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Democrats need just 15 seats to change hands nationwide Tuesday to take back the House, and they believe that up to three of those seats could come from Indiana if Republicans lose here and in the state's 8th and 9th districts. Turning out the vote is expected to be crucial, and both incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Chocola, R-2nd, and Democratic challenger Joe Donnelly have been urging supporters to work hard in the final days of the campaign to propel voters to the polls. Beginning in mid-summer, four Tribune-WSBT-TV polls indicated that Donnelly had a slight lead that at first seemed to grow to a high of eight points, then shrank. In the final poll, released last week, Donnelly was ahead by a mere three points, with a five-point margin for error. Both candidates have had heavy hitters fly in to campaign on their behalf. First lady Laura Bush was here recently for Chocola, as was U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. Earlier in the year, President Bush appeared at Bethel College in support of the Bristol Republican. Donnelly has had his share of prominent visitors as well, led by U.S. Sen. Evan Bayh, D-Ind., and his father, former U.S. Sen. Birch Bayh. Former U.S. Rep. Tim Roemer, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., and U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman, have all campaigned here for Donnelly, as has former Indiana Gov. Joe Kernan. District residents have also been subjected to hugely expensive advertising campaigns waged by both candidates in an attempt to sway their vote. Although the attack ads have covered a variety of topics, one of the recurrent themes has been nonpayment of property and other taxes. Donnelly was targeted early on for being late many times when paying property taxes on his Granger residence and on a vacation home in Michigan City. The taxes were paid, along with penalties and interest. In an early charge that has been brought back in more recent commercials, Donnelly has also been pilloried for an incident in which the IRS placed a lien against a Donnelly family business operated by his brother in LaPorte County for unpaid payroll taxes. Donnelly hasn't disputed that the IRS action happened, but he explained that even though he was listed as an officer in the company at the time of the 2001 incident, he had not played an active role in the firm after leaving it in 1997 to start his own business, Marking Solutions Inc., in Mishawaka. The candidate's brother, Jack Donnelly, confirmed that Joe Donnelly's title as vice president of the company was a nominal one that involved no pay or involvement in business decisions after April 1997. 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Australia is famous for its beautiful and charming beaches. However, some of the beaches stand out from the rest like Palm Beach. A well known beach of Sydney with multitudes of cabbage tree palms is the most preferred beach for holidays by many of the people. As early as 1832 this majestic region of Australia had emerged on maps as cabbage tree boat harbor.
My Facts About Australia: Palm Beach
Palm Beach is famous for its location for many of the music videos. The city is right and the Palm Beach is spectacular. This Beach is the habitat to a numeral parks, beaches, and sporting areas including the national park which provides the visitors a great view.
My Facts About Australia: The Great Palm Beach
The Palm Beach is perfect for the water sports fanatic and the passionate trekker. The sports that make the beach adventurous are windsurfing, sailing, and catamarans. If you move towards the northern point of the palm beach you can find a light house which is named"Barrenjoey".
My Facts About Australia: Surf in Palm Beach
Palm Beach also has a golf club, a sailing club and surf school with two of the surf life saving clubs. There is easy transportation from rose bay in Sydney to the Palm Beach by Palm Beach seaplanes. Palm Beach water airport is positioned at the northern end with Palm seashore ferry running from a dockside in the town center to great Mackerel Beach, Ettalong, Currawong shore and the Basin.
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Pakistan Cricket Board Announced Pakistan One Day Cup 2017. All the matches will be played at the accompanying settings – Peshawar, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Quetta and Lahore.
Punjab Team Squad:
Umar Akmal (captain), Kamran Akmal, Nasir Nawaz, Umar Amin, Salman Butt, Saad Nasim, Zulfiqar Babar, Khushdil Shah, Bilawal Bhatti, Junaid Khan, Hammad Azam, Fahim Ashraf, Abdul Rehman Muzammil, Raza Ali Dar, Arsal Sheikh.
Sindh Team Squad:
Anwar Ali (captain), Khurram Manzoor, Saif Badar, Asif Zakir, Fawad Alam, Rumman Raees, Zain Abbas, Mir Hamza, Usama Mir, Akbar-ur-Rehman, Mohammad Nawaz, Umar Gul, Mohammad Hasan, Saud Shakeel, Hasan Mohsin.
Baluchistan Team Squad:
Fakhar Zaman (captain), Bismillah Khan, Ghulam Muddasir, Sohaib Maqsood, Imam-ul-Haq, Usman Shinwari, Saad Ali, Azizullah, Khalid Usman, Aamer Yamin, Agha Salman, Rameez Aziz, Taimoor Khan, Sahibzada Farhan, Hammal Wahab.
Federal Team Squad:
Imad Wasim (captain), Zohaib Ahmed, Hassan Khan, Sami Aslam, Haris Sohail, Sohail Khan, Abid Ali, Sameen Gul, Mohammad Abbas, Hussain Talat, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Irfan, Rohail Nazir, Sarmad Bhatti, Abdullah Shafiq.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Team Squad:
Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Iftikhar Ahmed, Shadab Khan, Israrullah, Taj Wali, Imran Butt, Adil Amin, Waqas Mehmood, Mohammad Sami, Shoaib Malik, Zafar Gohar, Mohammad Naeem, Kashif Bhatti, Imran Khan Sr., Nabi Gul.


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Apprentice Teacher Info
The French and Italian Department encourages students to participate in the Apprentice Teacher (AT) Workshop in order to learn the Drill Method and try out for an AT position in French or Italian. The participation of veteran ATs contributes significantly to the training of new candidates. Participation in the full workshop is required to audition for a position as an AT.
What is an Apprentice Teacher?
Introduced in 1967, the Apprentice Teacher Program has become an important part of foreign language instruction at Dartmouth. Beginning language courses consist of master classes and drill sessions. The Apprentice Teacher (AT or Drill Instructor) "drills" students on the points they have learned in their master classes. The AT works closely throughout the term with the faculty member who teaches the master class. They are responsible for leading students in pattern drills and exercises, to practice and reinforce the grammatical points that have been taught in the master class.
Who can be an AT?
ATs in the Department of French and Italian are Dartmouth undergraduates, but they are not necessarily language majors. They are students with established linguistic skills who apply for the program, participate in the Apprentice Teacher Workshop and are selected by a faculty jury.
How do you become an AT?
Applicants for an AT position are not expected to be fluent in French or Italian, but must have completed the minimum requirement of French or Italian 3, and must have good linguistic competence and good accent. Enthusiasm, commitment and interest in language are important requirements. Applications will be available at the AT workshops.
Each term the number of ATs selected varies according to enrollment figures and the number of French and Italian language sections offered by the department.
What are the job expectations?
- ATs are responsible for conducting drills (either 7:45am or 5:20pm).
- Once each week ATs meet with their master teacher, an integral part of the job.
- ATs attend required meetings or training sessions during the term.
- AT performance is evaluated several times a term by faculty members who visit drills as well as a written evaluation at the end of the term by the master teacher.
- ATs do not provide grammar explanations.
What are the benefits of being an AT?
- The AT position is a paid job.
- ATs increase their linguistic competence (pronunciation and grammar).
- An AT develops useful teaching and interpersonal skills.
- An AT works closely with a Dartmouth Professor, with a group of language students, and with other ATs.
- On-Campus ATs may apply for an AT position on a Dartmouth LSA program. There are several openings each year.
- ATs can benefit from the French and Italian AT Digital Badges Program. Upon successful performance they can receive a digital badge to display on their LinkedIn account
When are the Apprentice Teacher Workshops?
Workshops take place at the beginning of the Fall, Winter and Spring terms.
The Winter 2019 Workshop
Applicants must attend ALL of the following sessions:
Orientation and Introduction to AT Workshop, Training:
Monday, January 7 - 6:00-8:30 pm
Dartmouth Hall 105
Italian Workshop-Dartmouth Hall 104A
French Workshop-Dartmouth Hall 108-109
- Tuesday, January 8 - 6:00-8:30 pm
- Wednesday, January 9 - 6:00-8:30 pm
Jury: Thursday, January 10 - 4:00 pm
Veteran AT Remarks
This past term, I absolutely loved being an AT. It is so rewarding to see the students improve their language skills throughout the term. You become friends with your drill-ees and I truly enjoy being able to help them as they grow and learn. The best part about being a drill instructor is the relationships you form. Zonia Moore'16
I really liked being an AT because I felt I was really helping to teach something to my peers. I liked being in a more relaxed, but still effective teaching environment and making connections with my small group of students. I learned a lot about what it means to teach and how to interact with your peers from a teaching perspective. I can't wait to continue drilling while at Dartmouth. Maggie Baird'18
"I am a senior French major and AT. I plan to be a high school French teacher after graduation, so this job is great for me because I get to practice skills like lesson planning, lesson delivery and classroom management, with the assistance of an experienced professor. I like having the mentorship of the older teacher, because I can ask questions and get feedback about my teaching style and how I can improve. It's fun to develop a rapport with a small group of students (usually freshmen and sophomores) who are learning a language I love so much. It's really fun to get them excited about French too. The AT becomes the face of the language, in a way, because you speak to the students in the target language four days a week. I love this job because I love teaching French!" Annabelle Ferguson'15
My experience being an AT with the French and Italian Department was nothing but positive. The most rewarding part of my job was serving as a peer mentor to students interested in the Italian Language, as well as inspiring students to challenge themselves to improve their fluency. I also appreciated that more than one student lauded me for getting them out of bed for 7:45 drill with my energy and enthusiasm. Serving as an AT was also a wonderful way for me to practice my Italian speaking, grammar and vocabulary. Regarding my experience with the department, being an AT partly inspired me to be an Italian major, as it allowed me to foster meaningful relationships with students and professors in the department. Lucas Katler'15
I found that being an AT for both Italian and French allowed me to further my passion and knowledge of these two languages and cultures by instilling in others a newfound appreciation for both French and Italian. As a TA, I had the ability to further excite my students about the subject matter and increase awareness of the importance of learning a second language in a world that is becoming increasingly more interconnected. Marisa Werner'16
In French, the verb apprendre means to learn but also to teach. This beautiful linguistic particularity captures the essence of being an AT. While I am teaching by helping the students consolidate what they have learned in class, I too am learning. Not only am I improving upon my French, but I am learning about teaching itself, the students, and how to face challenges. The most rewarding part of the job is watching the metamorphosis from the beginning, when the students are just trying to find their bearings, to when they emerge from the chrysalis of structure and begin to soar in the language. To know that I am a part of this process is humbling, and I plan to continue teaching, learning, and enabling butterflies to fly. John Damianos'16
I've been a drill instructor for all three levels of French, and I've considered it to be one of the most enjoyable activities I've done on campus. I loved the opportunity to help other students in the learning process outside of a strict classroom setting. Drill sessions outside over the summer, as well as a memorable drill breakfast in Lou's, made classes less stressful and more rewarding for myself and those I taught. Nate Grice'16
I have absolutely loved my experience being an AT in the Italian department. I initially decided to take on the job because I wanted to maintain my Italian skills before studying abroad in Rome next term. Not only did I maintain my Italian language skills, I also improved my leadership and teaching skills and met people whom I will be friends with for the rest of my time at Dartmouth. One particular highlight stands out to me. After the last day of drill, the day before the Italian 1 students' final exam, I emailed my drill students to let them know that I would hold an Italian practice/drill session in order to help the students prepare for their exam. Of course this was completely optional, but 7 of my 9 drill students attended. This shows me that the students showed up to drill because they genuinely care, want to learn Italian and enjoy the drill session--not because drill is a requirement. Overall I have learned so much about myself and Italian by being an AT. I would recommend it to any advanced language student. Madellena Thornton '17


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If his albums are any indication, Van Morrison seems to have bounced between religions like a demented pinball. Amazingly, for a decade that saw the Belfast enigma explore Christianity and Scientology before returning, on Avalon Sunset, to Christianity, Poetic Champions Compose serves as a reminder that Van managed to even cram in an agnostic phase along the way. With this in mind, a desperately bleak version of the folk standard "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" lacerates the heartstrings. But the album shouldn't be assumed by any means to be a depressing affair. Three saxophone instrumentals, including the Miles Davis-influenced "Spanish Steps," lend a crisp Sunday morning feel to much of the proceedings, while "Queen of the Slipstream" and the live favorite "Did Ye Get Healed" suggest that, however bad the crisis of faith was (and the quite awesome preceding album No Guru, No Method, No Teacher suggests it was pretty bad), here is a man ultimately happy to find redemption in a love song. --Peter Paphides
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Scott C Elliott | New York City, NY | 10/26/2005
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"The moment you start this journey, hearing Mr. Morrison blowing his alto sax, you KNOW this is no regular event. The mood is set - somber, deep and achingly beautiful. Be ready for the simple, honest lyrics set to true soul music from this small powerhouse of a man. He gets spiritual with THE MYSTERY, shares his longing on QUEEN OF THE SLIPSTREAM, bares his heart on I FORGOT THAT LOVE EXISTED, and on and on. But when he sings SOMEONE LIKE YOU, a tear should fall from anyone who's been in love's eye - man or woman. Van continues on a journey into the blues and then back to the spiritual. It doesn't have to end there if you hit repeat. Perfection!!"
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"I had not bought a Van Morrison album in many years but one night my wife was watching one of her chic flicks, "Bridget Jones Diary" and I heard an awesome, soulfull love song in the film and it sounded like Van Morrison. I checked it out. The song was "Someone Like You" and I finally found a vinyl copy of the album and I listened to it probably four hours that night. The album never grows old. I'm 54 years old and I have an enormouse record collection spanning 5 decades. This album would be in my top 5. All songs on the album are wonderful, but my favourite is "Queen of The Slipstream". Anyone not moved by this album is not human."
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"Relating to this album as another Van Morrison release is missing the point. Each of his recordings give a glimpse as to where he is on a mystical, spiritual journey. Morrison likes to plumb the depths; this is no bubblegum artist. However, this fact doesn't negate a playful side. Morrison is versatile enough to touch all bases.
" Poetic Champions..." seems a great introduction to the "adult" Van Morrison. After rollicking good times on many old gems ( " Tupelo Honey", " St.Dominics...") Morrison got serious in the mid 80's. 1987 saw the release of this album, containing dreams and lullabies for the mature set.
" Spanish Steps" purrs. An instrumental, it actually sasheys and purrs. "The Mystery" is an open invitation to embrace the unknown while having faith, the challenge all spiritual seekers wrestle with.
" I Forgot That Love Existed" is a wake-up call. The heart still beats, even as the head tries to snuff it out. " Someone Like You" has been featured in quite a few romantic films, but it plays better among its family. " Allow Me", the closing, another instrumental, floats along like a flower, mid-air, on a spring day.
Always rich in imagry, Morrison begins a cycle that recalls seasons; "Poetic Champions..." is fitting for this time of year, awakening from a long winter, happily drifting toward a warm spring.


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The Law of Gravity Validates Christianity
The Law of Gravity Validates Christian Beliefs
One day he prayed: "Mr. Creator, show me the secrets of Your universe."
God replied, "Little man, you're not big enough to know the secrets of My universe. But I'll show you the secret of the peanut."
From the universe to the peanut. "Oh, well," Carver thought, "better the peanut than nothing."
"Take the peanut apart," God said. Carver did, and discovered several hundred components in the peanut.
God continued, "Now, start putting it back together again—this time in different forms."
I've heard different renditions of this conversation between George Washington Carver and God. But they all have the same point. God's universe is just too complicated for our little brains to understand. So with that in mind, I like to focus on just a few aspects of the universe. Lately, I've been thinking mostly of the sun, the moon, and the earth. I wanted to know what God could be trying to show us about life and His ways concerning us. What I discovered was all amazing!
A few days ago I wrote a post on how the sun can be compared to God and Jesus and how we can be compared to the earth. In this post, I'm writing about how the moon can fit into this and even more aspects of our relationship to the sun.
I am amazed at how the sun can cause us to revolve/circle around it ever since the beginning of time. It's just like an electron that is made to circle around its nucleus of proton and neutron forever. It must be some type of force that pulls us around and keeps us at just the right distance to keep us from freezing or burning to death. Amazingly all the planets are sentenced (for lack of a better term) in their own private ring around the sun so that we don't crash into each other like bumper cars! I believe they say that it's the sun's gravity or magnetic core that pulls us to circle around it. But how come we don't get any closer than 93 million miles? How come all the planets in our solar system aren't the same distance from the sun?
I don't know the answer to that. But hopefully one day I'll find out. But a similarly cool thing is that the moon kind of does to us what we do to the sun. It's attracted to something in the earth's core (gravity or magnetic field) so that it can't get away from us. And I love how the pull of our earth is not so strong that it pulls the moon right onto our crust! I believe they say that on Jupiter, the gravitational pull is so strong that humans could not walk on it. Our bones would likely be crushed because of how strong the pull is on that planet. They say that we'd have to evolve into having some super strong bones to keep them from collapsing into the ground. Perhaps only people with elephant legs could survive with a pull that strong!
So our gravitational pull on earth is just perfect for us to walk comfortable. We don't have to pull our legs up with all our strength to take a step. We can also swim, run, jump, and skip with ease (depending on your weight or health) because of the perfect gravity level God put in our earth's core.
One thing that I found particularly amazing was how we can find spiritual insight in gravity. I was thinking that if Oprah and I went to outer space in a space shuttle, we would have the same weight. Our mass would be different because she has more fat and skin than I do, but we would both weigh the same. So what on earth (pardon the pun) would cause things to be different when we are not in outer space?
I found that the law of gravity can be compared to the laws of God. The only thing that gives Oprah and me different weights on a scale is GRAVITY. Her mass is different than mine, but without gravity, she and I would be weightless. Only gravity makes us different.
Now for the sake of making a point, let's just say that it would be a sin to weigh over 200 lbs. Let's just say that anything less than that is considered holy or righteous. Now without the LAW of gravity, we'd never know what was right and what was wrong. Things could APPEAR wrong and sinful or holy and right, but we'd never know for sure without the standard. And we could not have a standard without being able to measure something against it. I'm not sure what the healthy weight is for a woman, but let's just suppose that it is 130 lbs. Let's just say that starting at 131 lbs. you would be at an extremely increased risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke because at a convention every physician agreed unanimously that this was the case.
Now without that standard which could only first come from (the law of) gravity, everyone would technically be healthy because no one would weigh over zero pounds! So we need this law and we need a standard to let us know this hypothetically speaking right from the hypothetically speaking wrong. That's how I look at God's Word. The Bible gives us a standard. If there were no Bible with all its laws, precepts, statutes, commandments, judgments, etc., everyone would be on their way to destruction because there would be no example to aim for. So back to our example. If no one had a scale or the doctor's report saying that 130 lbs. and below was the right weight, many people would eat themselves to "hell". The weird thing would be that no one would even see it coming. No one would know that they were at a much higher risk of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes because they couldn't be weighed. So when the law (of gravity) did come into effect, these people should not be mad at the law or rebellious against it because it was labeling them as bad or unhealthy. They should be glad because the law (of gravity) gave them a standard to abide by for health reasons.
At the college I graduated from, UT Knox, my friend told me that the cheerleaders HAD to weight 105 lbs. Any amount over -- and I guess under as well -- would immediately disqualify them from having a chance on the squad. If there were no gravity, they couldn't weigh the girls. They would have to guess how much they weighed. (Of course, there would be no need for cheerleaders without gravity because the balls in basketball and football would just float everywhere, but let's just say there was a need for cheerleaders.) If you couldn't disqualify anyone based on that standard of 105 lbs., then any female could be a cheerleader if they were good enough. And if they were to "compromise" on this weight requirement, it would first go from 105 lbs. to 104 lbs. and/or 106 lbs. And if you allow a one pound compromise, what's to stop you from compromising by 2 lbs.? Then 5 lbs.? Then 20? You have to stop somewhere. Sure it would be nice to have a range like 105 lbs. - 115 lbs., but that is not the case. The rules say 105 lbs., so every girl who is serious about joining the squad will either gain or lose weight to be a member of that squad.
Without gravity, no one could really function on the earth. We'd be floating into the clouds where the air would be too thin to breathe. All the seeds we plant would float away (along with the soil). No tree roots would dig down into the soil to get nutrients. All the animals would float away. No one could have as meaningful as a relationship as they could have with gravity. We couldn't drive, run, walk, swim (because all the water would float away), and many other things. The world would be one crazy planet without our law of gravity!
Likewise, the world would be one crazy planet without God's law. Everyone could kill without knowing it was wrong. Everyone could have sex with whomever without regret. Everyone could steal, lie, cheat, and do other sins without the law to keep them aware of the standard of right and wrong. Jesus is our standard for what's right and wrong, for what true or false. If you ask most people what is the definition of truth, they would say, "Truth is the opposite of a lie." But that's not the correct definition.
Truth means that the particular thing you are referring to is in compliance with an established standard. For example, if I give you some counterfeit money and tell you that it's real, you could tell me, "Girl, that's not real money! That's not the truth! It does not conform, comply with, or agree with the standard that has been set by the U.S. Treasury or the Mint or the Federal Reserve (or wherever they print off our money). In many ways, it may look like a real dollar bill, but in all actuality, it is missing some of the requirements to being real or to being the truth.
Jesus says in the Bible, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me," in John 14:6. When He says "the truth", I take it to mean that He alone is the standard for right and wrong. If we base our opinions of right and wrong on a schoolteacher or a politician or a parent or even a pastor, that is foolish unless that person is in direct compliance with Jesus.
The other funny thing is that while many people try to fight against the law, they still ALL have to abide by it whether they want to or not. I don't care how bad you hate the law of gravity; you will abide by it whether you walk down the street or decide to jump off a cliff. The law will be still there, and it must be obeyed -- or else you will get some bad and serious consequences. If a man wants to defy gravity's law by jumping off a cliff and expecting to float, he will sadly find out that the law is no respecter of persons. We will ALL be judged according to Jesus' standard.
But people who are saved (people who have given their lives to Jesus) don't have to be under the law; only people who do not know Jesus will be under the law. People who are saved are under grace -- meaning that - in keeping with this extended metaphor about outer space - they are floating in grace! They are not under the law and judged by the law like others are being judged by the law. We are floating like astronauts in outer space. Because we love Jesus so much, we are being helped to live by the only two laws that Jesus says we must obey in the New Testament.
Matthew 22:36-40 - Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
This means that Jesus has already told us that by obeying just these two commandments (loving God with all that is within us and loving our neighbors as we should love ourselves), we have fulfilled all the commandments of the Old Testament (and there are a lot of them!) Every word the prophets prophesied in the Old Testament regarding obeying God is fulfilled with just these two laws.
Romans 6:14-16 - For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace. What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness?
This means that when you get saved, you are no longer going to be judged by all those laws. You will be under grace. And more importantly in that scripture, I see that we are to become SLAVES to righteousness as opposed to SLAVES to sin. You have no choice in this life. You will be a slave or servant. You will either be a slave to sin or a slave to righteousness. If you don't pick to be a servant to righteousness, then by default you are a slave to sin.
Revelation 3:16-17 - I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
No true Christian will try to take advantage of this state of floating in grace. We appreciate so much what Jesus did for us on the cross that we respect and love Him for it, and we make sure to tell others about it. God's grace is no excuse for reckless living!
Romans 6: 1-4 - What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Does this mean the Law of Quantum Mechanics validates Santa Claus? We could--easily--write essays on how few physical laws validate our subjective beliefs.
Well just so you know, I don't believe in God, but that doesn't mean I am a bad person because I am not under God's law. I don't murder, steal, or have sex with people all the time. It is because I have morals. Also, if "Christians are saved from being under God's law", then how do they follow God like you say the law of God mandates?
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Tuesday afternoon, they made it obvious that potential was not enough by placing Maxwell on waivers along with safety John Turner, cutting the roster to 50 players.
The Chargers then added defensive back Liffort Hobley from the waiver wire, but were forced to cut defensive back Ronnie O'Bard to keep the roster at the limit. Hobley played for Louisiana State last season and was Pittsburgh's third-round draft choice.
The Chargers must cut five more next week to reach the NFL regular-season limit of 45.
Maxwell, a second-round Colts' draft choice in 1983, was obtained by San Diego for a fifth-round draft choice. He had been considered a talented player with an attitude problem.


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He also invented two machine guns and automatic shotgun, using gas to cycle weapon. The repeating shotgun that John invented was the primary reason for the break between Browning and Winchester. When Winchester denied production of this gun, John Moses, packed a sample of his shotgun into his luggage, crossed the Atlantic, and negotiated an agreement for Fabrique National de Belgique (FN) to produce his gun.
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Tomato Jam
If you're looking at this and thinking why make jam when you can just buy it, well you'd be right. You can just strut into any grocery store, perhaps pick up a coconut water, some cookies and then may way to toast condiment section. You can look high and low, far and wide but...there will be no tomato jam. You might find some at a farmer's market in the summer or fall, but I wouldn't wait. Still not persuaded??
This is the Cadillac of ketchups. Ok, that's not convincing.
This is the F-16 of ketchups. Lofty, I know. It's sweet and savory (my two favorite food groups) and will kick up any burger or dog a few notches.
Or just use your imagination: tomato jam + burrata + baguette. That's the magic combo that made me fly back from this place and make some asap.
I'll be the first to admit that skinning and seeding tomatoes is annoying but a little goes a long way. This makes 2.5 cups because I wanted to can some for future burrata moments, but you can always half the recipe. Or not.
Adapted from Mark Bittman
INGREDIENTS: (makes 2.5 cups)
- 3.75# ripe tomatoes, peeled and seeded
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon minced ginger
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 teaspoon salt
- pinch of chili flakes
-Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring often.
-Reduce heat to low and simmer, stirring occasionally to ensure nothing burns, until the mixture has the consistency of thick jam, about 1 hour 15 minutes.
-Taste and adjust seasoning accordingly, then cool and refrigerate until ready to use.
-This will keep about 2 weeks.


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You build your upper chest by performing weight-bearing exercises that target the pectoral muscles. Compound exercises such as the bench press and heavy dumbbell press utilize the relevant muscle fibers, causing them to tear. These fibers grow back bigger and stronger with rest and adequate nutrition.
When performing weight-bearing movements to build muscle, selecting the proper weight is crucial. To put on mass, the ability to perform eight to 12 repetitions of the exercise is necessary. For strength-building alone, a range of four to six repetitions is standard. To really build muscle, minimize the rest periods between sets to keep the blood pumping and the muscle fibers engaged.


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A quick and easy, low-fat alternative to duck pancakes. Spiralized cucumber, sesame seeds and hoisin sauce make these a simple and delicious party snack
On the chopping board you used to slice the duck, toss the duck strips in the five spice and a generous pinch of flaky sea salt and black pepper.
Heat a wok or non-stick, large, high-sided frying pan over a high heat. Once really hot add the oil along with the seasoned strips of duck breast and stir-fry for 2 mins. Reduce the heat slightly and spoon in the hoisin sauce, toss everything together and stir-fry for another min until the duck is just cooked then remove from the heat.
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Learning interpretable kernelized prototype-based models
Hofmann D, Schleif F-M, Paaßen B, Hammer B (2014)
Neurocomputing 141: 84-96.
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Since they represent a model in terms of few typical representatives, prototype based learning such as learning vector quantization (LVQ) constitutes a directly interpretable machine learning technique. Recently, several LVQ\ schemes have been extended towards a kernelized or dissimilarity based version which can be applied if data are represented by pairwise similarities or dissimilarities only. This opens the way towards its application in domains where data are typically not represented in vectorial form. Albeit kernel LVQ\ still represents models by typical prototypes, interpretability is usually lost this way: since no vector space model is available, prototypes are represented indirectly in terms of combinations of data. In this contribution, we extend a recent kernel LVQ\ scheme by sparse approximations to overcome this problem: instead of the full coefficient vectors, few exemplars which represent the prototypes can be directly inspected by practitioners in the same way as data in this case. For this purpose, we investigate different possibilities to approximate a prototype by a sparse counterpart during or after training relying on different heuristics or approximation algorithms, respectively, in particular sparsity constraints while training, geometric approaches, orthogonal matching pursuit, and core techniques for the minimum enclosing ball problem. We discuss the behavior of these methods in several benchmark problems as concerns quality, sparsity, and interpretability, and we propose different measures how to quantitatively evaluate the performance of the approaches.
Hofmann D, Schleif F-M, Paaßen B, Hammer B. Learning interpretable kernelized prototype-based models. Neurocomputing. 2014;141:84-96.
Hofmann, D., Schleif, F. - M., Paaßen, B., & Hammer, B. (2014). Learning interpretable kernelized prototype-based models. Neurocomputing, 141, 84-96. doi:10.1016/j.neucom.2014.03.003
Hofmann, D., Schleif, F. - M., Paaßen, B., and Hammer, B. (2014). Learning interpretable kernelized prototype-based models. Neurocomputing 141, 84-96.
Hofmann, D., et al., 2014. Learning interpretable kernelized prototype-based models. Neurocomputing, 141, p 84-96.
D. Hofmann, et al., "Learning interpretable kernelized prototype-based models", Neurocomputing, vol. 141, 2014, pp. 84-96.
Hofmann, D., Schleif, F.-M., Paaßen, B., Hammer, B.: Learning interpretable kernelized prototype-based models. Neurocomputing. 141, 84-96 (2014).
Hofmann, Daniela, Schleif, Frank-Michael, Paaßen, Benjamin, and Hammer, Barbara. "Learning interpretable kernelized prototype-based models". Neurocomputing 141 (2014): 84-96.
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|Horse Sense
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|Approx. run time
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|Written by
|Chad Hayes
|Directed by
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|Produced by
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Christopher Morgan
|Joey Lawrence
Andrew Lawrence
|Music by
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|Original channel
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|Release date
|November 20, 1999
|Followed by
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Horse Sense is a 1999 Disney Channel Original Movie starring brothers Joey Lawrence and Andrew Lawrence. It was followed by a sequel entitled Jumping Ship. Directed by Greg Beeman.
A lazy 20 year old named Michael Woods invites his cousin Tommy Biggs to come and spend time with him in L.A. Tommy is thrilled to see his cousin after years of not seeing each other. When Tommy arrives in L.A. Michael ignores Tommy the whole time and makes him feel unwelcome. Then, Arlene the housekeeper has a talk with Michael about ignoring Tommy and Michael says he will take Tommy to Disneyland and they would have a good time. On their way to Disneyland his girlfriend Gina, who is a total drama queen and a snob calls him and asks him if he wants to come see her and her father at the racetrack. Michael says yes and takes Tommy to a Kiddie Zone so Michael could go to the racetrack. On the way back to get Tommy, Michael gets in a car accident and writes down the wrong information to the victim, Diedre White. Michael and Tommy get into an argument when Michael gets home and Tommy leaves the next day. Tommy's mother calls Michael's parents to tell him how rude Michael was to Tommy. Then, Michael's parents punish him by sending him to Tommy and his aunt's ranch to work for a month for free. Michael then learns that the ranch is going to be foreclosed at the end of the month, so Michael and Tommy put their differences aside and work together to save the ranch from foreclosure. Michael, having studied the aspect of land trusts in college, realizes that since the ranch cares for wild horses, it is eligible to be overseen by the state government and shielded against repossession. Although Michael has learned his lesson about showing respect to his family and his parents allow him to go to Europe with Gina, he refuses to do so in order to return to Montana to deliver the good news to his family, where he empties his trust fund to save their ranch. Michael also learns a valuable lesson about loyalty and love, which proves to be one of the central aspects of the film.


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PopMatters previews March's music releases.
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Miley Cyrus has finally been released from the hospital! The 21-year-old was admitted over a week ago after a severe allergic reaction to antibiotics. Poor girl was given some Cephalexin for a sinus infection in Kansas City, and wound up stuck in a hospital bed for nine days. She even missed her favorite holiday, you guys. No, not Easter -- that other one that happened on 4/20.
Anyway, the 21-year-old star seems to be doing much better, as Us Weekly is reporting that she's finally been released from her prison hospital bed, and is ready to rejoin her Bangerz tour on its European leg.
Miley had to cancel a string of shows in the states, but have no fear, ticket holders! The shows have been rescheduled for August, and all tickets will be honored. Phew!
The singer was devastated to have to postpone her shows, and kept all of her Twitter follows updated with her misery. A couple days after she was chained to the bed with an IV, she tweeted, "can't quit crying ... i wanna go back on tour. im meant to be onstage performing for y'all.... not laying in a hospital bed."
She tweeted on the 18th, the day she was supposed to perform in Nashville, "sux seeing everyone havin fun in Nashville. My home town & the place I was looking the most forward to. Pissed off @ everything/everyone rn."
Then there was that tweet about it being the "wackest" 4/20 evah, and general pissed-offedness about NOT being stoned. Because apparently that's her favorite thing now aside from weird tattoos. Eh, to each their own, I guess.
A source confirmed that she's doing much better now, saying, "She had to get it all out of her system. It hit her hard."
It's possible that her reaction was so extreme because her body was already strained to begin with. Twerking is a workout, people. You trying working out hard onstage every night practically nekkid while smoking weed backstage. I mean, I've never done it, but I'm sure it's got to be taxing. And it's always harder to recover from things when your body is already worn out.
Then again, according to her official statement, her docs said recovery from a reaction like that could take up to a month, so maybe she's healthfully ahead of schedule?
Regardless, we're glad she's finally feeling better. Stay healthy, Miley!
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25th-26th May, 2017 I Bangkok, Thailand
4th Asia Rail Summit 2017
Next Generation Rail: Where Knowledge Creates Solutions!
Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) Confirmed to Join Asia Rail Summit 2017
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SPAD has developed the Land Public Transport Master Plan to set out the vision and direction for public transport in Malaysia. The vision of the master plan is set out as to achieve a safe, reliable, efficient, responsive, accessible, planned, integrated, affordable and sustainable land public transport system to enhance socio-economic development and quality of life.
Gathering the region's government and operators at the show, join us in a focused discussion around their key issues and challenges. Asia Rail Summit 2017 will feature a dedicated theatre to provide a comprehensive sharing platform.
For this year's event, Mr. Ramesh Balakrishnan, deputy general manager from SPAD will deliver a keynote speech regarding Rail Project Updates in Malaysia. He is currently attached with the Rail Division Project Section of Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan Awam Darat (S.P.A.D.) which is the Regulator for Land Public Transport in Malaysia overseeing project regulatory compliance for MRT Lines1 & 2, LRT 3, East Coast Rail Link ECRL, Gemas-JB Double Tracking, Klang Valley Double Track (KVDT).
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EXCLUSIVENo one at the Maxim Hot 100 party had their conversations secretly recorded last night ... that's because V. Stiviano was TURNED AWAY at the door ... TMZ has learned.
According to our sources, Stiviano showed up to the Pacific Design Center looking to get in ... but she wasn't on the list. We're told Stiviano tried her best and put up a bit of a fight ... but ultimately she was persona non grata.
We're guessing the awful makeup job on her face did not help her case.


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It's not the palm trees and lush terrain that have lured so many different species to habitats along the Earth's equator—it's the temperature.
According to a study slated for publication in the June 13th issue of Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences, the immense biodiversity in the world's tropical habitats could be a result of high environmental temperatures, which speed evolutionary change.
A research team led by biologist Andrew Allen of the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis created a model to quantify the effects of temperature on genetic evolution. In devising the algorithm, the group assumed that metabolism—the rate at which an organism transforms energy—influences the rate of genetic change.
For cold-blooded animals especially, environmental temperature plays a big role in regulating metabolism. Thus, by the researchers' model, high temperatures found along the equator can speed up the metabolisms of certain organisms that live there, thus fostering faster genetic change and, eventually, the evolution of new species.
"If you speed up the rate at which organisms transform energy, they reproduce more quickly and they die younger," Allen said. "DNA gets replicated more quickly because reproduction happens more quickly."
Furthermore, Allen said, it's possible that organisms with faster metabolisms accrue genetic mutations more quickly because their bodies generate more free radicals, unstable chemical elements or compounds that have one unpaired electron, which are thought to induce mutations.
Allen's model predicted that the rate of genetic variation in a certain type of plankton is 15 times faster when it lives near the equator than when it lives in the Arctic. Data spanning 30 million years of the plankton fossil record supported the model's predictions, according to Allen.
The research group also found that the amount of energy needed to create a new species is fixed—as well as enormous. It takes 1023 joules of energy—more than the entire world consumes via fossil fuels in a year—to create just one new species of plankton, Allen said.
"It's a huge number," he said. "But when you think about how many generations and millions of years it really takes for a species to evolve, it makes sense."
Kaustuv Roy, a biologist at the University of California, San Diego agreed that the idea of environmental temperature driving speciation was interesting, but he suggested this relationship may be too simple.
"Whether temperature's the only cause of the global distribution that we see remains to be seen," Roy said.
Indeed, factors beyond environmental temperature are likely to also contribute to rates of speciation, said Allen, especially for warm-blooded animals, which can internally regulate their own temperatures.
Originally published June 8, 2006


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Riser and Little Dancer can earn $25,000 bonuses Saturday with victories in the $150,000 B.C. Derby and $100,000 B.C. Oaks at Hastings Racecourse.
The bonuses – which would be paid in U.S. dollars – are for any 3-year-old that sweeps the Emerald Downs Derby and B.C. Derby, and any 3-year-old filly that sweeps the Washington Oaks and B.C. Oaks.
Riser is the 5-2 favorite in the 1 1/8-mile B.C. Derby, with Aaron Gryder aboard at 126 lbs for trainer Blaine Wright and owner Jared Chappell.
Little Dancer is the 7-2 second choice in the 1 1/8-mile B.C. Oaks, with Rocco Bowen shipping in to ride at 121 lbs for trainer Doris Harwood and owner Ron Schmid. Daz Lin Dawn, six-for-six this year with six stakes wins, is the 6-5 morning line favorite.
The B.C. Oaks is scheduled for 3:46 p.m. and the B.C. Derby 5:25 p.m. Emerald Downs plans to show both races on the giant TV screen.
Gold Rush Dancer in action Saturday
While the Emerald Downs Derby winner returns to action Saturday in Canada, the Longacres Mile winner resurfaces Saturday in Cypress, Calif.
Gold Rush Dancer is the 2-to-1 morning line favorite in the $75,000 E.B. Johnston Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course.
The E.B. Johnston, one mile on dirt, drew a field of six including defending champion and 5-2 second choice Soi Phet, the Jerry Hollendorfer-trained He Will (3-1), El Huerfano (4-1), Lucky J Lane (8-1) and Start a Runnin (15-1).
Gold Rush Dancer drew the No. 3 post with Evin Roman up at 124 lbs for trainer Vann Belvoir and owner John Parker. Post time is 2:58 p.m. (between races 3 and 4 at Emerald Downs.
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Rocco Bowen will donate $20 for each victory through the end of the season to hurricane relief efforts, and Paul Beattie said Eli Sports would donate an additional $10 for each Bowen victory through closing day on Sept. 24. … Bowen has clinched his second straight Emerald Downs riding title with a career-high 114 wins. He is averaging 1.72 wins per day. … Washington-bred Percy's Bluff continued his winning ways in California, scoring by a length in a 5-furlong turf race Monday at Golden Gate Fields. A 5-year-old Raise the Bluff gelding, Percy's Bluff is 6-0-2 in eight starts this year for owner/trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, and 16-8-7 in 36 lifetime starts with earnings of $196,508. … Mike Man's Gold goes for his fifth win of the meet in Sunday's $20,500 Muckleshoot Casino Purse for 3-year-olds and up at 6 ½ furlongs. Mike Man's Gold is the 8-5 choice with Emmett Park (3-for-3 at the meet) second choice at 9-5. … Mr. Takahashi shoots for his fifth straight win in Saturday's fifth race for older $5,000 claimers at 5½ furlongs.


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We have to wonder what Compaq was thinking.
No, we don't question why the PC giant decided to dole out nearly $US10 billion for Digital Equipment Corp.'s PC, microprocessor and OS businesses -- and turn itself into a $US37.5 billion powerhouse in the process.
We don't wonder at Compaq's wanting to capitalise on Digital's enterprise services know-how -- an area in which Compaq has been known to be lacking in expertise.
And we certainly have no grounds to suggest that Digital isn't a worthy complement to Compaq's $US3 billion acquisition of Tandem Computers in June 1997.
What's really got us puzzled is how did Compaq manage to miss getting Digital's networking business as well?
Four short months ago, Cabletron Systems snatched that up for a mere $US430 million.
Now, we don't pretend to know what goes on in the back rooms of big business as multi-million dollar merger agreements are worked out. But we're pretty certain the logistical complexities of these things prevents them from happening overnight.
Except, of course, in the case of a hostile takeover, where the "acquiree" is taken unawares. But in both the Compaq and Cabletron deals, Digital seems to have been a willing partner -- which means a certain amount of unadulterated gigoloing must have taken place in the days and weeks before each merger.
Did Compaq know Digital wanted rid of its network wares? If so, why didn't it grab them?
Back in June, Compaq's acquisition of Tandem almost universally was heralded as a good buy, in terms of the PC maker gaining enterprise-class server and clustering technology.
But industry analysts who commented on the deal at the time said the one thing Compaq sorely needed to plug the gaping hole in its enterprise computing strategy was network plumbing -- exactly the thing it could have gotten from Digital if it had acted faster.
Now, of course, Compaq may in fact be playing a very smart game. Maybe, just maybe, the idea is to let Cabletron pare Digital's networking business down to a profitable concern, and then -- swoosh! -- Compaq will sweep down and grab a lean, mean Cabletron-Digital machine...
...Nah. We can't see Cabletron -- even with its new kinder, gentler attitude -- being all pally with Compaq. Because you see, Compaq would be the boss -- it's bigger, better known and better established in the computer industry as a whole and...well, bigger.
So it looks like Compaq simply missed an opportunity to seize Digital's networking business when it could.
If a similar chance to acquire a networking company should arise again, Compaq should think twice before letting it pass on by.


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Over a year after its release, people are still going crazy for Frozen. The Disney film was the ninth-most searched term on Google in 2014.
So the Northwestern women's basketball team's Frozen-themed promotion on New Year's Day seems like a good idea.
• Devon and Leah Still visit Disney World
Northwestern's football team isn't playing in a New Year's Day bowl game, or any bowl game, so fans should be able to head to the arena in their Frozen costumes for discounted tickets.
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Supreme Court to Hear Case of Uighur Detainees
The Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will hear arguments from a group of Chinese Muslims who have been imprisoned at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp for more than seven years even after the Pentagon determined they are not threats to the United States.
The justices, as is custom, gave no reason for their decision to hear the case brought by a group of men known as Uighurs who are looking to leave Guantanamo.
The high court could have moved on the matter in June but it delayed action until now, possibly because of efforts by the Obama administration was taking to move the men out of Guantanamo. That same month, four Uighurs were relocated to Bermuda.
The Pacific island of Palau has agreed to take 12 of the remaining 13 Uighurs on a temporary basis. Last month, Solicitor General Elena Kagan sent a letter to the court saying that at least six of the men have agreed to the transfer. Government officials on the island nation report that several of the men refuse to go there fearing reprisals from their home country.
Relocating the Uighurs is just one part of a larger headache for the Obama administration's efforts to meet its self-imposed pledge to close the facility by January.
The Uighurs were picked up in Afghanistan following the Sept. 11 attacks but have steadfastly maintained they had no role in supporting the Taliban, Al Qaeda or fighting the United States. The government does not allege the men are terrorists and insist they are free to go to any country they want--provided that country will take them. Palau has specifically said it will not accept one of the Guantanamo detainees, Arkin Mahmud.
Last year, a federal judge in Washington concluded the men had been detained long enough and ordered the men released into the United States. On emergency appeal, a U.S. appeals court blocked that decision and eventually overturned the ruling. Kagan had asked the court not to take the Uighur's case; she said immigration laws prevent the men from entering this country.
Kagan also argued that because the Uighurs are no longer considered enemy combatants and free to leave Guantanamo; there is no need for a judicial order forcing them into this country.
"The decision whether to allow an alien abroad to enter the United States, and if so, under what terms, rests exclusively in the political branches," she said.
Lawyers for the Uighurs told the court that the lower court decision now under review presents a fundamental question of "whether it is for the prisoner to justify release or the jailer to justify imprisonment."


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Street waif Sally (Jane Eggertsen) hides out on the seventeenth floor of a modern Danish tenement, hence the film's title. She almost manages to make a living recycling various trash items. In this way, she avoids the dangers of street life. Sally comes into contact with an equally streetwise Turkish immigrant girl (Mia El Mousti) with a talent for playing the accordion. The two join forces as street musicians. They have fun and make good money, but the good times are ended when the Turkish girl's...more
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I came across this Melanie Porter's website today, and I'm speechless. I mean... I can't even manage to finish a tiny little cushion cover this week! These designs are so innovative. New life goal: earn enough money to commission one of the chairs above. Here's an excerpt from her site:
After 10 years working as a knitwear designer for a number of international fashion brands, in 2008 Melanie Porter turned her expertise to furniture, creating one-off contemporary designs from antiques sourced at auctions and markets across the UK.
Trained at the prestigious Central Saint Martin's College, Melanie's ability to create exquisite, textured fabrics which are individually knitted and felted for every project has drawn attention from clients and press all over the world.
Each project starts with the frame itself – anything from a Victorian nursing chair, to a vintage occasional table– which is painstakingly stripped back, before being restored and/or reupholstered using traditional techniques. This blank canvas is then covered with a series of hand-knitted panels.
Melanie undertakes the entire process herself and everything, from the restoration and upholstering to the individual, crocheted buttons, is done by hand. The result of this incredibly labour-intensive process is a stunning and unique work of art, destined to be a future family heirloom.
Melanie's work is now sold at outlets worldwide including Lane Crawford in Hong Kong and Wolf & Badger in London.


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Are you looking to sharpen your interview skills? Do you start to sweat at the thought of giving a presentation in front of co-workers? Are you looking to sharpen your leadership skills to get that promotion you are looking for? If so, then the Cuyahoga Falls Toastmasters is your solution! We are a local club of this international organization, focused on developing your public speaking and leadership skills at your own pace. Our club meets every Wednesday from 6:30PM-7:30 PM at the Western Reserve Hospital - Auditorium 2, 1900 23rd Street in Cuyahoga Falls. Please park in Areas E or F and enter through the Falls Family Practice entrance. From here take a left and a quick right and you'll be able to find us! Guests are always welcome to stop in and see what this warm and friendly club is all about. Toastmasters- where leaders are made! For more information, including directions to our meetings, go to:
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We are keeping busy this week with Nonnie and Pickles out of town visiting their newest grandson, Kaine, and their first grandson, Alexander. Seriously, I don't think the boys have spent much time in their play room at all. They are having more fun chasing the cats and climbing everything in the house. Please be sure to check out the video of the boys loving the cat. Willow's face is priceless; don't worry, no animals were injured in the making of this video. They sure love him;) Press play!
We went to our new favorite park again this week, even though it was over 90 degrees out. This park is great for multiples because it is fully fenced – a must for two 16 month olds prone to running different directions and not always listening to their mommies! Not only does the park have a fence around it, there is a secondary park area for little ones that is also fenced in and it is almost all shaded. Here are a few pictures. The boys were too cute for words; they had most of the parents at the park cracking up. They just ran from one thing to another, and would throw their arms up asking "where" when we heard airplanes. They are still working on going down slides on their own and walking back down the steps of the jungle gyms, but all in all it was a very successful trip to the park by ourselves.
We also made it to the aquarium by ourselves and had a blast taking our time looking at everything. We even managed to not get wet during the rain that was in the area…perfect timing that day. The boys were let free for all of five minutes by the giant aquarium - see the picture and below that is a picture of the boys checking out the alligators!
Yesterday we had another twinkie play date with some of our favorite twin friends, but we missed the friends and moms of those who were too sick or sore to make it:( The boys cooperated with one nap yesterday so a morning play date worked out perfectly! Augustus had his "momma's boy" moments, but no screaming fits when I tried to put him down to play. That is good. They really are funny how they are in a stage fighting for my affection. Seriously, how many 16 month olds do you know who say "MY mommy?" Tomorrow we are heading to the aquarium with our favorite identical twin boys. I know I will be tired by the weekend; however, hopefully the boys have lots of energy for daddy!!! They have been having a ton of fun with daddy playing outside when he gets home from work. It is perfect timing as they finish dinner and basically get to go outside to get hosed down from the mess they made;)


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Arsenal have opened talks over a £60million deal for Romelu Lukaku, while Liverpool and Manchester City have entered the race to sign N...
Arsenal have opened talks over a £60million deal for Romelu Lukaku, while Liverpool and Manchester City have entered the race to sign Newcastle's Andros Townsend, according to Tuesday's newspapers.
Conte Plotting £57m Raid For Serie A Duo
Antonio Conte wants to bring Italy stars Antonio Candreva and Leonardo Bonucci wih him to Chelsea and will reportedly instruct his new club to launch a bid for the £57million-rated duo.
According to reports in Tuesday's Sun, the incoming Chelsea boss wants the Euro 2016 stars to be part of his Stamford Bridge revolution, starting this summer.
Winger Candreva, 29, has reportedly told Lazio he wants to join Inter but Chelsea hope Conte will be able to beat Roberto Mancini to his signature for around £25m.
And a three-year deal for defender Bonucci, worth around £130,000 a week, has been accepted by the player and his agents.The Blues will now make an improved offer to Juventus totalling £32m which they hope will seal the transfer.
Bonucci, 29, has been in outstanding form for Italy in France and Chelsea want him to anchor Conte's three-man defence at Stamford Bridge alongside Gary Cahill and Kurt Zouma.
The Blues are prepared to pay Juve £25m up front with another £7m in add-ons to beat off interest from Manchester United and their former boss Jose Mourinho.
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Arsenal are keen on Everton striker Romelu Lukaku, according to reports in Italy.
The powerful Belgium is expected to leave Everton this summer after expressing the need to progress in his career.
|Arsenal are keen on Everton striker Romelu Lukaku, according to reports in Italy.
The Toffees have offered Lukaku a new deal, and while the player says he'll give the Toffees the courtesy of listening, he is likely to ask for a move elsewhere, with the likes of Chelsea, Manchester United, PSG and Juventus all linked with his signature.
However, TuttoMercatoWeb claim the Gunners have joined the race to land the 23-year-old hitman and have opened talks over a £60million deal with Everton.
Arsenal's move comes amid increasing fears that target Jamie Vardy is leaning towards snubbing a move to the Emirates Stadium.
And with Arsene Wenger believing a deal could be dead in the water for the Leicester star, attention has turned elsewhere, with £60million-rated Lukaku set to become their new top target.
Liverpool And Man City Join Race For Townsend
Liverpool and Manchester City have joined Crystal Palace, Southampton, Crystal Palace and West Brom in expressing interest in Andros Townsend.
The Daily Telegraph claims the £10.5million release clause in the England winger's contract has alerted both clubs and they are now weighing up whether to make a surprise bid for the winger.
Liverpool and City could be added to the list of Townsend's possible destinations, particularly if they fail to land more expensive targets such as Saido Mane and Leroy Sane.
Despite missing out on Roy Hodgson's final 23-man squad for the European Championships, former Tottenham Hotspur wide man Townsend has become one of the most sought-after English players of the summer.
His impressive form for Newcastle, together with a release clause in the region of £10.5million, has made him an attractive proposition for a host of clubs – including Liverpool and City.
Manager Jurgen Klopp is keen to add more pace to his attack and has already looked at Southampton's Saido Mane, Schalke's Leroy Sane and Arsenal's Theo Walcott.
- Leicester are prepared to pay £30m to land Watford striker Troy Deeney (Daily Telegraph)
- Chelsea boss Antonio Conte is plotting double swoop for his Italy stars Antonio Candreva and Leonardo Bonucci (The Sun)
- Champions League winners Real Madrid have opened talks to sign France midfielder Paul Pogba, 23, from Juventus, according to the player's agent (Marca)
- Chelsea and Arsenal are competing to sign Juventus striker Alvaro Morata, who will be re-signed by Real Madrid (The Sun)
- Leicester are closing in on an £11.5m deal to sign Nampalys Mendy from Nice, which could allow N'Golo Kante an exit (The Sun)
- Southampton want talks with Sheffield Wednesday boss Carlos Carvalhal over the vacant head coach position (The Times)
- Troy Deeney is demanding showdown talks with Watford because he wants a move to Leicester (Daily Mirror)
- Arsenal goalkeeper David Ospina is wanted by Turkish club Besiktas (Daily Mirror)
- Henrikh Mkhitaryan is involved in a tug-of-war between current club Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United (Daily Mail)
- Ryan Giggs is not in the running to take over at Forest, whose owners hope to appoint a foreign coach and have contacted Spaniard and former Olympiakos boss Michel (Nottingham Post)
- Everton are plotting a move for £16m-rated Porto striker Vincent Aboubakar (Daily Mail)
- Former Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal, ex-Ajax head coach Frank de Boer and Andre Villas-Boas are in contention for the vacant AC Milan job (Gazetta dello Sport)
- Swansea are ready to offer midfielder Leon Britton and full-back Angel Rangel, both 33, new contracts as they look to retain two of the senior figures in Francesco Guidolin's squad (South Wales Evening Post)
- Laurent Blanc will leave Paris Saint-Germain by the end of the week, says his agent (The Guardian)
- Burnley are yet to receive any bids for defender Michael Keane, 23, with Premier League champions Leicester and Everton interested in the player (Burnley Express)
- AC Milan striker Fernando Torres, 32, is to sign a one-year deal with Atletico Madrid, where the Spaniard spent last year on loan from the Serie A side (Marca)
- West Brom are targeting FA board member Roger Burden to succeed Jeremy Peace as chairman (Daily Mail)
- West Brom are keen on signing Newcastle United's 26-year-old France midfielder Moussa Sissoko (Birmingham Mail)
- Paris Saint-Germain are ready to offer Neymar a world-record contract to move from Barcelona (Daily Mail)
- Rangers are set to sign former Tottenham and QPR midfielder Niko Kranjcar (Daily Mail)
- Manchester City striker Kelechi Iheanacho, 19, could miss the start of the season if he is called up by Nigeria for the 2016 Olympics in Rio (Manchester Evening News)


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Routes : North America : United States : North Carolina : Central : Pilot Mountain : Devil in the White House : (Steaming Piles / Grunge)
(Steaming Piles / Grunge) - 5.5Average Rating : 1.50 out of 5
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From end of fence, find stacked boulder at rim, look left for lower Pine and bare rock of chute. High hazard from falling rock, the reason it was closed.
Description:Sloped blocky gray face to the right of and angled out from 'Devil in the White House' was CLOSED by park Superintendent as of second edition of pocket guide. Note that 5.7 line for 'Devil' is along and left of the separating crack, using this face only for stemming. That can be rigged from the rim, to hang rope along the crack.
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Onsight ascent by: wkfegler on 2013-06-02 (View Climbing Log)
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run out with rotten rock, won't lead this again.
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I tried this carrying a light pack and no rope yet, got to the tiny cave and said "Nope." I wanted to top-rope the sloping face between the crack and the gully, but did not see an un-roped way to get safely to the prominent tree, or to get to the rings. This is not a place I would want to climb enough to bother with gear, or fall to what gear would swing to.
In my opinion, it should not be listed, as if it would keep the kids busy safely.
In my opinion, it should not be listed, as if it would keep the kids busy safely.
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By David Tereshchuk*
January 21, 2016—In these days of growing awareness of global climate change it is hard to say what might be called "normal" weather for India. But the severity of rains that have lashed that country's southern states in the past few months certainly stand out as extraordinary.
Rainfall levels have broken all records in eastern Tamil Nadu state. Some overnight rains have registered 6 inches within a 24-hour period in Tamil Nadu's capital city, Chennai, which has a population of 4.3 million people. Flood-related deaths have reached nearly 400 since last October.
India has not seen such rainfall for over a century. Overall, more than 68 million people have been affected, and at least 200,000 have been left homeless.
UMCOR, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, is partnering with Canada-based GlobalMedic and India-based Church's Auxiliary for Social Action (CASA) to meet the needs of India's affected populations.
UMCOR is working with GlobalMedic to provide clean water to counter the all-too-common waterborne illnesses that come in the wake of serious flooding.
Most communities in Tamil Nadu rely on hand-pumps and wells as their main water source, and most of these have been badly damaged or entirely submerged beneath the surging torrents.
Ironically, a major GlobalMedic consignment of water-purification equipment, some intended for individual households, some for whole communities, was already on its way to Nepal in the aftermath of last summer's earthquake disaster. It was held up because of a border dispute between India and Nepal, and now is being re-directed to Tamil Nadu.
GlobalMedic's small water-purification kits and its community-scale units will go to help threatened families in both Chennai and the districts of Thiruvallur, Kanjipuram, and Cuddalore, to the west and south of the capital.
In Cuddalore District, UMCOR also is working with CASA to provide materials for emergency shelters, hygiene kits, and other non-food items to 1,450 families impacted by the floods. People in the district have lost loved ones, livestock, crops, and homes to the severe weather and flooding.
"India is one of those countries for which Western media attention can wane very quickly. But UMCOR has not forgotten the people of India," remarked the Rev. Jack Amick, UMCOR's assistant general secretary for International Disaster Response.
"I am grateful to our partners on the ground and donors the world over," he continued," for making UMCOR's ministry of tangible love and care reach those who otherwise might be quickly forgotten."
Your gift to UMCOR International Disaster Response, Advance # 982450, will help communities like those in Tamil Nadu recover from disaster.
*David Tereshchuk is a journalist and media critic who contributes regularly to www.umcor.org.