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In 553 AD, Church Father Origen's teaching of the "pre-existence of the Soul" was declared anathema by the 2nd Council of Constantinople--or, perhaps, by a hastily-convened council of bishops, hand-picked by Emperor Justinian, at the urging of his wife, Theodora, just before the official council, depending on whose account you read. Theodora, a former actress, is said to have wanted to expunge the doctrine of the pre-existence of the Soul from Christianity, because it implied reincarnation; and reincarnation, in turn, implies complete accountability through the law of karma.
But I have proven the pre-existence of the Soul. Not only that, I have proven that you can actually buy one. Mine, not too surprisingly, is an alien-green Soul. I can't physically touch it--since it hasn't been delivered yet. Hopefully today. (A rare photographic image of the Soul can be seen at bottom of the page.)
I started another entry just to present that pun. In my 19th-century lifetime, as Mathew Franklin Whittier, I loved puns. They are scattered throughout his works--and where you see them in the introduction to "A Christmas Carol," I believe those are Mathew's, as well, not Dickens'. It is clearly Mathew's style of introduction, as I have shown with multiple examples in my book. If you look at Dickens' handwritten draft, and you figure out what he had written and crossed out, you can see that what was crossed out had been even more like Mathew's style. It isn't easy, because Dickens took care to scribble over everything that was there, before, so heavily that you can barely make it out. You can do it with a hi-res digital image, however, which I was able to find. I analyze the handwritten draft in this way in great detail, in my book. Dickens didn't write the original. Laugh at me if you want to. Someday, someone is going to become rich and famous with that discovery. Only, I will have been first--having remembered it and publicly made a note of it, not long after I first discovered Mathew (and well before I found any evidence for it). It's in a 2005 entry of this very blog.
Walking on the beach just now, I was having the following thoughts. I don't know how, or whether, they tie in--except as regards the ever-mushrooming tendency for people to cheat.
If you want to take it back far enough, agriculture is cheating. Marrying anyone except your true soul-mate is cheating. "Cheating," obviously, is cheating. Making a profit off anyone in a barter is cheating (no less using money). Learning from books is cheating. Language is cheating.
That means that in the most primitive society, and in the most advanced society--in the original state, or in the redeemed state--people are telepathic. Language is unnecessary. Soul-mates naturally gravitate towards each other, and if only one of them is incarnate for some reason, they do what I am doing with Abby--they continue their relationship across the Great Divide (which would not be a Great Divide in this case). Sustenance and shelter are provided by Nature, which is bountiful. It is not necessary to kill animals for food (and Abby tells me, in that State, animals didn't kill each other, either). People learn wisdom from Nature, which has all the lessons hidden within her, for those with eyes to see, and from the elders or from a mentor. People try to make sure that those they give to, receive more than they, themselves, get in return.
That, I would guess--and I am only speculating--would be more of the ideal and natural order. How did things get so screwed up? By cheating. By seeking selfish advantage over others.
All these cheats are toxic. There is no free lunch. We, as a society, want our cake and eat it too.
I am poor, because my work is too far ahead of its time. I should be quite well-off, in a society which could appreciate the work I've done. So it is unnatural for me to be poor like this. Still, I have been driving around in a large gas-guzzling SUV, because I bought it in 2007 for my one-man video production business (which was failing, for largely the same reason I am poor, today). I haven't been able to afford to replace it, but now I've decide that I'd better do so while I still can. It's a 2004 Mercury Mountaineer, and a 13-year-old Ford is going to be t-r-o-u-b-l-e from here on out. The Soul comes with an exceptional warranty, and I'm getting a stick shift, which will not only be fun, but it will get better gas mileage and there won't be a transmission to replace someday, just a clutch.
I like that it's green because to the extent I align myself with any political party, my sympathies lie with the Green Party. And as for it being "alien green," well...I may not be from the stars, but I guess I'm an alien in this culture.
Best regards,
Stephen Sakellarios, M.S.
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Gets or sets a popup menu associated with alert windows.
public virtual PopupMenu PopupMenu { get; set; }
Overridable Public Property PopupMenu As PopupMenu
You can associate a popup menu with alert windows. To do this, create a PopupMenu object, customize it and assign it to the PopupMenu property. If a popup menu has been specified, newly created alert windows will contain a Dropdown button. Clicking on this button will open the popup menu. If no PopupMenu is specified, the Dropdown button is not displayed in alert windows.
In addition to the Dropdown button, alert windows can display the Close and Pin control buttons. The availability of these buttons is controled by the ShowCloseButton and ShowPinButton properties. The position of the control buttons is specified by the ControlBoxPosition property.
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One year on the road
This 18th of May was a year on the road since we left Alaska, we could not celebrated it as We wanted because both of us got a gentle stomach bug which stopped us from having fun We had a everything planed dinner, cake... but instead we were lying on the sofa alternating non stop visit to the toilet with movies :) It has been today when we felt totally bounced back, ready to face a big dinner, cake and anything we want to spoil ourselves with
Thursday, May 24, 2012
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Congratulations! That's an amazing achievement! Wish you celebrate 2 years on the road with such positive energy that emanates from your photos and relations!ReplyDelete
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Happy Road Anniversary Raul and Marta!!! May you have many more smooth miles ahead of you.ReplyDelete
Just catching up with this now. Congratulations and a big hug to the two of you. Fantastic journey so far and lot more adventures to come. Hope you enjoyed your celebration.ReplyDelete
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The world is changing to meet the demands of globalization and the advancement of technology. Educational organizations need to be flexible and innovative in order to tackle new challenges facing communities around the world. Open Educational Resources (OER) are a viable option for widely dispersing affordable, relevant, and up-to-date information to people who might not otherwise be able to obtain or afford an education.
How does it work?
The Open Education (OE) movement is an alternative to traditional education that combines "open licensing and web-based social media. It brings some fundamental challenges to the way we think about higher education and the institutional arrangements in which it is organized" (Katz, 2008; Liyoshi & Kumar, 2008 as cited in Scmidt, et al., (2009), Background section, para. 1). According to Hylén (2006), "although learning resources are often considered as key intellectual property in a competitive higher education world, more and more institutions and individuals are sharing their digital learning resources over the Internet openly and for free, as Open Educational Resources" (p.1). OER initiatives "challenge the notion that formally credentialed "experts" are the only producers of knowledge or the sole sources of innovation" (Schmidt, et al, 2009, Background section, para.2). According to Johnstone, "While it is clear that higher education systems and institutions worldwide face unprecedented challenges in meeting the increasing demand for initial and continuing education, it is also clear that there are [OER] developments that will increase access, make learning opportunities more flexible and help contain costs" (2005, para. 1).
"OER are teaching, learning or research materials that are in the public domain or released with an intellectual property license that allows for free use, adaptation, and distribution" (UNESCO, n.d.). OER are available over the internet and do not have technical, monetary, nor legal barriers. Users can learn from, create, adapt, reuse, and build upon OER as long as license restrictions such as giving the original creator attribution and not using new adaptations for profit are followed (Hylén, 2006). OER promote an increase in intellectual capacity around the world by freely sharing knowledge and information (UNESCO, n.d.).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was a pioneer in Open Education Resources. In 2002, MIT began to publish online course materials for free. This OpenCourseWare (OCW) initiative offers thousands of MIT courses to millions of users around the world (Lerman, Miyagawa, & Margulies, 2008). Today, many OER repositories and programs use MIT's OCW.
Wikipedia, the world's largest online encyclopedia, is another pioneer in OER. In 2001, co-founder Jimmy Wales launched a free, open content encyclopedia. Comprised of user generated and maintained OER, Wikipedia quickly gained participants and articles. Hosting millions of users every year, Wikipedia is one of the most visited sites on the internet (Schmidt & Surman, 2007).
More General Information about OER
OER Programs and Organizations
Obstacles to OER
Many traditional higher education institutes argue that traditional core curriculum, face-to-face interaction with professors and hands-on experience are necessary components in gaining a trustworthy, valuable education worthy of official recognition (Young, 2008). However, the skills needed to obtain and perform certain jobs such as computer programming are changing. Traditional higher education institutes such as MIT and Rice University can keep costly traditional degrees on campus while offering alternative OER certification programs such as OCW and Connexions at a minimal price (Young, 2008). In this manner, traditional degrees maintain their prestigious, rigorous qualities while alternative OER programs provide opportunities that "open up knowledge across the world" (Viruly, n.d., para.3).
Since OER can be created or modified by virtually anyone with a computer and Internet connection, an immense amount of OER "exist in various stages of development and at various quality levels" (Baranuik, 2008, p.232). How can the accuracy, quality, and validity of an OER program be deemed trustworthy by employers or other educational institutes? According to Andy Lane (n.d.), three features of quality must be considered:
- Is the material academically sound in that it appropriately covers the body of knowledge and meaning for that topic?
- Is it pedagogically robust in that the way the material has been structured matches a stated pedagogical model and sets out appropriate learning outcomes and ways of assessing those outcomes?
- Is the way the material is presented through the chosen media helpful in enabling learners to meet the learning outcomes? (Ensuring Quality of Open Educational Content section, para.1).
In order to be accredited, an OER program would have to set up review committees to carefully and constantly review OER materials. MIT uses this process to review all OER material before publishing it on their OCW site. Rice's Connexions program uses "lenses", which are third-party reviewers, editorial groups, or automated programs, to review and monitor the quality of OER (Baranuik, 2008). The funding needed for the infrastructure to monitor quality would be minute compared to the expenses of traditional higher education institutes. The small infrastructure fees could be paid by charging participants in OER accredited programs a nominal fee for certification. Governments could subsidize OER programs to increase the potential workforce for the country.
Will employers take OER seriously during the hiring process? Can a person use OER courses to get a job? As mentioned before by Glen Moriarty, co-founder of NIXTY, companies can create their own OER programs or lists of specific classes needed to satisfy certain prerequisites required for certification or job placement. OER can adapt quickly to new economic demands and changes in the skills necessary to perform various jobs. "The rapid pace of change means employers want the latest skills without having to wait for employees to go off and get whole degrees. Proving you sat through an online course with a relevant expert might be good enough for plenty of situations" (Young, 2008, A13).
One possible argument against OER is their difficulty in serving and producing changes in developing countries because many OER are created by and for English speakers in developed countries. However, OER are extremely adaptable because they are licensed under lenient copyright laws, and most OER can be altered or built upon without violating copyright. Languages and contexts can be modified or new OER materials can be created to meet the needs of a certain community. MIT's OCW is translated into Spanish, Chinese, Thai, Portuguese, and Persian. WikiEducator, an international educational online community, services an international group called the Commonwealth of Learning that provides educational materials in a variety of languages for over 50 countries.
Baranuik, R. G. (2008). Challenges and opportunities for the open education movement: A connexions case study.Opening up education: the collective advancement of education through open technology, open content, and open knowledge (p. 229-245). Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press.
Hylén, D. J. (2006, September 1). Open educational resources: Opportunities and challenges. OECD Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. Retrieved November 7, 2010, from http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/5/47/37351085.pdf
Lane, A. (n.d.). Who puts the education into open educational content? EDUCAUSE. Retrieved November 15, 2010, from http://www.educause.edu/thetowerandthecloud/PUB7202p
Lerman, S. R., Miyagawa, S., & Margulies, A. H. (2008). OpenCourseWare: Building a culture of Sharing. Opening up Education (p. 213-228). Cambridge and London: MIT Press.
Moriarty, G. (n.d.). OCW consortium – certification with OER : Considerations and examples. OCW Consortium Blog. Retrieved November 7, 2010, from http://ocwconsortium.org/community/blog/2010/09/15/certification-with-oer-considerations-and-examples/
Schmidt, J. P., Geith, C., Haklev, S., & Thierstein, J. (2009). Peer-to-peer recognition of learning in open education. The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10(5). Retrieved November 6, 2010, from http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewArticle/641/1389
Schmidt, J., & Surman, M. (2007, September 2). Open sourcing education: Learning and wisdom from iSummit 2007.Open sourcing education: Learning and wisdom from iSummit 2007. Retrieved November 9, 2010, from http://learn.education.illinois.edu/file.php/1232/1189316040_open_sourcing_education_icommon_2007_report_final_1_.pdf
UNESCO. (n.d.). Open educational resources. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Retrieved November 21, 2010, from http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.phpURL_ID=30822&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
Viruly, F. (n.d.). Free online course materials. MIT OpenCourseWare. Retrieved November 21, 2010, from http://ocw.mit.edu/about/ocw-stories/francois-viruly/
Young, J. R. (2008). When professors print their own diplomas, who needs universities? Chronicle of Higher Education,55(6), A13-A13.


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Langkawi - Heavenly Beds
Three weeks ago, I went on a Sailing trip in Langkawi hosted by Apxara along with some medias and bloggers.
It was the desired getaway after the long haul roughing out in Indo-China and the ultimate pampering experience. Perfect timing if I can't say so myself.
Langkawi - a land of the duty frees. Sun, sea, booze and chocolate. What more can I ask for?! It's the island for the chill-outs.
It was the first experience for me taking the FireFlyz.
With half the price and half the time to get to the airport (it's only in Subang airport which is only 15 mins from my home), I already started the trip with a breeze.
Not to mention their 50 seater plane which made the ride really personal like you're sitting in a private jet.
Meet the Fokker 50 (serious, that's the name of the plane)
The luxurious pampering started when I reached my hotel - Westin Langkawi.
Wow, I already feel like a celebrity
With lion dance and staff lining up in two to welcome our arrivals.
We were then ushered for our welcome drink at their balcony. With views like this, Westin Langkawi has already blown my mind completely off even before I reached my room!
It was Westin's little ways to welcome us, taking into aspects of every tiny details to make you feel at home. Like their quirky name tags which I found absolutely adorable!
Including this charming fruit platter with a greeting note in my room.
This is better than home, I don't get free strawberries with welcome note at home!
My room was a garden view deluxe equipped with their patented Heavenly Bed, shower, balcony and my very own 42 inch Plasma TV.
Oh, I love their heavenly bed. In the following two nights, I was sleeping stark naked on this superb king size all alone, all comfy and my god, it was heavenly. I super LOVE LOVE Westin's Heavenly Bed.
Comfort doesn't come cheap though, priced at RM888 per room per night, Westin made sure it was money made worth. It's not everyday I get to sleep in heaven.
And I made sure it was cam-whored worthy for me.
Plasma LCD!!
heavenly Heavenly Bed
Ai ya, forgot to photoshop my pimple away
The Strawberry on my banner!
And it comes with a free monkey! :D
As the night arrived, we were moved to Pelangi Langkawi for dinner. BBQ Buffet Dinner that is.
This photo looks poster ad-worthy
It was the loveliest settings by the beach.
Warning: The following photos are plainly showing how much a good time and food I had, if you will be put off by mere sight for sheer luxury, immediately exit this window now.
We have the ultimate selections between prime beef & sirloin steaks and the finest salmon
& get this, LOBSTER. OMG OMG OMG
grilled to perfection
Started with mocktail and salads with feta cheese. Mmm... cheeseeee....
It was a wide array of selections, I couldn't ask for a more fulfilling and romantic dining experience.
Me and Chic Wern - Apxara's bitch, sweet shy guy
Singers serenading us by the beach
OH btw, let me introduce this lovely cocktail drink which I found during my stay in Langkawi that I adored to bits, among the many cocktails I had of course.
It's called the Grasshopper, usually served with Crème de menthe. I find that serving it with Baileys and milk was more of the perfect concoction. It was divine! Definitely a lady's drink.
The next morning, I had my waffles with chocolate sauce and peanut butter at breakfast. (It was the only thing I had for two consecutive mornings at Westin buffet breakfast. yum yum)
With.... with....
A champagne.
Who cares it's morning. What is langkawi without booze?!
OMG I sound like an alcoholic now.
50 kissed Nicole
- Anonymous12/6/08 8:43 AM
I'm 1st....again!!!LOL...Hope to visit Langkawi soon!ReplyDelete
I would LOVE to sleep on their heavenly Bed! And use their heavenly shower too! Maybe I should buy them myself one day... :PReplyDelete
- l!ttLe wOrm12/6/08 9:21 AM
Envy lah........so good to become a blogger.I like beach & good food sooooooooo much!Await 4 my trip to Redang in August!Nicole, do u wan to join us??ReplyDelete
wah... best holiday ma !ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/6/08 9:39 AM
you went so many places, i wonder where u get so much money to travel?!ReplyDelete
hi there!! love to read all ur writings.. can i bookmark ur blog?? *puppy eyes*ReplyDelete
it's only heavenly if u pay RM888/night, or if u r a famous blogger like Nicole.. sighzz..ReplyDelete
- missycheerio12/6/08 10:41 AM
Its such a great privilege to be able to travel and enjoy like this. :) How much does is the minimal cost to get a place at the hotel?ReplyDelete
Boss, so sexy the pic in the toilet. My nose bleeding liao.ReplyDelete
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- picksickrick12/6/08 1:00 PM
OMG OMG ...sleep naked????? *nosebleed*ReplyDelete
didnt take photos???? Y_Y
Wow, so luxurious! The food's got me drooling...ReplyDelete
You have the coolest job ever!! I'm so jealous!!ReplyDelete
- Francesca12/6/08 1:38 PM
so divine !!!!ReplyDelete
wish someone sponsor me to go holiday ^__^
u skin looks gorgeous despite all the travelling, nicole
- Anonymous12/6/08 2:07 PM
BTW thats crayfish, not lobster.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/6/08 2:17 PM
i would have loved to sleep naked next to u on the heavenly bed and make sweet love to u! I can also fill your mouth with some white liquid at the same time too! heh hehReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/6/08 4:08 PM
windwalker, you are damn bo liao lor. what first and second, will u get money or benefit your life in any way by exclaiming you're first? -__- LAME.ReplyDelete
yeah.. it thinks crayfish not lobster! but crayfish is yummy enuff. OMG... looks like a wonderful holiday! i am deprived of one!! nicole u shud have enjoyed it with a partner/bf!!!
-when is it my turn?
wow... enjoy enjoy enjoy...ReplyDelete
I wish I could be there too... @@"
What a nice pamper trip ... but for RM888 a night, gosh, its really a little too much but i guess its worth every penny you pay.ReplyDelete
of course the name of the aircraft is fokker 50..why so surprise?ReplyDelete
Hi, I love reading your blog. I notice that in one of your pictures (Singers serenading us by the beach)there are a lot of orbs at the background.Where is that place actually?ReplyDelete
anon & anon: it's a mini lobster cut in halfReplyDelete
doralin: the orbs are the dirt on my lense. dinner was in pelangi resort. :)
Yep i get that too on my compact. it's reflections off dust particles.... not ghostly apparitions vis a vis SHUTTER! :) Would be cool thoughReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/6/08 9:17 PM
hi there i lurve the monkey..mind to tell me where did u get it?would lurve to get 1 for my baby sisterReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/6/08 9:51 PM
i want to blow my jizz on your face!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/6/08 10:52 PM
You must be the luckiest girl on the whole world to sleep on the Heavenly Bed...yawn!!!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous12/6/08 11:49 PM
nice hotel. that's why i'm working hard to earn money now! hahaha...ReplyDelete
anyway, just to point out that there's no such thing as plasma lcd. plasma is plasma, lcd is lcd. they look similar but are two totally different thing.
- Anonymous13/6/08 12:11 AM
nice body, figure and i like it :) looked so sexy with that top..ReplyDelete
- Anonymous13/6/08 12:12 AM
yellow color bra too :) like thatReplyDelete
omg...what a heaven! envy and lucky u, nicole^^ReplyDelete
the 24th pic and 25th pic looks like your hand connected to the 25th pic..holding the tongs. Haha. But of course that's not your handlah since it looks so manly. I noticed that coincidently :)ReplyDelete
A fren was asking me on where to find the cheapest diving course and I forwarded your Sabah diving trip post. She got hook on your blog and at the end of the day, she said, "This Nicole has travel almost EVERYWHERE! I wonder does she even travel while sleeping?"ReplyDelete
Maybe... Sleep walk (^_^)
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Please come to vote at www.winbursa.blogspot for the Sept 08 Oracle, AND NICOLE, U R 1 OF THE CANDIDATE. PLEASE VOTE!ReplyDelete
Well done! Working hard and smart. Heard about similar bed in another hotel! Hope to be there one of these days.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous13/6/08 4:58 PM
You're swimming in your top!! You need to put on some weight ^^ReplyDelete
- Anonymous13/6/08 6:20 PM
i can pleasure u all nite in THAT bed!!!ReplyDelete
Wow.. I want to go free also can? Hehehe..ReplyDelete
Thats better than I have ever got in a hotel! I'm not normally lucky enough to even get a double bed when I go on holiaday!ReplyDelete
- zhenhao13/6/08 10:13 PM
how i wish i'm that little monkey on that bed with u....ReplyDelete
Nice plasma TV.ReplyDelete
Too bad the girl is blocking it.
- Anonymous14/6/08 1:00 PM
Plasma TV or LCD TV? Plasma LCD???ReplyDelete
Nicole, so many nice photo's. How have you been besides blogging? Do you remember me by the way? I was quite active on your Cbox until you removeit completely cause of some jackass who leave brainless comment. remember me?ReplyDelete
That cooler full of fish looks awesome.ReplyDelete
- cutchie17/6/08 3:15 PM
butchie u son of a bitch!ReplyDelete
- anti-kennysia17/6/08 3:17 PM
kennysia, mind your own fucking business! u wan nice plasma tv? go to samsung website u idiot!ReplyDelete
- Joshua17/6/08 3:18 PM
it'll be nice having u blow me while wearing ur sunglasses!ReplyDelete
hm... nicole i LOVE u!
- Florence17/6/08 3:20 PM
i hate kenny sia too!ReplyDelete
pretentious idiot thinks he's so cool!
thank god my bf doesnt resemble abit of him!
- Anonymous17/6/08 3:23 PM
he's oke lah as a friend, but he ah... aiya i dunno how to say la.. very...very... aiya i cannot tell lah, later he knows who i am!!ReplyDelete
he's very hamsap!
you should explore more about Langkawi ..and you should more enjoy here ..ReplyDelete


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Fostering U.S. Social Enterprise Development to Diversify Financial Resources for Severe Human Service Needs
Taylor, Allyson
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Human Service Nonprofit organization are a vital and critical component to American society. They have a long history supporting government in addressing socio-economic concerns the government would otherwise tackle alone. One of the major concerns these organizations face, is the inconsistency in financial resources, which can be contingent on the condition of the economy and traditional donors. The emergence of Social Enterprises and Entrepreneurs have helped produce a new path of resources for social and environmental needs. These new entities have helped create and support economic activity, all while fostering an environment to generate new jobs. In the last five years, there has been a considerable amount of bipartisan support to foster the creation of social enterprises in the US. Unfortunately, America has yet to incorporate the sector into federal legislation. This paper proposes a legislative policy that creates a subsector in the Small Business Administration, called the Social Enterprise Subsector. It will focus on the advancement and development of Social Enterprises, and the creation of the Qualified Program Related Investment (QPRI) tax status. The QPRI status increases the use of private or philanthropic investment in social programs as oppose to governments agencies bearing the full cost to explore new programs. Historically PRIs are rarely used by charities and foundations, as IRS has yet to formally recognize them. The QPRI status will allow nonprofits and social enterprises to apply for QPRI status, so that investors can safely invest in programs without their investment termed jeopardizing by the IRS. This opens a new market of investors for socially beneficial programs, who will now receive a return on their investment. The policy proposes reducing the current 100% charitable tax deduction by 15% in order to pay for the SES and QPRI tax status. Those who invest in QPRI status organizations, will be able to write off 75% of their donation or investment and receive returns on investments.


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Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.
What: Level 3 Communications
So what: The deal was originally announced on April 11. In an 8-K regulatory filing with the SEC today, Level 3 stated that it expects the deal to close "before the end of 2011, although there can be no assurance as to whether or when the transaction will be completed."
Now what: Investors may be interpreting today's filing as a signal that the deal is more likely to close. The two companies estimate that the merger will generate cost savings of $2.5 billion, transforming two money-losers into a combined company with earnings of about $1.6 billion. Together, the pair might also benefit from more rational pricing in the industry, which could boost revenue and be an additional positive for earnings.
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We believe that God desires for every man, woman and child in our community to have a repeated opportunity to engage the gospel of Jesus Christ through the life and proclamation of all of Christ's people. We are committed to establishing congregations of faithful followers all throughout the city of Syracuse, Onondaga County, and Central New York Region.
Our basic strategy is to see these congregations planted through a decentralized small group strategy. As groups intentionally serve and proclaim the gospel in their areas and people respond to the gospel, then we will see those groups grow and multiply. As they multiply we will begin to plant a congregation in their community that will take specific responsibility for that town and seek to make inroads into the towns/neighborhoods that surround it.
Our desire is to partner with other churches and organizations to saturate our community with gospel-centered, missionally-driven congregations.


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Mare Gives Birth to Filly. When Owners See Her Face, They Realize Just How Rare She Truly Is
Sometimes unusual animals are born. They are unique and attract much attention. This little baby filly is one of such rarities. It is always unexpected when the horse gives birth to a baby with amazing color.
Horses are gorgeous but when such beautiful horses are born, this is like a miracle! Horses can be of different patterns. Stripes and stars are the most widespread ones. But this little filly is extremely rare! The type of her markings is called medicine hat.
According to the belief of Native Americans, horses with rare markings are possessors of magical powers that keep the rider safe during the battle. This filly named Coconut is one of those lucky babies that amaze all with its incredible appearance.
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text: In this episode, I wrap up the remaining professions we've yet to preview in Warlords of Draenor. I go through the bones and details of Jewelcrafting, Enchanting, and Inscription. With prospecting gone, new Mysterious Fortune Cards, Darkmoon Cards available to non-scribes, and a new twist on enchanting, there's some information you're gonna want to listen in for. In case you've missed any of the earlier WoD Profession Preview Series episodes, be sure to head back to episode 22 and give a listen through all the way back to here at episode 26.


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Here's the official video highlights of yesterday's game, which seems to play for overseas fans.
It was a great win yesterday and we must get another 3 points on Wednesday night against Burton.
The Brewers beat Huddersfield 1-0 away yesterday, with Jackson Irvine scoring the winner a full six minutes into stoppage time.
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Excuse the spell check you know who I mean the lad from the smoggies.. There should be some decent players that on teams going down that will want to remain in Prem as there will be players in Championship not going up that will want to be in Prem also excited to see if we go up how the team will shape up over the summer
Aye nobody stood out a long way in the teams performance for me. Happy for us to keep going the way we are for the next 7. It's becoming more clear every week this is the way this squad is most capable of achieving the points we need. Keep it tight first and we will get enough chances to get the wins. I'd take it every day of the week
to get out of the championship. Look at the table.
Thanks for the highlight reel ED. Been difficult to watch this year from Canada with so little Championship coverage.
Teams looks on form (though this was just Wigan) but at top of table with Brighton I'm just delighted we're on our way straight up with Rafa.
ED – On a personal note I've only been checking into the blog monthly or so and I just saw your health update. Keep fighting, if it helps there's an entire blog following that is rooting for you as much as we do the Toon! Your own personal Toon army. Stay strong!
Aye, I was thinking about Fabio from the smoggies. If they go down he could be available and wouldn't cost much. Signed for them for 2million on a 2 yr deal before this season. A Boro fan I know says he's been impressive in a team that hasn't conceded too many.
Left back but I think he can play right as well.
I was surprised to see he's still only 26..
Sitting here watching the full game on NUFCTV and I'm getting bloody motion sickness! Who's doing the camera work for them? Me Mam could do better. Zooming in, then out. Then over to a shot of an empty net, then desperately searching for where the ball is. Zooming in again. Can't wait for us to (hopefully) be back in the top flight again and some professional coverage.
Still, despite my old bloke moaning, it's better than nowt, right?
This is difficult news for the Mirror then, firstly it's from a newspaper nt a comic and secondly shows that they talk sh@te
West Ham have been linked with Newcastle manager Rafael Benitez but he is set to stay with the Magpies, who are closing in on promotion back to the Premier League, next season ( The Times )
Not the most entertaining game yesterday, but you know what? Couldn't care less. Not a jot. Right now, the only thing that matters is three points and that's what we got. I don't think any proper Toon fan cares about the performance as long as we get promoted. Rafa came into this with one single aim – promotion. Just look at the squad he assembled. Mainly good honest hard working professionals, blended into a team that wins even if it is ugly. He knows the PL and will rebuild accordingly, so you can't really read anything into this season. Personally I think he's done a great job.
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Aye, I listen to the true faith podcast (which I recommend highly to anyone who doesn't know it) and they had a special with George Caulkin a month or two ago. He warned a few times in the episode that it was up in the air whether Rafa was going to stay beyond this season.
Given the positive report by Craig Hope in The D***y M**L earlier in the week it looks like he will be staying.
Right on. The joy I will have until Wednesday because of the three points far outweighs how those points were obtained. We both have been beating the same drum; we didn't have a great team coming down, but luckily we found a manager who was able to assemble a squad that could focus on the one objective – get enough points to move on up. This season was never about building a premiere league team that plays pretty football, but playing a type of football that scores more, concedes less, and ends with more points than the third place team. So close now to that being the case. If Hudd go 7-1-0 they have 95 points. All we need to do is go 3-3-1 to win on GD. Not a done deal, but…
Rafa signed a contract. He's very unlikely to break it just to go to West bloody Ham. Ashley will back him in the summer and all will be well. The media have always liked to make up stories about us and most of the time that's exactly what they are – stories. Fairy tales. Rafa's already got the scouts out for next seasons Recruits and we can expect quite a few new faces. Not expecting us to pull up any trees next season, it's more about getting reestablished and putting in place the first part of the eventual squad. Those of us on here who demand a win every game are in for a rough ride I reckon. 🙂 I'm more looking to the following season for fun and games.
Fixture wise I wouldn't swap out run-in for Brighton or Huddersfield we play some proper doldrum clubs ha ha but those two have some tricky fixtures with play off pushers like Norwich, Fulham… It's really ours to chuck away. We'd have to go on a pretty disastrous run to let Huddersfield get anywhere near.
Jack, I'll happily take the same again Wednesday night mate. Right now every point matters, not how we get them. Not that I thought Wigan ever looked like winning, just that it wasn't free flowing and as pretty as it could be. So what matey? If anybody isn't happy with it, tough titties. One more step towards the PL. Playing here clearly gives the opposition a lift anyway, which isn't surprising. Thought the crowd was a bit better Saturday, bit louder etc. Onwards and upwards for the Mighty Magpies.
Looks like Huddersfield have hit the wall. Thrashed at Bristol City and then beaten at home by Burton – two games they would've won a month ago. Long season finally caught up with them. Rafa's early/mid season rotation paying dividends now. Players still fresh enough to see the job through. All those doubters will hopefully see the sense to it now.
Would be nice to blow them away big style and a lot depends on which team he picks and how Burton handle playing in front of a big crowd. We need to get behind them and not expect too much. We could scare them half to death if we tried! 🙂 They need the win as much as we do though, for totally different reasons. If they try to take the game to us a hammering could well be on the cards. Personally I think they'll park the bus and try to nick it from a set piece. An early goal changes that though.
Welshie, what? Do you doubt he can? I'll take what he did for Liverpool in an instant. Harder for him in this league than the PL matey, he knows the top leagues and players much better. He's a winner both here and across Europe. I don't doubt for one second he can do it. There's nothing on his CV to suggest he can't. Waited all my life for a chance to see us win something and he's the best chance I've had. Why do you doubt him?


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I really didn't see much of a point in posting impressions on Arkham City, it seems blindingly obvious to everyone that this is one of the greatest games ever and you can see that within minutes and I pretty much agree. Rocksteady has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that Asylum was no fluke. If anything it was a warm-up. The real question is what's next? While a third Batman game is almost a certainty, I would love to see a Rocksteady-esque take on other superheroes. Here are the top ten I'd really love to see Rocksteady get their hands on:
#10: Superman-Might as well get this one out of the way, because it's so goddamned obvious. Superman has yet to be in a good game, and is in fact responsible for one of the worst titles ever. Sure, he's nearly invincible, which presents a challenge in keeping true to the character and yet making the game interesting. But I think Rocksteady would see this as a challenge, not a problem. He's also got a large gallery of friends and villains that haven't been well-represented either. I think you could make one based in Metroplis, focusing mostly on his Earthly enemies such as Luthor and Toyman, and if that works well maybe expand to his more otherworldly foes like Darkseid and Mongol in a sequel. This might be the hardest one to get right, but it seems like it's an almost necessary next step.
#9: Green Arrow: A huge criticism of Green Arrow is that he's basically a Batman clone with arrows. Both rich billionaires who regularly employ teen sidekicks, it's easy to see why. What better way to establish differences than have Rocksteady take a crack at him saying, sure he's got a lot of similarities to Batman, but how do we highlight the differences? The most obvious way would be to really focus in on distance fighting and stealth. Arrow is no Batman in hand to hand combat, so he'd have to be a little more creative, but creatively using his arrows could be a lot of fun.
#8: Green Lantern: Arguably as hard if not harder to get right than Superman, but oh what a game this could be if done right. Although something based on Earth could work, a space-based adventure would be far more fitting, and something completely different for Rocksteady to tackle.
#7: The Question: I think the Question would actually be quite easy to make a game for with the L.A. Noire template. Just throw in a little stealth and action, but focus on the investigation and interrogation side of things and you've got a game that fits Q downpat. He wouldn't even need a decent rogue's gallery, you could throw in some major but normal DC mob boss like Zucco or Falcone as the primary villain. Throw in some crazy conspiracy mystery and you'd pretty much have the essential Question game.
#6: The Punisher: Much like the Green Arrow, the Punisher draws a lot of comparisons to Batman. Family was murdered by criminals, becomes a vigilante, yadda yadda yadda. Some would argue he's basically Batman with guns, and they wouldn't be horribly far off. An easy thing that would work is take the basic Batman template and throw in guns, but I would expect Rocksteaady to be more creative with that, really ramp up the action and make it run and gun gameplay, maybe something a little like Uncharted.
#5: Dr. Strange: Aside from a few supporting roles, the Sorcerer Supreme hasn't had much of a role in games, and it's a shame, because while his powers are a little vague and hard to define, he's got an interesting enough rogue's gallery and universe to make a more compelling game than most more famous heroes. You could go a lot of different ways with this but an action-rpg where you can upgrade abilities and learn new spells as you go would be extremely awesome.
#4: Daredevil: This one's almost too goddamn easy. Daredevil pretty much is Marvel's Batman in terms of the fact that he deals with mostly with regular mobsters and crooks in a crime-ridden slum and his style of fighting is pretty identical as well. You could probably just copy Arkham City filling it with established Daredevil enemies like Kingpin and Bullseye instead. And I'd be more than ok with that frankly.
#3 Aquaman: Yes Aquaman, even with your sliced off hand, you are still not a badass. You are still the joke of the DC universe no matter how many times they try to re-invent you. You know what could easily fix that? A kickass game from Rocksteady. This could easily big the biggest challenge for any team because it could be goofy, but put his biggest villains in a Bioshock-like sunken city with some solid combat and I think you'd have a winner in your hands.
#2: Deadpool: Rocksteady might not be able to top a game as awesome as Arkham City, so why try? How about instead make a game that pokes fun mercilessly at it? Deadpool is huge right now and a game that features him spoofing good and bad superhero games alike could be very cool. It could be like the Serious Sam of superhero games.
#1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: To someone who has only seen the cartoons or movies, this may seem like an odd choice. But anybody who has read the original graphic novel knows there is a much more serious side to the green dudes who are mainly known for their love of pizza and goofy antics. You could have some seriously awesome ninja stealth and combat, loaded with fanservice, but keeping to more normal enemies like Baxter Stockman and the Rat King with of course Shredder as the main villain. Co-op play would be a good idea, but not a necessity. This is easily the title I would most like to see Rocksteady or really any solid developer tackle and give it a serious run.
Ok that's the list. I should be back Thursday or Friday with an All-4-One review and possibly other stuff. Til then, here's your FREE GAME OF THE WEEK: The Binding of Isaac
Top Ten Heroes that deserve the Rocksteady treatment...
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the daredevil is the obvious choice and the best choice. people like games that are about a mysterious vigilante that strikes at night. plus, you can mix daredevil's sense of sound and his other senses the same way as batman's detective vision.
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Fraser Valley Classic Car Show
The Fraser Valley Classic Car Show organizing committee regrets to announce that the 2018 show has been cancelled.
The committee continues to work and plan for the 2019 show.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Needlebook #2
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Thanks Susan! It was really nice doing some ribbon embroidery again on these. Glad I have a little stash from when I did some years ago. Have a wonderful day :)Delete
Jenny Penny Poppy your needle books are amazing and wonderful. I missed doing this class with Susan. I emailed her to sign up for the next ecourse. Blissful creating dear...ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you for your nice comments on my needle books! I left out a few details from Susan's class as I'm not very proficient when it comes to sewing at a sewing machine & I messed up the tie as well as the accent on the back. I'm still very happy with out they turned out though and will definitely make another one. Have a wonderful day!Delete
Your needlebooks are beautiful Jenny! How lucky you are to take a course with Susan. I'm sure it was lots of fun. Great job!ReplyDelete
Jenny Penny, your needlebooks are beautiful!! You've done a wonderful job on both! They'll be such fun to use. You are so lucky to take an e-course with Susan- she is such a sweetie!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Monday, 18 February 2013
the first day
I remember reading Jodi's account of the first day, when she said, 'To be honest it was easier than I expected. I only cried a few tears and they were, most definitely, happy ones.' And I couldn't agree more. A few tears escaped me once she had marched proudly into the prep building, without turning back. I let most of my emotion out the night before (which were really, mostly sad tears, that my baby girl was leaving my side and heading into the big wide world), after my parents had arrived and mum so eloquently stated 'you'll miss her so much!'. Thanks mum.
She has been waiting to go to school for a year. The entirety of last year was spent counting down the months until she would, really truly, be at school. ALL DAY. This notion of spending all day away from home was wonderful to her. The reality would seem not quite so shiny now that she has experienced how long all day actually is. And as a parent, a full day at school seems like such a steep learning curve. To go from kindy - playing, painting, drawing, demanding minimal focus and attention - to school - where it's ALL about listening and learning, and very little about playing. I know it is only time - time to get used to this new routine.
My parents flew down for the big event, and I am so, so glad they did. Ruby was so proud that she had her nanna and pa there with her on her first day as well. I wish I could show you the photos I took of her lining up and waving us goodbye before heading into class (lots of children, privacy, etc). The excitement so clear on her face, beaming smile, holding hands with her bestie. A sea of tiny children in their oversized uniforms and backpacks, waving energetically at their loved ones and blowing kisses, before taking their first steps on this lengthy journey of education. There was definitely a lump in my throat. I held it together until she was gone from sight.
I made her a little pocket heart to keep close, so that she knew if she was feeling overwhelmed by her big day, she could give it a squeeze and feel all our love and support for her. Later that afternoon she came to me and whispered in my ear, 'mum, I was feeling a bit overwhelmed at school today, so I went and got my heart out of my bag and when I held it, I felt much better'. Cue hot tears welling in eyes. Mum and I collected her, with bright orange roses in hand which she had been asking for every time we went to the shops, the whole week beforehand. She decorated cupcakes after school with nanna - something she had requested a week prior. Her day could not have been better.
She too, is doing wonderfully. Her teacher is lovely - young and vibrant with so much energy to share with her students. Every day she comes out of class smiling and happy, ready to share what happened throughout the day. Her school is very kind on the little ones, breaking them in slowly with just three short days in the first week, followed by four full time days for the remainder of February. We go full time early March. She has surprised me with her energy levels. There have been minimal meltdowns, and only one little nap, so all in all she's had a wonderful start. We've had a wonderful start.
If you've experienced the 'first day' for your small, were there happy tears? Milkshakes? Cupcakes?!
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How wonderful that your beautiful girl settled in so well. It is such an enormous time for everyone and it looks like you have done a champion job of it all Mumma! Love that little heart...there the things memories are made of :) xReplyDelete
We are going into our third full week and it feels like my little girl is completely settled now. She is my second child at school and it still feels strange to me just have one at home! Laycee is loving school though. I adore listening to her enthusiatically tell me all about her days...but I really miss her!ReplyDelete
My baby has just started kinder (which is in school, in uniform but only 15 hours a week) and even the 3rd time around I had tears (for me). You all sound like you're doing so well!ReplyDelete
I adore the little pocket hearts - will steal that for an anxious day one day
And once you really get into the swing of school days its amazing just how short that 9-3 time is!!!
gorgeous photos. I love her braids I cant remember how to do those ones. Working on mastering straight up braids and i did learn to fishtail braid recently (with a long haired girl its all about what hair we are doing every morning)ReplyDelete
she looks v happy, my daughter took to school like a duck to water too. My son has started this year too and while hes not as keen so far so good (at least his hair is a lot easier in the morning)
PS My little girl had a "happy bag" that I made her for her first day of kindy - a little drawstring bag with a felt heart felt start and felt flower. It went in her pocket and like your daughter she could look at it and hold it any time she wanted to and over the years has moved to her school bag or some days back to her pocket.
Grade 3 and changed schools and changed bags but she still found it and put it in there. She said "oh Mum I never need to get it out now I just like to know that its there"
So sweet
Right. Time to sew a heart, now! Beautiful Tahnee. You're so brave, so so so brave. I've been bawling my eyes out when Jude's out of sight about his half days (three hours!) at pre-school. xReplyDelete
- Anonymous20 February 2013 at 00:24
Oh goodness. My LO is only 9mths and I'm already dreading this day. :(ReplyDelete
Go you!ReplyDelete
I am glad to read that it all went well. It is such a milestone for the littles and their mummas.
Love love love that heart idea.
Might whip up some hearts for my kiddos and stash them away for when I might need them.
Beautiful images as always x
Handsome family you have!! Beautifully captured in words and photos. xx RReplyDelete
Ruby looks so little, yet so grown up at the same time. I'm really happy to hear your first day went well, and with happy tears. Mine was fairly the same. However there have been moments since that my heart has hurt for her. All of these little things that you never even think could affect them, or they could be frightened of. This is such a big learning curve we are all going through, but the realisation that that safety net now has a gaping hole in it is a had one to deal with.ReplyDelete
I hope Ruby is settling into her weeks nicely.
That heart is just the sweetest little thing, and I really, really love those family photo's of you all. Such a beautiful family.
Such lovely photos to document her first day and how great that your parents could be there. I have just filled in Matilda's enrollment forms for next year and it is an odd feeling. I will have to remember the pocket heart idea! How's she going with her first full time week?ReplyDelete


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US envoy reportedly harassed in DR Congo
BBC African News
US Great Lake Region Envoy, Thomas Perriello
The US Embassy in the Democratic Republic of Congo says the US envoy for the Great Lakes Region, Tom Perriello, has been harassed at an airport in the country.
The Embassy has not revealed the circumstances surrounding the alleged harassment and where exactly it happened.
Monday morning (September 19, 2016), Mr. Perriello had tweeted that the Congolese people needed clarity on the fate of Presidential Elections scheduled for November.
There have been protests in the Congolese Capital, Kinshasa, against President Joseph Kabila's alleged plan to postpone the election and extend his term in office.


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"RiseUp TV" is a globally distributed TV show, introducing the world to the personalities, sights and sounds of artists of all genres and ages from Canada, the US and Europe. The 12 episodes will be largely constructed from footage obtained during the massive undertaking of a 12 city tour starting on May 20, 2018, in Victoria,B.C. and ending in Montreal, QC on June 2, 2018. The spectacle is made even more insane by the mode of transportation for the artists. The artists will be travelling in a chartered bus together and going coast to coast, performing at the shows along the way. The evening is hosted by hypnotist / Magician Roger Boucher and will be approximately 2.5 hours each night. The footage collected from the shows, bus trip, hotels and adventures along the way, will be assembled into 12 episodes, with the goal of also highlighting each city along the way, with it's own episode.
Sun, May 20, 2018 Victoria Events Centre,1415 Broad street, Victoria, BC
Mon, May 21, 2018 Asylum (Hard Rock) 2080 United Blvd, Coquitlam, BC
Tues, May 22, 2018 The Habitat 248 Leon Ave, Kelowna, BC
Wed, May 23, 2018 The Last Drop, 200 3 st W Revelstoke BC
Thurs, May 24, 2018 Commonwealth Bar and Stage, 731 10 ave SW, Calgary, AB
Fri, May 25, 2018 The Hilltop Pub, 8220 106 ave NW, Edmonton AB
Mon, May 28, 2018 Rockstar music venue 2418 Central Avenue, Windsor,
Tues, May 29, 2018 East Side Bar and Grill 750 Hamilton Rd, London, Ontario
Wed, May 30, 2018 This Ain't Hollywood 345 James St, N,Hamilton, Ontario
Thurs, May 31, 2018 The Rockpile 5555 Dundas St W, Etobicoke, ON
Fri, June 1, 2018 "The Venue" 286 George St N, Peterborough, ON
Sat, June 2, 2018 Hemisphere Gauche, 221 Beaubien E Montreal, QC
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We also have special services during the seasons of Lent, Easter, Advent, and Christmas as well as the rites of Baptism and Confirmation. Weddings are held for members and non-members. Baccalaureate and Thanksgiving Eve services are held jointly with other churches within the Hanover Area Council of Churches.
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Counting Homomorphisms to Square-Free Graphs, Modulo 2
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Counting Homomorphisms to Square-Free Graphs, Modulo 2 Series: Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics
Abstract: We study the problem ⊕HomsToH of counting, modulo 2, the homomorphisms from an input graph to a fixed undirected graph H. A characteristic feature of modular counting is that cancellations make wider classes of instances tractable than is the case for exact (nonmodular) counting, so subtle dichotomy theorems can arise. We show the following dichotomy: for any H that contains no 4-cycles, ⊕HomsToH is either in polynomial time or is ⊕P-complete. This confirms a conjecture of Faben and Jerrum that was previously only known to hold for trees and for a restricted class of treewidth-2 graphs called cactus graphs. We confirm the conjecture for a rich class of graphs including graphs of unbounded treewidth. In particular, we focus on square-free graphs, which are graphs without 4-cycles. These graphs arise frequently in combinatorics, for example in connection with the strong perfect graph theorem and in certain graph algorithms. Previous dichotomy theorems required the graph to be tree-like so that tree-like decompositions could be exploited in the proof. We prove the conjecture for a much richer class of graphs by adopting a much more general approach.
Publication status:PublishedPeer Review status:Peer reviewedVersion:Publisher versionNotes:Copyright Andreas Gobel, Leslie Ann Goldberg, and David Richerby; licensed under Creative Commons License CC-BY. 31st Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS'14). Editors: Ernst W. Mayr and Natacha Portier; pp. 350–361 Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, Dagstuhl Publishing, Germany
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Nigeria's U-17 side, Golden Eaglets, will face Brazil at this year's Suwon International Tournament in South Korea.
This was disclosed by the Nigeria Football Federation on their official website.
The game against Brazil which is the second match of the day, is slated for Wednesday June 10.
Two days later, the Eaglets will take on host South Korea before rounding off with a clash against the United States of America on Sunday June 14.
And according to coach of Nigeria's U-17 side Emmanuel Amuneke, the tournament will be a good test for his newly recruited players.
"The four-nation Invitational is really good for us as it would further expose the players to competitions against teams that we could meet at the World Cup in Chile," Amuneke said.
The last time the Golden Eaglets took part in a competition hosted in South Korea was the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup which they won.


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So as I mentioned before, I was lucky enough to have attended a BlackBerry 10 developer session and was able to obtain a development device called the Dev Alpha. However today when I tried to use it, it wouldn't boot up and instead the LED indicator started flashing red. It wasn't some random blinking though, it would flash once, then flash six times in rapid succession and repeat.
I tried charging the device just in case it was out of batteries, but after an hour, that didn't solve it. I tried connecting it to my PC and using the BlackBerry Desktop Software but since the device wouldn't boot it kept on saying that it couldn't establish a connection.
However, after tinkering around a bit, I was able to get it back and running by doing the following:
- Connect the device to the PC via the BlackBerry Desktop Software
- When the Error Connecting Box pops up, it should have 3 choices (Retry, Update, Cancel)
- Choose Update (it's a bit misleading….)
- This actually initiates the REPAIR sequence which will completely wipe your device and reload the OS. The only drawback is that all the custom software that was installed is completely gone……
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Goa India - The Most Romantic Destination For Honeymoon In India
Posted by SEO Delhi on Sunday, September 4, 2011
Labels: Goa Travel, Honeymoon Tour
Goa with its incredible combination of sun, sand, sea and surf, the newlyweds is a paradise. This is a great place to start is the most romantic chapter of your life with your partner. Imagine sitting on a par with his love of his life on the beach in beautiful sun-kissed beach or on the bench in the shade of umbrellas with nothing but the gentle sound of waves splashing on the rocks and walk the beach in the moonlight. Here would be a very romantic time of your life with your love. There are many beautiful beaches lined with palm coconut trees, which have a more romantic setting for your honeymoon in India. Some beaches in india are popular Dona Paula, Palolem, Colva, Calangute, Baga, Anjuna, Agonda, Arambol, Chapora, Baga, Miramar, Bogmalo, Varca, Mobor, Benaulim, Majorda, etc.
Goa's beaches also offer excellent accommodation facilities for honeymooners. Singles can enjoy beach activities here more like swimming, sunbathing, building sand castles, watching the sunset, the moon walk on the beach, etc. On their honeymoon in Goa tourism You also have the wonderful opportunity to visit and explore some of the most magnificent churches and convents. You also have the opportunity to see many monuments such as temples, fortresses, palaces and colonial buildings. You will not give to enjoy water sports on your honeymoon vacation in Goa, India. Windsurfing, jet skiing, water skiing, scuba diving, parasailing, jet skiing, fishing, boat trips, etc, are the most popular water sports you like to enjoy their honeymoon in Goa, India.
In fact, Goa is an ideal holiday destination in India. If you are looking for a destination for the honeymoon the most romantic of Goa in India has to offer. You can enjoy the best of your romantic holiday in Goa with a package honeymoon to right in India. Well, come to Goa and make your honeymoon romantic and very memorable.


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Buff and polish away dead skin, rough spots and debris. Decongest skin leaving pores clean and clear and minimized. Skin feels soft, smooth, clarified and hydrated.
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Buff and polish away dead skin, rough spots and debris. Decongest skin leaving pores clean and clear and minimized. Skin feels soft, smooth, clarified and hydrated.
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Apply small amount to face, neck and chest and massage very gently. After sugar crystals dissolve, use a soft washcloth to gently massage skin, further cleaning skin and pores of debris. May leave on for 10-15 minutes for deeper absorption. Use 1-2 times a week.
Thoughtfully handcrafted using: Cane sugar, babassu oil*, castor oil*, hazelnut oil*, jojoba (golden) oil*, vitamin E oil (non GMO), fennel essential oil, geranium essential oil, rosemary essential oil, chamomile (roman) essential oil, blue tansy essential oil, helichrysum essential oil
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Baobab Oil: A moisturizing and nutrient rich oil that absorbs quickly into the skin without a greasy feel or clogging pores. Boabab oil contains omega 3, 6, and 9 fatty acids, Vitamins A, D, E, F and sterols. This nourishing oil offers anti-aging effects by protecting skin from free-radical damage, reducing appearance of fine lines, improving elasticity and promoting regeneration and restructuring of skin cells. It helps heal scars and stretch marks as well as reducing inflammation. This oil is perfect for all skin types.
Castor Oil: A viscous oil that is very astringent; cleansing and detoxifying the skin by pulling out impurities, breaking up oils and dead skin cells that clog pores. Castor oil is mostly ricinoleic acid which is antimicrobial, inhibiting the growth of fungus, viruses and the bacteria associated with cystic acne. The anti-aging properties in the oil smooth fine lines and texture of the skin and reduce dark circles and wrinkles around the eye.
Hazelnut Oil: This silky oil easily absorbs into the skin without leaving a greasy feeling, reducing size of pores and fighting acne with its astringent properties. It has a high Vitamin E and oleic acid content. Hazelnut oil offers some UV protection, moisturizes, hydrates and balances the natural oil production in the skin which makes it great oil for combination, oily and acne prone skin types.
Jojoba Oil: Actually a wax, jojoba oil is similar to the natural oils made by the skin which makes it great for both dry and oily skin. Its antiseptic and anti-inflammatory abilities help heal wounds and kill infections, clearing the skin of acne and cleaning the pores while balancing oil production. This silky wax deeply hydrates skin and keeps the skin moisturized for a long time. Jojoba oil is rich in Vitamins B and E, and minerals such as chromium, copper and zinc which nourish and protect skin from damage and signs of aging.
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Rosemary Essential Oil: This oil is antimicrobial and antiseptic which help with acne as well as body odor. It is also tonight and removes dryness to the skin, leaving a healthy glow.
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SPOKANE, Wash --- A local blood and platelet donor met one of the people she helped with her donations.
Ryan Hawkins hopes one day he can turn his love of illustrations into a career. The recent high school graduate is leaving for the University of Washington soon.
"He's leaving me, abandoning me, for a life," joked his mom, Jen Hawkins.
Leaving for college and living a life like this almost never came for Ryan.
"Ryan graduated from 8th grade on a Friday in mid-June, by the next Monday he was diagnosed with leukemia,' said Jen.
Aggressive chemo began and so did a long journey with cancer. Ryan had an aggressive form of leukemia. The tight-knit family would be tested with months in the hospital, only to be told months later the cancer was back.
"It's kind of a sense of feeling like I have a purpose," said donor, Emily Richart.
Strangers were lining up for the fight as well. People like Richart, and unbeknownst to her, she would play a vital role in saving Ryan.
Ryan and his family got to meet Richart at the Inland Northwest Blood Center for the first time.
Richart has been a long-time blood and platelet donor. She was part of a small army that helped during Ryan's treatment. He received 101 units of blood and platelets during his illness.
Before it began, his platelets should have been at 150-thousand. At the time of the diagnoses, they were at 11. Platelets were the first thing given to Ryan.
"I love the sense of, yes! I am helping," said Richart.
Richart's donation helped save Ryan's life, and she said it also helped save her's.
"About the time he was going through his first bout. I think I was fighting major depression. I was thinking, do I even matter? And years later, vindication, yes," said Richart.
Ryan is just one of the people likely helped by Richart. She does not see donating blood as a chore, but rather she sees it as a gift. She calls INBC her happy place and gives platelets every other week.
Meeting Ryan only added to her connection, because now when she donates she has a face and a family she can visualize.
Ryan has been cancer free for three years now, so he has the freedom to bring his dreams and his drawings to life.


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Shae kindly agreed to let me copy.
So here goes.
Reasons my kids are fighting:
- because one is playing with the iPad so the other has to make do with the iPhone
- because they can't agree on a DVD to watch and I make the SPECTACULAR mistake of allowing one of them to watch a DVD on the TV and the other to watch one on my laptop - then they fight over the TV or fight over the laptop - and I have neither TV nor laptop
- because it's Sunday and there is only one newspaper delivered so they can't both go out and pick up one section each like they do on Saturday
Here are more, in their own words:
- because she's singing along to my favourite song and I didn't sing along to hers
- because she's playing too loudly
- because she always wants to watch Tinkerbell and I hate it
- because I never get to watch Tinkerbell
- because she's looking out "my" car window *
- because she always says "me first"
- because she sat in Daddy's chair yesterday and now it's my turn
- because she made her teddy bear the girl and she says mine has to be the boy and that's not fair
- because we're playing Power Rangers and she wants to be the pink girl but I said it first
- because she said she's good with cats and she's not
- because I gave her one of my magazine pictures and she didn't give me anything
- because she's stretching out in the bath and I'm all squashed
- because she used all the bubbles in the bath
- because she scratched me by mistake and didn't say sorry
- because I had that idea and now she's doing it too
- because I liked One Direction first and now she wants a One Direction CD
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- because she drew herself pretty and drew me funny
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All siblings fight. Mine aren't too bad. They play together and get on very well. But they still fight every day.
I think my sister and I were worse. I do remember my dad one day getting completely exasperated with us, and yelling at us about how much we fought, saying, "You two fight MORE than other kids, MORE than NORMAL. It's not NORMAL. You're NOT NORMAL!"
Most of the time my kids' fighting doesn't even bother me - much. Until suddenly it does. Then I snap and yell or say something like "Oh for god's sake, can you two NOT play a SINGLE GAME without FIGHTING?"
And in the back of my head echoes my dad's exasperated cry "It's not normal!"
But of course, it is.
And in the back of my head echoes my dad's exasperated cry "It's not normal!"
But of course, it is.
* That made me laugh when I read it on Shae's blog, because my kids just had the exact same fight this week. In fact I think my sister and I fought over this one too. It's a thing!


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On 11 May 2016, adventurer Lizzie Carr took the first strokes of an immense challenge: to become the first person ever to paddleboard the length of England via its canals and rivers.
Not only was the 650km (400 mile) three-week journey a gruelling challenge of physical strength and endurance but it also serves an environmental purpose: along the route, Lizzie documented all the plastic pollution she discovered to raise awareness of the crisis faced by British waterways.
The Inspiration
Cancer-survivor Lizzie isn't afraid of a challenge. The idea for this feat came as a result of her own interest in paddleboarding, which started a couple of years ago.
She explained, "Paddleboarding was a great, low-impact way of being active, exploring and being outside. When I started paddleboarding in London, where I live, it was the first time I truly realised how much pollution there was in our waterways. I was getting plastic caught up in my paddle and I've even seen a coot's nest that was made of as much plastic as twigs. It really saddened me and the idea stemmed from there."
The Journey
650km is an incredible distance for one woman to complete on a stand up paddleboard. The thought alone of 10 hours straight paddling each day (at the very minimum) is completely exhausting – made harder by the fact that Lizzie has to carry all her equipment and tent with her throughout the journey; hauling it all out the water at each loch before climbing back in on the other side. Even during our phone interview she had to call back a couple of times as she reached different points in her journey where she had to get herself and all her kit out of the canal and carry it further along the waterway before she could continue.
She was just a few days from the finish line when she talked me through her journey so far; the soothing splish splosh of the paddle in the background as we spoke. She started paddling from the River Way – the most southerly point of the UK's connected network of waterways. She had travelled along the waterways past Woking, Staines, Reading, Oxford, Coventry, Stoke, Lymm, and Wigan.
At the time I spoke to her she was enjoying the sunshine not far from Preston, having had glorious sunshine up north for the past few days while Londoners were battling the cold and torrential rain. Her aim was to reach the most northerly point – the Lancaster Canal – in three weeks.
Although hard work, she's had lots of support along the way; from people live-tracking her progress on her website to strangers sharing their own plastic sightings on social media and even locals or dog walkers chatting to her as she paddles at walking speed alongside them on the canal.
Lizzie has been highlighting litter hotspots along the way. She said, "Initially, this was all about awareness. Although it's a global problem, It's really important to get people thinking about the issue of plastic pollution on a local level. 80 per cent of plastic in the ocean comes from inland sources. This has given me a way of documenting the problem in a way that would make people realise we're under threat and need to change."
The results from her plastic plotting can be found on her website. Throughout the challenge, Lizzie has taken GPS-tracked pictures of rubbish or plastic in the water which are then uploaded onto a map to show exactly where they are: "When I plot plastic I showcase it on social media with the hashtag #PlasticPatrol. Seeing it visually on a single journey like this makes it much more impactful and I want to bring to life for people how much plastic is being left in our rivers."
The Challenge
To cover 650km in three weeks, Lizzie had to endure between 10 and 12 hours of paddling each day. She said: "It's really tiring because you don't really give yourself the chance to rest. I didn't realise how tiring it would be. I'm exhausted!"
Not only did she need stamina but also a huge amount of strength. There are 193 lochs during the route. At each one she had to lift her board, paddle and equipment out of the water which adds another layer of difficulty. To prepare for this she did intense strength training to ensure she was able to lift her own body weight.
From plates to potties
Lizzie has seen a huge variety of plastic items discarded in the UK waterways. She said, "I've seen a real mish mash of stuff – things like plates, kids potties, buggies, umbrellas, helmets, plant pots with plants still in them to traffic cones and dismantled scooters. All sorts of crazy things you wouldn't expect to see and that shouldn't be in the water, really. Nothing really surprises me anymore!"
The highs…
During her three week challenge, Lizzie gained a unique perspective into our countryside. She reflected: "I think the most special thing about my three weeks on the water has been the little moments when you're on your own. There are those moments you really treasure. Being in these really beautiful isolated places; just you, your board and paddle – for me, that's priceless."
…and the lows
It hasn't all been plain sailing: "Any tidal sections are seen as quite dangerous. Even on narrow boats it can get a bit hairy so there's always some element of danger! I haven't fallen in so far but never say never – you can't get complacent as that's when accidents happen. I really don't want to fall in as it's very cold!"
This has been both a physical and mental challenge for Lizzie. She said, "Physically it's exhausting but the hardest part has been that it can be quite lonely. It can be quite daunting when it's just you and the water."
The Cause
Lizzie is raising money for two charities: "I'm raising money for Water Aid, which transforms lives by giving people access to clean drinking water, and Water Trek who get people to engage with pollution problems on our canals and rivers by taking up watersports such a paddleboarding. This charity really appeals to me because it has been very much my journey. Experiencing this problem first hand made me protective of what we have and want to preserve the beautiful British countryside."
What's Next?
When Lizzie's recovered from her epic trip, she's going to have some interesting data on plastic pollution to review. She told me: "When I get back I want to look over what I've found and come up with a plan of action and see what else I can do to raise awareness of the cause."
For more information, visit www.lizzieoutside.co.uk or follow her on Twitter or Instagram.


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Sloppy Joes always sound messy, don't they? I'm not sure if giving something so tasty a name like that, is very fair. In my attempt to make "on the go" meals, I am first looking at recipes that my family already enjoys. I thought about how I could make some of these and still take them with us, if need be. Of course, sloppy joes are always best eaten at a table, or a least with a plate in front of you but here's a thought....I am going to prepare sloppy joes the usual way and then try serving them in a pita pocket! I think my family would like that for a change. Here's the recipe that I am preparing today. (No baseball tonight, so we will use buns.) I plan to buy pita bread to have on hand, however. I will post a picture when I do. :)
Often when I make sloppy joes I don't measure anything but add a little ketchup, mustard, brown sugar and apple cider vinegar to taste. I will give you a "real" recipe here!!! LOL!!
*3 lbs. ground beef
*1 1/2 c. ketchup
*3 T. brown sugar
*2 tsp. dry or regular mustard
*2 T. apple cider vinegar
*2 1/2 tsp. salt (that's quite a bit, use less if desired)
*1/4 tsp. pepper
*1 tsp. worcestershire sauce
*1 can tomato soup
***Brown hamburger. Mix all ingredients and let simmer 15 to 20 minutes. Fills 20 buns.
This is a great recipe to make and then freeze in portions. When ready to use just reheat and fill buns.
This post is linked to $5 Dollar Dinners, Blessed with Grace and Balancing Beauty and Bedlam.
For a printable version of the this recipe click here.
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Were it not for the economics, music would have played a much bigger part in my life. I chose this website's username Shredecon partly because I think much of what mainstream economists write needs shredding and partly because of my love of a genre of guitar playing known, of all things, as 'Neoclassical Shred Metal'. Like neoclassical economics this style involves considerable technical proficiency, but in the hands of its best exponents, such as Vinnie Moore and, in his concerto suite for electric guitar and orchestra, Yngwie J. Malmsteen, it can be very melodic, exuberant and full of feeling. I've been playing guitar since 1970, originally much influenced by blues players such as Rory Gallagher and Roy Buchanan, progressive rock players such as Steve Howe and Robert Fripp, as well as Allan Holdsworth, Jan Akkerman and Al Di Meola. Over the years I have accumulated over thirty instruments, some of them quite unusual. Photographs of these instruments can be viewed by clicking here for synth-accessing guitars and unusual Statocasters, here for other solid-body electric guitars, here for bass guitars, and here for jazz and acoustic guitars. I also play Yamaha MX61, PF80 and DGX-640 keyboards and a Roland TD7 electronic drum-kit.
Over the years I have played a wide variety of music. As a student in Cambridge, I played in several bands and was guitarist for the Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society's 1976 and 1977 Rag Revues at the ADC Theatre (that were written by and featured Andy Hamilton). Whilst working at the University of Stirling I played bass in a jazz quartet and guitar in a progressive rock band called Trancemacabre: the band's bass player and vocalist, Alan Reed then becamae lead singer in the excellent Scottish progressive rock band Pallas and lately has been a solo performer touring as support act for Steve Hackett. During my period in Tasmania, I did classical and jazz choir singing, played bass in an adult education concert band (the second photo below left was taken at at an outdoor performance in Hobart's Salamanca Place in summer 1988) and began exploring multi-track home recording. Since then my equipment has grown but lately I have focused on improving my playing and writing music scores with Guitar Pro 6, rather than on doing music with others or home recording. I've not played live since 1998, when I played guitar/guitar synthesiser for a band in Christchurch. Currently, I'm working on assembling a new prog-rock band (see its Bandmix page and listen to some of my music (scored on Guitar Pro 6) here), and (in rehearsal) on YouTube at https://youtu.be/_MJ4_wbXs9o.


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