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How To Keep Customer's Coming Back
How and why customer service is crucial for your business. And offer you some tips on how to provide excellent customer service. As well as share some helpful tools you can use to improve your business customer service to keep them coming back.
Customer Service Doesn't Happen By Accident
Having the best product or service in the world won't matter if your customer has a bad experience. The result is…
they will go somewhere else. That is the nature of the beast. All of the interaction between the customer and your business whether it be by email, phone calls, text or live chat is called customer experience. Because they are looking to you to provide them with assistance and advice about your product or services. As well as share some helpful tools you can use to improve your customer service skills to keep them coming back.
There was a study conducted in the UK and the United States of how customers react to services provided by companies. And what it discovered that 87 percent of consumers share good experiences. And 95 percent of consumers are going to tell of their bad experience. Think about the good and bad experiences you've had and how you've shared yours. You can see how providing excellent customer service is going to have a positive effect on your business.
How Do I Provide Excellent Customer Service
Providing customer service takes planning and strategy. There are guidelines to follow for customer service, but there isn't a set format for providing customer service.
But by following proper customer service guidelines will help position your business to deliver the best customer service for your customers. By your interaction with them as they go through the buying process. Helping customers have a clear understanding of all the details of what they are buying. For example, the ticket details, they should know what the color is, size of the product, and scale as they make a purchase.
Improve a Customers Experience with a FAQ Page
A FAQ (frequently asked questions) page and product description should help answer with any questions that customer might have.
And if a FAQ page doesn't provide the answers, there is contact information available for the customer. So he can contact you, and you can personally address any issues or concerns. Moreover, the most critical key is to acknowledge and answer inquiries promptly.
Make it part of your routine to respond to all phone calls emails texts and messages daily. Keeping customers informed about orders, requests, and queries.
By communicating this information to the customers. You will begin to develop a rapport that shows them that they are the most important person on your list.
Tips For Unsatisfied Customers
No one wants to have an unhappy customer, but it does happen. And you should have a plan in place to take care of these situations. Here are a few technics you to help you keep them as a customer.
1. Using incentives to keep customers happy by offering them a refund and a discount on their next purchase.
2. Re-evaluate your return policy to make sure it is easy for your customer to understand and follow.
3. The return policy you have should protect you and keep your customer interests first.
4. When discussing returns with your customers always keep them informed of what you were doing. The conversation might go like, "I'm documenting the information as we are talking." Because I want to give you the maximum refund on the product or service.
5. Communicate all pertinent information to your customer. Details such as their order are confirmed, shipping dates, and if there are any items back ordered.
6. Processing the purchase or refund as professionally as possible.
Customer Service Starts with Your Employee's
Customer service begins with the initial interaction between customers and your employees. Your employees should be well versed in the features and benefits of your product or service.
Your employees should be engaged in continuing education, promoting a positive attitude, and staying up to speed with industrial standards and trends.
That includes hiring employees with positive attitudes and people skills. As well as providing training for handling stressful situations.
What If A Customer Needs More Information
Realize customers can only get so much information from a website or an advertisement. And if your customer still has questions provide them with contact information to talk to an expert by phone, live chat, or an email. Here is where your product and service experts can help guide customers to find answers and help solve their problems.
How To Keep Good Employees
Great customer service happens when employees are happy in their jobs. So how can you keep employees happy and retain the best employees? Offer your employees competitive pay, excellent benefits, and most significant advancement in your company. By treating your employees well, it will filter down, and your employees will treat customers well.
Customer Feedback
Another way to find out what your customer expects is to ask them for feedback. Customers will tell you what your shortcomingsare. And the insight they share will tell you what you can improve upon.
Think of it this way. How can you help or solve their problems if you don't know what they are?
And then when you learn what those details are work to implement changes to deliver those expectations. Know that getting customer feedback is an ongoing process.
Feedback can be acquired by casual conversations with customers. Checking the social media platforms, you belong to and see what customers are saying about your product or service.
Staying on top of customer or service reviews is crucial. Here you can learn how your product is doing, check ratings and see how well your product is received. And where your business can improve service.
Customer Surveys
Send out a survey after service or product is shipped and received to learn of any issues. Then using the data to improve upon any problems if there are any.
When you send out a customer survey, try to keep it short. A good rule to follow is one to ten questions and a comment section for any other comments or issues.
Most importantly, answer customers quickly and ask if you can contact them to discuss the survey further.
Help Desk Tools
Using Helpdesk Apps offer technical support for customer responses, and tracking customers questions sent by email phone or social media. Apps like Freshdesk, Help Scout, and Zendesk.
Social media apps that help with social media management are Awatio, Hootsuite, And Social Sprout. These apps alert you anytime a conversation post about your business. They are enabling you to engage in the conversations quickly to answer any questions or concerns.
The Help Desk apps and social media tools listed above help give you the edge over other businesses in your industry.
Tools to use for hosting a survey are Crowdsignal formerly called PollDaddy, Survey Monkey or Zoho.
These apps let you create custom surveys. Each provides survey templates that you can use to share with customers via email, social media, or on your website.
The Customer Service Experience
The customer service experience is the entire sum of all the exchanges of contact between the customer and your business.
Their adventure begins when they first contact your company to ask a question or to make the purchase of a product or service. In technical terms, it's called the "touch point."
Put yourself in the customer's shoes, break down each step of the buying experience. Do you see any areas that you could manage better using the data collected? You can then learn ways on how you can improve the experience.
Here's a list of areas to consider for improving a better your customer's experience.
1. Is your business information accessible and easy to locate online?
2. Are you and your employees' training for stressful customer concerns or issues?
3. Do you offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, and room for advancement?
4. Do you have to standardize guidelines to take care of customers questions and concern properly?
5. Does your website have complete product or service descriptions?
6. Does your product or service provide clear images of private or pictures?
7. Are you asking for feedback?
8. Are you using customer surveys?
9. Is there an easy to understand return policy in place?
10. Are you responding quickly?
The list mentioned above is an essential checklist to discover shortcomings for to rethink customer service practices.
So you can learn how to create and maintain the best customer service for your customers.
Having a great product or service and excellent customer service is the recipe to attract and sell more products or services.
You are listening to customers feedback, responding to issues and concerns and responding to them quickly, treating employees well.
Make all communication with your customers convenient for them.
Giving you an edge over your competitors by using Help Desk Apps to monitor, social media, customer queries, and conduct surveys to find out how well your business is providing services.
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text: Abdominal Acupressure/Massage is the manipulation of the abdomen. In Taoist practice, each organ has specific characteristics energetically, physically, emotionally, and spiritually according to its designated element. The five elements are fire, earth, metal, water, and wood, and are known as the five phases of cyclical energetic movement in both nature and ourselves. Therefore when five elements are in harmony, the body, mind, and spirit are in balance. Our navel, or hara, holds our vital organs together through the fascia. Therefore manipulations in the abdomen detoxify, refine, and strengthen our vital system which creates balance and harmonious flow of blood and qi. The abdominal area, with the internal organs and their internal structure, holds the secrets of a person: things we hide from ourselves. The navel, also, relates to energetically inherited emotions, trauma, stressful life experiences and this is why the acupressure or massage can be very sensitive and emotional. Abdominal Massage can help diminish old adhesions from invasive treatments to the pelvic and abdominal area, including fibroid tumors, endometriosis, and cesarean delivery. In addition, it can improve the blood flow to the pelvic organs and improve uterine lining, help with painful menstruation, aid in digestion, as well as help urinary and bladder problems


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One way to send a message (like in all capitals) to a future political opponent is to open a campaign with a well-publicized and very well-attended fund-raiser. And that's exactly what Caddo District Judge Scott Crichton did at his campaign kickoff recently. If Supreme Court Justice Jeff Victory really thought that Crichton would be just a talking head, then Victory may want to reassess his upcoming opponent.
It's a rare occasion when a local political campaign cranks up some 17 plus months before the action election – and a year before the qualifying period. But with Judge Crichton, it's a win or "go to the house" election next fall. His term on the Caddo bench ends in 2014 – and he cannot run to retain his seat and for the Louisiana Supreme Court at the same time. Crichton as opted to pursue the state's top court.
Crichton's event drew more political heavyweights than any local fund-raising soiree in many, many years. The 500-plus crowd included many fellow judges: Minden City Court Judge John Campbell; 26th Judicial District Judges Mike Nerren and Ford Stinson; Caddo Judges Roy Brun, Eugene Bryson (retired), Kathryn Dorroh, Ramon Lafitte, Mike Pitman and Frank Thaxton (retired); and Second Circuit Judges Jeanette Garrett and Frances Pitman. Law enforcement officials present included Bienville Sheriff John Balance, Bossier Sheriff Julian Whittingong, Caddo Sheriff Steve Prator and Shreveport City Marshall Charlie Caldwell.
Caddo District Attorney Charles Scott and Bossier First Assistant District Attorney Lane Pittard also attended along with former Caddo D.Ap. Paul Carmousche. Other elected officials at the event included Shreveport City Councilman Jeff Everson and Sam Jenkins, Caddo Parish Commission members Matthew Linn and Ken Epperson, Louisiana Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell, and Caddo School Board member Dottie Bell, along with former Shreveport Mayor Keith Hightower.
Community and business leaders in the crowd included Dr. C.O. Simpson, Delton Harrison, Brady Blade, NAACP President Lloyd Thompson, Paul Broussard, Barry Busada, Bob Brown, Jeff Cole, Don Horton and James Madden. Barristers at the event included Bernard Johnson, Jim McMichael, Greg Barro, Ted Caston, Dannye Malone and Don Weir. The medical community was also well represented: Dr. Larry Allen, Dr. Tommy Palmer, Dr. Donald Posner, Dr. Mike Haynie and Doctors Carol and David Clemens, among others.
Speakers giving endorsements to Crichton were Debbie Martin, Jim McMichael and Don Horton, Jim McMichael and Don Horton. Crichton's well-scripted event included the announcement of a campaign headquarters (752 Southfield Road) along with opening and closing prayers by Pastor Alston and Bishop Brandon.
Victory has announced that he will seek re-election, although many doubt that he will actually qualify in June of next year. He can retire with a very generous pension and keep his campaign funds that can be doled out to candidates and political causes of his choosing. Victory's age (68 next year) and his health will undoubtedly be factors in his campaign decisions as well as Crichton's determination, political strength and campaign financing.
Although some believe that Victory can raise more money that Crichton (reportedly from South Louisiana), few politicos think Victory will actually go head to head against Crichton. There's little doubt that Crichton will have very strong black support, and his fund-raiser reflected the diversity of his supporters. Crichton will no doubt maintain a full court press during the next year, and his prospects of success are very high.


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Its a Pierre Cardin.
As u see.
My birthday hasn't come yet, but the present come earlier, hehe.
What so special about this shoes is that, I never have a branded shoes before.
Moreover its Pierre Cardin, one of the biggest & expenssive shoes in the world.
The shoes spell a fashion.
Pierre cardin shoes used to be wear in some fashion show.
And that's all. I am just so happy to have that Pierre Cardin shoes! 🙂
It cost about Rp. 600.000,00
The price quite high, right?
Say I'm mad if I bought it.
So, what makes it even more special is that. Somebody gave me the shoes.
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Today's Reading: Matthew 4:12-25
Imagine being a fisherman. Sitting at work, in a place that is familiar to you a place you are comfortable with, even if things were occasionally a bit difficult, then all of a sudden some character comes up to you and says "Come, follow me, and I will make you fishers of people." How would you react? What would you do?
Disciple is a word we often misunderstand. We think it is something limited to the original 12 men that Jesus chose and taught for 3 years of ministry. Those men were disciples, of course, but they weren't the only ones.
When Jesus walked the Earth, he was looking for disciples, and He still wants people to be his disciples today. Disciples drop their own priorities and follow Jesus and His teachings. Being a called to be a follower of Jesus doesn't require you to know everything, to be perfect. In verse 19 Jesus doesn't walk up to Andrew, Peter, James or John and say I am currently testing to see whether you will make good fishers for people. He simply chooses them, He is saying, 'I will teach you how to fish for people' and that is exactly what He does with us. He is constantly showing, constantly teaching, constantly transforming us, constantly helping us shine His light into the world. We are always growing and developing as Christians.
We have been called to be and make disciples. Sharing Jesus' love, reflecting his light amongst your family, your friends, your work colleagues, your community doesn't rely on you being the expert Christian. Rather it requires you to totally rely on Jesus in all situations of your life and to listen to Him.Someone has said that no one can estimate how much good could be done in our world if no one cared who got the credit. Be a disciple is about stop seeking credit for ourselves but given credit to Him who deservers it.
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Hello! My name is Cameron West. Like my father, Mike West, I was born and raised in Leavenworth. I've always loved this place with its mountains, lakes, streams and four distinct seasons. I consider myself lucky to have grown up here, where skiing, fishing, hunting, hiking and about any sport you could think of was just outside the door. Because my father has been in this business as long as I've been alive, it's no surprise that I was raised on real estate. I have been in training for this position my whole life. That combined with my knowledge of the entire greater Leavenworth area gives me an advantage over some older agents who haven't been here long. There's a rhythm to life here and I understand that. I can use my many years of accumulated knowledge to help you understand the unique aspects of each area and to pick the perfect place that suits your needs and desires. Give me a call and let me put that knowledge to work for you.
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Ozone Therapy in Dentistry and Beyond
When most people hear the word 'ozone' the first thing that comes to mind usually has something to do with atmospheric conditions over the Antarctic. For those of us in the holistic dental field, ozone means much more.
The Facts About Ozone
Ozone, a gas known as O3, is a versatile bio-oxidative therapy in which oxygen/ozone is administered to a patient to obtain therapeutic benefits. Ozone therapy has been used for treatment of various diseases for more than a century. Its unique properties, noninvasive nature, absence of side effects or adverse reactions drew attention from healthcare practitioners who rightly viewed it as an important medical treatment. In dentistry, Ozone is used today in a variety of ways; in its gaseous form, as ozonated water and as ozonated oils. In all aspects of the medical field, the high oxidation potential of ozone makes is an exciting element in the fight against:
- Bacteria
- Protozoa (an advanced type of fungus)
- viruses
- fungi
Laboratory studies have long proven the promising potential of ozone therapy in dentistry, and it is used more and more in applications at dental offices all over the world. Recognized as a preventive therapy in dental cavities or caries and an effective disinfectant in root canal work, ozone has also been used successfully in the treatment of more severe conditions including bone diseases of the jaw. It is powerful in the prevention of plaque formation and it is sometimes added to the dental unit water line to purify and disinfect water.
No matter how it is used, ozone is completely painless in its application, biocompatible and helps to stimulate blood circulation while increasing the body's natural immune response.
Ozone Applications are Endless
Research on the use of ozone indicates that it may lend itself to a variety of health optimizing therapies in many medical modalities. The natural oxidizing properties of O3 is known to promote health in a variety of ways including;
- Anti-aging
- Increases oxygenation in blood cells
- Boosts the immune system
- Increases energy production in cells
- Anti-inflammatory
- Reduces acidity in the body
- Anti-microbial
- Kills cancer cells
Prevention and Ozone Therapy in Dentistry
The use of ozone therapy in dentistry is particularly exciting when it comes to preventative care. With its antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal properties it can not only stop the growth of cavities it may actually prevent and reverse the damage caused by cavities. Ozone's capacity to oxidize – or essential dissolve bacterial cells makes it possible to completely halt the production of bacteria. As an agent of oxidation, ozone proves lethal to a range of harmful microorganisms without damaging healthy living cells in this process.
When ozone is used in conjunction with re-mineralizing agents it promotes the regeneration of hard, healthy tooth structure. And under the right conditions ozone therapy can lead to remineralization of a decayed tooth, potentially restoring it to complete health.
Another way ozone lends itself to healing and prevention is in the treatment of periodontitis, or gum disease. Periodontitis is bacterial in nature and since ozone has been proven effective at eliminating bacteria, it is the perfect treatment for this disease. In addition to its antimicrobial aspects, ozone's anti-inflammatory properties make it highly beneficial in fighting gum disease and promoting long-term healing process.
The Bottom Line on Ozone
The availability of ozone treatment in both the medical field and the dental field is rather low in the United States when compared to its use in other developed nations. But, as research continues to prove that ozone is an effective and safe treatment, demand for its use can only continue to rise. While traditional dental practices prefer to stick with the tried-and-true methods of invasive dentistry alone, ozone therapy is fast becoming a fundamental element in the standard of care for modern holistic and natural dentistry practices. Today ozone is used in almost all aspects of dentistry.
Dr. Boyajian works in unison with qualified health experts, creating complete dental and general health programs for patients. When it comes to something as valuable as your teeth, you want to be sure they remain strong and beautiful for a lifetime. To learn more about what Ozone Therapy can do for you call our office at 844-855-8821.


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Wednesday, July 12, 2006
I am teething, my molars are coming in and I'm not very happy. I can't really chew carrots and that is a bummer. They have even cut my apples up into teeny tiny slivers which I like.
Other than that, they keep on talking about camp, oh what fun, other dogs and overnight visit.
I am afraid.
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Don't be afraid Ernest. You are coming to visit me. We will have all sorts of fun. Mom is shearing sheep and there are pieces of wool all over the place. Consider it doggy dental floss. I have been eating the top off the corn plants but I do get in trouble for that.
There is a big black dog here now. Mom says that it is dad's dog. Black dog is fun to climb all over. He is rather patient.
Surprise the cat will be happy to see you again as well.
I am looking forward to seeing you afain.
Your sister Phrace
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City, Missouri Health Department is offering free services to rid homes of lead paint.
More than half of the homes in Kansas City, Missouri were built before 1978, which means there's a higher chance they have lead paint.
The home the health department took 41 Action News to on Wednesday was built more than a hundred years ago, so it was no surprise that lead paint was in multiple places.
"The way it's chipping is really typical for lead paint. It has the striations, which means stripes, and so it chips in straight lines and squares," Amy Roberts said, who works in the department for the Lead Poisoning Prevention Healthy Homes Program.
You'll most likely find lead paint on window sills, siding, trim, and doors.
Windows are where kids are most likely to be exposed.
"It's a perfect height for little ones, especially toddlers. Two-year-olds have the highest risk," Roberts said.
Kids living in certain zip codes in KC are more likely to have high lead levels in their blood. The health department said kids' levels should not be over a "5."
These are the zip codes: 64109, 64110, 64123, 64124, 64127, 64128, 64130, 64132, 64134.
Lead paint can cause learning disabilities, organ damage, and other complications in children, especially if they live in poverty and have poor nutrition.
The city will be able to reach more people because of new $3 million grant from the Housing and Urban Development department.
"We'll offer free home repair and we have certified, licensed contractors to come to the house, and they'll do painting and window replacement. Sometimes we'll do vinyl siding work and landscaping," Roberts said.
The health department expects to tackle 152 properties.
Homeowners don't have to pay a dime. If you rent, then the property owner would pay 25 percent of the repairs.
If you don't fall within those nine zip codes, you still have some cheap options.
"Keeping the chipping paint clean and painted will decrease the risk for kids," Roberts said.
The city will start remediation around March.


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Talk about cuplock scaffold
Cuplock scaffolding
There are various kinds of scaffolding in market. However cuplock scaffold is just one of most popular one.
Special design
Cuplock scaffold has special advantages compare with other scaffolding.The joint has a reliable self locking capacity considering the screw friction and self gravity of the upper bowl. The loads acting on the horizontal pass to the vertical by the lower bowl buckle, and the lower bowl buckle has a strong shear ability (maximum 199KN). Even if the upper bowl not pressed tighly, the horizontal blade could not slip out and caused the accident.
Nowadays, cuplock scaffolding are very popular in where needs to bear heavy height.
Cuplock scaffold has securing nodes with two cups, which provides a fast, multifarious and streamlined system of commissioning projects . It can make its joints connected to each other tightly. This function attribute to its components : Standard / Vertical Cuplock Ledger / Horizontal , Cuplock Transom, Cuplock Omega Transom, Cuplock Intermediate Transom, Cuplock Inside Board Transom, Cuplock Return Transom, Ladder Access Transom, and so on. User can erect cuplock scaffold easily.
The key of the success of cuplock is its fastening method. It can be easily stored and maintained with no loose parts and with corrosion protection. What's more, it's hard to damage the cuplock scaffold . In many countries, like Dubai, USA ,Australia and so on, use cuplock scaffold widely . This type of structure is easy to erect and dismantle, does not leave any loose ends. It has high load bearing capacities and is best for access or formwork support.
With the use of cuplock Post Shore, the construction work that performe in high level and need high load bearing capacity becomes much more convenient and safe now. That is perhaps why it is so widely used in many countries in the world. Also, with the use of cuplock scaffolding, the rates of accidents decrease obviously, which is perfect to protect construction workers in construction work.
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One undeniable power of social media is its ability to foster communities and connect people who wouldn't be able to interact otherwise. While this can be good -- e.g., finding old friends or discovering body-positivity influencers -- it can also lead people down a more damaging and dangerous path, especially when it comes to eating disorders.
A recent study by Exeter University Medical School found that 140,000 images on Instagram were linked to the hashtag #bonespiration. Of the 734 hashtagged images that the research team analyzed, over 25 percent showcased protruding hip bones, 2 percent showed protruding ribs, 22 percent featured collarbones, and 6 percent displayed the spine.
More from CafeMom: What the 'Perfect' Female Body Looks Like, According to This Insane Instagram Poll
The hashtag was born as a way to sidestep the current ban on eating disorder–promoting tags (such as #thinspiration and #thinspo), which was set in place in 2012.
According psychotherapist Kimberly Hershenson, people use these hashtags to find communities that support and normalize their behaviors.
"When you're engaging in disorder behavior, you can question your behavior and almost unconsciously know that what you're doing is probably unhealthy," Hershenson tells CafeMom.
More from Revelist: This photo is proof 'the skinniest girl' isn't always the one with an eating disorder
These communities, even though virtual, can make people feel less alone in what they're doing.
"To tackle this social contagion, we need to be aware of the social media platforms being used by young people -- mainly girls and young women -- which is encouraging extreme weight loss," Catherine Talbot, a psychologist at Exeter and one of the authors of the study, said, according to Yahoo. "This behavior could seriously damage their psychological and physical health."


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Officer Tina Chen is a human in Detroit: Become Human. She is a member of the Detroit City Police Department.
Tina's home address is 917 Laper Street, Detroit and was assigned to patrol unit 975 with Robert Lewis as her partner.
Waiting for Hank...Edit
In "Waiting for Hank...", Tina is seen talking with Detective Gavin Reed in the break room when Connor comes by. She then observes Gavin act rudely toward Connor and leaves with him.
Capitol ParkEdit
In "Capitol Park", she arrives in a police car if Markus is spotted by the police drone or was destroyed by Markus. Tina and her partner receive reports of the police drone being destroyed. If Markus and North choose to hide, Tina will get out of the car with her partner to investigate the disappearance of the drone. Markus can hack the police radio signal and pose as a police dispatcher to send them to the other side of town to get rid of them. If Markus chose to kiss North, Tina and her partner will drive by without getting out of the car.
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- Tina and Officer Person share the same badge number(#5195).
- Her name tag says her name is "Sarah Lee". This can't be right as her name is given in "Capitol Park".
- Also, the name is seen on other female police officer's jackets in different chapters.


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2-9-4. Powers and duties of executive board.
The executive board shall:
(1) Instigate research and collect information concerning the government and general welfare of the state;
(2) Investigate and make recommendations concerning important issues of public policy and questions of statewide interest;
(3) Prepare a legislative program in the form of bills, or otherwise, as in its opinion the welfare of the state may require, to be presented to the Legislature;
(4) Cooperate with the administration in devising means of enforcing the law;
(5) Study, inquire, make recommendations and propose bills in any phase or branch of state government so deemed advisable and necessary;
(6) Appoint and name committees from the members of the State Legislative Research Council, and assign to such committee or committees appropriate subjects and projects of whatever character and nature the executive board deems advisable. Each member of the council is entitled to membership on one study committee of the member's choice insofar as practicable;
(7) Conduct legislative oversight and management analysis of the executive branch of government by means of a selective program of performance auditing and cooperate with the administration in improving the efficiency and effectiveness of administrative methods;
(8) Review and make recommendations for further legislative action regarding the opinions of state and federal courts which have sought to interpret the intent of South Dakota legislative acts; and
(9) Allocate funds to the House of Representatives and the Senate to pay for out-of-state travel and salary or per diem costs incurred by members, and to pay for in-state travel and salary or per diem costs incurred by members, excluding costs associated with any legislative session. The Legislative Research Council shall make payments to representatives for costs and travel approved by the speaker of the House of Representatives, from the funds allocated to the House of Representatives, and shall make payments to senators for costs and travel approved by the president pro tempore of the Senate, from the funds allocated to the Senate. Any payment decision of the speaker of the House of Representatives may be appealed to the members of the executive board from the House of Representatives. Any payment decision of the president pro tempore of the Senate may be appealed to the members of the executive board from the Senate. No funds may be paid beyond the amounts allocated to each body.
Source: SL 1951, ch 286, § 3; SDC Supp 1960, § 55.05A03; SL 1963, ch 299; SL 1977, ch 20, §§ 1, 2; SL 1982, ch 26, § 1; SL 1993, ch 31; SL 2015, ch 16, § 3; SL 2016, ch 27, § 1.
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Sindicatum Carbon Capital
Sindicatum Carbon Capital is a climate change and sustainable resources company headquartered in Singapore.
Sindicatum Carbon Capital (or SCC) uses its own expertise and capital to develop climate change mitigation projects from conception through to implementation and long-term operation, working in partnership with companies and governments to deliver cost effective means by which to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Areas of specialization include abating GHG emissions from the waste management and natural resource sectors, as well as biomass and energy efficiency applications.
SCC finances, executes and applies technologies to its projects and its team of engineers, technicians and climate change specialists working in four business units (US, India, South East Asia and China) to identify opportunities, develop solutions, implement projects and oversee their operation. SCC has raised US$ 330 million to date, of which US$ is 200 million is invested in Asia and the United States. To date, SCC has 28 projects in China, India, Southeast Asia and the United States.
Sindicatum Carbon Capital was founded in 2005 and its key strategic shareholders include Citigroup Venture Capital International, American International Group (through its member company AIG Global Investment Group) Black River Asset Management, an independently managed subsidiary of Cargill and Gulf One Bank BSC. Other shareholders include Foresight Venture Partners, a leading U.K. venture capital firm and CapitalE Group.
Sindicatum Carbon Capital is headquartered in Singapore and has business units and offices in Houston, New Delhi, Bangkok, Jakarta, London and Beijing.
Full details on our website http://www.carbon-capital.com
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- Robert (Bob) Driscoll - President, SCC Group
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- Anthony Moody - Chairman of Asia, SCC Group
- Sunil Nair - Non-Executive Director
- Assaad Razzouk - CEO, SCC Group
- Andres Small - Non-Executive Director


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Climate Change, Extreme Events and Disaster Risk Reduction
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The global climate has changed substantially over the last century. There is strong evidence of global climate change in the form of increase in air and sea surface temperature, recession of glaciers, changes and shifting of climate regimes, increasing number of extreme events and sea levels changes. The increasing frequency of climate change induced disasters in particular is posing a threat to resilience, lives and livelihoods at global, regional and local levels. Major ecosystems of the world have experienced several climate induced disaster events in recent past.
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Dr. Suraj Mal (Chair, Biogeography and Biodiversity Commission, International Geographical Union) is Assistant Professor at Department of Geography, Shaheed Bhagat Singh College, University of Delhi. His areas of research interests include Himalayan Glaciology and Climatology, Remote Sensing of Glaciers, Glacial Hazards and Environmental Issues in Indian Himalaya. He has received the DAAD award for his short research stay at Hamburg University in Germany. Dr. Mal has published several research papers in international journals, often written together with Prof. Dr. R.B. Singh. He is co-editor of Springer Series on Sustainable Development Goals. He has co-edited a Springer volume on Climate Change, Glacier Response and Vegetation Dynamics in the Himalaya. He is also part of two international collaborative research projects in High Himalaya. Dr. Mal is a member of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences and National Association of Geographers, India.
Professor Dr. R.B. Singh (Vice-President, International Geographical Union (IGU)) is Professor since 2002 and Coordinator UGC-SAP-DRS III, Department of Geography, University of Delhi, India; Earlier served as UGC Research Scientist-C/Professor (1996-2002), UGC Research Scientist-B/Reader (1988-1996) and Lecturer (1985-1988); He is Springer Series Lead Editor of Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Development Goals and IAP–Global Network of Science Academies representative on Disaster Risk Reduction.
He was awarded prestigious JSPS Research Fellowship at Hiroshima in 2013 and Several Travel Fellowships/ Support from UNEP, UNITAR,UNU, UNCRD, WCRP, IAHS, IGU, NASDA, INSA, UGC, SICI, MAIRS and Univ. of Delhi etc. for participating and presenting papers, Chairing session and discussing research projects in more than 30 countries. Prof. Singh has specialized in Environmental Studies, Climate Change, Urban Regional Development, Disaster Management, Remote Sensing and GIS. He has to his credit 11 Books, 33 edited research volumes and more than 200 research papers published in national and international journals. He was Special Series Editor of prestigious journals like Sustainability, Advances in Meteorology, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth. He was also associated with prestigious international collaborative research programs such as ICSSR-IDPAD, CIDA-SICI, DFID and Ministry of Agriculture. He was also associated with Nordic Inst. of Asian Studies, Copenhagen (also associated Denmark) in 1998 and Visiting Professor for delivering invited Lectures at the University of Turku (Finland). He was as one of the contributors in the famous -The World Atlas- Earth Concise, Millennium House Ltd., Australia.
Dr. Christian Huggel is at the Department of Geography, University of Zurich and head of the research group Climate & Environment: Impacts, Risks and Adaptation (Eclim). He focuses on climate impacts, risks and adaptation to climate change, mainly in mountain and high-mountain regions. His aim is to understand how climate and climate change affects environmental and socio-environmental systems, how these systems respond in the context of multiple drivers of change, and what changes can be attributed to climate change and other drivers. Dr. Huggel recognizes the importance to adequately approach these research fields from an interdisciplinary perspective. In his research he also studied glacier and other mountain hazards such as glacier lake outburst floods, avalanches and landslides; volcano-ice interactions; hazard, vulnerability and risk assessments; integrated monitoring and risk management such as early warning systems. His working experiences stretches from the European Alps, the Andes, Mexico, Alaska, the Caucasus, to Central Asia and the Himalayas. Dr. Huggel was a Lead Author of the IPCC Working Group II 5th Assessment Report and has been a science advisor of the Swiss delegation at the UNFCCC Conference of Parties (COP). He is a past Chair and current member of the Advisory Board of the Standing Group on Glacier and Permafrost Hazards in Mountains (GAPHAZ) of the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS) and the International Permafrost Association (IPA), and past Chair and current member of the Executive Committee of the Joint Commission on Volcano-Ice Interactions of the International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the Earth's Interior (IAVCEI) and the International Association of Cryospheric Sciences (IACS). He is also a member of the Science Leadership Council of the Mountain Research Initiative (MRI) and a member of the Advisory Committee for Swiss Federal Environmental Research (OFU), member of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit (SHA), and founder and co-coordinator of the University of Zurich / ETH Zurich Network for Interdisciplinary Climate Research. Dr. Huggel has authored and co-authored over 80 papers in about 30 different peer-reviewed international journals, reflecting a wide disciplinary range.
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Introducing Linkages Between Climate Change, Extreme Events, and Disaster Risk Reduction
Pages 1-14
Analysis of Weather- and Climate-Related Disasters in Mountain Regions Using Different Disaster Databases
Pages 17-41
Influence of Climate Change on Environmental Hazards and Human Well-Being in the Urban Areas—Warsaw Case Study Versus General Problems
Pages 43-57
Physiographic Influence on Rainfall Variability: A Case Study of Upper Ganga Basin
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Water Deficit Estimation Under Climate Change and Irrigation Conditions in the Fergana Valley, Central Asia
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Just when it looked like it'd be two, it appears as though Alabama may lose just one running back to early-entry this year.
Wednesday afternoon, it was reported that running back Bo Scarbrough, along with teammate and wide receiver Calvin Ridley, had decided to leave Alabama for the NFL draft. Now, al.com is reporting that Damien Harris has decided to bypass the NFL draft and instead return to the Crimson Tide for his senior season.
Harris' decision to return comes as somewhat of a surprise, especially given the amount of returning and incoming talent in what's a loaded backfield. Najee Harris, who ran for 370 yards as a true freshman, is expected to grab a larger share of the running-game load in 2018.
The past two seasons, Harris has led the Tide in rushing, an even 1,000 during the run to the 2017 national championship and 1,040 in 2016. His 11 rushing touchdowns were tops om the team this year as well.


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This excerpt takes place in the first chapter. Jesse Nightwalker, an undercover cop, runs into his neighbor, Lindy Oliver, in the local deli. Though they've never met, they are very aware of one another. The deli owner introduces them officially and points them toward the only available booth. But their Friday morning takes a quick nosedive in the next few minutes. Here's what happens.
Jesse looked past her, his smile fading rapidly. As the flash of worry entered his expression, Lindy became aware of a sudden lull in the noisy racket of the deli. Jesse's dark gaze was locked on the front door, a scowl twisting his features.
"Damn it," he swore, reaching for her hand. "Get down! Under the table, Lindy…"
But she hesitated a second too long, not understanding what was happening. In the next instant, the sound of semi-automatic gunfire and shattering glass filled the air.
Lindy reflexively ducked, covering her head. The breath of a bullet fanned her cheek as Jesse dragged her down beneath the sparse cover of the small table. He shielded her, his hard body crushing against her, on top of her, pushing her to the floor. The breath rushed out of her, and she felt the hard bulge of the shoulder holster he wore beneath the denim jacket as it pressed against her back.
Her heart pounded wildly, realization of their situation flooding through her. A robbery! But why, at this hour of the morning when the take would be so low? The gunfire stopped as abruptly as it had started. From somewhere near the counter, a man shouted, "Come out and you won't be hurt! Come out—now!"
Lindy looked up into Jesse's face, scant inches from her own. What would he do? They were somewhat concealed here at the back of the deli, but these men were sporting semi-automatic weapons.
"There's a back door," Jesse whispered raggedly. "Get the hell out of here. I'm gonna be your diversion." She didn't answer; couldn't answer. He was likely to be killed, helping her go free. He gave her a slight shake. "Okay?"
An interminable moment passed between them before she finally nodded. "Get going as soon as I get their attention." He reached to brush a strand of hair out of her eyes, his own gaze softening as he leaned toward her and closed the gap between them. "Take care of yourself, Lindy," he whispered, just before his mouth closed over hers.
The instant their lips met shook her solidly. Every coherent thought fled, leaving nothing but the smoldering touch of his lips on hers, burning like wildfire through her mind. Soft, yet firm. Insistent and insolent. His teeth skimmed her lower lip, followed by his tongue, as he tasted her. Then, he pulled away from her, their eyes connecting for a heart-wrenching second.
"Safe passage," he whispered.
Lindy didn't answer, more stunned by the sudden sweet kiss than by the madness surrounding them. Jesse pushed himself out from under the table and stood up, directly in front of where Lindy crouched. Only then did she hear his muted groan of pain, his sharp, hissing intake of breath. The blossoming red stain of crimson contrasted starkly with the pale blue of his faded denim jacket as his blood sprang from the bullet wound, soaking the material.
He'd been shot!
Lindy gasped softly at the realization. How could she leave him now?


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Assuming Christianity
Once upon a time, reading on a Nashville church shopper's blog, I noticed a commenter urging her to look for a church that focused on Jesus. Her reply was, "I've already found Jesus."Excellent point. I recommend Jared's whole article.
This is the default mode of Bible Belt Christianity. I've got my ticket punched, just give me the show now. I need a dynamic speaker on Sunday mornings, a rockin' band on the stage, a full service childcare facility, a big youth group, a coffee bar near the sanctuary, etc. I've got Jesus already; give me something that matters to me now, something "relevant," something applicable.
And there is a never-ending appetite for this stuff because this stuff doesn't fix or fulfill anything. Seven steps to conquering conflict in your marriage won't eradicate conflict. So there's always demand for seven more steps next time around.


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Mayor Bloomberg said he's happy to let the occupiers on Wall Street stay as long as they want if they don't commit any crimes. Slews of them are smoking pot in the open in broad daylight to say nothing of the nudity and sexual trysts in the open. Correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is that smoking pot and public lewdness are crimes. People may or may not agree that they should be, but we can't pick and choose who must follow the law and who needn't bother.
Weren't hundreds arrested for closing down the Brooklyn Bridge among other things? Aren't they hacking into personal police information? Read here: Three arrested
So what's up with that? It's costing the city millions. Aaron Klein might have the answer.
First, some info that I know about. On Day 1 of this "protest," I heard one OWS group leader tell an interested third party that Brookfield Properties, owners of Zucotti Park, are supporting their cause and that he should call VP Melissa for assistance. I have it on one of my posted videos.
Secondly, I have to mention that Diana Taylor is Michael Bloomberg's domestic partner, who had an allegedly do-nothing VP job at Keyspan. The people at Keyspan knew she was connected. Her reputation was one I wouldn't want for myself, unless I would want people to think I had a snooty, snotty personality.
Aaron Klein said that the rumor on the streets of New York City is that Mayor Michael Bloomberg is afraid to assert any authority over the OWS because of Diana L. Taylor.
Taylor is on the board of directors of Brookfield Office Properties, the corporation that owns Zucotti Park. She is Ms. Wall Street and comes from the rich, big banking elite most of us dislike and hated to bailout, as do the OWS.
Most interestingly, Taylor is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, as is George Soros. Taylor also serves as vice chair on the board of The After-School Corporation for which Soros's Open Society Institute provided the founding challenge grant in 1998. Upon the tenth anniversary of TASC's founding, Soros was "celebrated" for his $126 million investment. Read more here: Aaron Klein
Not for nothing, but there were hate Bloomberg signs all over the dang park – the OWS don't seem to like Bloomberg. I have another question, why are the OWS after Murdoch and the Koch brothers, but don't care about these left-leaning companies like Brookfield? And why are they accepting support from this corporation? One of the reasons could be related to all the pro-Obama buttons and signs – just a thought.


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NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – It's been about 65 million years since dinosaurs roamed the Earth, but this summer, the Virginia Living Museum is bringing them close to home.
The museum's popular exhibit, "Destination: Dinosaur", returns through September 3 with seven dinosaur-themed features both indoors and outdoors.
Just off the main lobby, guests can enjoy 11 animatronic dinosaurs and their babies as well as a dig pit. A full-sized Tyrannosaurus Rex, reaching 14 feet high, and a Pachyrhinosaurus, stretching 12 feet long, are featured in the conservation garden, and two water-spitting Dilophosaurus can be found on the back deck.
Three new shows have been added: two live shows, one featuring animals, and one shown in the Abbitt Planetarium.
The museum will also feature actual dinosaur tracks found in what eventually became Virginia, preserved in mud.
In addition to these new exhibits, guests can enjoy the permanent Dinosaur Discovery Trail, with 16 static dinosaur replicas, four dig pits and three fossil huts.
"Destination: Dinosaur" is included in museum admission, which is $20 for adults and $15 for children ages 3-12. All daytime planetarium showings are free for museum members and $4 plus museum admission for non-members.
For more information on the exhibit, visit the Virginia Living Museum's website.


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To create.
To grow.
From nothing comes all.
Just a seed,
a tiny inkling of an idea,
a germ germinated through soil and muck and dirt,
worm-covered and slick, slimy, slithering through the trenches,
the maze of roots rooted in the ground.
The Beginning.
The Earth;
the base of all where Life begins and falls.
It's a cyclical merry-go-round spinning at a dizzying rate,
flashing with vibrant, neon, technicolor,
blinding from the speed and change
The rate of change.
The rate of death.
The death of Life.
All from a singular being, swollen with watery pride.
Is it a nest or a tomb this watery grave?
New Life or Undead,
walking stiff legged, blank faced, glazed eyes
crying out in hunger for the first or the last time?
The lines are blurred as they so often are in every color of the spectrum:
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, ultraviolet rays
blazing down from the sun,
creating a photosynthetic, polyester, plaster, and ceramic life,
molded from the clay of the earth or the rib of a woman: the holding cell of all,
this ossiferous cavern mingling blood and bone
made from sweat and tears for 9 months and 18 more or less years.
What defines the life of a creature other than to live
to breathe
to count the moments until breath ceases to be the arduous, single, laborious task
when the first and the last
give an overwhelming sense of joy and relief to the owner
and all those fortunate enough to witness it?
It's forgotten.
It's taken for granted.
The sack protected by the rib,
given by the rib from which you were created,
is the Great Protector.
Your filling.
Your pump.
Your sustenance.
Your soul.
It rises and falls as the sun and moon do
e t e r n a l l y
chasing each other around the universe,
playing tag throughout the galaxies.
waning over all to give rise and fall to the chests of its subjects
whether they gasp in fear, awe, surprise, shame, joy
or in the pangs of,
h e e h e e h o o h e e h e e hoo
the Breath of all breaths which brings forth you and I
no matter who we have killed.
We all come from a breath,
with a breath,
the very life giving,
life sustaining effect
that will be our demise.
Still –
we rise
and fall
and rise
and fall
and Rise.


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The Winnipeg Jets signed goaltender Connor Hellebuyck to a six-year, $37 million deal. The new deal will make Hellebuyck the sixth highest-paid goaltender.
The 25-year-old had a 44-11-9 record last season with a 2.36 GAA, and a .924 SV Percentage. His 44 wins tied for league best and broke the NHL single-season record for most wins from a United States born goaltender. He also tied the NHL record for most home wins in a season with 30. His impressive 2017-2018 season made him second for the Vezina Trophy race, which Pekka Rinne of the Nashville Predators won.
The new contract extension seems fair on both sides if Hellebuyck performs like last season. At $6.167 million AAV, Hellebuyck contract is similar to Braden Holtby, Corey Crawford and Cory Schneider. Last season, he was one of five Jet restricted free agents that filed for salary arbitration. The others are defenceman Jacob Trouba and forwards Adam Lowry, Brandon Tanev and Marko Dano. The Jets now have $20.5 million cap space available this upcoming season. Josh Morrissey, Jacob Trouba and Adam Lowry are expected to play a big role next offseason.
2017-2018 was the best campaign in Atlanta/Winnipeg franchise history. They won their first playoff game, series, and reached all the way to the Western Conference Finals against the Vegas Golden Knights and lost 4-1. Hellebuyck's playoff record was 9-8, with a GAA of 2.36, and SV percentage of .922. Winnipeg having talent like Patrik Laine, Blake Wheeler, Dustin Byfuglien, and Mark Scheifele easily convinced the goaltender to stay. Signing the goaltender to a long-term extension shows that the Jets remain contenders in the Western Conference.
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IATA says slowdown is consistent with the general weakening in regional performance over recent months
Middle East carriers saw air cargo growth of just 0.8 percent in March, consistent with the general weakening in regional performance over recent months.
The Middle East slowdown from over 7 percent growth in the previous month came amid a global slump during the month, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
It said in a statement released on Wednesday that global demand, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), rose 1.7 percent in March compared to the same period the year before.
This was 5 percent lower than the February result and the slowest pace of growth in 22 months.
The year-on-year increase in capacity, measured in available freight tonne kilometres (AFTK) fell to 4.4 percent compared to 6.3 percent in February - the first time in 20 months that annual capacity rose faster than demand.
Alexandre de Juniac, IATA's director general and CEO, said: "It's normal that growth slows at the end of a restocking cycle. That clearly has happened. Looking ahead we remain optimistic that air cargo demand will grow by 4-5 percent this year.
"But there are obviously some headwinds. Oil prices have risen strongly, and economic growth is patchy. The biggest damage could be political. The implementation of protectionist measures would be an own-goal for all involved—especially the US and China."


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By Jeff Brumley
Christian theology takes the Bible verse John 1:14, "And the word became flesh and dwelt among us," to mean that Jesus Christ is the second person of the Trinity, fully human and fully divine. Scholars who speak publically about the doctrine of Incarnation, however, learn to tread lightly around the topic of Jesus' human nature.
"It's a very delicate subject," Brandon Hudson, pastor at Northwest Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, N.C., said of the mystery that is a core tenet of the Christian faith yet one that still makes many believers uncomfortable. "We all have this image of Jesus we guard very carefully."
That image, Hudson and others have noticed, weigh heavily in favor of the "fully God" half of the doctrine of Incarnation, emphasizing his post-resurrection kingship and de-emphasizing his humanity.
Experts say it's a trend they see equally in conservative and liberal Christian traditions. The former usually are laser-focused on Jesus' divine, all-knowing lordship and the latter on a cosmic, spiritual Christ who dwells in the heart of every person.
In both cases, they say serious contemplation on the Incarnate God is avoided. For conservatives, the human Jesus threatens the divine Jesus. Others view the concept as nothing more than interesting, and perhaps metaphorical.
"The humanity of Jesus is usually glossed over, and we think that Jesus knew everything that was going to happen to him from the beginning of his life to his death," said Molly Marshall, president and professor of theology and spiritual formation at Central Baptist Theological Seminary. "That is really silly thinking."
But it's also understandable thinking, Marshall said. The desire for certainty in matters of faith often trumps the ambiguity and tension built into the Incarnation. After all, how could anyone be both fully God and fully human?
"To make it a story of God as well as the story of a first-century Palestinian, that's a challenge," she said. "We tend to want to resolve that tension with easy answers."
So in many Christian minds and churches, Christ's post-Easter exaltation is projected back over his human life, thereby sanitizing his earthly existence to make way for the righteous, risen Savior, Marshall said.
"It makes nonsense of the real hurting, weary, grief-stricken person who gets angry and who is sick and tired of the obtuseness of some who claim to be his followers," she said.
It also nullifies the atonement of Christ's death and resurrection, said Ben Witherington III, professor of New Testament and doctoral studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. "If there is no Incarnation, then the death of Jesus is not a once-and-for-all sacrifice for sins past, present and future," he said. "It's just a death of a really good human being."
Accepting human limitations
Witherington said Christians must embrace the belief that God accepted human limitations in the Incarnation. He told the recent Winter Pastors' School at Baylor University's Truett Theological Seminary that divine condescension means God gave up his all-knowing, all-powerful qualities to take on limitations in time, space and knowledge, but without sin.
Jesus lived a fully human existence but retained full divinity — living a sin-free existence not because he had "a 'God Button' he could push like an 'Easy Button,'" but because he relied perfectly on the resources God makes available to all his children, he explained.
"Jesus lived his life on the basis of the two resources we all have — the word of God and the Spirit of God," he said. "Incarnation means he humbled himself. He accepted our human limitations."
But suggesting that to many Christians causes "an allergic reaction of sorts" because they see it as undermining Christ's divine membership in the Trinity. Others, he said, don't care much about the humanity of Christ because it interferes with time spent "with a Jesus they see only as the transcendent Lord who answers prayer."
And it's a trend likely to continue in a post-modern, 21st-century context where Christianity's waning influence results in a desire for spirituality without doctrine and "a Gnosticism of Jesus."
'Skin on Christ'
But it's not just that, said John Uldrick, minister of students and missions at First Baptist Church in Rome, Ga., who has noticed a decided lack of interest among young Christians in the Incarnation. The culprit isn't so much competing Christologies or wishy-washy spiritualty, but the prevalence of communication technology that takes the humanity out of most interactions.
"I have seen teenagers not even think about Christ incarnationally because they aren't living incarnationally themselves," he said. "So much of life for teenagers is lived through their cell phones and the Internet and Facebook."
Adults also struggle with touchy topics like whether Christ bathed, ate and was sexually tempted.
"I think many Christians live their faith in their head and not necessarily in their hearts," Uldrick said. "We don't put skin on Christ."
It was an experience in teaching youth about the Incarnation a few years ago that also fascinated Hudson. They were discussing the passage in Isaiah 53 that describes the coming messiah as an unattractive man. The kids didn't like the passage and didn't take well to discussing Christ's human limitations at all.
"The response was so visceral that I have been fascinated ever since," he said.
Now as a pastor, Hudson said he views promoting incarnational theology as part of his calling. Why? The rest of Christ's story makes no sense without it.
"We do a disservice not to ponder and think about this because, otherwise, we are only getting half the gospel."
— With additional reporting by Ken Camp of the Baptist Standard of Texas.


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By Bill Hoffmann |
Thursday, 01 September 2016 04:44 PM
Donald Trump's presidential campaign continues to strengthen even though he's the target of media attacks more "ferocious" than those aimed at such controversial figures as Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater or Joe McCarthy, Ann Coulter tells Newsmax TV.
"For the past month, we have seen the polls tightening [with] Trump either catching up, tying, or even in a few polls, ahead of Hillary Clinton," Coulter, one of the nation's most outspoken conservative pundits, told J.D. Hayworth on "Newsmax Prime."
"And this is after the most relentless, ferocious, unified media attack on Donald Trump as certainly I've seen in my lifetime and I've read about what they did to Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, and Barry Goldwater and I think it's worse than that."
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Coulter, author of "In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!" published by Sentinel, was referring to the McCarthy, the Communist-hunting senator; Nixon, who resigned the presidency over Watergate; and Goldwater, the GOP's ultra-conservative presidential nominee defeated by Lyndon Johnson.
Coulter told Hayworth the press began hounding Trump from the moment he launched his campaign last year to capture the Republican presidential nomination.
"From Day One, Trump has been compared to [Adolf] Hitler [and former Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard] David Duke," she said.
"His speeches since the convention and including the convention speech have been absolutely fabulous is the media won't show you those speeches … Those speeches have been fantastic. But you turn on TV at night and they're never actually showing the speeches."
"It's [the] various anchors on all the networks — but Newsmax — saying, 'trust us, it was an awful speech.'"
The media, Coulter adds, "does seem to just simply not care about its credibility" this election season.
"They've just decided it doesn't matter, the American people already don't trust us, let's just throw away that last bit of trust. It does concern me because [their] propaganda does work and even people who hate the media, when they hear the same thing over and over and over again....
"They lie about what Trump said about John McCain, they lie about Trump making fun of the disabled reporter, the lies are just so pervasive, so repetitive."
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BEIJING, China: Today Art Museum, one of the city's cultural landmarks, has drawn an influx of visitors recently who are going for an ongoing new media exhibition that provides an interactive, enthralling environment when visiting.
The exhibition, titled ".zip FUTURE RHAPSODY | XIAOMI · FUTURE OF TODAY", addresses how artistic creation will evolve by incorporating digital technologies, and how art museums can better engage the audience with location-specific experiences, since more people today enjoy virtual visits via museums' websites and apps. The exhibition runs through till Sept 16.
".zip FUTURE RHAPSODY | XIAOMI · FUTURE OF TODAY" occupies three floors of Today Art's main building, seated in the heart of Beijing's central business district. On show are 27 videos, installations and works of sound art created by an international lineup from China, the United States, Britain and Turkey.
Featured artists include Claude Leveque of France, Catherine Chalmers and Charles Lindsay of the US and Refik Anadol of Turkey.
Shown Chinese artists include Feng Mengbo, Guo Ruiwen, Hong Qile and Wang Zhipeng, among others who are of a great influence in new media creation at home.
At the heart of the exhibition is a 14-meter-high encircled space at the museum's main hall. It was built to function as "a box of black and white", according to Wu Juehui, who co-curates the exhibition with Yan Yan, the deputy director of Today Art Museum. Wu is an artist himself, based in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province – his work is shown.
Nine videos are displayed in rotation and computer-generated images are projected onto two walls and the ground. People can relax by sitting on the ground or leaning against the walls, being surrounded by the moving images.
By doing so, Wu the curator says, the audience themselves become a part of the art, and together with the videos, they form the largest and the centerpiece work of the exhibition.
The immersive, dream-like experience is similar to other works on show – artists hope to inspire people to reflect on real life situations, for example where people have found it hard to live without technology and the internet, especially devices such as the mobile phone.
Shown artworks feature almost all the digital file formats that have been invented, such as .txt, .jpg, .gif, .mp3, to name a few. Therefore, the exhibition serves just like a zip file to compress all these files into a package and present it to the audience. As they come across each artwork on show, people "unzip" one file after another.
Wu the curator says besides creating eye-catching effects which has drawn a lot of photo taking, they also invite the audience to seriously think about the relationship between human society and technology: "Every person lives with certain formats they are familiar with, and they have reshaped how people think and act and the ways of existence."-PRNewswire/BNN


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CARDINGTON — Robert L. "Robbie" Thomas Jr., age 42, of Cardington, passed away early Saturday morning, Oct. 28, 2017, at the Morrow County Hospital.
On July 18, 1975, Robbie was born in Traverse City, Michigan, the son of Robert L. Thomas Sr., and the late Linda G. (Fisher) Thomas. He graduated from Mount Gilead High School in the Class of 1994.
Following graduation, Robbie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was very passionate about being a marine and extremely proud to serve his country.
On Aug. 8, 2008, Robbie married the love of his life, Traci E. Ramey. They shared a very strong, special bond as husband and wife.
Robbie was a hard worker and truly enjoyed his job as a union carpenter for Compass Construction out of Columbus.
An outdoorsman through and through, Robbie loved hunting pretty much anything that moved, fishing, and the comradery of doing those with his friends.
Robbie was a sports fanatic, cheering for the Ohio State Buckeyes, Cincinnati Reds and Bengals, and the Columbus Blue Jackets. He also enjoyed working out at the gym and the friendships he developed there.
Above anything else, his true passion was being a father and spending precious time with his children.
Robbie will be remembered as an outgoing, caring young man who would do anything he could to help others out. He was a wonderful role model and example for everyone in his life.
Robbie will be dearly missed by his wife, Traci, of Cardington; three children, Jacob, Aubrey and Payton Thomas, all of Cardington; his father, Robert (Genevra) Thomas Sr.; two sisters, Ranee (Rod) Randall of Mount Gilead, Shelly Hogan of Baytown, Texas; his twin brother, Jamie (Carla) Thomas of Bellville; a step-sister, Kelly (Jason) Ballard of Sparta; his grandmother, Trudy Fisher of Jasper, Texas; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Don (Becky) Ramey of Centerburg; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, John (Kelley) Mead of Centerburg, Scott (Gretchen) Fox of Mount Gilead; 13 nieces and nephews, Dakota and Braxton Mead; Madison, Lily, and Henry Thomas; Colby (Katie), Gabe (Taylor) and Savannah Randall; Donald Jr. (Rebecca), Leighanna, and Kierra Hogan; and Kora and Ryan Ballard; a great-niece, Kori Randall; and too many amazing friends to name.
In addition to his mom, he was preceded in death by an infant son, Frank Thomas.
Robbie's family will greet friends from 4-8 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, at the Gilead Friends Church, 3613 Township Road 115, Mount Gilead, OH. Services to honor and celebrate his life will be held there at 11 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, 2017, with Pastor Tom Tucker officiating. Military honors will conclude the service.
Snyder Funeral Homes of Mount Gilead are honored to have been chosen to serve Robbie's family, and your special memories or condolences may be shared with them by visiting www.SnyderFuneralHomes.com.
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Nov 5–15, 2020
Nov 27–Dec 31, 2020
Feb 18–28, 2021
Return to Tickets & Performances
All upcoming BB@home performances for the remainder of the 2020 spring season are canceled and ticket holders will receive an email regarding their ticket exchange options.
Seo Hye Han, Daniel Durrett, Viktorina Kapitonova, and Derek Dunn
Photo credit: Brooke Trisolini
Boston Ballet proudly presents BB@home—a series of intimate performances at its grand rehearsal studio located at 19 Clarendon Street. The studio transforms into a state-of-the-art black box theater bringing the audience even closer to the art.
All upcoming BB@home performances for the remainder of the 2020 spring season are canceled and ticket holders will receive an email regarding their ticket exchange options.
SAVE THE DATES - 2020-2021 Season BB@home performance dates
Chamber Music Series
Oct 2 and 3, 2020
Jan 15 and 16, 2021
Feb 4 and 5, 2021
Featuring Company Dancer Choreography
Apr 8 and 9, 2021
*BB@home programming is subject to change
Discover Boston Ballet's program dedicated to supporting and celebrating the voices of women artists.
Spotlight: ChoreograpHER Initiative
Boston Ballet's ChoreograpHER Initiative establishes a model for female students and professional dancers to develop their choreographic skills by investing in works by female artists. Hear how Boston Ballet is creating long-overdue opportunity for women in the dance world and how audiences benefit from seeing their new works.
Video by Ernesto Galan
Watch the trailer from BB@home: ChoreorgapHER 2018, celebrating works of six female artists from within the Company.
Onstage: BB@home: ChoreograpHER
Get an exciting, on stage look at the 2018 BB@home: ChoreograpHER program dedicated to emerging female choreographers from Boston Ballet Company and emceed by celebrated visual artist Shantell Martin. Preview the six original works by Principal Dancer Lia Cirio, Second Soloist Hannah Bettes, and Artists Jessica Burrows, Lauren Flower, Sage Humphries, and Haley Schwan.
Video by Ernesto Galan
Preview Sta(i)r(e)s, choreographed by Principal Dancer Lia Cirio as part of BB@home: ChoreograpHER.
Spotlight: ChoreograpHER Lia Cirio
Principal Dancer Lia Cirio shares how her personal experiences have shaped her first choreographic endeavor Sta(i)r(e)s. Take a peek into her rehearsals and see why she feels empowered to be a part of the all-female ChoreograpHER program.
Preview In Search of Lost Time, a new work choreographed by Second Soloist Hannah Bettes as part of BB@home: ChoreograpHER.
Spotlight: ChoreograpHER Hannah Bettes
Second Soloist Hannah Bettes challenged herself to be vulnerable in choreographing her first work In Search of Lost Time. Get an exclusive look in the studio and see how her creative process is influenced by the collaborative relationship between dancer and choreographer.
Get a sneak peek at Variations, choreographed by Artist Jessica Burrows as part of BB@home: ChoreograpHER.
Spotlight: ChoreograpHER Jessica Burrows
Artist Jessica Burrows was inspired by the dancers of Boston Ballet to choreograph Variations, a work that celebrates their individuality. Go behind the scenes as she discusses her creative process and what she hopes people will take away from the BB@home ChoreograpHER program.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at Artist Lauren Flower's new work Momentous, choreographed as part of BB@home: ChoreograpHER.
Spotlight: ChoreograpHER Lauren Flower
Preview Artist Lauren Flower's new work Momentous, a snapshot of the most meaningful moments in one's life. Discover why it's so exhilarating and inspiring for her to channel her creative energy into an all-female program, BB@home: ChoreograpHER.
Artist and emerging choreographer Sage Humphries discusses her new work YOU, part of the BB@home: ChoreograpHER program.
Spotlight: ChoreograpHER Sage Humphries
Artist Sage Humphries steps into the role of choreographer for the first time as part of the BB@home: ChoreograpHER program. Discover the inspiration behind her new work exploring faith and the universal struggle of purpose.
Get a first look at Just, a new work choreographed by Artist Haley Schwan as part of the BB@home: ChoreograpHER program.
Spotlight: ChoreograpHER Haley Schwan
Artist Haley Schwan shares how the inspiration behind her new work Just goes hand in hand with the BB@home: ChoreograpHER initiative. Discover why she feels Boston Ballet is moving the art form forward by celebrating and supporting emerging female artmakers.


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Hiya guys! I thought today would be a perfect day for another review! In today's blogpost I am reviewing the Japanese Cherry Blossom Strawberry Kiss Eau de Toilette perfume and the new lip juicers.
Without further ado, let's start with reviewing.
Japanese Cherry Blossom Strawberry Kiss Eau de Toilette
I'm going to start with the perfume. This perfume smells like Japanese cherry blossoms and also has hints of strawberry and peonies. This perfume is pretty sweet but not in a nauseating way. It's too sweet for hot days, as I personally think sweet scents can be nauseating on hot days. However, it's perfect for cold days. The smell is very cute.
I personally love the packaging. It comes in a cute box with flowers and the cutest part is the bottle itself. It's meant to look a little bit retro, which is something it definitely does in my opinion.
Just like any other product from The Body Shop, this perfume is cruelty free and vegan. It also contains organic Community Trade-sugarcane alcohol from Brazil. The Japanese Cherry Blossom Strawberry Kiss Eau de Toilette is priced at 27,00 euros per 50 ml at The Body Shop.
the lipjuicers
The lip juicers are so cute! I received 3 flavors: one with a strawberry/pomegranate/aloe flavor, one with a coconut/passion fruit/carrot flavor and one with a kiwi/kale/watermelon flavor. The lip balms are small enough to take with you but have quite a lot of product in them. They remind me of the EOS lip balms given the appearance but the shape is different. They look like really short pencils, which is super cute.
The scents of these lip juicers are amazing. I'm serious. The unique scents are inspired by smoothies. The kiwi/kale/watermelon one smells the best of all three but that's because I absolutely love that watermelon candy flavor it has. The coconut/carrot/passion fruit one smells like multivitamine juice (probably because of the carrot) which is something I absolutely love. The strawberry/pomegranate/aloe one smells like wine. Wine. I know, right? I don't know how else to describe it, it just really makes me think of wine. In good way though.
Let's move on to the colors. the kiwi/kale/watermelon one doesn't have a color. The other two are tinted lip balms. The strawberry/pomegrenate/aloe is the darkest one. The colors are nice and match my skin tone as well.
The lip balm itself is made with community trade shea butter, marula oil and organic olive oil. The lip balms are supposed to be hydrating and they definitely live up to that expectation. I often apply a small layer on my lips before I go to bed and wake up with soft hydrated lips. The structure of the lip balm itself is something I haven't seen before. The lip balm is very soft but very thick. I feel like most lip balms melt a bit when they are applied on the lips but the lip juicers definitely don't do that. It's not unpleasant but it is something you have to get used to. I would recommend to wear a thin layer of the product because that has the nicest feel to it.
The lip juicers are priced at 9 euros each at The Body Shop.
Have you tried any of these products before? What do you think of them? What's your favorite perfume? What's your favorite lip balm? Be sure to leave a comment below, I love reading them ✨
FTC: these products were sent to me as a gift by The Body Shop. All opinions are my own and 100% honest. I did not get paid to write this.


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John Franklin, PhD
Professor of History
John K. Franklin, PhD, teaches all of the United States history courses at Graceland University and holds a BA in English and MA in History from Midwestern State University, and a PhD in History from Texas Christian University. Broadly speaking, he is a historian of the 20th century with a particular interest in the early Cold War period, and his doctoral specialization was the modern United States with an emphasis on diplomacy and foreign relations. He has also studied the history of the early United States, as well as modern East Asia, Europe, and Latin America.
The research Dr. Franklin has been most recently focused on is U.S. Foreign Relations as it relates to food and developmental aid, which has given Dr. Franklin the opportunity to combine his interests in foreign relations and social justice.
Outside the office, Dr. Franklin would be content to spend all his free time wandering around in the mountains. That's not always possible, so he tends to amuse himself by playing guitar in a rock band. Really, it is just bad music played with his friends in the basement, but they play LOUD. An avid fan of bicycling, you are likely to see him riding around on campus. Dr. Franklin has completed several century rides and has ridden across Iowa during RAGBRAI more than once.
Possessed of a love of travelling, Dr. Franklin has been on trips with Graceland students to England, Wales, France and Italy.
He might also be the only faculty member at Graceland who once worked as a blackjack dealer on a riverboat casino.
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DIY Halloween Costumes For Women
Feelin' Crafty? These Creative and Easy Halloween Costume Ideas Are Calling Your Name
Cruella de Vil
Be the neighborhood dogs' worst enemy this Halloween. Wear a long black skirt or dress, spray temporary dye in your hair, wear a white fur coat, and carry a cigarette holder. Don't forget the dramatic eye makeup!


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The emotionally well person can identify, express and manage the entire range of feelings and would consider seeking assistance to address areas of concern.
- It's estimated that 95% of our behavior runs on autopilot! Recent research has demonstrated that just a few minutes of mindfulness can have a tremendous impact on helping individuals become more intentional while also allowing for improved regulation of their emotions.
- Your discovery activity: Increase your emotional wellness by doing this activity RIGHT NOW.
- Bring to mind a memory of a happy, joyous event or a time when you were optimal and productive or a time when you felt confident. Experience the feeling of positive emotion. Now, bring your attention to your body. What does that positive feel like in your body? How are you breathing? Any difference in the level of tension you had walking in? Enjoy this practice for 3 minutes.
- Your discovery activity: Increase your emotional wellness by doing this activity RIGHT NOW.
- Research has proven that willpower is a limited resource that we need to build through daily training. For instance, many of us begin to lose focus at work or eat unhealthy snacks when we are tired or stressed out. By practicing focus and remaining logical on a routine basis, you will be able to calm and focus your mind when you need it most.
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- Take your age and divide it by 6, now use that number to count backwards from 100 to 0
- Look out the window for 30 seconds and take mental notes of anything interesting you see
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Central Ohio Living Free known as "COLF" is a resource for individuals struggling with life controlling issues.
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COLF not only wants to help and support the hurting individual, but also be a resource to the church and the communities that are seeking information on assistance for the broken life.
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Grove City Church of the Nazarene "The Naz"
The Naz Counseling Center is dedicated to serving the emotional needs of our community through the biblical teachings of Jesus. The center values the Word of God, excellence, integrity, respect, responsibility, self-discipline, loyalty and gratitude. These values guide the way we connect with those who come to us for help.
The center offers Marriage & Family and Personal counseling.
Call: Bettie Haines 614.875.2551, if interested in counseling or a referral.
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The Artmobile exists to bring the arts to students who need it most. The Artmobile brings creative possibilities and adventurous problem-solving into the heart of any neighborhood.
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Arty Party: We bring the party to you! No set-up, clean-up or mess. We customize the art project based on what your guests would like to make.