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You Are What You Read
Whether over the holidays or on vacation, there are precious time periods where you actually have time to unwind and relax. Whether this involves lounging on your living room recliner or lying on a tropical beach, down time often includes an opportunity to catch up on reading. So, what do you read? Research reveals that your story choice tells a story about you.
This makes sense, when you consider the difference between reading for pleasure and reading under pressure. Reading to complete an assignment or to prepare for a presentation reveals diligence, not disposition. And reading to prepare for the next book club meeting often requires a race-against-time reading marathon, rushing through the assigned book to develop talking points and "take aways" to report to the group.
It is the material you select to read for leisure and enjoyment that reveals the most about you. Some interesting research has focused on the popularity of murder mysteries, how different personality traits predict enjoyment of different types of plots, and even differences in what types of people are disappointed by a spoiled ending.
Mystery, Entertainment, and Spoilers
You do not have to have grown up with Nancy Drew or Sherlock Holmes to appreciate the appeal of a good mystery. Mysteries draw you into the story, make you think, and often surprise you at the end—which can be good or bad, depending on your personality.
Although murder mysteries involve more cognitive thought than other types of entertainment, research reveals a preference for a plot of medium complexity, and a sense of self-validation when we "figure it out" or confirm our suspicions at the end. The appeal of murder mysteries to all ages and audience types explains the widespread, enduring popularity of this particular brand of fiction.
The Desire for Diversion
Research by Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick and Caterina Keplinger (2008)[i] shed light on the reason crime fiction is so popular across different audiences. Noting that murder mysteries constitute entertainment with an emphasis in cognitive processing, they found a preference for medium-complexity plots, even among those with high need for cognition. Subjects preferred relatively simply story lines as opposed to complicated conundrums.
The researchers note that although the appeal of crime fiction does not depend on its riddles and brainteasers, the process of confirming suspicions can increase enjoyment, providing self-bolstering which may impact mood management. These findings explain the widespread popularity of crime fiction among diverse audiences as "light" entertainment that is enjoyed without much cognitive effort.
Yet not everyone is pleased with a predictable ending.
The Link Between Mystery Solving and Self Esteem
Have you ever read a story and been disappointed that you were so easily able to figure out the ending? This might be an indication of high self-esteem.
A study by Knobloch-Westerwick and Keplinger (2006)[ii] found that when reading a mystery, curiosity and uncertainty about the culprit resulted in higher levels of enjoyment. They also found a link between story resolution and self esteem. Participants with a high level of self-esteem disliked a resolution that confirmed their suspicions, while low self-esteem participants disliked a surprise resolution.
Do You Prefer Thinking or Feeling?
Have you ever had to stop a friend gushing about a new movie she saw or book she finished by interjecting "Don´t tell me how it ends!" If so, you are likely aroused by emotion over cognition.
Research by Judith Rosenbaum and Benjamin Johnson (2016)[iii] examined the impact of spoilers on story enjoyment. They adopted a definition of a spoiler as any information that prematurely revealed essential information about the plot, and should thus be avoided.
They linked preference for spoiled v. unspoiled stories to need for cognition (engaging in and enjoying thinking) and need for affect (either seeking out or avoiding emotional stimuli or situations). Participants low in need for cognition preferred spoiled stories, while those with a high need for affect preferred stories that remained unspoiled. People who frequently read fiction for pleasure, similar to those high in need for affect, experienced a higher degree of enjoyment reading short stories that remained unspoiled.
A Happy Ending
The moral to the story? When it comes to reading preferences, we are open books. Literary choice can provide a method of reading others, as well as an exercise in self-reflection during a season where you actually have the opportunity to take a break and enjoy a good book. Just make sure no one spoils the ending.
[i] Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick and Caterina Keplinger, "Murder for Pleasure: Impacts of Plot Complexity and Need for Cognition on Mystery Enjoyment," Journal of Media Psychology 20, no. 3 (2008): 117-128.
[ii] Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick and Caterina Keplinger, "Mystery Appeal: Effects of Uncertainty and Resolution on the Enjoyment of Mystery," Media Psychology 8 (2006): 193-212.
[iii] Judith E. Rosenbaum and Benjamin K. Johnson, "Who´s Afraid of Spoilers? Need for Cognition, Need for Affect, and Narrative Selection and Enjoyment," Psychology of Popular Media Culture 5, no. 3 (2016): 273-289.


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- Between 2011 and 2012 Gonorrhea rates rose 1.6 percent per 100,000 residents.
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- 2014 to 2015 reported STDs in the city rose an alarming 20 percent.
STD Testing and Sexual Health Education in Fort Wayne, IN
With STD rates rising at an alarming rate throughout the city, health officials feel that it is time to make a change in the current sexual education program used in the public schools.
Currently Fort Wayne public school system follows the state curriculum which focuses on some of the common changes that occur during puberty while promoting abstinence. The program does deal with the changes teenagers' bodies go through during puberty, along with the often confusing emotions. While this might help to explain to students why these changes are occurring, it does not help them protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases.
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Regular Herpes testing in Fort Wayne can help prevent the spread of the disease, along with the embarrassing flare ups. Regular HIV testing in Fort Wayne is also vital for continued good health, and the simple exam can potentially save your life.
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Demographics play a large role in STD rates, and this is true for Fort Wayne and Allen County. Not only do social and economic factors affect STD percentages, but also age and gender.
Health officials are also beginning to realize that technology might be responsible for the rising STD rates, especially among teens and young adults. Social media websites are making it even easier than ever to find people to "hook up with", and with more teens and young adults engaging in casual sex it's not surprising STD rates are on the rise. Without comprehensive sexual education programs in the public schools, many students don't even realize that they are engaging in risky behaviors.
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Sand pile models are dynamical systems describing the evolution from $N$ stacked grains to a stable configuration. It uses local rules to depict grain moves and iterate it until reaching a fixed configuration from which no rule can be applied. Physicists L. Kadanoff {\em et al} inspire KSPM, extending the well known {\em Sand Pile Model} SPM. In KSPM$D$, we start from a pile of $N$ stacked grains and apply the rule: $D\!-\!1$ grains can fall from column $i$ onto columns $i+1,i+2,\dots,i+D\!-\!1$ if the difference of height between columns $i$ and $i\!+\!1$ is greater or equal to $D$. Toward the study of fixed points stable configurations on which no grain can move obtained from $N$ stacked grains, we propose an iterative study of KSPM evolution consisting in the repeated addition of one grain on a heap of sand, triggering an avalanche at each iteration. We develop a formal background for the study of avalanches, resumed in a finite state word transducer, and explain how this transducer may be used to predict the form of fixed points. Further precise developments provide a plain formula for fixed points of KSPM3, showing the emergence of a wavy shape.
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Once upon a time (we're talking about Disney princesses, I had to use the stock phrase) I was listening to a guy talk about how Mulan was his favorite Disney woman. And I have to say, I agree that she is pretty dang awesome. I mean, she pretty much single handedly took down an invading army of Huns. And blew up Shan Yu in one of the more visually stimulating Disney villain deaths. Mulan is smart, strong, brave, and pretty. Talk about a girl worth fighting for. You know, despite the fact that she could totally take down the entire Hun army without your help.
That, however, is about where I had to stop agreeing with the guy talking. This was a mental disagreement, since he wouldn't stop talking long enough to let me say what I thought. Not that I'm still bitter about it…
Anyway, he proceeded on to tell me that all of the other Disney princesses were inferior, and in fact that most of them were pansies. Since he didn't let me give my opinion I will choose now to point out that this is absolutely preposterous. Many, if not all of the Disney ladies are awesome. Yes, some of them are a little more on the girlie side. But my personal opinion is that being girlie isn't the same thing as being weak. In fact, sometimes it's just what does the trick.
Take Rapunzel for example. Wears pink, freaks out about a rabbit in a bush, and is a confessed lover of ducks. Pretty girlie right? But she still manages to be pretty hard core. I mean for one thing, she manages to subdue a pub full of thugs. And that was actually accomplished because she was girlie, not because she beat them all up.
I'd just like to go through and show a few of my favorite moments for the women of Disney. Witty comebacks earn extra bonus points.
Esmerelda: So despite my personal opinion that maybe the whole plot of the Hunchback was too dark for children, I enjoy the romance between Phoebus and Esmerelda. I especially like this scene in which he attempts to strike at her with her sword and she begins sparring with him using a candlestick as a weapon (for those of you who didn't catch it, that was a dangling modifier, which as you know from my previous post are fun. For the record Esmerelda is using the candlestick, not Phoebus. I guess the picture would have cleared that up…). He's impressed with her mad skills and tells her she fights almost as well as a man. She quickly comes back with, "Funny, I was going to say the same thing about you."
Jasmine: Another smart, independent woman. Jasmine refuses to let her marriage be decided for her, sneaks out of the palace to experience life as a commoner, and first impresses Aladdin with her skills as a "quick learner." She also uses her feminine wiles to trick Jafar at the end.
Tiana: The most notable character trait for Tiana is her determination. She's a hard way and doesn't let anything. Now sometimes this actually becomes her biggest flaw, but in the end she finds balance and with it a happily ever after.
Pocahontas: Confession, it's been awhile since I've seen this one and the details are blurry. But I do remember that Pocahontas is brave, that she saved John Smith's life, and in the sequel saves her entire tribe from war with the British.
Other Disney women who are pretty much awesome. And if you don't think so, I am respectfully here to tell you that you're totally wrong:
And last but not least, my favorite of all the Disney women. Belle from Beauty and the Beast. Unlike Mulan and Esmerelda, she isn't a good fighter. Unlike Jasmine and Meg, she doesn't use trickery to deceive bad guys. She's just a great person. Her affinity to books makes her a favorite of mine for obvious reasons. But she exhibits a remarkable ability to see past the Beast's exterior and fall in love with the Prince on the inside.
So, as awesome as Mulan is, she isn't alone. Disney has a number of strong, independent, lovely, and intelligent women. Imagine all the gals (I've been made fun of so much for using that word since I've left Montana) in this blog teaming up. I wouldn't want to get on their bad side. Nobody in their right mind would. Don't try to get in the way of their happily ever after. Unless, that is one of the following fates sounds good to you:
- Exploding with a whole mess of fireworks
- Disintegrating while falling from a tower
- Falling from a cathedral into something molten
- Being imprisoned in a itty bitty living space for a few millennia
- Being taken by your not-so-friendly friends from the other side because you didn't repay your debt
- I can't remember what happened to Ratcliffe, but it was probably bad.
- Having a bunch of slimy souls from the River Styx crawling all over you and extinguishing your hair
- Being hanged by some vines after an altercation with some apes
- Anything involving a cauldron with black magic oozing from it
- Turning into a cat with a squeaky voice.
To avoid these sorts of things from happening to you, I recommend not being an antagonist. Just sayin.


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Pana: North language
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ISO Language Name: Pana (Burkina Faso) [pnq]
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Other names for Pana: North
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Put another way, they always seem to know what kind of objections to their righteousness they need to anticipate. They're never confused or surprised when someone finds them sketchy. Similarly, they appreciate that they wouldn't like it; if you turn the tables on them without noticeably recalling their own actions, you will get shrill denouncements from the bully pulpit.ReplyDelete
I saw a discussion of redistributing GPA the way money is redistributed. If it's all luck who gets the cash, isn't it equally all luck who got the brains? Apparently, no, though nobody deigned to explain how.
Everyone who is in a position to implement welfare has an elite diploma. I'm sure this is just a coincidence.


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Call for registrations to Great Kemeri Bog Visitor Center architecture competition
Latvia Architecture News - May 16, 2018 - 05:30 4798 views
Bee Breeders Architecture Competitions has announced the Great Kemeri Bog Visitor Center architecture competition to design an entry point to the Kemeri National Park, which is the third-largest national park in Latvia, and covers over 380 km².
The competition is now open until October 12. Winning designs will be put forward for consideration for construction by the Latvia Nature Conservation Agency, as well as receiving US $6,000 in prize funds.
"Kemeri National Park one of the largest national parks in Latvia, and this competition is calling for submissions for an iconic and functional entranceway visitor centre. The entrance point will need to provide several key facilities - such as an information centre, terrace area, and playground, as well as a car park and ticket booth," said the competition.
It is a chance for architecture enthusiasts to design something iconic, with the potential to become a noted landmark, all within the stunning natural surroundings of the national park. It is therefore vital that the structure be in keeping with its surroundings, while at the same time standing out.
Nearly a quarter of the park, however, is made up of bogs, and this is what most of the park's visitors come to experience. The Kemeri Bog boardwalk offers guests a chance to explore the vast network of wooden boardwalks and nature paths that traverse the park. Visitors can see nature up close and venture into a world seemingly untouched by man.
Competition site
The Great Kemeri Bog Visitor Center architecture competition is the second in a series run in conjunction with the Latvia Nature Conservation Agency. The participants are invited to submit designs for an entry point to the nature park. The entry point will need to feature an information centre with a small cafe, a terrace available for those camping in the area, a playground for children, as well as a car park and ticket booth.
Competition site is located at the entrance point to the Great Kemeri Bog Boardwalk. The site is currently used as a car park and gathering point by those visiting the Boardwalk
As the Latvia Nature Conservation Agency has expressed an interest in the construction of the visitor centre, designs will need to be both in keeping with the look and purpose of the national park, while having the potential to become an iconic landmark in its own right.
Download full competition brief for more information!
Competition is open to all. No professional qualification is required. Design proposals can be developed individually or by teams (4 team members maximum).
- Correspondence with organizers must be conducted in English.
- All information submitted by participants must be in English.
1st prize: US $3,000 / Publications Certificate of Achievement
2nd prize: US $1,500 / Publications Certificate of Achievement
3rd prize: US $500 / Publications Certificate of Achievement
BB Student Award: US $500 (more details here) / Publications Certificate of Achievement
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The competition will select 6 Honorable Mentions
Publications: The winners will get international art and design media coverage and will be featured on the Bee Breeders website and social pages.
Certificate: Bee Breeders will also acknowledge the outstanding performance of all winners and honourable mentions with Certificates of Achievement.
Jury panel is composed of Audrey McKee from Renzo Piano Building Workshop in France, Carlos M Guimarães – depA, correspondent of A10 magazine in Portugal, Daniel Jacobs from SHoP Architects, New York City, USA, Gemawang Swaribathoro from OMA, Hong Kong, John Paul Rysavy from SHoP Architects, New York City, USA; And-Either-Or Austin, Texas and Brooklyn, New York, USA. See the competition's full jury panel here.
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Closing date for registration: 12 October, 2018
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Announcement of the winners: 05 December, 2018
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Jersey 2012 budget: Tax relief on childcare to double
Fiona Vacher, from the Jersey Child Care Trust, said the minister was helping the right families.
She said: "It will help some parents with the dilemma of whether they should go back to work or not.
"Parents are feeling the squeeze enormously at the moment and this will help working families."
The budget also includes a 4.5% increase in the amount people can earn before paying income tax.
However, duty on tobacco is going up 10%, adding 35p to a packet of cigarettes, and tax on alcohol is also going up 5% - adding 6p on a bottle of wine and 1p on a pint of beer.
Treasury Minister, Senator Philip Ozouf, said there was good news for motorists as there was no increase planned on fuel duty.
Senator Ozouf said Jersey's government was on track to get rid of the black hole in public finances.
He said: "We are on track to meet our savings target, to close the £100m deficit and to balance our budget by 2013. We are in a strong position.
"We are, however, conscious that many families have been feeling the pinch and with that in mind, this budget proposes to almost double the child care relief for younger children.
"This is the biggest targeted improvement in taxation for families with young children that the island has ever had."


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Complexity is an inherent property of many systems that constitute the environment in which we grow, develop, live and work. The most important ones are: ecological, cultural, educational, social, scientific, technological, economic and political.
Until recently levels of complexity of our environment were low and consequently complexity was largely ignored. However, with the rapid development of digital technology the situation has changed, particularly when the Internet transformed the world into a genuine global village and linked regional and national markets into a single global market.
The trend is for the complexity of our environment to continue increasing.
As complexity increasingly affects our capability to carry out our work and cope with our life, it becomes more and more necessary to intensify effort on developing a coherent body of knowledge about complexity; in other words, to develop Complexity Science.
But how do you start assembling a coherent body of knowledge on complexity?
The most productive way is by building complex systems and then conducting experiments aimed at gaining insight into their behavior.
This text outlines research results of George's team obtained by experimenting with very large-scale complex systems built for industrial clients for many diverse applications, including:
Definition of Complexity - Complexity is a property of open systems consisting of a very large number of diverse components, called agents, engaged in rich interaction, without central control, and characterised by the following features:
Complex systems often consist of regions of high connectivity (and high complexity) interconnected by low-connectivity (and low complexity) links, as exemplified by clustering of activities in the human brain. For example, human brain has a very high degree of connectivity of 1,000. Left- and right-hand sides are differeently wired. The right-hand side of the brain, the creative side, has weaker connections and therefore higher complexity.
Autonomy – Agents have certain autonomy limited by laws, rules, regulations and/or norms, depending on their nature. The increase in autonomy of agents increases complexity and if all constraints on agent behaviour are removed, the system switches from complex to random behavior. It autonomy of agents is reduced by tightening of laws and regulations, the system complexity will decrease and, in the extreme, the system may become deterministic. For example, human agents have a considerable autonomy limited by legal constraints, rules, regulations and norms of behaviours, whilst the autonomy of physical agents is limited by laws of nature.
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Founded in 1878, Telluride has a history as colorful as the alpenglow on surrounding mountain peaks and brightly painted Victorian homes. In the early 1880s as the area's mining boom began lots sold for as little as $1. Houses ranging in size from simple wooden shacks – some of which still exist today – to mine owners' grand Victorian mansions sprang up across town. In 1891, the world's first alternating power plant was designed and built just outside Telluride for the area's mines and mills. Soon after, Telluride was one of the first towns in the world to be completely lighted by electricity.
In 1972 the Telluride Ski Resort opened and tourism took over as the area's economic mainstay. Since then Telluride has steadily grown, becoming a year-round, world-class destination resort. Today, with the region recognized as one of the country's hottest areas, Telluride, Mountain Village and the surrounding communities continue to provide a unique combination of rustic and refined elements for visitors, investors, second home owners and locals alike.
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It's a Quick and Easy Loan!
Pawn shop loans are a quick and easy way to borrow money without a credit check or hassle. Loans are based on the value of your collateral, not your credit rating or pay schedule. Here in Pennsylvania a typical pawn loan has a term length of four months. If you cannot pay back your loan in full, including any applicable grace period, we offer extensions/renewals to give you extra time. You may also choose to surrender your collateral as payment in full.
We loan on a variety of items, including gold and diamond jewelry, electronics, musical instruments, tools, and more. Simply bring us an item of value, along with a valid photo ID and we'll get you money in minutes after your loan is approved.
What is a renewal?
If you are unable to pay back your loan in full on its due date, you may get a renewal. With a renewal, you pay the interest that has accrued on your loan in full, and a new loan is written. The principal loan amount remains the same, as does the interest rate, but the due date is reset for the full loan term.
Will I lose my merchandise?
The majority of our customers repay their pawn loans and pick up their merchandise. If a customer chooses not to repay the loan, the merchandise/collateral for the loan is forfeited.
We will also purchase items of value if you do not want to get a pawn loan.
Can you give a quote on an item over the phone?
Unfortunately, we cannot give quotes over the phone because loan amounts vary greatly depending on the condition of an item.
For general merchandise, we test each item to ensure it is in good working condition. This includes, but is not limited to, a visual inspection, plugging an item in and turning it on, and noting if any necessary accessories and manuals are included. The better the condition of your item, the more money we can loan.
And for jewelry, we test to ensure diamonds and gold are genuine. This testing includes a visual inspection using a jeweler's loupe, weighing the item, sizing (determining carat weight) any diamonds, and noting the cut/color/clarity of each—you may know this as the 4 Cs. In addition, we test the metal using a special acid that determines the karat of gold.
What sort of merchandise do you accept?
We accept jewelry, power tools and equipment, televisions, gaming consoles like Playstation and Xbox, cameras, musical instruments, and laptops.
All items need to be in good working order. Please bring any power cords or other accessories when you visit our store.


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Want to transform business performance? Tracking these five key metrics is a great place to start!
Despite all the talk about 'Big Data', many HR functions still find it difficult to manage 'Small Data' and provide their organisations with the operational and strategic data needed. Research by NGA Human Resources found that over three-quarters of CEOs said they would like to receive more data from their HR team. Good data enables new insights – when these insights are acted on, it can lead to improved productivity, lower operating costs and shift the role of HR from a transactional to a strategic business function.
Developing a cohesive management information strategy is the first step towards delivering better insights, yet HR teams often encounter two major challenges when they attempt to improve their use of data.
The research also found that more than a third (34%) of HR departments are spending more than a day each month producing analysis, often more. It's not that organisations are short of data – organisations accumulate vast quantities of data as a direct result of their internal processes.
The first step is to identify those metrics that will provide the building blocks for meaningful insight. Here are five key areas that organisations should focus on:
Inefficient recruitment processes are not just frustrating for managers who need staff urgently, they can also be hugely expensive. To understand how hiring processes can be improved, HR teams should be monitoring the key recruitment metrics involved. Performance indicators could include the time it takes to fill vacancies as well as the costs involved.
Given the pains of the recruitment process, employers will want to keep attrition rates as low as possible. To evaluate whether the actions to retain staff are making a difference, HR teams should be examining turnover rates. These metrics can be broken down further to analyse whether there is an issue with new hires for example, or if keeping key personnel has become a problem.
When it comes to losing key personnel, you'll want to ensure you get in front of any potential problems. Satisfaction levels amongst the workforce can prove a good indicator of how likely it is employees could leave the organisation. Looking at how probable it would be for staff to recommend their employer, via a Net Promotor Score, when individuals last had training or whether their last performance review was in-line with other colleagues, are all key metrics to monitor. Predictive analytics based on clever algorithms can now identify potential leavers.
Reviewing revenues generated against staff numbers is a key way to judge the productivity of an organisations' employees. This can be broken down into organisational departments, and further still by the units within. This will allow managers to evaluate the performance and contribution of their team in the business.
Regulatory requirements, such as gender pay reporting, have increased the importance of maintaining good employee data for analytical purposes. Personal information about the workforce now needs to be tracked against factors such as pay to stay compliant. There have also been calls for this type of reporting to be extended to race, sexuality, religion and disabilities.
Of course, collecting this information isn't enough. Reporting is step two in the process and this stage requires the data to be up-to-date and easily accessible for analysis. The trouble is this information is often held on disparate systems, with different permission levels and technical expertise required to access the separate data sets.
To make meaningful reporting possible, HR teams need to simplify the challenge and create one single source of truth for their HR data. Bringing all this information together within one system must, therefore, be the goal for all HR teams looking to provide actionable insights that can transform an organisation's performance.
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Dr. Steve Foster is Managing Consultant at NGA Human Resources and leads the UK business consultancy practice. He has an extensive Human Resources management background and for the first part of his career, worked in a range of Human Resources management roles, including compensation/reward, recruitment and line HR management. After project managing a major HR systems implementation and working on a global HR transformation project, he worked as a consultant for The Hunter Group and as Director of e-HR at KPMG. Steve now works closely with prospects and customers helping them improve and transform their business processes, manage business change and deliver a solid return on investment against their vision.
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This week marks the 'hinge' point in our walk. Not only have we ceased to walk with a westerly direction, but we have also passed our halfway point. Monday saw us beginning at the pretty Cotswold village of Winchcombe and then coming down from the high ridge of the Cotswolds into the much flatter land next to the River Severn. Our first major town was Tewkesbury, which had mercifully dried out from the floods earlier this year. Tewkesbury is at the confluence of the River Severn and the Avon. It has the highest density of ancient buildings in England and, of course, a splendid Abbey. We joined the regular congregation, the celebrant Wendy and their vicar Paul in early communion, which was quiet and very meditative. The congregation were very supportive of our walk.
The River Severn was to be our constant companion for the rest of the week and indeed into the following week. As we walked along its banks we saw jetsam piled up against fences and kissing gates – but the river itself was serene. We passed through Upton with it's 'pepperpot' tower, Stourport with its canal basin, Highley and its historic railway station, Bridgnorth with its steep climb to the upper town and bustling Saturday market. All had momentos of their past and a sense of making the most of their present.
In Worcester we joined the regular congregation at Evening Prayer and also called in at the Worcester Journal. They were most pleased and helpful to see us. Thank you receptionists Jo and Sarah. Their photographer (Nick) took our picture by the side of the River Severn, which marked our halfway point on the walk. Their journalist James interviewed and said he thought the article would appear in the issue on Monday. Halfway at Worcester. Many supportive people stopped to chat with us on our way (– some despite a cold easterly wind). So hello and thank you David in Winchcombe; the unknown driver in Tewkesbury who gave us a donation as he waited at traffic lights, to Sr Fran from Tewkesbury hospital; Anne in high Street Tewkesbury; the congregation at Tewkesbury Abbey mid-week communion Paul (the vicar), Wendy (celebrant) Davids (X3), Francis, Sue, Tim, Philippa, Barbara and Claire (the administrator); John, Mavis and Sarah visiting Upton church in search of ancestors; the ladies in the Upton hospice shop (do you have pens yet?); Don and his dog from Kempsey; Barbara and her grandaughter enjoying an extra day off school in Kempsey; Jen and Charlie (who followed us through the mud on the river path in Worcester); the very warm welcomers at Worcester cathedral, Colin and Carol (vergers) Patricia (chaplain, Dean Peter Atkinson, new Precentor Michael, Roy in the congregation and Alison and Ruth who turned up specially to support us; Trevor and Justine and Arnie the dog in Highley, who warned us that the local buses were unreliable; Peter and Sally and Grahame and Jannie all four met on the Severn Way; James doing 10 Challenges for MIND and Tamlyn, very helpful at Bridgnorth TIC.
Today we have had a very warm welcome at Shrewsbury Abbey as we joined them in their Mothering Sunday worship. Thank you vicar Paul, Assistant priest Stephanie, and all the congregation and especially Wendy and Roger who are feeding us tonight!
This week's statistics
Money raised so far Online: £620.00 Offline: £1334.69 Total: £1954.69
Miles walked this week: 55 Total so far: 329
Kissing gates: 49
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New Clinical Director
St Andrew's Healthcare has appointed Dr Louise Braham as Clinical Director for its Learning Disability and Autistic Spectrum Disorder (LD and ASD) services. Louise will be based at the Mansfield site.
Dr Braham is a consultant clinical and forensic psychologist and has been in practice for more than 20 years. She joins St Andrew's from Rampton Hospital where she was a consultant psychologist and Responsible Clinician.
In addition, alongside her clinical work, Dr Braham held a post at University of Nottingham. She retains her links with the University for research and clinical practice training placements.
In her role as Clinical Director, Dr Braham is responsible for shaping and delivering service strategies, ensuring excellent and integrated clinical care throughout St Andrew's LD and ASD services. Working closely with Service Director, Lisa Powell, on the overall direction of the services, Dr Braham will also hold line management responsibility for its lead professionals.
Warren Irving, Chief Operating Officer at St Andrew's Healthcare said: "We are excited to welcome Dr Braham to the team. Her clinical experience is very strong and her active interest in research and development will help ensure that our LD and ASD services continue to adopt the latest innovations to the benefit of our patients. She will play an important role in achieving our vision to deliver world-class mental healthcare."


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Have you ever heard of the term: 'History repeating itself'?
This can be true especially in families. When we examine family through the generations we can often see a pattern develop throughout the family dynamic. When this is a positive pattern it's obviously a good thing and as long as everyone is happy and evolving keep doing what you are doing!
However, some families continue to relive a negative pattern. We see the actions, behaviors and thought patterns of the generations gone before show up in our current lives in a way that holds a family back. The potential for emotional freedom and happiness remains unrealized. It's like a family finds themselves 'stuck' in the same cycle over and over again.
We all carry the emotional energy of our ancestors. It's in our DNA. Evolution only takes place when we take the best of what we have and focus on nurturing same. All of nature intuitively knows this. But unlike any other species, being human means we have conscious choice. In this case the choice is either to change and grow or to continue with the same negative pattern.
Most of the time family members are continuing negative patterns through sub-conscious choice.
They are not even aware that it is in fact, their own thoughts, emotions and actions that is creating the reality they find themselves in. It's with this awareness in mind that we can begin to address the cause, (i.e: subconscious thought/emotion), re-frame how we think/feel, hence changing the pattern of behavior and evolve to a more fulfilling reality.
In my own experience I rarely encounter a Spirit upon other realms who is 'sad' or distressed. Once a Spirit crosses over they are surrounded in complete love and re-minded that they too are this same love. However, when patterns continue over and over in the physical dimension our ancestors naturally want us to heal and discover emotional freedom. And that is exactly what they do in an Ancestral Healing session.
What will happen in during my Ancestral Healing Session?
Ancestral Healing Sessions are a combination of Hypnotherapy & Spiritual Healing.
Hilary will take a brief evaluation history and acquire a sense of what needs to be healed.
During your session Hilary will guide you into the hypnotic state. In this natural relaxed state, we are bypassing the beliefs of the conscious mind. From here we can break through the barriers of outworn belief patterns and begin to reframe how we subconsciously feel at the level of core belief.
Hilary will guide you through the reframing process. It's completely natural for loved ones to come in to the session and help identify the patterns that need reframing, relate their messages through Hilary and facilitate in the healing process.
The Ancestral Healing session aims to dissolve old outworn family patterns, through dissolving and re-framing the negative beliefs that keep them going, enabling freedom and deep healing for all.
Session time: 75 – 90 minutes
Fee: €90
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ZoneFox, the Edinburgh-based cyber-security specialist, has made a trio of senior appointments.
Neill Cooper takes over as chief commercial officer, joining from Vormetric. Ian Thornton-Trump becomes head of security from Solar Winds and Miles Gould has taken the role of head of artificial intelligence (AI), coming from Red Hat.
The trio bring decades of experience to the fast-growing firm, which said they be "vital" in its ambitious expansion plans over the next 18 months.
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Cooper is charged with doubling ZoneFox's customer base and revenues in the next 12 months. He will be supported by recent hires in technical and software development, sales and marketing. He will also oversee a push into overseas markets – noatbly the Middle East and North America, where he has significant experience.
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He said: "I'm passionate about Scottish business so joining a young, rapidly expanding global firm headquartered in the heart of Edinburgh is fantastic.
"Cyber-security is the fastest-growing part of the technology sector and with data protection officers being hired at board level and CEOs increasingly becoming more aware of protecting their critical assets, there has not been a more exciting time to be involved."
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Thornton-Trump brings considerable expertise to the sales team and clients through his technical knowledge gained over two decades in the field.
He is a certified network defence architect and "ethical hacker" who began his career serving with the Military Intelligence Branch of the Canadian Forces and the Canadian Military Police Reserves. He is well-known expert voice within the cyber-security space and a keynote presenter at many industry trade shows,
Gould, who has a PhD in mathematics from Glasgow University, will lead the building of extensive AI capabilities into the company's "augmented intelligence" product, which was launched last year.
ZoneFox co-founder and chief executive Dr Jamie Graves said: "ZoneFox is a rapidly maturing organisation. Neil, Ian and Miles will allow us to reach the next stage in our progression while continuing to develop and refine our solutions."
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Genre is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture.
Genre may also refer to:
Video game genres are used to organize video games based on their gameplay interaction rather than visual or narrative differences. A video game genre is defined by a set of gameplay challenges and are classified independent of their setting or game-world content, unlike other works of fiction such as films or books. For example, a shooter game is still a shooter game, regardless of whether it takes place in a fantasy world or in outer space.
As with nearly all varieties of genre classification, the matter of any individual video game's specific genre is open to personal interpretation. Moreover, each individual game may belong to several genres at once.
The first attempt to classify different genres of video games was made by Chris Crawford in his book The Art of Computer Game Design in 1984. In this book, Crawford primarily focused on the player's experience and activities required for gameplay. Here, he also stated that "the state of computer game design is changing quickly. We would therefore expect the taxonomy presented [in this book] to become obsolete or inadequate in a short time." Since then, among other genres, the platformer and 3D shooter genres, which hardly existed at the time, have gained a lot of popularity.
Genre is a 1996 Live-action/animated short film by animator Don Hertzfeldt, his second student film, preceded by Ah, L'Amour (1995).
The 16mm short combines traditional animation, pixilation, and stop-motion animation to present a cartoon rabbit careening through a variety of rapidly changing film genres as his animator struggles to come up with a good idea.
The short is Hertzfeldt's least favorite of his work, but it nevertheless was an animation festival hit that went on to receive 17 awards.
In 1997, it was shown on an episode of MTV's Cartoon Sushi.
In 2005, the original 16mm negative was digitally restored and remastered for the first time, for release on the extensive "Bitter Films Volume 1" DVD compilation of Hertzfeldt's 1995-2005 films. Special features included for Genre are Hertzfeldt's original production sketches, notes, and deleted ideas from the film; as well as a very rare 1993 video short called "Escape is Still Impossible": a precursor to Genre that Don created while still in high school. The DVD is available exclusively at the Bitter Films website, http://www.bitterfilms.com
.asia is the official designated regional domain extension for Asia and the Pacific. It is a sponsored generic top-level-domain (gTLD) operated by the DotAsia Organisation Ltd. .asia is open to companies, individuals and organisations who have connection to the region. .Asia domains can be seen and used by international and Asian businesses; regional conferences and symposiums; as well as Asian artists and celebrities.
The .Asia web address was introduced to the public through a comprehensive launch involving a multiphased Sunrise and Landrush process from October 9, 2007 to March 12, 2008. It became available on a first-come-first-served registration basis on March 26, 2008. In 2013, there are more than 455,000 .asia domains registered across 155 countries.
.asia founded the first Pioneer Domains Program on July 20, 2007, more than two months prior to the opening of its Sunrise launch. It offered businesses and individuals an opportunity to own and build on any .Asia domain before the TLD opened its doors to mass public registration. Applicants were asked to submit a brief business plan for the domain of choice and make a marketing deposit of US$10,000. The full deposit was returned to successful applicants against proof of marketing attributed to the promotion of the built out .Asia website.
Asia (i/ˈeɪʒə/ or /ˈeɪʃə/) is the Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. Asia covers an area of 44,579,000 square kilometers, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area. It has historically been home to the world's first modern civilizations and has always hosted the bulk of the planet's human population. Asia is notable for not only overall large size and population, but unusually dense and large settlements as well as vast barely populated regions within the continent of 4.4 billion people. The boundaries of Asia are traditionally determined as that of Eurasia, as there is no significant geographical separation between Asia and Europe. The most commonly accepted boundaries place Asia to the east of the Suez Canal, the Ural River, and the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean.
Kitaro's discography consists of 24 studio albums, 8 live albums, 14 soundtrack albums, and 42 compilation albums. Kitaro's latest project, Symphony Live In Istanbul was nominated for the 57th Annual Grammy Awards, and is Kitaro's 16th Grammy nomination to date.
He also appears in five full-length concert videos and has composed scores for numerous films including Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth, Impressions of the West Lake, and The Soong Sisters. He won Golden Globe Award Best Original Score for Heaven & Earth and won Golden Horse Award and Hong Kong Film Award for The Soong Sisters (1997).
He has collaborated with various artists including Megadeth's Marty Friedman, Mickey Hart, Philip Glass, Dennis Banks, and Jane Zhang, as well as appearing on four Far East Family Band albums.
15 of these studio albums were nominated for a Grammy Award. Thinking of You won a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album in 2000.
Impression of the West Lake is one of the Grammy nominated albums.
I woke up with a message on the wire...
It was from my lover telling me goodbye.
The image that was fading on the other side
Never thought to leave a reason why.
Sometimes when my mind begins to wander,
I realize that things aren't what they seem.
There's a question lingering within my mind,
Could it be my lover was a dream?
Why can't I be saved by science?
Can science rescue me?
Saved by technology,
Since it put me in the place I seem to be.
Thinking back on what we had together,
Suddenly the truth appeared to me.
My imagination caught me by surprise.
My computer reprogrammed my dream.
Saved by science.
Can science rescue me?
Saved by technology,
Since it put me in the place I seem to be.
Saved by science.
Can science rescue me?
High technology will set me free.
Genre is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture.
Genre may also refer to:
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Swiss army helicopters make surprise incursion into France to collect water for thirsty cows
PARIS – French officials say Swiss army helicopters made a surprise cross-border incursion into France — for the sake of thirsty Swiss cows.
The aerial operation to scoop up water caught authorities responsible for Rousses Lake in the Jura mountains by surprise. The helicopters also startled swimmers and fishermen enjoying the beaches of the lake, in eastern France.
Deputy mayor of the Les Rousses commune Christophe Mathez said Monday officials had "no idea this operation would occur" — and that the Swiss gave no warning before descending Thursday to take lake water.
Swiss authorities did not immediately comment but the military has been pumping water for livestock from Swiss lakes for a week. Thirsty cows produce less milk, of particular concern in the cheese-happy mountainous Jura region of France and Switzerland.


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We live in a small house with only 13 flats thus we all know each other very well. It is a calm house where we share a sauna as well as a laundry room in the basement. There you can also find gears for grilling and it is fine to use this for a nice evening, although sharing means that one cannot demand to do the grilling every night a week.
We appreciate that you appreciate both common and personal area to be kept and left the way you like to find it.
This is a non-smoking house, you can smoke in the backyard and on the balcony, but please make sure you keep cigarette butts away as there are small children playing.
We have a cat living here and a cat would be fine, but please do not bring a dog.


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Traveling Luck for Pale Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The timezone in Pale is Europe/Sarajevo
Morning Sunrise at 07:11 and Evening Sunset at 16:35. It's light
Rough GPS position Latitude. 43.9867°, Longitude. 19.4458°
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Rough GPS position Latitude. 43.9867°, Longitude. 19.4458°
Weather near Pale Last report from Sarajevo, 107.2km awaymist Temperature: 2°C / 36°F
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Accommodation around Pale
ZLATIBORSKA NOC HOTEL Bela Zemlja bb, Uzice
Hotel Zlatibor Mona Miladina Peinara 26, Zlatibor
Hotel President Naselje Kamalj Bb, Zlatibor
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"He was found in the hotel room dead on the bed," said a statement by police spokesperson Lieutenant Colonel Katlego Mogale. "A towel with blood and a rope were found in the hotel room safe. There is a possibility that he might have been strangled."
Its believed that someone known to Patrick Karegeya very well and who happened to be a Rwandan, phoned and invited him for a drink to celebrate 2014, at his hotel. However, another source claims that it was a woman that phoned him.
But its being mentioned by most people that the person he was meeting is known as Apollo Kirisisi Ismael a people's smuggler and also along time spy for the notorious Rwandan DMI. Being an associate of Patrick Karegeya, he went straight to the hotel Room where they always met. That's where he was met by a group of men that strangled him to death.
In fact, Patrick Karegeya told his family where he was going , and who he was meeting. When the family, realised he had taken very long to come back, they decided to call, but the phone kept ringing....and ringing, with no answer. They then decided to start looking for him, when they got to the hotel, they found Patrick Karegeya already dead.
It is of importance to note that Kagame's former top spy, Col Patrick Karegeya, was also recently in the international news media claiming that President Paul Kagame is responsible for the assassination of Col. Theoneste Lizinde, alongside other dissidents in foreign countries.
Karegeya, who was 53 according to police, leaves a wife, Leah, who is in Johannesburg, and three children. Karegeya exercised great power when he served as intelligence chief of Rwanda for 10 years before he was arrested and jailed for 18 months for insubordination and desertion. He fled the country after he was stripped of his rank in 2006.


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Basic Civil Site Planning
Basic civil site planning is one of the most important and effective ways to create sustainable designs is taking a collaborative approach. Ideally all of the project stakeholders (owner, architect, engineers, contractors, etc) are brought together before design begins and the design process can be a completely collaborative process where all parties are able to provide valuable input based on their expertise.
The reality, however, is that this rarely happens, especially on smaller scale projects. In my experience the typical process involves the owner hiring an architect who later hires the engineers and finally the contractor is brought on board late in design or after the design is completed.
Often the architect creates preliminary designs for the project including site layout, building location and orientation, elevations, floor plans etc. Sometimes this occurs with little or no input from the engineers. When the engineer comes on board the opportunity for collaboration and changes to the design is diminished.
However, I realize there a lot of reasons that the process can evolve this way and I understand that it will continue to work that way on many projects.
After years of trying to shoehorn LID and green practices into site layouts created by architects I decided that providing some framework for creating sustainable site designs was the best approach to take.
In doing that I created a presentation that I take on the road to architects. This post is that presentation in distilled form.
The intent of both the presentation and this post is to provide architects and other design professionals with a toolbox for sustainable site planning and therefore facilitate better site designs.
Below I have included 7 brief topics on sustainable site design.
What is a sustainable site plan?
My definition – "A site plan that has the least environmental impact while still meeting the client's project goals." It's not sustainable if it only parks half the cars that the project needs and costs twice as much as budgeted. Just like any other design it has to be framed within the typical project parameters, but it also includes consideration of the environmental impacts.
Site Selection
Site selection can have a significant impact on the environmental impact of a project site. Some specific paramters to consider when selecting a site include:
Avoid flood plains – continued development in natural flood plain areas has contributed to increased flooding, decreased flooding and increased soil loss.
Provide buffers for bodies of water – Development around bodies of water such as streams and wetlands should be limited and include buffers of undisturbed areas of 50′-100′ or more.
Avoid greenfields – greyfields and brownfields are often less expensive to develop, place less stress on infrastructure and limit the environmental impact of developing previously undeveloped sites.
Transportation – the impact that transportation of people and goods to a site has can be significant. Try to select sites that encourage the use of public and non-motorized transportation.
Site/Building Layout
The simple act of proper building orientation can create energy savings of up to 25%. As little as 8 degrees of rotation can have an impact. Consider the following when siting and orienting buildings.
Elongate the plan on the east/west axis
Maximize north and south exposure for daylighting
Minimize east and west facing windows
Orient most populated areas to the north and south
The above items are good general guidelines but keep in mind that extreme climates may warrant different practices. For instance in extremely cold climates limiting windows on the north side may create energy savings that outweigh the benefits of the daylighting that they provide.
Impervious Surfaces
Increasing the imperviousness of a site can have a tremendous effect on the water cycle. Impervious surfaces limit groundwater recharge, increase pollutant loads and runoff and create a heat island effect. Its important to limit the impervious areas on site to the minimum. Doing this often improves the aesthetic of the site, reduces the environmental impact and saves money. Below are some things to consider in order to reduce site imperviousness.
Minimize parking areas
Zoning code minimum or less
Incorporate compact car spaces when possible
Reduce lane sizes
Provide plantings in and around parking areas
Implement Green Roofs
Implement pervious paving options
Pervious pavement/asphalt
Pervious concrete
Permeable pavers
Grasspave systems
Grading Considerations
The environmental impacts of mass grading a development or building site is often overlooked. Site grading destroys the natural ecosystem present within the soil. This ecosystem provides systems to break down pollutants, provide nutrients for biota, support insect and animal life and numerous other benefits. It takes many years for the soil to recover from mass grading and sometimes it never does. There is also the temporary or permanent impact of soil erosion which pollutes waterways and washes valuable soil off site. Whenever possible we should try to limit grading operations to the distances beyond constructed items as shown below.
< beyond surface walkways, patios, surface parking, and utilities
< beyond the building perimeter
< beyond primary roadway curbs
< beyond constructed areas with permeable surfaces (pervious paving, stormwater detention, and playing fields)
Stormwater Management
Stormwater runoff is one of the most significant environmental impacts of a developed site. But it also provides one of the greatest opportunities for sustainable design. All of the items listed above help to limit the amount and speed of stormwater leaving the property and also contribute to improving the water quality as well. However, developing a site can significantly alter the hydrologic cycle for the property and surrounding area. Steps can and should be taken to maintain the pre-development hydrology or even to improve it. Many municipal regulations require that the post-development runoff rate does not exceed the pre-development rate, but do not address runoff quantity. These regulations are largely flood control based and do not address groundwater recharge and the hydrologic cycle. The Low Impact Development techniques shown below can be used to mimic the pre-development hydrology.
– deep
8%-10% of site area
< drainage area up to possible landscape islands -+ between parking rows – for double loaded rows Wetlands – deep large drainage areas (often > )
minimum 6"-18" permanent pool depth
excellent water quality control
provides wildlife habitat
Grass swales/infiltration trenches
up to drainage areas
1%-4% slopes
low maintenance
improves stormwater quality
Green roofs
well suited for urban and ultra urban areas
intensive and extensive types
< 20% roof slope
improves stormwater quality
intercepts and stores rainfall (up to 50%)
Landscape Design
Landscape design is often ignored in the initial planning stages and is tacked on at the end of the project. This is unfortunate and discounts the many benefits that proper landscape design can have beyond aesthetics. On the other hand, improper landscape design can have significant negative effects such as excessive potable water use and erosion. Listed below are a number of items to consider during the site planning phase and throughout the design process.
Limit potable water use
Use Native Species
Place landscape areas to receive runoff
Use captured rainwater
Shade large hardscapes
Shade buildings in summer, allow sunlight in during winter
Place and design landscape areas to filter and clean stormwater
Raingardens in parking areas
Bioretention rather than retention ponds


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God knew Job was a faithful servant and Satan said he could turn Job's devotion for God if only God would take the wall of protection from him. God agreed because he knew Job would not cave in.
Job remained faithful even through the trials and tribulation that Satan placed upon him. This went on for 38 chapters. Job began to feel sorry for himself. Here is where God comes in...
Job 40 (KJV)
40 Moreover the Lord answered Job, and said,
2 Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it.
3 Then Job answered the Lord, and said,
4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth.
5 Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further.
6 Then answered the Lord unto Job out of the whirlwind, and said,
7 Gird up thy loins now like a man: I will demand of thee, and declare thou unto me.
8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?
9 Hast thou an arm like God? or canst thou thunder with a voice like him?
10 Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency; and array thyself with glory and beauty.
11 Cast abroad the rage of thy wrath: and behold every one that is proud, and abase him.
12 Look on every one that is proud, and bring him low; and tread down the wicked in their place.
13 Hide them in the dust together; and bind their faces in secret.
14 Then will I also confess unto thee that thine own right hand can save thee.
Fast forward...God rewarded Job for his faithfulness:
Job 42:10-17 (KJV)
10 And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.
11 Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the Lord had brought upon him: every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an earring of gold.
12 So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than his beginning: for he had fourteen thousand sheep, and six thousand camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand she asses.
13 He had also seven sons and three daughters.
14 And he called the name of the first, Jemima; and the name of the second, Kezia; and the name of the third, Kerenhappuch.
15 And in all the land were no women found so fair as the daughters of Job: and their father gave them inheritance among their brethren.
16 After this lived Job an hundred and forty years, and saw his sons, and his sons' sons, even four generations.
17 So Job died, being old and full of days.
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"No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. ~ Charles Dickens
As some other posters have pointed out, there is nothing fake about witchcraft, at least, in its active form (99% of the stuff that kids are doing is ill-advised but is not active witchcraft). The first time a witch-mother puts a hex on your hated enemy and he turns up deathly ill the next day, you say to yourself, "Wow, this is more powerful than I ever imagined" and then you partake of the forbidden fruit so that you, too, can have the power that the witch-mother has. And now you have passed through the gates of hell.
The English word "pray" literally means to beg or petition. The imagery is that of a weak peasant begging a powerful king to act on his behalf. "Please, King, my enemy is injuring me, will you make him stop?" The king, being righteous, does not act capriciously but, rather, serves a just sentence. In most cases, you will never see your enemy brought to justice for his wrongdoing in this life. But that's not the point, anyway, since the point of prayer is not to satisfy your base appetite to see your enemies writhing in pain, humiliated before you. The point of prayer is to submit your injuries to someone who has both the power and the legitimate authority to resolve the situation in a thoroughly just way.
The bully is always a coward. He will not face his opponent but attacks him from behind, catches him off guard or attacks someone at a massive strength disadvantage. Witchcraft is spiritual bullying. It utilizes a spiritual power that is overwhelming vis-a-vis its victims and it is done to satisfy the base appetites of those who practice it. In the end, those who practice it will burn.
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Clayton we can still ask God to help the ones that can be helped to come out of this magic thing. I know with God all things are possible.
Is that something like a saving throw ... ?
It is hard to find the middle road in this. For me anyway. I know people who are called spiritual warriors some of them are fanatical some are not. I think when we follow the Lord that we are automatically spiritual warriors. Love your enemy is a very powerful spiritual warrior tool. The power is in LOVE. Love is the power. I know evil cannot stand against it. The choices we make will reflect our decision to seek righteousness or to follow evil. Someone seeking righteousness banishes evil and can see it if it crosses their path. I examine my own fruit all the time. I see that God has more to give than I know how to ask for.
Bitterness, envy,hatred cut love out of your life. You can't really love when you hold on to resentments. You can't serve 2 masters. You can't love others unless you love yourself. People who love them selves love God. We all must walk thru the fire to burn away the dross. God gives us all exactly what we ask for. I ask for God's will for me and work to be strong enough and pure enough to keep up with it. Following God is so exciting, so worth every cleansing, so worth walking thru the fire to see the truth. God will fight my battles if I allow Him too. That is something that is truly amazing. God is my security I trust God. I bring up the subject of God as much as possible. I see my purpose is to praise God forever.
I am human. I make mistakes. I am hard headed, and I want to blame something or someone for my BS. God can make even my mistakes and, greatest heartaches and loss workout to my highest good if I give them to Him. I see angels all the time. I am a most fortunate person to walk in the grace of God.
I see that witchcraft works all rituals have power. I prefer to have the power of the Most High God. If I draw nearer to God He will draw near to me that is all that I need.
It may be hard to move in the opposite spirit in this crazy world with so much hate and aggression I think it goes against our human nature to love our enemies and return evil with good But it's exactly what God told us to do.
You have just dined, and however scrupulously the slaughterhouse is concealed in the graceful distance of miles, there is complicity.
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many times I have asked God to bless the person who is flipping me the bird(my sister did it the last time I saw her) it would be so much easier to go beat her ass than to say God bless her right now. She did it in front of about 10 people who were looking very bewildered at her actions. My brothers want to have her committed I want God to deal with her instead. I already know that there is nothing I can personally do to help her I just don't have the kind of power that would turn someone like her around without God being the one actually doing the work. I have asked God to help me help her so many times and nothing I do really works or helps. I do know that I do not have to let her continue to hurt me
2 John
I like this particular chapter of John
2 John - Chapter 1
1 The elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;
2 For the truth's sake, which dwelleth in us, and shall be with us for ever.
3 Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
4 I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father.
5 And now I beseech thee, lady, not as though I wrote a new commandment unto thee, but that which we had from the beginning, that we love one another.
6 And this is love, that we walk after his commandments. This is the commandment, That, as ye have heard from the beginning, ye should walk in it.
7 For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.
8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
9 Whosoever transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
10 If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
11 For he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
12 Having many things to write unto you, I would not write with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full.
13 The children of thy elect sister greet thee. Amen.
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I guess this would explain why I've seen grown women with Harry Potter related tattoos and logo clothing.
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Mostly it is,, "stuff that happened long ago and God doesn't work that way today" line of thinking.
The War in Revelation is not at some distant point,, it is history and current. It is ongoing.
This has been one of my rants here.
Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.
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Good points on the power of God's love. This goes all the way back to the Garden of Eden. The Serpent's lie was that the paradise God had created for Adam and Eve was a lie, that God was "holding out" and keeping the goods to himself (the knowledge of Good and Evil). Once they disobeyed (rebelled), they were driven out of Eden into the fallen world we currently inhabit, where murderous Cain lived and righteous Abel died. Do you see the inversion? The murderer lives on while the victim dies. So, in this fallen world, the violent, deceitful, rebellious, murderous, vengeful, hateful, and so on, are supposed to have "power", while everyone who practices the fruits of the Spirit - love, joy, peace, and so on - are weak, fated to be banished to death by the grist-mill of power. But the Serpent's lie is easily exposed: this world is just temporary, so nothing that happens here matters in the long-run, especially death. So Cain's murder was not an exercise of power over Abel, it was just an exposition of his heart, and an enslaving of himself to the Serpent's murderous world-order, a world-order that is itself doomed to be completely burnt to ashes -- nothing of it will remain. Meanwhile, the resurrecting power of the Son of God moots the power of death, so that every murder that has ever happened is just an indictment of the murderer, not an injury to the murdered. The blood-lust that is pumped up by acts of violence is the very currency of the Serpent's lies - it's just a sensory feeling, a delusion, a psychological reward to encourage the violent in their violence without ever stopping to think about the long-run destiny of the world built on violence. And so both the Deceiver and the deceived - that is, the Devil and his children - will march right off into the fiery lake of sulfur.


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Good to see Oman promoting sailing, they are doing an excellent job. Coen de Koning and Hugh Styles were giving some clinics too, more images at CSN FB.
Report by BCM: "Team Cirrus is back from Oman: Mussanah Race week!Conditions were light to very light. Gurvan and Ben won the race and Tanguy Kervyn with Manu (as crew for coaching) are 3rd! Great training session with really interresting coaching by Koen, thanks to him! Mussanah is a nice place to sail and sailing organisation was really professional." fb.com/cirrus.catamarans