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START A BATTLE TO WIN A WAR: Lionsgate Unveil the Posters for Donovan Marsh's HUNTER KILLER Ahead of October Release
With it coming to Cinemas in October, The Fan Carpet are pleased t present the Posters for Donovan Marsh's HUNTER KILLER, featuring Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman, courtesy of Lionsgate!
Based on the novel "Firing Point" written by George Wallace and Don Keith.
Deep under the Arctic Ocean, American submarine Captain Joe Glass (Gerard Butler, Olympus Has Fallen, 300) is on the hunt for a U.S. sub in distress when he discovers a secret Russian coup is in the offing, threatening to dismantle the world order. With crew and country on the line, Captain Glass must now assemble an elite group of Navy SEALs to rescue the kidnapped Russian president and sneak through enemy waters to stop WWIII.
Also starring Oscar® winner Gary Oldman (Best Actor, Darkest Hour, 2017), Common (John Wick: Chapter 2), Linda Cardellini (Avengers: Age of Ultron) and Toby Stephens (Die Another Day), HUNTER KILLER is a high-stakes thriller that unfolds both by land and sea.
Starring Gerard Butler, Gary Oldman, Common, Linda Cardellini, and Toby Stephens, HUNTER KILLER hits Cinemas on October 19.


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Organ Concert Series Begins in July
Date: Wednesday, June 06, 2018
(Rockford, IL) Please join us at Court Street United Methodist Church of Rockford, IL for the first performance of our summer concert series on Sunday, July 15, at Noon, in Court Street's sanctuary. This concert features Gregory Gyllsdorff on the 54 rank Moller sanctuary organ. No admission fee, but a free will offering will benefit the Sanctuary Organ Project Fund.


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Two Okemo employees make holes-in-one
LUDLOW – On Thursday, Aug. 27, two Okemo Mountain Resort employees, both from Ludlow, Vt., made holes-in-one at Okemo Valley Golf Club.
Peter Cornish aced the 4th hole from the white tee, using his 5-iron, for a 156-yard hole-in-one. Donald Tirburzi witnessed the amazing feat.


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Hartford Public Schools and Branch Libraries Extending Partnership to Boost Services
SPOTLIGHT on EXCELLENCE May 2015
Hartford Public Schools and Branch Libraries Extend Partnership to Boost Services
Attendees included Hartford Public Schools Superintendent Beth Schiavino-Narvaez and Hartford Public Library Chief Executive Officer Matthew K. Poland, Michelle Puhlick, Executive Director of Planning and Partnerships for Hartford Public Schools; Celestia Simmons, Branch Manager of the Ropkins Branch of the Hartford Public Library; Kristine Woods, Acting Executive Director of Curriculum, Instruction and Media Literacy and representatives from SAND Elementary School, Capital Preparatory Magnet School and the Global Communications Academy.
Hartford Public Schools and Hartford Public Library formally launched the second zone collaboration effort as part of their larger partnership agreement that was announced last year. Under the terms of the partnership, the two institutions work collaboratively to share resources and plan programs to maximize access by city students and their parents. The agreement encompasses, among other features, a whole new range of after-school and summer enrichment programs that focus on love of reading and learning;field trips to the local branch library; vists to the schools by the public library Book Mobile; and the use of library facilities to display student art exhibits and projects. It also anticipates the development of a special website that communicates partnership happenings and grants students and teachers access to the library's vast storage of online books.


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A group of twenty UK tech start-ups are close to getting their hands on a $200,000 (£128,000) cash prize that will go to the winner of Cisco's British Innovation Gateway (BIG) awards.
The annual competition, now in its second year, has been narrowed down to 20 semi-finalists across four categories – Big Data, Internet of Things, collaboration and mobility.
Semi-finalists will be introduced to their mentors tonight at London's Hospital Club. The mentors will support them in the lead up to October 1, when the six finalists will be announced. The final event on November 14 will see the six finalists present their business plans live to a judging panel.
The Cisco BIG Awards aim to reward the UK's most innovative start-up digital businesses and SMEs with an investment of cash, technology and human resources. This means that in addition to the $200,000, the overall winner will receive 12 months of mentoring and advice from Cisco and its partners, including PR, marketing, HR and legal services.
The awards are a core component of Cisco's British Innovation Gateway initiative, designed to encourage the advancement of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) skills, and give SMEs the opportunity to grow their businesses by connecting them with investors and other entrepreneurs.
The initiative is also part of Cisco's Olympic legacy plans, which involve setting up innovation centres around the country, equipped with Cisco's own networking and collaboration technology.
Phil Smith, CEO of Cisco UK and Ireland said: "The calibre of the entries has been outstanding and reflects just a snapshot of great British technological ingenuity. Cisco BIG Awards aim to discover and foster innovation and talent, and in these twenty semi-finalists I believe we have found some of the nation's rising stars."
Last year the prize went to Snap Fashion – a virtual search engine for fashionistas.
The full shortlist for this year's awards is below.
Big Data
• Adzuna
• DataBarter
• Presence Aware Tech
• Intern Avenue
• iWaz.at
• EnergyDeck
• Whisk.com
• Actual Experience
Internet of Everything
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• Smartzer
• Tictrac
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• Zovolt Ltd
• Sleepio Ltd
• Movellas Ltd
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When Travel Is Experience
When Travel Is Experience
Making Sense, by Michael Reagan
I'm indebted to Hillary Clinton for the revelation that my global wanderings when my dad was president qualify me to run for the presidency myself.
Mrs. Clinton has been insisting that her global junkets as first lady, and her meetings with foreign leaders, qualify her to be president of these United States.
I never thought of it that way, but if she is correct then I am eminently qualified to follow my father's footsteps and take up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., not merely as a member of the president's family, but as president in my own right.
Hillary, who even the media now admit will say or do anything to win election, is using her past as first lady to attempt to sell the American people on her expertise in foreign policy, a claim largely based on her travels during her husband's administration and the fact that she met with world leaders while junketing abroad.
Well I'll match my global travels and meetings with world leaders against hers any time, and I'll come out on top.
As a member of the president's immediate family I traveled far and wide, accompanied by an entourage of Secret Service agents, as are all members of a president's family. And because I was the son of a sitting president, my presence in their country -- no matter what the reason for my visit -- was treated by their leaders as an official visit and I was accorded the treatment given to such official guests.
Moreover, I was present during times of crisis when momentous decisions were made affecting foreign policy. For example, I was in a suite in the Century Plaza Hotel when my father gave Attorney General Ed Meese the authority to order our military to shoot down Moammar Gadhafi's aircraft in the Gulf of Sidra.
Following Hillary's reasoning, that experience qualifies me as an expert of military matters relating to foreign affairs capable of knowing what to do in a moment of crisis.
Hillary has made much of her alleged exposure to danger during a visit to Bosnia, claiming falsely that she came under sniper fire and is thus qualified to act facing personal threats.
When my father ordered air strikes against two of Gadhafi's homes, which killed his adopted child who was in one of them, Gadhafi swore to get revenge by killing Ronald Reagan's adopted son -- me. My life was threatened by a world leader, not merely threatened by imaginary sniper fire.
On one occasion during my dad's administration, when I went to Taiwan on private business (I was in the yacht business in those days), the government went all-out to greet me even though I came as a private citizen. Before I could check out the yachts there, I had to perform the official duty of laying a wreath on the tomb of Chiang Kai-shek, not as a yacht broker but as an official visitor representing the president of the United States.
Does that experience qualify me as an expert on Far Eastern affairs?
On the same trip my family and I were greeted in the Philippines by Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, and invited to visit them in the presidential palace for cocktails and conversation. That was another meeting with a world leader.
Hillary's widely-touted experience is not at all unique. Any member of any presidential family has had similar experiences but not one of them ever even suggested that their travel and meetings with foreign leaders qualified them to be president of the United States.
Nancy Reagan, for example, had far more experience than Hillary, but she was content to be the loving wife of a president instead of crowing about the famous world leaders she met in her eight years as first lady and claiming it qualified her to be president. Unlike Hillary, Nancy tells the truth.
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Flourishing throughout the United States is a loosely knit coalition of activist culture workers striving to counter the homogenized effects of corporate control of culture and mass consumption. "My house" epitomizes the work of this coalition within the Willamette Valley. With an "out there" and sometimes "in your face" attitude, the culture workers appearing at my house promote an ethic that demands that the arts and culture be free from control by large national and multinational corporations. The multimedia artists, zinesters, and musicians appearing at my house contribute to an environment that is sometimes chaotic, disturbing, uncomfortable, sensual, complex, loud, confrontive, but ultimately an irreverent social critique of life on earth. Gender roles, religion, familial relationships, politics, academic disciplines, the fine arts, class structure, ethnicity, generational differences, economics, and pop culture are among the many issues that are celebrated, skewered, reconstructed, and illuminated on a regular basis in the basement of my house.


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The Best Features of Blogger (BlogSpot)
Blogger or BlogSpot is one of the best, free, fast and secure service provided by Google for those bloggers looking to start a blog of their own without any cost. After the introduction of blogger in to the web it is currently having millions of users or millions of blogs are registered with them. Their services are totally free. The blogs registered to BlogSpot are under the domain blogspot.com. It has become one of the best free platform for bloggers. In a sense blogger is offering a good service. It's easy to use, Its fast safe and secure. There are many reasons for the success of blogger and it high popularity. This article deals with what features made blogger popular and what features does blogger lacks.
Best features of blogger
1.Its fast
The main feature of blogger is that it's very fast. Every change you made will become live as soon as you save those changes. That's the main feature which attracts more bloggers. They don't have to wait some time for the contents to be live.
2.Free Add-on widgets
There is an option to add widgets to your blog as you wish. There are many numbers of widgets available which can be readily added to your blog. No coding or designing is needed and it's totally free.
3.Drag and drop Page Elements
All page elements (widgets) you have added in your blog can be arranged just by dragging and moving it to the desired position. You don't need to make any changes on the source code to make any changes for positions of widgets.
4.Free and easy template designer
You can edit your blogs templates. For this you don't need and programming language or any other tool. It is totally web based. You can make changes to CSS if you need. You can adjust colours, widths, heights, elements etc. it is fast and easy to use.
5.Visitor tracking
You can track the visitors to your blog. You can know who visited your blog. The reports are also sorted based on operating system, web browser, country etc. you can also know the number of visitors to your posts and can recognise which post got more audience.
6.Commenting option
The commenting option for every post is added by default so that you don't need any coding to make a comment box because it is added by default. You can also manage your comments, reply, and sort and arrange.
Features Blogger Lacks
1.No PHP support
Currently blogger doesn't support php. Most of the bloggers and website builders require php support for running several functionalities in their blog. Due to unavailability of php support blogger is unable to run some features which some bloggers are in need.
2.Less number of stand-alone pages.
Blogger supports only very less number of standalone pages (not post pages). Stand alone pages can be used to sort the post. You can currently add only 20 stand alone pages like contact us, about us, privacy policy etc… but post pages are unlimited. Stand alone pages can be sorted and arranged in some place of the blog using "page" gadget.
3.Unable to upload files other than pictures and videos
Currently we cannot upload files like exe, jar, zip, .rar etc into blogger so that it can be directly downloaded from that page itself. But there are free sites providing options to upload and download any files just by a click. In blogger we have to upload those files somewhere else and we have to put the link for downloading that files in the respective pages.


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Grand Rapids' Maurice Townsend from American Idol to perform in Holland
Maurice Townsend made a strong run on this year's "American Idol."
Townsend advanced all the way to the top 30 before reaching the end of the line.
Now fans in West Michigan will have a chance to see him in person when he performs in Holland.
Townsend first impressed the judges with his performance of John Legend's "So High".
The performance helped to send Townsend to the Top 30, but that was as far as he'd go.
Now we'll have a chance to see Townsend at the Holland Civic Theatre in Holland on April 4.
Congrats to Maurice Townsend on a great showing on "American Idol!"
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From the encounter of these two architects and two homelands, Sicily and Basque Country, the architectural concept of Guk -which in Basque means "us"- was born. "Us" conveys the idea of a geology made of knowledge and traditions that has the Mediterranean sea as a cultural foundation. On the one hand, the tradition in Basque architecture and sculpture, typically defined by honest materials and absence of any superfluous shape that suffocates the message of the shapes. On the other hand, the cultural legacy of the island of Sicily and the thorough artisanal knowledge in the product of elaboration.
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Hello All. It was another good night on the radio, Thank you to all who joined in. Here you will find this handy blog has all the features in from the live show. If you missed it live or maybe you want to have a go at the games again well now we have made it easy for you so no trawling through the four hours show to find the games again. You can now test your friends and family and see how they get on. If you missed the show find out all that went on by Listening back to the whole show on our Mixcloud page.
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Knock on Wood is a studio album by Amii Stewart released in February 1979. The album yielded two successful single releases, "Knock on Wood" (#1 US Pop, #6 US R&B, #5 US Club Play, #6 UK, #13 Germany) and "Light My Fire / 137 Disco Heaven" (#69 US Pop, #36 US R&B, #5 UK, #26 Germany). A double A-side single with remixed versions of "Knock on Wood" and "Light My Fire" reached #7 on the UK charts in 1985 followed by a re-issue of "You Really Touched My Heart" (UK #89).
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1. Blondie - Atomic
2. Pink - Beautiful Trauma
3. Bellamy Brothers - Let Your Love Flow
4. Katy Perry - Roar
5. Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
6. Zoe - Sunshine On A Rainy Day
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Christmas is coming soon and Angel Tree's goal is to reach children of prisoners who hope for a Christmas filled with joy. They yearn for their absent parent's love, and more than that, they need to know that Jesus Christ can fill the void in their hearts and is able to bring healing and restoration to their families destroyed by crime.
Carole Valentine is coordinating the ministry for Calvary Chapel Blythe.
We have 20 local families to assign. Sign up at the registration table to be assigned the children of an inmate. This involves purchasing gifts (around $10-$15 per child) and delivering them the week before Christmas.


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NISM PGPSM Admission 2018 for Post Graduate Program in Securities Markets
National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM), Mumbai has released notification for eligible candidates for admission into Post Graduate Program in Securities Markets (PGPSM) for the academic year 2018-19
PGPSM Details
The Post Graduate Program in Securities Markets (PGPSM) prepares next generation market professionals with holistic understanding and essential skill-sets to meet the requirements of the dynamic securities markets industry. The program acts as a gateway to rewarding careers in the securities markets industry
PGPSM is a unique opportunity for career aspirants in the securities markets to obtain in-depth understanding, both theoretical and practical, from an institute established by the Securities and Exchange Board of India
Duration of Course
PGPSM is a one-year full time Post Graduate Program with specialization in securities markets
Program Highlights
One-year fast-track residential program divided into four terms
Designed to provide holistic understanding of securities markets
Globally benchmarked curriculum
Academic Council and Faculty Team constituted by top academicians, industry veterans and market practitioners
Proximity to the industry and policy makers
Policy-research based inputs
Inputs on market regulations from officers of SEBI
Modern technology - trading simulation with streaming market data, databases like Bloomberg, Prowess, etc.
Multiple pedagogy - simulations, internships, live projects, cases, book-film reviews, conferences, workshops, etc.State-of-the-art infrastructure conducive to contemplative learning
Eligibility Criteria
The minimum required academic qualification is graduation - a bachelor's degree or equivalent from a recognized University in India. Graduates in commerce, economics, finance and management are preferred
Students pursuing their final years of graduation are also eligible to apply and will be granted provisional admission upon selection
Age Criteria
There is no age limit for pursuing PGPSM. However, applicants less than 30 years of age as on the date of application are preferred
Selection Procedure
The final selection of the candidate will be based on the following parameters totaling to 100:
a) Profile (Application Form)
Academic Qualification / Performance -20%
Work Experience - 20%
b) Essay Writing - 40%
c) Personal Interview - 40%
The final selection would be communicated via email by 7th June 2018. The selection of candidates would be at the sole discretion of NISM. NISM reserves the right to reject any candidate at any stage, at its sole discretion, without assigning any reason
The selected candidates would be required to pay the first installment of the fee on or before 2nd July 2018. Detailed information on fee is provided later in the prospectus
Application Procedure
An online application form is available at https://nism.wufoo.eu/forms/pgpsm-application-form
Application Form captures the personal details, academic qualifications, professional experiences and other information essential for the selection process
Interested candidates may apply by filling the application form online. NISM does not offer any offline mode for application
The Application Fee is Rs.1000/- and is non-refundable. The fee can be paid by credit card, debit card, net banking or cash deposit. All application fee payment related information is provided in the online application form
Candidates are advised to visit the following webpage regularly for updates and other information: www.nism.ac.in/pgpsm
Important Dates
Last Date to Apply:
07th May 2018 extended to 10 May 2018
Announcement of short-listed applicants for interview: 10th May 2018
Selection Interviews at various locations: 12th May to 04th June 2018
Announcement of Results: 07th June 2018
Last date for fee Payment: 02nd July 2018
Program Commencement: 10th July 2018
For more detail information visit the website: www.nism.ac.in
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We combine imaginative graphic design with skillful interface construction and sharp development. In our experience, we have learned that in order to build a truly great website, web designers and web developers need to work together to balance look and feel with usability and purpose. Our team works side-by-side from the very beginning of a project to the launch of the new website. Designers work directly alongside Developers and vice-versa so that every aspect of both the form and function of our digital creations work in harmony.
Since our founding in 2004, Lorewing has literally designed and built hundreds of websites for a very wide variety of individuals and companies. Over the years our knowledge and expertise in web design and web development has grown considerably, but in the end Lorewing exists for just one reason. We want to make the web (and the world) a better, more awesome place. We accomplish this, one site at a time.


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Saturday, March 22, 2008
The First Pedals of Spring
Calling the Shots
One side effect of not owning a car during my first year of college was that I played a lot of pool. On Friday nights, while the rest of my classmates were out making good on the "ring by spring" guarantee, I headed over to the rec center and chalked up a cue. I got good enough that eventually, the games progressed from playing "slop" — accepting any erratic motion of the balls as acceptable plays — to "calling the shots" — you verbalized the outcome of your shot before you took it, and if you didn't make what you called, you were penalized by having one of your previous balls put back on the table. (We played mean.)
Now, I tell you that story, in order to tell you this one:
Back before we had kids, Deborah used to sit down with me, and tell me her plan for having children. I used to just stare at her as she rattled off the plan, which went something like this:
OK, I'm going to get pregnant at the beginning of the school year, and so I won't have to take any time off, and spend the summer with the baby. I think I'd like a girl the first time. Then, maybe two years later, we'll have another kid. And also, I want twins. Wouldn't that be great? Two for the price of one!
I tried explaining that it didn't work that way. You didn't get to specify when, or the sex of the child, and you certainly couldn't specify twins. But Deborah stubbornly refused to listen to reason, and went ahead and brought two wonderful little kids into the world, almost exactly on target with what she'd predicted. So when Deborah told me she was praying for twins next, I listened. And a few weeks ago, Deborah walked into the living room, and pointedly picked up a pregnancy book and started reading it.
"So, what were the results?" I asked, suspicious.
"November 9," she smiled, "twins."
That's not exactly the sort of prediction you can glean from a simple home pregnancy test. I had zero evidence. I knew it was true anyway.
But even with that, for the last week or so, I've been going about, joking that "Deborah says we're having twins next, but that I want to see the ultrasound before I buy the minivan."
It was funny, it made me sound sane (and Deborah a little less so), but... a little part of me died every time I said it. I knew it was true, but I was hiding it. I was trying to play slop.
I knew it partly because Deborah asked for it. And I knew it partly because God asked me if that was OK. After a few years, I started answering "yes..." and then a little while later, "yes," and then "yes!"
So does God do what I want? Did he need my permission? No. What do I make of Deborah getting exactly what she asked for, every time? Is she so in touch with God, that He gives her exactly what she asks for? Yes, and No. It's more complex than that, and it's simpler, too. God wanted to give us twins, and gave Deborah the desire to pray for that. Her 100% record of getting what she's prayed for isn't the result of her getting God to do what she wants. Her prayers were God bringing her to desire what He wanted.
God's been taking me to task for playing slop.
So: Twins, corner pocket, late October or early November. There. I've called the shot — although the balls are already in motion, and the stroke was never mine to begin with.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Pushing It
A five-town tour on Route 5, wherein Andy pushes his luck, and a few other things, as well.
It was above freezing. The roads were clear. I had a free afternoon. There was only one thing for it: go riding!
Bundled up, I zipped from Winona Lake through Pierceton (where Deborah teaches at the elementary school) to Larwill (where Deborah teaches at the middle school) and on to Route 5, which is one of my favorite roads, partly because it goes so many interesting places, and partly because it gets there in interesting ways. Straight lines are boring, and straight is the norm for most roads in northern Indiana.
In Larwill, I paused to finally get a picture of what Deborah and I call the NotAStore. I'm not entirely certain what this place really is, but there are about 50 lawn ornaments out front, and a large sign proclaiming,
Freedom of expression through lawn ornamentation is not without its perils, apparently.
From there, I buzzed through the twisties (well, what passes for twisties around here) to South Whitley, only to find my favorite burger joint, Carol's Corner ("at the stoplight in South Whitley!") was still closed, but promising summer jobs soon. Pity. I could have done with a cheeseburger around then. Their food is good, but it's more the fun in getting there, and the cool outdoor-drive-in-ness of it all. But 40° was apparently a bit too cold for the standard Carol's Corner Waitress Uniform, so I turned my wheels northward again.
As I passed through Larwill again, I noted that diesel fuel was now at $4.25 per gallon, and reflected that, at that price, there wasn't much savings to be had by switching to some of the new diesel motorcycles I'd been reading about. I eyed my trip meter (most motorcycles have no gas gauge) and made a mental note to stop in Cromwell to fill up.
On I plunged through the long shadows of the trees covering the rare ridges in this part of the state.
After ten miles or so, for the fun of it, I followed a sign I'd never followed before, and wound up in the bustling metropolis of Etna, and pulled into a gas station. It was closed. And, from the looks of it, closed for good. The pumps still read $1.24 per gallon — don't I wish! — and the orrery-like cluster of gears that ran the display was just visible through the weathered pane.
As I was looking over the foreclosure notices, a man whose beard and hair would have done Dumbledore proud poked his head out of a house down the block and hollered if I needed anything. Just stretching my legs, thanks. Which wasn't quite true. At that point, I was more interested in the weathered old station, and the forlorn, once-busy character that seemed to glow in the afternoon sun.
(I've got more photos over here.)
Several long and rutted dirt roads later, I found the highway again, and arced around the graceful corners that bring you into Wilmot. Wilmot is pretty much two bends in the road, a dozen houses, and a lake, but it does have the very cool feature of having a working water-powered grain mill.
We'd stumbled upon this place years ago while we were out motorcycling, just the two of us, and we'd gotten a tour. Today, though, the place was silent, waiting for Spring.
Puttering into Cromwell, I made for the local gas and deer check-in station. But even a hundred yards away, I could tell something was wrong. The windows were bare of their usual fluorescent sale stars. There was a "for sale" sign in the window. No gas. I checked my tripmeter. 158 miles since the last fill-up. No problem. I had 60 miles left...
At this point, you need to understand three things:
- I used to own a smaller motorcycle that got 85+ miles per gallon, and would go to the reserve tank at exactly 220 miles, every time.
- I wasn't on that motorcycle.
- Back in January when the bike got soaked on it's side, the gas gauge "idiot light" stopped working.
Which means that if you only vaguely remember how many miles you get to a tank, and you've been using more gas because of the cold weather... you're likely to do what I did a few miles later: stop at a gas station, use the bathroom, and leave.... without buying gas.
I was still within sight of that gas station when the engine started sounding a bit different, a feathery, fluttering sound from the exhaust in place of its usual bark. I was on the main road again when it sputtered, and I realized exactly where I'd gone wrong. I whipped the bike around and tried to make it back, but it was no use. I pulled in the clutch, and rode it out as long as I could, but I still ended up pushing the bike over a mile back to that same gas station.
For once, I was glad that Indiana is relatively flat!
For additional photos from this trip, I've got several on The Other Blog, arranged by town: Larwill, Etna, Wilmot, and Cromwell.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
To the anonymous person who left a whole bag of groceries on the front porch last night....
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Pimp My Blog
I don't usually do this, but it's for a good cause. All my readers who are going to seminary (all two of you... that I know of...) should have a look at Going to Seminary. New site, good thinking, lots of helpful information. Now go. Shoo. Have a look.
ETA: OK, I didn't win. It's a good site anyway.
Tuesday, March 04, 2008
Upside Down
Ever since she was very little, Fiona would squeal with laughter at being turned upside down. And she'd want to do it again, and again. Well, now she can do it for herself (with a little help from the furniture) and is teaching Aiden the joys of Upside Down, as well.


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Blog Posts: February 2017
We Need an NRA for Nature
Anne Pearse Hocker, photo © Doug Graham
The other day, I received a note from a good friend, photojournalist Anne Pearse Hocker. In the 1970s, she snuck across a no man's land into the Wounded Knee encampment, and spent weeks photographing the protest. Those photos are currently in the Smithsonian Museum. A widow, she now lives in a cabin with two dogs, two cats and two hunting falcons.
She loves the wild landscape of the West, is dismayed by new threats to it, and is surprised by a change in her internal landscape.
"Something new is needed," she wrote. She referenced the Women's March in Helena: "Here in deep red Montana, over 10,000 people marched in Helena, smashing all records and expectations. The organizers started out hoping for 500. The night before the march they predicted possibly 5,000. Meanwhile, the state's Central Democratic Committee virtually ignored it. As if it never happened." She does not believe that her own party understands the growing anger and sense of urgency that she and others like her feel. "Someone or something needs to ride that wind before it gets away."
It's time to build an NRA for nature — an environmental or conservation force comparable to the nation's powerful gun lobby, the National Rifle Association — one capable of striking fear into the heart of, say, any climate-change-denying politician, Republican, Democrat, or Other.
You may or may not like the NRA, but you have to admit that the organization, like the Tea Party, knows how to get its way.
A handful of green groups aspire to that political power, and many have done a good job influencing regulatory policies, but I can't recall the last time I read about an environmental or conservation group mounting a successful campaign to boot multiple members of Congress from office. Maybe it's happened, but not often enough. And now the ante is upped. If political candidates aren't afraid of environmentalism's political power, what good is environmental activism?
Have we reached a point where environmentalism is less about political power than about moral preening? Or lifestyle choices? Read Full Post.


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Sign Up For 2017 AYSO Region 10 Winter Soccer League!
Palos Verdes Winter soccer sign ups are here. Palos Verdes homes owners whose children are interested in playing in the Palos Verdes AYSO Region 10 – 2017 Winter Soccer U6 through U12, should sign up now if your child wants to play during the months of January and February. The registration deadline is November 30, 2016, with games starting in January for eight Saturday mornings – January 7, 14, 21, 28, and February 4, 11, 18, 25, 2017. The games will be held for U6, U8, U10 and U12 at Point Vicente.
Returning Fall season players can go to www.eayso.org log in and print out player registration forms (same as Fall program). The cost is $80 payable to AYSO Region 10, and must be received by November 30, 2016. On December 1, 2016, the price is $90 per player and space will be given on a first come first serve basis. Your child may be wait listed if you miss the deadline. For girls please send your check and paperwork to Ava Dahle, 3637 Via Navajo Place, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274. Email address is email@example.com. For boys please send check and paperwork to Mike Heinze, 4545 Marloma Drive, Rolling Hills Estates, CA 90274; email address is firstname.lastname@example.com. If you have not played in the AYSO Region 10, then download the form from www.ayso.org and follow mail-in instructions. As always, AYSO's six fundamental tenets are: everybody plays, balanced teams, open registration, good sportsmanship, positive coaching and player development.
There will be a separate boys and girls division, except for U12 which will be coed. The team selection will be balanced and blind drafted by coordinators. For more information go to www.ayso10.org.
To read my prior article on AYSO winter soccer click here.
Photo courtesy of AYSO Region 10


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How often have we rejoiced at living in Croton? How fortunate and blessed do we feel? This writer has just returned from a walk along Elliott Way, and the peace, quiet, and serenity of the air and sparkling waters of the Hudson were a dramatic and very visual reminder of our good fortune.
It was impossible not to notice the stark difference in our lives here in Croton today compared to the lives of our fellow Americans in New Orleans and Mississippi.
As the brilliant sun sparkled up and down the Hudson River, the beauty surrounding this writer literally was enough to take one's breath away. Knowing there are places and people whose lives and very existence have been so threatened and devastated by Katrina that they don't have the basic, minimum needs for themselves and their families is most sobering indeed.
Click here for some sobering food for thought from CNN!
And more sobering news. We"ve been hearing about the village considering eminent domain condemnation of the Metro site for use as a new and larger public works building and garage. The potential cost of condemnation (8, 9, 10 and up million dollars ??) is only one concern we should be thinking about.
Everone does realize that if we had the money; if the public work garage should be relocaated to that site; if we had the millions of dollars needed to pursue eminent domain; if we had the 3, 4, or 5 million ??? additional dollars to build a new garage) - be aware that the work to be done at the new facility would consist of ALL the things we did not allow at Metro Enviro … C&D . dust, stone crushing,, storage of concrete and asphalt, yard waste, decomposing leaves and tree truncks etc
Is this what we want?. Is it worth considering? Do you think it would be a good use of your tax dollars?
How perfect to accompany the narrative! Look carefully and read the words on the sign in the picture - "caution, seasonal flooding".
Inhabitants in the Gulf Coast were not so lucky as to have ONLY "seasonal" flooding! Could such devastation happen right here in beautiful little Croton? Pray to God it doesn't! It shouldn't have happened in New Orleans but it did!


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Within a week of each other, I noticed that two of my favorite YouTubers were pushed by angry fans to defend their decision to make Patreon pages – something that would allow members of their audiences to send monthly contributions in return for extra perks. Payments are not mandatory to watch their videos, and both expressed an aversion to relying on corporate sponsorship to pay for their labor and tech. One pays out of her own pocket to produce skits. I was so incensed by the audacity fans had to demand free access to these people's lives and artistic work that I decided to start a payment plan to support both of them. As a writer and blogger, I know that you can neither eat nor pay student loans with exposure, likes, or moral support.
In a similarly disheartening turn, after seeing the influence fake news sources had on the presidential election, I bought a subscription to the New York Times. I now spend approximately $20 a month on digital content, and I encourage my readers to try to do the same, even if it's just a dollar sent to your favorite vlogger.
It's disappointing that digital consumers are unwilling to paying for videos and articles. These people and the publications they may work for are not interchangeable, not just anyone can pen a NYT article or produce professional-quality videos daily, and no one can subsist on views or likes. As a reminder that should be uncontroversial: CREATIVE WORK IS STILL WORK. By paying for content, viewers circumvent the advertising world in lieu of a direct line to the artists and writers who dedicate their lives to entertaining or educating their audience.
Better Content = Not Reliant on Ad Revenue
Paying for content creates an atmosphere that encourages more creative, reliable entertainment and news that does not rely on outside advertisers. Because the American system of journalism is free, but not independent, each publication relies on subscriptions and ads to pay its writers, editors, and reporters. If subscriptions fall, they turn to more clandestine ways to get advertisers' message to the readers, and that has recently come in the form of sponsored content. Because ads are meant to attract the maximum number of clicks, these paid articles often masquerade as true news. This is not a new phenomenon, public relations professionals have been planting news stories for decades; however, this is the first time that companies can directly pay for copy in a publication. This doesn't just affect digital content, such articles make their way into print magazines as well. Across genres, fashion lovers, political wonks, and entertainment news junkies all grapple with ads pretending to be content.
In the presidential election, Donald Trump receive millions if not billions of dollars of free advertising because TV news stations played many of his rallies and speeches wholesale because it drove ratings and therefore ad revenue. This is the kind of yellow journalism that gives preference to the wild, controversial, and entertaining.
In social media and blogging worlds, one can be creative in seeking revenue without needing to rely on advertisers and sponsored posts (that are often unmarked as such). Setting aside the ethical consideration of disclosing when a post is paid for, product placements and sponsored content are categorically less interesting than what an artist or producer would make otherwise. Unless your tastes align perfectly with those that Pfizer or Beyer believe their key audience hold, you probably don't benefit from content filtered through the advertiser's lens.
Clickbait is the worst
Content creators and online journalists need to maximize the number of clicks on their articles or likes on their videos, and this often manifests itself in the form of appealing to humanity's base natures. The reason is twofold; Internet algorithms give preference to things that receive more activity, such as clicks, likes, or comments, and the more popular a video or article is, the more creators can charge for ads. It is a vicious cycle — popular content is given more prominent placement, reaching more viewers, earning even more activity.
Another tactic popular on YouTube and instagram is hosting giveaways or other quid-pro-likes. This not only encourages the audience's idea that they should be rewarded for liking and subscribing to entertaining content, but allows bloggers and 'grammers who have the most means to buy more subscribers. The narrative of "rich person uses wealth for leg up in life" is neither new nor interesting.
Nothing is Free, Ever
One of the vloggers I follow said that many of his fans called him selfish for wanting to earn his money directly instead of through ads. His intentions were the opposite — he didn't want to pimp his audience to advertisers to make ends meet. Every time you watch an ad, you're opening your subconscious desires and attitudes to be subtly changed or appealed to by clever advertising. But you can just tune it out, right? Wrong.
This video shows how simply seeing an ad can affect the brain:
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Furthermore, in a post on Psychology Today's blog, Dr. Markman cites a 2010 study in which two researchers were attempting to quantify the subtle messaging that goes into advertising. In the study, participants were asked to choose between two pens, one with objectively better traits. A second group was asked the same question but was flashed a supposedly unrelated set of images that positioned the pen next to positive images. The control group made the logical choice and the influenced group chose the one from the pictures.
One thing [ads] do is to take a product and to put it next to lots of other things that we already feel positively about… And repeatedly showing the [product] along with other things that we feel good about can make us feel good about the detergent, too. This transfer of our feelings from one set of items to another is called affective conditioning (the word affect means feelings).
— Art Markman, Psychology Today
Part of the reason I'm so passionate about the effects of advertising is that I study it– strategic communication is essentially the study of how to persuade large audiences to do or believe something. I know the power ads and public relations campaigns can have in shifting culture and attitudes to sometimes catastrophic (or positive) effects. At the end of the semester, we talked seriously about the ethical quantities that come up in this field.
So we need to ask ourselves, how much is it worth it to you to avoid advertisements and support the writers, bloggers, producers, makeup-tutorial makers, comedians, among others who bring joy to our lives? a quarter a week? A dollar a day? A penny per view? Would that money make the same impact on your quality of live and others' if you instead supported an international conglomerate with your attention and dollars?


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I read a young adult alternate WWII fiction novel which explored issues of race and gender discrimination told from the point of view of three teenage girls. It was written by a middle-aged white man. Funnily enough, I liked it. I really liked it. I even gave it 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads.
Basically, the novel follows three diverse young women as they enlist for various reasons and head off to fight the krauts. That's all you really know. Also, if you come from a place, like I do, where the series is called "the soldier girl series" you must immediately disregard that. That was poor marketing.
Dear Michael Grant,
I don't know what made you think this was a good venture for you. Honestly, middle-aged white guys are always trying to jump into conversations about race and gender politics. Humans tend to enjoy giving unjustified opinions on things which have nothing to do with them. Mostly, I just don't know how you pulled it off.
Anyway, this is all coming from a lower middle-class white girl so take that with a grain of salt friends. Still, I liked this book.
It started slowly but was never boring to me. Yeah, it took them a long time to get to the actual war. That's why this is a series, with three (I'd argue two at this point but I hope that changes in the next book) main characters it takes a while to introduce and develop them. Rio is our main character, with Frangie featuring next and Rainy getting about as much focus as Rio's best friend or the love interest who isn't around for most of the book. Poor Rainy. That was my main issue. Many, many characters. But it's war so I'm sure they'll all die soon enough.
My second, issue was that Grant avoided swearing. I don't swear much myself (I try not to swear at all but nobody's perfect) but it really peeves me off when authors go so far out of their way to avoid it. "fugging". Just no.
Other than those minor things this book was great. It was like reading an action film, highly visual and gory. I stayed up until 1am to finish this. You should read it. It was good.


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Vizeum China is appointed as the Exclusive Full Media Planning and Buying Agency of AXA-Tianping Insurance
08 Jul 2014
Vizeum China has won the full media planning and buying services for AXA Tianping Insurance, China's largest foreign insurance company, following a competitive pitch. It's the first time an insurance company in China has changed from having multiple agencies to serve its media needs to appointing one single agency to provide full media services. This marks a new strategic change for China's media industry.
AXA Tianping Property & Casualty Insurance is jointly set up by French AXA Group, the largest insurance group in the world and China's first professional auto insurance company Tianping Auto Insurance. It's the first insurance company in China to focus on the digital auto insurance business and is the largest foreign insurance company in the Chinese market.
Vizeum conducted in-depth analysis of AXA Tianping in the China market, and demonstrated their expertise through advising on marketing strategies, demonstrating professionalism through team competence and showcasing its professional business tools. In particular, Aegis Media's unique operating model of one P&L played a critical role in the pitch. A cross-brand team will work together to provide integrated support including digital expertise from Isobar and insight from the Consumer Connection Study (CCS) - the consumer insight tool shared by all Aegis Media brands.
Richard Zhang, General Manager of AXA Tianping Marketing Departmentsaid, "We are glad to appoint Vizeum China as the full media planning and buying agency of AXA Tianping. We appreciate every member of the Vizeum team for their outstanding professionalism and strategic advice."
Terrence Yung, CEO of Vizeum China said, "I am very honored to have the opportunity to provide media services for the world top insurance group AXA and cooperate with its new set-up in China AXA Tianping Insurance. The newly established AXA Tianping has a professional, ambitious and down-to-earth marketing team. I am full of confidence about this relationship and we will pull on the best resources from Vizeum and the Aegis Media Group to help accelerateAXA Tianping's expansion in the Chinese market."
Kristian Barnes, CEO Vizeum Asia Pacific said, "It's great to hear that our team in China has won the business of such a global insurance company and they chose to consolidate their media with Vizeum. We look forward to working with the team at AXA Tianping to focus our efforts on the connections between brands and people - vital to driving brand success."


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The city of MontrealMontreal is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada. This city is one of the most important cities in Canada, here you can find a lot of tourist attraction such as Notre-Dame de Montreal Basilica, Bonsecours Market, and there are a lot of headquarters like St. James Street, Saint Joseph's Oratory that were built in the 19th century. The city is full of History and we can see all the historical monuments spread in all the streets and each one forms part of the history of the country. There are also many imposing buildings such as Place Ville Marie office tower, the Olympic Stadium and surrounding structures, notable examples of 20th century architecture. Montreal has won the title of "Canada's Cultural Capital".
Montreal climate enjoys four seasons because it lies at the confluence of several climatic regions. In this Montreal Webcam you can see how summers are warm, with an average rank of temperatures from 16°C (61°F) to 26°C (79°F); Winters are cold, snowy, windy and with very low temperatures from -13°C (9°F) to -5°C (23°F). Spring and fall have a mild temperature but with very drastic temperature changes.
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Kerala in the South-Western region of India is often referred to as God's own country. This beautiful land is rightly called the paradise, given to its lush green scenic landscapes and crystal clear beaches that will leave you awestruck, It is bordered by Karnatakato the north and northeast, Tamil Nadu to the east and south, and the Lakshadweep Sea to the west. The timeless beauty of the palm fringed beaches of Kovalam and Varkala, the majesty of the undulating hills of Munnar and Vagamon, the serenity of the pristine backwaters of Kumarakom & Kuttanad and the enchanting woods and forests of Thekkady and Silent Valley will have you bowled over. The backwaters of Kerala are a maze of lagoons criss-crossed with rivers, shallow pools and canals. Kerala is home to Periyar National Tiger Park, Eravikulam Reserve, Silent Valley Park, Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Wayanad Reserve, where one can visit and see the rich flora and fauna. In fact, Kerala has several popular hill stations like Munnar, Wayanad, Ponmudi among others, which bring one closer to nature. Classical art forms, colourful festivals, exotic cuisine are some of the cultural marvels that await travellers. Ayurveda, the ancient Indian system of medicine and Panchakarma, the rejuvenation therapy in Ayurveda have also helped Kerala to gain a pan-global reputation as a worth-visit destination. Kerala isn't just a destination; it's a saga of experiences!
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In memory of Navy Lieutenant Michael Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y., who was killed in Afghanistan June 28th, 2005.
This workout was one of Mike's favorites and he'd named it "Body Armor". From here on it will be referred to as "Murph" in honor of the focused warrior and great American who wanted nothing more in life than to serve this great country and the beautiful people who make it what it is.
Tomorrow's Schedule:
- 9:00am – Doors open, coffee served, general camaraderie to be had;
- 9:30am – First Heat for MDM
- 10:30am – Second Heat for MDM
- 11:30am – Stragglers Heat for MDM (No formal class structure)
- 12:00pm – BBQ and Beverages served courtesy of BBQ specialist Matt Tucker. (Beverages compliments of the gym.)
Hero WOD
Run 1-mile
100 Pullups
200 Pushups
300 Squats
Run 1-mile
If you have a vest or body armor, wear it.
Partition the reps by any means necessary.


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A man has been arrested in connection with an alleged hit-and-run near a primary school in Riddrie.
The 32-year-old has been charged with attempted murder and will appear before Glasgow Sheriff Court on Wednesday.
The 32 year-old victim was seriously injured after being struck by the car on Cumbernauld Road, Riddrie, shortly after midday on Tuesday.
The victim, who is believed to live locally, was struck just minutes before pupils were due out for lunch.
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Lifting the Veil
Week 43 (V): lifting the veil, remembering the dead
The veil between worlds is thinnest during Samhain. I spent this Samhain remembering some of my loved ones who have died. I lost a friend to cancer when I was quite young, and a great-grandmother to just plain old age when I was in middle school. I'm fortunate enough to still have both parents living, and to have never lost a sibling or a partner. I want to recognize those who have and offer blessings. May your losses become easier to bear with every passing day.
It seemed appropriate to share some of my favorite poems about death. Before you get to anticipating bad goth poetry by moody teenagers, fear not! The three poems that follow were all written by poets over the age of 20.
The Ghost's Leavetaking (by Sylvia Plath)
Enter the chilly no-man's land of precisely
Five o'clock in the morning, the no-color void
Where the waking head rubbishes out the draggled lot
Of sulfurous dreamscapes and obscure lunar conundrums
Which seemed, when dreamed, to mean so profoundly much,
Gets ready to face the ready-made creation
Of chairs and bureaus and sleep-twisted sheets.
This is the kingdom of the fading apparition,
The oracular ghost who dwindles on pin-legs
To a knot of laundry, with a classic bunch of sheets
Upraised, as a hand, emblematic of farewell.
At this joint between two worlds and two entirely
Incompatible modes of time, the raw material
Of our meat-and-potato thoughts assumes the nimbus
Of ambrosial revelation. And so departs.
But as chair and bureau are the hieroglyphs
Of some godly utterance wakened heads ignore:
So these posed sheets, before they thin to nothing,
Speak in sign language of a lost otherworld,
A world we lose by merely waking up into sanity.
Trailing its telltale tatters only at the outermost
Fringe of mundane vision, but this ghost goes
Hand aloft, goodbye, goodbye, not down
Into the rocky gizzard of the earth,
But toward the region where our thick atmosphere
Diminishes, and God knows what is there.
A point of exclamation marks that sky
In ringing orange like a stellar carrot.
Its round period, displaced and green,
Suspends beside it the first point, the starting
Point of Eden, next the new moon's curve.
Go, ghost of our mother and father, ghost of us,
And ghost of our dreams' children, in those sheets
Which signify our origin and end,
To the cloud-cuckoo land of color wheels
And pristine alphabets and cows that moo
And moo as they jump over moons as new
As that crisp cusp towards which you voyage now.
Hail and farewell. Hello, goodbye. O keeper
Of the profane grail, the dreaming skull.
There's a clip of her reading this poem on Youtube. I find her voice delightfully haunting, perfect to listen to on stormy autumn evenings.
Because I Could Not Stop for Death (by Emily Dickinson)
Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.
We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –
We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –
Or rather – He passed us –
The Dews drew quivering and chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –
We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –
Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –
Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep (by Mary Elizabeth Frye)
Do not stand at my grave and weep..
I am not there. I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow,
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awake in the morning's hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft star-shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry..
I am not there. I did not die.
First, Do No Colonizing
Recently I read a mostly excellent article, in which the author asks white people to stop colonizing Day of the Dead celebrations. In exchange, she offers Halloween. I agree with every single word she writes about colonization and how concerning it is to have Day of the Dead celebrations that are populated exclusively by white people. However, I still had an icky feeling about this article.
The problem? Halloween is already part of Pagan culture.
Don't advocate anti-colonialism while in the same breath inviting people to colonize a religious minority's holiday. Witches have enough trouble being taken seriously without further appropriation of what is, for many of us, the witch's new year. Capitalism has infiltrated Halloween already and made it about candy and costumes (many of them racist). Witches still manage to breathe spirituality into Halloween. They do so with grace: I've seen many a Samhain altar decorated with things found at Target and Michael's that still feels like a sacred space.
So where does this leave white people who aren't Pagan? They still crave communion with and remembrance of their dearly departed. If you're in this situation, may I suggest that you remember the dead every day. Set up a space where you keep pictures and mementos of those who have died. Smile at that space every day. Keep it clean. Actively remember those who have died. Tell stories to your kids, to your friends. You don't need a special day to do any of that. What you need is to step outside the culture that advocates silence about death and forgetting the dead. Ignore it. Fight against it. But please, don't take our holidays. Any of ours. Be they holidays of a religious, racial, or ethnic minority, don't take them. Make your own.
I'll say it again: don't advocate anti-colonialism while in the same breath inviting people to colonize a religious minority's holiday. Halloween isn't yours to give. Halloween isn't an unclaimed holiday. We witches are still here. We are still celebrating Samhain.


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Since opening our doors in 1989, terratec Geophysical Services has always been defining new questions and pushing the limits together with our suppliers in order to offer our clients unique solutions for their specific needs.
1996 Development of ion selective Nitrate pH Oxygen borehole logging probe for ground water quality and environmental projects.
(Research project: BMBF ministry "Deponieuntergrund")
1999 First horizontal boreholes with the optical borehole scanner on the Alp Transit project
(Monte Ceneri Base Tunnel, Switzerland)
1999 First horizontal boreholes underground at Lötschbergtunnel using special pushing rods and adaptor to the drill string in holes with 200m length.
2005 One of the first companies to use optical borehole scanners for exploration and geotechnical applications in mining, including the extraction of colour information which was correlated with gold mineralisation.
(Morilla Mine, Mali)
2006 Development of the field method (HIRIP high resolution Induced Polarisation) by using multi electrode receiver systems with external standard IP transmitters in order to get high resolution data at surface as well as deep penetration depths.
2009 Development of 18mm diameter flexible borehole logging tools measuring gamma temperature and deviation, in order to quality-check geothermal heat wells.
2010 The Spin-Off company TEC-CORIM was created with the idea of developing a drill core imager system to georeference and import drill core photographs as strip logs into standard borehole logging software.
2011 Designed and built 4 2000m, 4-conductor winch to improve existing designs in order to achieve higher safety standards.


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June 30, 2012
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May 30, 2015
Since I saw the trailer I knew I wanted it! Amazing story, plus who doesn't like MAGIC. Clever way to incorporate history and morals. Happy to have these type of materials to help educate our children about respect to nature.
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Despite increasing protectionism, global economic growth is looking promising in 2018, Mr Ganesh Kumar Gupta, President, FIEO, has said.
Addressing the media in New Delhi on 29 May 2018, Mr Gupta said, "Indian exports, which are hovering around USD 300 billion, should exhibit 15-20% growth so as to reach around USD 350 billion during the current fiscal. The northward movement in petroleum and commodity prices would also add to export growth. The recent depreciation of Indian Rupee is also supporting exports though its impact varies from sector to sector and from company to company."
Product Market Strategy to Boost Exports
Mr Gupta said that we need to identify the champion sectors and provide them fiscal and non-fiscal support so that we increase our exports both in advanced and emerging economies. A product market mix strategy will help in increasing exports exponentially.
FIEO feels that Government will pro-actively engage with our trading partners particularly with US so that the trade interest of the country is safeguarded.
Job Creation in Exports
While growth in exports in 2017-18 has helped in creating additional jobs in the sector, the performance of some of the labour intensive sectors like apparel, leather, carpets, handicraft, gems & jewellery, etc. has definitely dented the job creation opportunities in these sectors.
Liquidity is a Major Concern for Exporters
President, FIEO said that liquidity is a major area of concern particularly for MSME exporters who constitute the bulk of exports in high employment intensive sectors. The challenges on GST front are continuing though the fortnight clearance drive, which was highly successful, gave us the hope that refund will be provided on real time basis. While claims over Rs.7000 crore were cleared during March, 2018, the amount in April, 2018 is little over Rs.1000 crore. As per our estimate, refund over Rs.20,000 crore are pending on account of IGST and ITC and many exporters have not been able to file the refund of ITC due to technical glitches as input tax credit and exports happened in different months. The GST refund process has considerably slowed down after the clearance fortnight. FIEO urges the Finance Minister to look into the refund problem and organize a clearance drive to liquidate the pendency and bring the refund process on track.
Majority of the problems relates to ITC refund which have to be done by the States as well. The manual intervention in the refund process has added to the transaction time & cost of exporters.
The major challenge lies on ITC refund for various reasons :
(a) The process of ITC refund is partly electronic and partly manual which is cumbersome and add to the transaction cost.
(b) The tax authorities are reluctant to accept the applications and raise piecemeal objections asking for irrelevant documents including copy of bank realization certificate.
(c) The refund formula to apply for refund for a relevant period has not been modified in the software with the result a large number of exporters could not file their claim for ITC refund.
(d) The tax authorities have not been trained in GST Law, Rules & Regulations delaying the refund of exporters. The process which requires the State Authorities to process the refund of SGST and forward it to Central Authority for payment of CGST and vice-a-versa is quite time consuming. In many cases, while one authority has sanctioned the component of tax under its jurisdiction, the other authority either delayed it or yet not issued it.
- e) The provision that 90% of ITC refund will be issued within 7 days is not being implemented by tax authorities. Some of the States say that they do not have funds to clear the ITC refund.
Issues relating to IGST Refund:
(a) The problem of refund of IGST at ICD continues. The EGM, if incorrectly filed by the shipping lines, delay the refund process. In many cases, when shipping companies file the correct EGM, ICEGATE reject such EGM. The exporter is tossing between customs and shipping lines. Government should accept the onboard copy of bill of lading and clear the IGST refund as has been done for invoice error.
(b) The Refund for Exports from Non-EDI Ports has not yet started which is affecting India's exports to its neighbouring countries particularly Nepal & Bangladesh.
(c) The IGST refund has slowed down after March, 2018 and most of the exporters are waiting for their IGST refund for the month of April or even for a prior period.
(d) In many cases, the drawback rate (both higher & lower) is the same. While one rate is given in Column-A the other is given in Column-B. If exporter has wrongly mentioned A, the GST refund for the month of July-Sept is denied while the exporter has not claimed higher drawback since both rates of drawback are the same.
Issues relating to GSTN :
(a) The GST data was hitherto being captured on monthly basis but from February onwards, the same is captured on cumulative basis. Therefore, if there is an error in GST return for any month, the cumulative figure will also be incorrect. With the result, the refund to such exporters have virtually dried from February 2018 onwards.
(b) The error in GSTR-3B has not yet been allowed to be rectified affecting the refund for the export sector.
Export Schemes to Provide Exemption from IGST and Pre-Import Condition on Advance Authorization be withdrawn
President, FIEO said that exemption from IGST should be extended on permanent basis to advance authorization, EPCG, EOU as the exemption is only till 30th September, 2018. Moreover, the pre-import condition imposed on advance authorization for availing IGST exemption should be withdrawn ab-initio as the same is adversely impacting inventory management of exporters forcing them to go for imports in one go thus further compounding their liquidity problem. Exporter who could have taken the inputs from the domestic sources to meet the delivery schedule is forced to wait for imports which affect the domestic companies as well.
Banks to Provide Support to Exports Particularly to Sector Not Doing Well
The tough stand taken by banks have also affected the flow of credit. Withdrawal of letter of offer and letter of comfort has added to the cost of the exporters raising it by 1% to 3%. Sectors which are not doing well and require the maximum support are the worst hit due to rigid approach of the banks. FIEO said that while banks should adhere to the procedure, they have to be pro-active to the needs of the exports sector.
Rupee Depreciation to Help Exports Though Its Impact Varies
Indian Rupee has been the worst performing currency in Asia and therefore, Indian exporters have gained over their competitors in Asia. However, many exporters who have hedged their risk or who have taken pre-shipment credit in foreign currency (PCFC) have not benefited due to depreciation of Rupee. The sectors having high import intensity like gems & jewellery, petroleum, electronics hardware, etc. have marginally benefitted as they have taken a hit on their imports. The depreciation has helped the traditional sectors of exports like handicrafts, carpets, marine products, agro-processed products, sports goods, apparels & textiles, leather, etc. which are primarily depending on domestic inputs.


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One of the biggest downsides to gaming on consoles can be that games are sometimes locked to 30 fps. This is certainly a glaring issue, especially given that the PC is able to much more in terms of graphics and performance. The next generation of Xbox will probably release some time in 2020, and Xbox Head Phil Spencer discussed what the main points of focus will be for the next Xbox.
Speaking to GiantBomb in an interview, Spencer stated, "We're pretty open about some of the stuff…If you watch what we're doing now with the Xbox One consoles right now, we've introduced variable refresh rate, we've added high frame rate capability. I think frame rate is an area where consoles can do more, just in general. When you look at the balance between CPU and GPU in today's consoles, it's a little bit out of whack relative to what's on the PC side."
This is certainly some exciting news since players will now be able to enjoy the next generation of games at a higher framerate, provided team Xbox is doing what Phil hinted at. If the next generation of games will be able to run at 60 fps on the next Xbox, then it's definitely something to look forward to. It remains to be seen though if this will make the next generation of consoles a little too expensive, or if it will remain a feasible way to play games.
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This card published by Valentine dates between 1937 and 1947. I compared the photo with the one on the internet (West Highland Hotel). It appears that the hotel is still in operation and looks as if some of the original structure remains.
Sunday, July 19, 2009
Valentine postcard of the West Highland Hotel
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Exodus 17:1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the LORD?
3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore is this that thou hast brought us up out of Egypt, to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst?
The first prototype is this—aren't we in a spiritual wilderness today, with no (or very little) to drink? We will look at Amos 8:11 shortly. It adds more to this concept.
Exodus 17:4 And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they be almost ready to stone me. 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. 6 Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shalt smite the rock, and there shall come water out of it, that the people may drink. And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
The Israelites were in dire straits for lack of water, so God told Moses what to do. Moses did it and out came the water. He was told to "smite the rock."
Now notice in Numbers 20 that the Israelites were in basically the same situation again:
Numbers 20:2 And there was no water for the congregation: and they gathered themselves together against Moses and against Aaron…..5 And wherefore have ye made us to come up out of Egypt, to bring us in unto this evil place? it is no place of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of pomegranates; neither is there any water to drink.
In verse 8, God gives Moses specific instructions on how to handle the situation:
Numbers 20:8 Take the rod, and gather thou the assembly together, thou, and Aaron thy brother, and speak ye unto the rock before their eyes; and it shall give forth his water, and thou shalt bring forth to them water out of the rock: so thou shalt give the congregation and their beasts drink.
In verses 10 and 11, notice how well Moses followed God's instructions:
Numbers 20:10 And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregation together before the rock, and he said unto them, Hear now, ye rebels; must we fetch you water out of this rock? 11 And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.
Moses did it his own way, human reasoning took over, or he lost his cool in a fit of anger. This is understandable since the Israelites, with Satan doing their thinking for them and speaking through their mouths, could drive anyone to anger.
Does Christ deal out punishment for blatant disobedience of God's word? Notice verse 12:
Numbers 20:12 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, Because ye believed me not, to sanctify me in the eyes of the children of Israel, therefore ye shall not bring this congregation into the land which I have given them.
It is super important that we follow instructions from God as we wake up at the cry at midnight. Do you think that God's punishment was too severe for the infraction? Moses was not allowed to enter the promised land because he lost his cool and struck the rock rather than speaking to it.
I thought the punishment was too severe until I understood prototypes. Since I've come to understand that the Bible contains prototypes and their end-time applications, I have understood that God had this incident written down forus.
1 Corinthians 10:11 Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
"Ensamples" is Strong's #5179: "a die (as struck), i.e. (by impl.) a stamp or scar; by anal. a shape, i.e. statue, (fig.) style or resemblance; spec. a sampler ("type"), i.e. a model (for imitation) or instance (for warning)."
Zhodiates' Complete Word Study New Testament says: "type, as a constituent element of a parable or model of some reality which was yet to appear, a prototype of that which was yet to be developed and evolved."
"Admonition" is Strong's #3559: "calling attention to, i.e. (by impl.) mild rebuke or warning."
"World" is Strong's #165: "prop. an age; by extens. perpetuity (also past); by impl. the world; spec. (Jewish) a Messianic period (present or future):—age, course, eternal, (for) ever (-more), [n-]ever, (beginning of the , while the) world (began, without end)."
So what is the message for us, the end-time Christians?
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
"Peter" is Strong's #4074 meaning "a (piece of) rock..."
"Rock" is Strong's #4073 meaning "a (mass of) rock..."
No doubt, as Christ was speaking, He was pointing at Peter, saying, "You are a piece of rock, but I am a mass of rock."
We are instructed to build our house on this mass of rock:
Matthew 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Luke 6:48 He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
Let's get into the prototype, knowing that Christ is the mass of rock that we have to build our Christian lives on. Let's examine the parallels between the ancient Israelites and us today, God's Church. God's end-time Church (family) comes from Israel and all nations. The 144,000 of Revelation 7:1-4 is completely different from the 144,000 of Revelation 14.
Revelation 7:1 And after these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, 3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. 4 And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
Revelation 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands………14….And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
If the concept of there being two groups of 144,000 is new to you, study Revelation 14:1,3 & 4:
Revelation 14:1 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads……3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. 4 These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb.
"Earth" in verse 3 is Strong's #1093: "soil; by extens. a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (include. the occupants in each application):—country, earth (-ly), ground, land, world."
"Men" in verse 4 is Strong's #444: "(the countenance) manfaced, i.e. a human being:—certain, man."
It's clear by these definitions that this 144,000 in Revelation 14 is not made up of strictly Israelites like the 144,000 of Revelation 7.
Were the ancient Israelites experiencing a physical famine of water? As I mentioned on page one, are we not, spiritually, in the same situation today?
Amos 8:11 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD: 12 And they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the LORD, and shall not find it.
Notice the word "hearing" in verse 11. Does this indicate that the true sheep are being fed by their personal Bible study? If you came through the Worldwide Church of God (WCG) it sure does.
Doesn't Amos 8:12 identify this famine as being in the end time?
Matthew 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
Since Matthew 25:5 is true, we are ALL asleep, with NO exceptions and are caught up in this famine of hearing the word. We, the end-time Christians, are dying from a lack of LIVING WATER.
This famine of Living Water keeps it's vice grip of eternal death on us until Christ wakes us up with the cry at midnight:
Matthew 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
The virgins wake up and start to get their spiritual houses in order.
Do we beat the Rock (Jesus Christ) in the end time as Moses did? Or should we speak to the Rock and the Father in prayer as Moses was instructed to do? Moses was instructed by Christ in the second example (prototype) to speakto the rock and water would come forth to sustain life for the ancient Israelites.
Matthew 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
If we, as members of the end-time Church, will speak to the Rock/Christ in prayer with the proper attitude, the Living Waters (Holy Spirit) will come forth in abundance for us—if we will believe and obey God's written word.
Notice what Christ told the woman at the well:
John 4:9 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water?
John 4:14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.
Christ gives us the Living Waters, which will in turn give us eternal life if we will follow the lead of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will LEAD us—it will not DRIVE us.
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
"Guide" is Strong's #3594 meaning, "to show the way, (lit. or fig. [teach]):—guide, lead."
We will start waking up from at the cry at midnight which will be new spiritual truth. Since we are spiritually asleep, how does this happen? Revelation 3:20 tells us:
Revelation 3:20 Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Christ knocks on the door of our spiritual mind with the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit will be trying to lead us into new spiritual understanding. Notice He doesn't kick the door down. Deuteronomy 30:19 applies to everyone. We have tochoose—we won't have salvation forced on us.
The "Spirit of truth" in John 16:13 (above) is the Comforter:
John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:
John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
This is the Living Water, the Holy Spirit, which we will receive from the Rock/Christ if we will speak to the Rock (ask in prayer) instead of beating on it as Moses did in the prototype.
If we Christians in the end time don't follow instructions, we will not receive eternal life. The instructions are clear to us here in the end time: Jesus is the Rock. If we speak to the Rock and the Father in prayer with the proper attitude, and if we are obeying His written word, we will obtain the Living Waters (Holy Spirit) to give us the spiritual nourishment we need to keep us spiritually alive. We can receive Living Waters, just as the ancient Israelites received physical water from the physical rock.
Published September, 1999
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"You dont know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have".
Isn't that so true?!
10 years ago from now, I'd have never imagined Id survive anything as traumatizing as my marriage….but I did.. I had to… I had no choice. And here I am today!
The truth is we human, are capable of surviving any kind of adversity. The more adversity you experience, the stronger and more resilient you become.
Looking back on my past 8 years, I must say they've been the most difficult times of my life. Things are still not good. Im struggling with a lot of things even now. Past 1 year has been even more tormenting. But I know everything happens for a reason. All of these things are working together to make me the best version of my myself. Even though I am not having the best experience, I'll come out of it learning. In some ways I have come to realize its exactly the challenge I need.
So whatever I am going through right now is preparing me for better tomorrow. I feel weak, defeated and lonely. I feel hurt and angry. I'm in pain…so much pain it sucks! Sometimes it's unbearable.
However, I'm also allowing myself to feel all that I need to feel and heal. No escaping! Just feel it and get over it no matter how long it takes. Learn and grow!
One day at a time.
I'll get there someday.


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More than a year after the murder of Humboldt State University student David Josiah Lawson, a man--Kyle Zoellner--accused but ultimately not charged with the crime, has filed a lawsuit against the city of Arcata. Zoellner alleges that police and city officials violated his civil rights.
The lawsuit seeks over $25,000 in damages and also alleges officers failed to get him proper medical attention and falsified police reports in the criminal case. The North Coast Journal's Thadeous Greenson talks about this story.
And in Arts and Entertainment, Jennifer Fumiko Cahill takes this week's Table Talk to the judges corner as she taste tested the plethora of food at Oyster Fest.


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'37 Wild Rod
This Wild Rod '37 will rock the pavement when it is complete. Custom round tube chassis, airride suspension, new motor placement. This project is being assembled by the customer. We can't wait to see it. Congratulations to Danny and Joanne for the great job on finishing their project and for winning Grand Champion at Performance World Custom Car and truck Show 2008.Read More
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