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How to download, customize and upload
Crystal Cloud Graphics .zip files of web set templates, page 4
Even if you think your concern is an issue specific part below, be sure that is isn't something you didn't do in another section
It is recommended to read through all the parts..
Part 1: Saving .zip file, opening .zip file and setting up the proper folders to store the files.
Part 2: Editing and customizing template.
Part 3: Creating a page from the customized template.
Part 4. Uploading files for proper viewing.
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Uploading files for proper viewing
65. You've created your web pages and now have to get them out of your computer and onto the Internet. The process to do this is called "uploading" (also sometimes referred to as "publishing"). When you bring a file from the Internet (like the .zip file template) and place it in your computer it is called downloading, when you want to take a file from your computer and place it on the Internet for others to see it is called "uploading." The process to upload files is usually referred to as "FTP" (file transfer protocol").
There are many free FTP programs on the net available. I use WSFTP, but basically all of them do the same thing. NVU and KompoZer have a built in FTP program in them, but I find it more difficult to use. I recommend that you download the free FileZilla program to follow this tutorial, as it is what I used to create it. Again, what program you use to transfer is not the issue, the important thing this part of the tutorial teaches is what to transfer and how to set up the folders and files on the Internet!
66. Before starting, you will need to find out 3 things and have the information readily available. If you don't know the information, your web host can and should provide it to you:
1. Your "FTP" address: It will look something like: ftp.spiritgraphics.net or maybe like this: webblade1.worldispnetwork.com but usually the "ftp." is at the beginning.
2. "Log in": This may be a different log in than what you use to get into other parts of your web host services. Often, a "Log in" will use an email address for instance. That is NEVER used for uploading files in an FTP program. The log in will be ONE word, if you don't know what yours is, ask your web host provider. For our example the "Log in" will be "spiritgr"
3. "Password": This also is usually not something you use with anything else, ideally it is a mix of characters, such as: dl4u! (which is an acronym for "daddy longlegs for you!") which makes it easier to remember. Again, if you do not know what your FTP password is, contact your host provider, they probably have a place where you "set" the password for the site.
67. Down load "FileZilla Client" and install it on your computer.
68. Open FileZilla.
69. Using the Quick Connect bar
To connect to an FTP server, enter the address of the server into the host field of the Quickconnect bar. Enter the port of the server into the port field if it is not the default port (21 for FTP). If a username / password is required, enter it in the corresponding fields. Click on Quickconnect or press Enter on your keyboard to connect to the server.
Please notice that the Quick Connect is for... quick connections - so there is no way to edit the quick connections list which stores the last 10 entries. To store FTP server names you should use the Site Manager, instead. But it is doubtful that you have more than 10 sites or need to do anything fancy, so just use the Quick connect.70. Navigating on the server
After a successful connection attempt, a list of files and folders appears on the right side of the main window. The current folder is listed in the edit field on the top. Below you will see the remote directory tree and below that, the contents of the current remote folder. You will notice a folder called ".." displayed in virtually all directories. This folder allows you to go up to the parent directory of the current folder.
VERY IMPORTANT! If you have folders on the remote side, one called with the name of your site, or "public_html" like this one does, you need to open it because that is where the files will need to go. If you put them elsewhere they will not show to people on the Internet! Click on the little plus sign and the sub folders will appear. Then click the plus sign again for the file so it opens as shown:
71. Navigating on your machine
Navigating on your machine works almost like navigating on the server. The current local folder and the local directory tree are displayed on the left side of the main window by default. You need to locate the file folder that your pages and images are in. Again, just click the "+" sign to open folders and their contents will appear in the window below it.
72. Transferring files
You can upload or download a file by double-clicking on it. It will be added to the transfer queue and the transfer starts automatically. To transfer folders and/or multiple files, highlight them and right-click the selection. Then you can click on Upload/Download in the pop up menu.
IMPORTANT!!! You MUST upload your "images" folder! It doesn't matter if there is one on the remote server or not. The program will simply overwrite the existing one (you will see an overwrite window pop up, just ignore it). The graphics that were in the existing image folder will still be there, the ones you now want to add will be there too!
IF YOU DO NOT DO THIS THE IMAGES WILL NOT APPEAR ON THE NET!Tah dah! Your site is now viewable on the net, go check it out!
74. Some final suggestions now that you have your site up.
1. You may have made a typo in a URL on your site, or as it gets older, sites you have linked to may change their location. Nothing is more frustrating to a visitor than a link that doesn't work. You can check all of the pages of your site and their links with a simple on line link checker that is free and available here:
2. If you still cannot view your website on the net, it maybe a DNS issue. Don't know what that is? Check out my tutorial about FTP and DNS issues that I made for Elysium Gates. It is the web hosting service I provide. Although I used WSFTP for the tutorial, and Elysium Gates as the specific host, the problems you run into and their fixes are fairly universal. If you aren't hosted with me, you will need to find out from your web host what their "named servers" are called so that you can change your DNS. You can read all about it here: http://www.elysiumgates.com/help/ws_ftp.html
3. Check out the sample web site I made to see it live and maybe help you if you can't grasp some of the instructions in earlier sections from the various clipped views. http://spiritgraphics.net
75. Last but certainly not least! It took me about 30 hours to create this tutorial The reward is seeing well built web sites with my templates on the net. But really, I do need to pay bills. So if this tutorial or any of my designs, templates or graphics have helped you, I would very, very, very much appreciate a donation!
Crystal Cloud Graphics is a home based graphic design and drafting firm that has been in business since 1978. It is owned and operated by Kythera Ann. If you would like to commission a specially designed theme or graphic please send an e-mail.
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
Plans for Palm Beach Fashion Outlets
Demolition of the 1960's era Palm Beach Mall should start within about two months as developers plan its replacement with the Palm Beach Fashion Outlets.
Down will go 1.2 million square feet of enclosed, traditional mall that sits off Interstate 95 at Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard. Up will go 1.1 million square feet of outdoor-style mall, West Palm Beach Building Director Doug Wise said. Developers have said they plan to have outlet stores and traditional retailers.
New England Development, a Massachusetts-based real estate firm, partnered with Eastern Real Estate and Lubert-Adler to buy the 80-acre mall in October for $35.5 million.
Tom Carabine, who is working with the city for New England Development, said the design guidelines and master concept plan were submitted to the city Wednesday.
With a hoped for April start, the demolition will be carefully crafted to allow JCPenney and George's Music to remain open, Wise said.
"They've got some challenges to work through, to keep Penney's open, safe," Wise said.
The new configuration — an estimated $150 million project — will bring new life to the neighborhood and jobs, Wise said.
"It's going to be a huge improvement to the neighborhood," Wise said.
No one is identifying the new tenants, but marketing materials used to promote the center at trade shows last year envisioned such premium outlets as Nordstrom Rack, Bloomingdale's Outlet Store and Last Call by Neiman Marcus and such big-box staples as TJ Maxx, Bed Bath & Beyond and the Burlington Coat Factory.
New England Development CEO Stephen Karp said last month that a separate grocery store may be built at the outlet mall as well.
Originally, the new owners looked at renovating the mall, but decided there was too much competition in the enclosed mall market here, Carabine said. The new plans show an outlet center in one large block in the middle of the property with another row of stores lined up on the I-95 perimeter of the property.
Both JCPenney and George's Music are slated to move to the interstate side. Firestone is also staying at the mall.
"JCPenney wants to move into a new store before they give us back the old store," Carabine said. "They're not going to close at all."
The six phases outlined in preliminary site plans given to the city indicate the central block and replacement stores will be built first. Once JCPenney and George's move, then that portion will be torn down and more stores built along I-95.
Construction would start this fall, with those first stores opening in fall 2013, if the timeline holds.
"It's pretty aggressive," Carabine said.
So far, testing for hazards has found asbestos in "little bits, which you would expect to find in a mall this old," he said. The asbestos will be abated before the demolition.
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I love it when restauranteurs take a chance—bringing something truly new to New York, rather than just copying what everyone else is doing.
But there is a line between risk-taking and recklessness, and I almost wonder if the owners of Ilili have crossed it. The massive 5,000-square-foot space accommodates 330 people in multiple bars and dining rooms on two levels. The high-rent neighborhood (Fifth Avenue between 27th and 28th Streets) is dead to evening foot traffic, and Lebanese cuisine has never been especially popular in New York.
It won't be easy to keep all of those seats occupied. Shortly after it opened in late 2007, Steve Cuozzo of the Post filed a blistering review. They were apparently busy enough that they couldn't be bothered to give Cuozzo a walk-in table. The Sun's Paul Adams enjoyed himself, mainly because he didn't expect much.
An Eater deathwatch may be premature, but on a Friday night in January we found it dead at 6:30 p.m., and only around half-full by the time we left, around 8:00. That's not good enough. The high-concept design didn't come cheap, and the owners surely have a huge investment to recoup.
I haven't figured out what the name means, but it has attracted its share of ridicule. Eater.com readers voted it the worst name of Fall 2007, beating out Bobo, Kurve, and Say.
Bread service
The menu is a mixture of small and medium-sized "tapas-style" plates in various categories, without the usual appetizer–entrée distinction. There is no clue or suggestion about how much to order, which leaves the guest vulnerable to up-selling—which apparently has been a problem at Ilili. However, we must have had one of the more honest servers: when we chose four dishes to share (which turned out to be plenty), he didn't try to talk us into a fifth.
Fried Brussels Sprouts
Chef Philippe Massoud comes to New York from Washington, D.C., where he served Mediterranean fare at Nayla. The cuisine is nominally Lebanese, but alongside traditional dishes, like shish kebab and falafel, are ingredients probably not common in Beirut, like foie gras and Kobe beef.
The bread service, which the server called an amuse-bouche, consisted of spicy thin crackers with olives. I loved the goat cheese yogurt spread, but the crackers were over-seasoned.
Our server suggested fried Brussels sprouts ($12), with grapes, a fig puree, walnuts and mint. It is a justly popular dish, but as it came out almost instantly, I strongly suspect it was pre-made, and waiting under a heat lamp. The Brussels sprouts were not quite warm enough.
Our remaining three dishes were delivered all at once. Manti, or Lebanese Pasta ($14; above left), was the best of the lot, with a nice balance of beef, lamb, mint, and yogurt. Mekanek, or Lamb Sausage ($13; above right) was lightly sautéed in olive oil and lemon, but it didn't have a very lamb-y taste.
The Mixed Grill ($20) offered a Kafta (spiced ground beef with parsley and onion), chicken kebab and beef kebob. With thought it peculiar that the chicken and beef were sliced in threes, on a plate clearly designed for sharing. The beef kebab was the best in this grouping, as the cubes of meat were tender, rare, and not at all over-cooked.
The wine list was over-priced in relation to the rest of the menu, with few bottles below $50. Several Lebanese wines are offered, but we weren't feeling that adventurous, so we settled on a Crozes-Hermitage right at $50.
Service was generally competent. We appreciated the server's sensible ordering advice. But we weren't as happy to have dessert plates dropped suggestively on our table before we'd indicated whether we wanted any (which we didn't).
If Ilili isn't quite hitting its stride, one can nevertheless put together an enjoyable meal here, and the prices (except for alcohol) are reasonable.
Ilili (236 Fifth Avenue between 27th & 28th Streets, Flatiron District)
Food: *
Service: *
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We all know it needs to happen… You need to study for that upcoming exam. But we also know that you don't want to. There are a thousand other things you would rather be doing. You could be planning for spring break, hitting the gym, walking the dog, or even watching paint dry. You would literally rather be doing anything.
Unfortunately, usually exams do take up a portion of your grade that actually matters. So here's five things that you should avoid when you have an upcoming exam.
- Over-caffeinating: Don't rely solely on that Starbucks or Kickstart. Drinking too much caffeine can make you feel physically sick. It also can make you distracted. So don't drink more caffeine than you normally do.
- Junk food: Put down the Dominos and Doritos. Remember to stock up on healthy snacks when you start studying for hours on end. Instead of grabbing a bag of chips, grab some fruits, veggies, or pretzels.
- All-nighters and cramming: Don't lose too much sleep. While you want to be as prepared as possible, spending too much time looking at course material before an exam may cause an overload and make you second guess yourself. Make sure to get enough sleep by managing your time and anxiety.
- Over-socialization: Studying with your best friend or significant other may seem like a great way to compromise your time, but chances are you'll get distracted. Don't go out until after all of your exams are completed and papers submitted. Likewise, don't join study groups with under-motivated people.
- Netflix, Hulu, etc.: Just block the website and get rid of the app.
You don't need to make yourself miserable over those upcoming exams, next time you're on campus check out resources around campus that can help provide you with study tips. Also check out physical and mental health services on campus.
To get organized for all of those papers and presentations that you have coming up, make an appointment with our Business Communications Office.
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Traditional Tuscan barn conversion, beautiful views, Volterra, Tuscany
This charming and traditional barn is set on a hill-top position, taking advantage of the surrounding rolling Tuscan countryside. It has 3 bedrooms and measures 170 sqm, it was completely renovated about 20 years ago and is in perfect condition. An annexed plot of land of approx. 2,500 sqm contains olive and fruit trees. The property is located just a few kilometres from the centre of Volterra and is easily accessible from the main road. Florence and Siena are 70 km away, the Coast is roughly 50 km and Pisa International Airport is 50 minutes by car.
The external stonework is beautifully kept. A lovely loggia of 25sqm sits just in front of the entrance and is a beautiful place to sit and enjoy the scenery.
The ground floor covers 103 sqm and consists of a large living room with an open fireplace, the kitchen is fully fitted, spacious and open plan, separated by an archway into the living room. A hallway, master bedroom, single bedroom and bathroom finish the ground floor layout. From the living room a staircase leads to the attic measuring 67 sqm, with good high ceilings, it is finished to the same standard as the rest of the house and can be used as an additional bedroom, and an existing closet that can be easily turned into a bathroom.
There is central heating with the possibility to use Lpg gas or the fireplace in the living room. At the new owner's discretion, it is possible to build a swimming pool.
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Rodney has been a distance runner since junior high. He graduated from Fort Collins High School in Fort Collins, Colorado and earned his Bachelor's degree from Idaho State University where he was also a cross country, indoor, and outdoor track athlete. He completed both his Master's Degree in Exercise Physiology and Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Nutritional Sciences from Colorado State University.
Rod's former professional experience includes coaching high school Boys and Girls Track (Poudre School District, Fort Collins, Colorado), and collegiate Mens and Womens Cross Country, Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, and Marathon (College of Southern Idaho). He also conducted research in nutrition in the Colorado State University Veterinary Medicine Program where he primarily investigated dietary omega-3 fatty acids and the effect they have on chronic disease in companion animals.
Rod has been a professor at Weber State University since 2004. He teaches nutrition and his research interests have included biomechanical analysis of barefoot running in elite runners and nutrient intervention to address muscle soreness in older runners. He is married to Julie Hansen.
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- March 1, 2018
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The TCA 2018 Annual Dinner is Thursday March 1st from 6-9pm, doors open at 5:30p.
We've got some great keynote speakers for you including COX SVP. of Supply Management George Richter. He is responsible for developing, implementing and executing an end-to-end supply chain strategy encompassing Supplier Diversity, Strategic Sourcing, Demand Planning, Forward & Reverse Logistics, CPE Testing & Repair, Warehouse Management, Purchasing and Inventory Management, in order to deliver best in class performance and to leverage Supply Chain as a competitive advantage for Cox.
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Inductive Versus Deductive Parenting
There are two types of strategies typically used for problem-solving. One is inductive reasoning. That is where you look at a collection of facts and circumstances and then make an educated guess, or induce, what is likely to happen. The other is deductive reasoning. That is where you look at the end result and then figure out, or deduce, how it came about. While the former method is occasionally effective, the latter almost always guarantees the right solution.
Regrettably, when it comes to promoting their child's future success in school, many parents go with inductive reasoning. They come to the seemingly sensible conclusion that if their young child is to do well in first grade and beyond, she should be engaging in highly structured academically-oriented activities as early as possible.
However, if they were to pursue deductive reasoning, they would realize that the children who are excelling in school are actually spending their early years in play-based programs. There is overwhelming research evidence from the National Association for the Education of Young Children, from the Harvard Preschool Project, and numerous other sources indicating that while young children who engage in highly structured academically-oriented activities are "trained" to perform some superficially impressive behaviors, it is the young children who are truly "educated" through fun, fascinating, free-form activities who develop the broad concepts, general skills, and love of learning that allow them to succeed in school later on.
When an early childhood education expert says something like this, to a parent's ear it may sound like he is saying, "Throw away the broccoli and carrots. What your child needs are Twinkies and hot fudge sundaes." And it is hard to imagine that your neighbor's child who is producing Mozart sonatas on a little violin and reciting Shakespeare sonnets with perfect diction isn't racing ahead while your child is wasting so much time just "playing around" at Romp n' Roll. But if you abandon iffy assumptions and go with hard facts, you can rest assured that enrolling your child in Romp n' Roll is really the way to go.


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This dish is filling enough to stand on its own as a light meal, or it makes a beautiful side dish to your Italian meal. Walnuts, spinach, tomatoes and onions make it light and fresh, perfect for spring and summer.
Italian Asparagus Salad With Rice Recipe
Combine cheese and bread crumbs in a medium bowl. Coat each chicken breast with bread crumb mixture. Heat olive oil in skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Add chicken; cook and stir about 5 minutes, or until brown.
In large bowl, combine chicken, spinach, rice, asparagus, tomatoes, onion, walnuts and basil; toss well. Just before serving, pour dressing over salad and toss to coat. Yields 6 servings.


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Large, pure white flowers with complementary delicate yellow stamens are among the earliest Clematis blooms to appear. Plant against a dark background or allow to grow through dark-leaved plants such as Diabolo Ninebark for best effect.
A beautiful vine prized for its very fragrant, star-shaped, white flowers. Plant near a patio, terrace or entry where the fragrance can be enjoyed. In frost-free areas, train on posts, walls or trellises, or allow to trail along as a groundcover. A superb summer container plant for colder regions; evergreen in warmer regions.
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Archive For April 2018
Yallah Coffee Cornwall
I came across Yallah Coffee the week before I was due to travel to Cornwall, where Yallah are based, and in a wonderful piece of synchronicity they are located just a few miles from where we were going to be staying. A couple of emails later and Rich had kindly agreed to meet me, and let Continue Reading
The Perfect Coffee Travel Kit
Unless you are travelling to a cultured city or town, where finding great coffee shops is all part of the fun, getting good coffee whilst travelling can be a challenge. Here's my solution to this travel challenge: Porlex Mini grinder – amazing little hand grinder, all stainless construction means it will withstand even the most Continue Reading
A Film About Coffee
A fascinating documentary exploring the world of speciality coffee. A Film About Coffee is beautifully shot, featuring coffee production in Honduras and Rwanda, coffee is grown is stunning locations. It was heartening to see Direct Trade in action, where a coffee company works directly with farms and producers, paying in advance and significantly above market rate to Continue Reading
The Philosophy of Coffee
The Philosophy of Coffee – it's a intriguing title, it caught my eye after all, but if truth be told this book covers the history not the philosophy of coffee. Having said that, it's a great little book that gives a fascinating insight into coffee's journey from Ethiopia via Yemen, London, Italy and America to become Continue Reading
Synth Geek
Last month my son and I headed to Birmingham for The Seventh Wave Festival of Electronic Music. Originally were going to attend An Afternoon With Wolfgang Flur, one of the original members of Kraftwerk, but it turned into a full day of Synth Geekery. Midlands Modular Meet This was a late addition to the programme, Continue Reading
Another Escape
Over the last few years there has been a resurgence in printed journals and magazines. Not mass market, mass media publications, but independent, high-quality curated works created by passionate people. Another Escape is a wonderful example – well written, with fabulous photography and beautifully designed and typeset. The latest issue is curated around the theme Continue Reading
Underworld – Brilliant Yes That Would Be
For a while the hints have been there on Instagram, but we can now rejoice – new music from Underworld. I would have loved to see Underworld in Reykjavik; Iceland is on my 'places to visit' list, and to see Karl and Rick there would have been quite something. I love this track, restrained yet with Continue Reading


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About Transit Monitoring
Q: What is an intercept?
A: Our transit monitoring strategy focuses on identifying and assisting victims of trafficking while they are being transported and before they reach the destination where they will be exploited. We "intercept" someone when we have good reason to believe that they are in the process of being trafficked or at high risk of being trafficked. We then intervene to educate the person about the dangers of trafficking, to raise awareness about ways that they can safely seek employment abroad, and to help them to return home.
Q: What do you look for when making a determination that someone is being trafficked?
A: We have developed a "Questioning Protocol" that includes a list of visual red flags we look for to identify a potential victim as well as a line of questioning designed to determine if trafficking is taking place. Each staff member is trained to identify, question, and assist potential victims. Some red flags include:
- A group of people traveling together who appear to be strangers.
- Someone who appears to be drugged or confused.
- Someone traveling overseas for work, but the employer's phone number is fake or the promised salary is unrealistically high.
- Someone traveling overseas who appears too impoverished to afford an international flight and whose travel was paid for by someone else.
- Someone who has been offered a job that's "too good to be true."
Q: How do potential victims react when they are told they are possibly being trafficked?
A: They often express disbelief at first and do not want to believe that it is happening to them, but after some education and time spent in conversation with our staff, they often gain an understanding of the risks involved and, in the end, are very thankful for our work.
Q: Where do the intercepted victims go after they are intercepted?
A: Most often, they are able to go home after being intercepted. Because we intervene before potential exploitation occurs, they are generally not in need of extensive counseling or care but simply a thorough understanding and awareness about human trafficking and safe migration. We coordinate for most potential victims to head home the very same day. At times, they will stay at a shelter if they are not able to return home or if, based on our home situation assessment, it is not safe to send them back home. In those rare cases, we partner with a longer-term aftercare organization.
Q: How do you know a potential victim is not going to be trafficked again?
A: We educate potential victims about the dangers of trafficking and very seldom intercept the same person twice.
Q: How do you know a potential victim is not going back to the same bad situation?
A: We do an assessment of each potential victim's home situation and send her home only if she has a safe place to go to and there is no reason to believe that the family was knowingly involved in the suspected trafficking situation.
Q: Is there any follow-up with the potential victims after they are intercepted?
A: We conduct "post-intercept calls" one to six months after they have been intercepted in order to follow up on how they are doing and to determine if they need further assistance. However, it can be difficult to get in touch with past victims after the intercept.
Q: What happens to the potential victims who decide to continue with their travel plans, even after they are warned about the risks?
A: It is difficult to know exactly, but we provide them with phone numbers of organizations that they can call for assistance should they need it in the future.
Q: Do potential victims understand what trafficking is?
A: Some may have heard of the term or have a basic understanding of the concept, but many may not be able to recognize when it is happening to them because often they are being recruited by a relative, friend, or someone in their community where there is some level of trust.
Q: Why are potential victims vulnerable to being trafficked?
A: Many potential victims are vulnerable because they are living in poverty and lack opportunities at home, so they are desperate to seek employment opportunities elsewhere, including urban areas and overseas. They may be naive about the opportunities that would be available and lack the resources or awareness to identify whether an opportunity is legitimate or a front for trafficking.
Q: What happens to the person suspected of trafficking the victim?
A: If there is clear evidence of trafficking, our justice operations team get involved. If we are successful, the suspected trafficker will be taken into custody and prosecuted. However, there are many obstacles that stand between an intercept and conviction. Traffickers will often threaten the victim or their parents. The traffickers may bribe the victim to withdraw the case. Or the victim might just be afraid of the impact that pursuing a conviction would have on her reputation.
Q: Are suspected traffickers men or women?
A: Both.
Q: What gives you the authority to stop a potential victim/suspected trafficker who is traveling across a border?
A: We do not have official authority to prevent travel of potential victims, and we do not attempt to forcibly prevent someone from traveling. Although we don't have the legal authority to prevent a girl from traveling, we work in partnership with authorities. If they conclude that the potential victim really is being trafficked, they will send the them home and prevent them from going on. If authorities don't believe the potential victim is being trafficked, then we educate that person of the risks involved and may try to convince them so they decide to go home. When a suspected trafficker is present or there is clear evidence of trafficking, we involve local law enforcement, which has the authority to prevent travel.
Q: Is it dangerous to do this work along borders or at transit monitoring areas?
A: Human trafficking is, by its very nature, a violent crime, and the networks that engage in it tend to use violence—especially against those they see as a threat to their livelihood. Our staff are regularly threatened by traffickers. However, we take the safety of our staff very seriously, as indicated by our Standard of Security:
We must work to ensure a level of security that we would find acceptable for ourselves and loved ones.
By applying this standard, through training, preparation, and cooperation with local authorities, we are able to keep our staff safe, and none have been seriously injured in the line of duty.
Q: Do you intercept only women and girls?
A: We intercept both female and male potential victims. The majority of those we intercept are young girls and women who are possibly being trafficked for sexual exploitation. Some young girls are potentially being trafficked for forced labor. The young boys we have intercepted are most likely being trafficked for labor, for work in circuses, or for body parts.
Q: Why do you focus on intercepting potential victims instead of rescuing them?
A: There are two main reasons. First, by intercepting potential victims before they cross the border into another country, we are able to save them from reaching the destination where they may be hidden and subjected to trauma and exploitation. Even after rescue, the rehabilitation process for a trafficking survivor is often a long and difficult one. Therefore, our strategy focuses on actively preventing trafficking—and the resulting trauma—to keep potential victims from being exploited in the first place. Second, the cost to intercept a potential victim is a lot lower whereas the cost to rescue and rehabilitate a victim could be in the thousands. The point of this calculus is not to place a price on freedom, but to employ a strategy that can make a broader impact given limited resources. Even so, no child or adult should ever have to endure a life of slavery, and we support and partner with ministries that focus on rescues.
Q: How many potential victims are intercepted each month?
A: In South Africa, we intercept anything from 15 – 30 victims per month.
Q: What efforts are being made to educate the most vulnerable about the issue of trafficking?
A: With every potential victim we intercept, we prioritize educating them about the dangers of trafficking. We believe that this approach to awareness is very targeted and effective because it is educating someone that we believe was actually being trafficked or heading into a high-risk situation.
Q: What's the average age of a potential victim who is intercepted?
A: According to studies, the average age of a victim of transnational trafficking is between 15-16 years old. The average age of the potential victims we currently intercept in South Africa is approximately 19-26 years old. However, we have intercepted girls and boys as young as 6 years old.
Q: How many transit monitoring stations do you operate, and where are they located?
A: We currently have one transit monitoring station in Johannesburg but we are planning on expanding to Cape Town, Durban and and other land border sites in 2018.
Q: How much does it cost to intercept a potential victim?
Q: Where and when is the gospel presented?
A: At Love Justice, our mission is "to proclaim the love of Jesus Christ by fighting the world's greatest injustices." We believe that a significant part of sharing the gospel involves love-in-action, which is never idle in the face of people's sufferings. It is for this, and in obedience to Christ, that we serve "the least of these" whom Jesus calls us to help. We also share the gospel with every person we intercept, though none of the services we provide are contingent on a person's response. Most of the women, men and children we intercept have never heard the gospel.
About Getting Involved
Q: An estimated 21-30 million people are enslaved in the world today. That is an overwhelming number, and I am just one person. Can I really make a difference?
A: The numbers are indeed staggering and can be numbing. But it is important to remember that the number represents people, each of whom is unfathomably precious. If we can save just one, that would be incredibly worthwhile. Just imagine the lengths you would go to if it were one of your loved ones! It costs us a fair amount to intercept one trafficking victim, so yes, you really can make a difference!
Q: How can I help?
A: You can help by praying, volunteering and fundraising by becoming a Love Justice Ambassador or by joining our monthly giving community.


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Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Icebreaker game
Here are some pics of a game we played with the girls at the Girl's Home while on fieldwork. This is a game we made up to keep the girls occupied and give them something to laugh about, despite their circumstances.
In this game, everyone sits around a table with a blank piece of paper and a marker or crayon. The leader yells 'Go!' and everyone starts drawing a picture. It can be any picture of their choosing--a house, a flower, a cross, food, a face, etc. After 10 seconds, the leader yells 'Switch' and everyone gives their paper to the person to their right (or left) who then adds to the drawing. After another 10 seconds you switch again and the third person adds to the drawing. This continues until the owner receives their drawing.
This is a fun game because when you receive your drawing it's interesting to see what the others in the group have added to it. Sometimes the pictures are drawn very well, sometimes they are silly and other times they are nonsensical. But it's great to talk and laugh about what others have added to the drawings.
Although we played this game with teens, I think this would be a great game to play with kids.The excitement doesn't last very long (one of the girls said 'ok, this is getting boring' after about 3 rounds), but it's a lot of fun while you're playing and it's a great icebreaker.
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The Dublin Jerome High School hockey team will enter the toughest stretch of its Capital Hockey Conference schedule this weekend.
The Dublin Jerome High School hockey team will enter the toughest stretch of its Capital Hockey Conference schedule this weekend.
The Celtics face Dublin Coffman on Friday, Jan. 27, Cincinnati Moeller on Saturday, Jan. 28, and Olentangy Liberty on Sunday, Jan. 29, with all three games being held at Chiller Dublin.
Coach Pat Murphy said how well the Celtics fare this weekend could make or break their chances of winning the CHC-Red Division. Jerome is first in the CHC-Red at 9-1-1-1 (20 points), ahead of Olentangy Liberty (8-2, 16), Moeller (7-2-0-2, 16), Coffman (7-4-1, 15) and St. Charles (7-6, 14).
"We have three big games in a row against competitive teams and we're going to have to play well to have a chance to win each of these games," Murphy said. "Our league is winding down and all of the teams are bunched close together in the standings. If we play well and get good results, we'll be in the driver's seat. If we don't play well and don't earn many points this weekend, we could fall out of first pretty quickly."
Jerome is 1-0-1 against Coffman this season, winning 5-3 on Nov. 27 and playing to a 1-all tie in a league game Jan. 22.
The Celtics outshot the Shamrocks 40-19 in the latter contest, but fell behind in the first period when Coffman forward Gunner Gruehl scored.
Joe Davison tied the game at 1 with a short-handed goal early in the third period, but Coffman goaltender Kyle Burich made several of his 39 saves in the third period and overtime to keep the score tied.
"I don't think I'd change a whole lot about how we played against Coffman this last time, other than to shore up some defensive mistakes that gave them some odd-man rushes," Murphy said.
"We outshot Coffman by 20-some shots and we had some unbelievable chances. Give Burich credit because he made some good saves, but missing scoring chances has been our issue for most of this season, and we're working hard to change that."
Jerome is 2-1 against Liberty this season, winning 5-3 on Dec. 11 and losing 3-0 on Jan. 16 in non-league games and winning 4-2 in a CHC game on Jan. 21.
"Beating Liberty for those two league points was big," Murphy said. "It was a very even game, where they outshot us 30-28. We won because our goalie (Wes Faulkenberry) outplayed their goalie (Eddie Arcy). I wouldn't change much about how we played Liberty. We just need to continue to play hard in all three zones and to be responsible with the puck."
The Celtics are 1-0 against Moeller this season, winning 4-3 in overtime in a league game on Jan. 6. Jeff Davison and Alex Cathis each had a goal and an assist, Matt Burke and Jake Burns each had a goal and Lucas Brush had two assists.
"Moeller's got a very good team, too," Murphy said. "We're going to try to get all four of our (forward) lines going to wear these teams down. Our goaltending has been terrific and we'll need our defense to continue to play well. If we can finish our scoring chances, I like our chances of being successful this weekend."
•Having started 1-9 in league play, Scioto is well out of the race for the CHC-Blue championship.
But considering the Irish are 11-11-1 overall, coach Chad Ellis said they still have plenty of reasons to remain motivated.
Scioto has league games against Watterson on Friday, Jan. 27, at Chiller Easton, Worthington Kilbourne on Saturday, Jan. 28, at Chiller Dublin and DeSales on Sunday, Jan. 29, at Chiller Easton. In earlier league games, the Irish beat Watterson 5-1 on Jan. 20, but lost to DeSales 6-0 on Jan. 18 and lost to Kilbourne 3-1 on Jan. 21.
"We've got double-digit wins for the first time since (going 12-15-3 during) the 2006-07 season and we're trying to win more games than we won that year," Ellis said.
"We're also trying to become the first Dublin Scioto team to finish above .500, which would be a huge accomplishment for our program. All three of these games are within our reach. We just need to play like we did in Toledo."
Scioto went 4-0 to win the MLK tournament held Jan. 13-15 at Toledo Ice House.
The Irish opened with a 3-2 shootout victory over Cincinnati Elder on Jan. 13. The shootout required six extra rounds to be completed after the score was tied at 1 after three rounds.
In the shootout, goalie Chris Beatty gave up only two goals against nine shooters and Fletcher Wentworth scored the deciding goal in the ninth round.
The next day, Scioto beat Perrysburg 4-3 in a shootout, as Grant Noppenberger scored three goals during regulation and Zach Vallette scored the only goal in the shootout. Goalie Christian Rice had 45 saves during regulation and stopped all three shooters in the shootout.
Later that evening, the Irish beat Toledo Ottawa Hills 6-3, as defenseman Scott Carter scored three goals and Beatty had 38 saves.
In the championship game on Jan. 15, Scioto defeated Perrysburg 4-2, as Noppenberger, Vallette, Reece Harter and Tyler Smoot each had a goal and Beatty had 28 saves.
"We played some of our best hockey of the year there, and that was definitely the highlight of our season thus far," Ellis said. "Our guys showed a lot of heart to win those shootouts the way they did, and it was nice to bring home a championship trophy."


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BLACK BRITISH HISTORY Black Influences on British Culture (1948 to 2016)
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BLACK BRITISH HISTORY: BLACK INFLUENCES ON BRITISH CULTURE (1948 TO 2016) is aimed at parents and teachers who would like solid information to teach their children Modern Black British History, and to exercise the historical skills required by the National Curriculum.
It is an engaging, well-researched and comprehensive text that you can buy on Friday and put to work on Monday. The book is subtitled 32 HOURS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIAL FOR PARENTS, GUARDIANS, AND TEACHERS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. The classes follow chronologically from 1948 to 2016 dealing with politics and culture, and the role Black British people played.
The book contains a Picture Appendix and a discussion of Black History in the most recent update to the English National Curriculum. The material is designed for children at Key Stage 3 Level (young people aged 11 to 14). The lessons can work with slightly older or younger people.


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If you have just had a party in your room, chances are there will be a lot of cleaning up to do afterwards. Most people do not want to clean up the same night after a party. Usually it is left until the next day. In this article, we will have a look at how to clean your room after party.
Follow the steps we have given and your room will be sparkling clean in no time.
1. Throw Away Rubbish, Smelly Food Items And Disposable Cups.
Before you go to bed, it is best throw out rubbish, smelly food items, disposable cups and plates. This is so that your place will not be left smelly the next day. This will also help you to avoid any nasty creatures from getting into these things while you are sleeping. Remove the stains before they set in should be done before bed to. This way they will not be sticky and hard to remove the next day.
2. Be As Calm As You Can.
If you are in a grumpy mood, then you can be sure that nothing will be cleaned up. If you have a headache, take a tablet and calm your nerves. Listen to some music that will help you to relax while you get on with the cleaning.
3. Wear Gloves.
Never start your cleaning without wearing gloves. Gloves are a must when it comes to cleaning up after parties. Why? Because there will be times when you don't know what you are picking up. You may also not know what is in whatever it is you are picking up.
4. Use Garbage Bags.
Garbage bags should be used for all rubbish. Bottles and cans should be put into the recycling bin.
5. Take All Dishes To The Kitchen.
Take all of the dishes to the kitchen so they can be washed.
6. Vacuum Carpet And Rugs.
Once you have removed everything from the floor, the next thing to do is the vacuuming. Before you vacuum, remember to pick up nuts, coins and other objects that may harm the vacuum cleaner when in use.
7. Look For Problem Areas.
Always have a good look around for any problem areas, recommends simple answers for students platform. These might include stains or burns to the carpet. Stains should be given some attention as soon as possible. Carpet burns may need you to cut the area of the carpet up. This is best left to a carpet professional.
8. Have A Look Through Your Electronics.
Have a thorough look through your electronics to make sure nothing has been misplaced or stolen.
9. Get Stuck Into The Kitchen.
Once your room has been done, the next room to start cleaning is the kitchen. Wash any dirty dishes you have or put them into your dishwasher to be cleaned. Remove all rubbish out of the kitchen as soon as you can.
10. Look For Signs Of Disturbance In Your Room.
Always look for signs of disturbance in your room. If you suspect someone has slept on your bed, then you will need to remove the sheets and wash them as soon as possible. Use fresh sheets to make your bed all clean again.
This article was prepared by StudyFaq Community.
February 13, 2017


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Welcome to Thai Tamarind. Welcome to authentic Thai food.
"Ma-kin Lea Ma-Pen Khrob-Khraw" Translation "Come eat and become family".
Home in Thailand when I was young, my Grandmother would share our family's ancient Thai recipes with me in her Bangkok kitchen. Yai (grandma) always preached "Use the Best ingredients and take time to prepare and cook each meal with Love". Thai Tamarind is dedicated to continue our family's dining tradition to each and every customer. Chef Jaroen ''Ken'' Head Chef and owner. …Best New Restaurant in The 'Burg! …Cozy, Comfy, Delicious! YELP Reviews Fall 2015
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One great modern consistency from our sports institutions is their ability to look problems square in the eyes … and do nothing.
For several consecutive seasons, MLB has been confronted with radical shift-ism in response to dead-pull hitters. Thus, like summer-camp volleyball, everyone rotates — third basemen become shortstops, shortstops become second basemen, second basemen play short right.
What to do, what to do? In an age of "the game has changed," it has been suggested widely and sincerely that MLB change the game to ban, or at least limit, the extreme shift; do something to control this scourge.
But given that we're into the early days of yet another season of this blight, how is it that consecutive spring trainings were conducted without teams trying — trying, as in doing their very best — to cure this plague by training their pull hitters — professionals, among the best batters in the world — to at least lightly slap the ball in the opposite direction?
Or, while on the subject of radicalism, why not defeat the shift with a mere bunt away from it? Presto! — the game is tied, the lead is taken or the game is won. Think how fast and far news of such a bunt would travel!
Yet pull hitters, especially late in tight games, still flex their home run swings, when a nudge to the third base side would do the trick. Are they all one-trick ponies?
Such game-winning preparations can't be conducted — drilled — throughout spring training? During spring training games wouldn't opponents note what's up, thus de-escalating their radical shifts, allowing pull hitters to again maximum their success as pull hitters?
Why even suggest the mandated elimination of defensive strategies when they can be combatted with alternative, smart-baseball counter-strategies? Not fighting the shift, applied to more serious matters, is like a field military commander being told he no longer is allowed to attack with flanking maneuvers; he always must attack straight ahead.
Near the end of Wednesday's Rays-Yankees game on YES, Michael Kay suggested outfield replacements for Brett Gardner, who had left the game after a full-body blast collision at first base.
Kay mentioned Matt Holliday, now primarily a 37-year-old designated hitter, once played the outfield. But, Kay added, throughout spring training, "He did not play one single out in the field."
There are several ways to look at that, none of them, as a matter of preseason preparation, particularly foresighted.
Sergio owes thanks to odd person for Masters win
The Masters and The Master: First, it is astonishing how the people at Augusta National train those birds to cease chirping the moment players are about to attempt important putts.
Also, winner Sergio Garcia failed to give full credit to whom it was due. The moment Mike Francesa declared Garcia had no chance to win this Masters, he not only won the Masters but his first major in 74 tries.
Only Francesa could have done that for Garcia, but the ingrate didn't utter a word of thanks.
Francesa's superior knowledge of golf is on par with his astounding knowledge of everything else. Two years ago, he declared that Adam Scott doesn't have the kind of game to win the Masters — ignorant of the fact that Scott, two years prior, had won it.
This week, Francesa told a caller who said there was a time when the Yankees drew flies to their home opener that he was all wet. Francesa told the man that as a longtime Yankees follower, he knew much better; the Yankees always sold out.
From 1967-70, the Yankees' home opener, in order, drew 14,375, 16,744, 13,899 and 21,319. Guess Francesa didn't notice from his front-row seat.
Wednesday, he interrupted a caller to puff, "You're not going to see [Michael] Conforto lead off — ever."
That night in Philadelphia, "Leading off for the Mets, Michael Conforto."
Wrigley Field, the last bastion of day baseball, held its home opener/World Series championship flag-raising Monday — at night, on ESPN's orders and Rob "Sgt. Schultz" Manfred's guardianship.
The game, against the Dodgers, was delayed two hours by rain, then was played in 3 hours, 40 minutes and in near-arctic conditions, ending at 12:46 a.m. in Chicago, 1:46 here.
Reader Scott Scovin: "Either it's very cold in Chicago, or a couple of Dodgers plan on robbing a bank during the seventh-inning stretch."
Among our five area winter pro teams, the Nets and Knicks had to finish in the top eight of 15 conference teams to make the playoffs; the Rangers, Islanders and Devils had to finish in the top eight of 16 in theirs. But only one in five made the top eight, hard to do.
This is the third straight season that NYC hasn't had a team in the NBA playoffs. For three consecutive years, neither could finish as high as eighth among 15. Again, not easily done.
Fine dining at ballpark
Buy me some peanuts and caviar …
Remember when ballparks were built as places from which to watch ballgames?
The Mets have an in-stadium restaurant, The Porsche Grille, in which customers can purchase from a variety of appetizers, including the Marinated Mushroom Salad, for — I kid you not — $43. Entrees include "Rotisserie Chicken — $57," "Smokehouse BBQ Ribs — $60," and the $60 "Berkshire Pork Chop." Too pricey? Then may we suggest the "Miracle Mets Cheeseburger" for just $53.
And don't forget: "Premium Tier Seating is an additional $10."
As for Yankees fans, April 28, for the first 18,000 "guests," is "MetLife Fleece Night" — in addition to the usual fleecing, but not to be confused with "Randy Levine Chisel Nights"
We should be grateful ESPN's shot-callers didn't choose to become airline pilots. ESPN baseball games, based on score and inning, now give teams' chance-to-win percentage. This info — apparently derived from past, irrelevant games — serves to remind us that ESPN does to sports what babies do to chocolate pudding.
When the Mets change pitchers, "The call to the bullpen," as noted by Howie Rose or Josh Lewin, is sponsored. Next, commercials for three other products are heard. Finally, Rose or Lewin add that the pitching change was "brought to you by" a fifth sponsor.
Final memo to MSG Network: The "Defining Moments" episode that includes Rocky Marciano's 1951 fight at The Garden, was against Joe Louis, not Joe "Lewis." Brings to mind TBS' Tigers-Yankees 2012 playoff telecast, when a graphic identified Willie "Mayes."
Odd sight during Wednesday's Rays-Yankees game: A close call at first went replay-review unchallenged.


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Spirit — which boasts of ultra-low fares combined with fees for bags, beverages and almost everything else — brings its no-frills approach to flying to Cleveland, starting January 15.
"Today's announcement further establishes CLE as the preferred low fare airport in the region," said Airport Director Ricky Smith. "We thank Spirit Airlines for choosing Northeast Ohio, specifically CLE, as their newest airport market."
On Jan. 15, Spirit will start flying to popular Florida cities Orlando, Tampa and Fort Myers; Fort Lauderdale joins the lineup on Feb. 5, along with Dallas/Fort Worth and Las Vegas. Flights commence April 16 to Los Angeles and Myrtle Beach.
Myrtle Beach is the only city not currently accessible via nonstop service from Cleveland.
These new Spirit flights bring to 25 the total number of routes added in the eight months since United Airlines announced plans to pull its hub from Cleveland Hopkins. In that same announcement, United said it would cancel nonstop service to 40 cities.
In recent months, Denver-based Frontier Airlines, another low-cost carrier, has been on an expansion spree in Cleveland, adding routes to Phoenix, Las Vegas and several cities in Florida.
Wednesday's announcement from Spirit intensifies the competition in the skies above Northeast Ohio.
Mark Kopczak, vice president of network planning for Spirit, said the airline has been looking at Cleveland since long before United announced its pull back.
"It's a multi-year process," he said. "These airplanes are expensive. We don't make quick, rash decisions."
He added, "Even with United in the market, we saw an opportunity in Cleveland."
The United cuts, however, may have accelerated the airline's decision making.
The airline – which started as a charter service in Detroit in the early 1990s and moved its headquarters to Fort Lauderdale in 1999 – has been on an expansion spree of late, adding both airplanes and destinations, including new service in Kansas City, and new routes in Chicago, Minneapolis and elsewhere earlier this year. With Cleveland, the airline now services 57 destinations in the United States, the Caribbean and South America.
Last week, the airline made headlines when it announced plans to paint its 57 planes a hard-to-ignore bright yellow and black. Kopczak explained the color scheme this way: "It's different. Spirit is a very different airline. We want people to understand that we're different."
Kopczak makes no apologies for what others criticize about Spirit: the nickel and diming of passengers for every amenity, including fees for bags, beverages and advanced seat assignments.
"We empower our customers to save money by allowing them to pick and choose the services they want," said Paul Berry, a Spirit spokesman.
Even with the fees, Spirit's fares are typically 40 percent lower than other airlines' prices on the same routes, said Berry, citing a government study.
Kopczak said Spirit was not allowed to publicize fares on the new routes until they go on sale – which will happen tomorrow.
All routes will be offered daily except Tampa (three times a week) and Fort Myers (four times a week). In addition, flights to Tampa, Fort Myers and Myrtle Beach will be seasonal (service in the winter for the Florida cities, summer for South Carolina).


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UFC Albany: Aljamain Sterling Out of Fight With Injury
UFC Albany's sub-par card has lost its lone contest between two contenders as Aljamain Sterling will not make it to fight night to take on Raphael Assuncao.
MMA Junkie first reported the injury to the standout UFC bantamweight.
UFC Albany has unfortunately lost its best contest. Aljamain Sterling, the seventh-ranked bantamweight according to Cage Pages, has pulled out of his fight with fifth-ranked Raphael Assuncao.
Since the event is in just 16 days, the promotion is seeking a US-based fighter to replace the injured New Yorker. A possibility would be the last man to beat Sterling, Bryan Caraway. Caraway has been hunting for a fight with Jimmie Rivera before Christmas, but if he is willing to take on a man who has beat him in the past, this could be a possibility.
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Aljamain "The Funk Master" Sterling recently suffered the first loss of his career to top contender Bryan Caraway via split decision. Prior to that, he was 4-0 in the Octagon with three stoppages, overwhelming opponents with great grappling technique.
Raphael Assuncao has been a force at bantamweight, with a 7-2 record inside the Octagon, with the seven wins coming consecutively. Unfortunately, multiple injuries sidelined the Brazilian for over one and a half years before returning to action this summer in a rematch against TJ Dillashaw. Assuncao lost the contest via unanimous decision.
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While the upstate New York event lost one fight, it has gained another. A strawweight contest between the oft-injured Justine Kish, and TUF veteran Ashley Yoder has been added to the official card. Ashley Yoder fought just last Friday at Invicta FC 20, winning via second round armbar. Justine KIsh is in the opposite situation, having not fought since January, which was her first fight since a 2014 win against Randa Markos.
UFC Albany is headlined by rising heavyweight star Derrick Lewis taking on Russian striker Shamil Abdurakhimov. Another powerful heavyweight, Francis Ngannou, occupies the co-main event against Anthony Hamilton. The event takes place on December 9 in the Times Union Center of Albany, New York.
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Entrepreneur, Entrepreneur, what does it mean to be an entrepreneur?
Means you've had it, your done, sick of ordinary, you must have more!
No bosses, no schedules, how quickly they set in.
It's fine, we can, we like getting it done.
To much?, Not enough! That's right, sometimes it's all about us!
Step up, stand up, how about more responsibilities?
I know, means more, sometimes just comes forth.
Can't do it? Move over, let me do it, that's what risk is for.
Try out of the box, not in the box, you don't think enough,
Isn't that what life's for?
No more "how it is" more like "it can be" we like doing something more.
Think big, think hard, think fast, visualization moves fast.
Grab a rope, not a joke, you going to loop that flying horse?
I forget, with regret, I must say, not everyone can be an entrepreneur.


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Authorities say that a spectator suffered fatal personal injuries at Harrells Raceway in Harrells on May 16 when he was hit by an engine that had been sent hurtling towards him by a crash.
The wreck happened during a drag race shortly before 9:30 p.m. and caused the death of Lillington resident Terry McDougald, according to the Sampson County Sheriff's Office.
In the crash, one of the drivers, Brooklyn, New York resident Joseph Wactor lost control of his drag car, which was traveling at an estimated rate of 130 mph, and collided with a guard rail. The vehicle began to disintegrate and the engine flew a distance of about 100 feet before hitting McDougald, who was standing alongside the track's chain-link fence.
A burning fuel cell that also flew from the vehicle injured a second spectator, who has not been identified. That person received transport to New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington.
Wactor sustained multiple injuries, but declined medical treatment, according to authorities.
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Miami Christian's Igar Rodriguez bowled four games in qualifying rounds, followed by 3 1/2 hours of team play in the Baker bracket and finally individual matches for a total of 13 hours of bowling at state on Wednesday.
He still had enough left in the tank when Miami Christian needed him to bowl a strike on the final frame in a loser's bracket match with Merritt Island Edgewood to stave off elimination and advance to compete on Thursday.
The Miami Christian boys and Coral Springs Charter girls are still competing in the Baker after their efforts at state bowling on Wednesday at Boardwalk Bowl in Orlando.
The Victors had their elimination match with Edgewood come down to the final game, and Rodriguez threw a strike to get them a 188-183 victory in the decisive fifth game to advance to a match with Oviedo Hagerty early Thursday.
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"He's been ready for this. He practices every day, a bunch of games," Miami Christian coach Amado Yaniz said. "He's the type of player that any coach would want to have. He gives everything he's got on every shot."
Miami Christian reached that point by first qualifying as the No. 15 seed, upsetting second-seeded Martin County and dropping a match with Park Vista to slip into the loser's bracket.
Coral Springs Charter was not short on drama either.
The Panthers had an elimination match with Jupiter also come down to a final game that they won 212-203. They won the second game with a nine-pin ninth-and-10th frame bowl-off victory when they finished tied after 10 frames. That put them up 2-0 in the match, and then they bounced back after dropping the third and fourth.
"They weren't ready to go home," Coral Springs Charter coach Nelson Martin said. "They had something to prove. They wanted everybody to know that we belong there."
The Panthers, behind Julia Galang who just missed the individual cut by finishing 19th, qualified with a team score of 3,392 — good enough for the No. 8 seed in the Baker. They won their opening match with Sebring before falling to No. 1 seed Winter Park Circle Christian and will face Palm Bay Bayside early Thursday following the win against Jupiter.
The two Dade County boys to qualify in the individual bracket were each eliminated by Ben Hardin, a member of the 20-and-under Team USA who bowls for Tampa Prep.
Hardin took down Rodriguez and Killian's Carlos Forero in back-to-back matches. The fourth-seeded Rodriguez won his first-round match 2-0 before dropping his second to set up the match with the sixth-seeded Hardin. Forero, the No. 8 seed in individuals, also swept his first-round match, then fell to Apopka's Panagiotis Vergos before besting Kevin Markowitz of Fort Pierce Central.


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Don't Forget the Red Balloons! December 5, 2009Posted by kinzuakid in Blogroll, Family, Geocaching.com, In the News/Blogosphere.
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Groundspeak is participating in the DARPA Challenge to locate 10 red weather balloons that will only be visible for 7 hours today (until 4pm PST or so). Their warroom blog is here, at http://www.10balloonies.com/. I don't know about you, but I will be looking up while out caching today. Help them out and communicate your finds to them at the warroom!


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My wife surprised me Friday with a new computer. Unfortunately I'm a night shifter, and had to work that night, so the excitement was less than what she had hoped for when she woke me early! I had to work Saturday too, so Sunday night I got to kick the tires!
It took me awhile to figure out basic operations, as my last machine was an eight year veteran. A lot of bells and whistles to adjust to! But, I finally finished required online computer training with only a few headaches.
To celebrate a few photos!
I do have my other minis mostly found, and I will be starting my next post with either my steampunk Cygnar, my Crimson Fists, or something still on the painting table. I have yet to locate my boxes of ACW and Napoleonics. All that is available for now are the Perry and Victrix that I have been messing with but have yet to see a paint brush.....and my dwarven horde that needs basing and two more units that need painting.
See! wargaming ADD!
My next post WILL be more structured. I have BIG hobby plans for the year to include a photo-shoot of my sewer and trench board designed for all eras of skirmishing! For now I am content with my new machine and this first experiment with adding photos to the blog.


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I've not crafted for a couple of weeks now, save the one card below which is unheard of but just not been well enough. Those who know me are aware that I am always a forward planner and have work ready and scheduled weeks ahead so I am hoping that will stand me in good stead for a time. Hopefully I can ease back into some crafting but I honestly don't think I can carry on with regular blogging over any beyond my remaining DT committements so will play it by ear.
Lucky all was scheduled from here on and this week's Allsorts theme is hosted by Tracy Mouse and is 'Bring on the Bling. We have two stamps from Little Claire as a prize for one lucky winner. It's also my turn to post over at the Chocolate Baroque blog today, my pieces of artwork are below and you will find how I made them and links to all the products used in the post over there.
As I said, very little activity on the craft front, but I did try and managed just one card..........which took a couple of days...........for the new Butterfly Challenge. The new format actually helped in that it supplies the basic requirements so only had to come up with my design, have to say I am not overly happy with it, but it's made so sharing.
Back to my Allsorts card and my starting place as is normally the case with a scenic card was to create the background with Pan Pastels and masks, in this case I used three varying sized circle masks. I then stamped the Fairy and other elements which are all Lavinia Stamps using archival black ink, glittered the Fairies wings although it doesn't show up too well on my photo and dotted some liquid pearls among the Fairy starts, or is that Fairy Magic ?
The incredible details on the face of this Fairy never ceases to amaze me, it goes a long way to prove the quality of Lavinia stamps as many would just squish and lose that detail.


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31 January 2008
Til debt do us part
But the payoff for CarGiant's cheeky-chappie ad is the final line - where we we learn Chris uses the money he has saved to take his girlfriend to Paris, nudge nudge, wink wink. Or "tweet tweet", as the rather bizarre copy style of the ad puts it.
It's a brave marketing move to clearly identify your market segment so confidently - not just young men who want a good deal on cars, but who also proudly commit adultery. One of the keys to successful advertising is, once you have identifed your customer, to project a selling proposition back to that customer whereby he has an affinity with the product because it shows him as he likes to see himself, not as he necessarily is in reality. So, for example, the demographic for sherry drinkers is OAPs, but you'll never see an ad for Harvey's Bristol Cream featuring an old person; they may be old, but they don't want to identify with a product that defines them that way.
So when I see the CarGiant ad campaign, I wonder who the target audience is that would identify with Chris as a figure to aspire to. What sort of relationship would you be in to dream of being Chris with a new car to pay for hilarious philandering? Maybe they could extend the campaign - Chris could also put those savings to good use on alimony payments when his wife finds the hotel bill in Chris's jeans.
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- PW said...
My follow up would take us to Paris. Chris encourages his girlfriend to take a pleasant morning stroll along the Seine. He gets on his mobile and discovers he's made a great saving on second runabout motor. Within minutes, he's on the eau de cologne to a local escort agency and has called in a couple of good-time girls from the Moulin Rouge.
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- MJ Hibbett said...
I see this incredible advert every morning, and have to stare to make sure it's real. Could it be that the target audience for flashy used cars is... well, wankers?
- 3:05 pm
I just saw this ad on the Tube today. I work in advertising and I'm appalled by it - and I'm genuinely a pretty easy going lass who very rarely has a sense of humour failure. I'd like to know if any of the senior management at CarGiant are female. I'm sure they'd be proud. I'm going to go out of my way to persuade people never to shop there. Grrr.
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- Sarah said...
I'm so glad someone else has blogged about this! Doesn't he look like a smug twat! "tweet tweet" is in reference to the "little bird" who gave him the tip.
I cannot believe something so degrading to women is on public display like that.
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Offering family workshops at your school site or as a district is an engaging and informative way to get parents involved. Our district recently held a Fall Family event. We had presentations for parents about technology, PBIS (school to home connection), growth mindset, math, and social-emotional learning. We hold these types of events throughout the school year, so parents have multiple opportunities to participate. Other districts also hold workshops for parents to participate in hands-on activities that can help their children. Some schools use these types of workshops as an incentive for positive student behavior as well. It's a tie to what our students value most: time with the adults in their lives.
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Having a parent on your PBIS team is an essential part of bridging the gap between PBIS at school and PBIS at home. A parent team member can help communicate PBIS news to other parents, they can be the helpful voice in coming up with expectations and/or rewards and incentives.
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STARTING with an eerie melody or several beeps, these extremely creepy messages are often followed by an unnerving sounding voice reciting number after number after number.
Like transmissions from a lonely post-apocalyptic world, they are quite possibly the freakiest phenomena you will ever hear ...if you know where to look.
Forget the Internet though, these incredibly spooky sounds can only be heard by tuning into old fashioned shortwave radio.
One theory is that spies embedded in enemy countries listen to the messages as a way of receiving coded instructions from their paranoid spy handlers.
Called "numbers stations", they start with a short burst of music followed by a monotone announcer broadcasting a sequence of numbers – often in a variety of languages.
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No-one admits to them.
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Like never before, spies are finding new ways of communicating without being foiled by intelligence agencies and it is thought agents are resorting to old school methods that cannot be traced.
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Russia's strongman leader Vladimir Putin is furious at the US and NATO for locating a new missile defence system which would shoot down all his nukes.
With growing tensions between Moscow and the West a build up of forces is underway and a new arms race is on the horizon.
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But with the advent of encrypted emails and documents, why does the world of espionage use old-fashioned shortwave?
Speaking to Daily Star Online, Maris Goldmanis, from the Numbers Stations Research and Information Centre, said: "Despite other modern means of communications this method is quite effective.
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More recently a very normal looking middle aged Russian couple living in a German suburb – whose undercover surname means "attack"– were jailed after being caught spying for the Kremlin.
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Li had a terrible headache tonight. He came home, took a shower and napped for a couple of hours (until 12:30am). He said he felt better, but still had a little headache and although was sort of hungry, felt that he should just keep resting. I asked him if he wanted a smoothie and he said yes. Glad I could do that for him and that it will be something healthy he can have that is easy on his body. Nice and cool going down too. (He had been wanting a smoothie all day and I just never got to it. And he got home a bit earlier than I did because he went home with Daddy and I went grocery shopping on the way home. I had said I'd make him the smoothie when we got home, but he was asleep. So, finally it got made.)
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The GAA is pleased to confirm that Bus Éireann will sponsor both Féile Peile na nÓg and Féile na nGael in 2011.
This year's football competitions take place in Cork between June 30 and July 2 while the hurling event will be held between June 24 and 26.
Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael welcomed the new partnership and expressed hope that the reach of both organisations would complement each other.
He said: ""Féile Peile na nÓg and Féíle na nGael are competitions that are revered by our players.
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Andrew McLindon, PR Manager, Bus Éireann added: "Bus Éireann is delighted to sponsor Féile Peile na nÓg and Féile na nGael.
"We believe this is a great match for Bus Éireann as the tournaments are a fantastic showcase of the commitment and energy of communities across Ireland."
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