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My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;
And ye have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there, or sit here under my footstool:
Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress you, and draw you before the judgment seats?
Do not they blaspheme that worthy name by the which ye are called?
If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.
For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?
If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food,
And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone.
Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Thou believest that there is one God; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar?
Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.
Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only.
Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way?
For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.
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Singer/songwriter Amy Helm, the late Levon Helm's daughter, begins the evening with her soulful voice and original lyrics. Hot off the road from recent collaborations with artists including Ivan Neville, Steve Winwood and Sturgill Simpson, Baltimore-based singer-songwriter Cris Jacobs and his band will round out the evening exploring the outer realms of bluegrass, folk, funk, country, blues, soul, and rock with stylistic reverence and emotional sincerity.
Cris began his career fronting the acclaimed award-winning band The Bridge, releasing four albums in 10 years and averaging 200 shows a year. His solo debut Songs for Cats and Dogs came out to critical acclaim in 2012, featuring poignant songwriting, burly riffs, with dazzling guitar playing featuring a bucolic pedal steel guitar. This concert will debut the Cris Jacobs Band second album, Dust to Gold, set to release in late October 2016.
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Amy Helm releases a powerful statement with her debut album Didn't It Rain, a spellbinding set exploring the universal themes of life, love and loss.
Amy has been making music for most of her life, winning widespread praise as a singer, songwriter and live performer, first as a member of the celebrated alt-country collective Ollabelle, and subsequently for her extensive work with her father, musical icon Levon Helm.
From smoldering, soulful ballads, to hushed and sometimes stark, haunting songs, Amy just wants to "shake people out of their own heads for an hour or two, and bring some joy into the world."

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Bark family photographic fonds. -- 1910-1958. -- 3 albums.
Biography / History
The Bark family resided in Toronto, Ontario during the early 1900's and spent their vacation time at their cottage, "Lingerlonger Lodge" which was located on the shores of Moore Lake, just south of Minden, Ontario.
Custodial History
This fonds was created by and in the custody of the Bark Family until it was donated to the Trent University Archives.
Scope and Content
The fonds consists of original photographs taken and collected by the Bark family. It includes: a photograph album of Lieutenant George S. Gray depicting World War I aircraft training scenes; pictures of area in and around Meaford and Collingwood, Ontario; photographs of "Lingerlonger Lodge" located south of Minden, Ontario, on Moore Lake; Sea scout and military photographs; and photographs of a road survey crew north of Dorset, Ontario (field work students from the School of Practical Science, University of Toronto.)
Title based on the family which created the fonds.
The fonds was donated by Mrs. John Bark of Peterborough, Ontario.
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1: Flight Lieutenant Geo S Gray's album, n.d., 1916 -Gray learned to fly before the war in Dayton, Ohio
2: Cottage photos from family album, 1910- 1958
3: Contents as per folder 2, including typed description of Lingerlongerlodge, by CE Potter -includes Sea Scout and military photos, n.d., 1915-1925
4: Assorted loose photos
5: Mounted photos on oversize sheets mostly of road survey crew north of Dorset, pre 1915 (Field work of students from the School of Practical Science, University of Toronto)


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The company recently conducted a 10:1 share consolidation.
ICP shares are currently trading on a deferred settlement basis under the ticker code ICPDA.
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We are constantly working on developing new training and professional development programs to offer to organizations looking to add educational components to their programs. We also extend these programs into half day or even full day programs as requested by clients in order to provide a more in-depth learning opportunity.
The following list of programs are specifically geared towards the meetings/events industry. Please select from the programs below to learn more. If you are interested in a specific topic not listed below, please contact us to discuss.
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This document specifies requirements and recommendations for implementing a WATS Solution. A WATS Solution consists of minimum one server, and one or more test stations. The WATS Structure can extend to as many levels as required – possibly reflecting the customer's organization structure including out-sourcing partners. This structure is dynamic, and can expand with the customer's growth. The top-level server at any time will be known as Master Server, other servers in the hierarchy are known as Local Server(s). Test stations are the can report to any server in the hierarchy – preferably the closest possible server.
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WATS On-premise system monitoring
Implementation size
User count
Test station count
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< 20
< 20
< 10 000 000
< 50
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< 20 000 000
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This table must be treated as guidelines. Different customers have different needs, and different products may require more or less storage space. This table presumes that an average report require 50KB of storage space.
Multiple server scenario (scale-out)
WATS server can be split into several tiers. For medium to large implementations, it is recommended to split database server from application server. Application server also consists of several parts – possibly split onto several servers. This is recommended for Medium/Large implementations. Database server is a Microsoft SQL Server.
For medium to large implementations, server-internal storage is adequate. For larger implementations, a SAN Solution is recommended. Redundant disk arrays are highly recommended for high availability.
Network and infrastructure
General information
WATS Communication is based on Microsoft WCF. WCF implements transport over SOAP, and also supporting encryption and security. All communication use http for transfer over tcp port 80. Communication between IIS and Database server depends on database settings. Normally Microsoft SQL Server use port 1433/tcp. This information is useful in scenarios where WebService and Database servers are separated using a firewall.
WATS communication over WCF, uses message-security, and there is no need to further protect the communication using ssl. Virinco provide the necessary PKI required for this security mode. The customer may choose to use their own CA/PKI instead. Each server in the hierarchy need a separate X.509 Certificate.
Communication scenarios
Site-to-site tunnel using hardware VPN Router.
Two networks are connected using VPN Router connecting to a VPN Termination point. VPN termination points are sometimes implemented in firewalls.
The figure below shows a typical communication strategy, where the Database server is further protected using a secondary firewall.
Teststation with VPN Client.
A single teststation connects to the VPN Termination point using VPN Client software installed on the teststation. In this case the teststation becomes a master-client.
Local Server with VPN Client software.
The local server connects directly to the VPN Termination point, using locally installed VPN Client. This implies the need for VPN "autoconnection" feature in the VPN Client.
Directly connected Teststation
In this scenario the teststation directly communicates with a Datacenter exposed to public using a DMZ network.
DMZ Buffer
The DMZ Buffer act as a local server between the sites and the master server. By implementing the DMZ Buffer, there will be no need for additional incoming rules on the firewall. The front-end firewall must allow incoming tcp/80 (http). The transfer agent will then be installed inside the corporate network, extracting data from the buffer database into master. The secondary firewall must allow outgoing tcp/1433.
Recommended communication strategy
For secure and reliable communication, the recommended interconnection method is site-to-site tunneling using hardware VPN routers. This communication network may further be protected using a firewall to separate corporate internal network from external partner networks.
Connection between client (or local server) to master server requires tcp port 80 to be allowed.
Connection between webserver (datacenter) and Database server requires incoming connection on port 1433 for MS SQL Server.
Hardware requirements
WATS is built using Microsoft technology, running on Intel platform. All application logic is built using Microsoft .NET framework, and can easily be ported to other hardware platforms supported by Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5. The recommended platform for WATS Servers is Intel Xeon running in Native 64-bit mode.
Recommended server specifications
Disk / storage
Xeon E5
System: 2x146GB SAS 10K RAID 1, Data: 4x300GB SAS 15K RAID 1+0
Xeon E5
2x146GB SAS 15K RAID 1 (separate system an data partition)
These specifications must be treated as guidelines for medium to large implementations. For larger systems a thorough requirement analysis must be performed.
Master server recommendation
A typical master server hardware specification (Dell) for a medium server
- Dell R320 Chassis with 8 hot plug 2.5" drives
- Xeon E5-24xx processor (rec. minimum E5-2407)
- 2x 8 GB Memory (add more memory to database server for better performance)
- H710 RAID Controller
- 2x 300GB SAS 10K drives in RAID 1 for OS/System
- 4x 300GB SAS 15K drives in RAID 10 for data (Database server only)
- Windows Server 2012R2 (unless provided by system owner's EA with Microsoft)
- Dual hot-plug PSU
- ReadyRails rack mount kit
Local server recommendation
A typical local server hardware specification (Dell)
- Dell R320 Chassis with 4 hot plug drives
- Xeon E5-24xx processor (rec. minimum E5-2407)
- 1-2x 8GB Memory
- H710 RAID Controller
- 2x 300GB SAS 10K drives in RAID-1, 80GB OS Partition
- Windows Server 2012R2 (unless provided by system owner's EA with Microsoft)
- Dual hot-plug PSU
- ReadyRails rack mount kit
For larger sites, refer to master server spec, and consider splitting application and database server.
Server consolidation
For medium to large implementations, server consolidation can be an option. For customers already running a virtualized environment this can reduce implementation time, and increase manageability. Even if a virtualized environment is desired, it is still recommended to use separate servers for database and application for large implementations. For larger implementations Database and data warehouse servers should be considered running on separate non-virtualized hardware while application can be hosted on virtual server(s).
Software requirements
The WATS system is built on Microsoft technology. Microsoft .NET Framework is an essential component in the entire system, currently version 4.5 is in use – future releases may require newer framework version.
Server requirements
Operating system
Recommended server operating system is Microsoft Windows 2012 Server. Minimum required version of Windows Server is 2008 R2.
Database and data warehouse
Recommended SQL Server 2014. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 or later is required. It is recommended that WATS is running a separate instance to avoid conflicts with other systems. CLR Integration must be enabled on the database server.
SQL Server replication
For installations with replicated WATS-MES modules, all member servers need MS SQL Server replication feature installed and enabled. The replication infrastructure requires network communication between master and all member servers. Communication between the servers is using standard SQL server port (default instance TCP/1433), and ftp communication for snapshot delivery.
Replication must be configured using the real server name. Aliases (CNAME) or IP address is not supported. All SQL Servers in the replication topology must be able to look up the real server name of each of its replication partners and Distributor.
Replication between different versions of SQL Server is supported, but limited to these configurations:
- A Distributor can be any version as long as it is greater than or equal to the Publisher version. Distributor and Publisher are typically the same server, and most commonly the master database server.
- A Publisher can be any version as long as it is less than or equal to the Distributor version.
- Subscriber version in a merge replication can be any version less than or equal to the Publisher version.
Due to these limitations, distributor must be upgraded first, followed by the publisher and finally the subscribers.
For further reference on upgrade, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143699.aspx.
Application logic
Application logic is built on Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5.2, future releases may require newer versions.
WATS Server hierarchy
When upgrading or installing server, the servers must be upgraded top-down. It is not supported to upgrade a local server to a version with a higher version number than its parent server.
It is always recommended to keep all servers in the hierarchy on the same version. No servers in the hierarchy should differ in more than two minor release versions, and one major release version.
For example when upgrading master to 4.2, all children should be upgraded to 4.0.
Client requirements
Operating system
Recommended test station operating system is Microsoft Windows 7. 64-bit versions is recommended to avoid memory limitations of 32 bit OS. Windows XP can be used, but is scheduled for termination in WATS 5.0. WATS Client is a standalone application, however currently no sequencer is embedded with the client. TestStand is the recommended test sequencer, and is tightly integrated with WATS. Current version of WATS integrates with TestStand version 3.1, 3.5, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2, 2010/2010SP1,2012,2013 and 2014. Recommended version for new implementations is TestStand 2012 or newer. Recommended TestStand acquisition adapter is NI LabView. NI LabView is integrated with WATS Client as well. Current version of WATS integrates with versions 8.2, 8.5, 8.6, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014.
Database Specification
Microsoft MSSQL Server license is included in your WATS license.
WATS depends on Microsoft SQL Server as backend storage. Minimum required version is 2008 R2. For new installations SQL Server 2014 is recommended.
The WATS database is designed as a very flexible structure where the main entity is a report. A WATS report can take numerous forms. Each report is bound to a unit – specified by Part number and Serial number. A Unit can be related to zero or more subunits.
The database structure is flexible and well suited for reporting. The data mining functionality further extends the reporting possibilities.
Transfer technology
The WATS System may consist of several servers in a hierarchy. The WATS Transfer technology use Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for transferring data. Each server below master level communicates with its parent server through Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). WCF extends Web Services (SOAP) with secure communication using PKI (Public Key Infrastructure) and x509 Certificates. The communication between servers is http-based, minimizing the need for firewall configuration changes and is encrypted by x509 Certificates. For increased flexibility and security, the traffic can be routed through VPN tunnels or MPLS networks.
High-latency connections are often an issue for VPN connections between continents and many replication-methods does not perform well under such conditions. The usage of Service oriented architecture solves this problem, utilizing the capacity of high-latency connections, while ensuring data integrity.


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It is not a cave that she had set foot in before; few probably ever have. The mouth is on the short westward side of Nerine's only island. Each morning the grullo mare can see the sun rise over the empty ocean.
Somewhere out there, is the Beqanna she knows. Farther still, is a world entirely beyond Beqanna.
The pull to leave is stronger here than it had been in the woods. (her views of the horizon had been obscured by countless trees). But she does not go, she instead turns back to the granite of her cave.
Sleek and grey, the sides and roof of her cave are granite so smooth it seems polished. It was scooped out by a seemingly endless number of waves – the cliff's attempt to satisfy her wish of a perfect resting place. The grey sand of the beach covers the floor here too, but it is littered here and there with odd baubles. She has collected them in her time spent in Beqanna, returning to this same cave now and again after the Reckoning to deposit an item or two. It is mostly shells gathered these last few days: a large conch, several broken sand dollars, and a pile of glistening mother-of-pearl shells. There are a few other oddities; towards the back there is something pale and round. A skull with eyeless sockets and a pair of impressive tusks are all that remains of the walrus.
The sun has cleared the water in front of her, and it begins its ascent over the pale green waters. Djinni turns to head back into her gaze, brushing against the dunegrass that she had carefully carried down as seed from the cliff above. A bee buzzes up from the black-eyed susans beside the grass, and Djinni follows its flight path until it blends with the shadow of something else. She narrows her eyes to better see against the brightness of the sun, and she feels her heart catch in her throat at the familiar figure.


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There is, and has never been, such a thing as a risk free asset or return. The concept is a very useful way of benchmarking the attractiveness of different asset classes.
In other words, it helps investors to decide whether the extra return offered by particular types of asset e.g. emerging market equity is sufficient to compensate for the extra risk compared to say a deposit with a well-capitalised bank or a gilt of an appropriate term. In this sense the return on a "risk free" asset remains extremely useful.
But for the private investor, the concept of a risk free asset can be a dangerous illusion because as we have seen nothing is risk free.
Banks can fail, government bonds can be downgraded, in some circumstances like Greece to junk status, and ultimately Governments can default as Argentina did in 2002.
The best we can say is that some risks are very small or remote. Events can change our perception of risk, particularly unpredictable events. What may be a very small or negligible risk over six months or a year cannot be discounted over the longer term.
We only have to recall the Icelandic banks which were perceived as offering a high "risk free" return until it became apparent that it wasn't risk free after all!
Even without the impact of events (predictable or otherwise), the relative riskiness of different types of investments depends on the investment term.
This variability is not consistent from one asset class to another. Some investments will become relatively less risky as the investment term increases and other will increase in risk.
Cash deposits, which are considered risk free for short investment terms, become increasingly risky the longer they are held and therefore cease to be "risk free".
The charts show the volatility of annual cash returns. The chart on the top shows the change in the base rate over the past 30 years. As a result, the volatility of cash over three, 10 and 30 years is 0, 2 and 4 per cent respectively.
The chart on the right compares how the cash return volatility over three and 10 years has varied over time.
What is clear is that the volatility of cash returns almost always increases as the investment term increases with the result that cash cannot be considered to be risk free for anything other than very short investment terms.
Bonds, on the other hand, behave very differently.
A bond's riskiness will be at its lowest when its term matches the investment term. The risk for shorter and longer investment terms will increase with the divergence from the bond's duration.
In short, the relative riskiness of a bond initially falls as the investment term increases and then starts to rise. A similar effect will occur with a bond fund.
Clearly the choice of risk free asset depends on the investor's anticipated investment term and if this changes, the risk free asset may need to change.
Another complication for the private investor looking for risk free assets is to define the perceived risk.
The simplest definition is the risk of capital loss and traditionally a cash deposit or an AAA government bond matching the investment term has been the answer.
Gold has long been considered the ultimate risk free asset and preserver of wealth but fear can drive its price a long way above its intrinsic worth as happened immediately after Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. Purchasing at the wrong time can destroy rather than preserve wealth.
For people who fear having to flee due to political uncertainty or persecution, precious stones are the risk free assets of choice because they are easy to transport.
In less extreme situations investors will have normal goals such as retirement saving, mortgage repayment or funding education fees. For each of these, investors may see the risk they face differently and this will change their risk free assets.
For example, the retirement investor may be concerned about inflation and here the risk free asset is an index linked bond. Because indexed linked bonds are in high demand by large final salary pension plans, they offer a very low return.
Individual investors, typically, decide that the extra return offered by equity investment more than compensates for the extra risk.
Generally using risk free assets to meet personal investment objectives is a very expensive option and consequently not widely adopted.
Where risk free assets come into their own is in helping investors make judgements about the risk reward trade-off. Stochastic forecasts are extremely effective in helping investors make this type of decision.
Bruce Moss is strategy director of eValue


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NEW YORK — Last year, Ryan McGinley, then 25, became the youngest artist to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum. His photographs — oft compared to Wolfgang Tillmans' and Nan Goldin's — of his claque of East Village friends riding their bikes, masturbating and vomiting, caused something of a sensation. How did he follow an already auspicious debut? By getting out of the city.
McGinley spent last summer taking photographs in Brattleborough, Vt. — a friend has a house there — and 20 images from that period make up "New Photographs," which opens on Sunday at P.S. 1.
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"I kind of felt like I wasn't so inspired in New York anymore," says McGinley, who moved in April from his fifth-floor East Village walk-up to a loft in Chinatown. "Going up to the woods was really refreshing and liberating. It gives people that freedom to be naked and just run around and not have the worries of being in New York."
The change of location also changed the subtext of McGinley's work. The first series of photographs at the Whitney, called "The Kids Are Alright," cheerily examined his social scene with its casual sex and drug abuse. His new images are darker; they have a gravelly "Blair Witch" ambiguity. "There's a haze, some kind of mist or smoke in each image," he says. "There's a real sense of atmosphere, more like fantasy."
And though his friends still appear, this series is no longer about them. "When I started making photographs, my friends were what was available to me," McGinley adds. "Now I'm more interested in creating beautiful pictures, an image you could look at and not know where it is."
McGinley continues to photograph for The New York Times Magazine — he just finished an underwater shoot of the U.S. Olympic Swim Team for an upcoming issue — and this summer he hopes to advance his art further by delving into filmmaking.
"The way that I organize my photographs and photo shoots, it's almost like directing," he explains. "I've gotten to the point where I think it makes more sense to make moving images. "
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choc chip cookies (american style)
last time i made choc chip cookies i said next time i'd make more 'american style' ones – soft and chewy (like Ma Higgins), so here we are as promised. here's the recipe i used, from the joy of baking – beat 225g butter (unsalted pref), softened or at room temp, until pale and creamy, add 3/4 cup sugar and 3/4 cup brown sugar, tightly packed and beat for about 2 minutes until light and fluffy. then add 2 eggs, beating after each, and 1.5 tsp vanilla, beating until combined. finally mix in 2.25 cups plain flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt and 1.5 cups choc chips into a dough, and pop balls of dough (approx 2 tbsp in size) onto a greased tray, with enough space for them to grow (i did 6 per tray). bake at 190C for around 10 mins, until slightly brown around the edges. i like to take them out a wee bit early so they're soft and doughy in the centre. yum x


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One story in the press this week that had me frustrated was coverage of the revelation that two cows born from a cloned parent had their beef enter the UK human food-chain.
The tone of all the coverage was outrage. None of the stories went into depth about why we should be 'outraged' suggesting it is self-evident. To me it was not. That left me feeling a bit thick. In my simple northern mind if you have a cow you would be happy to eat and you make a healthy clone then you should be happy to eat that too. Probably 90% of the plant based food I have eaten in my entire life has been cloned and that seems to have caused me no harm and nobody seems to have lost sleep. So is it different with mammals?
Well, the US Food and Drug Agency (FDA) has looked at the issue in some depth since 2007, they concluded that they could find no difference between healthy cloned animals and genetically similar animals produced by normal reproduction. (see here for the summary). So what is the objection? After a bit of Googling it seems to boil down to:
a) Animal welfare: the evidence is that cloned animals currently have an increased chance of birth defects.
b) General Objections to bigger/more cattle: Cows, particularly healthy big ones, eat a load of grain/grass to grow. In a world of limited (and diminishing) agricultural space you could feed more humans if instead of growing food for cows and then eating the cow you simply grew food for humans.
c) The absence of any evidence that something is a danger is not the same as evidence of it being safe.
Now remember the trigger for the outrage is supposed to be that this beef has entered the food chain. Argument 'A' is an argument against cloning full stop. Argument B is an argument against eating cows full stop. Argument C, whilst true, is also a crazy argument against consuming anything ever, full stop. All three are interesting debates in themselves but at best they are only tangently related to concerns about meat entering the food chain.
The truth is that the press know that 'Outrage' sells more than 'Mild Debate'. The media feeds off the frenzy of scare stories and they can manufacture more column inches in debate through their faux 'outrage'. It is self-serving waffle. I guess we just have to accept that this is how the media works and all put on our own critical thinking hats whenever these stories break. What worries me is that whilst in politics newspapers have their party political biases and you know that stories 'spun' sensationally in one paper will be counterbalanced with the opposite view in other mainstream papers – with science it increasingly seems to me that all UK papers (even so-called qualities such as the FT, Telegraph, Times and Guardian) are happy to run with the sensationalist spin or headline from the view point of the Luddite. It sells papers. Without the enlightened counter-balance though I really fear that the public is increasingly being pushed into being sceptical of and turning against scientific advance. That's dangerous.


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Promoting Academic Integrity Workshop, Wednesday, 1 PM
Promoting Academic Integrity Workshop
Topic: Strategies for Promoting Academic Integrity
Presented By: Stephanie Delaney of Cascadia College, Renee Carney of Lower Columbia College, and Connie Broughton of SBCTC, eLearning
When: Wednesday, July 20th at 1 PM Pacific Time
Where: Online via Elluminate
Anyone is welcome to attend this presentation at no cost.
The presentation will cover the concept of Academic Integrity as it pertains to setting expectations, assessment design and strategies, and strategies for redirection and remediation when academic dishonesty has occurred.
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Quick Jump
Program Description
Academic Peer Partners is an academic support program, pairing students who are strong in a subject with students who have asked for help in that subject. A unique feature of the program is that the peers commit to a semester-long partnership, meeting at least one day a week at lunchtime in support of academic progress. This commitment creates trust and fosters responsibility, friendship, as well as role modeling.
2015-2016 School Year
The program is a well utilized academic support choice at B-CC. Over the course of the 2015-2016 school year, informal records show that over 350 students participated in the program. The program's value to the students is substantiated by the continual growth of the program and the positive comments by the students. Here are a few examples of the impact of the program:
Analah, who wanted to downgrade from Honors to on-level Algebra during Q1 because she had an E in the class, was convinced by her peer partner to try together. At the end of Q1, she had an A in the class.
Max, having spent a year in a Spanish speaking country, wanted to partner with a Spanish-speaking student to keep up with his language facility. He was matched with Emer, an ESOL 3 student who needed help in Algebra. Emer earned a B in Algebra in Q3.
Hannah, struggling with Geometry, met diligently with Caitlin at lunch during Q1-3 and passed the class. Determined to do better, she asked for a second peer partner for Q4. She met with her second peer partner after school while continuing her lunch time meeting with Caitlin, and earned her first ever B on a Geometry test.
A planned improvement for next year is to track academic progress of the students in the partnerships.


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Summer Footwears: Let the Feet Breathe...
Friday, April 16, 2010
Posted by Sanchita
With the mercury soaring all time high this summer season, the choices and picks in terms of footwears too vary accordingly. Since nobody would like to add onto the already tacky summers with sweating and swelling of feet, it would be wise to pick strappy and airy footwears which not only look trendy, but also provide you with superb comfort in hot summers. Constant air circulation within feet is extremely important to avoid perspiration and smelling of feet. Hence, strappy footwears, gladiator sandals, thong sandals or even a simple pair of flip flops would make a great choice to beat the summers and let you be style throughout. The summer footwear for women comprises a range of flats, trendy sandals to high heels and stilettos.
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In a friends garden. It's been there for weeks, so eventually I got out the macro and flash and did the dirty.
Currently this thing has an 8' web - that's FEET (no pun intended, I measured the web yesterday evening).
I almost feel that this spider could take ME for a walk. with its legs out (the flash bothered it and it retracted it's legs) it's close to two inches across.
If I found this in my bedroom, I would move out (and it could help me with my luggage).
Any experts out there can help identify it? Found in Grand Cayman, Caribbean. Thanks.
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NORTHERN MICHIGAN — Michigan's 4-H Outdoor Adventure Challenge program offers adults and youth the opportunity to experience the outdoors through adventures such as backpacking hikes in wilderness areas, canoeing, kayaking, exploring caves and climbing cliffs.
The 4-H Outdoor Adventure Challenge program is designed to help youth discover their mental, physical and emotional capabilities; build self-confidence, positive self-image and coping skills; and develop and enhance appreciation for the outdoors and natural resources.
4-H adult leaders receive comprehensive training in leadership skills, map and compass, canoeing, backpacking, confidence-building activities and more for their 4-H Outdoor Adventure Challenge Leader Certification. Adults also learn it is the journey that makes a difference in the lives of youth, not the goal at the end.
4-H Outdoor Adventure Challenge leaders are men and women who like working with young people, enjoy outdoor experiences, have had or would like experiences in high-adventure activities, are mature, responsible, enthusiastic, personable and open to new and different experiences.
Contact the Otsego County MSU Extension Office for more information at 731-0272.
The orientation will be held Friday-Sunday, May 13-15, on the Manistee River near Manton.
Visit http://web1.msue.msu.edu/4h/challenge.html to download a copy of the promotional brochure for additional training dates and certification requirements along with an application.


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Semiconductor industry performance a pleasant surprise: Dr. Wally Rhines
The year 2018 is nearly upon us! And, who better than Dr. Walden C. Rhines, CEO and chairman of the Board of Directors of Mentor, a Siemens business, a leading industry personality, to provide us with an outlook for the global semiconductor industry!
Dr. Wally Rhines and I chatted about the global semiconductor and EDA industries, the Accellera Portable Stimulus Standard (PSS), and a host of other issues.
Semicon industry in 2018
First, how is Mentor predicting the global semiconductor industry to perform in 2018?
Dr. Rhines said: "The semiconductor industry performance for 2017 has been a pleasant surprise for most industry observers. The year is finally winding down, with the expectations for growth in the low 20s on the average – nearly 3-4 times as much as most observers had predicted only one year ago.
"Unit growth has consistently been 7-9 percent in recent years since the great recession. However, ASPs have been pretty consistently declining until 2017, when they were driven up mostly by memory prices for DRAMs and FLASH. Memory, once again, is behind the 2017 boom cycle. However, the rest of the IC business has also been relatively strong with growth in the higher single digits (7-8 percent), which is stronger than we have experienced in recent years.
"Memory prices are expected to soften as additional capacity comes on-line in 2018, especially as the year continues into the second half. However, the remainder of the non-memory semiconductor market should continue to have strong performance similar to 2017 (~7-8 percent) as the market fundamentals remain strong.
"Over the last several years, the semiconductor industry has experienced a wave of consolidations. I believe that we are between major waves of growth that are typical of the semiconductor industry. Historically, new semiconductor growth is ushered in by new applications that become possible when the cost per function, or some other new capability, makes the new application possible.
"In recent years, the cost per transistor for semiconductors has decreased more than 35 percent per year, just as it has, on average, for most of the last 60 years. It's likely that continuation of this trend will, in fact, enable future waves of new semiconductor applications.
"Packaging, as well as package/chip simulation, continue to be important issues. Next generation simulation, verification, and analysis for multi-chip packaging configurations is now available. Now, designers of chips can intelligently analyze the packaging and pin-out configurations that will be most effective for cost and performance, based on a steady flow of data between the packaging engineer and the chip designer."
EDA segment in 2018
And, how is the EDA segment looking in 2018?
According to Dr. Rhines, the EDA License and Maintenance is having a strong year in 2017. The annual growth is over 9 percent through the most recent four quarters with available data (Q3 2016 – Q2 2017).
He said: "The Semiconductor IP component of EDA achieved growth of nearly 17 percent overall, over the same period, as would be expected since Semiconductor IP is an important part of the supply chain for the broader semiconductor market.
"With expectations for the world economy and the overall semiconductor industry remaining strong, I expect semiconductor investment into design to also remain strong. EDA License and Maintenance is accounted for within the semiconductor company R&D expense budgets. Those budgets have a strong correlation to EDA License and Maintenance revenue. Therefore, I expect similarly strong growth in 2018.
Advanced nodes driving EDA tool adoption
How are advanced nodes continuing to drive EDA tool adoption in manufacturing and design?
Dr. Rhines said: "In a way, we are blessed to have the demands of Moore's Law and the ongoing migration to more demanding nodes, as the fundamental physics tends to break tools and demand more on a routine basis, thus driving a constant drum beat of innovation.
"The industry continues its march down the IC nodes, with 10/7nm in production at the leading edge designs. The challenges are multifaceted: low power, lower manufacturing costs, and performance are some of the larger concerns at these nodes. EDA is addressing all these with new technologies and solutions.
"Extreme Ultra Violet (EUV) photolithography has not yet become mainstream, resulting in the manufacturing and design community adopting techniques for more double/triple and even quadruple patterning. There have now been sufficient tape-outs that things seem to be stabilizing, and the number of 10nm and 7nm designs is accelerating along with announcements of schedules for 5nm and 3nm generations."
Functional verification driving technology adoption
And, how are the increased challenges and methodologies in functional verification driving technology adoption?
"Aside from the growing complexity and increased integration challenges one would expect with the introduction of every new technology node, over the past 10 years our industry has witnessed an explosion of new layers of requirements for verification.
"For example, beyond the requirements to verify the traditional functional domain issues, we have added clock domains, power domains, mixed-signal domains, security domains, safety, software, and then obviously overall performance requirements. This is driving the need for multiple focused solutions and technology optimized for specific verification concerns.
"Examples of these focused solutions include formal apps, used to verify security features within a design, and power apps used to provide complete RTL power exploration and accurate gate-level power analysis within emulation.
"We are also seeing a need for greater convergence across multiple verification engines (e.g., simulation, emulation, and FPGA prototyping). This is necessary to improve productivity. Our industry is addressing these concerns through the development of the new Accellera Portable Stimulus Standard (PSS), which will help facilitate this convergence and foster the introduction of new verification solutions and technology."
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Family Court Glossary
- Alimony: Monetary support. May be required of either spouse.
- Answer: A response from your spouse to your petition for divorce.
- Appeal: A request to a higher court to review a court decision.
- Case Law: Based on previous court decisions rather than statutory laws which are enacted by the Legislature.
- Custody: As applied to property, not ownership, but a "keeping, guarding, care, watch, inspection, preservation, or security of a thing," which carries with it the idea of the thing being within the immediate personal care and control of the person to whose `custody' it is subjected. As applied to persons, it is such restraint and physical control over persons as to insure their presence at any hearing, or the actual imprisonment resulting from a criminal conviction. Florida no longer refers to parents as having custody of children but rather sharing time with them.
- Divorce Order: A legal document stating that your divorce is final. May include details about custody, support, visitation schedules, and division of property and bills.
- Enforce: To give force or effect to a law etc; to compel obedience to.
- Father: This can refer to a biological father, a legal father (i.e. who is married to the mother) or a putative father (one who claims to be a child's father.)
- Final Hearing: The last stage of proceedings relating to the determination of a suit upon its merits, as distinguished from those of preliminary questions.
- Notarized: To certify (the validity of a signature on a document, for example) by a notary public. Any document requiring notarization must be signed in the presence of a notary public.
- Notary: A person licensed by the state to certify documents.
- Paternity: The state or condition of being a father, esp. a biological one.
- Petition for Dissolution of Marriage: A legal document requesting that the marriage be siolved.
- Pro Se: a Latin term which means you are representing yourself.
- Rules of Procedure: Such rules regulate practice and procedure before the various courts; e.g. Rules of Civil, Criminal, or Appellate Procedure; Rules of evidence.
- Service of Process: The process for notifying your spouse that you are seeking a divorce.
- Statutes: A law enacted by the state legislature.
Legal Terms On Forms
- Alimony: After making an equitable distribution of assets and liabilities, the court may grant alimony (monetary support) to either spouse. The alimony may be rehabilitative (temporary payments to allow for education, retraining, etc.) or permanent in nature. The court may order periodic payment, payments in lump sum, or both. In determining a proper award of alimony, the court considers all relevant factors, including, but not limited to:
a. Standard of living established during the marriage.
b. Duration of the marriage.
c. Age and physical and emotional condition of each party.
d. Financial resources of each party and the nonmarital and marital assets and liabilities distributed to each.
e. When applicable, the time necessary for either party to get sufficient education or training to find an appropriate job.
f. The contribution of either spouse to the marriage, including but not limited to, services rendered in homemaking, child care, education, or career building.
g. All sources of income available to either party.
h. Any other factor needed to be considered.
- Child Support: Florida law establishes guidelines for the court to use in determining child support payments. A table of minimum amounts is provided for parents whose combined net annual income is $120,000 or less. If the parent's combined income is more, a formula is applied to calculate support. See Appendix 3 and §61.30, Florida Statutes, for a definition of net annual income and further information.
- Equitable Distribution: The court can distribute all assets and obligations equally between the spouses. The court begins with an equitable distribution, but may justify an unequal division based on all relevant facts, including:
a. Contribution to the marriage by each spouse, including care and education of the child(ren) and services as a homemaker.
b. Economic circumstances of both spouses.
c. Duration of the marriage.
d. Any interruptions of personal careers or educational opportunities, by either spouse.
e. Desirability of keeping any asset, including an interest in a business, corporation, or professional business, intact and free from claim or interference from the other spouse.
f. Contribution of each spouse to the acquisition, enhancement, and production of income or improvement of or the incurring of liabilities to both the marital and nonmarital assets.
g. Desirability of maintaining the marital home as a residence for a minor child or a party, if it is in the best interest of the child or party and financially feasible.
h. Any intentional waste, depletion, or destruction of marital assets after filing the petition for dissolution or within 2 years before filing.
i. Any other factor necessary to do justice between the parties.
- Marital Asset: Everything that a husband and wife acquire during the marriage, and includes, in most cases, the following:
a. Money that you now have which either of you earned during the time you were living together as husband and wife.
b. Anything either of you bought with money earned during that period.
c. Vested and non-vested benefits, rights, and funds earned during the marriage in a retirement pension, profit sharing, annuity, deferred compensation, and/or insurance plan and program.
d. Enhancement in value and appreciation of nonmarital assets resulting either from the efforts of either spouse or from the contribution of marital monies or other forms of marital assets.
e. Gifts from one spouse to the other during the marriage.
f. All real property (house, land) held as tenancy by entireties (held as husband and wife), whether obtained before or during the marriage.
- Marital Obligation: The debts that a husband and wife owe together, or that either one incurred during the marriage. In most cases this includes anything that you still owe or any debts either of you took on during the time you were living together as husband and wife. (For example, if you bought furniture on credit while you were married and living together, the unpaid balance is a part of your obligations.)
- Nonmarital Asset/Separate Property: Everything that a husband or wife owns separately, and includes:
a. Anything that you owned before you got married.
b. Anything you earned or received after your separation.
c. Anything that either of you received, as a gift or by inheritance, at any time.
- Primary Residence: Where the child(ren) will live most of the time must be decided. The law requires the court to give equal consideration to both parents in determining primary residence regardless of the age or sex of the children. If the parents cannot agree, the court will make this decision by determining the best interest of the child(ren), and considering and evaluating all of the following factors:
a. Which parent is more likely to allow the child(ren) frequent and continuing contact with the other parent.
b. The love, affection, and emotional ties existing between the parents and the children.
c. The parents' ability to provide the child(ren) with food, clothing, and medical care.
d. The length of time the child(ren) has/have lived in a stable, satisfactory environment and the desirability of maintaining this environment.
e. The permanence as a family unit of an existing or proposed parent's home.
f. The moral fitness of the parents.
g. The mental and physical health of the parents.
h. The home, school, and community records of the child(ren).
i. The reasonable preference of a child, if the court feels the child has sufficient intelligence, understanding, and experience to express a preference.
j. The willingness and ability of each parent to encourage and make possible a close and continuing relationship between the child and the other parent.
k. Any other factors considered to be relevant to your case.
- Shared Parental Responsibility: Both parents have full parental rights and responsibilities for their child(ren) and the parents make major decisions affecting the welfare of the child(ren) jointly.
- Sole Parental Responsibility: The responsibility for the minor child(ren) is given to one parent by the court, with or without rights of visitation to the other parent. Generally, the court will not order sole parental responsibility to one parent unless it finds that shared parental responsibility would be detrimental (harmful) to the child(ren).


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Teddy loves car rides but likes to move around so I recently ordered a seat belt restraint for him. Beautiful weather here on Tuesday so Emily took him to Bruster's for a Doggy Sundae (vanilla ice cream cup with Milk Bones). He was not impressed with the restraint:
Gagging & choking plus his pout face earned him a spot in the front seat:
Used his indignant face but with the restraint properly adjusted his stayed in the back seat for the rest of the trip:
Later the girls took him to Home Depot. Natalie shopped while Emily gave him the grand tour of the store:


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By Aditya Chakraborty
Indrajit, Shubhra, Riingo and Indranil
Subhra and Indraneil - images © Aditya Chakraborty / WBRi
Calcutta, Jan 4, 2010 (Washington Bangla Radio) Bengali film-maker Riingo's latest film "System" deals with the evolution of the underworld and shows how it exists in Kolkata and is actually part of the system, only that we deny it. This film will show that the underworld exists very much in Kolkata as well and not only in Mumbai which is literally the capital of the underworld in India.
Do not forget to check out our interview with Riingo Banerjee here.
Since all of Riingo's films are films with a difference, one can be assured that even this film will be different. He has just started shooting this film and the cast is very interesting where the male lead role is played by Indraneil Sengupta - his first ever proper commercial film as even Jodi Ekdin (Life Is Magic) was different, and Subhra Kundu plays the female lead role - playing Rani, a bar dancer. The supporting cast comprises of Indrajit, Kaushik Ganguly (WBRi Interview), Sabyasachi Chakrabarty, Rajesh Sharma, Barun Chanda and others. The music is by Jeet Ganguly and there will be 5 songs. The singers are not yet decided fully but Alka Yagnik and James will be part of the lineup.
The climax of SYSTEM is expected to be shot at Sarkarina, a very famous hall where theater used to be staged decades back and is an institution by itself.
Other than being than the director, Riingo also doubles up as the editor and cinematographer and has written the screenplay and story as well. The choreographer is Dominic Alvarez from Mumbai.
The film is being produced by Brand Value Communications, a part of the Rose Valley Group.
The film is expected to be released around Paila Baisakh (around 15th April 2011).
The film is being shot currently at Lakeland Country Club where the director and the members of the cast met the press recently.


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On 29th and 30th March 2016, at Sadler's Wells, the remarkable Richard Alston Company will debut a new work: An Italian in Madrid, as part of a quadruple show.
Photographer Rick Guest recently captured the kinetic movement of the company's dancers in a series of pictures that transcend the usual images of dance movement that we are accustomed to seeing. The dancers are, quite simply, transformed by Guest into exotic alien creatures; the photographic effects making them into science-fiction birds of paradise, or he creates an illusion whereby the dancers seem possessed by superpowers, spinning at superhuman speed. The pictures even take on a religious aspect, as one dancer's arms become angel wings. The dancers feature in Guest's new book: What Lies Beneath.
The new work to be premiered, An Italian in Madrid, explores how cultures and artforms absorb new influences and express them; a process that Rick Guest has clearly taken to heart in his photographs. Richard Alston is known for his instinctive musicality: 'I had very specific ideas about how music and dance should co-operate… I want the thing you see to be what uplifts you.'
An Italian in Madrid
Sadler's Wells
Rosebery Avenue
- Photography Rick Guest
- Styling by Olivia Pomp


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What do people mean by the term, progressive edge?
you should trying doing a search, im sure there are a million posts about it.
Anthony...a progressive edge is a controlled cut into the wake that basically starts with 0% energy and finishes with 100% at the top of the wake. Learn and master the progressive edge as your first step to becoming a better rider. It makes everything down the line much easier. I am a beginner rider and I've spent most my time trying to get better at progressive edging. A good progressive edge is essential to pull off most tricks in wakeboarding.
If you make your turn too sharp you will have slack in the line.
The key is to go outside the wake as far as you want to start from and stop. Then slowly start turning toward the wake until your fastest and hardest edge is at the top of the wake.
The transition from cutting out to cutting in is initiated by the boat, so that you never get any slack in the line. The idea is to build as much tension in the line as possible as smoothly as possible. The idea is NOT build speed, its about tension in the line.
Anthony, there is somewhat of an inverse relationship between edge and speed. Speed being the obvious and edge being the amount of force exerted against the boat/rope. The faster you are going (higher speed), the less force you can produce against the rope.

Typically when learning to wakeboard and jumping the wake, riders will cut out and lay into a hard edge. This results in a lot of speed when you hit the wake, but very little edge. However, jumps and inverts require lots of edge at the wake and are not so dependent on speed. So the term "progressive edge" means to reverse what comes naturally.

Instead of laying into a hard edge toward the wake, start off with a lazy cut back towards the boat and let the edge/cut build up slowly with the intent to maximize your edge and not speed at the wake. Try to save some edge so that you can lay into it even harder and explode right off the wake.
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There is a powerful connection linking depressive disorders and alcohol dependency with nearly 50 percent of people addicted to alcohol showing signs and symptoms of major depression during any given period of time. Alcohol and clinical depression tend not to play well together. Alcohol on its own is a sedative and can worsen existing sympto
You try to do your best to reduce your exposure to those activities, locations and people that activate chemical cravings, but you will never get rid of urges/yearnings/desires totally. Finding out how you can triumph over and cope with drug or alcohol cravings is therefore an important talent in any kind of process of healing/restoration. D
Just what to Look for in an Alcohol Treatment Center
Abuse of alcohol is one of the largest issues worldwide today. A person dependent on alcohol might struggle with liver cirrhosis. Alcohol dependence also has adverse repercussions on fertility in both males and women. In addition to physiological issues, the alcoholic and his loved ones undergoes severe psychological injury. The social life also is
Coping with an Alcoholic in Recovery
Alcohol and drug abuse not only affects the individual with the problem but also the entire family. The National Institute on Drug Abuse specifies that a vital part of a tailored drug abuse treatment program is to resolve every aspect of life. 1. Be Aware of Extended Issues It is very important to recognize that, while your family member m
Dry Drunk
The term dry drunk is thought to originate from 12 Step recovery groups. Instead of discovering pleasure in their life away from alcohol, they can act as if they were serving a jail sentence. The sole modification this individual has made is to quit drinking, but in other aspects their life remains the same. The Cause of Dry Drunk Syndrome Be


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I am a Year 6 student at Pt England School in Auckland, NZ. My teachers are Miss Szymanik, Mr Goodwin, and Miss Parrant.
Tuesday, 8 December 2015
Tuesday, 1 December 2015
Jonah Lomu
Monday, 23 November 2015
Tuesday, 17 November 2015
On Friday we did athletics on the field. I liked doing sprints because I was running so so fast. I Also enjoyed the high jump. I jumped high after lunch the teachers had a race.
Monday, 9 November 2015
Friday, 6 November 2015
Thursday, 5 November 2015
Tuesday, 3 November 2015
Friday, 23 October 2015
On Thursday there was a band my hall class went to the holl to see the NZ navy band.
They played pop songs. I like'd the drums it was cool also it was fun. because they played jazz too. I liked the water guns.
The show inspired me to learn to play the drums.
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Egg and spoon
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
My hat
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
My holiday
Tuesday, 22 September 2015
Scientists job
Science work hard to solve interneting problems that mote of as will never understand.
Science are very very bnen. It a good job for me.
Friday, 18 September 2015
My house
Friday, 11 September 2015
Cross country
Wednesday, 2 September 2015
I love the rain
I love the rain because it makes me happy. But I love the rain because I can get wet. I love the rain because it feels like a shower.
I love the rain because it is water. I love the rain because
It makes me laugh and you can make a pool.
Monday, 31 August 2015
Rainy Monday
Rainy Monday
Friday, 28 August 2015
Feeding the birds
Tuesday, 18 August 2015
Ratcatche's is To Job is to kill rats. They climb down to the sewer to kill rats. We kill rat so they don't give disease to people.
How to jump
Monday, 10 August 2015
How to run
Room 14,
Pt England School,
Pt England.
Dear Awkward Guys,
Yesterday, I saw you having serious problems running down the road in your brand new
running gear. It looked like you were really in need of some help, so I decided to write to you to give you two tips.
Firstly you should bend your arms. Before we saw you 5 guys running. You run like a duck. 1of you guys run like a penguin. It well give you more power.
You must look straight so you don't bump into people. If you bump into people they'll get angry.
I hope this helps good luck.
Hope that helps.
From paschal
Monday, 3 August 2015
In Cooklslands we go diving in the beach. It is awesome. They have fresh water which we drink. It is cool.
Friday, 31 July 2015
Friday, 24 July 2015
Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Thursday, 2 July 2015
Making 10
Wednesday, 1 July 2015
Weaving harakeke
We made fish with flax. It was the hardest thing ever, but it was cool and fun.Then after that we took a picture then we start writing.
Trees supply oxygen to help us breathe. They provide homes for wildlife and shelter for
Everything. trees help make the world more beautiful and we are lucky to have some amazing
trees at pt England.
From faraway macrocarpa look like monsters. They have long branches which swing around in the wind.
From close up, the tree lookd big. we took a photo of the tree then we draw our own picture.
Matariki is the name of a group of stars that appears in the winter night sky. It mark the beginning of Maori New Years which is a time for people to celebrate.
There are lots of different ways to celebrate matariki. We share Kai for Maori new year with our friends and we sing song for Maori new year.
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Every Morning on Monday we go to kiwisports our coach is name coach vinnie. Coach vinnie is the best coach. Coach shanice is very kind and cool.
When we go, we play a lot of games it was very cool. We play Octopus. it was good fun
Coach vinnie and coach shanice is very cool.
Saturday, 13 June 2015
Wednesday, 10 June 2015
Morning walk
This morning we went for a walk.we were walking on the grass which was wet and frosty. The Grass looked white and frozen.
Then we heard a tui singing a song on top of the tree it was a cool song. I felt happy because the tui is song that was a cool day. I really loved the tui.
Then room 14 walked back to our classroom that was the end.
Wednesday, 27 May 2015
Monday, 4 May 2015
The Wild Things
Then he went home on has bot
Tuesday, 28 April 2015
Toy story
Friday, 24 April 2015
Monday, 20 April 2015
Thursday, 26 March 2015
Hokulea landing
Wednesday, 18 March 2015
at motat
Wednesday, 11 March 2015
Thursday, 5 March 2015
Our performance
Thursday, 26 February 2015
Our waka
One day we powerfully rowed the waka.We wrk excitedly to see New Zealand.
Wednesday, 11 February 2015
Our sibling
How many people have 1 sibling? 7
How many people have 2 siblings?5
How many people have 3 siblings?8
How many people have more than 3 siblings?6
How many people have 2 and 3 siblings together?13


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Today I thought id show you an outfit I wore last night for my night out with the girls. As its really chilly outside I thought it be best if I covered my arms as they get cold easily. I wore this amazing playsuit from LOVE (£32). I really like the wrap style of it and the material. I teamed it up with my red clutch bag from Dorothy Perkins (gift) and my amazing sparkly shoes from Newlook (£20). I felt super classy and comfy in the outfit and had a lush night out.
Here is a link to my playsuit - HERE
lots of love


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SOURCE: Amala
Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja said the four-day long Easter Holidays afforded them the ideal time to bond with families and shop.
Residents, who spoke with newsmen, described the holidays as one of the longest adding that they spent quality time with their families after the rush of the first quarter of the year.
All through the holidays, climaxing on Monday, malls, shops and yard sales experienced sales surge, with shoppers trooping in and out of them.
At Jabi waterfront, fun seekers were seen cruising boat rides and having picnics with their families.
Respondents gleefully told newsmen that they were glad at the opportunity provided by the long Easter holidays for them to hang out with their families.
Mr. Uchenunu Ochenu, a banker who was having a picnic with his parents, wife, children and siblings said that he rarely found time to see his family and was happy to have fun with them because of the holiday.
"This holiday is long and nobody really has an excuse not to be around family. You have from Friday to today, Monday.
"For those of us who rarely find the time to be with our families, the Easter holidays give us an advantage that other holidays may not present," Ochenu said.
Similarly, Miss Blessing Onoja said that she was pleased to see all her siblings, as they all travelled from school to be with their parents.
"Other times, you may not want to travel home because it may be one day or two days, but this four days holiday, you can travel, spend good time and go back.
"I am very happy to see all my siblings and my parents are excited too. Last time I saw them was Christmas and its three months already," Onoja said.
Meanwhile, tons of shoppers trooped in and out of malls, supermarkets, cinemas and yard sales with their families.
Speaking with newsmen, respondents said they found the Easter holidays convenient to shop because they are not confined to the weekend.
Mrs Zainab Aminu, a doctor said that she usually does not find the time to do as much shopping as she has done during this holiday due to the nature of her job.
She added that most of the items are usually on discount sales during the holiday, so it is the best time to get good sales deals.
"You know it's already three months into the year, some of us haven't really shopped since Christmas. So, I have to take advantage of this long holiday to shop properly before we all resume our work routine.
"The plus is that you do it with your children, there are side attractions everywhere. So, it's an effective work-fun bonding moment," Aminu said.
A toy seller at Jabi Waterfront, Mr Samuel Chukwuma told newsmen that patronage has been very high since the holiday began.
"Since Friday, plenty children have come with their families and sales have been really good, especially Sunday and Monday."
Also, yard salesmen and women also acknowledged the high sales, especially on women and children wear, accessories and household items.
Mrs Adebisi Olowolagba, a women accessories seller, told newsmen that she sold out most of the items she brought to the park to sell, as most people are buying souvenirs to travel back with.
"People will travel back and they are rushing things we sell to take back with them. We are enjoying the patronage."
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I combined this idea and this idea to make these sandwiches:
pumpernickel bread
Dijon mustard
roast beef slices
fig slices
blue cheese
Layer ingredients on bread in that order and eat with water chilled with cucumber slices.
By the way, I finally got the cord for the camera and updated yesterday's post with a photo of the salad. I also added a key ingredient I forgot to mention -- onions. Alas, no photo of today's sandwiches, which is too bad. They were pretty, I have to admit.
Here is our mystery vegetable, replanted next to some lemon basil our friend, Alex, gave us from his garden. Still not sure what it is.
And here's one of our Artemisia plants. Jasper loves these for their fluffy, soft foliage. This one has been loved to death -- he keeps gathering it all in his arms and then plunging in.
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Open-faced roast beef and fig sandwiches
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Does your mystery plant have little tendrils coming off it? I can't tell from the picture, but if it does it looks pretty much identical to the Asian cucumber I'm trying to grow this year. It has the same cute little yellow blossoms, but no fruit set as of yet. I'm trying to train mine using one of those spiral tomato stakes--the plant in the picture the people had who sold me the seedling showed how the cucumbers would grow nice and long and straight if the plant is staked.
I hear it's been beastly hot in NYC, which goes a lot toward explaining your menu of late. It's been lovely here, but I still feel like summery food. Tonight's fare was grilled local Chinook salmon with pineapple-cucumber-mint salsa (recipe from Cook's Illustrated, surprise surprise).
- July 11, 2006 11:40 PM
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Beastly it certainly has been, though we got a lot of lovely rain today. What a relief.
Pinapple salsa -- that sounds so refreshing! (one of Jasper's new favorite words) Martha has a pinapple/tomatillo recipe in the July issue. I'll have to try that soon.
- July 12, 2006 11:36 PM


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Regardless which side wins the referendum Thursday on U.K. membership of the European Union, the government bond market—an asset class that is traditionally considered among the safest—could suffer casualties.
The so-called Brexit vote is a double-edge sword, analysts said, as government bonds come off a strong rally that last week brought several benchmark yields around the world to record lows and, in some cases, negative levels.
If the "remain" camp wins—as investors appear to expect—a surge in risk appetite could lead investors to dump bonds, leading prices to plummet and yields to spike.
But if the "leave" camp wins, the resulting uncertainty could spark a flight to the perceived safety of government bonds, depressing yields even further and making it even harder for investors to get decent income.
Sovereign bonds "could be the casualty of the status quo as they've been obvious beneficiaries of the U.K.-vote fears," said Peter Boockvar, chief market analyst at The Lindsey Group, in an email Thursday.
Last week's bond rally sent the 10-year Treasury yield TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.32% falling to a nearly four-year low—as investors flocked to government debt amid a global flight to quality fueled by jitters about a potential Brexit, along with central-bank stimulus, and widespread worries about slowing economic growth.
The government bond rally has pushed the yields on over $10 trillion in global bonds below zero, most notably the 10-year German bond yield TMBMKDE-10Y, +6.55% known as the bund, which spent three sessions in negative territory last week for the first time in history. In Switzerland, the yield on the country's 30-year bond turned negative last week for the first time ever.
But over the past few sessions, as expectations that U.K. voters will reject Brexit grew, so-called risk assets like stocks SPX, +0.01% and oil CLQ6, +0.00% rallied, while government bonds have sold off, leading 10-year benchmark yields both in the U.S. and in Europe to spike to a three-week high.
See: What if this relief rally in the stock market is premature?
As the following chart shows the German bund yield has gained nearly 12 basis points in the past week, moving back into positive territory.
That's at least a bit of comfort for yield-seeking investors.
"Imagine if one bought the German 10-year bund last Thursday and now has to pay 2.5 basis points for that privilege per annum for the next 10 years. Today you can receive 10 basis points," Boockvar said.
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(My local newspaper column)
Perhaps the saddest of Anna Nolan's three programmes in the series, "Is there anyone out there?", this third programme looked for people's views on life after death. There were a wide variety of opinions…
"Where to you go after this life?"
"There is no Heaven and no Hell; there is only today and what you make of it."
Another common response was, "A hole in the ground".
Some were adamant, some were wistful, "I hope there's something better". "There's nothing, but I pray that I could see my mum just one more time."
Some displayed all sorts of ideas, "I believe that people who die suddenly need help to pass through to the other side." "I believe that they [the dead] are up there looking out for those left behind." "Your bodily energy changes into something else, some other form of energy and becomes pure."
And then there were the plain honest, "Are you frightened of death?" "Yes, I'm terrified" said a girl in a travel agents. Anna Nolan herself said, "I'm petrified of death."
In the 1960s when most people generally believed in heaven John Lennon penned the song 'Imagine' which has the lines:
"Imagine there's no Heaven, its easy if you try,
no Hell below us above us only sky."
By 1990 we had imagined it; people generally didn't believe in Heaven or Hell. Chris Rea, another song writer, released his album titled "The Road to Hell". In the final song he is being asked by a little girl about all the suffering in life and the purpose to life. Rea's song realises that the utter injustice of this life, along with its brevity points to a time and a place where justice will be done, and where happiness will not be cut short. His plaintive song, as he seeks for answers to his little girl's questions, is entitled, "Tell me there's a Heaven."
There is something in us that cries out for there to be more to life. Someone interviewed on the show said, "There is something too unbearable about just vanishing into nothing, something cries out against it. It feels like such a waste." He is right; each of us has a spark of eternity in us. We were made to live forever; death is only the doorway to more life. We were made for relationship with God; how we relate to him here determines how we relate to him forever.
You might wonder how I'm so sure that there is life after death. A man interviewed on the show said, "I'd like to think there is, but nobody ever will know unless you could speak to someone who has been there, and the likelihood of that happening is pretty small."
He's right; and he's wrong. He's right about the only way to know is if someone came back to tell us that there was a place. He's wrong that no-one ever did.
Jesus said,
"Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father's house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going." (John 14:1-4)
Jesus' death and resurrection proves that there is life after death, and also proves what sort of life it is. It is not reincarnation, for Jesus came back as himself, not anyone or anything else. It isn't some sort of disembodied spiritual existence, for Jesus had a body. Jesus also tells us how we are to make ourselves ready so that we can face death without fear. "Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me." We are to trust him, not ourselves. We are to trust him to save our lives, to save us from the power of sin and the guilt of sin; and not trust in our own efforts.
And if we are relying on Jesus, then we can face death without fear, and like the apostle Paul say,
"Death has been swallowed up in victory.
Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?"
Mark Loughridge is the minister of Milford Reformed Presbyterian Church and Letterkenny New Life Fellowship. He can be contacted on 074 9123961 or firstname.lastname@example.com