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Applications from 1 Kings
If you read the last post, It won't always be you, please skip ahead to the application.
The Story:
In the reading tonight we come in as God tells Elijah to, "Go.."
He is putting him back to work, his rest is over. Anoint Hazael King of Syria. Anoint Jael King of Israel. Anoint Elisha prophet.
Next God tells Elijah that he is not alone, there is a remnant of 7000
who have not bowed to Baal. Elijah goes and finds Elisha and throws his mantle on him. Elisha settles his affairs and begins to follow Elijah.
The Application:
Elisha left his work. He left the oxen. He stopped working and tended to the business Elijah had.
Elisha left his family. On Elijah's approval he went back long enough to say goodbye. But he left his family.
Elisha went so far as to burn any bridge allowing him to return. Notice Elisha's extreme actions: He killed his oxen. He burned his tools. He cooked the oxen with the fire from the tools. Elijah left all and had a feast to commemorate it! Jesus alludes to this in Luke 9:62, "And Jesus said unto him, No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." In following Jesus we must leave the old life behind.
Many need to leave it all behind like Elijah. Sure there are bridges in life that we need not burn. But the bridges to our old life/self need to be permanently destroyed. We should leave no option for ever becoming that person again.
Leave it and as you go have a feast to celebrate your new life!
The Conclusion:
Go, Realize it won't always be you, Leave it all behind.
Pastor Chanc Strickland
Harpeth Baptist Church
Kingston Springs, TN
This blog post was adapted from a sermon preached at Harpeth Baptist Church in the summer of 2012.


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Saturday, May 07, 2005
Sugar, spice and everything nice
I got to admit, having sore gums is as bad as it can get. Don't believe me? Try looking at pictures of food at a time when you know you can't have them even if you wanted to or heck, even if someone buys them for you.
Being a person who lives to eat, might I say, the past few days have been rather torturous for me. It doesn't help seeing others eat delicious food that you know you can't have. But hey, why am I complaining so much? I should treat this as a detox period aye? After all, I've been eating only weetbix with milk, yoghurt, tofu, porridge, cottage cheese & blended fruits for the past two days.
I'm starting to get whiny. I do need my meat, I do need my sugar fix. It's kind of pathetic that all I can do is to stare at pictures and imagine the taste. So there's your explanation as to why there are these two gorgeous looking wonders in this post today.
This is the best Strawberry Shortcake I've ever tasted. It's from Bakerzin. Yea, the place that is known more for their desserts rather than the food. It's my number one place for desserts. I've tried almost all of their cakes/pastries. And trust me, they are to die for. Please don't forget to try their warm chocolate cake while you're at it. Why? Because there's a molten chocolate centre that's why. After one taste, you'll be thanking me.... I do think I'll have to make another trip down to Bakerzin soon to spoil myself silly. Maybe after my gums have healed. Ooooo I'm gonna dream about those cakes tonight! Don't worry, I'll definitely post up pictures when I do drop by.
I won't call myself a carnivore but I do love a good rack of ribs. Funny thing was, I always preferred a huge chunk of meat right smack on my plate sans the bones. But of late, I've found myself going crazy over ribs. So much so that I've been on a hunt for the best ribs in town. The ribs you see right at the top of this post is from Brewerkz. Yes that microbrewery down boat quay... at Riverwalk. I'm not much of a beer fan but I recommend their ribs. One of the best ribs I've tasted. The meat is succulent and tasty and it's a dream to eat. That's because the flesh doesn't stick on the bones. It falls right off the ribs as easy as can be. And they serve amazing mash potatoes with it. Yes, that's what those two white blobs are. If I'm not wrong, you can choose fries/wedges instead.
Another good place to have your ribs is Billy Bombers. I've only been to the one at The Heeren down at Orchard Road. Don't have a picture of it. But I do intend to go down there again for some chomping and will take pictures when I do. In any case, their ribs are also a must try. Okay i've talked about where the good ribs are so now I would have to give my 2 cents worth on where not to go for your ribs.
Country Manna. Don't go there if you don't want to be disappointed. I made the mistake of going there for some ribs when I had a craving for one. I should have seen it coming. The place was rather empty. Anyway there wasn't much meat on the ribs and it wasn't as tender as I would have liked it. I was not happy at all. Seeing that the price didn't fit the standard. But I have to give them credit for the ambience:
They just have to work on their ribs. I do hope that the ribs isn't the only lack-lustre item they have on their menu. Until I've tried their other items, I will give them the benefit of the doubt.
I know Tony Roma's and Kenny Rogers both sell ribs too. But I've never tried Kenny Roger's ones. Tony Roma's I've tried but that was ages ago when my dad worked there. Yea, he would bring home ribs and macaroni & cheese sometimes and boy were they delicious! I hope they still are. I've got some vouchers and maybe I shall drop by one of these days. Heard they have this pretty innovative onion basket thing...
Kenny Roger's may sell ribs but I believe they're more famous for their roasted chicken and I'm a huge fan, as you can tell:
This set costs only $10.90 and it's a real bargain I think. A quarter chicken with 2 side dishes and their signature corn muffins. As always, you can see the macaroni cheese there. I'm a sucker for that delicious gooey treat. Well I do love cheese you see. I do think that Kenny Roger's has a good thing going. They're stilll doing pretty well. I'm glad. I hope they'll keep it up. This one was eaten at their new outlet at Marina Cove down at East Coast Park. That was after a good run on a sunday evening. Now you know why it was so satisfying. =)
Okay, I think I'm feeling rather full now, after looking at all those pictures. =p I think I'll stop here and go on day dreaming about more ribs and mmmm cakes.
6 comments:
- Vera said...
wah lau.. everytime i read your blog, i get hungry! I love strawberry shortcake! :P~~~
- Saturday, May 07, 2005 1:46:00 PM
You should try the cakes from "The Patissier" - http://www.thepatissier.com
IMHO their cakes are way much better than Bakerzin. Truly divine. : )
- Saturday, May 07, 2005 5:49:00 PM
- sari said...
The mashed potato is making me hungry! Babe, I made italian herbs bread, pics are up now! ..at http://xanga.com/thesaripartygirl
Do take a look yeah.. turned out better than I expected. My first trial~ heehee Ive searched for many pizza dough recipes but they sound like as if Im baking another bread~!! Gonna bake a pizza now and see if its any good, will get back to you! hehehe
- Saturday, May 07, 2005 6:53:00 PM
- the baker said...
Hi fatfingers,
man if strawberry shortcake is your fav then you HAVE got to try the one at Bakerzin. the strawberries and cream are fresh and the cake,light. I'm so sure you'll love it =)
Hey anon.,
Yea i've heard of the patissier. but haven't had a chance to try them out. but i'll make sure I do, soon! man my mouth is watering at those pictures on their website.
Hey michelle,
Yes yes I've checked out your site and boy I have to admit your italian bread looks fab!!! reminds me of foccacia. I love italian bread/herbs. Their cuisine rocks! so does their olive oil. =p good luck with the pizza dear!
- Sunday, May 08, 2005 2:33:00 AM
- sylvie1950 said...
This looks great. I will have to try it.
- Sunday, May 08, 2005 1:31:00 PM
this is my 1st time at ur web n i like it alot, not much of gourmet( expensive..) n ur food reviews is makin me drool.
If ur lookin for creamy rich cakes den The Pattisier is just for u, =D
- Tuesday, June 21, 2005 2:30:00 AM

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West Island College was founded in Montreal in 1974, and was intended to provide a strong bilingual option for families living on Montreal's West Island. The program there provided a foundation, and a name, for West Island College in Calgary when it was established in 1982. That said, the school quickly established its own independent operations and identity. As such, it was free to build and grow to meet the needs of its students, and it certainly has. The international programs are robust, as are the language programs, all of which contribute to the overall culture of the school. It's a very interactive, engaging environment, one that requires a lot of the students who attend while also providing the support they need to succeed. The ideal student is one who shares the school's foundational values and can thrive in a very active and engaging student environment.
What does learning at West Island College look like now?While Alberta schools have been closed for an undetermined period of time, our goal at WIC is to help our families navigate these uncharted waters as best we can. We are committed to ensuring our school community remains closely connected as we keep daily school life moving forward. On March 17, we rolled out our new Online Learning Platform with great success. Following their regular class schedules, our students are able to have a sense of normalcy during a time that is anything but normal. While we certainly miss the energy, laughter and enthusiasm of our students around the College, it has been amazing to see our faculty and students reconnect remotely.. See the link below to read about our online continuity plan.
Additional notes: WIC has 3 bus routes One runs to the northwest terminating at the Crowchild YMCA. The 2nd to the west side- terminating at the Lutheran Church and the 3rd to the area south of the downtown core.
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The whole school will be on display this evening. Activities in every class room and in all common areas. This is a great chance to mix and mingle with staff and current students. And find out about the many amazing things happening at WIC for students.
Traditional curricula tend to be very content-based and rooted in the core disciplines. It is a structured approach that involves the teacher delivering a unified curriculum through direct instruction. Students usually learn by observing and listening to their teacher, studying facts and concepts in textbooks, and completing both tests and written assignments - which challenge students to not only demonstrate their mastery of content but their ability to analyze and deconstruct it critically. Class discussions are also used to create critical dialogue around the content of the curriculum.
Traditional Math typically teaches a method or algorithm FIRST, and THEN teaches the applications for the method. Traditional algorithms are emphasized and practiced regularly: repetition and drills are frequently used to ensure foundational mastery in the underlying mathematical procedures. The traditional approach to math views math education as akin to building a logical edifice: each brick depends on the support of the previously laid ones, which represent mastery over a particular procedure or method. Traditional Math begins by giving students a tool, and then challenges students to practice using that tool an applied way, with progressively challenging problems. In this sense Traditional Math aims to establish procedural understanding before conceptual and applied understanding.
Science programs that balance expository and inquiry learning equally will likely have an equal blend of tests and experiments; direct, textbook-based instruction and student-centred projects.
|Evolution as consensus theory
|Evolution as one of many equally viable theories
|Evolution is not taught
These literature programs draw in equal measure from "Traditional" and "Social Justice" programs.
These programs represent an equal balance between the perennialist and pragmatic approach to teaching the humanities and social sciences.
These programs feature an equal blend of the audio-lingual and communicative styles of language instruction.
Creative arts programs are studio-driven. While historical works and movements may still be taught to add context to the program, students mainly engage in making art (visual, musical, theatrical, etc). The goal is use the actual practice of art to help educate students' emotions, cognition, and ethos.
|Graphic Design
|Visual Arts
Effort is made to integrate the development of digital literacy through the curriculum. However, this is not a dominant focus.
|Computer science
|Web design
The structure, pacing, focus, and tone of the sex education curriculum reflects that of the provincial one, taught in public schools.
By and large, students are taught about sex free of any particular moral or ethical standpoint. The school doesn't impose any particular values or value systems (such as social, political, or ideological values) on students when teaching sex and related issues.
Broadly-speaking, the main curriculum -- like that of most schools -- paces the provincially-outlined one. This pace is steady and set by the teachers and school. The curriculum might still be enriched in various ways: covering topics more in-depth and with more vigor than the provincial one, or covering a broader selection of topics.
|Flexible pacing style
|Subject-streaming (tracking)
|Multi-age classrooms as standard
|Ability-grouping (in-class) as common
|Frequent use of cyber-learning (at-their-own-pace)
|Regular guided independent study opportunities
|Differentiated assessment
A school with a "rigorous" academic culture places a high value on academic performance, and expects their students to do the same. This does not mean the school is uncaring, unsupportive, or non-responsive -- far from it. A school can have a rigorous academic culture and still provide excellent individual support. It does mean, however, the school places a particular emphasis on performance -- seeking the best students and challenging them to the fullest extent -- relative to a normal baseline. High expectations and standards – and a challenging yet rewarding curriculum – are the common themes here. Keep in mind this classification is more relevant for the older grades: few Kindergarten classrooms, for example, would be called "rigorous".
West Island College offers no/limited support for students with learning difficulties or special needs.
|Subject Type
|Learning strategy and study counselling; habit formation
|Extra support and minor accommodations for children experiencing subclinical difficulties
|Subject Type
|Extra support
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|Full-time gifted program (parallel to rest of school)
|Part-time gifted program (pull-out; parallel to rest of class)
Curriculum delivery: Enrichment (The main focus is on enrichment. This means that while students may work at a marginally quicker pace than public school peers, the primary aim is to study subject in broader and deeper ways.)
|Custom subject enrichment (special arrangement)
|Custom curriculum compacting (special arrangement)
|Guided independent study (custom gifted arrangement)
|Cyber-learning opportunities (custom gifted arrangement)
|Formalized peer coaching opportunities (specifically for gifted learners to coach others)
|Custom subject acceleration (special arrangement)
|Career exploration (custom gifted arrangement)
|Project-based learning (custom gifted arrangement)
|Mentorships (custom gifted arrangement)
|English - 80%
|French - 20%
In grade Gr. 12, West Island College students perform an average of >2 hours of homework per night.
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|69 mins
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|98 mins
|108 mins
|Lettered or numbered grades
|Gr. 7 to Gr. 12
|Academic achievement reporting
|Gr. 7 to Gr. 12
|Parent-teacher meetings
|Gr. 7 to Gr. 12
Competitive sports: 15
Recreational sports: 13
West Island College offers 25 clubs and extracurricular programs.
|Day (Domestic)
|Day (International)
|Living Arrangement
|Group 1
|Gr. 7 to Gr. 12
|Total enrolment
|Average class size
|15 to 25
|% of international students (total enrolment)
|Number of different nationalities within student population
|Day Enrollment
|Class Size
|7 - 12
|SSAT (out of province)
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|7 - 12
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Student Entry Points
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|100 - 105 (80%)
|1 - 5 (80%)
|1 - 5 (80%)
|15 - 20 (80%)
|1 - 2 (80%)
|1 - 2 (80%)
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|Students accepted into post-secondary studies upon graduation
|Percentage of students who attend post-secondary institutions outside of Canada
|Students who attended a Ivy+ school
Number of students in the past 5 years that that attended one of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, University of Chicago, Oxford or Cambridge (UK)
|Queen's University
|University of Calgary
|Western University
|University of British Columbia
|University of Ottawa
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|Career planning
|Mentorship Program
|University counseling
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Why do people decorate a Christmas tree?
The imagery of Christmas is all about.
Adorned with colourful baubles, a living tree at the hearth.
An array of twinkling lights, without.
The promise of warm food.
Strangers wishing each other, 'Merry Christmas!'
And the melodies of carols in the wind.
It is a time of prayer, supplication, charity and growth. And Joy.
And in all of this, it is a time to celebrate the unity of an entire nation: yours and mine.
St Augustine
Christmas, as it is visually recognised in the Anglo Saxon world, made its landfall in England in AD 596.
It was in that year that St Augustine, his sparse robe whipped by northerly gusts, stepped foot upon a cold English shore. With him were Christian monks. It was they who would bring Christianity to the Anglo Saxons. [1]
With them, they brought the celebration of Christmas.
Christmas is a time of prayer, supplication, thanksgiving and joy.
For grownups, the joy is in the homecoming of loved ones.
For the children, it a time of sheer magic: the magic of receiving presents.
A bearded man in a sleigh, pulled by reindeer
A legend grew. There was a man with a flowing long beard. He would bring presents for 'good' children. Thus were hopeful children told,
'Father Christmas will give you a present!'
And so, children left an empty stocking at the hearth – as large as possible – hoping it would be filled on Christmas Eve.
As they snuggled under warm blankets, protected against the crippling cold of winter, they hoped these stocking would be filled on Christmas Eve.
Amidst howling frosty winds, Father Christmas, it was said, delivered these presents to children – silently creeping about chimneys in the dead of the night.
Boxing Day?
In England, the day after Christmas is called 'Boxing Day'. It has nothing to do with pugilism.
Carrying clay boxes, boys went about their neighbourhood. The boxes had little slits made the top, through which friendly neighbours dropped coins.
They collected as much as they could. When the boxes were full, the boys broke them open.
Traditional Dinner
The traditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey, with vegetables and sauce.
Christmas pudding was for dessert.
Then came the mince pies, and pastry of chopped dried fruit.
Whence cometh the ubiquitous Tree?
It is hard to imagine Christmas without a green tree, heavy with decoration. It has become central to the Christmas spirit; but it was not always so.
The tradition became the more popular in the mid-nineteenth century because of Prince Albert.
He came from Germany.
He married Queen Victoria, the English monarch.
Albert brought with him, and into a delighted Royal enclave, the German tradition of a lighted Christmas tree.
In time, this simple, but wonderful royal gesture of love, it is said, spread all across England.
The Real thing about Christmas
In all this, the real thing about Christmas is a palpable, but invisible thing:
It is the spirit of Christmas.
Winter is about a cessation of growth, of freezing.
Twinkling lights encircling the Christmas tree drive away the dark, [longer] cold days of winter. They promise light, warmth, hearth, and food.
A green tree signifies life, and decorating it with colourful baubles, to convey a sense that one awaits warmer days, in expectation of growth.
The spectre of Santa Clause is indicative of the generosity of a Divine Being, who watches over all, even in darkness, and in deathly cold. [2]
Is Christmas only for Christians?
Above all, there is, at Christmas, a sense of charity, of assisting the poor and needy, of lending a hand, of saying a kind word.
These values belong not only to those who celebrate Christmas. It belongs to all humanity.
True it is that we do not have frosty winds and freezing weather here.
The weather makes no difference to us.
But the spirit of the celebration does!
So, do please have a delightfully happy reunion with Divinity, with family and friends, give to the oppressed.
We pray that you receive goodly gifts from God, whoever you are, wherever you are, no matter what your personal circumstance is.
For there is hope.
As long as there is hope, there is life.
And for as long as there is life, there is growth.
Where there is growth, there is unity.
And unity is the lifeblood of the universe.
From all of us at GK Ganesan and the Paradox, here's to wishing you a "Happy Christmas!"
[1]. https://www.christmas-day.org/christmas-in-uk.html
[2]. https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/what-is-christmas-spirit/


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There is an "ask a Rotarian Panel" as well as a creative team activity to build a stool our of newspaper - that will actually hold weight (the winning team's held 12 bottles of water!). The afternoon focussed on planning and building Rotaract. Next year (2018) will be the 50th Anniversary of Rotaract as part of the Rotary family. Expect a celebration in March!


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Cast aside traditional roles of womanhood, motherhood, and house wifery. There's a new gal in town, and she's the empowered trans woman. A woman who says, "This is me, like it or not, and I am all woman from my mind to my heart to my soul." Yet for all the moves forward, and being a reality TV star, you still have to fight to be who you are in today's world. Especially in this administration in the US
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* The Trans Revolution can often lead to Trans Rejection
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Tracee Ellis Ross: 'It's fascinating being 45, single and childless'
Tracee Ellis Ross is "pleased" with the life she is living, no matter what society thinks about her being single and childless.
The actress, who is daughter to Motown legend Diana Ross and music business manager Robert Ellis Silberstein, shot to fame after landing the lead role of Dr. Rainbow Johnson in ABC comedy series Black-ish, for which she won the Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy Golden Globe in 2017. And with her career going from strength to strength, Tracee is immensely satisfied with her personal life too.
"It's sort of fascinating to be 45 and single and childless. Happily single, I should add. Not at home crying about it," she laughed in a cover interview with InStyle U.S. "These are very big and very personal questions that aren't anyone's business but that somehow, like the right to choose, become fodder for public conversation. Some of the ability to reflect on what I really want comes from pushing up against a society that shames me for not having the expected trappings. I'm very pleased with my existence these days."
And though Tracee acknowledged that her independence means plenty of inevitable alone time, she's come to terms with her own company – and believes this acceptance is irrespective of her single status.
"Have I had to learn to make friends with loneliness? Yes. I think if I were in a relationship, it would be the same," she considered.
The two-time Emmy nominee also emphasized her delight at the opportunity to explore topical issues on Black-ish, and is encouraged to see that "using comedy to discuss some real s**t" means a wide-spanning audience are being enlightened through the show.
"I would say that 70 per cent of the people who come up to me on the street are 11-year-old white boys who are obsessed with our show," Tracee shared. "Where in their 11 years would the unpacking of the historical context of the N-word come up? I think that's great."


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This Saturday I will be showing in a group exhibition in Adare, Co Limerick, with seven other fellow students from college. All work will be sold and 25% of everything sold will go to the Adare Alzheimer's Association.
The exhibition will open at 8:00 Pm, all are welcome, we would love to see you there.
I will be showing some combined media drawings and some of the In between poetry, framed and unframed, which you can see samples of on the tumblr blog. www.emilyrobards.tumblr.com
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The narrative debut of acclaimed documentarians Bentley Dean and Martin Butler set on the Vanuatu island of Tanna.
Directors Bentley Dean, Martin Butler
Producers Martin Butler, Bentley Dean, Carolyn Johnson
Screenwriters Martin Butler, John Collee, Bentley Dean
With Mungau Dain, Marie Wawa, Marceline Rofit
Australia-Vanuatu 2015
104 mins
Sales Visit Films
Filmed on the remote island of Tanna in Vanuatu, this visually ravishing film tells the story of Wawu, a young woman who has fallen in love with her chief's grandson, Dain. Despite their desire to marry, Wawa's family forbid this union. When an inter-tribal war breaks out with a neighbouring community, her hand is unwittingly promised as part of the peace negotiations. With the threat of separation looming, Wawa and Dain abandon their homes in an attempt to be together, causing further upset between the warring clans. Based on the true story that took place in 1985, this is a stunningly photographed, evocative tale of two star-crossed lovers fighting the laws of ancient tradition and tribal custom. Working with an extraordinary cast of non-actors, acclaimed documentary filmmakers Martin Butler and Bentley Dean have made an arresting narrative debut, expanding on their previous work with indigenous communities, resulting in a truly special film.
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I was capable to eventually get this guy to speak about pricing and he was running all sorts of numbers on his Ipad and Iphone and speedily displaying me what he stated would be market pricing to do the operate. (Oddly, he asked to use my Wifi at this time, due to the fact he said he wasn't acquiring great reception. I am going to have to alter my password now it and update all my devices, which is going to be a pain.) He never left me a copy of what he wrote down on that paper, but did write, at my request, the expense for the roof and window on his business card. I guess this is what passes for as an estimate. $15,500 for the roof, $8,100 for the bow window, and about $22,000 for the siding. And it was urgent that they do the work, really actually urgent.


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|Western-European consumers have become not only more demanding on product availability in retail outlets but also on other food attributes such as quality, integrity, and safety. When (re)designing food supply-chain networks, from a logistics point of view, one has to consider these demands next to traditional efficiency and responsiveness requirements. The concept 'quality controlled logistics' (QCL) hypothesizes that if product quality in each step of the supply chain can be predicted in advance, goods flows can be controlled in a pro-active manner and better chain designs can be established resulting in higher product availability, constant quality, and less product losses. The paper discusses opportunities of using real-time product quality information for improvement of the design and management of 'AgriFood Supply Chain Networks', and presents a preliminary diagnostic instrument for assessment of 'critical quality' and 'logistics control' points in the supply chain network. Results of a tomato-chain case illustrate the added value of the QCL concept for identifying improvement opportunities in the supply chain as to increase both product availability and quality. Future research aims for the further development of the diagnostic instrument and the quantification of costs and benefits of QCL scenarios


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The Charlotte Observer reports:
Former Gov. Pat McCrory says North Carolina's compromise over the controversial "bathroom law" House Bill 2 was not a full repeal, and he counts that as a loss for the left and gay rights advocates with the Human Rights Campaign. Those comments were made during one of two radio interviews McCrory has given since the state voted to repeal HB2, including an appearance on Washington Watch with Tony Perkins, a national radio show that airs on more than 240 stations across the country.
In that interview, McCrory is quoted as saying the compromise passed by the state's General Assembly was a defeat for the Human Rights Campaign, which advocates for LGBTQ rights. "The good news is this: the HRC lost the battle," McCrory is quoted as saying. "With their resources and power and money, and their trying to get some other corporations to help support them in the battle…(The) fact of the matter is, they did not get a full repeal of HB2."


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Matthieu Aubry, Frédéric Julliard & Sylvie Gibet:
Modeling joint synergies to synthesize realistic movements
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Controlling gesture with time dependent motion synergy constraints
This morning started with two talks from French guys, both of them about movement synthesis. Boht from a computer science perspective. I was late for the first and didn't catch the point of the second, so I cannot say much about them. It does appear to be the case that the French are concentrating, especially around the ladies Sylvie Gibet (gesture) and Annelies Braffort (LSF), on synthesis rather than on recognition. And they seem to be making good progress with a series of good computer science students. (Segouat was another). They do however appear to be mostly very high on computer skills but perhaps less high on gesture knowledge. But I could be mistaken, it is but a first impression.


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One of my favorite short stories is "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," by F. Scott Fitzgerald and published by the Saturday Evening Post in 1920. My mother was 10 at that time, and I'm not sure if she ever got a flapper hairstyle.
I've always loved long hair. When a salon stylist once cut my hair really short, I went home and cried for days. So, every stylist since that time has been given a threat…before we come to a complete understanding of how to measure inches on a ruler. Don't get me wrong, I really like short hair on others, just not on me!
As I wrote on my website: http://www.EffieGross.com, I will be publishing on this blog some of my writings, especially the poetry. Today, I'm sharing a poem about my godly grandmother, Pearl (McNabb) Smith.
Have you every had a bad haircut? Did you ever give one? Anyone know about a "bowl cut" for boys? or a G.I. cut? Share your experience with me, especially if you like Fitzgerald's short stories.
They say older women shouldn't wear long hair.
They say older women shouldn't show gray.
They say…
Who are "they" anyway?
They, obviously, never saw my grandma remove hair
pins from braids or a bun.
They never watched her glory cascade
past frail shoulders.
They never saw the free-flowing locks tossed
from side-to-side like a weeping willow
in a gentle breeze.
They never saw her reflection in the mirror,
or heard her easy style. "Well, hush my mouth,"
Grandma used to say, untangling many a problem
and smoothing static in her hair and in the air.
They never smelled the sweet scent emitted
from her scalp as I placed a kiss there.
No, they never knew any of that, or learned
to count as Grandma brushed her 100 strokes.
But I did.
Grandma's hair wasn't bobbed, dyed, permed, or moussed.
It was long, gray, straight, and beautiful.
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Dawson temporarily walks free
Maria Amakali WINDHOEK – Windhoek resident Julian Dawson walked out of court a free man last week when the court decided to withdraw a murder case against him. Dawson, 38, stands accused of gunning down his work colleague Sheku Bonifatius Tjihepo, 35, at an end-of-year function on November 12, 2016. Dawson's case was on the court roll for the prosecutor general's decision, however during court proceedings, Dawson was informed that such decision was not available. The prosecutor general has referred the docket back to the investigative officer with further instructions that need to be complied with, thus the provisional withdrawal. Dawson's case has been postponed on several occasions for the prosecutor general's decision. "I understand that the investigative officer is currently on compassionate leave and he travelled to Rundu. Seeing that the matter is on the roll finally for the prosecutor general's decision, we make an application that the charges be provisionally withdrawn," said prosecutor Marcus Angula. Magistrate Vanessa Stanley granted the order and Dawson will be summoned once the prosecutor general's decision is available. The prosecution is charging Dawson with murder for what it deems the unlawful and intentional killing of Tjihepo. Tjihepo died from a gunshot to the chest when his colleague Dawson allegedly went on a shooting spree at a local bar in Ausspannplatz, Windhoek. It is alleged that on the date in question, Dawson was in the company of Tjihepo and other work colleagues attending an end-of-year function. During the celebrations, a fight broke out between Dawson and a customer at the bar. During the argument Dawson, who was in possession of a gun, pulled it out and started firing several shots at random in the club. As if that was not enough, Dawson got into yet another argument with a customer and pulled out his gun for the second time, firing three more shots in the air. Tjihepo allegedly tried to get the gun away from Dawson but he got shot in the chest in the process. Dawson has denied intentionally killing his work colleague. In his defence he said Tjihepo was shot when they started wrestling for the gun. It is alleged that the two were under the influence of alcohol. The court cancelled the bail order and refunded Dawson the N$10,000 that he paid as bail.
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I have proverbially 'some good news and some bad news' for entrepreneurs and the potential entrepreneur sector which in the view of many, comprises unemployed South Africans, or conservatively some 10-million people.
The good news is that more money is now available to support small or micro businesses and those launching their own enterprises. It should also be easier to get your hands on some capital from the government institutions as we are heading for an election and what better way to make friends?
But the bad news is that 98 of you will be back on the streets in just over three years after starting your business. The global average for new businesses reaching the 3 ½ year mark is 7.6% compared to 2.1% for South Africa according to Liz Zambonini, CEO of Enterprise Development Initiative at The Hope Factory.
So just where does this leave the situation?
The Small Enterprise Finance Agency is to pump R1.4-billion into funding small businesses over the next three years according to Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel who also pointed out that a rationalisation process would save them R20-million in costs. (As an aside this begs the question: 'Why wasn't the money saved in the first place and what is SEFA costing taxpayers, particularly in salaries'?)
But critics point to other, more telling factors affecting the success rate of entrepreneurial programmes with finance low on the list.
Zambonini says South Africa doesn't just need more entrepreneurs, it needs better entrepreneurs. Its un-employment crisis requires the creation of jobs – and rapidly according to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) 2011 Report with South Africa remaining one of the more poorly-performing countries in entrepreneurial activity.
She points to skills development, entrepreneurship training – including at high school level and an improvement in general levels of education as topping the list of what needs to be addressed.
Dr Rob Smorfitt (MBA) who holds a doctorate in entrepreneurship and author of a number of books provides an extremely erudite analysis: 'I find it depressing that so many people know so little about starting a business. I think a large contributor to this poor situation is due to the extensive role of government in SME development. Would-be business owners are seldom evaluated properly, mainly because the evaluators themselves are incapable of assessing them.
'The technical skills and the ability to sell the product or service are however a whole different story. So if the correct opportunity has been identified, the would-be business owner has the technical skills and the ability to sell, who cares whether his financials are correct. Do them for him!! Manage them for him. However the problem is that here we will try to make every SME owner an accountant and business plan writer. No one is evaluating the OPPORTUNITY. This is where they fail – before they even start!!!'
R9.5-billion has been allocated over the next three years to boost the competitiveness of South African businesses in general. Whether this achieves the set goals or panders to poor productivity (something that seems to be built into our national psyche), jobs for pals or the financing of boutiques, remains to be seen.
Certainly in the entrepreneurial promotional arena pumping tons of cash into a 'machine' designed for limited amounts of fodder might appease a few in the short-term. It will not solve South Africa's huge unemployment problem and it is not the 'fishing rod' our hungry youth need.
Perhaps those who 'know' best, among them the politicians, accountants, bankers and 'business managers' should look at appointing a trouble-shooting body that holds all levels of this 'machine' accountable and responsible. A group drawn from those who really know what is needed such as Herman Mashaba, Allon Raiz, Nkhensani Nkosi, Khanyi Dhlomo, Adrian Gore, Jabu Stone, Jenna Clifford, Basetsana Khumalo, Gayton McKenzie, Cyril Ramaphosa, Patrice Motsepe and Mark Shuttleworth – all successful entrepreneurs.
I leave you with this quotation
Most entrepreneurs are merely technicians with an entrepreneurial seizure. Most enterprises fail because you are working IN your business and not ON your business – Michael Gerber.
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8-year-old Addison Gormsen and dad Wesley Gormsen of Marksville (at left) check out the rock painting table in the Kids Corner of the Marksville Farmers Market on a recent Saturday. The painting activity along with a bounce house was a popular attraction for kids while parents visited local produce and arts & crafts vendors. There are activities for kids each Saturday in June at the market. {Photo by Raymond L. Daye}
Marksville Farmers Market Week 2 had 'bayou' theme
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A crystal grid is defined as a series of stones, minerals or crystals that are laid out for a specific intention in a geometric pattern to enhance the energy of the crystals. Use this beautiful black cloth that has been printed with the Seed of Life pattern in a stunning gold to create powerful crystal grids. Crystal grids can be used with goals, manifestation work, healing and so much more.
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This one is a little late because i could not remember my password to one account but did remember it so did not have to send away for it. hopefully i remember it for awhile lol. This one saw a nice little bump up which is good. nothing to write home about but we are getting closer and closer to FI which will be awesome.
All these are from the March statements or march 31st.
This quarter was a 3.5 percent bump up over last quarter not a lot but as you get higher and higher up it is harder to keep big increases up tho they can happen from time to time.
How was your Quarter? Did you have a big increase?


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Islington, London
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The Segal Family
Camden Passage, London N1
Date Completed
July 2013
Contract Period
6 months
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Full architectural, interior and FF&E design
Fredericks is Islington's longest established restaurant, operated by the Segal family since 1969. Mackenzie Wheeler has carried out many projects at Fredericks over the years in response to changing customer demands, most recently creating the new Club Room to operate as a private dining room, meeting room, party venue and extension to the existing bar and restaurant.
It is the most visible element of a much larger project to extend the basement kitchens, reorganised staff accommodation and created a new fish shop on the street frontage. A unique feature of the room is the leather panelled walls that incorporate back lit photographs taken by the celebrated music photographer, Jill Femanoskvi, that has added a new, stylish and youthful dimension to this long established Islington institution.


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Recently, we came across Steve Harmison tagging Steve Smith as cheat despite scoring heavy runs for Australia in the Ashes series. He believes that the cheating is something, he should carry to the grave and no one would ever forgive his apology. However, speaking of the same, Peter Siddle hits back at the former fast bowler.
144 and 142 in Birmingham. 8 runs short of a third successive Test hundred at Lord's. Double hundred (211) at Old Trafford. Out for his lowest series score (82) in the second innings of the 4th Ashes Test. Despite such a stunning tally, Steve Harmison believes that on-field brilliance will not change his Cheater tag.
Read More: Steve Smith Targets Don Bradman's 89-Year Old Record
Steve Smith did his talking with the bat – Peter Siddle
Peter Siddle recollected the days when England team was involved in a similar scenario when they used sugar-coats. He highlighted the scene when a couple of his teammates tried mints to tamper the ball. However, Peter Siddle doesn't want to see much into it.
Further, he went on to add saying that Steve Smith has already shut the mouth of the critics with his stellar display of batting in the middle. Petter Siddle feels that Smith had the last laugh following a stunning victory to retain Ashes.
"It's more of a laugh than anything because we know some stories about what has gone on in the past," Siddle told SEN SA Breakfast. "A couple of his teammates from back then put out books since the '05 Ashes and talked about sugar-coating the cricket ball to get reverse swing in that series."
"That's the irony in all that, that he actually used the word sugar-coat, when two of his teammates have talked about mints and different things to put on the ball. It actually comes back on him. We'll have the last laugh about that, and I think Steve Smith has definitely put those to rest and he's just done his talking with the bat," he added.
Steve Smith has been England's tormentor-in-chief in the ongoing Ashes series, which Australia have already retained after winning the fourth Test in Manchester on Sunday. Smith is having a fairytale Ashes series, already accumulating 671 runs, including a double century at a staggering average of 134.20.
Read More: Tim Paine Isn't Looking At Retirement Any Time Sooner


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My ideas about Overflow have been changing, so I decided to give Vibblespace a makeover. check it out and let me know what you think of the new interface. Better, worse, just different?
VibbleSpace gets a Makeover
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Meet the PE team!
Jennifer Youngquist and Danielle Ulness
Thank you for supporting your student's education! We are excited to work with your child and watch their growth. Together we can help your child achieve success!
K-5th grade students will receive Physical Education instruction for 1 hour, 1 day a week or 1/2 hour, 2 days per week. Fitness, skill development, sportsmanship and cooperation are covered during each class session.
Linked below are the PE teachers schedules for this school year.
Elementary Digital Day Calendar
PE is supposed to be fun for all. We try to provide an atmosphere that nurtures teamwork and cooperation. Students learn creative and traditional ways to stay active and fit.
Shoe Policy:
Tennis shoes are needed for participation and safety. Students must wear an athletic shoe that stays securely on their feet, and does not have a raised heel or a marking sole.
No clog or open back style tennis shoes, please. This style of shoe is hard to run in and they tend to fly off when kids are kicking. Students must tie their shoes for safety reasons. Linked below is a video we created to help students learn how to tie their own shoes.


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Just a few metres from Benitses Beach, The Banana Studios is set amidst a citrus-tree garden and features a seaside bar-restaurant and self-catering units with garden and mountain views. Free sunbeds and umbrellas are provided at the bar and WiFi access is available throughout.Opening to a balcony or patio, the air-conditioned studios of Banana have a kitchenette with fridge and stovetop, and a private bathroom with shower. Facilities also include a flat-screen TV, an iron and a hairdryer.Guests can start their day with a continental breakfast served daily at the bar-restaurant, where coffee, drinks and other meals can also be enjoyed throughout the day.Corfu Town is located 13 km from Banana Studios, while Corfu Port is 14 km away. Corfu International Airport lies within 7 km. A bus stop connecting to Corfu Town and various beaches is only 10 metres away.
Looking for something a bit different? Check out our selection of cultural & adventure holidays or if you're looking to go it alone then see our selection of solo holidays.


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Guiomar's love for the art of Holistic Healing began over two decades ago. She decided to make her passion into a vocation after a near-death experience. To date, Guiomar has combined all of her extensive trainings, hands-on experience, and expertise to provide healing services as a spiritual holistic counsellor, hypnotherapist and holistic coaching at The Healing Temple Studio where also she run meditation classes and workshops, that enable her clients to harness their infinite potential for their greater good. Both emphatic and highly intuitive, she consistently strives to utilize her innate talents to help people pave the path to lasting fulfilment in every facet of their lives.
Equally as compassionate, Guiomar makes it a point to create a safe space for her valued clients through non-judgemental consultative, and by creatively unifying ancient techniques with modern healing modalities.
She works directly with one's body-mind intelligence to facilitate wellbeing and transformation. She instils a sense of empowerment that helps one release their self-limiting beliefs.
Among all her avid interests, Guiomar is most intrigued by consciousness, spirituality, personal growth, and human behaviour.
She became very intrigued by Tarot at the age of 18 when she received her first tarot reading. She undertook in 1994, her first studies in tarot with Cristina Candeeias in Portugal. Later on she receive her certificate in Professional Tarot Consultant with Katrina Wynne MA.
Guiomar attended workshops with Mary K. Greer and Marcus Katz as well as the Tarot Conference UK once a year to keep her skills and knowledge updated.
She is a member Tarosophy Professional Tarot Association, the world's largest tarot association founded by Marcus Katz.
Thus she continues her journey on professional development, attending workshops with some of the greatest names – Dr Joe Dispenza (neuroscientist), Bruce Lipton (Cell Biologist and Epigeneticist) , Paul Mckenna PhD, Caroline Myss MA, and the pioneer Blue Marsden MA founder the London Holistic Healing College.
She would love to help you on your journey to greatness, so feel free to contact her!
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Vivetta Ponti a young designer, who runs her namesake line, Vivetta, is bringing sweetly strange ideas to Italy's fashion capital.
Ponti continues to grow her branded marks. Dresses and skirts are trimmed and are mostly in an A-line shape. Colors range from dainty pastels to pops of coral and few touches of muted goldenrod. Those fingertip-shaped collars she is known for adorn everything from sheer, embroidered dresses to tented tops with a heavy helping of frills. The big story, however, is the swan print Ponti selected for Resort. "I chose swans as the animal for summer because of their elegance and visions of swans on villa lakes," she told Style.com. "I was inspired by Slim Aarons imagery, high society, and parties from the '60s," she went on, noting that the stripe motif conjured in blouson dresses and culotte overalls came from legendary jet-setters like "Aristotle Onassis' entourage, Marella Agnelli, and Jackie Kennedy."
The lookbook, styled by Leith Clark, brings Ponti's delicate doyenne to life. "I imagine a privileged, perfect-looking girl with a perfect life in one hand, and in the other, her real life, wild with all the good and bad things in real life," the designer riffed on her muse. That meant a combination of the elegant (handmade crocheted and embroidered headbands and socks) and the eerie (bugs crawling up skirt hems). The result, as with all things Ponti touches, is perfectly strange.
Pictures: http://www.vivetta.it/
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I have been doing the one hundred push up challenge for a couple weeks and originally I started doing wall push ups in part because of my knee but also because they were easier in generally. On Sunday I decided to see if I could do modified push ups and since I could do a few without pain, I re-did my intial test and started over. So this was week one and I was squarely in column one.
Today I achieved a max out of 12 and can't wait to see how I do next week. I'm loving this plan and also can't wait to move to full push-ups eventually. If you ever wanted to get in shape to do push ups, this is the program to do!
Now here's a chart of my progress:


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By 2020, 20 percent of organizations will include employee engagement improvement as a shared performance objective for HR and IT groups, but what metrics will they use?
In 2019, most organizations (74 percent) will still use formal, large-scale surveys to gauge how employees feel about their jobs and workplace, but that is down from 89 percent in 2015 — and an increasing number use other forms of engagement data as well or instead.
"Gartner expects 59 percent of organizations to use engagement data from sources other than formal surveys in 2019."
Among those that don't use such surveys at all, most (64 percent) use small-scale pulse surveys and one-off, topic-specific surveys to measure engagement.Read more: What Is Employee Engagement?
Formal surveys are far from extinct, but they are clearly on the decline. Gartner expects 59 percent of organizations to use engagement data from sources other than formal surveys in 2019, up from just 30 percent in 2015.
The increased use of real-time analytics and recommendation engines in both consumer and business technologies has raised concern that feedback gathered from traditional engagement surveys every two years (or even yearly) is not frequent enough to provide a complete and current perspective.
Lessons learned from 'voice-of-the-customer' initiatives
Some organizations are applying voice of the customer (VoC) concepts and services (such as social network analysis, sentiment analysis and social recognition and feedback channels) to gather additional insight around employee opinions, behaviors and attitudes — and produce a more holistic voice of the employee (VoE).
Data mining, natural-language processing (NLP), semantic analysis and machine learning are among the emerging techniques that, when applied to data that includes large volumes of written or unstructured content, can yield new insights into employee sentiment, behavior and predictive actions.
Armed with such insights, organizations can detect early signs of disengagement, identify influencers and detractors of engagement, or uncover emerging risks and opportunities resulting from changes in employee attitudes and actions.
Menu of choices for developing VoE
A holistic VoE strategy should include two or more of the following approaches.
HR can use other approaches to "listen" to employees that will help them understand employee engagement. These include focus groups, social analytics on data from platforms such as Glassdoor, LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter, storytelling, workplace ethnography, and idea or innovation management.
HR leaders should consider the following as they deepen their work on improving the employee experience through better employee listening:
Helen Poitevin, senior director, Gartner authored this article, which can also be found here.
The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of CDOTrends nor HR&DigitalTrends.


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Talk of a credit crunch is in the air, as the Royal Commission shines a spotlight on the banks and their questionable lending practices.
Lenders have been pretty generous with their criteria for a long time, but this has been changing in recent years. We've seen restrictions on loan-to-value ratios (LVRs), restrictions on interest-only borrowing, and now closer scrutiny of borrowers' income and expenses.
Also read: 3 ways to cash in the World Cup
Tightening borrowing rules always makes it harder for those targeted borrowers to take out mortgages – we see that in subsequent data any time one of these restrictions is introduced. Still, it must be said that the borrowers in the crosshairs are the ones who were borrowing at the limits of their financial capacity; in other words, people who were going to struggle to repay the loans.
If stopping lending to borrowers who can't really afford the loan is enough to cause a crunch, the problem is worse than we thought.
You can no longer fake your way to a home loan
It's too early to say whether these restrictions will lead to a credit crunch.
One thing we can say, though, is that if you're stretched already on your finances, you're going to have a much harder time finding a loan. Indeed, there are many lenders that will have already locked you out.
The latest crackdown has been on what the banks call 'serviceability' – how much spare cash you have each month to pay your loan, after normal expenses. If you're stretched but serious about getting a new loan, you're going to have to get serious about budgeting and build up several months of proof, via your bank statements, that you can afford the loan.
You won't be able to fake it, because there is now technology that analyses your bank statements and calculates whether you can afford the loan. It's no longer up to humans.
But don't forget that this only applies to borrowers at the limits of their financial capacity. If you can legitimately afford a loan, you have little to worry about.
Less borrowing means lower prices
A full-blown credit crunch, or even a minor downturn in lending, will inevitably impact the property market.
It's widely acknowledged that when property markets are hot, they are very much driven by how much people can afford to borrow. For proof, we only need to look at the recent booms in Sydney and Melbourne, which were partly driven by easy access to credit.
If there are fewer people who are able to qualify for home loans, there will be fewer people making offers for houses and units throughout Australia. When fewer people compete for a property, the selling price tends to be lower than it would otherwise be.
That said, Australia's various property markets are complex beasts, so it would take a brave punter to bet on how they will be affected.
We'll have to wait a little bit longer to see if this is, indeed, a credit crunch, and what it will mean for property prices.
Also read: 9 money scams we're still falling for
About Nick Bendel
Nick Bendel is RateCity.com.au's property editor. He is an experienced journalist who has written for a range of real estate and mortgage publications. He covers property prices, rental trends, housing finance stats and home loans news. He loves getting elbow-deep in the latest ABS, APRA and RBA data.


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February 28, 2019
A prize of $3,000, publication in Glimmer Train Stories, and 20 copies of the prize issue is given twice yearly for a short story. A second-place prize of $1,000 is also given. Using the online submission system, submit a story of 3,000 to 28,000 words with a $21 entry fee by February 28.


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I have been meaning to do this blog for a while but got sidetracked due to other things.
In spite of my initial skepticism about the open wb foundation, I have been enjoying participating in the Open Web foundation
For some time now, and especially after the recent debate about the Open Cloud, I have felt that there should be a need to rethink standardization going forward.
The existing W3C standardization process is oriented towards web standards but the evolution of the Web is now rapidly going in directions deeper than the original remit as seen from the Open Web foundation presentation
Much as I like W3C, I feel that it is still not oriented towards grassroots participation. For instance, in Europe it costs 7800 Euros/year to join – something which many including my company – cannot do
Also, the debate in my view stretches beyond code to a more philosophical debate of Data portability, IPR, Open source etc – which is not addressed so much in any specific body for historical reasons.
So, the Open Web Foundation is a good starting point and I hope to organize a London/UK based event for the Open Web foundation along with some other UK based members. If you are interested in this, please comment below.
Finally, I also believe that the standardization process should be more inclusive – especially of emerging economies.
Everybody agrees behind the sentiment of standardization as outlined below by Mosibudi Mangena, Opening address of SATNAC 2005
[...] The tsunami that devastated South Eastern Asian countries and
the north-eastern parts of Africa, is perhaps the most graphic, albeit
unfortunate, demonstration of the need for global collaboration, and
open ICT standards. The incalculable loss of life and damage to
property was exacerbated by the fact that responding agencies and
non-governmental groups were unable to share information vital to the
rescue effort. Each was using different data and document formats.
Relief was slowed, and coordination complicated. [...]
And I think that this discussion will play out even more in the future with the uptake of cloud computing and the meaning of open in that context i.e. the ultimate level of openness would be process level openness (which is not likely to happen) i.e. the ability of any process to invoke any other process from clouds from different providers. Hence, a more practical debate about Open (i.e. open standards, open source etc) is needed in relation to the Cloud
Read write web also has a similar discussion in Should the governments control Open standards
I will also continue to explore this further. I hope to also write a book on this some day since it fits well into the Open Gardens discussion.


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Yesterday I was living my regular, glamorous life aka folding the washing. I had the television on because it was Ellen's Christmas Special where she gives away a fuck tonne of things to a thousand squealing woman. It went a bit like this….
Ellen : "Ear-o-Wax care about your hearing health and they know, at Christmas time, you tend to listen more than normal. People yelling at you in car parks. Christmas Carollers at your door. Family fisticuffs and verbal abuse over the turkey. Your poor ears can take a pounding! So, EVERYONE GETS A BOX OF ORGANIC COTTON EAR BUDS!!!"
Audience : Screams and cries. Grabs complete strangers in disbelief. Falls to their knees and gives thanks to Jesus.
It was a fascinating example of human behaviour. Of course it made a little more sense when they started giving out flat screen TVs, but it was entertaining viewing all the same.
But it was the ads played in between the hysteria that interested me. All the companies advertising were insisting that we needed to "order now for guaranteed delivery for Christmas!". There was a sense of complete urgency that our Christmas Day was going to be a great failure and a great embarrassment if we didn't have that new lounge suite in situ, or a new blow up mattress that can withstand the weight of a four wheel drive vehicle.
Lucy Van Pelt said it best.
"Look, Charlie, let's face it," she barked in "A Charlie Brown Christmas." "We all know that Christmas is a big commercial racket. It's run by a big eastern syndicate, you know."
In Australia, we spend ten billion dollars on Christmas gifts. Thats just the gifts. That is not the food, or booze or tinsel and shit. For us Mums, Christmas can be a great time of stress, as you rush around madly pushing trolleys in K-Mart buying fake snow so that you can create memories for your kids and so your in-laws can praise your domestic capableness. (Although not mine. We go to a Chinese Restaurant on Christmas Eve and do Secret Santa. There are zero expectations. Praise be.)
But cruising the internet as one tends to do, it is amazing how much effort people put in for just a 24 hour period. There are dozens of Pinterest boards dedicated to Christmas Day Outfits!


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The software also has an automatic age-up feature that sends birthday e-cards. Our system makes owning and operating a day care center easy and fulfilling. Contact us today at 866-306-1985 and we'd be happy to show you a demo.


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My latest Bargain Bites column in the Hartford Courant is now up. I reviewed the new Sushi Palace in North Haven, because what's a better bargain than all-you-can-eat sushi, tempura, maki, dumplings, seaweed salad, miso soup, teriyaki, Japanese noodles, red bean ice cream, and – well, you get the idea.
Thanks to everyone who waited patiently (or at least with the pretense of patience) while I photographed their food that they were so eager to eat.
I'm starting to get a little better at low-light indoor photography, but I still have a lot of work to do. Too much bokeh in these shots.
Read my scoop here.


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Our training facility contains new technology, genset control panels, and generators in both an inside and warehouse setting. We often bring in our partners to receive essential training that might be difficult to get through another genset provider. Our fully equipped team is extremely knowledgeable and will make sure you know everything you need to about operating and maintaining your generator.
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"All My Weight" Words and Music by Danny Hauger
I'll take your hand in mine.
I'll lead you, though I am blind.
Synthesizing your role.
Understanding your goal.
Side with me your soul,
Life has taken it's toll.
Laugh out loud!
Shrink with me, I'm carrying all my weight.
Bear with me, I'm barely keeping up this pace.
I'm surprised, the compromises one must make.
I'm dumbfounded by this place.
Tempt me, with a line from a Shakespeare play.
I don't realize what the words might mean.
I'll make my own, and my own home.
The mother tongue that stole my fun has set me off.


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