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We all make mistakes.
There...now that we are in agreement that we are all human.
It is the mistakes that we repeatedly make that always come back to haunt us. This is also very true when it comes to mistakes I see patient's make in regards to their health. Over the 16 years that I have been in practice, along with seeing thousands of patients, I have pinpointed a few of the most common mistakes.
Let's take a look...
1. No Consistency: One of the things that is important with all aspects of health, including chiropractic care, is consistency. Eating well, exercising, or receiving chiropractic care can't be a sometimes thing...it has to be done consistently. The people that commit themselves to getting and staying healthy obviously have much better results than those who dabble in it. In chiropractic I see this play out with both adults and children. Those who stay on a regular adjustment schedule have results that far exceed those who are very sporadic. Remember, it is much easier to stay well, than to get well.
2. Losing The Forest From The Trees: What I mean by this is that many folks tend to put too much focus on what is happening at this very moment, versus the big picture of what they want to accomplish. Weight loss is a prime example of this, as many get so focused on what the scale shows on a given day, and not just improving their health and eating habits. I always say that if you put all your focus on doing the right things day in and day out, you will arrive at whatever weight is healthy for you. In chiropractic this problem also rings true. I understand that many come in to my office in some sort of pain or discomfort, and I want them to feel better as much as anyone. However, if we are not focused on the cause of the pain, versus the pain itself, we will never get the desired result we are looking for.
3. Neglecting Other Important Parts of Their Health: This too, is a very common issue. You can't just excel at one aspect of taking care of your health, and think that will overcome other downfalls. You can't just have a healthy diet and ignore regular exercise and chiropractic care. You can't just get adjusted regularly and think that you will be healthy despite your poor diet and sedentary lifestyle. And finally, you can't live a healthy active life, but have a poor diet and neglect your nervous system. To reach optimal health you have to commit to excelling in all aspects of your health.
All of this may sound daunting to some. Change in life can seem a bit overwhelming. But as you begin to chew it off in little pieces, and do so consistently over time, it eventually just becomes part of your life. Good health is one thing you should not take for granted, but rather work at every day of your life. Make time today to do one thing that moves you closer to consistently taking care of yourself. That is what will help you leave the mistakes behind, and create a new you, where you are able to...

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You like challenges and adventures.
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5 is your lucky number.
Mercury, Venus and Uranus are your protective constellations.
You must watch out for accidents.
Control your temper and learn to relax. Gardening is a good habit for you.
Playing instruments and dancing are all good for you.
Do not be too strict on yourself.
Different places have different climates.
Passionate, energetic, agile.
Possessive and very easy to get excited.


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Quickly and Without Fuss/
by Daren Wang
NEW ORLEANS — I am walking to the Napoleon House on Chartres Street to drink a Sazerac when I run into my pal Shari Smith and her friends Jana Cromartie Sasser and some guy named Radney Foster.
They agree to join me for a round. We take a table near the door.
You'd expect a punchline to this story, but there's not one.
Instead, the same Radney Foster who has put dozens of records on the Billboard charts talks about publishing his first prose collection, "For You to See the Stars." He talks about how the music business gave him a leg up in the process, but how publishing his first book feels like starting all over. And in that way, he's like Jana and me — the three of us trying to launch our first books whatever way we can. Jana's book "Gradle Bird" is her novel/almost-memoir of growing up in in a truckstop off Interstate 16 in Georgia. The book is by turns dead serious and drop- dead funny. Just like her.
We order Sazeracs.
The night has begun.
I have been waiting for this. I've had some fine cocktails on this trip, and chatted with some fun folks, but this is what I've been looking forward to. A Bar Bar.
The book that inspired me to drink my way through the South on book is Jim Atkinson's "The View From Nowhere: the Only Bar Guide You'll Ever Want — or Need," a travelogue of 150 American drinking bars—"bar bars," as Atkinson terms them.
The copy I bought in 1989 is as marked-up and stained as a rookie quarterback's playbook, and I've judged every bar I've walked into since then based on the Atkinson Scale. Ten factors make up his scale, and with a little updating, they still apply.
What You Feel Like When You Get There: first impressions
Yuppity-Doo-Dah: prevalence of yuppies (fewer is better)
Oh Say Can You See: How dark is the place?
Crapola: What is the place decorated with?
Holding Forth: quality of conversation
What You Feel Like After Three Drinks: self-explanatory
Just a Little Something to Wash My Drink Down With: food
Old-Fart Factor: prevalence of grumpy old men with strong opinions (more is better)
What You Feel Like When You Leave: self-explanatory
You Go Figure: What is bizarre and memorable about the place?
The Napoleon House is the first Bar Bar I've been to on this trip.
Up until now, all these drinking establishments have been lacking a certain something. When you tell a friend that you are looking for an outstanding bourbon cocktail, people guide you to places with mixologists and "cocktail programs."
Bar Bars do not have cocktail programs. Bar Bars do not vie for James Beard Awards. Bar Bars do not have subtle ambient lighting with curated playlists on the house sound systems and cheese boards with locally sourced bleus.
Instead, they have bartenders and a decent burger from a cow who never saw the light of day and incandescent light bulbs in fixtures that have a solid layer of dust on them. There might be a juke box, but probably not these days. The most exotic cheese is cheddar. The regulars at the bar might still be complaining about yuppies, even though they haven't seen one in a couple decades.
The Napoleon House is a Bar Bar, without question. I can barely see the back room through the dim light. There's good quality of holding forth all around. I look around for an old fart, and realize that I might, in fact, be him. If not, I'm certainly in training. An apprentice fart.
The Sazeracs are made quickly and without fuss, and put down on the table in front of us unceremoniously, with no heightened sense of performance art. They are perfect. Iceless in a simple rocks glass, the licorice and herbs of the absinthe offsetting the sweetness of the rye.
The bartender looks like the kind of guy that would throw me out if I asked him if rye qualifies as bourbon. I might as well ask him how many angels can dance on the head of a pin.
Instead, we all toast, willing each other toward The New York Times best-seller list.
The menu is simple. Perhaps a little too simple. Someone at the table needs a gluten-free meal, and no options exist, so my new friends decide to move on just as the fellow drinkers I was planning to meet arrive. Tad Bartlett and Maurice Carlos Ruffin take the seats across from me. I feel like I'm doing job interviews.
Tad and Maurice are both practicing lawyers, paying the bills as they write their way through the world. They talk about their upcoming Bitter Southerner co-writing project, "Kings of the Confederate Road," to be published in November.
I'd gotten into some trouble earlier in the day complaining about the squalor of the French Quarter, and how it come to mean all of New Orleans in my mind.
"I grew up in New Orleans East," Ruffin says. "No one really writes about it — it's the suburbs, quiet. A nice place to grow up."
His novel, "We Cast a Shadow," is due next year. It's a near-future story of a professional black man in a Southern city obsessed with a procedure that can turn his biracial son white. It sounds like a cross between "Brave New World" and "Invisible Man," and I want to read it right now.
We talk politics and drink to our bright futures.
Maurice looks out the window and points. "They sold slaves in that building — up on the second floor, right there."


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The genius of our country's form of government is that people with differing views gather to discuss problems with the goal of finding a solution that's best for the needs of the country. The ability to compromise is "compromised" when we sink to name-calling
Presidential politics
Let's see. Trump doesn't like women who are ugly (Carly Fiorina, Heidi Cruz). He doesn't like women who are too outspoken (Megyn Kelly). He doesn't like women who take too long to go to the bathroom (Hillary Clinton(. Ladies, I'm sorry. If you fit in any of these categories, there is no room for you in the Trump Party.
Once again those who propose Bill Clinton could do no wrong are wrong about federal deficits. Yes, there were surpluses from 1998 to 2001. But these were not because of action by Clinton. He was an uninterested bystander. The surpluses were driven by the much maligned Newt Gingrich who insisted on a balanced budget. Clinton had to submit five budgets before one was acceptable to the Republican Congress, resulting in the surpluses. Too bad that the following Republican leadership in Congress was not willing to build on that success, leaving us now 19 plus trillion dollars in debt and building.
Donald Trump's series of foreign wives are living proof that there are some jobs that all Americans refuse to do.
We had Everything Audio Video put a TV over our fireplace.. They did a great job from start to finish. They came by our house to look at the project and gave a free estimate. We found their prices very reasonable. Professional and clean is what I would describe the install to be. The sound system they put in is amazing. The remote they integrated makes the system so easy to use. I would highly recommend this company to anyone needing audio video professionals. The owner/operator Fernando can be reached at 757-941-8400.
The woman who wants to buy a used Trek bike should go to Replay Sports at 2229 Richmond Road. The store accepts all kinds of used sports equipment on consignment. All items must be in either good or excellent condition. My sister and I recently brought our Trek bikes there (with the owner's manuals) to sell. Both adult's and children's bikes are available at the store. Phone 345-5334. My thanks to BikeBeat for recommending Replay Sports!
The Lafayette Lacrosse Club would like to thank Moe's Southwest Grill on Monticello Avenue for a wonderful Spirit Night. Our lacrosse players and families enjoyed all of the food and were excited and proud to learn about Moe's alumni LHS lacrosse player. We think Moe's knows all about "Rippin' the Duck" and are grateful for warm hospitality and local generosity.
I was thrilled with the great service at the new Mr. Bubbles laundromat on Merrimac Trail . I dropped off my slipcovers to be washed and was greeted by Leroy the manager in a friendly and helpful manner. When I picked up my slipcovers the next day, I was amazed that they were stain-free and folded perfectly! All done with a smile and a great price. Who could ask for more?
We have a clothes dryer that is only a little over two years old and it stopped working and displayed a code indicating the vent needed cleaning. We have seen warnings from the Fire Department about the danger of dryer vent fire, and had it cleaned even though we did not expect to do so after such a short time. We called Mark Sanderson of Keep Kleen Dryer Vent Cleaning, 757-707-0803, and he came the next day. He and his assistant did a great job for us, their price was reasonable, and we are happy to recommend them.
Enough already
Please, WBACH, enough already with the "Save Thirty" ads! I almost broke a toe this morning trying to get to the off button on my kitchen radio before yet again having to hear the man dream aloud over a Lamborghini Gallardo or the woman simpering over buying a two-bedroom house off Richmond Road.
Free to you
We have two mahogany chaise lounges with plastic covers free to anyone willing to pick them up. Call 757-258-2701 during working hours.
Enough complaining
I've grown tired of all the Last Word complainers. It always starts with…..why doesn't somebody do something about yada yada yada? I wonder why they don't do something about it, call whoever you're complaining about, or their actions, do it yourself, or are you too good to do it? The other is all the whining that politicians work for you -- run for office then, do it better, show us how it is done! We live in a great community. If you don't think so, leave.
No littering?
Now that a speed bump sign is posted on Merrimac Trail, what about a no littering sign with a high price fine for doing so? The place looks like a dump. There is garbage all along the street, and construction items were left behind. Who is responsible for this mess? Hubbard Lane residents, please keep that street clean!
Well done!
At about 2:30 in the afternoon on Wednesday March 23, our granddaughter was involved in an accident on Barlow Road. Her truck rolled three times and when it came to rest, she crawled out of the wreckage where the people who live in the neighborhood came to her aid. One good Samaritan even drove to her home to notify her family. The paramedics who arrived on the scene were extremely kind and helpful. She escaped with minor scrapes and bruises, but this event cannot go without our expression of gratitude to the wonderful people who were so willing to help a stranger. Thank you.
I was so delighted and surprised when I pulled up to the drive-through window of the Starbucks near Lowe's to learn that the car ahead of me had purchased my order. If you are reading this, then a hearty thank you! I will definitely pay it forward and do the same for someone else.
Berkeley High School Theatre has done it again!! Oh, did I say high school? I meant to say middle school, although you couldn't tell the difference! Their rendition of "Lion King" was absolutely dazzling to behold. How director Linda Gallant is able to draw the talent out of those children is nothing short of amazing! Bravo to the cast and crew that performed such a spectacle!
I was stranded at the Farm Fresh in Norge Friday afternoon with a dead car battery. Patrick, one of their employees, offered to give me a jump to get the car started. I offered to pay him for his assistance but he refused the money and drove off after getting me started. It really is refreshing to see someone who cares about their customers even when they are not on the clock. I hope Farm Fresh knows how lucky they are to have employees like that.
I would like to take a minute to thank the amazing people that were able to call me with some of their fabric they wanted to get rid of. I have plenty of fabric to quilt with now. Thank you all so much.
I was in a serious accident on 3/17, Thursday morning on Capitol Landing Road. Thanks to the City of Williamsburg EMT's and Police for the fast and excellent response. Most notably, thanks to Sgt. Kim Baranski, who kept me calm, informed and optimistic during my long ordeal. I am very grateful to all.
The Dance Performance at PBK was terrific! We enjoyed the dances, music, lighting tremendously! We also thought the costumes were perfect and designed to enhance each of the dances but no name was listed for costumes. And even the hairdos were distinctive to each dance, adding to the beauty and totality of movement. Please let us know who to congratulate on those parts of an outstanding event.
Supreme Court
Every U.S. Senator who has an attorney's license who says the people should get a say in the Supreme Court nominating process should have their attorney's license revoked. They are knowingly and with malice misrepresenting the Constitution that they swore an oath to uphold. The Constitution is clear that people do not get to vote on any Federal Court justices. They are nominated by the President and approved or disapproved by the Senate. Those without a law degree and who are also spreading the same misinformation should have their college and high school diplomas revoked.
War powers
The U.S. Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war. Over 75 years ago, Congress declared war against three enemies: Germany, Italy, and Japan. Now Congress should declare war against three enemies of the western world: Al Queda, the Islamic State, and the Muslim Brotherhood. Or, are we just a nation of sheep being led to the slaughter?
About Rawls Byrd
False information concerning Rawls Byrd is being repeated over and over. He did not resign when the schools were integrated. He retired. He was no young man, and he may not have wanted to deal with the problems associated with integration. Check the facts. There should be an article in The Virginia Gazette archives on his retirement. He was an unassuming man and he really would not have wanted a school named for him in the first place.
Flag protocol
Once again I am compelled to point out that American flag etiquette requires the American flag to be flown by itself when flying at half staff. No state flags and especially no gated community advertising flags. Don't disrespect the flag.
Misleading solicitation
I received a mail solicitation for the "2016 Williamsburg Area Appeal for The Hospice Support Fund" (A Program of The New Hope Foundation, Inc) out of Merrifield, VA. I have been a 15-year supporter of our local Hospice House & Support Care of Williamsburg and found the fund drive I received in the mail confusing. I did an internet search and found the "Hospice Support Fund Legal Disclosure." It read, "The services of a paid professional fundraiser are used to professionally assist HSF in the solicitation of funds. In the last fiscal year The Hospice Support Fund raised a total of $1,521,951. Its expense distribution was 69.39% on fundraising, 10.22% on administration, 5.93% on program services, and 14.46% on public education in conjunction with fundraising appeals." Be aware if you receive this fund drive mailer. It is not helping or providing funds to our local Hospice House, an incredible asset supported by donors and volunteers within our own community.
City budget
In reading your informative article on the Williamsburg municipal budget, I became curious about no mention of a Capital Improvements Project for the city's share of the new 4th middle school on the James Blair site. How much will Williamsburg contribute to the building of the school? I note city children make up 8.44% of the students. Will the city be paying 8.44% of the total $61M estimated building cost of the new middle school, or are they contractually obligated to pay 9.46%, or something else entirely?
States' rights
This is for the person upset that states seem to be breaking the Constitution by have their own gun laws. There are gun laws that are independent of existing federal laws. The 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution states, "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people."
Neighborly help
To the person complaining about unkempt neighborhoods: Take some initiative! Contact your elderly neighbors and offer your help. Most elderly folks feel like a nuisance when they ask for help. Let them know you care and offer your kindness.
Just wondering
Why is chocolate so much better in England and the UK than the ones they make (by the same companies) in the USA?
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A cell phone was found in the parking lot of the Walmart Marketplace off Monticello, on Saturday, 26 March at 11:15 am. It was lost between 10:30 and 11:15. The last photo was of an infant. It was turned in to the customer service desk inside.
For the person looking for a great dance school in Williamsburg for their three year old, I heartily recommend The Institute for Dance on Ironbound Road. My daughter started there at 2 ½ and is still dancing there at 16 years old. The younger classes are focused on cooperation and fun and they introduce more technique as they get older. Their number is 229 -1717 and you can call for more information and class schedule.
My sister was involved in an accident on March 17, in the afternoon. It occurred at the corner of New Town Avenue and Monticello Avenue near the post office entrance. A Honda Accord and a Jeep Laredo were involved. If you saw the accident, please call 757-912-7703. Thank you!
To the shrinking person in need of a tailor: The very capable lady at Berkeley Cleaners in Colony Square, Jamestown Road, does all alterations reasonably. I use her.
To the person who mentioned they were old and shrinking and needing pants hemmed, I might be able to help you out. Email me email@example.com and mention the Last Word, and let's see what we can work out.
I need some boxes, medium-size boxes. If someone has some to get rid of, give me a call at 229-5248. Thank you.
I am looking for someone who can remove the black stains off of the roof of your house. If you have any recommendations, I would appreciate it if you could leave their name and number in the Last Word. Thank you.
Now that the Italian club CIAO has disbanded, does anyone know of any other Italian group?
I'm looking for someone who reupholsters chairs and sofas, and possibly even makes slip covers. If I could get any suggestions, I would appreciate it. Thank you.
Regarding the hummer feeders: I have learned over the years to put the feeders out on April 1st. The first hummer arrived on April 4th last year. I don't fill the feeders full, just one quarter to a half, and clean and refill every couple of days. Last year, I could hardly keep the feeders with syrup as there were so many happy hummers. Hope they and their offspring return. Such a delight to watch.
In reference to the person who wrote in who wants to know when to put the hummingbird feeder up: I always put mine up about the 15th of April. They're usually going through at the time. I do not see my regular ones until sometime in May.


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25 In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as they saw fit.
Dear Friends in Christ,
I've got good news and I've got bad news for you today. The good news is that according to the most recent Harris Poll that was conducted in April of 2014, America's favorite book is… guess what? THE BIBLE! Here's what that article said: The research firm surveyed 2,300 American adults aged 18 and over and asked them: What's your favorite book of all time? The Bible was the top choice across all ages, regions, political parties, and levels of education. Gone with the Wind followed in second place, with the Harry Potter series, the Lord of the Rings series, and To Kill a Mockingbird rounding out the top five.
So the Bible is America's favorite book across all age groups and all demographic groups. That's the good news. The bad news is that only 1 in 5 Americans have ever read the entire Bible. And the really bad news is that fewer and fewer people are reading it at all these days, which is one reason why I'm still working my way through a series of sermons that addresses this issue and that I have entitled "The Foundation of Our Faith." Following today's sermon, though, we're going to be taking a little break from it as we head into the season of Advent in a couple of weeks. But we will get back to it sometime in January because I still have a lot of important things to share with you. And one of the reasons I am so passionate about this subject is because of the section of the series that we're in right now. Currently we're looking at some of the problems that can arise when people don't read their Bibles – what we call biblical illiteracy. And just to refresh your memories, the problems we've looked at so far include the following: 1. Biblical illiteracy leaves life's key questions unanswered. 2. Biblical illiteracy hinders spiritual growth and maturity. 3. Biblical illiteracy threatens theological integrity. If you missed any of those sermons and want to find out what was said in them, you can access them in both printed and audio form on our church's web site at salemlc.org.
Today we want to take a look at another problem that can occur when we fail to read our Bibles, and that is: Biblical illiteracy leads to moral uncertainty. In case you haven't noticed, currently we find ourselves in a culture where there is a lot of moral uncertainty. Or to put it another way, times are changing. And they've been changing for some time now. One reason for that is that over the past few decades we have transitioned from a culture that was founded upon godly biblical principles to what is now referred to as a postmodern culture. A postmodern culture is one in which people believe there is no such thing as absolute truth anymore and therefore there are no absolute rights and wrongs. Each person has to decide and determine their own truth. Consequently, what has happened, according to author Woodrow Kroll, is that we have come to use the terms values and virtues interchangeably. And he says that's a big mistake, because they are worlds apart in their meaning.
Let me explain. According to Webster's Dictionary, to value something means to assign relative worth or importance to it. Therefore, values are those things to which we assign worth based upon how important they are to us. The word virtue, on the other hand, means a particular moral excellence that conforms to an objective rather than subjective standard of right and wrong. And here's what has happened in our postmodern culture. Whereas morality – how we live, how we treat our fellow man, how we view certain actions or situations – was once based on virtue, it is now based on value. So we imperfect human beings decide what is moral based upon what we value rather than upon an objective standard of right and wrong. Or to put it another way, the objective virtues that were once part of the very fabric of American society and that were based upon the objective standard of truth known as the Bible have gradually eroded away and have been replaced with subjective values based upon the postmodern mantra that says "If it feels good, do it! If it makes you happy, then have at it!"
Need an example of this? Just look at what has happened to television over the years. Remember the days of I Love Lucy and Leave It to Beaver and The Dick Van Dyke Show? I know I'm dating myself a bit here, but those were the shows many of us were raised on. They were good wholesome shows that you could watch with your family and never have to worry about a stream of profanity spewing forth from the characters' mouths or steamy bedroom scenes that left little or nothing to the imagination. In fact, speaking of bedroom scenes, the few times they would show Lucy and Ricky Ricardo or Rob and Laura Petrie in the bedroom, what would you see? They had twin beds, didn't they? They wouldn't even allow married couples on television to occupy the same bed. Why not? I suspect it was because of the family virtues that most people in our society respected and held to back then, virtues that had their basis, their foundation, in the objective standard of right and wrong that we call the Bible.
But look at how things have changed, or maybe I should say deteriorated over the years. Television programs today leave nothing to the imagination and the scenes that are shown on daytime soap operas and Netflix series are often times enough to make even the most open-minded of people blush. Put simply, yesterday's virtues have been replaced by today's values, by what the television producers feel the public wants. And the result is that there are few shows on prime time or anytime that you can sit down with your children and watch together as a family, absolutely convinced that they will portray godly virtues rather than worldly values.
Now what's led to all this? Well, I'm sure there are any number of factors we could cite, but I personally think a lot of it has to do with the failure of Christians to read and study their Bibles, their failure to be firmly grounded in the truths and teachings of the Word of God, and their resulting failure to stand up for those teachings in the midst of a culture that is becoming increasingly hostile to it. Earlier this year a study was conducted by the Nielsen Company which revealed that during the first quarter of this year adults in the United States devoted about 10 hours and 39 minutes each day to consuming media. The report included how much time we spend daily using our tablets, smartphones, personal computers, multimedia devices, video games, radios, DVDs, DVRs and TVs. And yet in spite of this obvious and blatant overexposure to technology, many Christians will at the same time claim that they just don't have any time to read the Bible. Or they will put forth no effort to read it. Now please don't misunderstand me here. I'm not saying that you should never watch television or that you should rid your home of all electronic devices. Nor am I saying that you should spend every waking or free moment you have reading the Bible. But if you can spend 10 ½ hours sitting in front of a screen each day, surely you can find some time during the day to open the pages of this holy book and let the Creator of the universe and your Savior from sin speak to you about things that will matter not just for this life but for all eternity.
Listen, my friends, if we don't get back to the Bible and start using it as God intended us to, I fear for our country. I fear for the culture that our children and grandchildren are going to be raised in. I fear for our churches as fewer and fewer people will understand the importance of regular exposure to the Word of God and find other things to do on Sunday rather than spend time in God's house with God's people hearing God's Word. I fear that we who have been given so much in this country by our good and gracious God will experience the moral free fall that the Israelites experienced in the Old Testament book of Judges where the summary verse for that book can be found in our text for today when it says: "In those days Israel had no king; everyone did as he saw fit." The King James Version renders the last part of that verse this way: "every man did that which was right in his own eyes." That's where we are in America today. And sometimes the consequences of this postmodern view, of everyone doing what's right in their own eyes, can be shocking and devastating.
Who would better know that than the parents of the children who were students at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado on April 20, 1999? You remember what happened that day. If there was ever a clash of values vs. virtues, that was it. When Eric Harris, aged 18, and Dylan Klebold, aged 17, taunted, tormented, and massacred 12 of their peers and a teacher, while seriously wounding 23 others, they were simply acting in accord with their own values. Or, to borrow the words from our text for today, they were doing that which was right in their own eyes. And while America was shocked that such a thing could happen in the land of the free and the home of the brave and continues to be shocked at how the same scenario has been duplicated many times since then, is shock really the right reaction? I don't think so. For this is the culture we have created, a culture that is devoid of virtue based upon an objective standard of right and wrong, a culture that instead emphasizes personal values based upon a subjective standard of right and wrong, a standard that the individual has created for himself or herself just like those 2 fellows did at Columbine.
Listen, my friends. The reason there is so much moral uncertainty in America today is because there is so much biblical illiteracy. If you don't know God's "take" on things like abortion, same-sex marriage, physician-assisted suicide, pornography, or any other moral or ethical issue, you're going to be left with the "take" of the talk show host, the newspaper columnist, the television reporter, the movie star, the rock star, etc. And I hope you feel the same way I do on this. I would much rather get my "take" on things from the perfect and holy God who loved me enough to die for me in the person of his Son Jesus Christ rather than from fallen sinful human beings who are only out to satisfy their own personal interests or agenda and who purposely leave God out of the picture.
So we need to get back to the Bible, my friends, because it is the foundation of our faith. We need to get back to this Book that not only tells us how to live a virtuous life, but what we can do when we fail to live a virtuous life. And that's something that's going to happen to all of us, for the Bible says that we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. But thankfully it also includes passages like Isaiah 1:18: "Come now, let us reason together," says the LORD. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool." The Bible leads us to the only One who can cleanse us of our sins, the only One who can transform our lives, the only One who can offer the promise of a better life after this one where all sorrow and suffering, all sighing and dying will cease forever. His name is Jesus. And he's calling each and every one of us today to spend time in his presence, to spend time in his Book, to spend time allowing him to speak to us. May we give him that time each and every day so that the words of our text might be changed from "Everyone did what was right in his own eyes" to "Everyone did what was right in God's eyes." Amen.


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In July 2018, Bywater was named the Toronto Blues Society Talent Search Winner at the TD Toronto Jazz Festival and following that placed runner-up in the Road to Memphis competition to represent Toronto at the International Blues Challenge.
Harnessing the sounds of southern soul, gospel and blues, the 7-piece band features powerful lead vocals and slide guitar.
Lead singer Meghan Parnell recently recorded a cover of Faye Adams' SHAKE A HAND with Bill King and his band. The recording has been picked up by over 140 international blues and jazz radio stations and by CBC syndication for morning shows across the country.
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It's been busy around here entering 2018 and realizing we have not updated this page in a while! Reflecting back on 2017 and still feeling proud we were able to collaborate with Jennifer Navva Milliken and help the Furniture Society with their booth at the recent 2017 IDS in Vancouver. Added bonus for us was working with some very talented and helpful folks at the Furniture Society and winning a Gray Magazine Award for Best Booth.
Construction Home Stretch /
Fast-Approaching deadlines for completion on this Condominium Renovation we designed in downtown Seattle. This is the view from the Mezzanine.
Wilkens Design Studio and Peter Miller Books host Andrew Blauvelt /
Before re-joining Cranbrook in 2015, Andrew Blauvelt was the Senior Curator of Architecture and Design at the Walker Arts Center and has organized several exhibitions, including Strangely Familiar: Design and Everyday Life (2003), Some Assembly Required: Contemporary Prefabricated Houses(2005). He also co-curated Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes (2008), the first major museum exhibition about the art and architecture of the American suburb. His latest exhibition and book is Hippie Modernism: The Struggle for Utopia (2015), a survey of counter-cultural art, design, and architecture.
Sammamish Residence /
A bit of a TBT moment remembering last year's full interior and exterior renovation of a 1959 Ranch-style house overlooking Lake Samammish. In this case renderings of proposed design concepts for the Living Room / Kitchen and the Master Bath. Renderings by Blackbox Design.
Historic Condominium Renovation /
Construction is in full swing, steel has been installed for the new lift, wall and ceiling framing are installed, ready for plumbing rough-in and a fast dash to the completion this summer. This condominium is located on the 7th floor of a Historic downtown Seattle Landmark and was once the performance hall for a building designed for musicians and performers to live and teach.
Tomás Saraceno @ SF MOMA /
The SFMOMA has a beautiful and far-reaching exhibit called Stillness in Motion — Cloud Cities consisting of ideas and elements that envision our world during the anthropocene. Tomás Saraceno's work is exploratory and immersive and ruminates on the relationships we have with the built world as we wade into our new epoch - the anthropocene. Science, fractals, new materials, space and atmosphere occupy the thinking behind these quietly positive and uplifting forms and investigations. With so much weirdness, narcissism, and negativity nowadays in our politics and culture, this look into a possible future is a welcome surprise.
WDS Site Visit to Charlevoix Michigan /
We recently traveled to Charlevoix, Michigan to meet with Owners and Contractor to discuss timeline and construction start dates for a new weekend cottage on Lake Michigan. Like many sites along Michigan's very long and occasional stretches called "Lakeshore Drive", the depth of this site from the roadway will allow for a pleasant drive through Northern forest and wooded duneland to a private and hidden home that will open to these spectacular views.
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For those unfamiliar,Tinder is an app designed to circumvent the tedious process of interacting with humans to procure potential sex partners. It presents a series of pictures—users swipe right to register interest, and swipe left to move on to the next contender. If only it were so simple to dispose of unwanted people in the real world.
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BRADFORD, Pa. -- The Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference announced its All-AMCC Sportsmanship Teams for the winter sports season Monday.
Junior Jillian Wright of the women's swim team, sophomore Noah Frederick of the men's swim team, junior Jennifer Isenberg of the women's basketball team, senior Sahlil Harris of the men's basketball team and senior Abbey Kalin of the women's bowling team represent Pitt-Bradford on the All-Sportsmanship Team for their respective sports.
Each Panther was voted by their teammates as someone who best displayed good sportsmanship throughout the season.
"The student-athlete selected must consistently demonstrate a high level of ethical conduct, respect and fair play in both practice and competition, whether on the sidelines or as an active competitor," conference officials stated in the official release. "Such sportsmanship shall be evident toward teammates, coaches, opponents, officials and fans. He/She must also serve as a positive representative of school spirit when a spectator at other teams' sporting events."
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text: made skin & cosme Caitlin Crawford made is a skincare and cosmetics brand designed to abolish the ridiculous gender division of hygiene and self care products. The aesthetic is borderline classically generic, so as not to alienate anyone due to its inclusive nature, but still stylish, in the same realm of brands like Glossier and Milk Makeup. The logo's amputated E is a hint of irony; the ideal consumer of made is someone who knows who they are and wants a company that respects that, a company that validates that mindset. The end of the E being chopped off is representative of the fact that, no matter how well you know yourself, there's still so much potential for change. made is more about the message than the products, but everyone can participate in basic hygiene. The logo also adheres to a grid — made of squares and circles to ensure perfect geometry — that became the basis of the rest of the branding elements. The various product lines (skin., face., tone., and body.) are distinct from each other due to packaging shape; skin. and face. share square-based packaging, and tone. and body. using circle-based packaging. Everything is packaged in literal transparency. made's general marketing is a form of empowerment. The print ad campaigns feature extreme close-ups, meant to obscure the gender of the model as much as possible. The tags are divided into two categories, incorporating the brand name. The poster ads use "made for…" and the banner ads use "made of…" as the beginning of their slogans. The brand website also has a blog section, meant to further interact with consumers, to further the concept of inclusion. Student Caitlin Crawford Major Graphic Design Course Business Design Instructor Leslie Singer Year 2018 Tags branding, business design, cosmetics, skincare, gender neutral, self care Share twitter facebook link


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Paris, Perriers + A Porsche
Not all Frenchmen are created equal. Thank God, Buddha and President Macron.
After several months of dating some lovely men, but also a few morons, I finally agreed to date a man I probably should have gone out with the first time he asked me, months earlier.
And not just because he seemed to fit all of my criteria; tall, handsome, smart and French. Not much to ask, right?
I didn't though, partly because our schedules conflicted, but also because he proposed to have brunch together, not like other men who were willing to agree to just an apéro or coffee. Or vegetable juice (yep, that was a date that really happened).
Normally I insisted on a drink for a first date so it would be easy to make a quick exit, should the man turn out to be a complete dickhead, boring as hell, look nothing like his profile picture, or possess unspeakable personal hygiene.
Committing to a meal on a first date means that you're obliged to sit it out, when perhaps every fibre of your being wants to run out.
In the end I agreed to brunch because there was a sweetener; he proposed going afterwards to Musee l'Orangerie to see Monet's renowned waterlily paintings. Being the art lover that I am, I said,
"Oui ! Where and what time!?"
But brunch was, in a word, excruciating. Because in front of me sat a man who was clearly as bored with my company as a fat kid with a bowl of vegetables.
I could barely stomach my huge French formule of croissants, chocolat chaud, eggs with sausage and salade des fruits, which he had also ordered for himself and wolfed down in about the time it took me to say bon appetit.
In my nervousness and desire to keep the conversation flowing, I accidentally repeated a question I'd already asked and saw his eyes doing the same 360 degree flip I felt my stomach doing.
I decided right then,
You're not for me, buddy. I'll sit through this brunch, get my art fix, then it's over, you hear me?! O-VAH!
I kept waiting for him to say "Look, I'm sorry, but this isn't going to work out" - my own exit strategy for crappy dates - and to cancel the rest of the date.
But he didn't.
We visited the museum which was sublime, he took a pretty photo of me in front of the breathtaking waterlily paintings, then we left. To my utter surprise, he asked me what I would like to do next.
Shocked that he seemed to still want to be in my company, but because the sunshine was gorgeous, I suggested we go walking. Which is the national French pastime, after whingeing. Whingeing while walking probably comes a close third.
Strolling through the gorgeous Tuileries Garden we came across a funpark where I told him how much I love dodgem cars. Before I could stop him, he'd bought tickets and the next thing I knew, we were tearing around the circuit in one, laughing our heads off like three year olds.
In my high heels and silk skirt, my knees became rapidly bruised in our tiny vehicle while he threw us around the track, with his 6'4" body squished alongside me folded up like a human paperclip.
Then it was on to a quiet little bistro to rehydrate with a couple of Perriers. I suddenly had a 'moment'.
Here I was in Paris, brunching with a tall, good looking Frenchman, soaking my soul in some of the finest art in the world, roaring hilariously around a Parisian funpark in dodgem cars, now sitting in the sunshine sipping Perriers. Somebody pinch me!
And still no suggestion from him to finish the date.
Along with a couple of four letter English swear words he'd casually dropped into the conversation, and the first cigarette he permitted himself in my company, I started to suspect this man was finally beginning to relax and enjoy my company. As I found myself enjoying his, to my surprise and delight.
However, having organised previously to hang out with my girlfriend that evening chez moi, I needed to get home soon. He gallantly offered to drive me.
I should have paid more attention to the way he hurled us around the dodgem track, because the minute this man got behind the wheel of his Porsche to take me home, I realised I may as well have been sitting next to Alain Prost.
The glint in his eye, toothy grin, rapid gear changes, slew of swear words flung at other drivers in his way whilst speeding like a demon through the streets of Paris told me that they were - in his mind - nothing more than a giant racetrack.
Clutching onto the armrest so as not to "play corners" and inadvertently slam my whole body into him every time he took a right turn at heart-stopping speed, I saw a completely different man to the too-cool-for-school Frenchman that had inhaled his brunch opposite me just a few hours ago.
This man was more complex than I thought, more alive ... and fun!
After screeching strategically to a halt right in front of my goggle-eyed girlfriend waiting for me at my building, I deliberately planted a kiss on his cheek, bid him à bientôt and peeled, one by one, each of my body parts from the seat to climb, breathless, from his car.
I no longer thought, You're not for me, buddy.
I now hoped I would hear from Monsieur Prost again.
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'Extremely disturbing act': ESL man charged with fatally stabbing Swansea woman, wounding 9-year-old boy
Charges issued in Swansea murder
St. Clair County prosecutors on Monday issued charges of first-degree murder and attempted murder against an East St. Louis man accused of stabbing to death a Swansea woman and attacking her young son.
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St. Clair County State's Attorney's Brendan Kelly announced the charges against Alvin Harris Jr., 38, of 1712 McCasland Ave. in connection with the fatal stabbing Saturday evening of Sharetta Day (see previous story).
Harris also was charged with aggravated battery of a child.
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Day, 38, was found lying on the ground of the parking lot of her apartment complex. She had multiple stab wounds from a knife.
Day's 9-year-old son witnessed his mother's attack and was stabbed three times, including once in the neck, according to police. When police arrived about 6:30 p.m. Saturday, the boy told them his mother's boyfriend stabbed him.
Kelly called the crime an "extremely disturbing act" that resulted when Day attempted to end the relationship with Harris. He is accused of stabbing Day "multiple times," according to the charging documents.
"This defendant intended to try to take the life of a young child" as well, Kelly said..
At a press conference Monday afternoon to announce the charges, Kelly said the "only good news" is that this is not a double-murder. "By some miracle, the young man who is now in the hospital who was the victim of an attempted murder survived and is recovering," he said.
Kelly asked the community to pray for the child who is recovering from his physical injuries but will be "dealing with this for the rest of his life. This child who has seen and been an unwilling participant in a very horrible crime," he said. "He's going to have to live with that for a long, long time, but we can be thankful that he's at least going to live."
The boy, whose name was not released by police, is recovering at a St. Louis-area hospital. "He seems to be physically doing a little better," Swansea Police Chief Steve Johnson said.
The 9-year-old underwent surgery over the weekend, police said.
On Monday, candles, balloons and pictures crowded the front door to the apartment at 270 Marcella Drive, where Day lived with her son. Messages were left for Day on a poster: "Love you Sharetta, you will always be in my heart" and "I wish I could have seen you one more time."
An autopsy on Day was performed Monday by the St. Clair County Coroner's Office. Kelly said no information would be released regarding the findings of the autopsy.
Harris is being held in the St. Clair County Jail in lieu of $1 million bond. If convicted, he faces between 26 to 90 years in prison, Kelly said.
Harris has two prior drug felony convictions. He was convicted in 2012 of delivering a small amount of cocaine and served three years in prison.
In addition to his criminal history in the metro-east, Harris was convicted on charges of assault and unlawful use of a weapon in 2006 when he lived in Florissant, Mo., St. Louis County court records showed.
There is also a pending electronic harassing charge against Harris, which pertains to another female, not Day, according to Kelly.
Contact reporter Jamie Forsythe at firstname.lastname@example.com or 618-239-2562. Follow her on Twitter: @BND_JForsythe.


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Top tips aims to help trouble shoot any problems that may occur while BBQ-ing
Top tips aims to help trouble shoot any problems that may occur while BBQ-ing
- TIMING... Always light the BBQ about one hour before you start cooking. If the coals are too young flames will scorch and burn the food. food will get covered with black soot. NOT GOOD!!
- GETTING IT STARTED...I've seen many BBQ greenhorns commit the following sin. They spread the coals flat, scatter the BBQ lighter fuel on top and then light it up...Incorrect!! Try this...Believe me, This is by far the best way...In the center of the BBQ put all the unlit coals and make a tall pyramid shape...since I live in Japan shall I say make the shape of mount Fuji. Now put the lighter fuel at the base of the pile, and light it up. it should take 15 min. to reach a good flame stage, and then a further 30 to 40 min. to get good amber coals.
- TIN CAN TECHNIQUE ...So if you start your BBQ as I descibed above, if you want in to be ready 20 minutes faster then you can try the tin can technique. Its very simple...you need a large size empty tin can with the top and bottom removed. place it on the top of the pyramid. It will create a chimni effect, and oxygen will be sucked in at the base. It makes a big differance. the size of the can should be A10 (2 kg tomato can).
- FLAMES... if flames appear whilst BBQ-ing there are a number of ways to remove this unwanted problem 1. scatter a few drops of water on the problem area. 2. Drop some slices of raw potato onto the flames. 3. Before you start cooking scatter some ashes from a previous BBQ ontop of the hot coals...this method is by far the best.
- BURNING... Meat is burning but still raw in the middle. raise the hight of the grill and move the pieces of meat to the edge.


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Bojana UgrešIć, young fashion designer and stylist from Novi Sad, chose Montenegro as a location for shooting a campaign for the collection spring/ summer 2018.
The collection was inspired by beauty and femininity.
By using gracious and elegant forms of five types of silk and finest natural fabrics, she interprets the connection between soul, body and mind as elements of trinity,
enveloping all parts of the campaign, as well brand's values.
For the campaign, we choose amazing models gorgeous Lidija Lesic – top model and influencer from Zagreb (Croatia),
and the winner of the Elite Model Look Inc. (Montenegro for 2018), beautiful and young Marija Miljević.
We were shoot on several locations for couple of days, and we give our body, mind and soul in to creation of this campaign.
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Hank Bought a Bus
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Architecture student, Hank, bought a bus! Tired of planning buildings which will never be constructed Hank converted an old school bus as a hands on experience for his final thesis. His journey of becoming a doer, adventurer, and tiny space liver is talking to my enlivened travel bug after ringing in the New Year. The use of a school bus brings an accessible and whimsical element to his project, and this project can become yours as well as Hank shows his conversion plans and blue prints at his website. Follow Hank and friends along their roadtrip adventures here.


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Companies / March 2018
Denaldy Mulino Mauna was tasked with rescuing Perum Perhutani, the state-owned forestry company that manages 3.7 million hectares of forest. Considered by many to be just a novice, he has plans to change the corporate culture and make the company a sustainable success. He talked to Elsid Arendra of GlobeAsia.
When State-Owned Enterprises Minister Rini Soemarno asked Denaldy Mulino Mauna to take over the running of Perum Perhutani in August 2016, he realized this was not going to be just a stroll through the company's expansive timber estates.
While considered too young for the job by many, Denaldy brought plenty of experience to the task. Born in Paris in 1971, he was deputy group financial officer at PT Triputra Agro Persada before he made the move to Perhutani. He has an MBA from the University of Maryland and a Master in Business Law from Bandung's Padjadjaran University.
There was no shortage of challenges. First was the company's balance sheet, with a loss of Rp357 billion in 2016. "When I started, Perhutani's (annual) cash flow was around Rp200 billion, of which Rp100 billion was needed to pay about 21,000 employees. Then we still had to finance the company's operations and other costs," he recalls.
While many might have been depressed by the task of trying to make ends meet, Denaldy also saw opportunities. The company has significant assets: it manages 3.7 million hectares of land across Indonesia, with the largest part - 2.4 million hectares - in Java and Madura. It produces 45 different products ranging from high-quality timber such as teak, rosewood and mahogany to derivative products such as resin, turpentine and eucalyptus oil. It is also home to 236 tourist destinations in Java and Madura, which represent a huge buried treasure.
Cost Efficiency the key
The first step was to institute a cost reduction program (CRP). Emphasis was placed on a five-step program starting with situation analysis. That was followed by changes to management, emergency actions, a restructuring process and the development of a system encouraging growth, with a focus on four main aspects of finance, operations, organization and culture. As a result, Perhutani emerged from 2017 with a profit of Rp406 billion.
When Denaldy talked to GlobeAsia, he was sunburned after handling the disaster that had occurred with the landslide on Perhutani's forest in Brebes, Central Java. He recalled that he had also faced a disaster when he took control of the company. "The condition was worrying. Something had to be done quickly and firmly if the company was to rescued. Being in the red is one thing, but the important factor is cash flow. Cash flow is like the blood that moves the company," he said.
"I started reviewing all the costs. Costs and expenses are one thing we can control while sales are highly dependent on external conditions such as the rupiah exchange rate, the global economy and the number of buyers. The first year I cut a lot of costs that were unnecessary or could be kept as low as possible. "It was not easy. There was always resistance both internal and external. I kept telling my colleagues we could not stay in our comfort zone and just hope circumstances would change. We had to work it out. We had to struggle and suffer first.
"An example was cutting the class of hotel used when a director made a visit to the regions. I told my colleagues we had to stay in cheaper hotels. I didn't object to sharing a room."
The situation was exacerbated by declining sales. "I decided that there were three aspects that we had to improve: quality, cost and speed. Improving our quality, reducing costs and speeding up the service was the only way we could compete in global markets," said Denaldy.
"We had very good quality teak, without question, but countries like Myanmar and Vietnam had teak of one grade lower and were winning orders. So there must be something wrong with us. Customers are king, they have the money and the options. We could not sell our better quality product because of slow service, pricing that could change in the middle of a contract, and so on. Customers chose a lower quality at half our price and much better service."
Given Perhutani's method of doing business, Denaldy realized that it was hardly surprising that it was losing money. At one stage, he discovered that a Chinese company was selling resin below Perhutani's basic selling price. "Finally we learned that cost efficiency is the key. Only with cost efficiency, being quick in response and production, and improving our product quality could we hope to compete." Even with the company now making a profit, Denaldy spends much of his time in the regions. He constantly lectures his staff across the country of the need to restrain costs and incease efficiency. "I rarely ever sit behind my desk," he said with a smile.
Trips out to the field are important to him. "If I write an official letter I'm sure the orders would be easily ignored. The result is different if I meet the staff in person, tell them what is happening in our company, what is our position, our financial condition, our plans and results. It pushes them to work better, more efficiently.
"We also encourage them to come up with ideas, innovations even from the lowest rank of workers. And we are fully transparent with our financial statements."
From the operational side, Denaldy created quick wins by applying the problem identification corrective action (PICA) process. "From the cultural side, obviously there is a difference from private companies to being at a SOE. There is always resistance and opposition. What's important is not to back down. I firmly apply employee discipline and empower all employees to increase productivity. Each leader is given the additional task of appointing new leaders and encouraging the principle of delegation.
"Subordinate staff are directly responsible for the project so that they can take over if the department head is out of town or in meetings. Often I ask the staff of the division leaders to make presentations so that I can monitor how far they understand what they are doing."
Denaldy admits however that his efficiency and cost cutting drive only provides a short-term solution. For the long term, there is no other way than to spur growth of sales. The profit the company earned in 2017 was not the result of higher revenue, which actually fell by 1%. To deal with this situation, the company is innovating, for instance with online sales of its products. Another potential growth area is tourism.
Developing Sustainable Business
Perhutani has been operating a four-stage business transformation process divided into two major areas: the revitalization of existing business and new business development. In existing business, one growth area is ecotourism.
In the tourism sector, Perhutani has 236 natural attractions and while the number sounds impressive, the financial contribution is small. "That shows us the scale of the hidden treasure," says Denaldy. "The tourism sector contributes 4% of our net growth, or Rp120 billion per year. I have conducted a comparative study to similar companies in Sweden and Finland which have 30-40% contribution from tourism. That is also because their citizens are environmentally conscious. They really preserve their natural resources. Back in Indonesia, we need rebranding. Perhutani is also in the process of changing the work orientation of 'what can we sell?' to 'what do consumers want to buy?"
The Canopy brand has been developed to include a variety of natural tourist assets with guaranteed standards of products, services and professional management. The brand was launched at the end of last year at two pilot projects, Kawah Putih in Bandung, which has been operating since 1987, and Banyunget, which has been operating since 2016 in Trenggalek, East Java. The Canopy locations offer clean environment, fun and an adventurous nature tour experience. Visitor numbers at the two sites have already jumped dramatically and Perhutani hopes to boost revenue growth from the tourism side to 10% of the total this year.
The company has formed a new ecotourism and agroforestry division to handle this new business plank. It is cooperating with various parties such as the Ministry of Tourism, local governments, the private sector, local communities and even with international business partners with a plan to build an eco-theme park using biomass-based energy on 600 hectates of forest in West Java with total investment value of $2 billion. Conserving the environment also protects communities from natural disasters like floods and landslides.
Denaldy believes this is the legacy he'll be able to create with his time at Perhutani. "I want to build a memorable and interesting experience when tourists visit our locations. Our country is very rich, I hope Perhutani can bequeath a landmark tourist destination that is not inferior to tourist destinations in neighbouring countries."
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The last one decade saw many inventions, but then that has gained maximum attention is drone. Even though drone had been in existence for many years, the way people have got attracted to it recently is remarkable. Being a millennium, it must be tough for you to resist yourself from using it. If that's the case, then put aside all your confusion and buy a drone without any further delay. Here is how you can do it effectively-
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The first point is good to have a clear understanding of the drone model you're going to buy, but in case you want to have a second opinion from someone who has been using drones for a long time, then don't step back. Ask any of your friends whether he has any experience of flying drones or not. If not, then request him to refer you a name who does have sufficient experience of all this stuff.
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counselor, Cyril George Carstensen Lutterodt, popularly known as Counselor Lutterodt claims that Ghanaian hiplife artist Captain planet of 4X4 fame should not be happy about his marriage because he is enjoying the body of an old lady.
It has been 4 years now since Captain Planet got married to his beautiful wife, Uche Ofodile who is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Liberia.
Captain Planet on several platforms has professed his undying love for his wife and it looks like the negativity people presumed wouldn't suffice anytime soon even though much has not been heard from them.
However, controversial counsellor, Rev. Lutterodt has taken a swipe at Captain Planet.
According to Counselor Lutterodt, Captain Planet can never disobey his wife because he got married to a big sister and not a wife.
He proceeded by saying that Captain Planet is not only married to his big sister but he is also enjoying the body of an old woman.
Counselor Lutterodt speaking on Okay FM's 'drive time' with the host, Abeiku Santana said that Captain Planet married Uche Ofodile for 'support' and not out of love.
"There are some marriages that are called entrepreneurial marriage. So, there are so many marriages in this country that's entrepreneurial marriage meaning you're marrying for support. There are people who are marrying their producers; people who are marrying their marketers. So, if somebody has a career and you find anybody who has money and you go and marry the person, it doesn't mean that you're in for love. You're in for support", he said
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King Candaules
Translator: Lafcadio Hearn
Five hundred years before the Trojan war, and seventeen hundred and fifteen years before our own era, there was a grand festival at Sardes. King Candaules was going to marry. The people were affected with that sort of pleasurable interest and aimless emotion wherewith any royal event inspires the masses, even though it in no wise concerns them, and transpires in superior spheres of life which they can never hope to reach.
As soon as Phoebus-Apollo, standing in his quadriga, had gilded to saffron the summits of fertile Mount Tmolus with his rays, the good people of Sardes were all astir, going and coming, mounting or descending the marble stairways leading from the city to the waters of the Pactolus, that opulent river whose sands Midas filled with tiny sparks of gold when he bathed in its stream. One would have supposed that each one of these good citizens was himself about to marry, so solemn and important was the demeanour of all.
Men were gathering in groups in the Agora, upon the steps of the temples and along the porticoes. At every street corner one might have encountered women leading by the hand little children, whose uneven walk ill suited the maternal anxiety and impatience. Maidens were hastening to the fountains, all with urns gracefully balanced upon their heads, or sustained by their white arms as with natural handles, so as to procure early the necessary water provision for the household, and thus obtain leisure at the hour when the nuptial procession should pass. Washerwomen hastily folded the still damp tunics and chlamidae, and piled them upon mule-wagons. Slaves turned the mill without any need of the overseer's whip to tickle their naked and scar-seamed shoulders. Sardes was hurrying itself to finish with those necessary everyday cares which no festival can wholly disregard.
The road along which the procession was to pass had been strewn with fine yellow sand. Brazen tripods, disposed along the way at regular intervals, sent up to heaven the odorous smoke of cinnamon and spikenard. These vapours, moreover, alone clouded the purity of the azure above. The clouds of a hymeneal day ought, indeed, to be formed only by the burning of perfumes. Myrtle and rose-laurel branches were strewn upon the ground, and from the walls of the palaces were suspended by little rings of bronze rich tapestries, whereon the needles of industrious captives–intermingling wool, silver, and gold–had represented various scenes in the history of the gods and heroes: Ixion embracing the cloud; Diana surprised in the bath by Actaeon; the shepherd Paris as judge in the contest of beauty held upon Mount Ida between Hera, the snowy-armed, Athena of the sea-green eyes, and Aphrodite, girded with her magic cestus; the old men of Troy rising to honour Helena as she passed through the Skaian gate, a subject taken from one of the poems of the blind man of Meles. Others exhibited in preference scenes taken from the life of Heracles, the Theban, through flattery to Candaules, himself a Heracleid, being descended from the hero through Alcaeus. Others contented themselves by decorating the entrances of their dwellings with garlands and wreaths in token of rejoicing.
Among the multitudes marshalled along the way from the royal house even as far as the gates of the city, through which the young queen would pass on her arrival, conversation naturally turned upon the beauty of the bride, whereof the renown had spread throughout all Asia; and upon the character of the bridegroom, who, although not altogether an eccentric, seemed nevertheless one not readily appreciated from the common standpoint of observation.
Nyssia, daughter of the Satrap Megabazus, was gifted with marvellous purity of feature and perfection of form; at least such was the rumour spread abroad by the female slaves who attended her, and a few female friends who had accompanied her to the bath; for no man could boast of knowing aught of Nyssia save the colour of her veil and the elegant folds that she involuntarily impressed upon the soft materials which robed her statuesque body.


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India has achieved 100 million subscriber mark in mobile number portablity (MNP) say by August-September, 2013.
By the end of July 2013 about 97.82 million subscribers have submitted their requests to different service providers for porting their mobile number as per data released by TRAI. And the country would have added 2.18 million subscribers in 30 – 40 days to reach the 100 million mark.
In MNP Zone -I (Northern & Western), the number of subscribers who ported their moble number stood at 51.58 million whereas in MNP Zone -II (Southern & Eastern), the number of subscribers who ported their moble number stood at 46.24 million.
In MNP Zone-I (Northern & Western India) maximum number of requests have been received in Rajasthan (9.6 million) followed by Gujarat (8.3 million) whereas in MNP Zone-II (Southern & Eastern) maximum number of requests have been received from Karnataka (11.5 million) followed by Andhra Pradesh (8.9 million).
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A piece in the New York Times (12/3/14) about Eric Garner's death included a weird description of the videotaped chokehold that killed him:
On the videos, Mr. Garner, a 350-pound man who was about to be arrested for illegally selling cigarettes, can be seen first complaining of harassment, then physically resisting arrest by several officers, including Officer Pantaleo, whose arm finds its way around the struggling man's neck.
It's debatable whether or not you'd refer to Garner as resisting; he's certainly loudly protesting that he'd done nothing wrong, and he does not appear eager to put his hands behind his back to be handcuffed. But that "resistance" lasted a few seconds before he was choked.
The most bizarre part is the idea that police officer Daniel Pantaleo's arm has a mind of its own. It "finds its way" around Garner's neck?
Times reporters J. David Goodman and Michael Wilson presumably used the language they meant to use; just a few paragraphs later:
As the struggle continued, one of Officer Pantaleo's arms moved around Mr. Garner's neck.
Seemingly of its own accord!
And then later, readers are told that "the men toppled to the ground, but the arm around Mr. Garner's neck did not appear to move."
If only Pantaleo had been able to somehow control his own arm, Eric Garner would not have died.
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Stop The Drama
It can become so difficult to witness a person caught up in levels of drama that it eats away at their ability to have any control over anything in their life. If you don't already know what that would look like, see if this reminds you of someone you know. These are classic signs of someone who is caught in a drama vortex that will eventually suck the life right out of them.
1) Everything is a disaster: Wow, now this is drama. Every little thing has its own level of super serious and must be talked about. By the way, this is someone who is a bit of a control freak. Someone who is also in need of having attention paid to them. This someone doesn't know of any other way to get attention then to have something dramatic to talk about. This someone allows everything around her define her. The more going on that she can talk about, the more noticeable she is.
2) No apologies necessary: Oh, there is the "I'm sorry" from time to time. But not in the way that it counts. "I'm sorry" has value equal to the degree that the person saying it believes it. This person doesn't take responsibility for their actions. She may appear to own it, but instead of reflecting on what she can learn from the experience, she is looking around her mind to figure out what outside of herself is the real culprit. The culprit being the reasons or factors that in her mind she is convinced is the reason why it happened. Again, looking outside of herself. This is also a person that you can count on having to make apologies often.
3) Poor boundaries: Setting healthy boundaries can be tough at times for just about everyone. But someone who lives in drama has very few. This is done on purpose. Subconsciously she doesn't set or enforce boundaries because, well, that would eliminate the drama she is seeking.
4) Everything is stressful: Stress is tough, right? For someone caught up in drama, stressing out is actually an addiction. Virtually everything is something to "feel", talk about, and even try to fix. By "feeling" what is happening makes the situation personal. Even if it doesn't really involve her at all. This is an addiction that is seriously overlooked and mismanaged.
5) Everybody's business: At some point, a person addicted to drama will find that their own life doesn't stir up enough of a high. Now it has to go to the next level and create it outside of their own space. This person will make a point of getting involved in the life of friends and neighbours. On levels that really don't have anything to do with them.
I'll bet my first morning coffee that everybody knows someone that fits the bill on being a drama queen. It can be pretty hard to watch, I know. But, keep in mind that this is someone who you should feel empathy for. Because this is a person that is so very insecure. Someone who is trapped in a space of not knowing who she really is and using everything outside of herself to give her a sense of belonging. A sensation of importance. This is someone who feels that without the drama, her existence would be in peril. Someone whom without getting the help she needs to get herself out of the "I am not good enough for myself" trap, will always have grave difficulty being happy or achieving a healthy life with peace and freedom. Because drama is like a ball and chain that will hold her down in her self-induced punishment.
Beware though. It is totally appropriate to feel empathy for a person trapped in drama, but it is so important to be cautious of what degree you are willing to engage. Drama is toxic, and spreads like wildfire. Getting too involved with someone trapped in drama will permit the toxins to spill over into your own life.
Drama has major impact on so many aspects of life, but it starts in the mind. If you can't keep your distance, you will find yourself thinking and feeling things that really have nothing to do with you, and hence, creating your own degree of drama.
What to do if someone in your life is a drama queen? The only answer is to keep your distance. Set and keep boundaries that insist a healthy and mindful life.
What to do if you are a person stuck in drama? Make the decision to get yourself out of it, and find someone to help you understand why you feel that you are not good enough for you.
It can be difficult to get out of a drama filled life. But staying there will likely lead to a future filled with exactly what you don't want.
Remember, that you really are the only person that can make true impact on your life. Nobody will ever have more control over your life than you are will to give them. If you don't want drama in your life, then don't.
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A key science driver for the Spitzer space telescope was to study the occurrence of debris disks around other stars, as a way to gain insight into the fraction of stars which may harbor planets. I will discuss some key early results from such studies with Spitzer, and then go into more detail about the discovery that binary star systems have debris disks about as often as single stars do.
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