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The Group Which Functions Collectively, Works Collectively
The meaning of the group, according to Company Book, is actually 'A group having a complete group of contrasting abilities necessary to total an activity, work, or even project'. Presently there can't be a far more likely description which clarifies the actual substance of the group much more completely.
You can observe the group at the office in a variety of strolls associated with existence, however nowhere fast could it be much more essential compared to inside a company. Regardless of what how big the company keeping, it may accomplish absolutely nothing when the group isn't within ideal operating situation.
Because referred to within the previously mentioned description, the group is actually several experienced individuals. Nevertheless, combined with the abilities, the actual associates also provide their very own mindset, method of operating, as well as their very own ideas. To obtain each and every fellow member on a single web page as well as comparable function degree is really a imply job — that drops within the clapboard from the group innovator or even the actual supervisor.
Team development is among the crucial features of the supervisor. Whilst he's to make certain that he's making use of every person's abilities, he or she must also make sure that every fellow member is actually operating for the typical objective associated with attaining the actual company's objectives.
To attain this type of degree of teamwork, there are specific elements which have to be proved helpful on, specifically conversation as well as knowing. There are numerous associated with team development applications that the supervisor may utilize to attain these types of as well as inculcate these types of routines amongst their associates.
• Conversation: Conversation or perhaps a wholesome connection amongst associates may be the anchor associated with any kind of business. The group in which the associates can't actually atmosphere their own ideas readily could possibly get dysfunctional as well as suffocating. Along with this type of group, obtaining any kind of function carried out is actually absolutely nothing lacking the question! Team development actions (http: //www. focusadventure. in/team-building-challenge. aspx) which improve conversation may come towards the save from the supervisor in such instances.
• Knowing: To be able to interact as well as in-sync, the actual associates must have a particular degree of knowing with one another. Each and every business offers particular procedures as well as function lifestyle, with the cohesive knowing one of the associates, function can be achieved quicker as well as within an easy method!
Team development training courses perform an essential part within the improvement as well as development associated with any kind of business. Team development actions give a few quantity of enjoyable for an or else busy workplace, whilst worrying as well as enunciating the key abilities as well as elements the group requirements to be able to work as the group. In the end, the actual group paves the way in which for that company's achievement.


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According to a new poll (taken before Trump's 'Fire and Fury' threat) 75% of Americans believe that North Korea's nuclear program is a 'critical threat' to the U.S. This made Jimmy wonder how many Americans even know where North Korea is so we went out to Hollywood Boulevard to find out.
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Some of Kimmel's most popular comedy bits include - Mean Tweets, Lie Witness News, Jimmy's Twerk Fail Prank, Unnecessary Censorship, YouTube Challenge, The Baby Bachelor, Movie: The Movie, Handsome Men's Club, Jimmy Kimmel Lie Detective and music videos like "I (Wanna) Channing All Over Your Tatum" and a Blurred Lines parody with Robin Thicke, Pharrell, Jimmy and his security guard Guillermo.
Now in its fifteenth season, Kimmel's guests have included: Johnny Depp, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Halle Berry, Harrison Ford, Jennifer Aniston, Will Ferrell, Katy Perry, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, George Clooney, Larry David, Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg, Kobe Bryant, Steve Carell, Hugh Jackman, Kristen Wiig, Jeff Bridges, Jennifer Garner, Ryan Gosling, Bryan Cranston, Jamie Foxx, Amy Poehler, Ben Affleck, Robert Downey Jr., Jake Gyllenhaal, Oprah, and unfortunately Matt Damon.
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Saturday, June 1, 2013
Spray of flowers
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Dear Christa,i wish you a Happy June and a Happy Summer!Beautiful spring flowers!!I hope the weather is much better in your area!!Have a wonderful weekend!!!Hugs!!ReplyDelete
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Your flowers are oh so pretty in that vase on your table. Have a happy week end..........xox.......*s*
Love the flowers and the vase Christa. June has arrived warm and sunny here in England. Wishing you the same. CT xReplyDelete
Wonderful bouquet in a perfect vase Crista!ReplyDelete
Sweet regards
My start is wet!ReplyDelete
I keep on smiling.
♥ Franka
Always nice to start the month with a positive attitude.ReplyDelete
Hi ChristaReplyDelete
What beautiful flowers. Wild flowers are the best
Have a delightful weekend
Helen xx
Hello Christa,ReplyDelete
I love natural wild flowers..they look so lovely
I have been a little absent.. as i am trying to get myself together through "bloglovin".. I hope you find my post again..lost the other and had to make a new one..but its still vals Alentejo.. dont want to loose you my dear friend.
happy weekend.
big hugs val xxx
Beautiful bouquet and I love the pretty vase! Lovely image. Happy weekend to you!ReplyDelete
So very pretty, we have lots of rain.ReplyDelete
Una buona domenica per Te e un abbraccio...ciaoReplyDelete
Lovely--so delicate and they look wonderful with greens.ReplyDelete
Hello Christa ....they look so pretty and just perfect in your home.ReplyDelete
Gardens are slowly coming into bloom over here in Scotland.
Annie x
So very pretty I love the urnReplyDelete
Dear Christa..ReplyDelete
you are not getting my updated posts.. I am having trouble with my blog.. i need time to fix it all..
you will find me.. still vals Alentejo.
I am sending this comment through bloglovin.
wishing you the rest of a happy week... i dont want to loose you...
hugs valx xxxx x
Beautiful blooms, perfect for your table!ReplyDelete
Beautiful table decoration lovely colourReplyDelete


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Michael C. Hall (TV's "Dexter," "Six Feet Under") has signed on to the indie drama "East Fifth Bliss" reports Variety.
Hall will play a 35-year-old whose static life comically unravels when he embarks on an awkward relationship with the 18-year-old daughter of a former high school classmate.
Michael Knowles directs and adapted the script with Douglas Light from Light's novel of the same title.
Filming kicks off late October in New York.


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The performer at the front of the stage is an individual, and in his dance, you see his individuality. The specific man that I am referring to is wearing a shirt that only says 'FUCK'.
"Is he telling us to fuck each other, or is it like.. 'fuck!'?" the drunk festival goer in front of me wonders to his friend. I wonder too, and settle on the former. The way the artist dances, it's hard to not want to fuck him. As the crowd goes wild, he basks in the lusty intentions of one hundred or more people that grasp up at his suggestive coils and cocky grin. He's dancing his individual dance and we like it. Most of the Ithacans at the Trumansburg Grassroots festival have never heard, nor sought after music from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where this band reigns, yet we know we're attracted to it. It's strange and different and alluring – and confusing as all hell, as it seems to be a combination of bongos, alt rock and mouth percussion with what sounds like a horror movie-tier out of tune calliope, signaling that the ferris wheel is about to be overrun by bats and undead clowns.
At first, I was annoyed at the audience present for this show, as mostly drunken couples were blocking my way, and it seemed as though the only reason they were present for this band was to show off their couple-ness and festival wear, while pretending to like this unusual world music, so as to seem cultured. Then I realized this was probably just a projection of why I was present for the performance, and instructed my ego to cool it for a minute. Beneath the future shock and wow-factor, however, there is a true sexual energy and relationship that knits the artist to the audience. It's a one on one relationship for the audience member, and a one on two hundred for the performer, arrousing memories of the deadmau5 visuals I'd seen at Firefly the previous year, where the electronic mouse begins to dance, and electrically transmits this dance, like a wave of Simon Says, through the crowd in front of him. What's actually happening – being transmitted – is the love of art. The artist is loving their own music, and dancing to it. This enchants us, the audience, and we begin to love this music as well, through all it's differences to our mainstream culture, so we begin to love their art in our own way, and respond with our own dancing and movement.
Really, the common theme is creation. Both artist and audience are smaller cellular networks in the greater body of the festival; and like cells in the human body, we are mobile. We are taking in food and beer and oxygen and a good deal of pot smoke, interacting with information centers throughout the Trumansburg Fair Grounds, depositing our waste and building up a collect vibe of happiness and love by boogying throughout.
Just as our bodily functions are largely communicated by electric impulses from the brain, and carried out by the working class of microorganisms that make us up, the festival is arranged by those that organize & administer it every year, and carried out by the individuals that tend it. Should the brain cease its functioning or a sudden plague upon our body's biome occur, the individual we call ourselves would also die, or at least become seriously crippled in comparison to who we were. If the festival organizers decided that next year they would still hold the festival, but would not advertise it or interact with the local community in any way to assist carrying out the festival, perhaps a hundred or so locals would show up the third weekend in July. But which artists would show up? How about the food services and crafts people, trash collectors or waste control services? Reversely, what if the festival were in full swing but not a single ticket holder showed up? Is it still a festival? Can it be considered dead or crippled?
Collectively the festival goers, artists and administrators convene to create a distinct 'Grassroots' individuality that anyone who's been will describe to you as "magical," through glazed eyes and a trippy grin. The individual human also has a distinct personality, or duration that can be expressed in whichever adjectives those that spend a lot of time around you choose. Is it insane to recognize that what can be tranferred to what is greater than the solitary human, can also be transferred internally, to what is much smaller and abundant in the solitary human?
Festivals, city centers, states, countries, planets. We're in all of these places, some by agreement, and some because we were born here. Is my liver the Bonaroo of my chest cavity's North America and my body's planet earth? We can certainly attract a crowd of probiotics to our liver by gulping down a Kombucha or some sauerkraut. So when I circle Donna the Buffalo on my festival schedule, perhaps I'm drawn by the electrical impulse my brain picks up from her control center. Attraction & Agreement.
Any space cadet will tell you how well festivals and tripping go together. It's a fascinating way to analyze the human experience. Children are conceived at festivals – some humans are born and some encounter death. We get shitfaced & take shits. We eat, intoxicate, fuck, dance. The common theme through all of this is creation.
Dancing becomes all the more interesting in this context. In the mini festivals and city centers within us, microorganisms are boogyin' and shakin' all about, doing most of the same things – living. They're taking in gases and liquids and solids, breaking them down, channeling them into energy or usable materials. Some of this energy, they're using to move and shake a replication of their own DNA into our bodies, to take over the family name when they finally bite the dust. The legacy of our cells becomes the aging we see in our faces. The global warming of our body's demise. Cells die, People die, Worlds die. Festivals die too, and even celebrate birthdays. Grassroots turned 27 this year, because we all collectively gathered to create it. I turned 21 this year – not because a faction of microbiology gathered in my corpse to animate me, but because this is a metaphor. Please, people, follow the analogy. Okay?
What's so interesting about our urges to dance and jump and expand and bump our bodies together in the presence of this strange music channels a deep tradition encoded into my DNA. My body is always moving, within the thin barrier of skin that separates myself from my not-self. The twist of my hips and springs in my calves that causes the boy two rows up to keep glancing back at me are a tribute to the constant life-creation-death cycle that continues my own existence. Our collective movin & shakin continues the existence of this festival. As it becomes less kept with the times, and more esoterically held by those that have been going since birth, eventually Grassroots will wither and die.
The artist's "FUCK" shirt now takes on a whole new meaning. Yes. We should fuck each other, so that new generations of those holding the grassroots tradition are born and this Greater Body can live on in our descendants. Is it a coincidence that the body rush of LSD almost always gives me a spontaneous orgasm? Now, I'm looking around at all of these healthy and unhealthy bodies, wondering which ones want to wriggle with me as badly as them. In fact, I'm starting to sort the more healthily evolved bodies from the not. The people dancing in ecstasy from the ones looking around with mild desperation, continually sipping their bevvy. I feel the aerosolized hair follicles of the woman in front of me. Each sequestered strand follows the same, long loop-de-loop that makes her hair curly. I want badly to reach out and grasp her hips and sway with the wild beauty of her. I feel my own strictly laced braids. They roughly scrape the tan that used to be sunburn on my shoulders. Little stubs. I want to be free and flowing like she is, but I recognize that I don't want to undo my braids only because she has. I feel the real heat and life emanating from her, and I am ready to embrace it in myself.
With my hair down, I feel the heat at the back of my neck, feel myself begin to sweat, feel my limp white hair tangle in masses and overlap where it wasn't supposed to. I dance. My body beckons all those healthy enough to rival me, ubiquitous with a dominant sexuality that my forsaken tripping partner could never conquer, and so had to leave. My shoulders roll and the hair falls over my face, many times. I could feel people watching me and checking me out. Though I enjoyed the feeling, and felt myself twinge internally, responding to their nonverbal interest, I was now committed to expressing my own individuality through the same dance that transmitted the artists individuality to all of us. Recognizing the scent of my own sweat, I feel the network of intel my body is constantly relaying to the other humans around me – the pheromones that my movement macerates, the flicks of eye contact when my toggling gaze cinches to something I like, the fertility in my hips. With my senses so heightened to greet the world with passion, I wonder if I can even catch hints of my cunt in the thick air. Or someone else's.
Festivals like this walk a very thin line. Yes, it's nice to get a bunch of like minded individuals and pack them into a concert yard where they can exchange sweat, saliva and scents, bumping their young, prime bodies against one another, perhaps with a love, perhaps finding a new love. However, pack too many humans too closely together and a great time becomes dangerous. Diseases spread in splaying saliva. Port-a-potties are crawling with the viruses and germs that also want to maintain their existence by wriggling through the flesh barrier of your spread legs. With too many people, some start to go unaccounted for – I flash back to the three woman rape parade that Zach, my abandoned trip partner, and I witnessed when the acid was almost an hour into frying our brains. Three women in multiple stages of undressed – one entirely naked – walk through the dance tent with a bewitching light that flashes, one holds a candle, one tells us that her body is not an invitation. The one without any clothes on at all. The woman leading the group I recognize from yesterday, as the woman that operates the Red tent Women's shelter (for all self-identifying women) in the Healing Arts section of the festival. She repeats "Raise awareness about sexual assault – NO RAPING".
I begin to remember why I walked away from Zach. All the conversations we'd had throughout this trip about how I'm not ready for a relationship, and not ready to have sex with him, and the way that he explained how he could help me heal – could make me comfortable through sexual encounters between us. How I'd betrayed my own boundaries in order to maintain the connection with him, and how fucked it was. How, this morning, we'd made an agreement that I absolutely did not want to be physically intimate with him, and that he would respect this in me. Then we'd given massages to each other's weary bodies. Full body massages. How his hand had cupped my breast and I'd pushed him away, frustrated at not being understood. And when we started tripping, how I'd had to stop him from touching me intimately – only on the hand and back – and he'd responded "It's who I am".
Statistics from health class are scrounged up in the schema of my brain's filing system:
Three out of four rapes are committed by somebody known to the victim.
1 in 5 women on college campuses experiencing sexual assault and rape.
I think about the "interesting" stories about other members of the animal kingdom that are rapists as well. The dolphins and chimps that kill porpoises or babies to force the female back into estrus. Perhaps rape occurs, on a subconscious level, when an organism desperately wants to pass on it's genes – continue its life. The female duck's main morphological evolution has occurred in its corkscrew genitalia; dead ends and false leads incorporated into its anatomy, to give them an extra advantage when it comes to choosing which genes it will pass on in its young. An edge of paranoia flickers in my thought process, as I begin to feel more and more violated by the persistence of men with sex, even when it's been outrightly denied. I begin to see Zach as a set of damaged genetics, and the entity of Zach, a conveyer of said genes, attempting to pass them off, terrified at the possibility that his line may end one day.
The phrase "attacker" takes on a hilarious tone in this light. If 90% of rape cases know their 'attacker' beforehand, then the whole event really isn't as sudden as the language makes it seem. Perhaps it's little comments that could be taken as innuendo, or as harmless joking. Perhaps it's suggestive touching or other things classified as sexual harassment.
Or perhaps it's a relationship, where one body explicitly states their will against sex, and the other manipulates and prods and pushes as much as they can, until finally a breaking point is met, and a rape occurs. Perhaps the 'attacker' is even trusted preceding the attack. With Zach, I know I will never be raped or forced into sex, and yet I find my trust in him to make me just as vulnerable to betraying myself. His gentler prodding makes me feel as though my best interest is always in his mind. I see his sexual frustration as equally important to my own aversion, when I ought to be considering my own aversion as a testament by intuition. "Not gonna say yes when all I really mean is no. Not gonna say no unless you know I mean it." And yet the boundary between yes and no has been so obscured throughout our trip. I've come to forget that I always have the right to say no, and that when that response is not respected, I have a right to be outraged.
Respect is abiding by what people tell you about themselves. I've learned to abide assholes by believing them when they tell me they re assholes. We like to think that human beings respect each others desire to not have sex, and yet statistics show just how often women's will is not respected. Of course, a much smaller percent of these rapes will result in a pregnancy, and an even smaller amount of these pregnancies will be kept, but this doesn't necessarily reflect on the hard wired ideology motivating the rape. Men feel rejection, yet continue to attempt initiating sex with us. It is disgusting and far from conducive to a healthy atmosphere. I flash back to a conversation with Matt, where he told me that women are tending to select, sexually, men that are less aggressive. We are choosing to pass on genes that will produce more feminine men, because they are less of a threat. This idea is only theoretical, and yet I believe it.
When knit together with the new paradigm, I begin to see my selections and sorting of the healthy organisms present from the unhealthy organisms present ,I see this selection process in myself. Zach's pushiness and puberty-esque frustration appears as such a red flag to me, because it denotes properties of his genetics that no longer fit with the more harmonious consciousness. In this new law and ordering of the chaos, people respect the wishes of each other, because they know that an individual knows best for itself – not for separate individuals. We respect each other. Perhaps this is how paradigms come into existence. Survival of the fittest. I pay attention to my body and respect its needs. I give it healthy food, plenty of exercise and creative outlets and consciously work towards healing myself by listening to what I intuitively know I need. I am attracted to individuals that conduct themselves in the same way. Carnally speaking, I am also attracted to the opposite, if it's got cute enough features. Yet in these cases, I meet a lot of resistance from the parts of my mind that know what is best for me. My intuitive self seeks out everything it needs and rejects what it doesn't through subtle ~feelings~
This isn't to say that the new paradigm is necessarily on a trajectory towards this healthier, more harmonious existence. It is simply following the trend of evolution. If sexiness is what we select for, chances are, the new paradigm will be one of less conscious individuals. However, if we select for healthful traits – as Grassroots and I seem to be doing – via being in tune with our layers of consciousness, then we will most likely find humanity to be characterized by harmony. Which is why it's so important to keep Grassroots healthy – why it's so important that Grassroots is recognizing and combatting the presence of sexual assault. Someday, festivals will be creating their own version of young in the fourth dimension – which will bone chart cauterized by the relationship. The network and all that it can create through participation. I raise my Rolling Rock to my lips and watch a young couple grope and swing and dance together, and smile back into my dizzy turning.


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Accounts Receivable Factoring
The purpose of accounts receivable factoring for consumer contracts is to improve the cash flow of your business. Cash flow is simply the movement of money into your business as well as the movement of money out of your business. Cash flow is generally measured during a limited and specified period of time. Cash flow computations are employed to measure factors that provide data on your company's status and value. For example, cash flow can be computed to illuminate the movement of cash over a specified period of time.
If you are considering exploring a new market or a new project, cash flow can be utilized relevant to the rate of return or the value of the pursuit of a new market or a new project. Such considerations as the internal rate of return as well as the net present value as they relate to the inputs in financial models, are largely determined through the use of the time of cash flows into and out of projects.
Cash flow considerations can be examined in terms of determining potential problems with your business's liquidity. For example, being profitable does not always necessarily imply being liquid. In some situations it may be possible for a company to fail due to a shortage of cash, while at the same time remaining profitable.
The total cash flow or what could be called the net cash flow over a period of a year, half year or quarter year is equivalent to the cash balance change over this same period. If more cash becomes available the cash balance increases and the net cash flow is positive. If the cash balance decreases then of course the net cash flow will be negative.
When I speak of cash flow relevant to accounts receivable factoring, I am speaking specifically of operational cash flows, as opposed to investment cash flows or financing cash flows. That is, I am referring to cash that is received or cash that is expended as a direct result of internal business activities. When I speak of operational cash flows I am referring to cash earnings plus changes to working capital. Over the medium term if a company is to remain solvent this must be a net positive.
If cash liquidity is currently an issue, why not consider accounts receivable factoring? If you are providing a delivered product or a future service to your customers and are doing so through the implementation of a consumer contracts, it may be possible for you to sell that contract so as to enhance your cash flow. That is, instead of waiting a year or two to get paid, you may be able to sell your consumer receivable at a discount to a non-traditional funding source which specializes in purchasing these consumer contracts.


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Taking the long-term view4th of May 2011
Pedro Chidichimo, president of customer solutions and innovation at global cleaning solutions provider Diversey, writes the second of his series of exclusive articles for ECJ. Here he explains how implementing a long-term sustainability strategy brings real return on investment for manufacturers.
As I attend industry exhibitions and events
New ECJ website goes live4th of May 2011
Today sees the launch of the updated European Cleaning Journal website, an exciting new online resource for the professional cleaning sector across Europe and beyond.
As well as featuring latest news and current editions of ECJ, the new site at www.europeancleaningjournal.com offers users a wealth of archive information from past editions in an
Hands-free taps can 'harbour more germs'3rd of May 2011
Hands-free electronic taps, which dispense water without the user having to touch them, harbour more germs than old fashioned manual ones - according to a hospital study in the USA.
Researchers compared bacterial growth in both types of tap at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. They found Legionella growing in 50 per cent of water samples
EU launches cleaning industry sustainability programme2nd of May 2011
A new sustainable development programme for the contract cleaning industry has been created with the support of the European Union's Life + programme. This initiative has as its priorities reduction of environmental impacts; support for SMEs in engaging partners on sustainability issues; creating a pan-European approach; and improving the
Warsaw date for CEE sector17th of March 2011
Warsaw in Poland is the venue for this year's ISSA/INTERCLEAN Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) exhibition, which takes from May 18-20. Over 40 international exhibitors are set to attend, with the total number expected to reach 180.
Companies such as Vileda, Diversey, Kränzle, Columbus, Kärcher, Ehrle, Kiehl and Nilfisk-Advance will
Industry round table tackles copycat products17th of March 2011
Senior figures from the cleaning industry gathered in Amsterdam recently to discuss the increasingly widespread problem of 'copycat' products entering the European market. The meeting was hosted by European Cleaning Journal and Amsterdam RAI.
The subject of intellectual property (IP) violation has been highlighted by a number of the


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Contact details
Chatelherault Country Park
Phone 01698 426213
Fax 01698 427741
Email chatelheraultcountrypark
Opening hours:
Visitor centre
Monday to Sunday 10.00am - 5.00pm (Entry Free)
Lodge House
Sunday to Thursday 10.00am -4.30pm (Entry Free)
The entrance to the country park is within the village of Ferniegair, 2.5 km south east of Hamilton on the A72 Hamilton, Larkhall / Lanark, Clyde Valley tourist route.
The park is also accessible by train with a daily half hour service (hourly on Sundays) stopping at the Chatelherault station on the Hamilton - Larkhall line.
Chatelherault Country Park, a five star visitor attraction under the Visit Scotland grading scheme, has been described as a "Jewel in the Landscape".
Visitor centre, café, gallery, conference and wedding facilities and play area. In the surrounding country park are over 10 miles of walks through ancient woodlands and along the dramatic Avon Gorge - the Park's greatest natural asset.
Disabled access:
Disabled parking and toilet facilities are available within the park, and are well signposted on information boards throughout the park. Assistance dogs are welcome.
Additional information:
Chatelherault Country Park may open later for specific events.


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"I did this mixtape with Spinbad in 1997 i think? It's nothing like our Cold Cutz Remixes mixtape, but it's a good solid mix with some '97 style cuts... This was only sold on cassette, never on CD or released digitally."
1-4,3,2,1 - LL COOL J, Method Man, Redman, Canibus
2-internationally known - DITC (OC, fat Joe, Big L, Lord Finesse)
3-No wonduh - diamon D
4-rhymes galore - busta rhymes
5-you know my steez - gangstarr
6-the enemy - Big L & Fat joe
7-war games - OC & organized konfusion
8-9x out of 10 - organized konfusion
9-after dark - heiroglyphics
10-k.i.m. - EPMD feat Keith Murray & redman
11-under pressure rmx - big daddy kane
12-deja vu - lord tariq & peter gunz
side two -
1-put ya hands rmx - busta rhymes
2-streets is watchin - jay z
3-rare species - mobb deep
4-gettin' down at the ampitheatre - Common & de la soul
5-sucker mc's - wu tang clan
6-starsky & hutch - LL Cool J & Busta Rhymes
7-10 Mack Commandments - Soul Kid Klik feat doc Dave Banna
8-Its Been A Long Time - Rakim
9-Reputation - Chubb Rock
10-Find Out - Fat Joe
11-Hate - Organized Konfusion
12-Never Seen Before - Cold Cutz Crew Remix - EPMD
14-It's Yours - Q Tip (Lone Ranger)
15-Executive Decision - The Firm feat Nas


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For years, the debate has continued on the 'best' exercises for strengthening shoulder muscles. Using electromyography (EMG) to measure muscle activity, researchers have attempted to determine which exercises have the highest levels of muscles activity for strengthening exercises. Several studies have examined EMG of common shoulder exercises to find the best exercises to strengthen the rotator cuff; in particular, the supraspinatus muscle. The "empty can" or "full can" exercises have been the most commonly performed exercise for supraspinatus strengthening, but controversy still exists in the literature.
While high muscle activation levels are often desirable, what's more important is the relative activation of other muscles during the movement. For example, Dr. Michael Reinold and colleagues suggested in their 2007 paper that a good rotator cuff exercise should produce the greatest supraspinatus activity while minimizing the deltoid activation. Theoretically, reducing deltoid activation decreases the upward shear of the humerus during arm elevation, which may be desirable when prescribing exercise to strengthen the suprapsinatus in impingement patients.
In a study published in Medicine and Science and Sports and Exercise, subjects performed 5 isometric exercises in random order while measuring the EMG activity of the deltoid, supraspinatus, and infraspinatus. The exercises were: full can, empty can, prone elevation, elastic external rotation, and prone external rotation. The researchers noted that all exercises produced similar high levels of supraspinatus activity, while the full and empty can exercises also had higher levels of deltoid activity.
The researchers concluded that shoulder external rotation at 0° of abduction with an elastic band and prone external rotation were preferable exercises for the supraspinatus. While the full- and empty-can exercises are traditionally favored to isolate the supraspinatus, the authors noted that elastic external rotation and prone external rotation did not activate the deltoid at high levels compared to the full- and empty-can exercises. In addition, the exercises also exhibited high levels of infraspinatus activation.
In summary, clinicians should consider using Thera-Band® exercise bands for resisted external rotation and isotonic prone shoulder external rotation exercises because they preferentially activate the supraspinatus and infraspinatus without activating the deltoid, which may be more beneficial for patients with impingement.
Reference: Boettcher CE, Ginn KA, Cathers I. Which is the optimal exercise to strengthen supraspinatus? Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2009;41(11):1979-83.
Visit the Thera-Band Shoulder Impingement Resource Center Here


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In the streets of Manila, there are lots of people who victimize commuters and other pedestrians. The most common ones are extortionists, kidnappers, r*pists, and robbers.
However, there are also those who use their appearance in order to fool people into thinking that they're innocent and have good intentions, but do not.
Such is the case of this old woman, who was spotted by netizen Len Q. Paus in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig. Paus narrated that she encountered the old woman around 7:30 in the morning, along 11th Avenue.
The old woman approached her and asked, "Anak, blood donor ka ba?" Paus didn't know where the conversation was going, but she answered that yes, she could donate blood if needed.
The old woman answered with tears down her eyes. She said that she desperately needed a blood donor because her child has leukemia. Paus said that she has an acquaintance in the Philippine Red Cross who may help her with her situation.
The old woman continued to cry and didn't mention the name of her supposed child who needed help. Paus comforted her and said that she knew a doctor and some of her friends who may be able to help.
To her surprise, the old woman said that she would ask around and see who would be available to donate blood for her supposed child. When Paus narrated her story to her friend, she was warned that it may be a possible modus or a scam.
The old woman might "kidnap" her, or worse. Paus said that she got chills down her spine when she was alerted by her friend. Apparently, the old woman has been victimizing lots of people. There were those who have even given her money as well, completely fooled by her statement.
Paus said that she almost gave the woman PHP 1,000 for her "needs." She said that she was left in a daze after. This made her ask a question: "Bakit sinasamantala nila ang pagiging maawain at mabait ng mga tao?"
She wasn't able to encounter the old woman since. However, if you've seen her, please be wary and not let this old woman fool you! (All photos were obtained from Paus' Facebook post).
Shocking! Have you seen this old woman? Please share this story on Facebook and other social media sites so that people would know! Share your thoughts in the comments section below!
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Thursday, 13 April 2017
Take Three Thursday
See what some others have noticed this week:
Maggie at: Farmers Wife Day By Day.
Helena at: Helenascreativemaven
This week my noticing was all about the perfectly camouflaged creatures visiting my garden. I also noticed that all three were hunting in my garden.
Bella the old girl from the less than nice neighbours, hunts the chipmunks in my yard, but thankfully they are proving faster than she is; her sitting in amongst the leaves has her blending in quite well.
The Robin is hunting the worms that come up after a rain shower & "she" is looking for nest building materials. I put out chopped up clematis vine for her use, which she seems to gladly accept.
The bunny is hunting for the tender shoots of my tulips & I am not happy about that! Thankfully "he" has decided that the old grass/clover mix is just as tasty & incurs less clucking from me. I want to be kind to him, so that my Easter basket will be filled with treats (wink wink)
"Wherever I look, I see the handiwork & beauty of the Great One, in the little ones."
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Pretty good to catch all three sitting still for a photograph! Not so easily done here. I worked for a couple of years before I finally got a good photograph of a robin; every time I raised the camera the robin in question flew off!ReplyDeleteReplies
I think the Robin was more intend on watching for the cat than me (col). It's the Cardinal in our yard I have difficulty getting him to stick around for a good photo.Delete
How lucky that they all sat still to cooperate with the photographing! I can't imagine having rabbits in my garden, even though we live close to open countryside they would never venture here. The most unusual uninvited guest was a fox in our back garden and a muntjacs deer in the front garden (that was weird!)ReplyDeleteReplies
My stealth skills are improving. OH a fox, I love foxes & we have few in our area & it's always a fleeting glance, they would be welcome in my garden.Delete
You have sharp eyesight and a quick hand!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Sian, Mr Man often calls me Ranger Lou because I have a knack for spotting wildlife.Delete
Oh, you do have some hunters in your yard!ReplyDeleteReplies
While I adore cats, I am not fond of them hunting in my gardens.Delete
What lovely photos! We have a robin in our garden that sings loudly every time I go out to do the gardening. I love the idea of your Take Three! Perhaps I will join in too. XReplyDeleteReplies
How lovely to hear from you Linda. Please feel free to jump in at any time. How nice that your Robin greets you with a song.Delete
I like the idea of leaving out nesting materials for your robin. My sister in law told me today that there is a robin nesting in their garage down their end. She has put one of those sound deterrents to try and keep the cats at bay.ReplyDeleteReplies
SSHHH don't tell Sian but I often buy & cut up wool threads in bright colours to put out for the birds to build their nests with & then try to spot my wool in the trees.Delete
A beautiful post. I love your love of nature. Three beautiful creatures. The robins in my backyard were dealing with snow this weekend. I felt so bad for them seeing them hop along the deep snow. Years ago we went out and bought them seed, not realizing that they don't eat it. Our finches & chickadees are well fed with premium seed, but those poor robins. :( What to do?ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Jenn - I do love the animals & nature, I always get so much back from them. I also wonder about feeding Robins if they are back to early & someone told me they like fruit - so some of those berries past their sell by date have been offered.Delete
How very thoughtful of you to put out nesting materials for your birds :). Chipmunks? My! They must be the equivalent of our squirrels in the garden. You've done well to capture the wildlife - so often they won't sit still for a photo!ReplyDeleteReplies
I think I like the chipmunks much more that the squirrels although our resident squirrel friend, Charlie is quite an entertainer.Delete
So nice to have creatures come and visit you in your yard...well except for the squirrel hunting cat.ReplyDeleteReplies
I would rather Bella not visit at all - she also leaves me little packages in the dirt of the garden - I am not pleased with that!Delete


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I am looking for a multi-vitamin without iodine. I am very allergic to shellfish and have been advised to stay away from iodine but it is very difficult to find an OC without iodine. I've been taking One-A-Day Women's but they are so big they are very difficult to swallow. Anyone have any ideas?
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I am also allergic to iodine, shell fish, fish ect..
We get our vitamins from New Horizons'; at least I think that is what the name is. When I have the chance I will look it up. We can order over the phone, by e-mail or pick it up in person. I think they have locations everywhere. They do not contain iodine.
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A Read Only Domain Controller (RODC) can only be used as a Host if it was already a Host prior to being promoted. If a RODC needs to be used as a Host and was not previously managed by SCVMM, it will have to be demoted to a member server and made a managed Host prior to promotion back to RODC.
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Skip to comments.Guarantee of a republican form of government
Posted on 02/04/2003 11:59:39 AM PST by tpaine
Guarantee of a republican form of government
by Marcia H. Armstrong
I admit that I am among the post-Roosevelt public school-indoctrinated adults that were taught to use the word "democracy" to describe our form of government. So it initially surprised me when the same word was used by avowed socialists to taut their political wares. After some research, I found that the system my ancestors helped to create was a "republic," not a democracy. (Although democratic elements, such as the "initiative," have since crept into the system.)
A republic is representative government, where the power of government is delegated to a few elected citizens. These representatives serve for an established term of office. In our constitutional republic, the distribution of power and limits of authority granted are all set down in writing. Because representatives are elected, they are directly accountable to those who elected them. A republic allows the representative to focus on decisions that will serve the best interests of the community; but that will also protect all citizens in the security of their persons and property and the enjoyment of their rights.
The strength of a republic is to elect individuals of the highest character and spirit - those who can be trusted to make good decisions. One might think of a republic as sort of like having a designated driver. On the other hand, in a democracy, each individual directly exercises the power of government. Every citizen participates directly in making the decisions. For obvious reasons, a democracy works best when it is at the small-scale level, where only a few simple issues present themselves. Democracy is also called "majority rule." The best way to describe the detrimental effects of this is to envision two wolves and a sheep sitting down together to vote on what they want for dinner, (or two preservationists and a property owner deciding on how to manage the owner's private land.) Some of the problems with a democracy are:
(1) That the majority is mighty prone to make decisions swayed by the popular passion of the moment;
(2) That there is no one who can be individually held accountable for a decision or action;
(3) That those, who don't understand the issue and often will never be effected by the laws they make, are the ones that often make the law;
(4) That ballots take on proportions of the Encyclopedia Britannica; and (5) That laws and decisions tend to erode individual rights and private property.
Democracy sounds good, but in practice, beliefs held by the majority tend to morph into standards that are officially forced upon everyone as a leveler. This is accomplished either by social coercion ("political correctness,") or through a gazillion behavioral regulations Founders like James Madison, pointed to the will of the majority as the greatest potential threat for encroachment upon personal liberty:
"Wherever the real power in a Government lies, there is a real danger of oppression. In our Governments the real power lies in the majority of the Community, and the invasion of private rights is chiefly to be apprehended, not from the acts of Government contrary to the sense of its constituents, but from acts in which the Government is the mere instrument of the major number of its constituents." Now, when I now place my hand over my heart and recite the "Pledge of Allegiance," I pay closer attention to the words: ....."and to the Republic, for which it stands." Note that the word "democracy" is entirely absent from that pledge.
This was the intention of the United States Constitution, which guarantees every state in the Union a "republican form of government" (USC 1787, Article IV, Section 4). This united republic of the United States provides a republican model for solving the dilemma of democratic intolerance, that of majority rule.
Our constitution leaves local culture and development to the self-determination of states or localities, while putting certain individual rights under the protection of an over-arching republican constitution , to prevent the tyranny of local majorities.
Thus our founders theory, that our U.S. Constitution would locate rights-protecting basic law at the federal level, while leaving culture-promoting activities to be locally determined, and reasonably regulated.
This reinforces the basic purposes of republican government by preventing the excesses of popular sovereignty, while ensuring that local sovereignty remains the best test of justice, and private perceptions of the common good.
If this is indeed the heart of a true republic, then the republic envisioned by our forefathers, to all intents and purposes, died on April 9, 1865.
Constitutional republic: The sheep is armed.
In the case of secession, the majority of representatives in certain states decided to withdraw from the Union. Of course, such an action would most definitely have had an impact on those who wished to remain, but when it comes to our nation as a "republic," the founders deemed that the various states would comprise that republic. Therefore, each state should be allowed to decide for itself whether or not it would like to continue being part of a monolithic union.
I certainly don't think there is a perfect form of government, but what we have now is essentially one, big nation. State borders are nothing more than lines on a map as far as the federal government is concerned.
Yet you seem to want the southern states to have this type of power back before the civil war."
I don't think the state should have that power, but the framers of the Constitution did believe that there were certain powers denied to the federal government that could be exercised by the states. Truth be told, I think the Confederacy violated many of the very principles it claimed to be defending.
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Minecraft an open-world game that promotes creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving in an immersive environment where the only limit is your imagination.
Mods are add-ons allow changes Minecraft's game content from what it originally was. With Mods you can make your own world within Minecraft by programming a whole new set of rules and situations!
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- Newest File: Youtubers+ Mod 1.10.4 for MC 1.10.2
- Release Type: Release
- Supports: 1.7.10, 1.10.2, 1.7.2, 1.6.4
- License: All Rights Reserved
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The Youtubers+ Mod 1.10.2,1.8.9,1.7.10 adds tons of Youtubers into Minecraft. You can tame them and they will fight by your side. You can also trade with them for unique items that pertain to that Youtuber. One of the coolest features is that most of the Youtubers have a structure that spawns naturally in your world!
this mod required Lucky Block Mod
– Youtubers, Trading, & Taming
– Youtube Structures
The Youtubers are Naturally aggressive to hostile mobs so will work in mob battles
The youtubers can be tamed with money. the chance of success is affected by the amount.
- 1 million $=100%
- 500 thousand $ = 50%
- 100 thousand $ = 10%
You can then have your tamed youtuber sit/stand by clicking on them with any amount of money
The youtubers will put on any armor and use any tool/weapon that you click them with(non-vanila weapons and armors may not render but the attack damage/protection of the items are still used)
to get them to drop the tool/weapon/armor just click them with another tool/weapon/armor of similar type
The player can trade with the Youtubers for items related to that Youtubers videos
for example
ZexyZek trolled somone with "Red Water" so you can trade him for "Red Water"(renamed Lava bucket)
Sethbling and Mr.Mumbo do redstone videoes so they trade redstone items
Players are similar to Youtubers but spawn naturally, once a youtuber is dead you will have to travel to a new area to find another
Players are not as strong as youtubers
players are cheaper to tame taking 10,000$ instead of 1,000,000$ for a 100% tame rate
/PSpawn name and /PlayerSpawn name comands spawns a player with a name of name
For player skins to work use the dynamically generated texture pack "YoutuberSkins"
The Bank acts as a second enderchest but has the added bonus of Bank Cards. Bank Cards allow the player holding it to transfer money from their inventory to the bank With a right click. each material upgrade raises the max deposit. redstone and above will auto craft the money to optimize the space within the bank.
Bodil40 Prank Kits work the same as tnt minecarts but place between 4 and 128 TNT Minecarts added for Bodil40 to easily set up the exploding minecart prank. one X128 kit launched my character 4510 blocks up. to SPAAAAAACCCEEEE!!
the Bulgarian JetPack is obtainable by trading Bodil40 for it. Crouch to fly up Warning: does not negate fall damage
The Diamond Minecart is obtainable by trading DanTDM for it, only falls further when dropped off a cliff at the moment
- represent Lucky Blocks
- look just like chickens
- breed able with diamonds
- comes in 25 varieties 5 strength levels and 5 luck levels
- spawn naturally
- spawn eggs available for trade by Bodil40, TheCodyMaverick, Joebuz, FuriousDestroyer and SuperGirlyGamer.
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- Install the version of Forge that corresponds with the mod (http://files.minecraftforge.net/ Choose the installer version of Forge)
- Download the Youtubers+ Mod.
- Drop the entire zipped file into your mods folder (Search %appdata% on your PC then go into .minecraft, then mods(create this folder if it is not there))
- Open Minecraft and make sure your profile is set to Forge
- Start Minecraft and enjoy!
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In response to the rains and flooding which occurred on or after June 11, 2014 and the resulting federal disaster declaration FEMA, DR-4182), the MN Legislature 2015 appropriated $4.7M for RIM Reserve conservation easements and costs to acquire permanent easements from private landowners on damaged lands to provide flood attenuation, restore and protect soil and water resources, and to support related fish and wildlife habitat, as provided in Section 103F.515. The intent of the sign-up is to take perpetual RIM Reserve easements, with willing landowners, on lands either damaged by the flood events from June 2014 , or will help to reduce the impacts of future flood events.
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To me, Ubuntu is a very difficult concept to explain. It means that all people are only there because of other people and therefore if you live for yourself, you do not really live. Doing things for other people, like taking food to people who do not have any or sharing clothes, blankets or anything else with people who need it, is not seen as an act of kindness, but rather a kind of duty. If someone in the community suffers while others do not, it is because the community is failing. Ubuntu means that one can not prosper while another suffers.
I would, however, not say that Ubuntu replaces kindness in South Africa. I am a South African, but of Western origins rather than Bantu origins. For me, as for most of the people I grew up with, kindness has always been something that is seen and appreciated. I had only really started to understand the concept of Ubuntu when I started teaching at a Xhosa school this year. Where I come from, Ubuntu is a word we know, but not a concept that is generally understood or believed in.


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I think I'm a little late with this one, but here goes:
Devlin Fitzpatrick is a man of few words. Usually. An expert in surveillance and security, and a Dominant at Devoured, Devlin is known for his authoritative ways. After making the decision to observe rather than participate, and hiding from feelings and desires only few know about, Devlin throws himself into his work, and away from the practice of the lifestyle - that is, until he meets Ally. A chance encounter sets a new fire burning inside of Devlin - one that, up until then, has been absent. But, just as their relationship flares, a face from Devlin's past returns, re-igniting long-subdued desires.
Ally O'Conner was not looking for a man - especially one like Devlin. Yet, the mysterious, gorgeous, and dominant stranger becomes the one person Ally didn't know she was seeking. As Devlin opens Ally's world up to hidden emotions and uncharted desires, Ally quickly finds herself falling, even though she knows Devlin is hiding something from her: desires or needs she is unsure of. When a stranger calls, looking for Devlin's help, Ally begins to fear the worst as he begins to pull away.
Aiden MacCarrick has spent the last few years bouncing from place to place - drumming up work wherever he can. After a job gone wrong, Aiden finds himself on the wrong side of the bullet. With no other choice, Aiden reaches out to the one person he knows can help him.
As Devlin works to clear Aiden of a misunderstanding, and save his life in the process, the three of them are entwined in a foreign world of deep desires, unbidden wants and uncharted feelings. Can they find a happy resolution to their desperate situation, or will their emotions dominate them?
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Myotis lucifugus This is a small bat about the length of a human finger and the weight of a large coin. It takes flight at dusk to feed upon a variety of insects that are captured on the wing. In summer, female bats give birth to a single young (rarely twins) in nursery colonies that may contain dozens or hundreds of individuals. Colonies occupy tree cavities, caves, rock crevices, outbuildings, and attics. Young bats nurse for several weeks prior to venturing out to prey upon insects. In fall, bats move to special hibernation habitats that are humid enough to prevent dehydration and cool enough to conserve energy. It is during this period they are most vulnerable to disturbance and to disease. Photo Credit. US Fish & Wildlife
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Jon Hamm Kisses Jason Sudeikis and We Still Can't Muster Any Enthusiasm
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By Dustin Rowles | TV | October 31, 2010 |
I'm certain the last two years had a few highlights. Betty White. Jon Hamm. Tina Fey. Justin Timberlake. It's hard to believe, however, that -- more or less -- the same cast is responsible for this season, which has had nothing so far that's been in the least memorable, despite better hosts, on average, than in year's past. Last night's episode revealed part of the reason: The "SNL" cast, for the most part, has pushed its excellent hosts (Hamm, Jane Lynch, Bryan Cranston, Emma Stone) into supporting roles. They're not giving the guests meaty roles. Remember the better eps of "SNL" in the past? It's not the cast you remember. More times than not; it's the host's performances: Walken, Tom Hanks, Timberlake, and even Peyton Manning.
Last night, they wasted another host in Jon Hamm, who had proven he was one of the best in his two previous appearances. That it's the weekend before the election and Halloween should've given the cast plenty of material to work with. Instead, what we got was another lame cold open, another Vincent Price skit, and a lot of filler. The only good part of last night's episode were the Back to the Future auditions, mostly because of the new guy who does killer impressions (of Denzel, Will Smith, and last night, Eddie Murphy) and Bill Hader's ridiculously amazing Alan Alda impression (seriously, for a moment, I thought Alda was doing voice-over work for Hader).
Otherwise, a whole lot of dull, starting with the uninspired Rihanna/Andy Samberg Digital Short.
The Jon Hamm monologue -- where he attempted to be a real-life Don Draper -- was super goddamn lame.
The YouTube inspired interview show as no good, either, although I admit I laughed a little when whatshisface -- the overweight guy -- punched through his computer monitor, but the Hamm cry? Humiliating.
Here's the Vincent Price skit. I discourage you from watching it.
If there was one upside to last night's "SNL" episode, the news headlines were better than usual:
And though the Garth and Kath segment was too painful to embed, Hader killed it again with his James Carville segment.
One last note: I love both Jason Sudeikis and Kristen Wiig, but they've both outgrown "SNL." They're much better big-screen appearances than they are on "SNL" now. Here's Sudeikis kissing Jon Hamm, if you can be bothered.


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The Jewelled Magenta WAFS Cool Racerback I keep mentioning has finally popped up on the UK site this morning. Its a beauty! I'm also loving the Jewelled Magenta 105F Singlet. Check out the After Class Cardigan. Not liking the color blocking on it but in a solid color I may like it better.
I used to have a preference for the solid 105F Singlets without the silverscent threads in them but I am gravitating to my two silverscent threaded 105F Singlets much more(Vintage Pink and Bruised Berry). I feel like they are much softer and drape nicer, plus I love the scalloped edging on it. I think I'm going to need to add this 105F to my collection and possibly sell my solid ones (Cornflower and Green Bean)


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Structural Integration in the Rolf Method and Postpartum Health
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Don't forget… SharePoint Cincy 2013 is coming soon! April 19th (That's this Friday!)
Third Annual SharePoint Cincy Event!
Register NOW! http://www.sharepointcincy.com/
I've been asked to bring back my SharePoint Governance presentation, "SharePoint Governance… It May Not Be What You Think It Is…". I've updated it to include SharePoint 2013 and Office 365. Governance was a big topic, its gotten bigger! (and still only an hour allotted!)
Choose From Multiple Tracks:
This conference promises to have something for every level of your organization and every IT professional who has an interest in SharePoint. Here's this years tracks:
- Driving Business Value with SharePoint
- Application Development in SharePoint
- SharePoint Implementation and Administration
- Business Intelligence and Data Management
- Site Owners, Content Managers & Power Users
- Bonus Track: Exploring What's New With SharePoint 2013
The tracks:
Track 1: Driving Business Value With SharePoint
Subject: Converting an Email Culture into a SharePoint Culture
Presenter: Robert Bogue – President, Thor Projects, LLC and SharePoint MVP
Subject: SharePoint: Driving Business Value Through Data Centralization
Presenter: Adam Solzmon – PCMS Datafit, SharePoint Practice Leader
Subject: How to Manage Business 'Transformation' Using SharePoint as the Engine
Presenter: Rich Kurz – Ascendum, General Manager, Solutions
Track 2: Application Development in SharePoint
Subject: Updating Your Developer's Skill Set for the New App Model
Presenter: Sean McDonough – Bitstream Foundry - Owner
Subject: F5 Tornado – A Whirlwind Introduction to SharePoint 2010 Development
Presenter: Patrick Tucker – Strategic Data Solutions, Principal Consultant SharePoint
Subject: Unleashing the Power of the Content Query Web Part
Presenter: Peter Serzo – High Monkey Consulting, SharePoint Practice Architect
Subject: Claims Based Authentication and SharePoint
Presenter: Justin Kobel – KiZAN Technologies, Principal SharePoint Consultant
Track 3: SharePoint Implementation and Administration
Subject: SharePoint 2013 Administration
Presenter: Tom Resing - SharePoint911/Rackspace, Consultant SharePoint MVP
Subject: Managed Metadata A to Z – Plan, Implement, Make it a Success!
Presenters: Stacy Deere-Strole – Focal Point Solutions, CEO, Stephanie Donohue – Focal Point Solutions, SharePoint Solutions Architect
Subject:Advanced SharePoint Troubleshooting
Presenter: Clint Richardson – Applied Information Sciences, Infrastructure Consultant
Subject: Integrating SharePoint with Office Web Apps (WAC) Server
Presenter: Brian Jackett – Microsoft, Premier Field Engineer - SharePoint
Track 4: Business Intelligence and Data Management
Subject: SharePoint BI – A Parable of Choices and Choosing Wisely
Presenter: Peter Serzo – High Monkey Consulting, SharePoint Practice Architect
Subject: Managing Your Business With Dashboards and Disparate Sources
Presenter: Chris Murphy – Ascendum, SharePoint/BI Solutions Delivery Manager
Subject: Integrate External Data with Business Connectivity Services
Presenter: Tom Resing - Rackspace, SharePoint MCM and MVP
Subject: Now I Have SharePoint. Where's the BI?
Presenters: Jim Klosterman – PCMS Datafit, Senior Consultant, Harold Loyd – PCMS Datafit, Senior Consultant
Track 5: Site Owners, Content Managers, & Power Users
Subject: The Secret Sauce for Building Sophisticated Applications as an End-User with SharePoint
Presenter: Bill Crider – Sogeti, Senior Manager
Subject: Lists: Used, Abused and Underappreciated
Presenter: Wes Preston–TrecStone, LLC, Owner/Principal Consultant and SharePoint MVP
Subject: Branding In SharePoint 2013
Presenters: Matthew Tallman – Cardinal Solutions, Principal Consultant David M. Ginn – Cardinal Solutions, Principal Consultant
Subject: ECM on SharePoint - 13 Ways to Make it Rock!
Presenter: Jeremy Minich – KnowledgeLake, Systems Engineer
Bonus Track: Exploring What's New With SharePoint 2013
Subject: Where is SharePoint Headed and Why Should You Care? (a panel discussion)
Potential Panelists: Sean McDonough, Wes Preston, Shane Young...
Subject: Build Your SharePoint 2013 Lab in the Cloud with Azure… for FREE!
Presenter: Keith Mayer – Microsoft, Senior Technical Evangelist
Subject: Re-Introduction to Workflow
Presenter: Robert Bogue – President, Thor Projects, LLC and SharePoint MVP
Subject: Combining your BI collateral with PerformancePoint Services - A Working Session
Presenter: Tavis Lovell – SharePoint 911/Rackspace, Senior SharePoint Consultant
Who should attend?
- Application/Software Developers
- Information Architects
- SharePoint Administrators
- IT Business Leaders
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A mother of two is being hailed as a hero after confronting one of the men who allegedly viciously butchered a young British soldier in broad daylight on the streets of London. The woman happened to be inside of a bus that stopped in front of the scene and seeing a man on the ground, she got out to see what she could do to help. Ingrid Loyau-Kennett is a former teacher and Brownie leader who knows first aid. At first, it looked like a car accident, as the soldier was crumpled near a smashed car. But it quickly became apparent that there was something much more sinister going on.
Ingrid walked over to the solider's body and saw a woman comforting him, but when she took his pulse, it was clear he was dead. Suddenly another man came over with a revolver in one hand, his hands stained with blood, and holding a meat cleaver. She told The Guardian:
I was not scared because he was not drunk, he was not on drugs. He was normal. I could speak to him and he wanted to speak and that's what we did.
Ingrid wanted to keep him calm as the man was quickly beginning to be surrounded by people, including children, and the police weren't there yet (some reports say it took them at least 20 minutes to arrive on scene). She asked him why he had killed the soldier. He said that he was Muslim and getting revenge for the Muslim women and children killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. He also said he wanted to "start a war" in London. She told him that police were on the way and that was a bad idea.
She then went to speak to the second man, an alleged accomplice, and asked for his knife. He refused. The first man approached again and Ingrid kept talking to him:
There were so many people around that I didn't want him to get scared or agitated. I kept talking to him to keep him occupied.
She told ITV's DayBreak:
I wanted him to concentrate on me and make sure he doesn't have a funny idea ... Unfortunately, there were more and more mothers with children stopping around, so it was even more important I talked to him and asked him what he wanted.
Soon police arrived and shot the two suspects, who are under arrest in a hospital. Ingrid doesn't have any regrets about putting herself in harm's way, saying, "Better me than a child."
It's unclear if the men had any intention of killing anyone else, but I know that the vast majority of people would not approach a bloodied man with a cleaver who had just butchered someone. Ingrid did it because she wanted to try and keep him calm so he wouldn't attack anyone else. She did it even if it meant losing her own life; leaving her own kids motherless. Unbelievable bravery. Unbelievable foolishness. BOTH. But ... you've got to admire her. Or wonder what the hell she was thinking. BOTH.
But one of her children thinks mom is a hero. "My Mum is a motherf**king badass," wrote someone claiming to be her son on Twitter. He linked to a snap a witness had taken of Ingrid confronting one of the men.
Would you do what Ingrid did?
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In this world, there are pancake people and there are waffle people. While I'm not really one to pass up a good pancake, I am definitely a waffle person. I love the extra crispiness and all those little divots just waiting to be filled with yummy toppings.
Unfortunately, waffles aren't exactly the best thing in the world for you. But it's not so difficult to make them a bit healthier. By simply exchanging some of the all-purpose flour for whole-wheat flour and oats, you've already made quite a dent. And don't forget the toppings! One of my favorite ways to eat waffles, especially fruit waffles, is with plain yogurt and fresh fruit on top instead of butter and maple syrup.
So go get some fresh summer berries and enjoy these healthier waffles with a clean conscience, readers. Go on. You deserve it!
Honey-Oat Waffles with Fresh Blueberries
adapted from The All New All Purpose Joy of Cooking
1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 c. whole-wheat flour
1/2 c. old-fashioned oats, coarsely ground
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 c. buttermilk
1/3 c. honey
4 TBSP (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
2 large eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 c. fresh blueberries
plain low-fat yogurt, for topping
extra honey, for drizzling
fresh blueberries, for topping
canola oil cooking spray
1. Preheat your waffle iron according to manufacturer's directions. Also heat oven to 250 degrees to use a warmer for waffles.
2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flours, oats, baking powder, salt, and baking soda.
3. In a medium bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, honey, melted butter, eggs, and vanilla extract. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix until just combined. Gently fold in blueberries. Let rest five minutes.
4. Spray the preheated waffle iron with cooking spray and pour in the appropriate amount of batter, as noted by the manufacturer's instructions. As you finish waffles, put on a jelly roll pan in the oven. Try not to stack waffles, as they will become soggy.
5. When ready to eat, top waffles with yogurt, a drizzle of honey, and more fresh blueberries. Enjoy! Serves four.


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Cardiff manager Dave Jones accepts that Bothroyd - out of contract this summer - will leave this month and Carlo Ancelotti has joined Birmingham and West Ham in showing an interest.
Ancelotti, whose budget has been seriously restricted by Roman Abramovich, feels Bothroyd could cover for Didier Drogba and would represent good value for money.
Up for grabs: Jay Bothroyd (left) is out of contract in the summer
More gloom for Chelsea as Mikel Obi ruled out for a month with injured kneeCardiff spark £2m Boothroyd scramble by sealing Everton striker VaughanCardiff spark £2m Boothroyd scramble by sealing Everton striker VaughanCHELSEA FC
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A rusty dagger holds a tattered note in place.
He goes by the name of Trelin the Tinker. This man is a crazed male channeler.
Not only did he fail to incinerate me, he also set himself ablaze.
He has been spotted wandering east of Bandar Eban, the nation of Andor, Cairhien and the Spine of the World,
accompanied by a pack of rabid rats.
Spread the word, and be wary around this man.


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بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
The angels are created from light. They are pure beings incapable of doing any wrong. Each created with specific purpose and diligently executes it to perfection. Iblis, the father of jins was created from fire and hence hold a higher station than Adam as, father of men, who was created from clay. Outwardly, men assumed to be the most inferior of the three. Yet, Allah swt describes men as beings capable of transcending the angels and jins. On what criterion has Allah swt measures their stations and by what means do men achieve this zenith?
Allah swt created time and space, and sprinkles His greatness and His Omni-attributes on each and every of His creations, big and small. From the galactic synchronous orbital motions of the planets, the moon and the earth to the complex inter-cellular links in the body, therein contain His signs. Love, just, mercy, forgiving, beneficent, true, trust, giving, pure and beauty are among the essences of His Greatness. In order to develop a relationship with Him, men have to recognize, embrace and nurture these essences and reflect them through their actions towards Him and towards their fellow creations (Hablu minAllah Habl minAnnas). Establishing such a relationship is the one and only purpose of men's creation and existence. A divine slave-master relationship in the form of ubudiyah - to believe, to totally submit, to remember, to worship, to obey, to love, to be close to and to die for. Not to recognize His attributes and to turn our back on them is an act of injustice (Zulum) of the highest order; not to Allah swt but to their own souls.
The essence of all essences is love (Hubb).
Allah swt frequently chose love to describe His relationship with man.
Allah says, 'Say if you verily love Allah, then follow me (Muhammad). Allah will love you and forgive your sins. And Allah is the Most Forgiving and Most Merciful'.
Allah says, 'Say if you verily love Allah, then follow me (Muhammad). Allah will love you and forgive your sins. And Allah is the Most Forgiving and Most Merciful'.
However, love needs chemistry. It is a requisite of love for A to love B, and B to love A back. For true love to exist there must be a free flow of this essence between the two - mutual and sharing. If B turns to C instead, the equilibrium is shattered. The affair between A and B has become merely physics. That is why associating partners has become severely offensive to Him that he is willing to forgive all other sins but this.
Allah swt bestowed upon the human beings, three inner essentials namely intellect, choice and ability to endure hardship. Choice is not granted to the angels. As for the jinn, Allah swt gave them choice and hardship but little in the way of intellect.
So, how can these three elements executes themselves within man to make them hold superiority above the angels and jinn?
Intellect is capacity to think and acquire knowledge. When Allah intended to create Adam (as), the angels were worried. They asked. 'Why do you want to create another species that would cause bloodshed and corruption, as was in the case of jinn before? Allah swt replied, 'Verily I know what you know not'. Allah swt then taught Adam names. When Adam spoke in front of the angels, they realized that Adam was bestowed with the intellect and knowledge that were not granted to them. Adam thinks and capable of acquiring knowledge.
Emotions emanate from deep thoughts. One has to think to love. Love may blind a person but love is not blind. A man cannot truly love his newlywed wife if he does not think of her. During moments of temporary separation, his mind will ponder over her essence. Her smiles, her laughter, and the joy she brings into his life. If there are no such thoughts towards her companion, then how can there be love? (Of course, this romance does not last forever. This only confirms the temporary nature of life in this world.) On the other hand, the angels do not think like men. In spite of them worshiping Allah in such an incredible manners by way of sajda and ruku' and continuously for thousands of years, they lack the element of thoughts. They are great servants of Allah swt but Allah swt desires a deeper relationship. Allah swt wants a species whose heart and mind are totally engrossed in His essence and desiring to be close to Him. Such degree of love can only come from this highly emotional creature called man and not from the angels.
Allah says, 'Those who remember Allah standing and sitting and lying on their sides and reflect on the creation of the heavens and the earth. They said, 'Our Lord! Thou hast not created this in vain! Glory be to Thee, save us then from the chastisement of the fire'.
Secondly, it is choice. When a man wants to get married he would want a woman who chose him in spite of having other options. If she had no choice but to marry him then the marriage would not be rated highly in the scale of romance. The angels have no choice. They have been created with specific purpose and carries out the task diligently but with no emotions. Allah loves them and they love Allah. But again, He wants a deeper relationship. Allah wants love by choice. When man loves Allah it is by choice. He is given to choose otherwise. And Allah persuades man to choose Him.
Allah says, 'There shall be no compulsion in [acceptance of] the religion. The right course has become clear from the wrong. So whoever disbelieves in Taghut and believes in Allah has grasped the most trustworthy handhold with no break in it. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.'
Thirdly, it is the ability to endure hardship. Human beings are born into hardship. A new born cries when he comes out of his mother's womb, and loudly too. A scholar once said that when a baby pops out from the womb, he cries because he sees hardship facing him in this new life. So much time and effort are needed just to learn the fundamentals of survivals. Human baby has to be caressed and breastfed while a blind kitten independently crawls towards its mother's teats. A new born calf could stand and walk the very same day. Human baby wet himself and need others to get him washed and dried. He feels cold and need others to cloth him. Without these helps he cannot survive. When he grows up and requires lesser care from the parents, his dependency does not reduce but rather switches towards the society around him. Man finds difficulties to survive alone. That is why they moved away from the jungle and flooded the cities, in spite of the latter proving to be a more hostile place. When you are born with nothing, and every single thing you need has to be acquired, that is hardship. Whatever you seek in life have to come through great self-determination and hard work. It is through these hardships that man develops noble qualities and transcends all other creations, including the angels.
And so it follows that true love, too, cannot come without hardship. When the mother gives birth to a child, her love and attachment to the child are more than the father's. This is because the mother went through great amount of pains and hardships from the moment the she began her pregnancy until her delivery. The delivery itself is the pinnacle of all worries and pain. But the entire hardships are traded with ultimate love and joy of the moment she behold the sight of her new born.
The father hardly faces any of these hardships except for the worry of the hospital bills (even then, some mothers get their aid from the local council).
So hardship is a prerequisite of real love. If man channel his energy towards Allah swt and undergoes hardships and suppressing their desires all for His sake, his love towards Him shall transcend all other loves.
Allah says, ' Those who strive in our path we surely guides them towards our ways'
Allah says, ' Those who strive in our path we surely guides them towards our ways'
The angels do not face hardships. They are as they were from the moment of their creation. They have been bestowed with the selective qualities and made no effort to achieve them. By virtue of man attainment of relationships via hardships, it makes their relationships truer.
Summarily, in His infinite wisdom, granting of these essentials to man - intellect, choice and hardship - is part of the divine plan for men to generate an apex of true and divine relationship with his Creator. A relationship far exceeds that of the angels. Allah swt has showered the sky, the land and sea with His divine essence of love, just, mercy, forgiving, beneficent, true, trust, giving, pure and beauty. These essences are embraced and nurtured by virtuous man who chose Allah as his friends and, in turn, reflects these essences to all other creations in the universe (Khalifah). These men have served their purpose of existence. For them shall be gardens underneath which rivers flow - streams of milk, honey, pure wine and water. Damsels await them, whose beauties no eyes have seen, no ears have heard and no hearts have ever imagined. They have fulfilled the purpose of their existence and they longed for the Face of their Allah while waiting for the life hereafter.
Allah swt says, 'And give good tidings to those who believe and do righteous deeds that they will have gardens [in Paradise] beneath which rivers flow. Whenever they are provided with a provision of fruit there from, they will say, "This is what we were provided with before." And it is given to them in likeness. And they will have therein purified spouses, and they will abide therein eternally.'
Let us think and ponder for what purpose do we walk the earth. Let us think and make a choice. Then let us work hard on the path we chose.
May Allah accept all of us to be among the blessed people who have made the right choice in the way they lived their lives. The life that bought them the pleasure and love of Allah swt. Ameen.
May Allah accept all of us to be among the blessed people who have made the right choice in the way they lived their lives. The life that bought them the pleasure and love of Allah swt. Ameen.
Allah swt says, ' Verily Allah has purchased from the believers their life and their wealth in lieu of Jannah'.


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Factory Vinyl Sleeves
February 18, 2010
Earlier this week I mentioned the charity shop record sleeve bonanza that is LP Cover Lover. Here's another site record sleeve site, this one with a lower label's factory standard paper sleeves. Barcelona-based Illustrator Kavel Rafferty's Record Envelope site hosts a collection of vintage sleeves from all over the world. While I'm on the subject, Kavel produced a series of imaginary portraits inspired by the weird names of the people he's been receiving spam emails from. Some are featured in Booooooom! (that's 7 o's, I think)
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Wayward Halloween is a gacha event with a spooky side and a not so spooky side- I'm on the spooky side, in the graveyard! I made little bats styled after how I draw them. There are three types: wings spread and wings curled are commons, each in 12 colour options; and the rare is an animated flying flittermouse, to flap up and down by your side or fly around in circles on the ground, and is texture change with all the options so you get to pick what you want him to look like!
To be found at Wayward Halloween until Halloween itself!