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Bridge At 6934 Near Sedillo, NM For Nmshd Proj #Ir-040-3(95)181
Author(s): S. L. Marshall
Year: 1991
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Mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change in Hungary
Mitigation and adaptation to Climate Change in Hungary - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online.
Journal of Central European Agriculture, Vol.13 No.1 March 2012. -
This review paper is a brief summary of the climate change story, transforming of primary concept from a scientific idea to a threatened world, and the contribution of Hungary in solution of above mentioned problems. According to the National Inventory published in 2010 the time series of GHG emissions together with real GDP changes will be shown. The way of mitigation available for Hungary is illustrated by climate strategies on different levels. Since the most vulnerable sector of the economy is agriculture as Hungarian researchers found, mainly the increasing frequency of drought seems to be dangerous. The impact of climate change was studied on the production level of main crops and the whole agricultural sector as well as on the GDP of the country. Some possible ways for agriculture to adapt to the increasing extremities will be mentioned. Altogether climate change means a challenge to technological development in all sectors of the economy and also in social cohesions and that is a feedback to adaptation.
climate change; gdp; drought index; mitigation; adaptation
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This solo show is a funny and engrossing look at the experiences of Doris Rubenstein, a Jewish woman from Richfield dedicated to jarring the best kosher pickles in the North. But her efforts are thwarted by judges at the Minnesota State Fair, who think her cloudy brine violates health codes. What is the Jewish community to do? Doris has it down. Based on a true story — the real Doris sits in the audience — the show talks prejudice without being preachy, and the comedic dialogue is impressively colorful. Actress Angela Timberman positively shines in her one-hour monologue, never slowing for a minute. (5:30 p.m. Sun. & Wed., 7 p.m. Sat. Aug. 12, 1 p.m. Sun. Aug. 13, Ritz Theater Studio, 345 13th Av. NE., Mpls.)
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No Futzing With Query on Dead Libertarian
WASHINTON (CN) – Election regulators cannot alter the question put to the D.C. Circuit about whether annual contribution limits against the bequest of a deceased Libertarian supporter violates the party's rights, a federal judge ruled.
U.S. District Judge Robert Wilkins denied the Federal Election Commission's motion to alter the question he himself framed earlier this year for the en banc Court of Appeals.
The question asks: "Does imposing annual contribution limits against the bequest of Raymond Groves Burrington violate the First Amendment rights of the Libertarian National Committee?"
Burrington, who died April 26, 2007, left more than $217,000 to the Libertarian National Committee in his will, but the FEC is forcing the party to take annual payments from the bequest to conform with the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA), which sets annual limits to how much a person can donate to political parties.
The FEC moved to alter or amend the certified question, Wilkins said, noting that courts "disfavor[]" such moves judgment, a motion "disfavored" by courts.
The commission wanted to emphasize that applying contribution limits to Burrington's bequest does not violate the First Amendment, that the court applied a test akin to strict scrutiny instead of "closely drawn" scrutiny, and that the ruling could lead to a proliferation of litigation under federal law.
Striking down the FEC's arguments one by one, Wilkins said Tuesday that "this court did not commit clear error when it ordered a question certified to the en banc United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit."
The Libertarian Party's 2011 complaint challenged the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act, a 2002 law that limits the amount a person can give to political parties in a calendar year to $25,000. The amount has since been adjusted for inflation to $32,400.
The Libertarians claimed that the law cannot lump a person's "testamentary estate" into the definition of the term "person," and added that the Libertarian Party "is not one of the two parties referenced in the 'Bipartisan' Act's title."
Libertarians tout themselves as the largest third party in the country, but say they have little left for campaigning because most resources go toward putting candidates on the ballots.
"Donors, voters, and prospective political candidates who might be attracted to the party's ideology are nonetheless dissuaded from supporting the party by its lack of resources," the party claimed in its complaint.
Such resources could be replenished easier if Burrington's entire bequest were made available to it immediately, it added. Instead the party can collect only $28,500 annually from the $217,734 bequest, the Libertarians complained.
Wilkins noted in his earlier decision to reframe the party's question "that the anti-corruption interests that would be implicated by allowing the LNC to receive the entire bequest all at once may be minimal."
As such, the issue presents a valid question as to whether FECA is unconstitutional as-applied to the Burrington bequest, according to the ruling.


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Women are strong, don't you know?
We're able to do a million things at once or nothing at all while maintaining our everlasting beauty and grace.
We are the nurturer, mending broken hearts and lacerations and words said unkind.
We give life.
We silently deal with death almost never admitting that our hearts and souls are beyond broken.
We weep for our children. We weep for our families.
The world around so unjust and demeaning that if you are not a white man, this world was not built for you to succeed.
You never know we're sick. We cruise through our daily routine without so much as sniffle.
The undying support.


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Sweet reunion Jamaica and Spain
We're like how we were again
I'm in the tub, you on the seat
Lick your lips as a I soak my feet
Songasm Of The Day26 Jul
Sweet reunion Jamaica and Spain
Songasm Of The Day25 Jul
You should be stronger than me
You been here 7 years longer than me
Don't you know you supposed to be the man,
Not pal in comparison to who you think I am,
You always wanna talk it through – I don't care!
I always have to comfort you when I'm there
But that's what I need you to do – stroke my hair!
Cos' I've forgotten all of young love's joy,
Feel like a lady, but you my lady boy,
R.I.P. Amy Jade Winehouse23 Jul
This early morning at 3:54 pm BST (British Summer Time) the insanely talented Amy Winehouse was found dead in her home in Camden, London. Cause of death is still undetermined. A post-mortem examination has been scheduled tomorrow. Amy was only 27 years old and joined the 27 death club which include Kurt Cobain, Jimi Hendrix, and Janice Joplin.
I received the horrible news when I was semi-enjoying a acai bowl at Lean and Green at 10 am while I was checking my twitter account. I must say it was like February 11, 2010 all over again. I loved Amy to the core and have mentioned many times how she needed to comeback. She was a true raw talent of the 21st century where synthesizers took over the music industry. Yes, she had various demons that she had to battle and they were very public but I hope that her addiction to drugs was the main cause of her death. I just want everyone to remember her talent and unique style were she successfully brought the 60's back to the modern day. With her towering bee hive hairstyle, thick cat eye eyeliner, and her tattoos that a sailor from the 40s would rock. I remember my first Amy Winehouse album it was a gift from a ex-boyfriend that I was pimping at the time and this was the time were she was barely or even ever mentioned in the U.S.. Till this day I would listen to her records on repeat without skipping a song. I wish I had the chance to see her live even though she might be a no show but least there was the possibility. I would always ignore those who would ridicule her behavior because I can see that she was battling demons that were too powerful that rehab would not even help. Now she is finally in peace and the negativity is now non-existent but she will be truly miss by her dedicated fans.
Songasm Of The Day22 Jul
Fly me to the moon
Let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words, hold my hand
In other words, baby
kiss me
Fill my heart with song
and let me sing for evermore
you are all I long for
all I worship and adore
In other words, please be true
In other words, I love you
New Spiderman Trailer21 Jul
They are starting this shit over again?!
Songasm Of The Day21 Jul
You were my fire,
So I burned,
'Til there was nothing left of me.
I, I touched your face,
I held you close,
'Til I could barely breathe.
Why give me hope,
Then give me up,
Just to be the death of me,
Save the rest of me.
Songasm Of The Day20 Jul
What are we gonna do now?
Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew?
'Cos working for the clampdown
They put up a poster saying we earn more than you!
When we're working for the clampdown
We will teach our twisted speech
To the young believers
We will train our blue-eyed men
To be young believers


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We are proud to announce a joint effort with the Post Auxiliary to honor Law Enforcement in our local community. The date is May 15, 2018 here at the post.
The American Legion's official training program for officers, members, Legion College applicants and those who simply want to expand their knowledge of the nation's largest veterans service organization is now available online.
The American Legion Extension Institute has been rewritten, updated, streamlined and enhanced with videos, digital photos, clickable links, a historical timeline and additional features. To register and take the course, visit www.legion.org/alei. (Due to high traffic volume, you may experience some delays. If you experience delays, please try again later.) The program should take less than two hours to complete. It is divided into six sections, with a quiz at the end of each one, followed by a final exam.
The sections closely follow the Legion's Four Pillars of service. They include:
The American Legion Extension Institute online training program replaces the series of printed booklets that had been printed and sold through National Headquarters.
Sally Buckingham is an elected officer of American Legion Post 234 and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. In her service to veterans, she helped set a Guinness World Record for collecting and sending letters to deployed veterans world wide. This is service that truly needs to be thanked!
To read the full story on the Guinness World Records website, click here.
Posted by: Audrey Simmons
On Saturday July 23rd, members of American Legion Post 234 worked side by side with members of VFW #1040 to install veteran commemorative bricks in Veteran Park, Lynnwood.
Click here for the form to order a brick to honor a veteran.
Eagle Court of Honor
This photo was taken Sunday, June 26, at Aaron J. Oberstadt's Eagle Court of Honor. Aaron's community service project was doing a Historical Documentary on MLT, WA. John Zambrano & Frank Martinez presented a Certificate and Eagle Scout belt buckle in honor of the Highest Advancement in Boy Scouting.
Posted by: Audrey Simmons
Become a VTSC vetcorps navigator
Veterans Training Support Center (VTSC) is a part of Edmonds Community College, and provides training and professional development for King County service providers who serve Veterans and their families. The Vet Corps Navigator position includes participating in panels to speak about veteran experience, managing social media accounts, assisting with the creation and production of training materials, co-facilitating VTSC workshops, and much more.
The position lasts from August 26, 2016 to June 30, 2017. Compensation is provided, and the deadline to apply is June 30, 2016.
To learn more about the position and its requirements, click here.
Posted by: Audrey Simmons
Scholarship Recipient
Alex Peterson, a graduating senior at Cedar Park Christian HS in Mountlake Terrace receives his $1,000 scholarship award from
American Legion Post 234.
John Crawford, Chairman of the Scholarship Committee, presented the award to Alex during the school's annual awards
ceremony on 26 May 2016.
Alex was an outstanding student / athlete at Cedar Park Christian High School. He maintained a 4.0 GPA will graduate as the
class valedictorian on 3 June 2016.
He has been accepted to attend the University of Rochester (NY) in the Fall.
His grandfather served in the USAF from 1965 – 71.
Applications are now being accepted for the 2016 session of Evergreen Boys State and Evergreen Girls State. This is a national program of the American Legion and American Legion Auxiliary to promote hands-on learning of the U.S. democratic form of government.
Students ending their junior year of high school in 2016 are eligible to attend this week-long simulation after being selected, and funded, by local American Legion / Auxiliary Posts.
During the week, the citizens will be assigned to a fictitious city, county and political party in the state of "Evergreen." They will attend classes, hold meetings, and establish their own government at the city, county, and state levels. Attendees also have the opportunity to earn several different scholarships, and earn up to four college credits just by participating.
Evergreen Boys State will be held at the Warm Beach Conference Center in Stanwood, Washington, from 19-25 June 2016. For details and application, see:
Evergreen Girls State will be held at Central Washington University in Ellensburg from 12-18 June 2016. For details and application, see: www.walegion-aux.org/girlsstate.html.
Both Boys State and Girls State offers a fun, hands-on learning experience where you can meet new people and make life-long friends. You'll have the opportunity to meet elected officials and challenge yourself to learn and grow in ways you never knew possible. It's one of the most respected youth programs in the country, and this is your once-in-a-lifetime chance to participate. Apply today to begin your journey. It's also a great way to start building your resume. Each session is limited to 300 participants. First come, first served.
The Boys State program began in Illinois in 1935. The Girls State program began much later. However, both are now held in every state, every summer. The list of alums is long and distinguished.
For more information contact:
John Crawford, Scholarship Committee Chair
(206) 542-8952
Post 234 Legionnaire William "Ben" Benson, volunteered 162 hours providing computer tutoring at Snohomish County senior centers. His service is unique among and a very special donation of time and expertise. Ben received special thanks from the Lynnwood Senior Center for his efforts. Thank you, Ben, for leading the way with community service!
To other members of Post 234:
If you volunteer in the community or for the American Legion or other service organizations, please click here to record your service hours.
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So, when I saw that this existed I fully expected to hate it. I wanted to hate it. Really wanted to hate it. This is my turf, assholes. I'm the straight guy who likes Gossip Girl. Beat it.
But then I watched it and it's pretty great. Extra points for the Lincoln Hawk reference at the end.
Kudos, fellas. You've done good.
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
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- January 7, 2009 at 1:38 PM
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I know. I misjudged this. I was actually about to delete it, but then I saw that you commented on it so now I have to leave it. I think I'm going to write a retraction though.
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This gorgeous condo, situated directly on South Beach with an incredible view overlooking the beautiful ocean waters can be your next deluxe vacation. The beach is steps away and our neighbors to the immediate south include the W and Setai.
Sharing all pools and amenities with the brand new 1Hotel, the property has 3 pools, 4 restaurants and direct access to the beach.
A few blocks from the famous Delano, and Ocean Drive, you get all the same luxury. The Roney is close walking distance to shopping, dining, Lincoln Road (outdoor mall with hundreds of shops and restaurants) and all the hot new clubs.
Imagine basking in the sun on world famous South Beach complete with chairs and umbrellas, three oceanfront pools, jacuzzi and a 2 pool bars for your enjoyment. The pools include complementary towel and umbrella service and center pool has food and beverage service.
This is 1 bedroom apartment (680 sq. ft.) has unobstructed, breathtaking ocean views, a large fully equipped kitchen with all new stainless steel appliances, tile floors, Large Smart TV, closet, and modern furnishings.
- Free internet with WiFi
- 24 hour concierge & security
- Free valet parking for 1 car
- No car needed - everything is within walking distance
- $32.00 from Miami International Airport


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In February we kick off the project ALERT, a campaign to prevent casualties in case of an earthquake of high intensity. ALERT is an eartquake risk mitigation project aiming to mobilize citizen engagement in data and resource gathering through an online collaborative platform. The project is designed to raise awareness on seismis risk in Bucharest, collect and disseminate resources to those affected by this risk and advocate for mobilization of funds and public sector action.
In brief, we will develop a data crowd sourcing platform from citizens and volunteers on seismic risk buildings in Bucharest(so called red dot buildings). Project volunteers and citizens will be able to upload real time data on a digital map (text & pictures) showing information about buildings at risk. We specifically target raising data about the number of people living in such buildings, as well as other types of information such as: whether the property is still in place or it's already demolished, whether there are other residential building in close proximity to these that can be affected in case of collapse, whether such buildings or neighboring ones host different functions (eg. shops, offices, etc.) where people are working or visiting, as customers. All in all, we wish to make a "census" of people at risk.
Our team will be working on this platform and plans to launch it towards the end of spring. Meanwhile, we seek to expand our team with a deisgnated volunteer and campaign coordinator.
ALERT is alliged to our core interest to test the power of new technologies – in this case, a data crowdsourcing application – to meet challenges faced by local communities.
The project is funded by Telekom, following TeImplicy project competition and is implemented in partnership by CRIDL and Make Better.
Watch our brief ALERT project presentation here.
Photo: winners of the projects selection campaign Te Implici, ran by Telekom Romania in December 2016


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On this card, I decided it was time for something shabby and distressed so after coloring the image, I added a bit of glitter to the star and sparkle gel ink to the snowman, then I tore the image instead of using a die to cut it. I curled the upper corner and found a bow of exactly the right color.
The striped dp was a scrap left on my desk but I thought the colors worked. I added glitter to the die cut flowers and backed them with a leaf die cut (Cheery Lynn.) Distressed but simple.
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The Rotary Club of Edmonton Whyte Avenue invites you to the second annual Mix and Match, a collaboration with the University of Alberta Rotaract Club. This year, we are honoured to have the support of the District 5370 Youth Services and to celebrate World Polio Day.
We would also invite you to use this event as an opportunity to support mentorship of Rotaractors and Interactors as young Rotary leaders in our District
The Event will take place on October 24, 2017 from 6 - 8PM at the St Johns Institute (11024 - 82 Avenue). The cost is $10 for Rotarians, FREE to the Rotaractors and Interactors.
Donations are being accepted for Polio Plus in honor of World Polio Day.


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Palm / Passion Sunday
Saturday, March 24
5:00 pm - Mass with the blessing of palms
Sunday, March 25
9:15 am - Blessing of Palms and Procession*
10:00 am - Mass
11:15 am - Pancake breakfast
11:45 am - Practice for Easter Sunday, Intergenerational Choir
12:00 pm - Practice for Holy Thursday
12:30 pm - Practice for Good Friday
Seder Meal
Tuesday: March 27 Seder Meal 6:15 pm.
Please bring a salad or main dish for 10 people.
*About the Procession: We will meet with Salt and Light, our Lutheran neighbors, at 30th and Emerson Streets at 9:15 am. Together we will bless our palms and remember Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem. We then head to our churches for our separate Liturgies. We will provide shuttle service for those who need a ride to the starting place. Shuttles will leave from the parking lot at 9:05 and 9:10 a.m. We will proceed on Emerson Street to the Church. Feel free to pick up the procession anytime along the route. It is a little less than a mile from 30th to 42nd. It will take from 20 to 30 minutes for the walk. Wear walking shoes. If it is raining be sure to bring an umbrella! Please come and walk with us, as together, we praise God for what is being done through Christ, who is among us.
Holy Thursday, March 29
7:00 pm Mass of the Last Supper with washing of feet. Adoration until 10:30 pm. (Bring your Rice Bowls to turn in.)
Good Friday, March 30
12 noon Stations of the Cross at Church
12 noon Walk of the Cross (starts at Ainsworth UCC - details here)
7:00 pm Good Friday Passion Service
Easter Vigil, March 31 (Saturday)
12 noon Decorate Church
8:00 pm Practice for Easter Vigil
8:30 pm Easter Vigil, reception following
Easter Sunday, April 1
10:00 am Mass
Hospitality and Easter Egg Hunt after Mass


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A woman in Arizona was shocked to discover a chicken foot in a package of chicken breasts, tweeting a series of angry messages to Safeway after she was forced to confront the knowledge that chickens have other parts as she shopped in one of the chain's locations.
The woman, named Lindsay (@liiindseyyy412), found the Safeway chicken foot — in and of itself a common food item and not in any way illegal or even taboo to sell or eat — yesterday, and instantly began insisting the "news" respond to report upon the horrifying development of chicken being made out of chicken. (Please no one show Lindsay the video of how chicken nuggets are really made, and please do not alert her to the fact that there is indeed not any part of the chicken called the "nugget.")
Among the panicked things Lindsay said about the Safeway chicken foot was, "I alerted the news and they're on their way," as if a tractor trailer had run over a busload of orphans in the meat aisle and not that this poor woman was simply exposed to a piece of meat many Earth residents (Americans included) consider perfectly good eating.
Lindsay emailed a "statement" about the Safeway chicken foot to several news organizations, laboring under the impression (it appears) that she'd stumbled upon adulterated food and not an edible if unpalatable (to her) piece of meat. She said:
"I came across it when I was shopping for dinner at Safeway. My initial reaction was shock, of course, and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. It was disgusting. I tweeted the picture to Safeway and they responded almost immediately asking what Safeway store it was, and said they were going to contact the store immediately. I contacted the manager when I went back shortly after to see if it was still there, and because it was, I went to the customer service desk for the manager."
Some of the tweets sent after Safeway chicken foot-gate by Lindsay:
Hey, @Safeway, does this look like "chicken breast" to you? I'm vomiting. pic.twitter.com/C7MjYL1Nn0
— Lindsey (@liiindseyyy412) July 24, 2013
@Safeway 39th and Happy Valley in Phoenix, AZ — Lindsey (@liiindseyyy412) July 24, 2013
@Safeway free icecream for life or I call the police and tell them it's a human hand. — Lindsey (@liiindseyyy412) July 24, 2013
One news organization shockingly did not feel a chicken foot in a chicken package was newsworthy:
@12News I tried calling but someone hung up on me. I think this is something you should be alerted about. pic.twitter.com/0QoFFtyGSW
— Lindsey (@liiindseyyy412) July 24, 2013
Do you think the Safeway chicken foot scandal shows how disconnected some Americans are from their food sources?


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Telstra's board of directors have yet again voiced their support for 100 per cent privatisation of the telco provider.
Speaking at the telco's annual general meeting on Friday, David Hoare, Telstra's chairman said "a fully privatised Telstra is the ultimately logical progression.
"A hybrid arrangement, not matter what the percentage, is not a satisfactory position in the long term," he said.
Following the recent Telstra 2 share offer, 49.9 per cent of Telstra is held privately.
Hoare told shareholders that despite Telstra's push into new areas including the internet space, telephony services will remain the telco's core business.
CEO Ziggy Switkowski said Telstra would concentrate on four main growth areas: mobiles and wireless, data, internet, e-commerce and multimedia, wholesale and international activities.
Meanwhile, telecommunications analyst, Paul Budde said full privatisation may not result in additional benefits to customers.
"I have a great reluctance to allow for full privatisation until we can see some improvements in services to rural areas," he saidWhilst admitting a privatised Telstra would be good from an industry point of view, Budde said Telstra's current track record for anti-competitive behaviour and provision of services to rural and remote areas would be a concern.
Despite improving its competitive behaviour in recent months, Budde said Telstra's services to rural areas remain poor.


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Several of our young people from Trinity and Rock Solid, our circuit youth group for young people in years 6 to 9 enjoyed keeping their leaders awake all night, at Love Never Ends, an overnight action packed Christian event at Blackburn Cathedral. Look out for their review of the night appearing shortly on the blog. There was some good media coverage of the event. BBC North West featured Sanctuary on Saturday. At the moment it is still available to watch on the BBC News website http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-26304681 Do have a look what our young people have been up to!
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Rocky's Plaice 12th -16th August 2013
Chatburn Methodist Church was transformed into a pretend fish and chip shop, when it hosted the summer holiday club, "Rocky's Plaice" in August this year. The holiday club was expertly led and organised by Anne and Derek Hardacre and a team of committed volunteers from both Christ Church and Chatburn Methodist Church. Some of our teenagers from around the circuit (Anna, Molly and Elizabeth) did an amazing job as team leaders organising the crafts and games for over 20 children who attended.
The theme of the week was "Rocky's Plaice" and the children learnt all about the early church, and stories about Peter, through a range of fish-themed crafts, snacks, and games. Highlights of the week were making new friends, the daily aerobic warm up, the shark attack parachute game and the special fish and chip snacks that were served up.The week ended with a special holiday club service which families of those attending the holiday club where invited to. Items from the children included a performance of the theme song "Rocky's Plaice" and a display of crafts and photos of the week. Thanks to Roy Porter we all enjoyed a lovely barbecue to finish a fantastic week. Photos of the week will soon be displayed in our churches in the circuit or on this blog.
Taste and See…
Loving our 'Leavers'
One of the core ideas of Sticky Faith is that young people need to feel a part of their church community at each age and stage of their development in order for them to grow a faith that sticks with them through life.
The big faith challenge for a young person comes when they leave their home (and their home church), and step out into a world which doesn't provide the foundation and routines that they've come to lean on. So where does our responsibility lie when a young person in our church comes of age and leaves home? Do we wave them off with our best wishes and hope to see them again at Christmas… or are they still a part of our community, even after they've left?
There are many ways which we could communicate to our young people that we still consider them part of our church family. One easy way is to celebrate with them as they finish school and acknowledge their achievement. Get them up at the front on a Sunday morning when they've finished their exams. Tell them we're proud of them. Tell them we're praying for them no matter what. Tell them we'd love to hear from them and they're welcome any time. Give them a slot in the newsletter to share about their new experiences, or invite them to come back and speak to the youth about what college or Uni is like.
Another way is to reach out and remind them that we're thinking of them. What young person doesn't glow a little- even the lads!- when you offer them some unexpected encouragement. I've come across a website that I adore called Giver's Log which is all about, well, giving. The category 'Happy Mail' is dedicated to ideas for care parcels that you could send to a uni student to let them know you're thinking about them. And get this- all of the parcel ideas weigh 13 oz or less! (As it's an American site, this weight is what separates a letter from a parcel. It's probably not the same here, but it will still be pretty cheap to send!) Check it out:
As our young people are finishing exams and taking next steps, let's get encouraging!
Being Your Children's Biggest Fan
I came across these tween-encouragement-cards on the Sticky Faith website recently and was inspired.
You know all those moments we have as parents when our child does something really special and we just want to take a moment and say 'Wow.'? How often do we actually get to commemorate those moments?
These encouragement cards are such a fun way to communicate to our children that we're proud of them, and on the busy days when it may not look like we notice the special things that they've done, we really do. In our house, I hope to use these in a scrapbook for my little one to read when she's old enough.
How do you encourage your child(ren)? Share your ideas below!
Cakes for Comic Relief
'How would you feel if the church was knocked down?'
Today, Trinity Methodist Church was visited by the Year 7 students from Bowland High School. As one of their Seeds projects the students visited churches of four different denominations in Clitheroe, and compared and contrasted the buildings, symbols and teachings.
They came armed with excellent questions, such as-
- How would you feel if your church was knocked down?
- Is the church the building or the people?
- Why is love so important to Christians?
- How is your church present in the community?
- What would you have to change about your lifestyle to become part of the church?
Hats off to the RE teachers of Bowland High- we hope it was a memorable day for all!


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The panel discussions will focus on why Californians are facing major financial challenges when it comes to building savings, and assets for education, health, homeownership, and retirement, and what's being done about it.
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pensions (boring adultcentric)
where better to seek pensions adivce than the general discussion section of a music forum.
Just had a look at the pension thing for my new job, its 10% which amounts to a massive chunk of money, especially seeings as i'll be paying £200 a month to my career development loan until 2014, dont think I could afford it on top of rent somewhere half decent. im thinking of opting out, I'm hoping i'll only be there a year or so anyway and it will be a stepping stone to the govenment job I want (where I wouldnt have to worry about pensions).
Basically what I want from this thread is to be told opting out of a pension is sensible and not at all irresponsible. Anyone know about this kinda stuff?
you're best making sure you can meet your debt / essentials commitments before looking to plan for retirement
assuming you're quite young, you can get away with not paying into it.
but obvs long-term it's not best.
I wouldn't bother taking it if you'll only be there a year.
Though given you're probably looking at a 20% cut to government jobs or something like that when the Tories inevitably sweep to power in May, I hope you're right about the oh-so-confident government job proclamation.
yeah the inevitable conservative victory is worrying
just hoping it wont hit the jobs I want, hopefully it will just be quangos and unnecessary levels of admin. I think evidence based policy is growing in importance so hopefully researchers wont get hit too hard, and if a job did come up I hopefully would stand a good chance as quite a few people from my masters walked right into those jobs (I failed the assessment centre but it wasnt that hard and think I could probably pass it next time), hopefully with a year or twos research experience it will be an achievable goal
Surely you can choose how much you put in?
You don't have to go for the full 10%. Your company probably say they wil match anything up to 10% or something like that.


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The Way Forward Commission voted Feb. 15 to approve six recommendations to the 2018 General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).
Three of those are being made jointly with the All Agency Review Committee – an effort to show the assembly unity on what's being proposed.
There is, however, ongoing conversation involving Way Forward, All Agency Review and the Governance Task Force of the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board regarding a proposed reconfiguration of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), A Corporation, which is the corporate entity for the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) and the Office of the General Assembly (OGA). The discussions involve proposed changes in the Organization for Mission, which is the manual of the General Assembly.
The problem: these groups haven't reached agreement, yet all face a deadline of midnight Feb. 16 for submitting their reports to the 2018 General Assembly.
A possible solution: these groups have gone to J. Herbert Nelson, the PC(USA)'s stated clerk, to ask for permission to submit their reports by the deadline – then amend them later. Nelson has agreed to allow the amendments, said Mark Hostetter, a minister from New York who serves as moderator of the Way Forward Commission.
The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board is meeting by phone on Feb. 16 to consider whether to ask the General Assembly for a deliverance, or permission for the agency to form its own corporation, in response to recommendations proposing a reconfiguration of the A Corporation.
The hope, Hostetter said, is that Way Forward, All Agency Review and the board might agree on one common proposal to the General Assembly; that any competing proposals would be withdrawn; and that the assembly might deal with one "collaborative, common proposal" regarding the A Corporation.
Both Hostetter and Deborah Block, a pastor from Wisconsin who serves as moderator of All Agency Review, expressed concern about the difficulty of assembly commissioners having to sort through complicated, competing proposals. "Our aspiration, our goal, would be to have a unified message when we go to the assembly," Block said.
Whether that can happen remains to be seen. The Presbyterian Mission Agency Board meets at 2 p.m. Eastern Time on Feb. 16 (possibly in closed session). All Agency Review met Feb. 15, but postponed a vote on its report – scheduling another meeting for 5 p.m. Eastern on Feb. 16.
This follows a flurry of behind-the-scenes conversations this week– after the board's Governance Task Force presented language it wants included in the recommendations and Way Forward and All Agency Review countered with their own suggestions. Block said those involved had been working "very intensely," and Hostetter described "a lot of late-night drafting of documents."
Eliana Maxim, a minister from Seattle who serves as one of two vice moderators of Way Forward, proposed and won support from the commission for a March 9 deadline for the conversations – saying she wants a "hard stop" date for the negotiations, in part because Way Forward needs to work on administrative actions it has the authority to take between now and the start of the assembly.
While the commission's recommendations to the assembly are due by Feb. 16 – or 120 days before the General Assembly opens for business June 16 in St. Louis – the commission has the power to take administrative action on its own, and has scheduled a series of conference call meetings through the spring.
The commission's report has sections describing that ongoing work, including discussions involving mid council ministries and efforts to create a strategic communications plan for the PC(USA).
How substantive the differences of opinion are regarding the A Corporation proposal is not totally clear. Jo Stewart, an elder and Way Forward member from North Carolina who has served on the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board, said they involve questions of authority and are "not details."
Other questions raised in the discussion involved how the A Corporation budget would be set and who would be responsible for and participate in shared services.
Some members of All Agency Review, meeting separately on Feb. 15, raised concerns about some of the changes the board's Governance Task Force is proposing – in part because they didn't receive the proposal until earlier this week.
"I have a lot of questions," said Debra Avery, a minister from California. With some of them, "it feels like we are putting PMAB in a really strong power position," when All Agency has been viewing the six PC(USA) agencies as essentially equal.
Kelly Shriver, a minister from Oregon, asked: "Is there a first among equals?"
Eric Beene, a minister from Georgia, said some of the proposed language "looks a little bit like … an attempt at some kind of power-grabbing. That's what I would want to make sure doesn't get into a final draft – (rather) that we see PMA as one agency among six, all of whom are accountable to the General Assembly."
To give its members a little more time to review the proposal, All Agency Review put off voting on its recommendations and scheduled another meeting for Feb. 16. And despite the differing views, Hostetter described the tenor of the conversations as positive.
The 2016 General Assembly created the Way Forward Commission, instructing it to "study and identify a vision for the structure and function of the General Assembly entities of the PC(USA)."
The commission voted Feb. 15 to approve its report, including six recommendations.
The commission's 49- page report also includes sections describing the values the commission leaned on in doing its work; historical and theological context; and themes of change the commission has identified in the PC(USA). It also offers a "frequently asked questions" section regarding the proposed A Corporation changes.
PC(USA), A Corporation. Along with All Agency Review, Way Forward is recommending a series of changes in the structure of the A Corporation and the composition of its board.
The proposed revisions would change the size and configuration of the A Corporation board, and "the implications of it are very complex," Eileen Lindner, a minister from New Jersey who serves as one of two of the commission's vice moderators, has said. What's now a 40-member board whose members all serve on the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board would become a nine-member board with representation from each of the six PC(USA) agencies, plus three at-large members.
Mark Hostetter, a minister from New York who serves as moderator of Way Forward, has said the reconfigured A Corporation would function as a "utility," but that decisions about policy would rest with the agencies.
Exactly what's being proposed, however, is what's still being hammered out.
Inclusion and equity. This recommendation asks the assembly to:
- Require that all six PC(USA) agencies participate in a Diverse Voices Table and, similar to what's been undertaken by PMA's Office on Diversity and Reconciliation, to create a process to examine issues of equity and inclusion particular to their own agencies.
- Require each PC(USA) agency to complete by Jan. 1, 2019 an organizational review of its practices and policies as they impact people of color and racial diversity (commonly referred to as a "race audit"). Such audits would be repeated every four years.
- Move all translation services in the PC(USA) to the A Corporation and require that such services be "staffed appropriately in order to provide translation services to all six agencies for translation of all materials going forward" from English into other languages (typically Spanish and Korean); with historical or existing records to be translated on request; and with prioritization of the work done by the Diverse Voices Table that's being convened. The recommendation also states that "the total cost of of these services shall be allocated to and paid for by each agency as a percentage of work completed.
Role of the stated clerk. Way Forward wants the stated clerk to be the chief ecumenical officer of the PC(USA), and the person who speaks "to and for the church" unless the General Assembly directs otherwise. This recommendation seeks changes in the Organization for Mission (the manual of the assembly) to make that happen. The stated clerk would also serve as an ex officio member (with voice but not vote) on the boards of all six PC(USA) agencies, and would be consulted before a candidate was nominated to serve as the chief officer or interim officer of one of the agencies.
Financial sustainability. The commission is asking the assembly to appoint a 12-person committee to provide a comprehensive resource projection analysis and a summary assessment projection of national church assets and income for a financial sustainability review, with a deadline of Dec. 31, 2019.
Denomination-wide financial questions are rising in other areas too.
The Committee on the Office of the General Assembly and the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board voted last week to ask the General Assembly for a significant increase in per capita – from $7.73 per member in 2018 to $10.71 in 2019 and to $11.45 in 2020. That would be 39 percent increase from 2018 to 2019 and a 7 percent increase from 2019 to 2020, and may well become one of the hottest issues coming to the 2018 assembly.
The Presbytery of Newton in New Jersey has sent an overture asking the 2018 General Assembly to create a team to review the financial sustainability of the PC(USA)'s current per capita funding system.
And All Agency Review is recommending a denomination-wide self-study of the per capita funding system.
Moving Forward Implementation Commission. Way Forward and All Agency Review are jointly recommending that the 2018 General Assembly create a Moving Forward Implementation Commission, with limited powers. That commission would have 12 members – four from Way Forward, four from All Agency Review and four others from the 2018 assembly.
That commission would work to track compliance and implementation of recommendations from Way Forward and All Agency Review that the assembly approves; to encourage continued collaboration in areas Way Forward and All Agency Review have identified; and to coordinate with the 2020 Vision Team, which will make a preliminary report to the 2018 assembly but is expected to continue working through 2020.
Agency review process. Way Forward also voted to support a recommendation from All Agency Review regarding proposed changes in the process for reviewing the PC(USA)'s six agencies.
The commission's report also discusses areas of continuing work – places where it will remain active after submitting its report to the assembly.
Shared services. This is likely to include a review of policies and procedures; discussion of possible cost savings and efficiencies; and exploration regarding possible sharing or outsourcing of particular tasks.
Property. Discussions continue about the use of the national PC(USA) office building in downtown Louisville, including everything from deferred maintenance to how the building might be used for mission.
Institutional culture. What changes need to happen to make the institutional culture within PMA healthier?
Communications. Conversations continue in a range of areas, including developing a comprehensive communications strategy for the PC(USA); how data is shared or ought to be shared; and frustration with the denomination's websites.
Inclusion and equity. Work continues with OGA and PMA to develop a Diverse Voices Table with representation from all six agencies to work on issues involving inclusion and equity.
Mid council ministries. Way Forward would continue working to establish a position in OGA of associate clerk for Mid Council Ministries, and to create a Mid Council Visioning Team.
Seminary relations. The commission wants to continue discernment and conversation about theological education in the PC(USA).
Financial development analysis. The commission has discussed convening a working group of people involved in stewardship and fundraising in the six agencies, to identify areas of possible collaboration or duplication.
Logistics of the A Corporation transition. Both All Agency Review and Way Forward will continue conversations with representatives of the Committee on the Office of the General Assembly and the Presbyterian Mission Agency Board.
Read the Way Forward's unedited report: WFC Final Report – UNEDITED, as approved.
Read the Way Forward's Appendix 10 report attachment: Appendix 10
This report still must go through the Office of the General Assembly editing process before it is posted on PC-Biz, the online system the General Assembly uses.


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Title: Wicked Add It: Visit on Goodreads
Author: Jennifer L. Armentrout
Publisher by: Independent
Published on: December 8, 2014
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Romantic Suspense
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Things are about to get Wicked in New Orleans.
Twenty-two year old Ivy Morgan isn't your average college student. She, and others like her, know humans aren't the only thing trolling the French Quarter for fun… and for food. Her duty to the Order is her life. After all, four years ago, she lost everything at the hands of the creatures she'd sworn to hunt, tearing her world and her heart apart.
Ren Owens is the last person Ivy expected to enter her rigidly controlled life. He's six feet and three inches of temptation and swoon-inducing charm. With forest-green eyes and a smile that's surely left a stream of broken hearts in its wake, he has an uncanny, almost unnatural ability to make her yearn for everything he has to offer. But letting him in is as dangerous as hunting the cold-blooded killers stalking the streets. Losing the boy she loved once before had nearly destroyed her, but the sparking tension that grows between them becomes impossible for Ivy to deny. Deep down, she wants… she needs more than what her duty demands of her, what her past has shaped for her.
But as Ivy grows closer to Ren, she realizes she's not the only one carrying secrets that could shatter the frail bond between them. There's something he's not telling her, and one thing is for certain. She's no longer sure what is more dangerous to her—the ancient beings threatening to take over the town or the man demanding to lay claim to her heart and her soul.
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I've been looking for a new paranormal series to read and then I came across this gem. First, the cover is gorgeous but the synopsis drew me in. There is something very mysterious and exotic about a paranormal series set in The Big Easy, plus is doesn't hurt that JLA is an amazing writer. I'm really looking forward to this release.
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"Things are what they are, and whatever will be will be."
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out Of The Window And Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson had been on my radar for a while and had me intrigued (admittedly this was mainly because of its long-winded title). It then finally came into my possession when someone bought it for me for Christmas last year. I read it in February and it was about- wait for it- a hundred-year-old man who climbed out of the window and disappeared. I did not see that coming(!).
However, there was far more to it than that, and it has in fact, quite unexpectedly, been an inspiration to me ever since.
Though a work of fiction, I found that The Hundred-Year-Old Man highlights the importance of the more mature members of the population. It reminds you, as a reader, that 'old people' were once young too and have endless pearls of wisdom and interesting tales to pass on from their years experiencing our planet. The novel as a whole enriched me with feelings of excitement for the life ahead of me, along with a reminder of why I should respect my elders (I highly recommend reading it!). But the main thing that stayed with me following my reading of the novel was the aforementioned quote:
'Things are what they are, and whatever will be will be.'
Allan Karlsson (the book's protagonist) lives by the motto, it being the main thing he remembers his mother telling him when he was a child. I since discovered that, if you set yourself up for a day with this very mindset, you enjoy the day far more; you see things as they are and fret far less over what they could have been or what you wanted them to be. Perhaps the message in The Hundred-Year-Old Man is that if you live life with this attitude, you will live a long life like Karlsson.
I feel that many books have an underlying message, or one that stands out to me most, and this is one of the main reasons I love to read; for what I can take away or learn from the pages of a book.
With this blog, I aim to share my love of all things creative. This is just the first post of many that will include review-type posts on books I read, quotes from books, inspiring artists, my own artwork, photography, creative writing tips, passages of my own written work, tea and delicious recipes.
So, in short: books, art, writing, tea and food!
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WestconGroup Set To ENGAGE With New Partner Technology Summit
WestconGroup Set To ENGAGE With New Partner Technology Summit
Crawley, 27th August, 2015. WestconGroup Inc., a value-added distributor of category-leading security, unified communications and collaboration, network infrastructure and data centre solutions, targets channel awareness and readiness with a brand new multi-channel technology summit for UK VARs and SIs at London's Grange St Paul's Hotel on Thursday, 15th October.
The event, codenamed 'ENGAGE2015,' is the first of its kind for WestconGroup as its teams from the Comstor, Westcon Security and Westcon Unified Communications and Collaborations practices jointly host a full day of solution-selling seminars and vendor exhibitions. The vendor line-up includes Avaya, Cisco, F5, Juniper, Microsoft, Oracle, Palo Alto, Plantronics, Polycom and many more.
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A hot topic amongst the security vendors will be the increasing wave of cyber-attacks facing all organisations and how partners should capitalise on offering pre- and post-attack services. With mobility now a mainstream requirement, high capacity wireless networks need intelligent load balancing and threat protection as standard but is there a trade-off between security and performance? Another focus will be on the changing formats of video collaboration as Microsoft releases its new large-format Surface Hub while other vendors increasingly look at desktop video apps and webRTC.
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He's back to having daily naps, as his body is seemingly extremely tired. He's always been great at going to sleep, but now he's actually begging to go to bed. Tonight, we set him up in our bed to watch a movie on his DVD player, so he could watch Megamind for the 100th time!
Keian's blood counts are currently at critical level once again, but are being masked by the effects of the steroid. With that comes alot of home bound activities - we've been trying to get him out a bit, by driving around to christmas light displays and areas we know that go all out for the holiday season.
This weekend has also proven the power of one special little boy. How he can increase hope, bring joy, encourage smiles and build new friendships. We have been given unconditional love, compassion and dedication - because of this, we can begin our week with a new strength that has risen to the surface. To all of you beautiful women and men that have done this for us, I will never truly be able to thank you enough. We have our strength continuously renewed because of you!
"If children have the ability to ignore all odds and percentages, then maybe we can all learn from them. When you think about it, what other choice is there but to hope? We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up, or fight like hell"


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Earrings are a great way to express your child's style and personality while at the same time adding a dazzle to your outfit. However, it is good to note that you have to pick the right pair or else the earrings will ruin your style and cause you discomfort. When buying earrings for your child, you have to be more considerate. First and foremost, you need to understand that earrings are available in a wide range of colors, styles, sizes and prices and not all of them will be good for your child. When deciding on the pair to buy, here are a few considerations you need to make.
Age of your child
Just because your child has an ear piercing doesn't mean you can share your earrings with her. For example, if your child is below the age of 5, the chandelier earrings will not be the best choice. This is because kids are clumsier at this age and the last thing you want is for her to hurt herself. The stud earrings will be great for a young girl because they are safer than the likes of hoop, dangle and chandelier earrings. The ear cuffs and the clip-on earrings will also be a good choice. The rule of thumb here is to spend as much time as you can to learn more about the different types of earrings. Don't be afraid to ask for help from your friends or professionals on the best type of earrings to purchase.
Don't ignore the personality of your child when choosing earrings. The best child earrings are those that reveal a bit of who your child is; interests, talents, culture, religion and any other personal traits. If your child is outgoing, you can opt for the flashy, bold earrings. For a reserved person, the small, modest studs will be a good choice. The rule here is not to force your child into things she will not like.
Personality is about how your child acts. Style, on the other hand, focuses mainly on what your child loves wearing. You must always consider both the personality and style of your child before making a choice. By doing that, you will be able to select a pair that blends well with what they often wear.
If you are buying the earrings as an accessory for a specific event that your child will be attending, you have to consider what she will be wearing as well as the theme of the event. The right earrings need to be a good fit for the event. Pick something that will complement what she will be wearing.
Never ignore the shape of the face of your child. You need jewelry that will go well with the face of your child.
Cost is not something you should ignore. As aforementioned, the prices vary greatly. Have a budget before you start shopping.
Buying earrings for your child should never overwhelm you. Just make sure that you keep her in mind when shopping.
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Stock within Analysts Limelight: Comcast Corporation (CMCSA)
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) stock price moved -1.87% away from 20-Days Simple Moving Average, -9.05% from 50-Days Simple Moving Average and separated -12.01% from 200 Days Simple Moving Average. Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) reported loss -0.27% in recent buying and selling session with closing price of $ 33.86. The stock's traded 30.59 million shares in session while it holds an average volume of 28.89 million shares. The CMCSA switched 3.42% away from its 52 week minimum and distanced -23.05% from its 52 week peak. The volatility change in the previous week has observed by 2.37% and experienced of 2.39% change in the last month.
The short ratio in the company's stock is documented at 2.05 and the short float is around of 1.29%. Beta factor, which measures the riskiness of the security, was registered at 1.18. The Company kept a record of 4.6 billion floated shares and 4.71 billion shares outstanding. The average true range of the stock is observed at 0.83 and the relative strength index of the stock is recorded at 40.63.
Consensus Recommendation:
Analyst notified mean rating at 1.80 after consensus analysis. (Rating Scale: 1.0 Strong Buy, 2.0 Buy, 3.0 Hold, 4.0 Sell, 5.0 Strong Sell). Keep in mind that Investors should not rely only on an analyst's recommendation when taking a decision whether to buy, hold, or sell a stock. Instead, they should also do their own research—such as reading the prospectus for new companies or for public companies, the quarterly and annual reports filed with the SEC—to confirm whether a particular investment is appropriate for them in light of their individual financial circumstances.
Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) Stock Profitability Levels:
Net profit margin of the company is seen at 26.90%. Operating profit margin is positioned at 21.20%. Gross profit margin is 70.00%. The larger the gross profit margin, the better for the company. The company made Return on equity of 38.80% in last 12 months period. Return on assets ratio of the Company was 12.30%. Its return on investment ratio was 9.70% in the trailing 12 months period.
The Company's sales have grown at an average annualized rate of about -7.50% during the past five years. For the past 5 years, The Company's EPS growth has been nearly -2.00%. Looking out over a next 5-year period, analysts expect the company to see its earnings go up by 16.50%, annually. Analyst established EPS growth expected to grow of -41.20% for this year and EPS growth for next year is likely to attain at 10.21%.
Looking about the past performance history, the company plunged 1.17% for the last five trades and exhausted -8.81% in one month period. The stock deteriorated -16.35% during the past three month period and discounted -10.92% in half year. During the yearly overview it downgraded -10.95% and Showed -15.46% year to date performance.
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This code provides an implementation of the research paper:
Geodesic Finite Mixture Models
E. Simo-Serra, C. Torras, and F. Moreno-Noguer
British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), 2014
and improvements provided in
3D Human Pose Tracking Priors using Geodesic Mixture Models
E. Simo-Serra, C. Torras, and F. Moreno-Noguer
International Journal of Computer Vision, 2016
This allows clustering of data that is located on a known Riemannian manifold. Some highlights of the algorithm:
- Generative model
- Fully unsupervised
- Scales to large data
Copyright (C) <2014-2016> <Edgar Simo-Serra>
This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the version 3 of the GNU General Public License
as published by the Free Software Foundation.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
Edgar Simo-Serra, Waseda University, August 2016.
email@example.com, http://hi.cs.waseda.ac.jp/~esimo/
The visualization code is dependent on Stefan Sommer's "smanifold" code. This can be found at https://github.com/nefan/smanifold. Once it is installed, edit the path in startup.m to point to the path in which this code is installed. As the rest of the code is pure matlab, there is no need to compile nor install anything else.
There are two main files for the approach:
- gfmm.m – Performs the model estimation
- gfmm_sample.m – Performs sampling on the model
Additionally some demos are provided in demos/:
- sphere.m – Synthetic sphere example.
- quad_surface.m – Quadratic surface example. Very slow to compute as there are no closed forms for the exponential and logarithmic map operators.
- comparison.m – Compares our model (GFMM) with von Mises-Fischer distributions and using a single tangent plane.
These demos reproduce several of the results in the paper. They were all run with "MATLAB R2012a (18.104.22.1689) 64-bit (glnxa64)" and used a fixed seed for the random number generator to be deterministic. On different set-ups they may give different results.
In order to see results fast it is recommended to try the sphere demo as following:
>> sphere
You should get some output as follows:
Initial distributions set up in 0.0 seconds
Cnz=30, t=1 => 3.755e+02 <? 4.159e-03 (L=4.068e+03) in 0.4 secs
Cnz=30, t=2 => 4.611e+01 <? 3.784e-03 (L=4.021e+03) in 0.8 secs
Cnz=30, t=3 => 2.287e+01 <? 3.738e-03 (L=3.997e+03) in 0.5 secs
Cnz=30, t=4 => 2.827e+01 <? 3.715e-03 (L=3.968e+03) in 0.5 secs
Cnz=30, t=5 => 5.060e+01 <? 3.687e-03 (L=3.917e+03) in 0.6 secs
Cnz=30, t=6 => 9.567e+01 <? 3.636e-03 (L=3.820e+03) in 0.5 secs
Cnz=30, t=7 => 1.207e+02 <? 3.540e-03 (L=3.697e+03) in 0.5 secs
Additionally some figures will show results and progress.
If you use this code please consider citing:
author = {Edgar Simo-Serra and Carme Torras and Francesc Moreno-Noguer},
title = {{Geodesic Finite Mixture Models}},
booktitle = "Proceedings of the British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC)",
year = 2014,
author = {Edgar Simo-Serra and Carme Torras and Francesc Moreno Noguer},
title = {{3D Human Pose Tracking Priors using Geodesic Mixture Models}},
journal = {International Journal of Computer Vision (IJCV)},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {},
year = 2016,
- August 2016: Incorporated improvements from IJCV paper for 2.0 release
- September 2014: Initial version 1.0 release


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Sunday, January 30, 2011
Caged Birds
Back to playing. this time with a Sizzix die called Caged Bird.
Birds and cages were cut using thick book board.
Yellow bird painted with acrylic transparent ink, the blue bird uses a distressed stamp ink. Both birds stamped with permanent black ink.
The background are small collages
1 comment:
- mani said...
Its really nice how you create the cage, and how the bird inside . ite looking real .
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- March 12, 2012 3:50 am
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I've been thinking.
I kinda sorta think my year of going crazy needs some sort of climax.
I went to Paris alone this past July looking for just that. Some sort of ending and beginning. I really thought that would be it. I'd wander the streets and find what I needed. Get over the people and things that continue to haunt me.
I was wrong. It didn't work. Total failure.
Or was it??
I'm still unraveling, yes. But definitely a bit more slowly. And it might end up getting worse. OR it might be a good thing. The tricky part? Pulling away that last piece that tethers me to all that is my life today and sets me free to find what tomorrow brings.
Kinda like the caged bird that got away. Yeah. The one I've shown many of you that I want to get as a tattoo. That. Flying free. (And you say "TATTOO? SHE HAS GONE CRAZY!" And I say "GET OVER IT.")
So yeah. My year of going crazy … or finding myself. Call it what you will.
Am I in or out of the woods? Who's standing with me? Am I alone? Are you here with me?
I guess we shall see …


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This article is just a sort of ramble on my part; I need to get some thoughts off the top of my head and out of the way so I can do some more science, but it would be best to not put these thoughts into the theoretical woodchipper like I do after non-compulsory courses that I successfully passed and thus conveniently 'forget' (Hello, introductory foreign affairs…)
I made this article in about 35 minutes or so, no editing. I know some people would like to hear me ramble, and the below is a rambling of what I truly believe. That being said, it may not be refined or even accurate. Quoting something I say below as 'the truth' rather than 'some assorted points vaguely pointing to the truth' is deserving of a kick in the nuts and or the female 'punt' equivalent.
Oxidation: Anti-oxidants, Pro-oxidants; neither bad, neither good
I don't get why people have to give alignments to compounds. Nothing in the body is good and nothing is bad, or at least you need a ton of qualifiers thrown in there before you can authoritatively say its bad.
Anti-oxidants are good
Is a shitty and simplistic statement, too vague. However:
Anti-oxidant compounds (place names here) seem to be good for cardiovascular disease as they inhibit further glycation of haemoglobin and thus reduce the risk of artherosclerotic attacks and subsequent death.
Is much better. Something is good because of (mechanism) which prevents (something known as bad); death is pretty bad.
Why do I like those qualifiers? Because studies like these [1] [2] being worded in such a way that 'oxidation is bad, exercise causes oxidation, thus anti-ing this oxidation is good!' leads to results which, in all honesty, are contrary to our best interests. Yes, anti-oxidants before exercise reduce exercise-induced oxidation (duh…) but this isn't a good thing some times. [3] [4] Anti-oxidants can reduce benefits gained from exercise, because oxidation mediates beneficial changes to exercise. I think this study, merely by the title, drives the point home for some. "The role of antioxidant vitamins and enzymes in the prevention of exercise-induced muscle damage." Wait, don't I want to damage muscles in order for them to recover.
Yup; that's kinda the whole point of hypertrophy.
For those interested, the largest body of literature (that I know of) on this topic looks at ROS (Reactive Oxygen Species) and Nitric Oxide (which is a potent oxidant, you know… oxide) and how they beneficially modulate blood pressure. The beneficial changes in blood pressure from exercise are abolished if you preload with anti-oxidants and prevent these oxidants from doing their job although for other issues as blood clotting there are other medicines for this as eliquis that you can find at sites like eDrugSearch.com and prevent this problems.
So how do I sum up this rambling?
By seguing into the next topic
Hormesis is a concept of toxicology, built upon the 'dose is the poison' and then applied a bit.
Every molecule, compound, or (more pertinent to readers of this blog) supplement will have the dose that helps you and the dose that kills you. This is just the way biochemistry works, its a scale of 'too low of an effect to be noticeable' up to 'the effect is noticeable' up to 'shit, too much of an effect and now my body is screwed up in some way'.
An amazing beard oils reduce blood pressure via acting as an anti-thrombotic, or it can then later cause you to hemorrhage from too much anti-clotting. Vitamin K (or more demonstrability, Warfarin) have this same sort of spectrum, and are easy to use to show this relation.
Thing is, toxins are merely compounds that, in doses that are normally or historically consumed, are in that last stage. If you lower the dose of the toxin, the effect could very well be beneficial.
In toxicology, these relations are typically plotted on a Hormetic Curve, or a 'J-Curve'. Kinda like J-Pop, but with more science and less pitch. (Below image courtesy of this study; Nrf2 is just a promoter that transcribes for many anti-oxidant defense enzymes; I think its the main control point for the codon's Antioxidant Response Element (ARE) but don't quote me on that)
That little blip above the line, for toxins, is 'the small dose where it can exert an appreciable effect'. For supplements, the peak of that small blip is 'the active dose of the compound'. Things near the zero point are just too underdosed to do anything, and regardless of the compound below the line is bad. (Note: By bad, I do not necessarily mean damaging. Many compounds damage, but the cumulative effect seen in the body is beneficial. According to Lee S. Rosen and Rhodiola Rosea may work this way, so does Alpha-Lipoic Acid. They induce a bit of damage and the body overreacts the anti-oxidant defense systems).
Trying to collect my thoughts into bullets
I guess my whole rambling can be summed up as:
- Society and Media labeling alignments (good, bad) to compounds is probably the most retarded and backwards thing to ever hit nutritional biochemistry. The sooner one can drop this perspective, the better.
- A lot of compounds you see on the market actually damage you, but due to Hormesis the overall effects are seen as beneficial. You know what else does this? Exercise and sorta kinda Vegetables.
And now for the controversial bullet point that this entire article is about, and that has been circling my head for the last while…
Drum Roll
- Inflammation and Oxidation are the mediators of change. If you are healthy and want to change your body, embrace them and don't purposefully use anti-oxidant supplements and anti-inflammatory supplements to prevent these reactions from occurring, I only recommend to use products from http://thepatriotpowergreens.com/ which are 100% natural. If you don't want to significantly change your body, feel free to disregard this advice.
- Don't take 'a bit of knowledge' about Hormesis and straight-line hemlock; that shit will kill you.


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Evidence, while showing that a pedestrian fell on a public sidewalk at or near a place where a water conductor from an adjacent building might cause ice to form and that ice was observed at that place the next day, left as matters of conjecture whether the ice had been there at the time of the fall or whether, if it had been there, the pedestrian fell from slipping on it rather than from slipping on newly fallen snow or from some other cause; and he was not entitled to recover from the owner of the building for injuries sustained in the fall.
TORT by Ellen T. Walsh for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained in falling upon ice upon a public sidewalk. Writ in the Superior Court dated October 2, 1940.
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Upon the death of the plaintiff, the executor of her will was substituted as plaintiff. The action was tried before Warner, J., who denied the defendant's motion for a directed verdict and, after a verdict for the plaintiff, denied the defendant's motion for the entry of a verdict in her favor under leave reserved. The defendant alleged exceptions.
D. Stahl, for the defendant.
H. J. Williams, for the plaintiff.
QUA, J. At about 10:30 A.M. on February 7, 1939, the original plaintiff in the action (since deceased and now represented by her executor, but for convenience called herein the plaintiff) fell on the sidewalk in front of premises owned by the defendant's testator, on Gay Head Street in Boston. There was evidence that a water conductor from the piazza roof connected at its lower end with a horizontal pipe which ran to the inner edge of the sidewalk near a gate in such a manner that water coming down the conductor would flow upon the sidewalk and thence down grade toward the gate. The question is whether there was sufficient evidence to warrant a finding that ice produced from water so flowing upon the sidewalk caused the fall of the plaintiff.
The street sloped downward in the direction in which the plaintiff was travelling. There was evidence that the plaintiff was seen to fall "right by the gate," on the side of it nearest the pipe. Snow was falling at the time. The plaintiff's daughter testified that as a result of talking with her mother she went to Gay Head Street the "morning" after the accident and noticed some ice near the gate where the drain pipe "came up to the fence"; that "beginning at the gate at the foot of the pipe there was a spread or form which covered an area of two or three feet"; that "it began at the drain pipe and going on a little down hill and narrowed out"; that the "patch" of ice extended down to the nearest gate post and "some distance" beyond; and that "there was no similar ice on the rest of the sidewalk." A photograph introduced in evidence discloses a brick sidewalk of substantial width and apparently in good condition. Weather records showed that there were four inches
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of snow on the ground on February 1; that some thawing occurred on the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth, reducing the amount of accumulated snow to one and four tenths inches; and that nearly four inches of light snow fell on the seventh (the day of the accident), most of which came before the time of the accident. Temperatures during the period after February 1 were consistent with alternate thawing and freezing, although the highest temperature recorded at the place of observation on the seventh was 32 degrees, and there appears to have been no sunshine on that day.
Although there was evidence tending to show that the plaintiff fell at or near a point on the sidewalk where the pipe might well cause ice to form, and that ice was seen at the mouth of the pipe the next morning, we think there is still a lack of proof that this ice was present when the plaintiff fell or that, if it was present, she fell from slipping upon it. Weather conditions before February 7 were such that ice might have formed from the pipe before the accident, but the fresh light snow falling upon the roof, with temperatures at about the freezing point, might have produced the ice after the accident. There was no evidence as to the thickness or other characteristics of the ice seen by the plaintiff's daughter which might have had a tendency to show whether it was old or new. See Collins v. Collins, 301 Mass. 151 . Moreover, if we assume that it could have been found that the plaintiff fell as the result of slipping, of which there was no direct evidence, yet the shape and size of the ice observed the next day are not shown. It does not clearly appear whether the "area of two or three feet" refers to square feet or to length or to breadth. So far as appears the plaintiff might have fallen "right by the gate" on the side "nearest to the drain pipe" as the result of slipping upon the fresh snow on the sloping sidewalk without slipping upon ice from the pipe, even if there was ice from the pipe on some part of the sidewalk in the immediate vicinity.
While the case is close, we think that the element of conjecture is too great to allow the verdict to stand. See Berrenberg v. Boston, 137 Mass. 231 , 233; Woodcock v. Worcester,
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138 Mass. 268 ; Young v. Kaplan, 267 Mass. 152 , 156; Allan v. Essanee, Inc. 309 Mass. 1 , 6.
Exceptions sustained.


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