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On the 26 September 1868, Charles Dickens composed the following letter to his 15-year-old son, Edward, before seeing him off on a ship bound for Australia. Charles had an idyllic childhood, reading, playing outside and attending a private school. After years of living beyond his means, his father was sent to a debtors' prison with his wife and youngest children. At the age of ten, Charles went to work in a blacking factory. He eventually returned to school and worked as a junior clerk in a law office before starting his writing career.
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Following in his older brother Alfred's footsteps, Edward settled in New South Wales and ran a number of largely unsuccessful stock and station agencies. He spent several years as a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, before losing his seat. Edward spent his last years unemployed and in debt, before dying at the age of 49.
"My dearest Plorn,
I write this note to-day because your going away is much upon my mind, and because I want you to have a few parting words from me to think of now and then at quiet times. I need not tell you that I love you dearly, and am very, very sorry in my heart to part with you. But this life is half made up of partings, and these pains must be borne.
It is my comfort and my sincere conviction that you are going to try the life for which you are best fitted. I think its freedom and wildness more suited to you than any experiment in a study or office would ever have been; and without that training, you could have followed no other suitable occupation.
I think its freedom and wildness more suited to you than any experiment in a study or office would ever have been
What you have already wanted until now has been a set, steady, constant purpose. I therefore exhort you to persevere in a thorough determination to do whatever you have to do as well as you can do it. I was not so old as you are now when I first had to win my food, and do this out of this determination, and I have never slackened in it since.
Never take a mean advantage of anyone in any transaction, and never be hard upon people who are in your power. Try to do to others, as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes. It is much better for you that they should fail in obeying the greatest rule laid down by our Saviour, than that you should.
Try to do to others, as you would have them do to you, and do not be discouraged if they fail sometimes
I put a New Testament among your books, for the very same reasons, and with the very same hopes that made me write an easy account of it for you, when you were a little child; because it is the best book that ever was or will be known in the world, and because it teaches you the best lessons by which any human creature who tries to be truthful and faithful to duty can possibly be guided.
Edward in the Australian Town and Country Journal, 6 April 1889National Library of Australia
As your brothers have gone away, one by one, I have written to each such words as I am now writing to you, and have entreated them all to guide themselves by this book, putting aside the interpretations and inventions of men.
You will remember that you have never at home been wearied about religious observances or mere formalities. I have always been anxious not to weary my children with such things before they are old enough to form opinions respecting them. You will therefore understand the better that I now most solemnly impress upon you the truth and beauty of the Christian religion, as it came from Christ Himself, and the impossibility of your going far wrong if you humbly but heartily respect it.
I have always been anxious not to weary my children with such things before they are old enough to form opinions respecting them
Only one thing more on this head. The more we are in earnest as to feeling it, the less we are disposed to hold forth about it. Never abandon the wholesome practice of saying your own private prayers, night and morning. I have never abandoned it myself, and I know the comfort of it.
I hope you will always be able to say in after life, that you had a kind father. You cannot show your affection for him so well, or make him so happy, as by doing your duty.
Your affectionate Father"


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Project on Short List for Competitive Federal Credit Program
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that the Interstate 35W project in Tarrant County has been invited to apply for a Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (TIFIA) loan to improve the North Tarrant Express Segments 3a and 3b. The goal of the project is to provide economic benefits to the region and make it easier to connect residents in the area to jobs near the project.
"President Obama called for 'an America built to last,' and the TIFIA program can help us achieve that," said Secretary LaHood. "A little TIFIA goes a long way for communities that use these loans to leverage additional funding so they can tackle the big picture transportation projects this country needs."
As the second phase of a larger corridor strategy to build a network of managed lanes, the improvements include four new managed toll roads and upgrades to the existing general purpose lanes and frontage roads. The addition of new managed lanes is expected to support new investment, expansion and private sector growth in Fort Worth.
One of Five Selected
The Texas project was one of five selected to submit a loan application, which the Department of Transportation will review. If approved, the loan would go toward financing part of the estimated total project cost of $1.5 billion.
"TIFIA can help move projects forward, which will create jobs and strengthen the economy," Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez said. "Given current fiscal constraints, the program provides an invaluable opportunity for states and localities to leverage limited resources."
About the Program
The TIFIA program provides federal credit assistance to nationally or regionally significant surface transportation projects, including highway, transit and rail. The program is designed to fill market gaps and leverage substantial private co-investment by providing projects with supplemental debt.
National demand for TIFIA infrastructure credit assistance has been overwhelming. In response to the fiscal year 2012 Notice of Funding Availability, the U.S. Department of Transportation received 26 letters of interest exceeding $13 billion in total requests. Since its inception, TIFIA has accelerated delivery of critical infrastructure investments by providing almost $9.1billion in credit assistance to 26 projects.

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Egypt's Largest Mosque, Al-Fattah Al-Alim Will Open This Month
TIMESMALAYSIA, CAIRO – Egypt has the largest mosque namely Al-Fattah Al-Alim. The Egypt's largest mosque is located in Cairo. It is capable to accommodate 17 thousand worshipers and will be opened this month after completion of the construction.
Now the construction of this mosque is at the level of finishing touches on the construction process. Furthermore, the mosque that is located in the new administrative of capital will be officially opened by Egyptian President, Abdel Fattah Al Sisi.
Reported at Ahram Online, Thursday (03/01/2019), this mosque actually can accommodate more than 17.000 worshipers. Therefore, this mosque called as one of the largest mosques in the world.
Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque is built by the new Middle Ring Road in the administrative capital. The mosque's building area is 6.325 square meters in the yard for prayer and 6.700 square meters of prayer yard in the outer courtyard.
This mosque is designed with five main entrances and a room for female prayer. The building of the amazingly mosque has four secondary domes of 12.5 meters in diameter, a height of 10 meters, and four towers as high as 92 meters.
At least 1 thousand workers were involved to build the mosque that has Islamic Fatimiyah architecture's style. Al-Fattah Al-Alim Mosque will function as the official site for state services involving of religious ceremonies.
In addition to the Egypt's largest mosque, Al-Fattah Al-Alim, the new administrative capital in Egypt is now also place to the largest church in Egypt, the Nativity of Christ, which has been partially opened and it has been used for Christmas Mass in 2018. (*)


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Size: 1/15" to 1/12" Shape: Segmented, Oval Color: Light yellowish to reddish-brown
These species of ants are very difficult to control, because they are so small in size they can get into almost any type of structure. Some Pharaoh Ants when in mature stage are winged but do not fly. The Pharaoh Ant will also split into sub-colonies and scatter to other locations inside or outside of structures. The colonies can be very large in size anywhere from tens or hundreds of thousand workers with more than one queen or queens who never leave their nest.
Pharaoh Ants build colonies in warm, moist conditions and open sources of water. Rarely are Pharaoh Ants found building colonies in between walls, under floors, above ceilings, behind baseboards and switch plates, in old trash, linen, or outside in gardens, and along walkways but they can occur. They have a very diverse diet that includes, syrups, fruit juice, honey, jelly, cakes, pies, greases, dead insects, or meats, blood and other bodily fluids, medical waste or intravenous feeding fluids.
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Ray Kurzweil once wrote, "Our technology, our machines, is part of our humanity. We created them to extend ourselves, and that is what is unique about human beings." It could be argued that some aspects of humanity are better left unextended. One tweet can derail someone's career; a single blog post can discredit scientific authority; a two-minute video can embellish the dubious accomplishments of a marginal celebrity. In the most extreme cases, the Web exposes the worst side of human behavior: alienation, distrust, aggression, outrage, and even violence.
From sexting to selfies, from Buzzfeed memes to clickbait listicles, from borecore trolls to body-shaming misogynists, this book seeks to make sense of the way we behave online. The author examines precedents in art, technology and psychology to better understand this emerging subculture, drawing upon case studies that predate the digital channel and inform our sense of accountability.
In an interconnected digital landscape where anonymity is power and culture is ephemeral, the future of human interaction may well hinge upon our ability to navigate the dark side of online consumption. As one Reddit user put it, "If we don't study the mistakes of the future, we're doomed to repeat them for the first time."


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Cluster bean (guvar) curry and hot chapatis
Saturday is usually a very busy day for me when I catch up with my cleaning, washing and shopping.
Today's dinner was a quick and simple dish of cluster bean curry (also called guvar nu shak) with chapatis accompanied by pickle, kachumber and lassi. For afters we had gulab Jamuns which I had made yesterday. Now, I hope to enjoy a hot cup of coffee and catch up with friends and family.
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At first, I thought this would be a Herculean task to even remember what films came out this decade, much less to choose which films I would consider the best. But then I realized… all I needed to do was to look at my rather paltry collection of DVD's that I actually purchased over the past 10 years and why. Although I am a huge cineaste, for some reason I'm not a big DVD buyer. And on that rare occasion that I am moved to buy a DVD, it is because I think that the film is a classic, one that I will watch and study over and over again. I looked on my DVD shelf and remembered every time why these movies moved me in such a profound way. I have seen all of these movies more than once and each of them has had an impact on me as a filmmaker.
All in all, it was a pretty great decade for cinema. And in many ways, so many of these films are not only my favorite films of the decade, but some of my favorite movies of all time.
1. City of God - When this film came out, everything about it was original and exciting to me. Fernando Meirelles set the tone and style of so many movies of the decade and many more to come. It was handheld, quick moving unrelenting and undeniably powerful. But what makes the film a masterpiece is that it also managed to be tender and touching. If I had to pick one, probably my fave of the decade.
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - A close second is the visual masterpiece by Michel Gondry (a wizard of cinema tricks) from a genius script by Charlie Kaufman. Yes the filmmaker in me marveled at the "How did he do that?" But the romantic in me found the sentimental love story absolutely irresistible. I have another Kaufman film on my list and just as Meirelles changed the way we film movies, Kaufman has changed the way we look at storytelling.
3. Diving Bell and the Butterfly – Schnablel's painterly and heartbreaking film puts the audience literally behind the skin of the main character. For the entire film, I felt trapped in and paralyzed like the lead yet at the same time stunned by the beautiful images that Schnabel paints onto the screen. What seems like an impossible story to translate to cinema was not only a success but managed to be uplifting and inspirational.
4. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon I watched this movie at the NY Film Festival with a bunch of hardened critics and press. At the end of it, I was amazed to see all of them rise to their feet and applaud like a bunch of school kids at a matinee. And I shared in their enthusiasm. It's no secret that I am a lifelong Ang Lee fan and this film shows his artistry once again. A love story, an action adventure and an homage to the cinema of Ang Lee's youth.
5. Pans Labyrinth – Perhaps I was already charmed by an interview I watched with Del Toro and the three amigos on Charlie Rose but you cannot deny the filmmaker's meticulous detail and singular vision of this fantasy. I had written a similar story when I was in my 20s and again on a personal level, it was rewarding to see that you can mix real period drama with surrealistic fantasy.
6. In the Mood for Love What's interesting about this selection is that I did not like it when I first saw it. But over the years, I could not stop thinking about it. Someone had bought me the DVD as a gift and I watched it again, and then I had a completely different reaction. The haunting images and love story stay with you, mostly because it achieves a mood I suspect mostly because of Chris Doyle's unique style of cinematography (I now try to use only available light) but also the evocative soundtrack by Umebayshi Shigeru. Wong Kar Wai of course has to be credited, but it's the mood of the film that stays with you.
7. Amelie Yes it's corny, yes its overly sentimental, but I still love Amelie. I'm writing this right now while I'm on a shoot in Paris and even as we shot the steps of Montmartre, I could not separate my love for the city and my memory of this film. Movies for me when they succeed are magic, and this film had no shortage of that from Tatou's waifish charm to the cartoonish direction of Jeunet to the wonderful soundtrack of Yann Tiersin.
8. Being John Malkovich Yes that's right another Kaufman film. This one I admire because it was our introduction of the great writer. As I have written now two screenplays in this past decade, I can appreciate more Kaufman's ability to take absurdity and mix it with simple moving storytelling. It's a very hard balance to strike and what makes him so great. Let's not forget Spike Jonze's skillful and playful filmmaking. Also kudos to Jonze for his brilliant adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are...
9. Lost in Translation I lived in Hong Kong for two years long before I saw this movie. But when I watched it at an early preview, I had such a strong relationship to the character and how uncannily Coppola was able to capture a foreigner's view of Asia. I was certain that the film would fail since so few people would have shared this experience, but I came to realize the story is more universal and the love story such an unusual one. I have a bit of professional jealousy that I feel towards Coppola hard not to as she is the princess daughter of a legend, but this film shows she has real talent.
10. Mulholland Drive Okay the end of my list is a film I forgot came out this decade, but it is probably my fave David Lynch movie (toss up Blue Velvet) because of its mysterious plot and truly original story telling. Many filmmakers attempt to portray the dream world but no other director succeeds at making it work. What was in that box?
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Nextant Aerospace Identifies Huge Potential For Jet Market In Asia
- Asia has lowest penetration of business jets among super rich in the world
- Number of billionaires in Asia set to double in the next ten years
- Nextant focuses on Asia signing deals with China Great Wall Industrial Corporation and Jet Aviation Singapore
Shanghai, April 17, 2013 – Nextant Aerospace ("Nextant"), maker of the Nextant 400XT, the world's only remanufactured business jet, believes Asia has the potential to drive sales in the global, entry-level business jet market over the next decade due to its rapid economic growth and increasing population of high net worth individuals.
The entry-level business jet market in Asia has grown rapidly over the last decade with the five years to 2012 seeing a 74% increase in deliveries on the previous five year period (2003-2007). Globally, deliveries of business jets grew by just 6% between the same two periods.
In spite of this recent growth, the business aviation market in Asia remains relatively underdeveloped compared to the rest of the world and is likely to continue to grow as its economies and high net worth populations continue to expand. It is for these reasons that Asia has been identified as a core part of Nextant's expansion strategy.
Nextant estimates that there is currently one business jet for every 121 individuals with net assets of at least $30million in Asia, compared to one for every eight in the USA and Latin America. In Europe, which has the second lowest density of business jets, there is one jet to every 33 persons with $30million or more; still far higher than in Asia.
China is the world's second largest economy and while expansion has slowed, it recently announced its economic growth target for 2013 is 7.5%; far higher than many economies, and according to a recent report by the OECD, it is on course to overtake the US as world's largest economy by 2016 . This increase in economic activity is likely to increase demand for business aircraft as the number of large companies in the region grows.
The number of super-rich in Asia is also growing rapidly and this is also likely to fuel demand for business jets. According to Knight Frank's recent Wealth Report 2013, the number of billionaires grew by 9% between 2011 and 2012 and is expected to more than double by 2022 (119%). In China alone, the number is expected to grow by 214% over the same period. Similarly, the number of people in Asia with net assets of $30million or more is also predicted to grow by 88% in the next 10 years, making it the fastest growing region along with Latin America.
Nextant, which entered the Asian market in August 2012, has identified it as one of its key territories and is building its presence in the region to ensure it is in the best possible position to take advantage of the growth opportunities it presents. At ABACE in Shanghai, it announced the appointment of the China Great Wall Industrial Corporation (CGWIC) as its exclusive sales agent for China and an agreement with Jet Aviation Singapore to provide maintenance services for its fleet.
Sean McGeough, President of Nextant Aerospace, said: "The penetration of business jets among the very wealthy in Asia has to now been far lower than any other region. This is a balance we expect to be redressed as attitudes towards business travel develop and economies in the region continue to grow. We believe the timing is right with our 400XT light jet for both value-oriented customers and those looking for a regional complement to their larger aircraft."
"In the Nextant 400XT, we have a uniquely innovative and cost-effective product which is challenging the way buyers think about aircraft purchases. We've been actively selling our jets in Asia for less than a year but the response has already been fantastic and we are attracting a lot of interest from businesses, individuals and governments in the region. There is a huge opportunity here and, as our deals with CGWIC and Jet Aviation Singapore testify, we mean business."
The Nextant 400XT boasts an impressive 2,003 nautical mile (3,709 km) range, which means customers can fly from Singapore to as far west as Mumbai, India, or as far north as Shanghai, China without needing a refueling stop.
The aircraft sells for roughly half the price of its competitors with significantly lower operating costs. Low maintenance costs are backed by a full factory warranty, a global network of owned and authorized service centers and the world's largest inventory of rotable parts for BE40 series aircraft which includes the 400XT.
Globally, the Nextant Aerospace value proposition has proven hugely attractive, securing sales of over $100 million since late 2011. Nextant currently has a sales backlog valued in excess of $175 million.
About Nextant Aerospace
Nextant Aerospace was founded in 2007 for the primary purpose of developing an aircraft modernization program. The company is credited with being the first to introduce the concept of aircraft remanufacturing to the business jet market. The Nextant 400XT is a remanufactured Beechjet 400A/XP equipped with the Williams FJ44-3AP engines and Rockwell Collins Pro Line 21™ integrated avionics suite. The new aircraft also benefits from significant aerodynamic enhancements including newly designed nacelles, pylons and an improved engine mounting configuration. The 400XT is delivered as a new aircraft with a two-year, full aircraft warranty and is supported by a global network of owned and authorized service centers. Nextant's design and manufacturing facility is located in Cleveland, Ohio, at the Cuyahoga County Airport. For more information, please visit, like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter @nextantaero or join us on LinkedIn.
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1Nextant Aerospace analysis of JETNET data from March 2013 (includes VLJs, light and mid-size jets)
2Nextant Aerospace analysis of JETNET data and Knight Frank "The Wealth Report 2013"


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By work space, I really mean a place for my day dreaming, website & blog perusing (like here, here, here and here), picture fiddling, Pinterest pinning, magazine reading, exercise avoiding, procrastinating…et cetera et cetera.
Right now, I usually do this from either the 1) bed 2) couch 3) dining table 4) teeny weeny side table turned desk. I'm planning to buy a desk soon though, where I can put my desktop and netbook, some magazines, photos, and hopefully some shelves + an inspiration board above it. *I'm sure my boyfriend is sooo excited about my plans. He can put his laptop there if he wants.
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CELI examinations by CVCL – the Language Centre of Università per Stranieri di Perugia certifies the communicative competence of Italian as a foreign language. The exams are aimed at aduls and focus on the practical ability to use the Italian language in the field of work and study. CELI are set at six levels of proficiency, aligned to the levels of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR) – from A1 to C2.
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Eight substances were added to the 12th Report on Carcinogens, a science-based document that identifies chemicals and biological agents that may put people at increased risk for cancer. The Report is maintained by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services and data compiled by the National Toxicology Program (NTP).
The industrial chemical formaldehyde and a botanical known as aristolochic acids are now listed as known human carcinogens. Six other substances — captafol, cobalt-tungsten carbide (in powder or hard metal form), certain inhalable glass wool fibers, o-nitrotoluene, riddelliine, and styrene — are added as substances that are reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens. With these additions, the 12th Report on Carcinogens now includes 240 listings.
The Report on Carcinogens is a congressionally mandated document that is prepared for the HHS Secretary by the NTP. The report identifies agents, substances, mixtures, or exposures in two categories: known to be a human carcinogen and reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen. A listing in the Report on Carcinogens does not by itself mean that a substance will cause cancer. Many factors, including the amount and duration of exposure, and an individual's susceptibility to a substance, affect whether a person will develop cancer.
Once a substance is nominated by the public or private sector and selected for consideration, it undergoes an extensive evaluation with numerous opportunities for scientific and public input. There were at least six opportunities for public input on each substance. The NTP used established criteria to evaluate the scientific evidence on each candidate substance under review. The NTP drew upon the scientific expertise of several federal agencies, including the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Two known human carcinogens:
Aristolochic acids have been shown to cause high rates of bladder or upper urinary tract cancer among individuals with kidney or renal disease who consumed botanical products containing aristolochic acids. Aristolochic acids are a family of acids that occur naturally in some plant species. Despite a warning issued in 2001 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that advised consumers to discontinue use of any botanical products containing aristolochic acids, they can still be purchased on the Internet and abroad, and may be found as a contaminant in herbal products used to treat a variety of symptoms and diseases, such as arthritis, gout, and inflammation.
Formaldehyde was first listed in the 2nd Report on Carcinogens as a substance that was reasonably anticipated to be a human carcinogen, after laboratory studies showed it caused nasal cancer in rats. There is now sufficient evidence from studies in humans to show that individuals with higher measures of exposure to formaldehyde are at increased risk for certain types of rare cancers, including nasopharyngeal (the nasopharnyx is the upper part of the throat behind the nose), sinonasal, as well as a specific cancer of the white blood cells known as myeloid leukemia. Formaldehyde is a colorless, flammable, strong-smelling chemical that is widely used to make resins for household items, such as composite wood products, paper product coatings, plastics, synthetic fibers, and textile finishes. Formaldehyde is also commonly used as a preservative in medical laboratories, mortuaries, and some consumer products, including some hair straightening products.
For more information on the six substances reasonably anticipated to be human carcinogens, CLICK HERE to read the full press release.
Thanks for sharing us this informative blog post. It is extremely important to understand how these substances would cause a cancer in our body... Anyway, thanks for posting this and letting us know..Keep sharing!!!
Uh Oh! This list is growing rampant! I worked in a cancer hospital for eight years. As the increase in known carcinogens is no surprise to me it is still devastating. Nonetheless, the information is very valuable.
Might be just a matter of time until every substance is on the list. Hope we'll understand cancer well enough in the near future to properly judge the impact or harness these substances in a way that they will not cause any damage. Maybe they can be inactivated in some way, so we only gain from them
thanks for the information was good. whether we can copy this article for our show on our website?
Thanks for the great information. May I refer to your article? I want to make posts on my site about the theme that you write. My site is about how to re-unite with nature to build our health. I will combine the idea of returning to a organic medicine with the data in your writing is. thank you
I agree that carcinogens is a danger material causes cancer
This is very alarming news that whatever substance this is can cause cancer to us. Good thing that it is publish for us to know.
This is disturbing news..thanks for making everyone aware...Anytime you can choose to avoid cancer causing substances it is best to do so.
What are the primary effect of these Aristolochic acids? can you further explain?
Carcinogens are also prevalent in our food supply and drinking water. Wake up people!


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Whether you call it support raising, fundraising, ministry partner development, or some other name, the process of inviting people to invest in a ministry is daunting. Sometimes I want to sit back and exclaim the immortal words of Inspector Gadget: "Wowzers!" Sometimes that exclamation would be out of frustration or stress, other times out of sheer awe at what the Lord is doing in my life and the lives of others though this process.
When I first started raising support, I think my attitude was that I was begging others to give their hard earned money to a ministry they knew little about. I was, by my flawed view of things, asking them to provide for me financially so I could chase a dream. I felt like a beggar. And there are many days when I still have those thoughts, and I'm sure that many people who know what I'm up to see it as that. But when I search scripture and open my heart to the truth of God, I remember that what I'm really asking people to do is trust in God with every aspect of their lives, including their finances, as I do the same thing. I'm asking people to see the importance of loving children and teaching them how to love and to help me do those things.
Jesus, when He sends out the 12, and when He sends out the 70, commands them not to take their own provisions, telling the 12 that the worker is worth his keep. Paul takes a similar stance on the idea, reminding Timothy that the ox is not to be muzzled while working and that the worker is worth his wages. When I read of the way the church supported Jesus and the disciples, and then Paul, and the way the Levites had their provision from the tithes of the other tribes, I realized that as I seek to become involved in "full time" ministry, there is nothing wrong with asking others to support the ministry, in fact, an approved workman is not ashamed, Paul wrote.
However, the way I ask, and my expectations of the responses I will receive, matter greatly. My attitude is not to be one of arrogance or manipulation. I am not entitled to anyone's support. I am free to ask, but those I ask are free to deny. And their choice to give or to refrain from giving doesn't change my attitude toward them. The love I have for others is dependent only on God's love for me. I love because he first loved me. My love flows from an overflow of God's love to everyone I come across, not from material wealth to those willing to provide said wealth.
When describing to a good friend of mine the support raising process, I compared it to any other charity; people believe in the mission and thus are willing to support it, knowing their money will not be returned to them. And to some extent that is accurate. Just as Aggies support the Association of Former Students because they believe in the mission of the organization, my ministry partners believe in mission of the Gospel to seek and save the lost, to make disciples of all nations, but there is more to it than that. I fully believe that giving to ministry is an investment. No, you won't be leveraging God; giving to support my vision for ministry will not obligate God to return more to you. He may do that, but He may not. However, I am firmly convinced that as we seek to view our possessions as God's possessions on loan to us, and as we seek to offer them to Him, He will return to us a multitude of blessings. I have seen this in my own life as I supported friends in ministry over the last year. Countless times I would be at work, having a terrible day, frustrated with life in some way, doubting that God was working in my life, only to have a notification on my phone that I received an email from one of the friends I was supporting. Each and every time, I would be uplifted, encouraged and reminded that God works in all circumstances, even the bad or frustrating. I can imagine God reveling at my marvel when I read about the way my small gift was helping His message of grace and truth to spread through east Asia.
I don't just want my supporters to believe that what I'm doing is important, I want them to understand that what THEY are doing is important. I don't want them to feel like an observer of the ministry, but an active participant, because they are. I went them to feel like choosers, not obligated to donate to a charity cause, but electing to involve themselves in God's work in places they can't physically be.


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Come Meet Our Cats!
We have some of our adoptable cats in the adoption center at PetSmart in Cambridge. Stop on by to see some of the sweet kitties currently available for adoption.
Volunteers are are available throughout the week as shown in the schedule below to answer your questions, accept adoption applications, and to let you into the adoption center to interact with the cats. However, we may encounter emergencies that result in no one being available at these times. We apologize for any inconvenience.
You may also stop by at any time during the store's normal hours to take a peek. On days without visiting hours, interested applicants should speak to the manager on duty to see if an employee is available to let them in to meet the cats. If you see a cat that you are interested in adopting, you may fill out an adoption application online. Once received, one of our volunteers will contact you by phone to discuss the cat you are interested in.
Adoptions are completed by appointment only
PetSmart Cambridge
160 Alewife Brook Parkway
Cambridge, MA
Sunday: 12–2 pm, 4–5:30 pm
Monday: 6–8 pm
Tuesday: 5:30–7 pm
Wednesday: 5–7 pm
Thursday: 6–8 pm
Friday: 5–7 pm
Saturday: 10 am–5 pm


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Dream Gardens are built on Quality Soil
The Mantis Tiller/Cultivator is a lightweight and powerful tool that can turn hard, packed dirt into beautiful and bountiful gardens. It's the missing link between the spaces in your yard and the garden of your dreams. Mantis Tillers can be used throughout the gardening season for weeding and tilling. Flowers and plants need good soil to thrive and good soil starts with a Mantis Tiller. Dream no more – a successful garden awaits!
Improve and enrich your soil with compost made in a Mantis ComposTumbler. Send less waste to the landfill and turn organic waste into 'brown gold' for the garden, patio containers and lawn. Mantis has what you need to turn your space into a beautiful and bountiful place.
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- Tills, digs, weeds, cultivates the soil
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Make compost in just a few weeks. Our compost tumblers are engineered to speed up the composting process.
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Here's our sixth round-up of concerts, plays and other shows on in the North East over the next week.
Another will follow next Thursday.
• US rapper 50 Cent, alias Curtis Jackson, can be seen at Newcastle's Metro Radio Arena on Saturday night. The 40-year-old, best known for his 2003 debut album, Get Rich or Die Tryin', a No 2 hit over here, is due to release his sixth LP, provisionally titled Street King Immortal, next year. His last album, Animal Ambition, was a No 21 hit last year. Tickets to see the New Yorker and his backing act, the G-Unit, cost £40 or £45. Colin Francis will be supporting. For details, go to www.metroradioarena.co.uk
• Country-and-western singer Kacey Musgraves is playing at the Sage Gateshead on Monday as part of a six-date UK tour. The Texan is over here to plug her fifth album, Pageant Material, a No 11 UK hit and a No 3 in her native US following its release in June. Tickets, priced £24.50, to see the 27-year-old have sold out, but returns might be available on the night. Sugar and the High Lows will be supporting. For details, go to www.sagegateshead.com or call 0191 443 4661.
• Singer-songwriter Tom Robinson, pictured, is back on the road to promote his first album for almost 20 years, Only the Now, and he can be seen at the Sage Gateshead's hall two on Monday. Tickets to see the Cambridgeshire-born 65-year-old – best known for his two top 10 singles, 1977's 2-4-6-8 Motorway and 1983's War Baby – cost £22. For details, go to www.sagegateshead.com
• Lord Huron can be seen at the Cluny in Newcastle on Monday. The US indie folk act, formed in California in 2010, are this side of the Atlantic to promote their second album, Strange Trails, a No 95 hit upon its release in April. Radical Face will be supporting. Tickets cost £13. For details, go to www.thecluny.com
• Will Young is playing at Newcastle City Hall next Wednesday. He's touring to plug his sixth album, 85% Proof, a chart-topper following its release in May. Tickets to see the Berkshire-born 36-year-old, winner of the 2002 ITV talent show Pop Idol, cost £35 or £45. For details, go to newcastlecityhall.org
• Reunited indie pop band the Ordinary Boys are playing at Think Tank in Newcastle next Wednesday. The quartet – best known for the single Boys Will Be Boys, a No 16 in 2005 and a No 3 the year after – are on the road to promote their self-titled fourth LP, released last month but yet to chart. Tickets to see the West Sussex band, formed in 2002 and reunited in 2011 after splitting up three years earlier, at the Digital venue are £11. For details, go to www.thinktanknewcastle.com
• Indie rock act Foals are playing at Newcastle's O2 Academy next Wednesday. The Oxfordshire band, formed in 2005, are on tour to promote their fourth album, What Went Down, a No 3 hit following its release at the end of August. Tickets, priced £25, have sold out but might be available from other sources. Real Lies will be supporting. For details, go to www.academymusicgroup.com/o2academynewcastle or www.foals.co.uk


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What will be the tallest building on the Indian sub continent is looking like starting construction any day now in the Pakistani city of Lahore. The Sheik Zayed Complex and designed by architects, Turner International, saw groundwork begin yesterday to prepare the site for construction.
The main tower of the scheme will be about 60 storeys high and around 250 metres tall, surrounded by four shorter buildings creating a brand new business district that the Pakistani government hopes will help drive regeneration and modernisation of the area.
As well as offices the complex includes parking for 3,000 vehicles and a brand new 5 star hotel plus a shopping mall and Cineplex. There will also be a banquet hall capable of hosting a whopping 5,000 diners, ideal for large weddings and product launches alike. In addition to the main tower three of the shorter buildings will be apartments of between 20 and 25 floors each, managed by Hyatt Residency.
The scheme has been backed by the middle eastern consortium, the Dhabi Group who are owned by the projects name-sake and are the largest single foreign investor in Pakistan with interests ranging from banking to telecoms. They will control 70% of the project with the other 30% owned by the Government of Punjab. The total budget for the scheme will top $450 million making it them most expensive new buildings in Pakistan too.
The partners in the project are now discussing the actual dates for completion of the scheme before progressing but it's understood that it should be complete around 2010 following what appears to be an agreement between the two partners on the precise terms with which to realise the project.
In setting new standards of scale on the subcontinent and the attached prestige that goes with such a project, the question everyone is asking is, what will the rival India do in response? Can we expect the two countries to slug it out in skyscrapers like they do cricket?


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Its my turn to join in with the Creative Blog Hop that's sweeping around the blogging world like a Mexican wave! I was very honoured to be nominated by fellow Swirly Girly LaQuette Atkins from Swirlydoo's. I really love LaQuette's style, her use of punches and layers, and many of her layouts use stencils/masks with mixed media, all creating a romantic soft pretty effect. Visit her blog LaQuette Atkins . I loved this layout LaQuette made with the February kit.
I became a member of Swirlydoo's Kit club Swirlydoo's Kit Club in March 2014 where I have met so many friendly, outgoing, helpful, 'scrappy mad' ladies like myself, and have been made to feel so welcome. It is a wonderful place to be and I have learnt so much from everyone and their different styles and the tutorials and technique advice available on the forum.
In taking part in this blog hop, we all have to answer 4 questions, so here goes.......
1) What are you working on?
At the moment I have had a mad rush of inspiration using the latest kit from Swirlydoo's, Wistful Blues. It contains my favourite colours, blue with brown hints and a little pink. We had a holiday in Devon a month ago and a lot of my holiday photo's go so well with the papers in the kit, I haven't been able to keep up with the ideas! I am also working on a couple of off the page altered art projects that I have been asked to do, a Kaisercraft drawer unit and a matching photo frame in a requested colour scheme. Its nearly finished so keep looking at my blog for a post!
2) How does your work differ from others of its genre?
I think there are so many styles and interpretations within the world of scrapbooking , it is truly fascinating to see the differences in peoples work. Mine, I'm not sure I am different to some but my style has definitely changed over the last year finding its place in a shabby, romantic, vintage, very much embellished category, which is why I love Swirlydoo's so much, with like minded people. My work is also developing, hopefully for the better. I am finding a love for mixed media which fits in with my 'style' very well.
3)Why do I create what I do?
Well there's a question! I have always been quite 'arty' at school but never really followed it through when leaving and getting into the working world. I went through a difficult time health wise a few years ago and it was in that time my Mum introduced me into scrapbooking. At this time I found it so relaxing and absorbing and loved my time in my little 'crafty' bubble, it really helped me. I got hooked!! I love paper.... I have loads... I love taking photo's... I love remembering all the things I've done and family moments and milestones....scrapbooking was perfect!. I love embellishments and creating something beautiful that's got meaning whether for me or other people, but most of all I love playing with all those wonderful goodies us crafty ladies can get our hands on nowadays and the friendships I have made through scrapbooking.
4) How does your creative process work?
That's depends really, sometimes its the kits that start me of, I see a paper I love and go from there and find a photo to fit the paper. But I can also work the other way and have the photo I want to scrap and go find the paper to work with it. Most times my layouts come from out of my head, I spend hours pinning sketches on Pinterest and then never use them!
The other part of this creative blog hop is to nominate more friends to join the hop and invite you to visit their blogs too. I have to say the majority of my bloggy friends are from Swirlydoo's. My friends in the UK haven't really got blogs and entered into the forum thing like I have. I have some wonderful friends that inspire me at crops and my friend Hayley who really inspired and encouraged me to explore my creativity when she had her shop Funky Farm Scrapbook Barn. There are two ladies at Swirlydoo's, whose work I strive for mine to be like, as I love what they do with their work and look at in awe, Angelica and Misha, are great inspiration to me.
I have nominated Mellisa (PaperFairytails) for the blog hop.
Mellisa is another fellow swirly girly at Swirlydoo's. She is another lady that I look with great interest at her work. She works so well with colour, one thing I'm not good at, whether its colour of the papers or the colour of the embellishments she uses to complement. She also uses lots of different techniques on her pages, each page has a little something different on it to the last one, I like that! And then you get her 'white' page - wow beautiful! I want to get better/ braver with colour, like this. I also like her non photo pages. I've seen a couple that she has done with just words and journaling and they are still so very effective, making me imagine pictures in my head of what she is journaling about. Very clever. I also love her mini album she has made out of the Wistful Blues kit. To see this visit her blog. Here is the link to her blog gaslightmemories.net/mellog
Here are a couple of my favourite layouts of hers....
And here is the 'white' page....
and colour!!!......
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When the warmer months roll around, it is always appropriate to go bright on the nails. Although I feel like bright, in-your-face nails are good for any time of the year, you can always get away with louder colours during the Spring and Summer. Faby have just released a brand new collection of 12 new shades dubbed their Music Collection, and have brought out a Music Mini Set* of four polishes from this new drop with shades that are perfect for Summer.
The four shades in the mini set are absolutely on point, and I could happily use these all Summer long. As far as the formula goes, they are great quality and are free of the 'Big 5', which is basically a lot of nasty chemicals that aren't really ideal for the body or nails. These swatches just show one coat and as you can see they go on extremely opaque. I wore Marry Me Robbie!! last week and found that it needed two thin coats as it went slightly streaky on the first, but the others shades I've found you can get away with just one. They have a nice shine to them once dry on the nails and last a good few days without chipping (this is with a good base and top coat too).
The full sized bottles retail at $20.00 each and this mini set is $34.99, available from probeauty or online from Faby Boutique.
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Friday night were the 10th annual Video Game Awards, hosted by Samuel L. Jackson on Spike. The night's big winner was The Walking Dead: The Game from Telltale Games, who also took home Studio of the Year. See a full list of the winners below the cut.
But even more important than the night's winners are the world premiere trailers revealed at the show. Compiled here are trailers for BioShock Infinite, Tomb Raider, The Last of Us, South Park: The Stick of Truth, Dark Souls II, Halo 4: Spartan Ops, Gears of War: Judgment, Assassin's Creed III: The Tyranny of King Washington, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 and The Phantom Pain.
More trailers below!
Game of the Year – The Walking Dead: The Game (Telltale Games)Studio of the Year – Telltale GamesBest Xbox 360 Game – Halo 4 (Microsoft Studios/343 Industries)Best PS3 Game – Journey (Sony Computer Entertainment/thatgamecompany)Best Wii / Wii-U Game – New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo)Best PC Game – XCOM: Enemy Unknown (2K Games/Firaxis Games)Best Handheld / Mobile Game -Sound Shapes (Sony Computer Entertainment/Queasy Games)Best Shooter – Borderlands 2 (2K Games/Gearbox Software)Best Action Adventure Game – Dishonored (Bethesda Softworks/Arkane Studios)Best RPG – Mass Effect 3 (Electronic Arts/BioWare)Best Multi-Player Game – Borderlands 2 (2K Games/Gearbox Software)Best Individual Sports Game – SSX (Electronic Arts/EA Canada)Best Team Sports Game – NBA 2K13 (2K Sports/Visual Concepts)Best Driving Game – Need For Speed Most Wanted (Electronic Arts/Criterion Games)Best Fighting Game – Persona 4 Arena (Atlus/ARC System Works/Atlus)Best Adapted Video Game – The Walking Dead: The Game (Telltale Games)Best Independent Game – Journey (thatgamecompany)Best Graphics – Halo 4 (Microsoft Studios/343 Industries)Best Song in a Game – "Cities" by Beck (Sound Shapes)Best Original Score – Journey (Sony Computer Entertainment/thatgamecompany)Best Performance By a Human Male – Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack (Borderlands 2)Best Performance By a Human Female – Melissa Hutchison as Clementine (The Walking Dead: The Game)Best Downloadable Game – The Walking Dead: The Game (Telltale Games)Best Social Game – You Don't Know Jack (Jellyvision Games)Best DLC – Dawnguard – The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda Softworks/Bethesda Game Studios)Most Anticipated Game – Grand Theft Auto V (Rockstar Games)
Which of these new games are you most excited for? For me it's South Park: The Stick of Truth, the game looks hilarious!
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Housing for the people -losing bearing, losing sight
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- IMAGOD said...
The govt can't fight the market either -- at least not in the long-term.
If it subsidizes housing, someone else always ends up paying for it -- it's like the con-man's shell game: take from one side of the economy and transfer to another.
Whilst "commercial enterprise" is abut making profits, it is also on the consumer side about "profit". A consumer realises a "profit" when he buys a good in exchange for his money. He "gives up" his money (a lesser value to him) for the good he buys (a greater value to him).
The profit-loss mechanism is simply a system of market signals. You can take the "greed' emotion out of it.
- November 07, 2009 2:08 pm
Mr Bean,
Don't forget LHL is very determined to ensure his policy of "Economic progress at ALL costs" to succeed. And his father and the whole Cabinet is behind him, so it seems.
Who will pay the costs of his "ALL Costs"?
In the end one of the "ALL costs" may turn out to be the cost of his leadership and the collapse of the PAP. Who knows?
- November 07, 2009 3:34 pm
Why denigrate yourself with the shameless GCT. Hasn't this Goh admit that he have totally no idea where to get the $100 millions he promise to Hougang citizen if the ward is taken by PAP ? Now the whole newspaper daily print the con-man and the con-regime, and promote con-promise and nonsense.
How can you even bother to write article about him and yet not expose this con-man ?
- November 07, 2009 10:32 pm
- redbean said...
hi Orange Bean, welcome to the blog.
whatever policies and grand plans, there is a cost involved. true. now we heard about a grand and spectacular city. you need grand and spectacular people with fat bank accounts or big salaries to live in such a place.
CBF workers would not be able to afford it here. They are simply out of sync in such a heavenly place.
and anonymous, i posted in another way just for discussion purposes. it would be very easy to lambast him like what you people have said. a little balance will be more interesting.
and IMAGOD, the consumer did not buy for profit. he trades money for something he needs at an equivalent value or at a value imposed on him by the profiteers.
a strictly private commercial enterprise is out there to make profit, even indecent and exorbitant profit which will eventually lead to a lopsided economy with the rich getting richer and poor poorer. but a govt is there to be a mediator, to prevent extremes. otherwise why have a govt?
a country will go to the dogs if a govt does not mediate and worst, also participates in the game of profiteering. such govts will see great results and great failures as failures is the natural end game.
- November 08, 2009 8:33 am
But redbean, if such a govt that engages in profiteering also engages in schemes to say in power, what can you do? except accept it and live with it. As Matilah always says, people get the govt they deserve, or something like that. When candies are distributed all these problems will be forgotten. What say you redbean??????
- November 08, 2009 9:53 am
- The Pariah said...
"Losing bearing, losing sight", you say?
I'd say: "Already lost bearing, already lost sight". It happened nearly 3 decades ago lol!
The Pariah
- November 09, 2009 12:13 pm


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The good news is that the reason why you wouldn't see your RA too often is that you don't have major troubles with your roommate, did not get into the hospital last Friday, and can tolerate the noise upstairs that other people can't. The B\bad news is that all RA-s are organizing hall events at least once a month to let you meet your neighbors, or bring up possible problems you are having. These events are advertised via posters, e-mails, or social media. So if you still never saw your RA, that might not only be his or her fault.
RA-s are employed by the Residence Life office and have to organize or participate in events that are not with their advisees as well. One of the most exciting weekends is (depending on the academic calendar) the last weekend of April or first weekend of May. Then we start with Spring Formal on Friday evening just like everyone else, but the next day have our "Pass-Down Dinner" of the year few students know about, and also work on Mayfair which is organized for the children of faculty, AVI, ABM, and all other staff workers, and children attending the ECC.
Mayfair starts at 11AM for the guests, and at 9AM for us. We transform the tent on the North-Lawn into a cookie-decorating, mask-making, spin art making wonderland to help kids develop their artistic and sports talents, and also learn how to tolerate listening to "The Circle of Life" for 3 hours in a row. It's fun, and it's a way to give back to our community. It is not excluding our advisees, but representing them and the whole Student Affairs Office.
Our Pass-Down Dinner has been a tradition for years. This is the evening when next year's RA-s find out their hall placement, and the current RA-s get the chance to formally pass down their halls, even though they are not fully checked out yet. We give a short speech and a small present that is special for our hall: a can of bug spray, a Barbara Walters portrait, flowers, a keychain, Metro North tickets–in no particular order of importance.
Presents are less important than the funny stories of why the particular object was chosen as a present. We thank our Graduate Hall Directors, and Carolyn O'Laughlin and Genevieve Hein who make all campus residents' lives the best they can.
Over 70% of the current RA staff are Seniors. We are all sad to be leaving–not only our halls, but our campus, professors and friends. But we are happy to be passing down our floors and houses to such a wonderful new team of Sarah Lawrence students. They will be there to welcome you on campus, answer your questions year-round, mediate conflict, give you free food, and let you know your neighbors. Not a bad deal for anyone, I would say.
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With 4 teams from Discovery College, all Caissa players and students of course!, we set out Sunday morning on 22 March to participate in the HKCF national inter-school event of this year. Unfortunately due to late cancellations we ended up one player short.
The DC Secondary team, with only first year secondary students, had to face very strong and older opponents – but despite this Richard on board 1 and Carlo on board 4 impressed by scoring 5 and 4.5 points respectively. Bryant on board 2, who in several games started off well but then could not convert his better position into a win, scored 1.5 points and Samira on board 3 also scored 1.5 points.
The DC Upper Primary Team B was the team with only 3 players and of course that hits the motivation. In the last few rounds the team got more settled and started to collect some points. Due to inexperience some games with clear winning advantage were unfortunately not converted into wins but hopefully our kids will see this as a motivation to increase experience and play more often.
The DC Upper Primary Team A has become a serious title contender already for some years. Also this year we see impressive scores from Miguel Angel on board 1, Mei Jing on board 2 and Chor Wei on board 3 with 5.5, 6 and 5 points respectively. Koza, although starting well, let go a bit in the end but together with the point he scored this team ended on the 4th place and all players received a medal.
Furthermore Miguel Angel received a 3rd Prize medal for 1st board player and Mei Jing collected 2nd Prize for 2nd board player and the 1st Prize for best girl. Way to go Mei Jing!
The DC Lower Primary Team, Disco Knights, impressed a lot. James on board 1 played calmly and scored a good 4 points on board 1. Noah was especially in form and with 5 points he received 3rd Prize medal for board 2. Well done Noah – your first prize is in – surely more to come!
Kian on board 3 played very well but was unlucky at times and with a good score of 4 points remained just out of the prize zone. Nathan, in his 2nd tournament, but first one with a clock from the beginning, kept an eye too many on the clock. However, a memorable game he played check mating his opponent on the back rank with 2 bishops. Nathan is an upcoming talent and we will see more from him.
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This collection of poetry "Anarchy" is part of the Blood Woman series (Book 7). It includes the poem "Anarchy" and "Annihilation". A meditation on the depth of feminine powers and the clarity, pain, love and connection it evokes in the world. It's a journey into the soul of Blood Woman.


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Core courses are divided into age groups. The standard for entry varies depending on the course applied for. Senior students would generally be expected to have reached a standard at least equivalent to Grade VIII distinction. Although it is not a requirement that applicants pass Associated Board examinations, they are expected to show musical potential and a good technical standard. Where appropriate Pro Corda may approach applicants' instrumental teachers. Core courses are held during the school, college and university holidays and therefore do not conflict with normal schooling. Students are expected to attend regularly in order that they may receive full benefit from the experience offered.
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The syllabus is a carefully planned course of progressive difficulty. Students who enter at an early age will, when they have completed the training, have studied in detail examples from the works of the finest classical, romantic and modern composers. They will have built up a considerable repertoire and a wider knowledge of musical style than can be achieved in the usual educational curriculum. Evidence of this can be seen in those students who subsequently take up successful musical careers. Many reach prominent positions in orchestras and small ensembles or as soloists in Britain and abroad.
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Andrew Crisp jointly founded CarringtonCrisp in 2003 with Mary Lou Carrington.
He has considerable research and communication experience having worked in branding agencies, as the Employment Correspondent for The European newspaper, as Marketing Director for an internet business and as a student campaign leader at The Industrial Society.
Previously, Andrew led the agency team that carried out the London Business School rebrand. Since setting up CarringtonCrisp he has carried out projects for a wide range of clients including INSEAD, Cranfield University, University of Queensland, University of Winnipeg, Sheffield Business School and the University of St Gallen.
Andrew's research work ranges from focus groups for universities through to major quantitative studies. Andrew works on all of the group research studies run by CarringtonCrisp, providing analysis, report writing and presentation of results.
Andrew has also spoken at industry events organised by The Economist, The Design Council, the Association of Business Schools (ABS), the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), the Canadian Federation of Business School Deans (CFBSD), the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and the European Association for International Education (EAIE).
Matthew Carrington
Matthew was born in London and educated at the Lycée Français Charles de Gaulle in London, Imperial College (BSc Physics) and London Business School (MSc (Econ) – MBA). He worked as a banker before being elected as the MP for Fulham in 1987-1997. Since 1997, he has been Chief Executive of a major trade association and is currently a director of companies in education and in finance, including CarringtonCrisp.
Victoria Heathcote
Victoria Heathcote is a seasoned learning and education management professional, with experience across higher education, corporate affairs and planning, brand strategy and identity, and multinational advertising account management. Victoria has program-managed the restructure of a leading Australian university's student services and support operating model, managed internal strategic reviews of university operating divisions, authored institutional submissions to Australian federal and Victorian state government inquiries and reviews, and coordinated the implementation of structural adjustments arising from government reforms of the education system. As project director with a global brand management consultancy, Victoria managed brand strategy, corporate identity and brand valuation projects, and led development of corporate identities for large multinational corporations.
Kylie Denheld
Kylie assists with day-to-day administration and various marketing projects at CarringtonCrisp. She has over twenty years customer service experience and has spent more than ten years working in marketing, events and PR. Previous employers include the finanical futures exchange, LIFFE (now Euronext.liffe), where she held the positions of Event Manager & Marketing Executive; and Write Image (now Metia) where she was a PR, Marketing & Event Management Account Director working with numerous clients (including BT Syntegra, Microsoft and Wall Street Systems) in the financial information technology sector.


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So onto today, we have a smashing new release image today over at Digistamps For Joy called Fit for a Princess, how kewt!! Perfect for girlies and ladies alike. Always thought I must have been a Princess in another life as I would feel a grain of sand under a mattress some nights!
Image called Fit for a Princes (Bed and Sentiment) (rg058) from Digistamps For Joy coloured with Promarkers and a gold pen
Dp's are MME and K & Co
Safmat sentiment, ribbon and pearls from stash
- As You Like it Challenge - 2W, E3- (W2 of 2) Favourite Alcohol Or Distress Markers & Why (Promarkers, they are what I started with)
- Aud Sentiments Challenge - 2W, E5 (W2 of 2) #129 Birthday Sentiment
- DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Monthly Challenge Anything Goes
- Scrap & Craft Challenge -2W (1st & 3rd) 3E, (W1 of 2) - Ribbon Or Twine


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What do you think you're doing? I could only reply, "…Going Walkabout."
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"I had lots of ideas for the building," hay farmer and Stonewall-Hawthorne county supervisor Chris Parrish said Wednesday, speaking of the River District Arts building which three weeks ago he'd offered to buy for $1.1 million from former Rappahannock residents Jerome and Lucille Niessen — who'd accepted the offer.
"Problem was," he added, "my ideas were more idealistic than they were pragmatic. And no matter what I came up with, it wasn't going to pay the mortgage."
Thus, late last week, Parrish said he took one of several "outs" built into the sales contract. And the artists — some 18 potters, printmakers, painters and photographers who rent studio and gallery space from RDA itself, plus the 22 members of the decades-old nonprofit Middle Street Gallery artists' cooperative adjacent to the converted apple packing shed — are dealing again with disappointment.
And with getting their stuff into boxes by July 1.
"I don't know why the stars just wouldn't align on this," said potter Sara Adams, who'd been representing the artists in dealing with the Niessens, who are on their way to Africa, where Jerome Niessen is on an extended work assignment for an international renewable-energy company. Without a buyer, the Niessens told tenants several months ago that they planned to mothball the building by August.
"Robert Archer had a plan," said Adams, speaking of the first serious potential buyer to negotiate with the Niessens in their year-long quest to sell the large exposed-beam shed — which, by 2011, they had renovated into an attractive, Torpedo Factory-like artists' studio and gallery space with a full-service restaurant. "But Archer wouldn't accept that it was worth more than a million dollars, and I guess that Jerome and Lucille thought it was worth more than that, and dug in their heels. And now this."
"I've had a lot of artists imploring me to change my mind," said Parrish. "And one of them, her final argument to me was that the rent paid by the artists almost covered expenses — but it turned out she meant it almost covered the utilities. But you have insurance, real estate taxes, and from what I estimated, to make the necessary improvements to the [unimproved] upstairs, for possible office space, there was probably $300,000 in work."
Middle Street's Gary Anthes said the artists' cooperative is still not sure of its future — beyond the show opening this weekend up the road at Haley Fine Art, whose owner Andrew Haley agreed to host Middle Street's collaboration with Shenandoah National Park Trust, a multimedia celebration of the park service's 100th anniversary (see the story on page A2).
"Some miracle could appear at the last minute," Anthes said, "but it's already past the last minute."
There's a chance Middle Street could disband, Anthes said, but the cooperative members are exploring "a lengthy list of places we could go, and a short list of interesting ideas" in hopes of having another home base by this fall.
"Now that we really think we have to find something," Anthes said, "we will get our act together and pursue it."
Adams said some artists will be moving to studio/gallery space at Ginger Hill Antiques; others, including members of Old Rag Photography, to Eric Kvarnes' Glassworks Gallery. Other options being explored are the Sperryville Emporium, vacant for a couple of years, and the also-empty lower-level space in Cliff Miller's schoolhouse annex, which has been a home to Rae's Place restaurant and Heritage Hollow's farm store.


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Client: Food and Drug Administration (HHS)
As a direct result of Project 216's execution of previous Facility Support tasks at the FDA, we were contacted to participate in solutions to a major FDA White Oak facility issue that for a few years had impacted experimentation in research laboratories. The labs were victims of repeated power failures that would cause the cessation of vital experiments and make experimental results unusable. In some cases, the power failures would cause months of data collection to be discarded, necessitating the restarting of research.
Project 216 was invited into FDA for discussions based on our reputation as a solutions provider in Facility Support Services. Our senior project management team, working in collaboration with FDA and GSA Electrical and Facility Engineers, Sr. Project Managers, and Laboratory Scientists, was selected to execute the solution of provisioning and installing Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) systems. The first of these systems was a new 60,000 watt unit, weighing approximately 2 tons, including all of its accompanying switch, metering and breaker panels.
Project 216 was the facility support contractor providing the management and general contracting services necessary to provide what was the first of what is to be a series of UPSs installed in several buildings. Project 216 evaluated and teamed with leader in the field for additional implementation expertise. As prime contractor and management company, Project 216 successfully executed the first UPS system on-time and within budget to the accolades and kudos of FDA engineers and scientific laboratory managers who can now continue their research without fear of power outages.


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HOSTV- Their server crashed and they deleted my vps.
DME hosting – Their server crashed and they deleted my vps.
More information on my horrible experience with DME hosting … I am still fighting to them on a weekly basis they will not allow me to cancel my account and to stop charging my credit card company. They keep telling me they can't find my account and don't know how to look it up.
Here is some of DME responses:
1. You lost all my data.
"–Backups are your responsibility, we do not make backups for you unless you paid for them. In that case, you are fully responsible for any data obviously."
2. Your service was out for days I need a refund I don't want to use your service.
"–This was because out of good faith we tried to get data off the other servers, however that DC was extremely hard to work with. We weren't obligated to retrieve data, but we tried anyways."
3. I want all my money back, this is a scam. I can't even get into my account. I have supplied my account information and all the details of my account with you below.
"–We receive thousands of payments, what makes you think we know which is yours? Did you pay via paypal, credit card, google checkout, alertpay, etc…"
I see they operate off a PO box somewhere is Arizona. I am filing a complaint with the attorney generals office and contacting a lawyer.


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base camp was amazing.
we fly out in about 6 hours.
i am out of here!!! i love you all!!!!
pray for us.
base camp was amazing.
we fly out in about 6 hours.
i am out of here!!! i love you all!!!!
pray for us.
this entry will probably be the last for a while. i leave to go to dallas for training on wed morning. and then i will fly out on friday mid-day. i am so excited and thankful for this chance to go serve God in a place where my heart has been for years. thank you. everyone. anyone that has prayed for me, given financially, moral support. anything, thank you. i would not be where i am without you and without Gods hand completely over me and this trip.
i dont really know what else to say. i will be in germany for 10 days. pray for me, please.
i am starting to get really nervous, seeing as this is my first time flying and using city transportation and trains, i think it is ok. here are some prayer requests before i go:
-my team. unity is what we need. pray that our training and time together in prayer and worship would draw us together and draw us to the One who has called each of us specifically for this trip.
-safety. pray that we would be safe and in the middle of Gods will the entire time, for there is no safer place. the world cup is being played in the city that i will be in and as most of you know. it can get pretty crazy.
-the girls we will be ministering to. college age/high school ages girls from all over the world. Cologne is a very diverse city and many people in it are immigrants and have come from all over the world. pray that we can meet them exactly where they are.
-me. i am starting to get real nervous about the flying, train rides and everything once we get into germany. i have started feeling sick, and usually i am not like this. pray that i wont throw up or cry on the plane. and if i do, pray that someone is there to comfort me 🙂 (i know this one sounds dumb, but i really would appreciate it.)
-luggage. pray that our luggage would be easy to spot in the airport and that we are on time for all our flights and train departures. pray that our luggage arrives so we dont have to wear the clothes in our carry-on more than once.
-and last and most important. pray that above all things God would be glorified in us, through us and that his plan will be perfected by our mission. let this not be a one time deal, that i come home from and think "boy that was nice". but pray that God would use this trip as a defining moment in my life and in the mission for the glory of his name.
thank you dear friends.
i'll see you on the other side of the pond,
let the packing begin…
constantly he is making me trust him.
and it never gets any easier.
sometimes its just hard to say : blessed be your name…


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Read the latest on the Las Vegas shooting with Friday's live updates.
LAS VEGAS — Gunfire crackled, hotel guests called in noise complaints, and just like that, Jesus Campos, armed with little more than the handcuffs on his service belt, was facing a situation on Sunday that he had never encountered before as a security officer at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
Stephen Paddock, a longtime gambler who had amassed an arsenal of weapons, was firing down on thousands of people at an outdoor country music festival from his suite on the 32nd floor of the hotel.
As Mr. Campos approached the door of the suite, Mr. Paddock fired several shots through it, striking Mr. Campos in his right thigh, David L. Hickey, the president of the union representing security officers at the hotel, said on Thursday. Even after Mr. Campos was wounded, Mr. Hickey said, he helped the police locate Mr. Paddock, who did not resume his barrage of fire.
On most days, unarmed security personnel like Mr. Campos, who wears a black uniform at work, are dealing with much more mundane problems. Medical emergencies. Drunks. Arguments.
But they have to be ready for much worse. The mass shooting on Sunday night, which killed 58 people and wounded hundreds more, highlighted the dangerous side of working security in a casino hotel. Serious criminal violence is rare, but when it happens, many in the industry say, coping with it demands extensive training and preparation.
Casino security guards in Las Vegas do not fit the stereotype of whistle-blowing mall cops who chase shoplifters. Many are former police officers or military veterans who work now in plain clothes. They go through special training programs. Their forces are often led by people with experience at the highest levels of law enforcement, and they cooperate closely with the local police.
"The security in Las Vegas is tremendous," said Don Campbell, a Las Vegas lawyer and former casino executive. "These aren't rent-a-cops, by any stretch of the imagination."
Even so, the mass shooting on Sunday raised new questions about how best to provide safety in a city visited by tens of millions of people a year who may be susceptible to a host of dangers. Many casino security officers are unarmed, and in many situations they are only a stopgap until the police arrive.
While a police officer typically gets around 500 hours of academy training before joining the force, most security officers at major Las Vegas casinos get 40 to 80 hours' initial training, according to Lenny Davis, a security consultant here.
"Some of them are your normal unarmed security guards," Mr. Davis said. "Most of the big hotels have special security units. I think you're going to see more of that, in light of Sunday's incident, and those guys are very well trained."
As investigators continued to piece together what drove Mr. Paddock to kill, security officers were as visible as ever at Mandalay Bay on Thursday. They were posted at each of the three elevator banks leading to guest rooms, making sure that only those who had key cards got through. They rode around the perimeter of the property on bicycles, and guarded the barricades at the driveway to the front entrance, which remained closed. One officer was dispatched to a room occupied by reporters to tell them that interviewing employees on the property was forbidden.
Inside the Las Vegas Gunman's Mandalay Bay Hotel Suite
His suite held more than 20 guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition.
Generally, the security officers in black uniforms working inside the building do not carry guns, while those patrolling outside in neon green polo shirts do, Mr. Hickey said.
Mandalay Bay is the only casino hotel in Las Vegas whose security force is unionized, he said; the management signed a three-year contract last month with the International Union, Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America.
David Shepherd, former executive director of security at the Venetian Las Vegas, said that when he was in charge there a decade ago, recruits to the security force had to go through the hotel's 48-hour training program. Many other resort operators, including MGM International, which owns the Mandalay Bay, have their own programs, he said.
The training includes de-escalation tactics, self-defense, water rescue and first aid, Mr. Shepherd said. Once officers are on the job, they receive periodic retraining.
Casino security forces have worked with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department on issues like how to interact with bomb-sniffing dogs. They take part in active-shooter drills with the police, and conduct walk-throughs in preparation for major events.
In one instance, Mr. Shepherd recalled, there were intelligence reports that a group of pickpockets was coming to Las Vegas to prey on attendees at a convention. Casino security officials met with the police to plan a response, resulting in 11 arrests during the convention.
"I don't care what your marketing is, your media is, what your theme is," Mr. Shepherd said. "When it comes to security, that shows we work together."
Mr. Shepherd, who wrote a book about responding to active-shooter situations, now runs a crisis management organization called Readiness Resource Group. He also belongs to the Las Vegas Security Chiefs Association, a group that meets monthly and includes representatives from most of the major casinos and law enforcement agencies, local and federal. The association provides casino security forces with a connection to the Southern Nevada Counter Terrorism Center, one of many hubs across the nation that allows authorities in a particular region to share information on security threats, Mr. Shepherd said.
The association also frequently reassesses casino security protocols, as it is certain to do now in the wake of the mass shooting on Sunday.
One aspect of casino security that has evolved over the years is the use of armed security officers. Before 2001, casinos were moving away from their old practice of posting uniformed armed guards, out of concern that gunfights could erupt on their busy floors. But the terror attacks of Sept. 11 prompted them to add more armed plainclothes officers, said Mr. Davis, the security consultant, and that trend may strengthen now.
Still, he said, the role of security officers will remain to keep guests safe and to supplement law enforcement. While Mr. Campos, the Mandalay Bay officer who was wounded, has been the focus of much attention, Mr. Davis said, there were many other security officers who made important contributions that night, evacuating guests and keeping order in the hotel.
"I have trained some units that are armed, and they will go to the threat," Mr. Davis said. "But the majority of those guys are there to get the guests out of there, get them to safety. That is their primary mission, to make sure that the guests are safe."


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Energy efficiency increases need to be a key strategy in achieving carbon emissions goals, according to joint comments submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by the Alliance to Save Energy and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), in response to the agency's forthcoming new standards for existing power plants.
"This is a very exciting time. Energy efficiency already helps avoid millions of tons of pollution every year, but now the EPA has a huge opportunity to fully unleash its potential to achieve emissions reductions while also offering states cost savings, increased grid reliability, and improved productivity. As our cleanest and most cost effective energy resource, we urge the EPA make efficiency a priority in writing its new guidelines," Alliance President Kateri Callahan said. "Ensuring that efficiency is included in our air quality strategies is a critical piece in achieving the Energy 2030 goal to double U.S. energy productivity that has been endorsed by President Obama and included in his Climate Action Plan."
"Improving our nation's energy efficiency is the cheapest way to cut down on our greenhouse gas emissions," said Steven Nadel, the executive director of ACEEE. "Consumers are already saving billions of dollars and creating jobs by slashing their energy use—while also cutting carbon dioxide emissions produced from burning fossil fuels. We know from studies across the country that we could be saving much more. So it's important that EPA designs its rules on greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants in a way that encourages and uses energy efficiency by consumers as a compliance strategy, not just actions at the power plants. We look forward to working with EPA to use the power of energy efficiency to address climate change."
The proposed new guidelines will be introduced by June 1, 2014, and finalized one year later. The Alliance and ACEEE's full comments to the EPA can be found here: http://www.ase.org/sites/ase.org/files/resources/Media%20browser/ase_aceee_comments_on_111d_-_12-5-13.pdf


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Hey people!!! Whats happening? My name is Breanne, and I am a HUGE FAN of the WWE. I like all of the Superstars and Divas the same. If I got the opportunity to meet Randy Orton, John Cena, and Sheamus, I would pee myself. I have always wanted to go and see the show in person. I will keep praying that I will one day get that opportunity. And my favorite thing to do on my free time is riding horses. I own 4 horses and a mule. I compete in rodeo's every summer, and winter. I love riding with my friends and family. Its just something that I enjoy doing on my free time.
Hey, Breanne. I'd love if you'd reply back to me. Thanks.
I'm glad you like it.
If I don't write back right away, its because Im in school, or Im busy. So don't get offended if I don't respond to you right away.
Thank you, friend.
If you have any questions shoot! I wont bite.


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|One of three team pictures of the 78 Diplomats. The second came in a poster from the team, and a third appeared in a fan publication.
Be sure to visit our companion site, http://washingtondiplomatsnasl.weebly.com/ which contains Dips jerseys, game & player photos, media notes and memorabilia from 1974 - 1980.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
The 1978 Campaign
It boggles my mind to think about it, but this summer marks the 35th anniversary of Gordon Bradley's first year as the Dips head coach, which was promoted as "The New Deal" to the fan base. A sense of excitement was palpable as new faces and a fresh attitude surrounded the new coach with the deep, deliberate British accent. Over the next few months we will revisit that summer.
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Saturday, March 9, 2013
Eric Martin was a fixture in goal for the Dips until he broke his leg in an indoor game early in 1978. As noted in the 1977 media guide, his nickname was "Goldfinger," although he declined to say how he obtained it or what meaning it had. As many athletes do, Martin made the transition to coach after his unfortunate injury.
|Photo from nasljerseys.com
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