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We continue with the temptation of Jesus by the devil in Matthew 4. The devil tells Jesus if He's the Son of God to throw Himself off the temple and then quotes scripture. Yes, did you catch that? The devil quotes scripture – of course – with a twisted meaning, out of context … sound familiar? Might be worth taking note of for all of us.
Jesus replies:
"It is also written: 'Do not put the Lord your God to the test.'[d]" (NIV)
Here again Jesus is quoting from what we know as the OT, Deuteronomy 6:16:
"You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah.
A lot could be brought to mind for someone who was raised studying the sacred scriptures. Here's what we see when we take this quote in context.
First, we can look back at what happened at Massah. The Message version captures the drama of the scene:
4 Moses cried out in prayer to God, "What can I do with these people? Any minute now they'll kill me!"
5-6 God said to Moses, "Go on out ahead of the people, taking with you some of the elders of Israel. Take the staff you used to strike the Nile. And go. I'm going to be present before you there on the rock at Horeb. You are to strike the rock. Water will gush out of it and the people will drink."
6-7 Moses did what he said, with the elders of Israel right there watching. He named the place Massah (Testing-Place) and Meribah (Quarreling) because of the quarreling of the Israelites and because of their testing of God when they said, "Is God here with us, or not?"
To some, this story may sound familiar, later on down the road Moses will play out a similar scene but this time get's him in a whole lot of trouble.
6 Moses and Aaron walked from the assembled congregation to the Tent of Meeting and threw themselves facedown on the ground. And they saw the Glory of God.
7-8 God spoke to Moses: "Take the staff. Assemble the community, you and your brother Aaron. Speak to that rock that's right in front of them and it will give water. You will bring water out of the rock for them; congregation and cattle will both drink."
9-10 Moses took the staff away from God's presence, as commanded. He and Aaron rounded up the whole congregation in front of the rock. Moses spoke: "Listen, rebels! Do we have to bring water out of this rock for you?"
11 With that Moses raised his arm and slammed his staff against the rock—once, twice. Water poured out. Congregation and cattle drank.
12 God said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you didn't trust me, didn't treat me with holy reverence in front of the People of Israel, you two aren't going to lead this company into the land that I am giving them."
13 These were the Waters of Meribah (Bickering) where the People of Israel bickered with God, and he revealed himself as holy. (Number 6:13)
So we have people complaining, Moses goes to God, God answers. But the underlying theme is not trusting God, questioning if He's there.
Even as we finish reading the context in Deuteronomy we see the theme of trust:
16 "You shall not put the Lord your God to the test, as you tested him at Massah. 17 You shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies and his statutes, which he has commanded you. 18 And you shall do what is right and good in the sight of the Lord, that it may go well with you, and that you may go in and take possession of the good land that the Lord swore to give to your fathers 19 by thrusting out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has promised. (ESV)
If all this was brought to Jesus's mind, He knew as long as He kept the commandments, did what was right and good in the sight of the Lord, it would go well with Him, all He had to do was trust God. He also knew, God would take care of his enemies, including the devil. God did not command Jesus to jump, so He wasn't about to.
It may be worth thinking about this as we make decisions in our lives. Not only do we need to trust, but we need to make sure it's God speaking. We need to make sure we aren't plucking scripture out of context and applying it to our lives.
I have heard even this very scripture used out of context time and time again. Oh, which one, … well, all of them a time or two.
There's a lot to be learned from, "Do not put the Lord your God to the test." Question is, will we learn it and remember it?


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The unit is designed to allow the candidate to demonstrate the skills and knowledge required to successfully sign, light and guard a work site. The candidate will be able to survey the work site to put in place suitable provision for the site location requirements, ensuring the safe passage of pedestrians and site personnel, the safety of vehicular traffic, provision for any special needs, including cyclists and horse riders, and provision for vehicles and plant in the working area. They will be able to put in place suitable equipment to protect pedestrians, vehicular traffic and site personnel and will be able to provide and control portable traffic signals and Stop/Go traffic control in line with site location requirements and traffic conditions.
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PETALING JAYA: Three opposition party youth wings are requesting Mara chairman Annuar Musa come clean on whether or not he injected funds from Mara and University of Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) into the Kelantan Red Warriors football team.
Annuar, the former Kelantan Football Association (Kafa) president, is also Universiti Kuala Lumpur (UniKL) pro-chancellor.
PKR Youth, PPBM Youth and Amanah Youth issued separate statements on the matter today following Johor Crown Prince (TMJ) Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim's claim on his Facebook page that a "Tan Sri" — apparently alluding to Annuar — had forced Mara and its entities to sponsor the Red Warriors.
TMJ also attached photographs of documents showing a RM500,000 sponsorship by (UniKL) and an additional RM200,000 by Pelaburan Mara.
PKR Youth's student bureau chairman Fahmi Zainol claimed Mara had made several budget cuts since 2015 and questioned whether this was because it was now sponsoring the Red Warriors.
"Not only has Mara closed applications for loans since 2015, sponsorship and loans given abroad have also been cut.
"Allowances and money for students under Mara's care are also often paid late," he said in his statement.
"PKR Youth is convinced that Mara's poor performance correlates with Tan Sri Annuar Musa's actions in sponsoring the Kelantan football team with money from Mara."
Amanah Youth vice-chief Shazni Munir Mohd Ithinin echoed Fahmi's sentiments, saying the Red Warriors' financial struggle was no excuse to "rob" money from any agency, what more agencies established to help Bumiputeras' education.
"Annuar must come forward and explain how the RM700,000 helped Bumiputeras, failing which he must return the money," he said in his statement.
Meanwhile, PPBM Youth chief Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman also requested that Annuar explain the allegations.
Annuar will be launching the football team's new jersey tomorrow.
Annuar told Malay Mail Online he will not respond to TMJ's demand for him to explain why Mara was made to sponsor the Kelantan football team.
He said he did not have any disagreements with the Johor royal family member and did not want to be involved in a personal exchange with Tunku Ismail.
"I'm not interested in talking. I don't want to have anything personal with him.
"I don't owe an explanation to him. If I were to answer, he would be embarrassed again like the pen drive issue; I don't want to embarrass him again."
Tunku Ismail had given the authorities a pen drive last year which he claimed contained evidence of corruption in the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM).
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigated the case but found no elements of corruption.


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TORONTO — Canadian-American right-hander Jameson Taillon went six innings and struck out seven as the Pittsburgh Pirates scored four unearned runs in the third inning to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 on Friday at Rogers Centre.
Taillon (7-5) only issued one walk as the Pirates (58-58) have now six of eight and remain in the hunt for top spot in the N.L. Central. Felipe Rivero pitched a scoreless ninth for the save.
Marcus Stroman (10-6), who was 3-1 with a 2.24 earned-run average over his last eight starts, went eight innings allowing four runs on four hits while striking out four and walking one.
The Blue Jays (54-61) have dropped three of four.
The right-hander picked up a loss for the first time in seven starts — he was 2-0 with a 2.50 ERA in his previous six games.
Toronto jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a Kevin Pillar sacrifice fly, which scored Justin Smoak in the second.
Pittsburgh responded with one out in the third. After John Jaso was hit in the foot by a pitch, Frank Cervelli reached throwing error by Blue Jays second baseman Rob Refsnyder, which allowed Jaso to advance to third.
A second error by Refsnyder allowed Adam Frazier to reach while scoring Jaso from third. Josh Harrison delivered an RBI single and Andrew McCutchen drove in Frazier on a double to right field. McCutchen was later lifted from the game for Starling Marte due to left patellofemoral discomfort.
Josh Bell concluded the four-run inning with a sac-fly scoring Harrison.
Jose Bautista got a run back in the bottom half of the third, taking Taillon's curveball over the centre-field wall for his 20th home run of the season. The Blue Jays right-fielder now has eight consecutive seasons with at least 20 home runs. Only Carlos Delgado has more consecutive seasons with 20-plus home runs (9) in franchise history.
Toronto threatened in the seventh, but with runners on the corner, Pirates reliever George Kontos got Pillar to fly out, Refsnyder to strike out and Bautista to ground out to end the threat.
Notes: Blue Jays C Russell Martin left the game in the second inning with a left oblique strain. … RHP Chris Rowley will make his major league debut when he starts for Toronto on Saturday.


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The Warrior Card is the official identification card of California State University, Stanislaus. Issued to all members of the University Community, it is required for identification and access to essential campus services. It also offers a convenient account for making purchases on campus. Students are issued a Warrior Card during New Student Orientation for their first semester and are responsible for keeping their card for the duration of their time at California State University, Stanislaus.
Warrior Cards are issued at the Turlock Campus, at the Library Circulation Desk and at the Stockton Campus, Stockton Student Information Center (located next to the Bookstore in Acacia). Click here for a printable map highlighting the Turlock Campus location.
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Warrior Cash is a prepaid spending account on your student's Warrior Card that is accepted for purchases on the CSU, Stanislaus campus. It is designed to help students and parents manage spending at the University and eliminate the need to carry cash. There are never any over-limit, late payment, or interest charges. Warrior Cash is a service compliments of CSU, Stanislaus.
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By Mel Oldakowski
There are many questions homeowners ask themselves during the selling process. "How much will my home sell for?" "How much should I list my home for?" "Who should I select as a real estate agent to sell my home?" Lastly, "Is this a good time to be selling a home?" is also a very common question that real estate agents are asked.
As with every decision in life, there are pros and cons, and choosing when to sell a home is no different. Many homeowners believe selling a home during the fall or winter months is not a good idea and that the spring is the only time a house should be sold.
This is the furthest from the truth. There is no doubt that the "spring market" is a great time to be selling and buying real estate, however, the fall and winter seasons may be the best fit for you for several reasons.
One great reason to sell your home now and not wait until the spring market is there is sure to be less competition. Simply put, it's the supply and demand theory. If there are less homes for sale, there are less homes that a potential buyer can choose from, therefore increasing the demand for your home.
Not only will less competition increase the probability for showings, but it will also increase the probability that an offer will be received, and you will get the maximum amount of money for your home.
Many homeowners believe that buyers aren't out there during the fall and winter months. This simply is not the case. Serious buyers are always out there! Some buyers may stop their home search because it is the fall or winter, but serious buyers will continue to look at homes, no matter what time of year it is.
Do your neighbors have pumpkins on their front step? Are there lots of Trick-or-Treaters wandering the neighborhood on Halloween? Do any of your neighbors have any light displays for the holidays? There are buyers out there who will look at these types of things when determining whether your home is in the right neighborhood for them or not.
The best agents are always up for the challenge. Any real estate agent who tells you that the fall or winter months are a bad time to sell is not someone you want selling your home. A great real estate agent will know how to adapt to the current season and market their listings to reflect that.
Right now, there are fewer real estate transactions than there will be in the spring. The fewer number of transactions means the mortgage lenders have less loans to process, title companies have fewer closings to do and home inspectors have fewer inspections. All these factors should lead to a quicker transaction and less stress for you.
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"We found it, this must be C. ideii!", I thought when I saw the clumps of cryptocorynes from far. The leaf shape looked rather like that of C. ideii and we were expecting to locate C. ideii around this location.
I am confused by the presence of limb with thin pointed tail and yet white interior wall of the kettle! The female flowers looked more like that of C. ideii too as compared to that of C. ferruginea. Should this be C. ideii or C. ferruginea or what? My friend is more inclined towards identifying this as C. ideii. Any expert views and advise on this? Thanks!
On closer examination, the leaves had distinct white lines marking along the main vein of the leaves and some markings of different shade of green on the upper side of the leaves. The edges of the leaves are just slightly undulating.
We scrambled to search for a open spathe to confirm the identification and we found 2, one was freshly opened while the other was melting soon. I started to raise doubts when I saw the spathes. "I don't remembered C. ideii having a limb with such thin pointed upper tail, this looked more like a spathe of C. ferruginea which we failed to locate in day 2!", I told my friend.


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I've had the LOD on mine for a couple years and had an LOD on my jeep before.I had narrowed my favorites to two, (EXP1 or Demello), then your post and now I like that LOD one the best, maybe, I think. Clean lines, backup lights, tug points, hitch provision. Do you have it? Was it easy to install?
Good bumper with nice swing out tire carrier, Gerry cans etc, but they pissed me off. The bumper didn't line up right, took 5 + hours messing with it to get it to mount up and then the spare has standard lugs on it so I had to buy a new set of lugs and locks just for the spare. Not very bright on their part and when I told him about it he said "yeah we could custom make something"... custom? I mean, c'mon on a 1500$ bumper with all the extras I got? Seriously? Well, never heard from them again... would I buy it again? No way... if it gets damaged it's getting an exp 1...
You can see it in my build thread scrufy animal. Nice bumper but not worth the trouble.
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MJ Akbar has denied the rape allegations made against him by US-based journalist Pallavi Gogoi. His wife has also come to his defence, saying the two were in a relationship.
Former Union Minister MJ Akbar has denied the rape allegations made against him by Indian-born, US-based journalist Pallavi Gogoi. He told news agency ANI in a statement that he and Pallavi were in a "consensual relationship" at the time. His wife, Mallika Joseph, also broke her silence and said that the latest allegation forced her "to step in with what I know to be true." In her statement to ANI, which the news agency tweeted, Mallika pointed out Pallavi had caused "unhappiness and discord" in their home.
I learned of her and my husband's involvement through her late-night phone calls and her public display of affection in my presence. In her flaunting the relationship, she caused anguish and hurt to my entire family.
Late last night, The Washington Post carried a byline article by Pallavi Gogoi in which she spoke about how Akbar, then the editor of The Asian Age, where they both worked, had raped her in a Jaipur hotel.
In his statement to ANI earlier today, Akbar said that the newspaper had forwarded "a series of cryptic and non-specific questions about the incidents alleged to have taken place approximately 23 years ago". He said that the claims were false and therefore denied. Akbar further said that a number of people who knew them both at the time would be willing to bear witness that Pallavi was not under duress at any time.
The accusation came less than a day after Akbar testified in a Delhi court in his defamation case against journalist Priya Ramani for a series of tweets accusing him of sexual harassment. Following the allegations, Akbar had resigned as Minister and decided to pursue the case in his personal capacity. Pallavi Gogoi is currently the Chief Business Editor of National Public Radio (NPR) in the US.
In her post, Pallavi also wrote how young journalists at The Asian Age, where she worked when the incident reportedly occurred, were mesmerised by "his use of language, his turns of phrase" and wished "that I could write like he did". So I took all the verbal abuse. After all, I was learning from the best. Or so I thought."
While nearly 20 other women also made allegations of sexual harassment against Akbar, this is the first time that he has been accused of rape, a criminal offense that carries a jail term of a minimum of 10 years and a maximum term of life imprisonment.
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A beautiful traditional inn set in the heart of the New Forest and just minutes away from the bustling Georgian market town and quaint port of Lymington, We have 5 stunning contemporary brand new rooms with state of the art bathrooms. We are perfectly located for walkers and cyclists and a haven for romantic breaks. We love well behaved dogs. On our doorstep you will be spoiled for choice as we are surrounded by endless miles of tracks and nature trails where you are sure to see the Forest's wild roaming ponies.We have views of the Isle of Wight which can be accessed via the local Lymington to Yarmouth ferry. There is a secure area for bikes as we know how costly they can be! Our menu supported by a specials board combines traditional pub classics with modern dishes and on Sundays we have a carvery. Our cosy bar offers a range of traditional ales in a traditional setting. We have log burners to keep you warm on cold days. We are close to the following destination's; The Drift. Beaulieu Road, Lyndhurst, New Forest SO43 7FZ. 9.84 miles (18 mins), Beaulieu National Motor Museum. John Montagu Building, Beaulieu, New Forest, Brockenhurst. SO42 7ZN. 5.65 miles. (10 mins), Isle of Wight via Wight Link. Undershore Rd, Lymington SO41 5SB. 1.1 miles. (3 mins), Lymington Sea Water Baths. Bath Road, New Forest, Lymington SO41 3SE. 1.81 mins. (6 mins) and New Forest Heritage Centre Museum. Main Car Park, Lyndhurst SO43 7NY. 9.72 miles. (22 mins).
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For retailers, the day after Thanksgiving is a painstakingly orchestrated affair.
Prices are scientifically slashed, down to the penny. Sales begin at dawn. And glossy circulars containing the well-laid plans are distributed just a day or two ahead to keep consumers and competitors in the dark.
Or at least that is how it worked before people like Michael Brim came along. From a cramped dorm room in California, Mr. Brim, an 18-year-old college freshman who dines on Lucky Charms and says he rarely shops, is abruptly pulling back the curtain on the biggest shopping day of the year.
His Web site, BF2005.com, publishes the circulars for what retailers call Black Friday -- the day that officially starts the holiday shopping season -- weeks ahead of time.
So far this year, sources have leaked advertisements to him from Toys "R" Us (showing the Barbie Fashion Show Mall, regularly $99.99, for $29.97); Sears (a Canon ZR100 MiniDV camcorder, regularly $329.99, for $249.99); and Ace Hardware (a Skil 12-volt drill, regularly $44.99, for $24.99).
Mr. Brim says his motive is to educate consumers. But retailers are furious, arguing that the site jeopardizes their holiday business, and they have threatened legal action.
But BF2005.com is not their only problem. There are now at least three Web sites dedicated to digging up Black Friday sales secrets, creating a fierce competition to post the ads first. It is so heated, in fact, that all three sites stamp the circulars with bright electronic watermarks to discourage rivals from stealing a scoop.
The renegade sites, whose popularity is growing, highlight how much the Web is shifting the balance of power in retailing from companies to consumers. Big national chains used to control discounts carefully, and shoppers were lucky to stumble into a sale at a store or receive an e-mail message promising free shipping. Today, however, online forums encourage strangers to exchange hard-to-find online coupon codes, and they offer instructions on how to combine rebates with one-day sales to cut retail prices in half.
For the discount warriors who run these sites, Black Friday is the best chance to share their techniques, not to mention their zeal, with the masses who pay full price.
"It's the day that even the average Joe becomes a professional bargain hunter," said Mr. Brim, an electrical engineering student at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif., who finances his Web site through ads placed there by Google.
Black Friday -- so named because it traditionally was the point when retailers started to earn a profit (went into the black) for the year -- is now more of a social ritual than a make-or-break financial moment. (A company that waited until the second-to-last month of the year to make money would probably face an investor revolt.)
Still, it remains a lucrative day for retailers. In 2004, consumers spent about $8 billion on the day after Thanksgiving, compared with $4 billion on the next Friday, according to ShopperTrak, a retail research firm. "This is a significant day for them," said Bill Martin, ShopperTrak's co-founder.
Significant enough, in fact, that lawyers for Sears, Roebuck sent a letter this month warning Mr. Brim that his site infringed on the chain's trade secrets and copyright. It gave him 48 hours to remove scanned copies of the Black Friday circulars for Kmart and Sears (now owned by Kmart) and a typed list of the deals from his site. He took down the ads, but he left the product lists up under the labels "Sbears" and "J+1Mart."
Mr. Brim said he believed that posting copies of the ads was a "legal gray area," adding, "It's not like we are posting pirated materials, just materials the public would see in a few weeks anyway."
But Andrew Beckerman-Rodau, co-director of the intellectual property program at the Suffolk University Law School in Boston, said the legal issue in such a case was black and white. "You cannot reproduce copyrighted material" without permission, he said.
Mr. Brim, a computer whiz whose classes include physics and multivariable calculus, is an unlikely figure to shake up American retailing. He rarely leaves campus to eat, let alone go to the mall.
Even though his site advertises hundreds of clothing deals, he does not, he says, pay any attention to fashion. Most days he runs from class back to his dorm to check on his Web site, snacking on a buffet of Pringles, Lucky Charms and Pepperidge Farm Milano cookies laid out on his bookshelf.
But Mr. Brim is obsessed with bargains. He recalls watching his mother and father debate which big-screen television to buy -- a 42-inch model for $1,500 at Costco or a 65-inch version for $1,700 from a local electronics store. (They took the bigger one. "More bang for the buck," Mr. Brim said.)
When Dell offered a coupon for $750 off a computer purchase over $1,500 this summer, Mr. Brim bought six laptops, then sold them for a profit of $200 apiece.
Mr. Brim said the idea for the Black Friday Web site came to him three years ago when he discovered ads from retailers like Best Buy and Wal-Mart circulating in online forums well before Thanksgiving. Patient Web surfers could track down all the discounts if they had two hours to spend, but Mr. Brim wanted to organize the deals on a single site that would operate from mid-October to the end of November.
Bf2004.net, which Mr. Brim set up at home when he was a high school senior, described itself as "the ultimate collection of rumored" Black Friday deals. Mr. Brim said the site had cost roughly $600 to operate -- $10 for the domain name and the rest to pay for computer servers. At first, he borrowed leaked circulars from the forums. But as the site gained a modest following (Mr. Brim estimated more than 200,000 visitors a week) it attracted what he wanted most: a steady stream of retail circulars.
Mr. Brim says he does not know the full identities of the leakers. Judging by the quality of the copies, which generally arrive as digital images or scanned copies, he suspects they are either from store employees or printing plant workers, neither of whom, he conceded, may be authorized to distribute the circulars.
Those who want to leak an ad have plenty of options. Besides Mr. Brim, there is Brad Olson, 26, who runs Gottadeal.com out of his parents' house near Milwaukee, and Alan Smolek, 21, who runs BlackFridayAds.com from his apartment near Chicago.
The three sites openly compete, like newspapers chasing the same news tip, to publish the contents of big circulars first. Gottadeal.com scored perhaps the season's biggest coup when Mr. Olson obtained a copy of Wal-Mart's Black Friday ad in late October.
Since then, Mr. Olson has been first to post the circulars of Best Buy, OfficeMax and Kohl's, among others. Mr. Brim was the first to post ads from Kmart, Toys "R" Us and Radio Shack. BlackFridayAds.com posted CompUSA.
Because the sites occasionally lift one another's circulars, each etches its name across every ad in capital letters. Gottadeal.com even inserted the image of the "Baywatch" star David Hasselhoff on Page 3 of this year's Sears circular as "an extra security measure," Mr. Olson said.
In 2004, both Sears and Home Depot asked Gottadeal.com to remove their circulars. Mr. Olson complied. But "the majority of stores don't care," he said. "It's free publicity for them."
Not all retailers see it that way. "We would rather the information not be out there," said Charles Hodges, a spokesman for Radio Shack. "We like to surprise people when they get their circulars in the mail."
Jerry Shields, a spokesman for Home Depot, said that by tipping off the public to Black Friday bargains weeks in advance, the Web sites "could enable competing retailers to react and change their plans."
Disclaimers on the three Black Friday Web sites warn that the discounts are speculation and rumor. But the warnings appear to be half-hearted. The "frequently asked questions" section of BlackFridayAds.com states archly, "We believe the deals posted to be very good guesses (wink, wink)."
Publicly, retail executives declined to confirm the accuracy of the circulars on the Black Friday sites. Several acknowledged, however, that they are correct and expressed dismay that either their own employees or outsiders hired to print the ads were leaking them.
"We wouldn't want this to become a habit, by any means," said Mr. Hodges, the Radio Shack spokesman.
Mr. Brim has already registered a new site for next holiday season. And he is still waiting for two big circulars this week to round out his 2005 collection: Circuit City and Target. His biggest fear is that a source will leak one of them while he is in class.
"In physics I'll be thinking about Black Friday," he said. "It's almost an obsession."


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Our whole economy is jammed up because we have fictional debts that are tied to assets that are no longer worth their book values. In reality, we are as wealthy as we were last month, last summer, or last year, but our economy is no longer functioning because of accounting rules that declare the debts greater than the assets, and thereby prevent banks from fulfilling their function of lending money. The still-collapsing housing prices continue to wreak havoc on the financial industry, by introducing a general deflation into the economy. This deflation is sending everyone's balance sheets further upside-down, since those balance sheets are based on debt that is tied to an inflated asset price.
Everyone sees that we are in a short circuit, an ever-widening crash, but no one can grasp how to break the cycle. The original idea of the bailout was to use government money to buy distressed assets. Then the idea has morphed to wholesale cash injections into troubled companies and industries. Now the Fed is buying and backing debt securities, basically saying to the banks, yes, we know the debt is bad, but we'll cover all your losses. Congress and the new President are floating new rounds of economic stimulus packages, cash gifts to the population, based on government IOUs.
But none of these measures can work. We have already crossed over the event horizon into a deflation, and that deflation is still picking up steam. There is no going back to the artificial boosts of inflationary spending. Extra money put into the system now is unable to bridge the gap between deflated asset value and the debt book value. The banks themselves are unable to release the extra money, because their asset levels are continually falling and they need the extra money to shore up their reserve requirements. Extra money given to consumers in an economic downturn only gets hoarded, not spent, thus preventing any stimulus from happening. Further, because most of our productive economy is based overseas, it is not clear how much the American economy would benefit much from the increased spending, as the stimulus would mainly benefit some foreign country's productive output. And, as we have seen, government redistribution does not increase real wealth anyway, so how does that help? If not redistributing wealth, the government has to rely on more debt spending, which is the source of the problem to begin with!
There is only one way to end the financial short circuit, to get us out of the destructive black-hole void of debt. The solution to our current crisis is quite simple really: cancel the debt itself. All debt, credit cards, car notes, mortgages, the national debt, all of it. Hit the reset button on the financial system. We have reached the blue screen of death, the system is totally locked up. The negative effects of the financial melt down are now negatively affecting the real productive economy. We have already entered a worldwide recession, this is getting really serious.
By releasing all debt, people will get a fresh slate, and can start saving again. Banks, whose only assets are completely fiction -- they call debt an asset -- would take a big hit, but so what? Banks don't contribute to national wealth anyway. Their only utility is to enable real productivity, and in that basic function, they have completely failed, and are in fact, counter-productive right now.
Despite having most of their assets (our debts) completely liquidated, the banking system would quickly recover anyway, because we could use our incomes to start saving again. The productive economy would be truly stimulated and bank accounts would fill up quickly, because all the money we currently use to pay off debt would go into savings, investment, and consumption. Imagine not having to pay all that money every month to your mortgage or car payment. All that money is going to go somewhere, either spent or saved. Given that financing life through credit would no longer be an option, people would begin saving in earnest again.
In short, everyone is given clear title to all their assets that banks currently have liens on. Instead of having to spend thousands of dollars on their mortgages and car payment and credit cards every month, the families of America would be able to save and spend that money. The people who lost their jobs in the financial industry would be able to find new employment quickly in the productive economy.
The American economy resets, the banks reset, we start from scratch, with all of our wealth freed from the fictional burden of debt. From this point forward, people, businesses, and governments are forced to spend only out of their savings, leading to the always-rising standard of living that America experienced for its first 150 years.
Today's problem solved, Great Depression 2 averted.
Spread this idea to everyone you know. Talk about it with your family until you can understand it and explain it. Take it to your Representative and Senator and begin introducing them to the idea, because they are going to have to be the ones who pass the law to make it happen.
Let's get it done now, before it is too late.
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Sarah Lennox – Confetti EP [Day&Night Recordings]
Sarah Lennox – Confetti EP Feature remixes from Horatio and Willo by Day&Night Recordings – Buy Your Copy here:
Day&Night Recordings presents Irish dj and producer Sarah Lennox with her new album Confetti EP, a tech house track with dark rhythm and strong vibe .
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Students should achieve an understanding of dynamical systems methods applied to complex adaptive systems (CAS). CAS is a new approach to engineering and management that studies and models how relationships between parts give rise to collective and dynamic system-level behaviours, for example, in communication and transport networks, megaprojects, social and eco-systems. Effectively implemented, the methods can dramatically improve a manager's effectiveness in today's complex and interconnected business world, by helping to predict and evaluate indirect effects of actions and policies. This course provides managers with many practical quantitative tools to enhance individual, team, and organisational learning, change, and performance.
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Bro. Eli Soriano: Triumph, Glory Belong to God on Debate Win
"The word of God cannot lose." This was just one of Bro. Eliseo F. Soriano's memorable quotes that proved to be true during a live debate held last February 7 this year. There were more than 20,000 guests in attendance all over the world.
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3 juried antique shows
in my accessories.
Smalls, is what we as dealers, called them.
I prefer a mix
of vintage and antique
for my smalls.
A little farm, a little grandma,
and a whole lotta primitive.
I love when something was
so favorite and loved
that it was well-used.
Pristine is not for me.
The other two shows had more variety.
Older and more rare stuff.
I use them on tables,
the floor, or on walls.
I change them with the seasons.
This one was so colorful,
it called my name.
The dog one was perfect
for one of the guest rooms.
I have a vintage dog collection.
It is on the wall for now,
but I am not sure it is staying there.
I also found a sign for
He has cattle and
is frequently
building or repairing fences.
He said "I wish steel posts were $1.38"
I guess they are about $6 now.
I attached her a wreath I already owned.
I am not much of a craft buyer,
but she was too funny.
She has my body!
I hugged and visited
with some old friends.
I miss doing the antique shows.
The work to shop,
fix and clean merchandise
for a new load each month
was so time consuming.
I couldn't do that
and keep my grand kids.
I made the right choice.
I miss the people though.
The other dealers became friends.
I wish I would have had more time
to visit and catch up.
I wasn't melancholy
about not having a booth
when I thought about
loading it all up in the cold rain
at the end of the day.
I got a hot coffee, drove home,
and went to dinner with family.
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*I had tried to cast a copy of the kit detail by pressing part 3 or 4 into modeling clay and pouring polyurethane resin in there, but it came out foamy and was thus unusable. Maybe my resin is past its shelf life.
Here's another view of that.
Here's the mesh from the outside. It'll have red LED glow in there when finished.
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Wine and food blogs
Nova Scotia
Halifax chef, mother and self-proclaimed crazy cheese lover, Renée Lavallée, shares her tips, recipes, book reviews, travels and experiences from her 17 years in the restaurant industry (including stints as chef at The Inn at Bay Fortune, PEI, and at Il Mercato and The Five Fishermen in Halifax) and from her home kitchen.
She started her blog when her daughter was born in 2009, and now has a son as well, so she shares stories about raising two kids.
Renée has a wonderful sense of humour and dishes up no-nonsense advice and recipes that are relatively simple for the home cook; she also offers her thoughts about wine pairings and her favourite local beers.
Kristen Pickett works for the Halifax Chamber of Commerce by day, but by night, she scours Halifax restaurants, markets, festivals and events so she can report on them in her deliciously witty blog. This 20-something foodie has an endless appetite for local tastes and adventure. The site offers mouth-watering food photos, wine tips and reviews, and interviews with people behind the food and wine scenes.
Jonathan Wilson is a knowledgeable wine lover who takes the intimidation out of wine for novice drinkers with his fun and accessible blog posts. He also throws in some meatier information for enthusiasts, but never veers from his easy style.
Jonathan isn't afraid to say what he really thinks. "I have never been an advocate of following trends in the wine world," he writes, "and have little to no respect for those who make wine a certain way just because they know it will appeal to the mass audience." When he graduated from the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers program, he won the Kent Clarke award for top graduate. He is the sommelier at Nectar Social House, in Dartmouth, NS.
Laura Oakley shares her thoughts about locally produced food and wines, in addition to telling stories of her food-inspired adventures abroad and her culinary experiments at home. Her passion for gastronomy was ignited while studying hospitality and tourism management at Mount Saint Vincent University, in Halifax. Her blog also features beautiful photography.
This thought-provoking blog brings together a number of local writers on food and wine culture in Halifax and around Atlantic Canada. Writers are described as curious amateur gastronomes who spend a lot of time and money dining out, cooking and buying food. Together, their posts create a terrific collective journal that highlights local food and wine.
A former professional chef, Liz Feltham was the Coast's restaurant critic for eight years and has three cookbooks to her credit. She combines knowledge and passion with a strong voice, taking food, but never herself, seriously. Blogging since 2007, Liz shares her observations and musings on food, cookbooks and restaurants in her unique style.
New Brunswick
Norman Siebrasse declares that he's not a wine expert, but a wine lover. His blog offers reviews of wines available in Alcool NB Liquor stores. He also invites readers to submit their own reviews, which he'll post alongside his own-to encourage an exchange of opinions about good bottles available in the province. He says that his wife, Kelly, who often posts or is mentioned on the blog, has a better palate than he does. Smart man.
Mario Griffin is another enthusiast who reviews wines available in New Brunswick. His interest in wine led him to get involved with FestiVin, an annual food and wine festival in Caraquet this year from May 28 to June 4. He began his blog-which is entirely in French-when he became overwhelmed with friends' requests for wine advice. In 2010, he published his first book, Le Tire-bouchon Griffin 2010, the first wine guide for New Brunswickers.
Newfoundland & Labrador
Renowned Newfoundland novelist and playwright Kevin Major started a blog last year about his other passion: organic and biodynamic wine. His blog is a rollicking read and his tastes are broad, educating his followers about wines from the world over. He selects one bottle each week and writes superbly about its taste and history.
Barry Parsons' blog biography reads: one wife, two kids, perennial student and lifelong food obsessive. His blog certainly fulfils the last descriptor, offering thousands of recipes with a traditional Newfoundland flair. Barry is also known for his creative ideas and for his recipes for produce and berries in season. Some of his recent posts include Strawberries and Cream Bread Pudding and St. John's Stout and Steak Soup, using locally brewed Yellowbelly beer.
Mark Penney is a Newfoundlander who moved to upstate New York in 2007. His cooking style marries New England flavours and recipes with traditional Newfoundland ideas.
He's named this blog with a word from the vernacular of each region: "Wicked," he explains, is a New England slang term (also used in Newfoundland) that means wonderful or deeply satisfying, as in "that was a wicked good lobster roll." The Newfoundland word "scoff" originally referred to a cooked meal at sea or ashore, often at an impromptu party, especially at night. Over the years, he notes, "the term has come to mean any meal, but often signifies a lavish spread of ingredients, drink and good company."
He also enjoys tasting and cooking with regional beers. "Expect a beer of the month, often paired with recipes," he says.
Wine retailers in Atlantic Canada
St. John's wine importer Greg Winter keeps Newfoundland oenophiles happy with his selection of unique bottles from around the world.
Established in 2009, Dialog Wines is built on Greg's industry experience in both Canada and the US, as well as his education from the American Sommelier Association. Greg is known for his discerning taste and ability to find those undiscovered gems of the wine world that aren't sold in provincial liquor stores.
Bishop's Cellar, a private wine retailer on the Halifax waterfront, has re-launched its website recently to offer a host of interactive features, including a wine selector tool that allows visitors to narrow their search by type, country of origin, grape variety, body, food pairing and price.
The site offers an interactive video tutorial on the main page which highlights many of the site's features. The staff make wine unpretentious, with classes, events and DJ-hosted tastings. Customers anywhere in Nova Scotia can e-mail to have a bottle delivered via Canada Post. Customers from the Halifax area can call ahead and request that a bottle be chilled before they pick it up.
This private wine retailer in Bedford, NS, sells hundreds of wines from around the globe, the vast majority of which are in the $10 to $20 range. Its website offers information about upcoming tastings and hot buys. It also features great wine tasting notes that are helpful when choosing a wine for dinner.
Each of the provincial liquor operations-Alcool NB Liquor, the NSLC, the PEI Liquor Control Commission, and the Newfoundland Labrador Liquor Corporation-offers a searchable database of the products it sells. NB Liquor also runs the Selection Wine Club (selectionwineclub.ca), with special offerings.
Winery and restaurant sites
This comprehensive directory of Nova Scotia wineries, created by the Winery Association of Nova Scotia, is all about building awareness of the Nova Scotia wine industry. The site features news, events, contests, festivals, winery profiles and links to producers' sites. It also offers advice and links for those interested in learning about how to start a vineyard in Nova Scotia.
In addition to wineries in Nova Scotia, there are also a number in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland.
Most have their own websites, to which I've linked through my own directory of wineries in Atlantic Canada. I also include my reviews of wines from wineries all over Atlantic Canada.
Taste of Nova Scotia promotes Nova Scotia restaurants, wineries and food producers. It has a comprehensive calendar of events, recipes and contests. You can order a basket of local treats online and have it shipped anywhere in Canada.
This site has an outstanding directory of Atlantic Canadian restaurants with links to their sites, and an informative e-newsletter with events and special dining promotions.
Each restaurant listing contains contact information and describes restaurant features (patios, private rooms) and reservation requirements. The site also has information about the annual February Dine Around Event, when various restaurants across the Atlantic Provinces offer prix fixe menus.
The Atlantic Canada Chapter of the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers (CAPS), holds tastings of fine wines, beers, and spirits, open to its members around the region. It also offers CAPS accreditation training programs for professional sommeliers.
Wine and food events
One of the region's largest food and wine shows, this week-long event, usually held in November, offers dinners, seminars and tastings that showcase many wines and foods available in Atlantic Canada.
FestiVin, held this year in Caraquet, NB, from May 28 to June 4, is now in its 14th year. There are eight days of activities, seminars and restaurant events exploring wines from all over the world.
The PEI Liquor Control Commission presents the 2011 Festival of Wines, where wine lovers can taste from more than 200 limited-quantity wines.
Sommelier Jean-Sebastien Morin will offer "Tasting Like a Pro," a complimentary workshop held prior to each tasting session to help attendees get the most out of their Festival of Wines experience.
Nova Scotia winemakers and some of the province's finest chefs come together to celebrate their passion for local food and wine during the Winter Icewine Festival, with more than 40 events taking place during 10 days in early February. Sample icewine paired with local cuisine or learn how icewine is made.
By the Glass is the region's largest private food and wine club, with more than 1,500 members. The club hosts local food and wine events in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, with visiting winemakers, sommeliers and chefs. They get rave reviews for their guided wine-and-food tours to destinations such as Burgundy, Tuscany, Spain, South America and South Africa. The hosts of the tours include local celebrity sommeliers, including Mark DeWolf and Alanna McIntyre and chefs such as Craig Flinn from Chives, Mark Gabrieau from Gabrieau's Bistro and Richard Julien.


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Last year we spent some time with the worker placement game Viticulture, the first offering from publisher Stonemaier Games. This ended up being a surprise hit for us and has made it to our gaming table many times since then.
Well today the brains behind Viticulture are back and this time they are adding new game play elements with their Tuscany expansion. Now in funding on Kickstarter, Tuscany seeks to both improve Viticulture's game play and give players more options for running their pre-modern vineyard. Is Tuscany a worthy addition to Viticulture? Read on to find out!


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Perhaps your editor "emeritus" can expound on this
To the Editor:
Your editor "emeritus," John Reilly, opined today on the qualifications, or lack thereof, of Donald Williams to be president of Quinebaug Valley Community College. No problem there. But Mr. Reilly chose to throw in a gratuitous reference to the brother of Whitey Bulger's having been president of UMass. Hey, a little guilt by association will bring life to the dreariest of columns. Maybe Mr. Reilly can get a gig writing speeches for Cliven Bundy, since Mr. Bundy seems to be in need of a wordsmith of John Reilly's capability.
Also, Mr. Reilly, why would a Democrat be seeking to replace Larry Cafero as the minority leader? Maybe I'm dense, I was never editor "emeritus" of anything, but I thought the Republicans would choose another Republican as their leader. Perhaps your editor "emeritus" can expound on this in a future column.
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The Glenrothes' latest ad campaign features people's 'vintage moments', which are significant and unique points in their lives. This is then linked, rather clumsily, to the single malt Scotch itself. "Unlike other malts, it's not bottled at any pre-determined age. Instead, it's bottled only when it's at the peak of perfection… Because maturity matters, not age."
This theme is consistent with the messaging on The Glenrothes website, which explains:
"Whether it's a Vintage, a Single Cask or one of our House Reserves, we only ever bottle The Glenrothes when we deem it to be at its peak of maturity to ensure that each unique selection is ready to enjoy at its very, very best."
By submitting your 'vintage moment' in 200 words or fewer, you could win a trip to the distillery, or one of 50 gift sets up for grabs.


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Digital Humanities Pedagogy: Practices, Principles and Politics. Ontologydrivensoftwaredevelopment. Digital Preservation Metadata for Practitioners. A Macroscope for Global History: Seshat Global History Databank, a methodological overview. Abstract This article introduces the "Seshat: Global History" project, the methodology it is based upon and its potential as a tool for historians and other humanists.
Seshat is a comprehensive dataset covering human cultural evolution since the Neolithic. Codespeakkit/bibliography.md at master · scholarslab/codespeakkit. » Demystifying Networks, Parts I & II Journal of Digital Humanities. Scott B.
Weingart Part 1 of n: An Introduction This piece builds on a bunch of my recent blog posts that have mentioned networks. Elijah Meeks already has prepared a good introduction to network visualizations on his own blog, so I cover more of the conceptual issues here, hoping to reach people with little-to-no background in networks or math, and specifically to digital humanists interested in applying network analysis to their own work. On Building. I've said a few controversial things over the course of my career, and it seems to me that if you are so honored as to have other people talking about what you said, you should probably sit back and let people respond without trying to defend yourself against every countercharge.
But I'm worried that my late remarks at mla 11 are touching a nerve in a way that is not provocative (in the good sense), but blithely exclusionary. Google's AI translation tool seems to have invented its own secret internal language. All right, don't panic, but computers have created their own secret language and are probably talking about us right now.
Well, that's kind of an oversimplification, and the last part is just plain untrue. But there is a fascinating and existentially challenging development that Google's AI researchers recently happened across. You may remember that back in September, Google announced that its Neural Machine Translation system had gone live. It uses deep learning to produce better, more natural translations between languages. Cool! Following on this success, GNMT's creators were curious about something.
02 14.content. Who's In and Who's Out. [I'm pleased to offer a transcript of my pithy, underdeveloped position paper at the "History and Future of Digital Humanities" panel at the 2011 mla.
The Changing Culture of Humanities Scholarship: Iteration, Recursion, and Versions in Scholarly Collaboration Environments. Susan Brown University of Guelph & University of Alberta John Simpson University of Alberta the INKE Research Team, & CWRC Project Team Susan Brown is Professor of English at the University of Guelph and Visiting Professor in English and Film Studies, and Humanities Computing, at the University of Alberta.
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com John Simpson holds a PhD in Philosophy and is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alberta pursuing research on the Semantic Web and Linked Open Data. INKE Research Team: Implementing New Knowledge Environments is a Major Collaborative Research Initiatives research grant funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Facebook (FB) is scrambling to catch up to Google (GOOG) in open-sourcing artificial intelligence code — Quartz. In artificial intelligence research, free code garners goodwill from the community, talent, and bragging rights.
So it's no surprise that many of the companies investing in AI, like Facebook and Google, are racing to make their code open source early and often. On Aug. 25, Facebook announced that it would make public three tools integral to its image recognition software—the same AI that automatically tags photos and helps read the content of images to visually impaired users of its site.
The social media company says that this kind technology could allow Facebook users to search for photos based on what they depict, without relying on the tags others had assigned to the images. Facebook also claims it could be used to identify the nutritional value of food just by taking a picture of it. The tools are powerful; they provide the entire framework to pick apart the elements of a photo and label the separate parts. Digital_Humanities: THE Book! Anne Burdick, Johanna Drucker, Peter Lunenfeld, Todd Presner and Jeffrey Schnapp, Digital_Humanites, Cambridge 2012 A short cut and some remarks "Two decades ago, working with digital documents was the exception.
Today it is the norm" – Anne Burdick and her co-authors write; and: "If the humanities are to thrive and not just exist in niches of privilege, they will have to visibly demonstrate the contributions to knowledge and society they are making in the digital era". This extremely interesting book from the MIT studies emerging methods and genres, cases as Geographical Information Systems (GIS), new textual corpuses and virtual reconstructions, deals with "the social life of the Digital Humanities", confronts us with some "provocations" and ends with a short practical guide to the emerging Digital Humanities. This book will change some basic guidelines for the perception of the production of knowledge, so it seems. Tools are not just tools, the authors say. X x x. Big Data in History. Patrick Manning, Big Data in History, London 2013 The author, Patrick Manning, is Professor of World History at the University of Pittsburgh.
He pursues a big goal: As a Director of the Center for Historical Information and Analysis (CHIA) he wants to develop and build up a world wide historical archive, thinking that time has come to create a coherent record of human social change. He compares his project to those in climate modeling and genetic databases. The small book is an introduction into the project of the CHIA, that exists since 2007. The global dataset on human societal activities should include four to five centuries. Professor Manning's challenge is huge: there are big quantities of complex data to be collected and processed. Digital%20Humanities%20and%20Crowdsourcing%20 %20An%20Exploration.


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Jan de Bont (born 22 October 1943) is a Dutch cinematographer, producer, and film director.
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It's not Social Media that's changing the video, film, and many other creative industries. Computers and the Internet are doing that. Social Media is a tool that people are using to try and reinvent creative mediums: people no longer buying music [leads to] labels no longer promoting and grooming new acts [leads to] acts having to do it themselves.
Social Media - like the Internet that came before it [you're being ironical, aren't you?-Ed]- provides new ways for individuals to market to people. How successful any individual effort will be really depends upon how good they are at marketing - and also, to a great extent - how lucky they are. Having the right product is maybe half the battle; being at the right place at the right time can be just as important.
But then, that's how it always was. The difference now is that many people are taking over the promotion themselves. You no longer have to sell yourself to the gatekeepers; you have to sell yourself to everyone. And as Laura Miller at Salon asks, if you have to be good at selling yourself to get your creative work out to the audience, is that necessarily a good thing?
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BabyA finally arrived, and I'm slowly adjusting to being a mother of two (or three, as I treat my dog Cotton like a son). Although it can get a little overwhelming at times, it's been an amazing experience. The three hour around-the-clock breastfeeding cycle is the easy part. The hard part is trying to divide my love and attention for my babies. Just this afternoon, all three of them were fighting for my attention at the same time! I knew it would be impossible to give BabyM all my attention upon BabyA's arrival and that was also my biggest fear. Here are a few things I did, and am doing with BabyM in preparation for BabyA's arrival.
During Pregnancy
1. Read 'I'm a new big sister' with BabyM and explained to her how things will be different.
2. Explained to her what's inside my belly as my bump got bigger. Let her feel the baby's movement.
3. Discussed with her potential baby names. (She was obsessed with calling BabyA MamaMia for some reason)
4. Took her to pick out a present for her baby sister and at the same time prepared a gift for her on behalf of BabyA.
After Childbirth
1. Brought BabyM to the hospital to visit BabyA.
2. Include BabyM as much as possible in the daily activities involving BabyA so that she doesn't feel left out.
3. Set aside one-on-one time for BabyM.
4. Encourage BabyM to talk about her feelings about BabyA.
Although I've prepared BabyM fairly well, it's inevitable for her to struggle a bit as she tries to adjust. As soon as BabyA was born, BabyM immediately had her 'big sister' hat on and was trying to take care of her baby sister. She would try to rush into BabyA's room to comfort her when she was crying and tell her not to cry because she's there for her. However, there are of course occasions where she would act up.
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We love articles which give us warm and fuzzy feelings, and this one couldn't have come at a better time.
Today in Sydney, Celebrity Cruises CEO and President Lisa Lutoff-Perlo named the cruise line as headline sponsor of the 2018 Australian LGBTI Awards, at the same time revealing Celebrity as the first cruise line in the world to offer legalised same-sex marriage at sea, effective immediately.
Lutoff-Perlo, visiting Sydney for the first time ever this week, said partnering with the 2018 Australian LGBTI Awards was a natural fit for the luxury cruise line which is committed to diversity and inclusion throughout its operations.
"At Celebrity Cruises, we're committed to opening up the world to everyone, and championing diversity in all its forms."
"This partnership further cements our commitment to the LGBTI community in Australia, and I'm thrilled to support awards which recognise the incredible efforts of Australians working tirelessly to protect and promote LGBTI right," Lutoff-Perlo added.
Lutoff-Perlo also announced the Celebrity Solstice – along with the rest of the line's 12-strong international fleet – will offer legalised same-sex marriage ceremonies in international waters under Maltese law from today, just in time for Celebrity Solstice's first Australian sailing when she returns for her sixth local season down under on 20 October 2017.
"Australia is a significant market for Celebrity Cruises, ranking as the third largest source market worldwide."
"More than 50,000 Australians cruise with us each year – both in Australia and overseas – and we're thrilled to be the first line to offer legalised same-sex marriage ceremonies, officiated by the Captain, just in time for the new season," Lutoff-Perlo said.
The move follows a transformative vote in Malta, where a majority of the Celebrity fleet is registered, which passed the country's parliament 66-1.
The long-awaited referendum opens the door for Celebrity to legally recognize same-sex marriages performed onboard, and have the fleet's captains officiate the ceremonies.
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We are pleased to report that on Tuesday the Landmarks Preservation Commission did not approve a proposal for a 4-story crinkled glass addition atop 827-831 Broadway (12th/13th Streets), the 1866 lofts which once housed Willem de Kooning and many other notable artists, which GVSHP saved from the wrecking ball in 2017. GVSHP and our allies urged the Commission not to approve the plan, which we felt was too overwhelming in size and visibility, and too discordant in its design. The Commission's comments largely mirrored those concerns. Thank you to all who showed up for the hearing, especially representatives of Councilmember Carlina Rivera and State Senators Liz Kruger and Brad Hoylman, and Community Board #2. Read coverage here and here, and see images here.
The applicant will now have to return with a revised proposal based upon the Commissioners feedback, which was to make the proposed addition shorter and/or to push it back further, and to make the proposed design "calmer" and more harmonious with the architecture of the existing building. An applicant is entitled to a "minimally visible" addition atop a landmarked building such as this, and at the discretion of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, can secure approval for a larger one, if deemed "appropriate." We felt this design did not meet that standard, and are glad that the LPC seemed to (at least somewhat) agree.
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Five-part miniseries CHERNOBYL debuts in May on HBO.
Five-part miniseries CHERNOBYL, an HBO/SKY co-production starring jared harris, stellan skarsgård and emily watson, written by craig mazin and directed by johan renck, debuts in May on HBO
Paul Ritter, Jessie Buckley, Adrian Rawlins And Con O'Neill Also Star; Carolyn Strauss, Jane Featherstone And Craig Mazin Executive Produce; Chris Fry And Johan Renck Co-Executive Produce; Sanne Wohlenberg Produces
CHERNOBYL dramatizes the story of the 1986 nuclear accident, one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history, and of the brave men and women who made incredible sacrifices to save Europe from unimaginable disaster.
Debuting on HBO in May, the five-part miniseries stars Jared Harris ("The Crown"; Emmy nominee for "Mad Men"), Stellan Skarsgård ("Melancholia," "Good Will Hunting") and Emily Watson (Oscar nominee for "Hilary and Jackie" and "Breaking the Waves").
CHERNOBYL was written and executive produced by Craig Mazin ("The Huntsman: Winter's War") and directed by Johan Renck ("Breaking Bad"). Produced by Sister Pictures and The Mighty Mint as an HBO/Sky co-production. Carolyn Strauss (Emmy® winner for "Game of Thrones") and Jane Featherstone ("Broadchurch") executive produce; Johan Renck and Chris Fry ("Humans") co-executive produce; Sanne Wohlenberg ("Black Mirror") produces.
On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, Soviet Union suffered a massive explosion that released radioactive material across Belarus, Russia and Ukraine and as far as Scandinavia and western Europe.
Jared Harris portrays Valery Legasov, a leading Soviet nuclear physicist. As part of the response team, he is one of the first to grasp the scope of the unparalleled disaster that has occurred.
Stellan Skarsgård plays Soviet Deputy Prime Minister Boris Shcherbina, who is assigned by the Kremlin to lead the government commission on Chernobyl in the hours immediately following the accident.
Emily Watson portrays Ulana Khomyuk, a Soviet nuclear physicist committed to solving the mystery of what led to the Chernobyldisaster.
The miniseries also stars: Paul Ritter ("Lovesick") as Chernobyldeputy chief engineer Anatoly Dyatlov; Jessie Buckley ("Beast") as Lyudmilla Ignatenko, a Pripyat resident married to a firefighter on the first response team; Adrian Rawlins ("Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows") as Chernobyl chief engineer Nikolai Fomin; and Con O'Neill ("Harlots") as plant director Viktor Bryukhanov.
The cast also includes: Sam Troughton ("The Ritual"), Adam Nagaitis ("The Terror"), Barry Keoghan ("Dunkirk"), Ralph Ineson ("Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"), Mark Lewis Jones ("Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi"), Fares Fares (HBO's "Westworld") and David Dencik ("McMafia").
The miniseries was filmed on location in Vilnius, Lithuania, with a creative team including: director of photography Jakob Ihre ("Thelma"); production designer Luke Hull ("Howards End"); editors Jinx Godfrey ("The Theory of Everything") and Simon Smith ("Endeavor"); costume designer Odile Dicks-Mireaux ("Brooklyn"); casting directors Nina Gold and Robert Sterne (both two-time Emmy® winners for HBO's "Game of Thrones"); and composer Hildur Guðnadóttir ("Trapped").
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text: GREENVILLE, MS (Ben Caxton) — A Greenville woman described by her parents as "vulnerable" has gone missing and authorities are asking the public's help in finding her. 41-year-old Andrea Gilmore, who sometimes goes by the name of "Angela" went missing from her home in the 300 Block of Shackelford Drive around 10:00 PM Wednesday night. The family says Gilmore, who requires medication to survive, may be with a man by who goes by the name "Mane" and they could be leaving the city.


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The relation between sexual self-concepts and attachment styles in married women: A cross-sectional study
Background &Aim: Sexual self-concept is providing recognition of sexual aspects of each person, which is derived from previous experiences, points out the recent experience and guides the sexual behaviors. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the relation between sexual self-concept and attachment styles in married women who referred to the health centers of Tehran in 2014.
Methods & Materials: This descriptive analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 365 women of reproductive age (15 to 44 years old) who referred to the health centers affiliated with Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Data gathering tools were demographic characteristics questionnaire, the standard questionnaire for sexual self-concept and the standard questionnaire for attachment. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 16 using descriptive statistics and Pearson correlation coefficient with a significant level of α = 0.05.
Results: Results showed a direct correlation between negative sexual self-concept and anxious attachment (p < 0.0001) and avoidant attachment (p < 0.0001) and a reverse correlation between negative sexual self-concept and secure attachment (p < 0.0001). In contrary, positive sexual self-concept had a reverse correlation with anxious attachment (p = 0.006) and avoidant attachment (p = 0.114) and a direct correlation with secure attachment (p = 0.006).
Conclusions: Considering the direct correlation between positive sexual self-concept and secure attachment and also between negative sexual self-concept and non-secure attachment (anxious and avoidant), it is predicted that by appropriate planning for secure attachment, health sexual behaviors could be reached.
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We took Olin on her first road trip 9 1/2 hours North to Michigan, which took us about 12 hours with bottle feedings and potty breaks for the baby and pups. Olin was able to meet a lot of family members on her father's side, as I continue to get to know them myself. We have crammed a lot of life into 1 year, but I sure wouldn't change a thing about it. We stopped at Lake Eerie on the way home and the dogs got loose and were chasing after a firetruck siren. Never a dull moment!
Olin's First Time Flying
Olin flew with mama to St. Louis, MO to visit her great-grandparents!
The pups stayed home with dad.
Nap time in the Charlotte, NC airport!
It feels amazing to be able to get out and do things with this baby girl! I cannot imagine life without her! Collin loves the Baby Bjorn (we both do)! And, shew, I can breathe again! :)
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Olin's First Trip Outdoors!
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McDonald's, Walmart, and the Fight for $15 movement here in the U.S. have a long way to go before they match Venezuela President's "gift" to minimum wage employees.
On Monday, President Nicolas Maduro announced a 155% hike in the minimum wage. That's the 13th increase since Mr. Maduro became President, in case someone keeps record for the sake of history.
The trouble is that Maduro's hike will do too little to help minimum wage employees catch up with the soaring cost of living.
Inflation in Venezuela is running at 8900%.
That isn't the case in the U.S. where inflation is running at 2.4%.
And that's one of the reasons, McDonald's and Walmart shouldn't match Venezuela's minimum wage hikes.
Then there's the ugly truth about Venezuela's minimum wage hikes: they are part of the country's problem rather than solution.
Once upon a time, Joseph Stalin was burning villages and towns to rebuild them for the working class. In recent years, President Maduro and his predecessor Hugo Chavez brought Venezuela to the brink of collapse, and hike the minimum wage to fight the economic war against their right-wing opponents! And they had plenty of company in Europe where the right-wing regimes have been hiking the minimum wage to accommodate the demands of left wing coalitions. Never mind that these minimum wage hikes sent more young people to the unemployment lines.
Greece and France are two good examples. They never became communist countries, officially. Nonetheless, they adopted many of the features of communism, like a host of labor promises and guarantees that had labor unions and governments set and hike wages, rather than markets.
The consequences of these policies are many, and well explained in previous pieces here. But the most notable is that they turn business enterprises into welfare agencies, sending domestic entrepreneurs away to other European countries, depriving young people of new job opportunities.
It should come to no one's surprise, therefore, that all these countries have been suffering from astronomically high youth unemployment rates.
McDonald's and Walmart aren't welfare agencies. They are for profit enterprises. And they should rather stay that way for the sake of the minimum wage employees who work there.
And that's another reason why the two companies shouldn't match Venezuela's wage hikes.