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This program is written for the families of the women who attend the corps as well as those who are part of the surrounding community. Its purpose is to demonstrate that worship starts at home around the family table. The focus is on choosing to serve the Lord.
Program Outline
Welcome and prayer
Fun and Games
Song #1015, The Salvation Army Song Book, verse 4 "Happy the Home"
Scripture (Reader)
Devotions: "It All Starts with a Decision"
Time of invitation and prayer
Closing chorus: "I have decided to follow Jesus"
(Check YouTube for a video of the chorus)
Shared Meal
Put a committee together to handle the various aspects of this event: advertising, mailing of invitations, meal set up, preparation and clean up.
Send invitations to family members of the women's ministries group and also to members of the corps. Ask the women to think of a friend whose family they will personally invite. Place flyers in areas where The Salvation Army serves the public and on the corps bulletin board.
Set Up
Set up family tables with seating on the outside for participation. Use fall tablecloths, napkins and silverware. Ask the women to bring framed photos of their families to be used as centerpieces.
Meal and Hostess
Decide whether to serve a full meal, which need not be fancy, or a dessert bar with multiple desserts. Ask two to three families to act as hosts at the tables. Select those who reflect the different types of families represented in the women's ministries program, the corps and the community. For example: a single mother and children, a more traditional family of mother, father, one or two children, and a family where the grandparents are the prime caregivers of the children.
Game Suggestions
Have available word searches on families in the Bible or a match game of famous families. Check the Internet for programs to create the word searches.
Skit "Choosing"
Adult: It's time to sit still.
Child: Aw, for how long?
Adult: You get to choose: 30 minutes? 29 minutes? Or 15? Which do you choose?
Child: Well, okay….15! Then I get to eat three of these desserts, right?
Adult: Well, no. But, you get to choose which one? And a full sized piece!
Child: Then I'm having the chocolate cake with chocolate icing! Can I have it now?
Adult: Not for a little bit. But, aren't you happy you got to choose two very important things?
Child: Yes!
Leader: Today, we are gathered as families around the tables. And in just a little while we will be enjoying a wonderful meal together. But first we are going to have a short time of family worship. You may be sitting with your family or close friends but all together we are one big family of God.
Song: Song #1015 verse 4 "Happy the Home"
Reader: Our scripture verse is from Joshua 24:15. "But if you refuse to serve the Lord, then choose today whom you will serve. Would you prefer the gods your ancestors served beyond the Euphrates? Or will it be the gods of the Amorites in whose land you now live? But as for me and my family, we will serve the Lord."
It All Starts with a Decision
Being around the family table is wonderful. But, it didn't happen without a lot of decisions. For many in our group it started a month ago when we met together to plan this event. For others it started when you heard about this worship service. Right then you had a decision to make. You decided you liked the idea or you decided you were not interested. You may have chosen to wait until later. Your decision may have been to wait to see who else was going and even to see what other people thought about the whole idea before you making up your mind.
Every single day we make decisions. Some we don't even think about; what soap to buy, what toothbrush to use or when to get up. We have a routine that we follow each day. Other decisions we may labor over. What clothes are appropriate for an event? Should we look for a new job? Should we buy a new car or a new house?
Then we have the decisions we don't really talk about. Am I going to give my attention to that teacher or read my book? Am I going to sit with that person whom I know will talk constantly or am I going to sit at another table with the "readers" and leave the talker all alone? Am I going to be kind to the cashier even though she was grumpy as she checked me out at the store? While we don't talk about these decisions, they happen every day.
There is one decision that guides all other decisions in our lives. This is referred to in the verse in Joshua read earlier. It's placed in the framework of a statement; "As for me and my family, we will serve the Lord." These powerful decisive words were stated when Joshua called for a decision among people who were living in a land where other gods were worshipped. Joshua spoke for his family and was calling out to the people of God to decide to serve the one true God. Joshua spoke for his family, stating that they would serve the Lord together. This meant all the members of his household, including extended families, would be instructed in the ways of God.
This verse makes three powerful statements for our family worship today:
- First we read, "As for me." We know that walking with Jesus Christ is a decision we make personally. Our father or mother cannot decide to ask Jesus to forgive our sins and be our Lord. We must do this ourselves.
- The second statement is "and my family." Our families all vary in size and make up. Some of us live alone, and we have good friends that have become our families. Regardless of what our family looks like, we believe something. But this last part of the statement is essential to what we choose to believe.
- The third statement is "we will serve the Lord." We all serve someone. Who are you serving as a family? Is it God? Or is everyone serving themselves, doing what pleases them, whenever they desire? This verse points us to a good decision—to choose to follow and serve the Lord.
A wonderful blessing is available when the whole household is taught the ways of the Lord and decides to serve Him. We know some of us are part of a family in which not everyone has chosen to be a follower of Christ. It's so important to remember that the decision to follow Him is ours alone. We determine to love and pray for the members of our family so they will want to follow Christ too.
If you realize tonight that you have not yet made a decision to be a follower of Christ, and you want to, we are going to pray for you right now.


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In the UK: ITV2 at some point
Weddings can be tricky things, can't they? I don't know how yours went – or if yours went at all – but mine had a few not-so-smooth moments, even though we chose to outsource the entire process to Las Vegas to make things easier.
Now some bright spark has come up with the idea of 24 meets a comedy wedding. Yes, an entire season of shows that follow a wedding day in real-time. Feel the tension, the adrenaline, the nerves, all without having to go through the process yourself.
Wouldn't it be good if it was funny as well?
Plot (and this is supposed to make you want to watch the show?)
Each season, the show 24 tackles one very, very bad day in the life of a special agent in charge of national security. This fall ABC will also present one very, very bad day in someone's life… a young couple's wedding day in the beautiful backyard of a family home. And while no one is defusing a nuclear bomb – they're arguing about when the salad is going to be served – the stakes (as anyone who has been through a wedding knows) are just as high.
Big Day tells the stories you don't see on the wedding video — the father who sits his daughter down on the morning of her big day and tells her he really doesn't think she should marry this guy; the bitter bridesmaid older sister who sleeps with the best man and accidentally drinks his contact lenses, which he left in a glass of water on the nightstand, blinding him for the rest of the proceedings; the groomsman who's secretly in love with the groom; the tightly wound mother of the bride who intimidates the nervous wedding planner into changing the salad (the bride's choice, Caesar, is just so tacky!).
Big Day stars Marla Sokoloff (ABC's The Practice) as Alice and Josh Cooke as Danny – the blushing bride and groom — Wendie Malick (Just Shoot Me) as Jane, Kurt Fuller (Anger Management) as Steve, Miriam Shor as Becca, Stephen Rannazzisi as Skobo and the hilariously nervous Stephnie Weir (FOX's Mad TV) as Lorna.
The writers of What Women Want and 13 Going on 30 take a full season to dissect the biggest day in any family's life (from waking up in the AM to the honeymoon suite). Tapping into the charm of such romantic comedies as Wedding Crashers and the real horror of Bridezillas, they bring us the crazy chaos and the love that ultimately marks everyone's Big Day. The series is executive-produced by Josh Goldsmith, Cathy Yuspa and Matthew Carlson.
Is it any good?
As you can probably tell from the plot summary, it's not as good as might have been hoped. The real-time gimmick is a nice idea but in the first episode, you can't actually tell it's all real-time; you just have to take their word for it. So no adrenaline yet.
Then we have the characters. Again, we're in some parallel comedy universe where people act and behave in ways only seen in tele. Sure, you need to take the dull bits out of reality to make TV, but you still need a certain amount of reality. A groom who wants the theme to his favourite childhood TV show played during the ceremony? Really? That's the best you've got guys?
Rather than subtle, clever or original humour, Big Day wants to get its yucks from slapstick, exaggerated characters and clichés. Wedding tents collapse when a single tent peg is removed, the mother of the bride is always interfering and over-ruling her daughter, the father disapproves of the groom: been here, seen that, got bored by it the first time.
There are plenty of wedding disaster stories to be found on the Internet (and in most people's personal lives. I know I've been to some interesting weddings in my time…), without having to constantly return to other TV programmes and movies for inspiration. Write from what you know, guys, not from what you've watched on the small screen, because you can bet we've watched it, too.
So a bad start for this one. I might watch the next episode, but I can't guarantee it. I'm only hoping this doesn't steal the thunder of the far-superior The Singles Table and prejudice the audience against weddings-based comedy.
Here's a YouTube clip for you. I must have blinked or it must be from a later episode since this one's funnier than I remember the show being.
Marla Sokoloff (Alice)
Josh Cooke (Danny)
Wendie Malick (Jane)
Kurt Fuller (Steve)
Miriam Shor (Becca)
Stephen Rannazzisi (Skobo)
Stephnie Weir (Lorna)
UPDATE: Did you know that a rom-com, real-time wedding was one of the original ideas for 24? That could have been a very different Jack Bauer we'd have come to have known…

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In a class on spiritual development several years ago, I remember claiming that I had almost no clutter left. I've had to laugh at myself many times since then, because, except in the world of politics, a less accurate statement could not have been made. In fact, it has been only lately that I have gotten to some tightly held, hard-to-let-go-of stuff that has been stagnating in the back of my closet since the hippie days of youthful adventures.
It really isn't surprising that over the years the bulk of shopping mistakes, office apparel no longer needed, styles outgrown, items less than inspiring, has found its way to the Hospice Shop or
. These things carefully encased in plastic, however, are a different category altogether: long-dormant items representing a time of life that is gone but not forgotten – a time close to the heart. Survival Center
How fortunate that a light-bulb went off over my head not too long ago, and I realized that my very dear friend, Carolyn, might provide a solution and a reason to let go. Carolyn has found many new sources of creativity since her retirement, among them building twig furniture, crocheting and, most recently, weaving. Some of her projects involve taking old clothing, removing the seams, cutting up the material into strips that are then crocheted into rugs; or woven into runners, mug rugs, placemats, and so forth. What better use for my beloved old wardrobe than to be reborn as something that I can actually use -- and enjoy!
So, the first set of clothing went off to Carolyn's studio in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and has returned as a table runner with a moon-rising-over-the-mountain theme. I was so inspired by the colors, texture, and shapes of the completely new design before me that I sent Carolyn another set of outlived apparel, this time from my dancing phase of the mid-nineties. The theme for the current project is water. Without planning it, I am amazed to discover that we are working our way through the Feng Shui elements. Water, Wood, Fire, Earth, and Metal are all finding expression through the combination of my re-purposed fabrics and Carolyn's loom.
As a Feng Shui practitioner I have to take my own advice on clutter-clearing. It's important to go slow and be kind to yourself, because when you're working with your "stuff" you are working not only with the physical item, but with the energy behind that item. If you are not ready to deal with an item – don't. There will come a moment when it will be just right to let it go. In that letting go is freedom and rebirth, and a promise of something new that more truly reflects – and nourishes -- who you are now.


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More and more single women start to have a baby on their own and have recourse to artificial insemination. Because they want a baby but haven't found their prince charming, they choose this alternative. It's another proof that women can live without men in our modern society. Now that we have acquired our financial independence, men are no longer necessary to support our needs, including conceiving a child. But how do women end up in that solution ? Is this a selfish decision?
Let's try to understand this phenomenon through some examples. V., 39, realized at 37 she was still single but that her biological clock was rushing to its end. She had two serious love relationships in the past, but ended up alone in a crucial period for her. So, after many reflexions, she decided to opt for artificial insemination with an anonymous donor. "I've always wanted to have a baby, but I wasn't gonna deprive myself from this because I didn't have a man" she explained. And now her little daughter is born, she said that if she had to make that decision again, she would.
K.,37, always dreamt about having a family with a nice husband and adorable little kids. But is still single, because she hasn't found her Mr. Right. And after many reflexions, she chose to have recourse to artificial insemination too. "Many of my friends have been trapped in a disappointing relationship to achieve their dream of having a baby. But I don't want that. I'd rather have a baby on my own than dealing with an unbearable father" she said.
One of my friend, who's a MD specialized in fertility, once explained she was confronted to a very special case. A 28 year-old lady came one day to visit her and asked for an artificial insemination, but not with her partner's sperm. Because she didn't want her partner to be the biological father of the child for a reason my friend didn't understand. But the lady wanted him to raise the child. My friend didn't tell me what she did with that special case.
We still live in a world where two is the norm, especially for bringing up a child. But now that divorces multiply, we see more and more single moms raising their kids. And their situation is not very different from the inseminated women who also bring up their child alone.


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Comexposium, the European event organizer behind the CARTES conferences has recently announced the theme for this years flagship Secure Connexions event in Paris. Now an international event celebrating innovations in digital security, payment, identification and mobility, this November will mark the 29th iteration of CARTES.
The theme for this year's Paris event is Users On The Move, a decision simply explained in a press release with the phrase, "Because we are an increasingly mobile world."
Specifically, the theme will have the event focused on key issues in secure mobility, secure cloud computing services, biometrics and data protection. Smart commerce is also listed as a key topic this year, unsurprisingly considering the very recent deployments of strong identity based mobile finance applications.
The event will run from November 4th to 6th this year at the Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, welcoming the United Arab Emirates as the country of honor. This distinction has been made to recognize the UAE's evolution into what Comexposium calls a dynamic hub for global trade with exceptional infrastructures and offers enormous potential for the digital security industry.
Throughout the three day CARTES event the expected trade exhibition will be running. This year CARTES is boasting upwards of 450 exhibitors from more than 50 countries.
Last month, Comexposium hosted CARTES America in Las Vegas: the Secure Connexions Event associated with the North American security market, also themed around mobility. Each of the CARTES iterations brings with it a SESAMES Awards, with this most recent one awarding Oberthur Technologies for innovations in emerging payment, and Zwipe AS for it's biometric access card.


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IF skill and responsibility were the only test for worthiness to receive wage differentials, schoolmasters would be better paid than solicitors, and the curate's stipend would far exceed that of the candlestick-maker. But schoolmasters and curates continue to be wretchedly paid because their vocations give them little bargaining power; they cannot twist the Slate's arm whenever they are feeling poor, weary. or frustrated. It is meaningless, therefore, to base a claim for higher wage differ- entials for engine-drivers and firemen on abstract justice. If justice were done, the people who would benefit would he not the members of the powerful trade unions, but the millions whose jobs for one reason or another deprive them of the right or the capacity to embarrass the community by going out . on strike.
Yet it was hard to blame the footplate men for chancing their arm on this strike threat. Two successive Governments have surrendered rather than face a stoppage on the railways, Labour once, the Conservatives twice. If the NUR could do it, why not ASLEF? The footplate men's union bank balance may not be so healthy, for strike purposes, as the NUR's; but on the other hand the chances of the footplate men of getting their way without a strike ought to be greater. After all, people like engine-drivers—feel that they deserve more, much more, than porters and gangers and the rest. Public opinion should be on their side : and with a general election in the offing, the Government would be in no hurry to irritate public opinion. Surrender, surely, would be inevitable, provided that somebody could find a formula to prevent it looking too abject. For these reasons the footplate men felt justified in breaking the wage agreement they had recently concluded with the British Railways executive—in repudiating the arbitration verdict that they had pledged themselves to accept. They were able, of course, to argue that the agreement had been invali- dated by the executive's grant of increased wages to the NUR, which automatically reduced the footplate men's differentials. But if this argument were to be accepted, it would mean that no group of men in an industry could be given a rise without the wages of everybody else in the industry going up propor- tionately. And very soon (since the railwaymen's claims have been based largely on the need to restore parity with wages in other industries) this would mean that as soon as wages went up in one industry they would have to go up in all.
This is not just a derisive speculation : it is, in fact, what is happening. The wage structure is gradually becoming ossified, in the attempt to keep everybody's wages proportionately in step with everybody else's. This is not to say that the footplate men's case is frivolous : the fact that differentials can become a fetish does not mean they are no longer needed, and the rank and file clamour for a tougher policy against the employer.
The engineers' demands are not unreasonable; most of us will have every sympathy with the desire for greater leisure whether it be used, as one delegate wanted, 'to show their children Park Lane and Mayfair, where the parasitical class live,' or. as another preferred, to see the sun rise behind moun- tains. But the tone behind the demands was more arrogant, more akin to the past utterances of the Communists than to those of the TUC. Prosperity has its frustrations; even if the engineers are earning more than ever before, they can still feel disgruntled; and they can always excuse fresh demands on the grounds that they must buy new cloaks against a coming bliz- zard. But these demands, echoed in almost every industry today, will themselves promote the blizzard, unless unions and employers can find their way back to the road of industrial co-operation from which they have begun to stray.


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Belarusian dark/black metal band Victim Path released a new lyric video for the track named "Faceless Nameless". The track is taken from their upcoming album which is expected to be released this year. Dark way of metal formation Victim Path started in 2009. The lyrics of the team are based on the theme of misanthropy, pain, loneliness of a human being who is deprived of a right to be god's creation. The denial of religious postulates, rules and dogmas of everyday life is the main idea of the hard music of the group. Victim Path released their debut album, Surrounded By Pain, in August 2012 through Possession Productions. In this time the band is in search for a new label for release of the second album. Watch the new lyric video in the player below. Link


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Swapping New Amsterdam for Old, 37-year-old visual effects expert Ricky Weissman from New York quickly felt at home in the surprisingly familiar architecture of Amsterdam's Jordaan. Three years in, he is mad for mustard, flowers and sand dunes and never says no to a poffertje.
How did you end up in the Netherlands?
My wife and I were living in Brooklyn, New York about three years ago now and we had found that we were travelling to Europe more and more often and that the cost of getting here and the time it took was just kind of killing us. We figured that we would find a way to get closer to our end goal, which was to live here for a few years and see if we liked it.
I was freelancing for a company in New York City that had strongholds all over the world and I put in for a European destination and they told me they had an Amsterdam office and had a position available. We came out here for a week to see if we liked the city and taste the food and feel the culture. We decided that we wanted to make the move for sure. They offered me the job, and my wife was able to get a job through her network also, and seven months later we moved over.
It felt like home when we came here. When we went back to New York [to visit], we saw it with new eyes. Park Slope and those town houses, the way the bricks are laid out – even the name 'Breuckelen' – it was built by the Dutch.
How do you describe yourself – an expat, lovepat, immigrant, international etc?
I would say I'm an international citizen living here, but the experience I have here does feel more like an immigrant in a strange land sometimes.
As accepted as I am in my own work communities here, I find that with my facial attributes and just what we look like, [means] the Dutch know that you're not from around here. Even with most of my neighbours, it has taken a good amount of time for them to say, 'Oh, this guy lives on the block now'. Only in the last year or so, I've been getting very chatty with them.
How long do you plan to stay?
With every day that we're here, we make plans to stay a lot longer. Socially, things seem to be collapsing back home… We said that we'd try five years and see how we felt after three – and now we're having a baby in two weeks and I feel like we're probably not going to go home any time soon!
Do you speak Dutch and how did you learn?
I speak a little Dutch. I do a half hour of this Rosetta Stone software in the mornings and I find that's really good. And I practise with my co-workers and stuff like that, and they'll correct my grammar.
But as much as I can speak Dutch, I find that as soon as I start to have a conversation, people go too quickly for me when they speak back, and I just get very lost. I think that it's a very difficult sentence structure once you try to form larger sentences. But you really can't embrace the culture fully unless you learn the language, so we are aware that to be fully immersed we have to learn it.
What's your favourite Dutch food?
We were a little mixed on that for a while until we started travelling further north up to Friesland and, for the first time, had northern Dutch mustard soup. That was a very interesting combination of flavours that we're really into. Now we travel the countryside to find these mustards and we make our own soup at home. That would be my go-to here. Otherwise, we just stuff ourselves full of poffertjes as much as we can.
How Dutch have you become?
I'm going to say 'medium' Dutch, as I think it's really important to represent your own culture as well when you're living overseas.
We really embraced the government system here a lot more than I thought we would, and I'm finding all the problems with our own government because of it. There's no slum or 'bad neighbourhood' here that is visibly apparent – the bottom rung is set a lot higher and I think that's something that the whole world could follow. I like the fact that all the roads are maintained. There are no tolls. And there's functional social housing. Everything is just covered by the system. In New York, there is a feeling that it is every person for themselves sometimes.
There's a lot of things that work here that I didn't even know about. I have a new appreciation for the regels of society – these 'rules' that they have here! I used to be anti-rules, but now I find that rules do help things to progress sometimes. Here there's a structure and there's an answer for everything. We can't fathom what life would be like going back now. It's a Pandora's Box for us.
Which three Dutch people (dead or alive) would you most like to meet?
Pieter Stuyvesant, who was the last Dutch director-general of New York, then New Amsterdam. There's such a rich history there of how they set up a society. Granted, there was a lot of conquering, but at the time there was also a lot of negotiating, too. There's an interesting story that when the English came to take the colonies from the North-East area, Pieter Stuyvesant jumped on top of a canon and was prepared to fire at 300 ships, when they themselves only had limited ships to defend themselves. They had to pull him off this canon and force him to surrender.
For the present, I would love to be in a room with the prime minister, Mark Rutte. I've got a lot of questions about that whole tax thing [30% ruling] they've been altering lately. I'd really like to know how they were able to pull that off because that has a very big effect on us and a lot of people I work with.
The society likes all the money coming into the country for their personal benefit, but they don't seem to like the people bringing it in. There's no representation for the expat community, I feel. People make investments here based on the numbers they're given and to have those numbers so drastically change at the drop of a hat, it's really confusing to me how that's legal.
Multatuli. We went to the national military museum and we learnt all about the conquests of the Netherlands. Everyone tends to learn their local history from their own point of view – and all the conquering in Java and in the Indonesian islands, we didn't know anything about this. Multatuli wrote news articles about what was really going on and the people were so upset by what they had read that they eventually pulled their own military out. To find out about how they had economically enslaved these people, and that it just took one writer to overthrow that whole concept, I think that was fascinating.
What's your top tourist tip?
Leave Amsterdam! When you go to the city, you get a multi-cultural experience, which is very nice, but if you really want a true flavour of any country, you have to get to the countryside. We have an affinity for the national parks here. The Veluwe, a lot of people go to that, but our favourite is the Kennemer dunes. Just before you get to the Bloemendaal beach, there's a beautiful national park on the north and south side of the N200. It's miles of sand dunes before you get to the beach and you can just walk around there for weeks! The dunes make for a unique landscape which we don't have in the States.
Tell us something surprising you've found out about the Netherlands
That democracy with a touch of socialism works! That was a unique thing for me. When I first got here, the fact that tax was so high here, I didn't understand why people would be a fan of that. But then I see how much you get for that. The concept that we [as Americans] are aware of is that the government 'takes over' your life, but here it's just that the government sets a high minimum for life standards. All the roads are maintained, the national parks are free, … you get everything you need.
Also, we did not know about the agricultural market here and that over 80% is exported. I found it peculiar that the majority of the produce is exported and that the people in the country do not necessarily get the best of the best. You really have to seek if you want to find high quality products.
The fact that we can even buy or afford orchids here is also a phenomenon to us. Orchids in the States are like €30 a piece. Here's it's like €2.99! We keep flowers weekly. We have become those people!
If you had just 24 hours left in the Netherlands, what would you do?
There's a few little countryside lakes that we have found along the way. Hopefully, it would be summer when this moment occurred because there is a lake in the Kennemer Dunes – you park your car and you hike around 15 minutes through the woods and then there's this beautiful desert lake that exists in the middle of this park.
It's just glorious and it feels so secret, even though there are people there. After work, in the summer, we'll go there two or three nights a week: drive to the dunes, park the car and go for a swim for an hour or two.
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Much of the innovation that is driving retail this year is expected to centre on payment technology.
Many of the retailers that Essential Retail has spoken to in recent months have said they are looking forward to the mobile payment piece taking off, but are naturally cautious about proceeding with what is arguably the most sensitive part of the purchase process.
A significant proportion of the new payment technology companies looking to penetrate the market were at this year's RBTE, which took place at London's Earls Court in March.
Mobile payment tipping point has been spoken about for a number of years, now, but perhaps 2014 could be the year that they finally push through to the mainstream.
Brian Kilcourse, managing partner at US-based RSR Research, said: "As retailers are pondering the question "Why mobile payments?", the real question perhaps is "Why NOT mobile payments?"
"Once the issues identified in the answer to that question are resolved, consumer acceptance of mobile payment options should happen. And the collective wisdom at RBTE 2014 is that it will happen very soon.
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Average retail gasoline prices in Louisiana have not moved in the past week, averaging $2.31/g Sunday, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 2,436 gas outlets in Louisiana.
About 70 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more this week as the national celebrates Thanksgiving.
This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.6 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.54/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.
Prices Nov. 19 were 36.2 cents per gallon higher than the same date one year ago and are 8.4 cents per gallon higher than a month ago.
The national average has increased 8.9 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 40.4 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.
According to GasBuddy historical data, gasoline prices on November 20 in Louisiana have ranged widely over the last five years:
$1.95/g in 2016, $1.91/g in 2015, $2.66/g in 2014, $3.00/g in 2013 and $3.21/g in 2012.


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BYuT faction to stay in Verkhovna Rada until Tender Chamber is liquidated
They have received respective instructions of Tymoshenko
The BYuT faction will stay in the Verkhovna Rada chamber today, until the Tender Chamber of Ukraine is liquidated.
According to an UNIAN correspondent, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko claimed this to a press conference in Kyiv today.
According to the information of the government's press-office, Yulia Tymoshenko addressed the Verkhovna Rada today with a demand to immediately cancel the law on tender purchases, and to liquidate the Tender Chamber.
The Prime Minister is confident that it will allow to avoid political speculations, and will stabilize the situation in the sphere of state purchases.
Besides, Prime Minister of Ukraine addressed the democratic coalition in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine with the demand to endorse in whole a draft law which annuls all deputy privileges.
In addition, Yulia Tymoshenko expressed her hopes that liquidation of deputy immunities would be backed up by other factions, not being members of the democratic coalition.
"Every without exception political force would step into parliamentary elections with the intention to annul deputy privileges. The time has come to meet commitments before our people", the Head of Government summoned.
Yulia Tymoshenko Bloc faction within the Parliament have received respective instructions relating to this issue from the Prime Minister.


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The standard Bollinger Bands indicator is used for generating signals. All operations are performed according to formed bars on the current timeframe.
The Expert Advisor can be used for semi-automated trading. Positions can be closed manually but trailed by the EA. Since the martingale method can be dangerous, you can close the position manually when the current profit becomes greater than previous losses.
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- It is recommended to select parameters for each account type separately.
- The EA features a control panel for emergency closure of all open positions or only for the specified symbols.
- In the control panel, it is possible to specify the direction to open trades.
- The EA's graphic interface contains a table with the statistic values of last testing results and parameters used during that testing, as well as a table with the current account statistics.
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The Financial Times today launches a marketing campaign challenging readers to think beyond 'black and white' and turn to the FT for a more complete perspective on the news agenda.
The campaign was developed in partnership with Essence, a digital marketing agency, and will be rolled out across the UK, US and Asia Pacific. The integrated campaign will appear across video, mobile, display, social media, audio and out of home.
The creative images feature issues and events driving the news agenda as overly simplified dichotomies presented in black and white, before prompting readers with the line, 'For the full perspective, turn to the FT.' The campaign demonstrates how the FT takes readers beyond the headlines and helps them make the right connections in complex and uncertain times.
Sacha Bunatyan, FT B2C marketing director, said: "For 129 years, the FT has served as a trusted guide for our global readers. At a time when many publications feature opinion rather than reporting, the 'black and white' campaign is a playful but powerful reminder that the FT continues to provide high-quality and impartial news and analysis. It presents all sides of the argument so our discerning readers can make their own decisions."
Andy Veasey, creative director at Essence, said: "High-quality journalism is an essential service in today's cluttered world of fake news and social media. This campaign promotes the unique perspective of the FT by presenting typical news as black and white before turning the page to reveal the FT's distinctive pink brand and the full perspective: clarity amid the complexity."
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text: Managed Services & Outsourcing SaskTel switches over to Java Allison Taylor @itworldca Published: September 2nd, 2004There weren't many options for SaskTel when it realized that six of its legacy applications, built many years ago on the PowerBuilder integrated development environment (IDE), needed to be converted into a newer and more strategic programming language that was easier to maintain and staff.Nearly eight years ago the Saskatchewan-based telecom provider had four developers that were familiar with PowerBuilder, a language that has in the past been used for enterprise-level applications that in many cases have been overpowered with the advent of C, Cobol and Java. Over the years SaskTel's skilled PowerBuilder developers were changing jobs and the company was facing a common problem, supporting integral legacy applications with fewer resources.The company also decided that PowerBuilder was no longer tactical and that there wouldn't be any new development projects using the Sybase Inc. IDE, which didn't help the fact that the six PowerBuilder applications, crucial to the long distance billing and tracking system that also enable SaskTel's clients to automate toll rate changes, were quickly becoming a bit of a problem for the company. Other company-wide applications were built using Cobol and the PowerBuilder apps were starting to become one island of technology, which still needed to be maintained and serviced."The technology was hard to staff, hard to train for and had limited use," said Wayne Petrychyn, business solutions manager in the Toll division with SaskTel. "At the same time the applications aren't something we can do without." Realistic and financially feasible options were few and far between. The company could continue to let the programs run and train new developers to support the PowerBuilder applications, which Petrychyn admits would've been costly. The company would also be forced to continue to pay annual maintenance fees. Buying a commercial, off-the-shelf software package also wouldn't have worked because SaskTel's toll applications were SaskTel-specific and engrained within the company and its client base.Out of options, Petrychyn said a couple of years ago his department tried to manually convert one of the applications to Forte, a language built by Sun Microsystems Inc."The conversion itself was somewhat successful, but it took a lot of time," he says. He added that a lot of the conversion time involved a steep learning curve in the conversion process. The application was the smallest of the six PowerBuilder apps, and was about 6,000 lines of code and it took nearly one year to translate. Altogether, SaskTel had about 100,000 lines of code to rewrite in all its applications. As a language, Forte also started to lose momentum in the year that it took to do the conversion, Petrychyn said."We decided that it wasn't going to be the solution. We couldn't afford the time or the effort that it took to convert PowerBuilder manually." Feeling a bit of trepidation, the company's only alternative was to keep the PowerBuilder applications running – at least until they literally got a knock on their door one day from Techn Managed Services & Outsourcing development environment


text: This weekend was a reunion of the unstoppable duo — G and S! It was AMAZING to see dear Sabby after three long months of not seeing each other. We started off the morning with two BIG cups of Conrad's coffee and lots of excitement. After that we had a blast with all of our people and had a mini dance party in S's room. It was great. Believe me. Then we got DELICIOUS drinks from Jackson at Stickboy. After that we headed back to the house and get this, studied for school. I already miss her like crazy and can't wait for the official winter break reunion of G & S and GabbAdventures. Just wait for it. It'll be mind-blowingly awesome and there will be a revival of GabbAdventures.com. 🙂


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"Individual commitment to a group effort–that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work."– Vince Lombardi
A Problem
Of course, we all want our teams to be high performing. Accomplishing great things is rewarding on many levels. However, the gap between this desire and realizing the achievement is often wide. How do we get our team aligned and working together? Why are so many focused on individual goals rather than those of the team?


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Pot makes immigrants ineligible for citizenship even if pot is legal in the state where they reside.
Tom Angell of Marijuana Moment says, "The Trump administration just issued a memo saying that marijuana use or working in the cannabis industry—even if it is legal under state law—makes immigrants ineligible for citizenship because it means they don't have 'good moral character.'"
The document is available here at uscis.gov [PDF].
Wonder where they are getting this weird idea.
From Kyle Jaeger's report for Marijuana Moment:
A federal immigration agency clarified on Friday that using marijuana or engaging in cannabis-related "activities" such as working for a dispensary—even in states where it's legal—is an immoral offense that makes immigrants ineligible for citizenship.
When applying for naturalization, the process of gaining citizenship, individuals must have established "good moral character" in the five years preceding the application. Good moral character is a vague requirement that has been criticized by scholars and civil rights advocates, as assessing morality is arguably subjective.
According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), state-legal marijuana consumption renders individuals morally unfit for citizenship. The new policy clarification reflects a sentiment once expressed by former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who said that "good people don't smoke marijuana."
The USCIS memo says that "violation of federal controlled substance law, including for marijuana, established by a conviction or admission, is generally a bar to establishing [good moral character] for naturalization even where the conduct would not be a violation of state law."
Further, an applicant "who is involved in certain marijuana related activities may lack GMC if found to have violated federal law, even if such activity is not unlawful under applicable state or foreign laws," the document says. The policy also applies to individuals who worked in the state-legal cannabis industry.


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Do you know what it's like to put your heart + soul into a work of creativity…and be rejected? I sure do—and so does Ashlee Cowles, today's guest and the author of YA novel BENEATH WANDERING STARS. Ashlee + I are chatting all about writing, her creative process, and why she thinks its important to market her book not as a "Catholic book" even though it has themes of truth and beauty. We also talk about which book is bringing her closer to God and how her pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago influenced her writing. I loved hearing about Ashlee's journey and I hope you do too!
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Four Victorian aged care providers became two this month.
Mercy Health and Southern Cross Care (Vic) became fully integrated on July 1, the same day Benetas and Macedon Ranges Health amalgamated.
Adjunct Professor Stephen Cornelissen, chief executive of Mercy Health Group, said the new organisation's years of experience will enable it to better respond to the changing needs of Australia's ageing population and public funding arrangements.
Southern Cross Care (Vic)'s 12 aged care homes have been rebranded as Mercy Health. For now, home care services will continue to operate under the Southern Cross Care (Vic) brand.
Meanwhile, Benetas and Macedon Ranges Health has spent more than seven months working towards its amalgamation, with all facilities to retain their branding.
Benetas has commenced a process to invest $1.2m into upgrading facilities, while a further $60 million will be spent over the next eight years to upgrade, expand and redevelop Macedon Ranges Health's facilities and services.
Aged Care Insite spoke with Cornelissen from Mercy Health and Benetas chief executive Sandra Hills to find out more about merging providers and how they navigated staff concerns and client expectations.
Was there much trepidation or worry among staff?
SC: I think with any merger, staff are naturally going to be worried about their roles and their future with the organisation. This is especially the case with back office and support services whose jobs are not always able to be guaranteed given economies of scale achieved through mergers. To help with morale, we tried to be as open and honest with staff from the moment we announced we were exploring a merger with Southern Cross Care (Vic). We did extensive consultation with staff regarding any potential changes to their roles, and this was carried out in stages. Of course, we did not get it right all the time, but I do believe we managed it as best we could.
SH: Benetas and Macedon Ranges Health (MRH) management and staff worked closely together prior to, and during the amalgamation process, to ensure that staff have been kept informed every step of the way.
Just prior to July 1, Benetas conducted a staff pulse survey to assist in gauging sentiment of the amalgamation process. The results showed that to date, respondents were feeling positive with 94 per cent of respondents believing the amalgamation has gone well so far and 92 per cent believing it will be good for clients.
How did you go about communicating the decision and all of the subsequent steps with staff?
SC: Our aim was to keep Mercy Health and Southern Cross Care (Vic) employees informed at every stage of the merger process.
We did this through:
• fortnightly (at least) email updates
• a dedicated email address for staff to ask and have questions answered, and to share their feedback
• roadshows by the leadership team to all Southern Cross Care (Vic) aged care homes and community services offices.
SH: The decision to amalgamate was based in part on a MRH member vote in the first instance, and a highly successful engagement process was conducted to ensure all stakeholders, including staff, were appropriately informed and understood the proposal.
Once a successful member vote occurred, representatives from MRH and Benetas' executive teams developed an engagement and communication plan that included regular briefing sessions for employees and management continued to maintain a strong presence and availability on site at MRH to promptly assist with any employment related queries. This has been supported by a dedicated intranet site and regular newsletter updates, including video blogs from management to ensure staff are fully informed.
Stephen, what else was chief among your priorities in the past 18 months?
SC: Our main priority was to ensure a smooth transition to the one organisation so there would be minimum disruption to our aged care residents and home care clients.
This transition involved our frontline and support teams and included modifying existing systems and processes such as models of care, supplier agreements, workforce needs, payroll and digital networks.
And Stephen, what challenges come with rebranding, specifically in terms of current residents and potential clients?
SC: All Southern Cross Care (Vic) residents and clients received a letter after the merger was announced advising them that the management and name of the service may change, however their level of care would not.
During the transition process, we used a 'boilerplate' statement in Southern Cross Care (Vic) advertisements and correspondence explaining that the organisation was merging with Mercy Health.
Southern Cross Care (Vic)'s 12 aged care homes have been rebranded to Mercy Place homes with each site retaining references and recognition of the Southern Cross Care (Vic) heritage. For the time being, home care services will continue to operate under the Southern Cross Care (Vic) brand.
Sandra, you will be using $60 million over the next eight years to upgrade the facilities and services that Macedon Ranges Health provides. How will the money be used?
SH: Benetas will invest $60 million-plus in MRH over the next eight years on:
- An up-front initial investment of $1.2 million in MRH's existing facilities and infrastructure over the next two years
- Redevelopment of The Gisborne Oaks as a new, state-of-the-art 130-bed residential facility, expected to open in 2022
- Building a best practice residential retirement village
- Growth of MRH's primary care, community and home care services
- Growing over time, the number of local jobs and employment opportunities in the community
- Ensuring the delivery of high quality for purpose services for all, including those most vulnerable in our community
What does your organisation's footprint look like now?
SC: In any one year, Mercy Health will now support and care for almost 3,000 people who live in our 35 aged care homes, partner with more than 8,500 home and community care clients and maintain 409 retirement living units and apartments.
Mercy Health also offers acute and subacute hospital care, mental health programs, specialist women's healthcare, early parenting services and palliative care.
SH: After less than one month into our amalgamation, Benetas and MRH are in the early stages of the integration however the long term vision is to build a best practice residential aged care facility and retirement village for the Macedon Ranges region to support the growing number of people aged 80 and over. Benetas will also be investing in and growing MRH's extensive primary care, community and home care services.
For Benetas, the amalgamation extends our suite of services of home care, retirement living and residential aged care to the northwest region and allows us to expand into the area of primary care as a service opportunity. We have an additional 160 staff and the same again in volunteers and all are dedicated and experienced contributors to us achieving our joint vision for the amalgamation.
What does the merger signal in terms of where the two providers were at the time of the announcement and where the new organisation is heading?
SC: In recent years, the aged care sector has been impacted by various government reforms and market changes in response to a rapidly ageing population as well as changing consumer behaviours and expectations.
Our combined scale gives us greater stability in the market, enabling us to continue our mission of caring for those in need and supporting people to age well, stay connected and fulfil their hopes and dreams.
Demand for aged care is set to surge in coming years, along with changing expectations of what it means to grow old. Mercy Health is well positioned to progress our shared mission to bring God's mercy to those in need, including our residents, clients, their families and communities.
SH: MRH is committed to providing services for the local area in the long term. Many small aged care and community health providers face an uncertain and challenging future. MRH chose to seek an opportunity with another values based, for purpose organisation to ensure the sustainability and continued growth of services to meet the current and future needs of the Gisborne and Macedon Ranges community.
In May 2017, MRH wrote to members informing them of the MRH Board's decision to commence a due diligence process with Benetas to establish a best practice, integrated aged care community in Gisborne.
The process confirmed that an amalgamation best positioned MRH to achieve a shared vision of an integrated health and aged care community in the Macedon Ranges. With over 70 years' experience in aged care, Benetas had the capacity, resources and history of honouring its undertakings, respecting community expectations and delivering world class aged care facilities.
Over the past seven months and more, our respective people have worked alongside one another, preparing for the amalgamation and the integration phase that is to follow.
Throughout this process, we have seen first-hand that Benetas and MRH are truly united in our strong community values and our unwavering commitment to the care and respect of our residents, clients and staff.
We share a vision of delivering high quality not-for-profit services for all in the region including those most vulnerable in our community, while investing in services to meet growing needs and creating local employment opportunities.
We are also in the process of establishing a Community Advisory Committee to maintain a strong connection with the local community. The committee, through its local representation, will advise MRH and Benetas on emerging community healthcare issues, provide feedback on service delivery and assist with planning on new facilities.Do you have an idea for a story?
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Perhaps the poster gives it away, but this is no ordinary flea market. This is a market where every booth is styled and decorated to be worthy of a magazine shoot. The ladies who run the show, known as The Junk Tribe, are passionate about vintage shabby chic and picky about which vendors they let in the door. I scored some fabulous new props for next summer's weddings (library card catalog as seating chart -anyone?), a $20 vintage Christmas tree and some gorgeous holiday trees made from recycled wool sweaters.
There was plenty of inspiration for holiday decorating and winter weddings too.
The next one will be held on December 11. See you there!


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Winning isn't decided with the last shot of a big game or on the day of a big exam, or life-changing interview. It's done in preparation. The things you do repeatedly on a daily basis, whether good or bad are ultimately what shapes who and what you will or won't be, if you 'make it' or you don't, if you win or not. At West Thames we help show you how to build winning habits. We have coaches who have played and succeeded at the level you are trying to get to and know exactly what it takes to get there and are ready to share their knowledge, training habits, drills and game time skills with you. If you want to win, you need winners to help show you how. At West Thames, we are fortunate to have one of the best to ever do it, leading the academy.
It's no secret that the more coaches who know about you and what you are capable of doing, the better your chances of finding the right fit for you after you graduate from the academy. You can't assume coaches in America and all across Europe and the UK will find out about you on their own. In order to put yourself in the best position for next-step-success, you have to be in an environment that maximises your exposure to the coaches at the next level. There can never be any guarantees you will get a scholarship or place on a professional team or acadamy in Europe, however you dramatically increase your chances if you're supported by media staff and coaches who understand how to help you create an effective player profile, compile purposeful game edits that properly market your strengths in the ways coaches are looking for and have the contacts to help make it all happen. At West Thames Academy we record all of the games, giving you all of the footage you need to market yourself properly to coaches worldwide. We also help players with 'mixtapes' and putting together your own player profile then distribute to a wide network of coaches at the levels best suited to your ability. If your goal is more exposure and you have talent that has been under-represented, West Thames can help.
To be elite - you've got to compete. West Thames Academy currently play in the Academies Basketball League (ABL) which matches you up against some of the best players across the country in regular weekly competitions. In addition, the Academy will be flying out to Europe to compete against top European teams over Easter 2020, giving you a prime opportunity to test yourself against the best. Top players from our academy are also selected to play AAU basketball in America over the summer, via Coach Forbes 'So Blessed' program, giving you additional opportunities to play against the same US players who are competing for the scholarship spots you may be intersted in. Many talk about the competition, but you have to play against the competition to find out where you are now and what you will need to do later to beat the elite, when your time comes.
West Thames Academy has extensive links with Universities and professional teams all across Britain and can help you find the right pathway for your skillset, academic and athletic ambitions. America isn't for everybody and there are rising opportunities all across Britain that provide a high-quality education alongside challenging British Universities competitions that the LSB are well-positioned to help you take advantage of. Choosing West Thames for your next step is a strong move towards powerfully positioning yourself for placement within one of the progressive University basketball pathways we have here in Britain. Our staff are well-connected throughout the sport and will work with you to 'plug you in' to the opportunity that best fits you. In addition, we have strong relationships throughout European basketball, particularly in France, Italy, Spain, Serbia, Switzerland and Germany - if Europe is your goal, if your talent meets the criteria, we can help with opening the right doors so your game remains firmly within the EU.
Germayne Forbes is widely revered in basketball circles as one of the most talented players to ever emerge from West London. After scoring 73 points in a National League game and establishing himself as an unstoppable force in English Junior basketball, he earned a full Division 1 scholarship to NCAA powerhouse Gonzaga University. An unprecedented achievement at the time, as he never attended prep school in America and went straight from the UK to the top level in the USA. A member of the Gonzaga team who went deep into the NCAA March Madness tournament, reaching the 'Sweet 16', coach Forbes is widely regarded as one of the best shooters Britain has ever produced and still sits within the 'Top 50' all-time 3 point shooters at Gonzaga. He then went on to transfer to West Georgia University, where he earned 'All-Conference' honours and established himself as one of the best 3 point and FT shooters in the country before moving on to enjoy a 12 year European and International career, highlighted by a medal winning performance for England at the Commonwealth Games (on a team he led in scoring). Coach Forbes practise habits became the stuff of legend during his playing career, often incorporating what others considered 'unorthodox' training methods into his regimen at the time, but have since proven to be at the apex of modern training technique. Now fully-qualified as an accredited coach it's an honour and a privilege to have him come back to his hometown to pass on his knowledge to the next generation. There is only one 'Germayne Forbes' and we have him here at West Thames. This is a chance for you to learn your next level from a West London legend.
LSB Academies are free of charge for 16-18 year olds who eligible for college in England.
Academy teams typically compete in a number of leagues in order to provide our players with as much game playing opportunities as possible. A LSB Academy typically schedules between 30-45 games per season.
Courses of study vary from college to college, but typically include A-Levels and BTECS across a wide range of subjects and also GCSE re-takes for those who require.
LSB Academies are also introducing SAT preparation classes for players who aspire to play in America to best prepare for the Scholastic Aptititude Test exam, which is a pre-requisite for all players intent on playing college basketball in the US.
Varsity players at our academies receive 10 hours per week team practise, in addition to individual and team S&C and individual skills development sessions. In total, this can aggregate to 15 hours of basketball related coaching per week.
No. All student-athletes attending a LSB Academy are required to enrol on a course of academic study at the partnered college. Basketball and education go hand in hand at all of our academies.
First step is to till out an prospective player enquiry form, found to the right on this page. Alternatively you can apply for a trial directly with one of the academies found here: LSB ACADEMY LISTINGS
Once your information has been received, a member of our team will get back to you and invite you to a trial date at one of the Academies. After your trial, if successful and you are academically eligible, you will be invited to enrol at the Academy.
LSB Academies academies are currently available in North and West London, with East and South London centres opening up in 2020. You can find all available academies here: LSB ACADEMY LISTINGS
No. All student-athletes attending a LSB Academy are required to enrol on a course of academic study at the partnered college. Basketball and education go hand in hand at all of our academies.
LSB Academies feature fully-qualified coaches with vast experience at all levels of the game. Many of our coaches are former professional and international level players who are now re-investing their expertise and know-how into the next generation. To find out which coaches are in place at the academy you are interested in, visit the LSB Academies Listings page and click on the specific academy for more information.
Yes. All LSB Academies have qualified S&C coaches who work with all players on individual training programs to improve strength, stability, agility and overall athleticism.
All ABL and a majority of CBL games are recorded in full and made availalbe to all players for the purpose of performance analysis. These games are then used as a tool to market players to coaches who may be interested in you, at the next level. For the standout players at our academies, we will also help in the production of player mixtapes and have skilled editors in place to manage production.
We work with each player on helping identify and match the right level he/she should focus in on post-academy and then put a player development plan in place that gives each player the best possible chance of securing a place on the right team after you graduate from the academy.
Our coaches and staff have extensive links with coaches across the US, UK and Europe to help place players at the level your ability allows.
We care about your development. Not just on the court, but also in the classroom and with the choices you make around your future. Our goal is to help support our student-athletes towards being the best you can be.
LSB Academies represent a door to potentially life-changing opportunity - we want to work with driven student-athletes in preparing you to walk through that door and succeed when you get to the other side, wherever that may be.
You are responsibile for your attitude and effort, in all you do, however if you are prepared to do the work and are ready to commit to continuous improvement, we will do everything we can to help you reach your goals.
The LSB is well-positioned to utilise a strong global network that has been developed over many years, in helping place qualified players in the situation that best fits your abilities, both athletically, academically and socially.
In addition, our Academies are not just about the 'elite'. We are deeply committed to developing a stronger and better skilled basketball workforce to help in the ongoing growth and development of our game. In line with this commitment, we welcome young people who are passionate about the game and perhaps want to channel that passion into careers within basketball that go beyond just playing. We help develop coaches, officials, physio's, media professionals, administrators, marketeers, business and event managers all with a view to staying within the sport as you develop your career opportunities.
Most LSB Academies are flexibile with student-athlete acess to the courts to shoot/practise during non-scheduled practise times. Our coaches want you in the gym as much as possible, when not studying and so will always work with our facility partners in trying to accommodate all dedicated players who want to get extra practise in.
Most LSB Academies are flexibile with student-athlete acess to the courts to shoot/practise during non-scheduled practise times. Our coaches want you in the gym as much as possible, when not studying and so will always work with our facility partners in trying to accommodate all dedicated players who want to get extra practise in.
Yes, all LSB Academies have access to strength & conditioning facilities.
Help, yes. Guarantee, no. No coach or academy should ever 'promise' any player a guaranteed scholarship to America in return for attending their school or playing on their team. Ultimately, scholarships are granted to student-athletes who best fit the criteria a US college coach is looking for. This is never just one talent, but invariably a mix/balance of suitable skills and characteristics that fit the need.
Many players think that scholarships are won on just basketball talent alone, but this is never the case. All players who aspire to play in the US college system must be academically eligible for the level they are applying to, so committing to your studies is a 'must' if you want to pursue a US College Scholarship - even if the actual scholarship is an athletic grant. Before coaches really get to assess your basketball talent, they will first ask and do their homework on your character. Coaches want players who add value to their team, high character players who can be relied upon to be where they are supposed to be, when they are supposed to be there and ultimately being 'coachable' (that means, being able to follow instructions with a positive attitude and excellent effort).
Ultimately coaches are professionals who are in position to help you continue to develop and be the best you can be, however in order for them to be able to do that (which ultimately will benefit their team) you have to be someone who is ready, willing and able to work hard, follow instructions and be a positive person both on and off the court. With so many thousands of players worldwide, now in pursuit of college scholarships, coaches do not have to accept players who do not fit their criteria, as there will always be others who do. Your job is to make sure you put as much work into the development of your character, focused work ethic and positive personality as you do your basketball skills and academics, to put yourself in the best position for our coaches to help you reach your goals of a US Scholarship.
For those who understand the requirements and are able to meet the criteria, we are able to profile you and introduce you to coaches who can help facilitate scholarships to US colleges.
Yes. Interested girls should also apply as our academies are open to both males and females and provide the same support for both.
Many players dream of one day playing professional basketball in the NBA or WNBA but very, very few will ever realise that dream. It's not impossible, as a small handful of British players have proven in the modern era (Luol Deng, Joel Freeland, Pops Mensah-Bonsu and Temi Fagbenle). However, statistics show that the chance of a player from the UK making it all the way through to the NBA or WNBA are very slim.
However, professional basketball does not begin and end in just the NBA/WNBA. There are many hundreds of professional teams worldwide who offer qualified players professional playing contracts. While the salaries are not as high as the NBA (side note: WNBA do not pay the highest womens salaries), leagues such as the Euroleague, Liga ACB (Spain), CBA (China), Turkish Premier League, HEBA A1 (Greece), Israeli Super League (and others) all offer lucrative contracts for qualified players.
There are also a wide number of leagues across Europe and South America, outside of the aforementioned leagues, where professional players can earn signficantly more than the UK 'average' salary.
That being said, the competition for jobs, at every level, is very competitive. So, just like any competitive industry, your chances of going pro will be directly related to your qualification and ability to positively impact the organisation you are trying to get into. You will need to be amongst the best as a player and have proven that, or be able to prove that, to your prospective employer. Proving you are amongst the best is achieved by developing your 'body of work', your basketball CV. Where have you played? What did you achieve? What are you capable of doing? Have you proven it already? If so, where? Do you have references? Do you have quality game footage (evidence)? What level have you been successful at so far? All of these questions, and more, will be asked of you by your prospective employer (pro team).
In order to best prepare yourself for the intense scrutiny, your goal should be to learn, develop, refine and sharpen all of your basketball skills, physical and mental abilities towards being the very best version of yourself you can be. Then you must play (and prove) yourself as you progress up through the 'ladder'. For a British player, there isn't just one route to the pro's anymore however the traditional ladder looks something like:
(1) Make you local team and establish yourself as a dominant player
(2) Make your national team and establish yourself as a dominant player
(3) Earn a scholarship to a US college/university and establish yourself as a dominant player
(4) Earn your first professional contract and establish yourself as a dominant player
(5) Move up the professional ranks in line with your ability and evidence of being a dominant player
These steps are not set in stone, but give you a general idea of the trajectory you need to follow in order to achieve a high-level professional contract.
The common theme throughout the steps is establishing yourself as a dominant player. In order to do that, you need the right information, coaching, access to facilities to practise as much as you'll need to in developing dominant skills and of course, competition. LSB Academies can help develop your skills and also put you into competitions and situations that enable your game to be assessed by coaches at 'the next level', once you are ready. There should never be any promise of 'professional basketball contracts' from any coach, as ultimately that will come down to your work ethic, attitude, talent and ability - however, the choices you make around surrounding yourself in the right environment can dramatically help (or hinder) your chances of one day fulfilling your goals.
LSB Academies currently compete domestically in the ABL, AoC, CBL leagues. However our teams also compete in European competitions and some will also travel to America to compete against other prep schools and AAU competition, to give players first-hand experience of the level of competition in both America and mainland Europe.


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Metastatic Brain Tumors
Chemotherapy is a more evolved and more recently method in these lesions, a substance called Temodal (temozolomide) increased the duration of survival of patients operated for this condition. Another treatment option for benign (meningioma, schwanoame) is radiosurgery for brain metastases. The technique allows a single dose of radiation injury only, protecting the surrounding brain structures.
There several possible treatment option in case of brain tumors depending on the type and the severity of the tumor: surgical removal, radiotherapy chemotherapy, associations of these methods or other complementary therapies like corticotheraphy or antiepileptic drugs. In case that surgical removal is needed, this procedure depend on where the tumor is localized and the extensions it has to other nervous cells.
This surgical intervention is called craniotomy and it consists in opening the skull in order to get to the tumor. In post-operatory edema occurs, a second intervention will be needed in order to extract the liquid by inserting a tube in the skull which transports the liquid somewhere else( for example in the abdomen) from where it can be eliminated or absorbed. If during surgery the nervous substance is affected, speech and visual impairment is possible or even the ability to think can be slowed.
There are some cases in which surgery is not an option. In this case, other methods of treatment are radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
Practice showed that radiotherapy has some positive effect. This method is preferred bu many patients because it is not invasive and it doesn't cost as much as surgery, and in most cases it does not need hospitalization. But it was also demonstrated that brain radiation therapy can affect the near functional structures or even the brain tissue. But all in all, this treatment option is not a permanent cure for brain tumor and in most cases patients gain through brain radiation a few weeks to 20 weeks, but can eventually die due to the progression of the disease.
Radiosurgery is another option and can sometimes be very effective.
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Tina's Tuesday Tech Tip Time :)
Wowsers, that's a lot of alliteration! ;) So this is something that lots of people have messaged me to ask, what I use to make the videos - It's Loom. I love it and use it pretty much every day. It's been my easiest and most effective way to communicate if I have to show anything on my screen.
Trying to explain to a web developer where you wanted something put over email was near impossible until this baby came along.
Need to make a training video for someone on how to do something online? Easy. It's free, it's a google chrome extension, it's awesome. https://www.useloom.com/