for veterinary students and new graduates at MyVeterinaryLife.org.


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|Dark Souls meets Tetris in isle-shifting action roguelike Loot River - coming to Xbox and PC
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Jewish Wedding Customs
A picture of the Bride of Christ in End Times
John Hoole – January 15, 2012
Today we continue our study of End Time Prophecy. Over the past several weeks, we have been examining the event called The Rapture of the church. Today's lesson, as well as the next 2 or 3, will continue our study of this event. In today's lesson, we are going to visit the close correlation that seems to exist between the Rapture and the Jewish Wedding Customs.
Our Lord was a Jew and He and his parents did things like all Jews. Many of the Old Testament Jewish customs and ceremonies were observed by Jesus. This would include observing the weekly Sabbath, the annual Feast Days, as well as a number of other observances.
We are told in several places in the New Testament that many of these Old Testament observances were a shadow of things yet to occur.
Hebrews 10:1 NIV
1 The law [of Moses] is only a shadow of the good things that are coming - not the realities themselves.
Colossians 2:16-17 NIV
16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day.
17 These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
The tenth chapter of Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth talks about Moses and the Israelites in the wilderness. It recalls them going through the Red Sea, and the manna that they ate. It mentions the water that came from the rock. But, even with these and many other miracles, the people still murmured and complained. And then in 1 Corinthians 10:11 (NKJV), we read:
11 Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our admonition,…
These verses say that Old Testament Jewish feast days, like Passover and Pentecost were examples of something better yet to come. 1 Corinthians 5:7 tells us that Jesus is our "Passover Lamb." His death was the ultimate fulfillment of this feast day. Likewise, the Feast of Pentecost had its ultimate fulfillment when the Church was born on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2).
Shadows and Types of things to come can also be seen in the Jewish Betrothal and Wedding customs. To understand Bible prophecy about the return of Jesus Christ, we need to understand the Jewish wedding as presented in Scripture.
Revelation 19:7 NIV
7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
Jesus often spoke of his return by using wedding analogies. (Matt. 22 & 25; Luke 12:36; Rev. 19 & 21) And many Scriptures show that the Church is the bride of Christ.
Ephesians 5:25 NIV
25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
Based on the Old Covenant, the Jews had their own special wedding customs. These were still being observed during the time of Christ, and in fact, are still observed in many Jewish quarters.
What I want to depict is the fascinating parallel between the Jewish customs surrounding betrothal and marriage and the end-time events surrounding the CHURCH which, according to Ephesians 5, is none other than the BRIDE of Christ.
What I am alluding to is that the Scriptures portray a relationship between Christ and His bride which is very much like that observed in Jewish matrimonial customs. Understanding ancient Jewish wedding practices makes the meaning of Scripture clear. The wedding is a picture of the covenant Jesus made and reveals His plans to return for His bride, the church. The people of ancient Israel understood what Jesus was going to do because they understood the model of the wedding.
The correlation between the Jewish wedding and the relationship Jesus has with the Church, is found in Ephesians 5:31-32 NKJV.
31 For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.
32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
This lesson explores one of the many reasons for believing in a Pre-tribulation Rapture. There existed eight (8) aspects of the ancient Jewish Wedding custom.
1. The Covenant
2. The Cup
3. The Price
4. The Departure
5. The Return
6. The Bridal Chamber
7. The Marriage Supper (Feast)
8. The New Home
First of all, I want to take a brief look at each of the aspects the Jewish wedding process. Then we will come back and see how it relates to the Church as the bride of Christ. I think you will, in most cases, begin to see the parallel as we go through the customs.
The Covenant [Ketubah]
When a young man of Israel in Jesus' time saw the girl he wanted (or the girl chosen by his father) he would approach her with a marriage contract. This was no small issue, for this contract was a legal and binding agreement when enacted and signed. Unlike the engagements between two people in our society, being engaged as a Jew was binding.
This part of the process was initiated by the Groom and his family going to the home of the bride-to-be, giving the terms of the marriage contract. She and her father would read the contract.
The Cup
If the terms were suitable to her and her father, the future bride and groom would drink a cup of wine together and the bargain would be sealed.
FOR THE GROOM, drinking this cup signified that he was willing to sacrifice himself in order to have this bride.
FOR THE BRIDE, it showed her willingness to enter into this marriage.
The Price [Mohair]
Then the groom would pay the price – a sort of dowry. It should be said that this price was no small amount. But the price was set so that the bride would be a costly prize. That was the idea.
The young man had no illusions that he was getting something for nothing. To marry this chosen girl, he would have to pay dearly. The price compensated the young woman's family for the cost to raise a daughter, and also indicated the love that the young man had for the young woman.
The bridegroom would also present the bride with special gifts. The purpose of these gifts was to show the bridegroom's appreciation of the bride. They were also intended to help her to remember him during the betrothal period.
The Departure
When the matter was settled, the groom would depart. He would make a short speech to his bride, telling her that he was going away to prepare a place for her. But he would return at the appropriate time. He then returned to his father's house. There he would build her a bridal chamber, in which they would have their honeymoon. He could actually build either a separate building on his Father's property, or decorate a room in his father's house. That all depended on how financially well off the family was.
The bridal chamber had to be beautiful. And it had to be stocked with provisions, since the bride and groom were to remain inside it for 7 days during their honeymoon. The construction project would take the better part of one year. Ordinarily, the father of the groom would be the judge of when it was finished.
While this construction was going on, the bride was obliged to do a lot of waiting. While waiting, she would gather her trousseau and be ready when her bridegroom came. Jewish custom provide that she had to have an oil lamp ready in case the groom came late at night in the darkness. She would have to travel at a moment's notice.
During this long time of waiting, she was referred to as being "consecrated," that is, "set apart," or "bought with a price."
Meanwhile, the groom would be building and decorating. His father would inspect the chamber from time to time to see if it was ready. During this time she prepares herself for marriage.
The Return
The exact moment of the return was unknown. But finally, the groom's father would deem the wedding chamber was ready and the groom would assemble his friends to accompany him on the trip to claim his bride. He and his friends would often set out at night to completely surprise the bride. This was considered part of the romance of it. In effect, the Jewish bride was "stolen."
Now, there were rules to be observed in consideration for a woman's feelings. The groom could not just rush in on her. As they got close to the bride's home, a friend of the groom would run ahead to give warning. He would yell, "The bridegroom cometh!" A shofar would be blown.
When the bride heard that shout, she knew her young man would be there momentarily. She only had time to light her lamp, grab her honeymoon clothes and go.
And so the groom and his men would charge in, grab the bride and her maids and make off with them. The father of the bride and her brothers would look the other way, or perhaps take one look to make sure that this man was indeed the one which had signed the contract. The wedding ceremony was conducted in the home of the groom.
The Bridal Chamber [Huppah]
When the wedding party reached the house of the groom's father, and after the ceremony, the bride and groom would go into their chamber and shut the door. No one else would enter. And they would remain there for seven (7) days. During those 7 days, the groom's father would assemble the rest of the guests and prepare to celebrate the new marriage.
The "Bridal Week," as it was called is mentioned in several passage (Judges 14 and Genesis 29 are two of them).
The Marriage Supper
At the end of the week, the bride and groom would make their long awaited presence to the cheers of the crowd. There would be a great feast – a Marriage Supper. This is what might be called the wedding reception today.
The New Home
After the marriage supper, the bride and groom would depart. They were not to remain any longer in the father's house. They would go instead to their own house, which had been prepared by the groom.
I am sure that most of you can easily see the beautiful parallels between this somewhat complex custom observed by Jewish people with the manner in which Christ has called out His chosen bride – called the Church. You probably have also noted that if this custom does have a prophetic note concerning the Church as the Bride of Christ, then the Pre-Tribulation Rapture position is what it most corresponds to.
Let's review each of the elements of the Jewish custom so that we fully understand the relationship between Jesus and His bride, the Church. We will look at Scriptures that explain the parallel.
The Covenant
Jesus came to the home of His bride (earth) to propose and present a marriage contract.
In Heb 8:8 (NIV), Christ say:
8 ……"The time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant…" [Heb. 12:24].
This proposal for marriage provided by Jesus is the new covenant. God has made a covenant with each of us. He has stamped it upon our hearts and has stated its terms and identified the parties.
Under this agreement, Christ said he would pay the desired price. This price would allow God to forgive our iniquities and forget our sins. This was a costly price to pay for He purchased his bride with his own blood [1 Peter 1:18-19].
The Cup
When Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane, He said:
"Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will but thine, be done. (Luke 22:42)
Earlier in the same chapter, Luke 22:20 (NKJV), we read:
20 Likewise He also took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is shed for you."
But He did take the cup and drink it. But what about us? Both parties were to consummate the agreement by drinking the cup. This would signify our acceptance of the covenant.
Matthew 20:23 states:
"And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup….."
And then, most are familiar with Matthew 26:27-28.
And He took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink ye all of it."
For this is my blood of the New Testament (new covenant), which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
The expression "signed in blood" is thoroughly Biblical. Certainly verse 28, which we just read, fulfills what we read earlier in Hebrews 8:12. "….their sins and iniquities will I remember no more."
The Price (The Dowry)
How much did our bridegroom pay? What did it cost Him? Everything.
Hebrews 9:15 (NKJV) makes it clear that Jesus died as the price for the new covenant.
15 And for this reason He is the Mediator of the new covenant, by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, that those who are called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.
Matthew 13:46 depicts the cost in the form of a parable by stating that Christ, "when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it." To our Bridegroom, you and I are that pearl of great price. And He gave up all He had to redeem that pearl.
1 Cor. 7:23 (NIV) says,
…..you are bought at a price.
Jesus paid the full price.
1 Cor 6:19-20 NIV
19 Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;
20 you were bought with a price. Therefore honor God with your body.
We all know that part of the price involved death, the giving of His life so that we, whom He loved so dearly, might live. But, even more than that, the price also involved taking upon Himself all our sins. He who was pure and holy, became sin for us so that we might be made righteous in him. He paid it all.
The Departure
We saw earlier that it was the Jewish custom for the groom to depart to his father's house after the Contract was signed, the cup had been drank and the price paid. That is exactly what our Lord Jesus did. He would make a short speech and leave.
In John 14:2, Jesus tells his bride….
2 In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
Two chapters later, but during the same Upper Room meeting, in John 16:28, Jesus says:
28 I came forth from the Father and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world and go to the Father."
Jesus is in heaven now, preparing us a place. And we are in the "waiting period." We are to act in such a way as to indicate that we have been "spoken for." We have been "set apart" and must remain faithful to our lover. The very Greek word for "church" (Ekklesia) means "called out" ones.
The Return
On the wedding day, according to the Jewish wedding custom, the groom would leave his own home to go to the bride's home to fetch her.
I hope you took note that according to Jewish custom, the Father is the one who gives the OK to his son's preparation of a home for He and his bride. This is exactly what we see in Matthew's gospel.
Matthew 24:36 NIV
36 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
Just as the bridegroom would come for the bride in the middle of the night, with a shout and the sound of a shofar, so the Lord will come for us.
1 Thess 4:16-17 NKJV
16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
17 Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
One day Jesus - the bridegroom – will return to take his bride.
We do not know exactly how long it will be until our bridegroom returns.
Matthew 24:43-44
Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
Matthew 25:13 says about the same thing.
2 Peter 3:10 adds:
But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night….
Revelation 3:3 NIV
3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.
But, although we may not know the day nor hour of his coming, we do have the assurance – the signed covenant – that He indeed will come.
As we noted in the Jewish custom, the wedding ceremony took place in the father's home. For the church, when the Rapture occurs, we are then taken to His Father's home in heaven. The wedding of Christ and His bride will occur there. After we rise to meet Christ in the air, we will return with Him to His Father's home in heaven.
The Bridal Chamber
With the wedding ceremony completed, the bride and Groom will enter the bridal chamber. The 7-day bridal week in Jewish customs very much parallels the time we will be in heaven before returning with Christ. But now the time closely matches 7-years rather than 7 days. On earth during this time, the Tribulation will be happening. For seven years (equating to the 7-day Bridal Week in Jewish customs) we will be in the bridal chamber consummating our marriage. Again, this correlates very well with a Pre-Tribulation Rapture position.
The Marriage Supper (Feast)
Near the end of the 7 years, we will partake of the festivities known as the marriage supper. The feast is a time of public announcement. It is a time to show off the beauty of the bride and groom.
At the very beginning of the Book of Esther, there is an interesting occasion. King Xerxes holds a week-long feast. At the end of the 7 days, he calls for Vashti, his wife, to show off her beauty. In similar fashion, near the end of the week – 7 years, we will participate in the feast prepared for our wedding. We will celebrate this joyous occasion.
Revelation 19:7-9 NIV
7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready.
8 Fine linen, bright and clean, was given her to wear." (Fine linen stands for the righteous acts of the saints.)
9 Then the angel said to me, "Write: `Blessed are those who are invited to the wedding supper of the Lamb!'"
Note verse 7 – we are indeed a "wife" at this point and no longer just a future bride.
The New Home
After the marriage supper, the bride and bridegroom would leave the groom's father's house where the groom had built the wedding chamber. They would go to their own home, which the bridegroom had prepared.
You will remember, that in John 14:2, Jesus said He would be preparing a place for us. That place is elsewhere known as the New Jerusalem. The principal Scripture revealing this is Revelation 21:9 – 22:5 where John is able to see the home of the Bride
Revelation 21:9-10 NIV
9 One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls full of the seven last plagues came and said to me, "Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb."
10 And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the Holy City, Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God.
Again, note that in verse 9, the Bride is now also the wife of the Lamb.
Again, I want to emphasize the close correlation between this Jewish custom, and what will transpire with regard to the Church. But it will only correlate if you believe in a Pre-Tribulation Rapture.


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As you all have read various times on this blog, Wonkette, we hosted an Inaugural Ball Friday to commemorate the first president, Barack Obama. Hundreds of people showed up just in time for the bathroom to break completely. Liz Glover even showed up to her party, eventually! No one was killed, but hey, we can't have ALL the excitement. Now let's check out some sexytime photos for you losers who didn't fly in for this one night or were too cold to leave your houses.
The doors opened at 10, just in time for sexy men to appear on the wall. MMHMM.
DJs Andrew Morgan and Beautiful Swimmers and duo Big Gold Belt and crew set up the whole thing between the hours of 8 and 10 p.m.! They are Real American Heroes, with the setting up and the playing of music.
Then YOU PEOPLE showed up, some with your own beer, some to drink our fancy kegs of Yuengling beer! A lot of people went outside to pee and their pee was just stone cold freezin' on the ground. Oh boy!
Hey local employers, here are the hippies you need to fire!
Ken made your associate editor go to Union Station to purchase Barack Obama for $42.95, during rush hour. Here he is with his own personal Allah, "Buddha," greeting the guests.
Oh look, these people are trying to mate with Obama!
These people too!
Big Gold Belt, aka "Luke and Christina," performed at some point. Christina wore a fancy leotard, and everyone had a Good Time.
Shortly after Liz showed up to her own party at midnight, the beer ran out! Your associated editor made a loud screaming announcement that he was going to Save The Party by going to the 24-hour Giant supermarket to pick up more beer. Here he is, holding beer, at the Giant. The Giant "guy," however, soon told him that they stop selling alcohol at midnight. He pointed in a direction and said, "you can try Maryland." Liz and your associate editor therefore drove to "Maryland," to buy alcohol, at 1: 00 a.m.
Ladies and gentlemen, we present "Maryland." It was closed and we failed. But liquor magically appeared at the party when we returned.
Ha ha, here is our "coat check," or at least a tiny portion of it. There were many coats, the end.
Thank you to all parties involved in this successful production: attenders, attenders who brought their own alcohol, DJ Andrew Morgan, Ari G and Maxmillion Dunbar, Luke and Christina with Big Gold Belt, Ken Layne (who will hopefully reimburse all of this, ha), Nikolas Schiller,operatives "Altin," "Heather," "Matthew" and "Jon" for sending in these photos, and Wonkette's brother "Adam" for helping pick up kegs in his CR-V. And America. And Liz Glover.


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Lockdown has enticed many species into suddenly quiet cities and thrust nature's beauty to the fore. Will COVID-19 help the fight against climate change?
(All photos by Tira Shubart)
For many of us, nature has become a bigger part of our lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. To those of us in the northern hemisphere, we've gone from winter bleakness to a time of spring blooms and an explosion of green.
Reports of nature seizing the spaces left empty by humans have resulted in false, but perhaps hopeful, images of dolphins leaping through the canals of Venice. The Venetian dolphins were actually filmed in Sardinia and electronically relocated.
But there are plenty of actual sightings of animals encroaching on human territory, from scenes of ducks waddling through the centre of Paris, to mountain goats invading towns in Wales and fin whales breaching just outside the now-quiet harbour of Marseilles.
In densely populated cities like London, where the COVID-19 lockdown means most residents can only leave their homes for essentials and daily exercise, the value of connecting to nature in parks has never been greater.
And the glory of London is that 44% of the city is green spaces—parks, heaths, commons, garden squares, churchyards and the grand Royal Parks. Nearly everyone is within a mile of a green respite.
But it's not just people who populate the parks.
COVID-19 has given us in cities more time to appreciate nature.
Wesley Kerr, a trustee and board member of Royal Parks, said: "We are just one of the species that uses the park."
Larger species include the ancient herds of red and fallow deer, all descendants of animals enclosed by royalty in the parkland as far back as 1433.
Hundreds of bird species are clearly thriving as pollution caused by traffic and flight paths has dropped substantially. Rubbish in the water courses—the huge inner city wetlands—has almost vanished.
Ducks, geese and swans are livelier as they benefit from a natural diet of plants and fish rather than discarded fast food and white bread.
Joggers and walkers have time to delight in the spectacle of spring blossoms and flowering trees. The landscapes of grand Royal Parks, originally designed to be viewed from carriages, are now vistas for cyclists who travel at the same speed as horses.
The Mall, the tree-lined road from Trafalgar Square to Buckingham Palace, is no longer a highway for motor traffic. Suddenly, pedestrians can admire the bright reds of the floral displays planted to match the uniforms of the Guardsmen outside the Palace opposite.
Will our heightened appreciation of nature lead to change?
Modern life in COVID-19 times has become less intrusive on our senses as nature reclaims its rights. Planes overhead are rare, car traffic is substantially reduced. Outdoor events, a feature of London's green spaces since Elizabethan times, have been cancelled or postponed. A bit of wildness has returned around us. Urban foxes trot boldly through overgrown parks, which look increasingly like rural meadows.
With birdsong now louder than traffic in parts of towns, songbirds are able to communicate more easily. People are using social media and online forums to learn more about the flourishing birds.
British naturalist Chris Packham launched The Self Isolating Bird Club on Facebook following the lockdown. To date, more than 33,000 have joined, many posting photos and videos of all manner of British species. Birds are sharing the virtual limelight with hedgehogs, moles, badgers and foxes. Even the London Police won "likes" for safely shepherding a pair of Canadian Geese and their newly hatched goslings through the streets.
Will our heightened appreciation of nature change our post COVID-19 behaviour? After we no longer walk and cycle everywhere, will low-carbon public transport be the norm? Will the legacy of the novel coronavirus result in more environmentally aware urban planning?
Finally, will we be willing to change our long-term behaviour when normal economic and social life returns, to make the changes needed in the battle against climate change?
(Read more News Decoder stories on COVID-19.)
- Would you like to see some aspects of the COVID-19 lockdown and its effects on nature continue? What in particular?
- Do you believe people and society will consider the environment and climate change issues more urgent after the COVID-19 crisis?
- What changes have you personally observed in the immediate environment around you during the lockdown?
Tira Shubart is a freelance journalist and media trainer based in London. She has produced television news and trained journalists across four continents for international broadcasters, including BBC News, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Al Jazeera, over several decades. She is a Trustee and Co-Founder of The Rory Peck Trust for freelance journalists and an Ambassador for the Science Museum in London.


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In 2016 I attended the Global Citizen Festival.
I believe for any change to happen across the world we have to take action on a global level. The Global Citizen Festival celebrates what our planet means to us and discovering ways we can build a better world. The festival gave a voice to hundreds of thousands of Global Citizens and organizers confirmed that, by the end of the night, more than 92 million actions (digital acts of advocacy, such as Tweets, Facebook posts, online petitions and more) had been taken. The festival set out to meet two very important objectives: to make the UN's Global Goals to build a lasting movement to ensure they are achieved in the next 15 years. A historic gathering of world leaders and prominent activists took the stage in-between the acts to help make the dream of ending extreme poverty by 2030 a reality.


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Transition Retention Bonus Agreement between Genworth Financial, Inc. and Dean Mitchell
Contract Categories: Human Resources - Bonus & Incentive Agreements
EX-10.11 14 exhibit1011-gmhisx1exhibit.htm EX-10.11 Document
Exhibit 10.11
|The purpose of this transition retention bonus agreement (the "Agreement") is to retain key contributors during a critical transition period for Genworth Financial, Inc. (together with its affiliates, the "Company"). This Bonus is being awarded in recognition of the significant role you will have during the Transition Bonus Period.
|Dean Mitchell
|Transition Bonus Period:
|The "Transition Bonus Period" is the period beginning on the effective date of this Agreement and ending on October 1, 2021.
|Bonus Amount:
|You are eligible to receive a Bonus payment equivalent to $250,000, less applicable deductions and withholdings (the "Bonus"), subject to the terms and conditions herein.
|Bonus Payment Date:
|The Bonus will be paid within 45 calendar days of the end of the Transition Bonus Period.
|Payout Criteria:
|In order become eligible for the Bonus, you must either (i) remain actively employed with the Company (or its affiliates or successors) for the duration of the Transition Bonus Period; (ii) have your employment terminated pursuant to a Layoff, as defined herein, during the Transition Bonus Period; or (iii) suffer death or total disability (such that you are permanently incapable, with or without reasonable accommodation, of performing your duties for the Company) during the Transition Bonus Period.
|For the purpose of this Agreement, "Layoff" means (1) your base salary is reduced by more than 20%; (2) your principle work location is permanently relocated to an area outside a 50 mile radius of its current location; or (3) you experience job loss due to a layoff as defined in the Company Layoff Payment Plan. Layoff does not mean a change or reduction in your current duties or responsibilities. Layoff does not include termination for cause ("Cause") as a result of or following (i) your conviction, guilty plea, or plea of no contest to any crime constituting a felony or any other offense involving fraud; or (ii) your violation of any Company Policy or the Company Code of Ethics. If the Company offers you continuing employment in any capacity at a comparable base salary and you fail to accept it, you have not experienced Layoff and you will not be eligible to receive any Bonus on the Bonus Payment Date.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, your entitlement to the Bonus, if any, will be forfeited in full if, at any time prior to the expiration of the Transition Bonus Period, you:
•resign your employment for any reason,
•are terminated for any reason other than a Layoff,
•are placed on a performance improvement plan,
•breach this Agreement, or
•are offered any position with the Company or a successor employer and you fail to accept that offer.
Additionally, if you violate the Confidentiality, Non-Solicitation, Non-Competition, or Non- Disparagement provisions of this Agreement, it will be considered a material breach of this Agreement and you will (i) forfeit your eligibility for any Bonus and (ii) promptly repay to the Company any Bonus previously paid to you under this Agreement.
|Employment at Will:
This Agreement is not a guarantee of employment for any fixed period of time. You may terminate your employment or have your employment terminated by the Company at any time, for any lawful reason.
|You must keep the terms of this Agreement and the existence of the Bonus opportunity, including the amount, strictly confidential and not disclose them to any person at any time, other than your spouse or legal and financial advisor(s), unless compelled by law to do so. You must not at any time during your employment by the Company or thereafter, use or disclose to others any "Confidential Information" (as defined in the Company's Code of Ethics).
|Unless expressly waived in writing by the Executive Vice President of Human Resources of the Company (or her successor), during and for a period of 12 months following the cessation of your employment with the Company, you agree not to directly or indirectly, (i) recruit, hire, retain or attempt to recruit, hire or retain, any then-current employee or agent of the Company or any former employee or agent of the Company who was employed by or providing services to the Company within the prior 6 months, for employment or engagement with an entity other than the Company, or (ii) solicit or encourage any agent or employee of the Company to terminate his or her employment or other engagement with the Company.
|Unless expressly waived in writing by the Executive Vice President of Human Resources of the Company (or her successor), during and for a period of 12 months following the cessation of your employment with the Company, you agree that you will not, whether as an employee, director, consultant, independent contractor or otherwise, perform Restricted Activities for any person or entity that provides Competitive Services. "Restricted Activities" means services, duties or responsibilities that are the same as, or substantially similar to, those performed by you on behalf of Company at any time during the 12 months preceding the cessation of your employment with the Company. "Competitive Services" means the business of providing insurance products competitive with, or that are substantial substitutes for, those provided by the Company, and/or products and services related to same. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employee may passively own or hold equity securities of companies or entities that engage in Competitive Services, provided that (i) such equity securities are publicly traded on a securities exchange, and (ii) Employee's aggregate holdings of such securities do not exceed at any time one percent (1%) of the total issued and outstanding equity securities of such company or entity.
|You will not make or cause to be made any statements (whether oral or written, public or private) that disparage, are inimical to, or damage the reputation of the Company or any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, agents, officers, directors, employees, products or services. Nothing in this section will limit your ability to provide truthful testimony or information in response to a subpoena, court order, or investigation by a government agency.
|Release Required:
|Any Bonus payable pursuant to this Agreement shall only be payable if you execute, deliver to the Company and do not revoke, in a form acceptable to and provided by the Company, a full general release of all claims of any kind whatsoever that you have or may have against the Company and its officers, directors and employees, known or unknown, arising on or before the date on which you execute such release. Such release must be executed and all revocation periods shall have expired prior to the payment of the Bonus; failing which your entitlement to the Bonus, if any, shall be forfeited. If any payment hereunder constitutes non-exempt deferred compensation for purposes of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code ("Section 409A"), the payment shall not be made or commence before the second such calendar year, even if the release becomes irrevocable in the first such calendar year.
|Any disagreement between you and the Company concerning anything covered by this Agreement or concerning the Bonus will be settled by final and binding arbitration pursuant to the Company's Resolve program. The Conditions of Employment document previously executed by you and the Resolve Guidelines are incorporated herein by reference as if set forth in full in this Agreement.
|Governing Law:
|This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia.
|Section 409A:
|This Agreement is intended to be exempt from or, in the alternative, comply with Section 409A and the interpretive guidance thereunder, including the exception for short-term deferrals. The Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. Each payment under this Agreement shall be considered a separate payment for purposes of Section 409A. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as a guarantee of any particular tax effect for Executive's compensation and benefits and the Company does not guarantee that any compensation or benefits provided under this Agreement will satisfy the provisions of Code Section 409A.
|Successors and Assigns:
|This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company's successors, including any entity that succeeds to the business and interests of the Company whether by merger, consolidation, purchase of assets or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the Company's assets and business. This Agreement and all rights hereunder are not assignable by you; except that any amounts payable under this Agreement upon your death shall be payable to your heirs or other legal representatives, as the case may be.
|Entire Agreement:
|Except as explicitly provided above, this Agreement constitutes the entire understanding between the Company and you with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior understandings or agreements with respect to the subject matter hereof, written or oral.
|No Waiver:
|No failure or delay on the part of the Company in enforcing or exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof.
I have read and understand the terms and conditions of this Agreement as set forth above:
/s/ Dean Mitchell
Genworth Financial, Inc.
|/s/ Pamela Harrison
|By: Pamela Harrison


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Design Liability Waiver
Waiver Agreement and Photography Release
I understand that my taking design classes from Austin School of Furniture and Design LLC (the "School") and any ASFD instructor (the "Teacher) shall involve using 2D and 3D design programs and techniques normally used to design furniture for production and public use. By signing this agreement you understand that through this class the School will be teaching you how to use certain techniques and design programs/software that may be used to design furniture but that the School and the Teacher are not responsible for any furniture you may build from your designs.
On behalf of myself, my executors, administrators, heirs, next of kin, successors and assigns, and anyone else who might sue on my behalf, I HEREBY WAIVE, RELEASE, and FOREVER DISCHARGE Austin School of Furniture and Design LLC, and the School's agents, officials, officers, teachers, contractors, managers, owners, employees and all other persons or entities involved with the School, and the officers, directors, employees, agents, insurers, other participants and representatives of all of the above (collectively, the "Released Parties"), from any and all claims, causes of action, damages, losses (economic and noneconomic), and liabilities of every kind (collectively "Claims"), for death, personal injury, or property damage, which may arise out of, result from, or relate to furniture built from designs produced in the School's classes or furniture designed with skills learned in any of the School's design classes, including but not limited to any Claims for theft, damage to any equipment, negligence, partial or permanent disability, Claims relating to the provision of first aid, medical care, medical treatment, or medical decisions (at the School site or elsewhere), and any Claims for medical or hospital expenses, and other legal expenses.
I assume any and all risks for injury to person or property, or any other consequence arising out of furniture that I build. I HEREBY WAIVE AND RELEASE MY LEGAL RIGHTS TO SUE FOR ANY INJURY OR OTHER DAMAGE ARISING OUT OF OR RESULTING FROM MY PARTICIPATING AT THE SCHOOL.
I FURTHER COVENANT and AGREE NOT TO SUE any of the Released Parties for any of the Claims that I have waived, released, or discharged herein. I AGREE TO INDEMNIFY and HOLD HARMLESS the Released Parties from any and all expenses incurred, Claims made, or liabilities assessed against them, including but not limited to attorneys' fees and litigation expenses, arising out of or resulting from, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, my breach or failure to abide by any part of this Waiver Agreement, and my actions or inactions which cause injury or damage to any other person.
This agreement may not be modified orally. A written waiver of any provision of this agreement shall not be construed as a modification of any other provision, or as a consent to any other provision, or as a consent to any subsequent waiver of modification.
If any provision of this Agreement shall be unlawful, void, or for any reason unenforceable, then that provision shall be deemed severable from this Waiver Agreement and shall not affect the validity and enforceability of any remaining provisions.
I understand and agree that this Agreement will be governed under the laws of the State of Texas, the United States and venue for any dispute related to this Waiver shall be in Austin, Travis County, Texas.
This Waiver of Liability shall be construed broadly to provide a release and waiver to the maximum extent permissible under applicable law. I acknowledge that I have read and understand this entire document, and I agree to be legally bound by it.
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The Ordinary Acrobat
A Journey into the Wondrous World of the Circus, Past and Present by Duncan Wall
from: npr.org
by Drew Toal
March 06, 2013
Whenever I think of the circus (which, admittedly, is rarely), the first thing that comes to mind is Bruce Davidson's famous photograph of a forlorn clown smoking a cigarette and clutching a fistful of wilted flowers in the mud outside a ratty circus tent. Fittingly, I first saw this striking image on the cover of Heinrich Boll's 1963 novel, The Clown. The titular protagonist isn't the creepy backyard children's entertainer we've come to associate with the form. He's troubled and high-strung, and sees himself first and foremost as an artist — and something of a mystic, to boot. Judging by Duncan Wall's memoir/history, The Ordinary Acrobat: A Journey into the Wondrous World of the Circus, Past and Present, Boll's portrayal is far and away the more accurate one.
For Wall, and most Americans, the circus barely registers as a cultural entity. Of his limited childhood circus experience, Wall writes, "I can remember walking across the enormous asphalt parking lot with my father, hand in hand, past the rows of cars and the soot-stained trucks. ... I remember watching the show with a mixture of confusion and boredom. The overweight acrobats wore out-of-style sequins. The tigers looked sluggish and distracted." It sounds more like a High-Stalinist carnival where attendees were forced to mime joy, but fits well with Davidson's stark photographic representation.
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An Introduction to AWS GovCloud
Reading Time: 3 minutes AWS GovCloud(US) is an isolated AWS region that is designed to host sensitive data and regulated workloads in the AWS cloud. Basically, it helps customers to support their government compliance requirements (currently only in the US). Compliance requirements related to FISMA, fedRAMP, DoD, etc of the US. FedRAMP stands for the "Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program". DoD stands for the "Department of Defense". FISMA stands Continue Reading


text: The heart is more deceitful than all else and is desperately sick; who can understand it? Jeremiah 17:9 Beware of Narcissist Leaders In The ChurchThis is the last in my series on the narcissists among us. Sadly, we are looking at the last place on earth we expect to find the most self-centered, egotistic person … Continue reading When Narcissism Comes to Church


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If you've discovered John's great teaching style, why not share it with a fellow photographer - young or old.
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Luxury Handmade Alligator Boat Shoes Formal Loafers
. Brand: VANGOSEDUN
. Upper Material: 100% Genuine Alligator Skin
. Lining Material: Excellent cowhide from Italy
. Insole: Excellent cowhide from Italy
. Outsole: Premium Wear-resistant Rubber
. Color: Black
. Shoe Width: Regular
. Fit: Fits true to size, take your normal size
Walk in style by wearing this pair of alligator loafers from the house of VANGOSEDUN. It comes in a slip-on style that makes it convenient to wear. Besides, it is tailored with fine quality genuine alligator leather that lends it a refined finish. In addition, it has a thermoplastic rubber sole that will provide you with a firm grip.
Add a dash of style to your look by wearing this pair of loafers on any formal occasion. You can club it with a pair of midrise trousers and a crisp shirt to fetch compliments for your sense of style.


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Mirit Glas is ISO 9001: 2015 certified
By meeting today's standards, we make our customers more competitive .
The modern world requires a focus on quality and quality management. Therefore, Mirit Glas has taken the step to become ISO 9001: 2015 certified.
Our customers demand solutions that are specially adapted to them, and here Mirit Glas can make a difference.
Our customers often demand special glass to be used in special circumstances. This means that our consultants must have clarified exactly in which situation the glass should be used. Should the glass be able to withstand large temple temperature differences? Should it be able to withstand strong chemistry? Should the glass be bent or cut into a special shape?
When almost every order is very different from the previous one, it makes good sense to focus on quality management. Our ISO certification has given us the tools to do that.
Precise specifications
First and foremost , our consultants , in collaboration with the customers, focus on clarifying exactly which glass the customer needs – that is, what dimensions and properties the glass must have. Many times it requires a thorough dialogue because a glass is not always just a glass. Sometimes a sight glass must also be a heating pane to prevent misting. Other glasses require precise processing to fit into the customer's solution. Many of our glass solutions must also be supplied with a certificate documenting the specifications and properties of the glass.
Our focus on quality is also about production. Once our consultants have completed the dialogue with our customers, our production department takes over and manufactures exactly the glass solution the customer have ordered. The glass usually has to be either cut out, hardened, laminated, bent or processed in more than one way. In production, we work with both large orders, where many must be processed exactly the same, and with small orders, where the glass typically must be specially processed according to very special requirements for shape and durability.
Quality at all levels
With the ISO 9001: 2015 certification , we can document to – both the customers and ourselves – that we are in control of our quality. Both in production and sales. The certification shows that we are in control of our processes and routines, and that we can deliver glass in the quality that our customers demand . Whether it is chemically hardened, bent or laminated, we have quality-assured our processes so that we can supply glass to our customers, who, like us , operate in a modern world where we must agilely adapt our production as needed.


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The FlowLinX Instrument Tee (IT) is ideal for pharmaceutical and biotechnology applications where pressure monitoring and accuracy are important. The instrument tee is made of polypropylene material that is gamma compatible and animal component free. Hose barb connections are available from 3/8" to 1" for use with silicone and TPE tubing. Each FlowLinX IT features a 1½" sanitary flange for connecting a pressure transducer and can be integrated into a fluid path assembly with a FlowLinX gasket, sanitary clamp and end cap.
· Manufactured in an ISO 8 Cleanroom
· ISO 9001:2015 Certified Facility
· Sterilizable by Gamma Irradiation and Autoclave
· USP <88> Class VI, ISO 10993-4, -5
· Animal Component Free
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It's A Wacky World
SAN ANTONIO (APBnews.com) -- A heroin addict on probation for burglary tried to pull a fast one on officers by using a fake penis to provide urine for a drug test, authorities said today.
Micah Sheehan, 37, was caught using the sexual device during one of his mandatory twice-weekly urine tests two weeks ago, said Bexar County Probation Director Caesar Garcia.
"I've been around for 30 years, and I've never seen anything like this," Garcia told APBnews.com.
'Many telltale signs'
A probation department technician who was watching Sheehan provide the urine sample realized something was wrong because the bleached-pink fake penis was a different color than Sheehan's skin, Garcia said.
Also, the urine was discharging from all different angles like water shooting from a sprinkler, he said.
"There were too many telltale signs," Garcia said. "He had this 8-inch penis in his hand squeezing urine out of it. He fumbled with it, and it fell out of his shorts, and he caught it before it hit the ground."
The urine, which was not Sheehan's, was cold because it had been in a refrigerator, Garcia said.
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(Doesn't somebody do this in Olympics too?)
Two tall trees are growing in the woods. A small tree begins to grow between them. One tree says to the other: "Is that a son of a beech or a son of a birch?"
The other replies that he cannot tell. Just then a woodpecker lands in the sapling. The tall tree says "Woodpecker, you are a tree expert. Can you tell if that is a son of a beech or a son of a birch?"
The woodpecker takes a taste of the small tree. He replies: "It is neither a son of a beech nor a son of a birch. That, my friends, is the best piece of ash I have ever put my pecker in."
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The project involved designing a new modern family home on a site in Sandycove for a young family.
The site had a dated 1960s house which was demolished to make way for the new house which spans over three floors to make the most of the panoramic see views. The design strove to retain the privacy of the family home while maximising the amazing views out to the Irish Sea and back into Dublin Bay.