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Have I failed as a friend?
A couple months back, my best friend came out to me as bisexual. I supported her unconditionally and tried to help her as much as I could. I listened to her worries and tried to give her the best advise.
Recently however, she has turned to the LGBTQ+ community forums. She didn t tell me why and I didn t ask but I have a feeling that it s because she doesn t think I understand her as I am not part of the LGBTQ+ community. We had a bit of an argument where she said that I always tell her that everything is going to be okay however I don t understand the severity of her situation. She told me that I should do some research about this topic before I say it will be okay. We made up but I cant help but think about what she said.
Any bisexual members of the LGBTQ+ community please help me understand what she s going through and please tell me if I have failed in the role of a best friend.
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- ClickmanLv 410 months ago
she is like many people ,, mad at the world trying to find a place that will make all her dreams come true
you can be friends ,, does not mean you hang out anymore if she is looking for an area to be that makes you uncomfortable
you are concerned about her and her feelings ,, is she equally concerned about you?
friendship is a two way street and if she is on a one way street there are no room for friends there just movement
I have great friends I have not seen for decades,, they are still friends just in another world, state etc
you are not your brother keeper
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- SBR32277Lv 710 months ago
You have not failed as a friend. Friends do their best even if they truly don't understand the situation. Your friend is most likely in the same boat of not fully understanding, which is why she is searching for people like her that may have some insight and advice for overcoming some of the problems she may be having. The main problem is everyone is an individual, where even as a straight white guy, I hear straight men complaining about their difficulties on the dating scene when I had none, so I cannot necessarily relate to their problem. Likewise with your bisexual friend, she most likely has unique problems that other bisexuals cannot necessarily relate to. All you can do is listen, maybe do some research of your own to help her find a resolution with the possibility that there is no resolution. Sometimes, especially with women, they don't want help, they just want someone to listen so that they can voice their concerns out loud to someone. Being a guy who always wants to fix problems in a house full of women, it took a while for this lesson to sink in.
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- FireballLv 710 months ago
NO U HAVE NOT but she is now entering a different world so it might be best to let her go and find friends more like yourself.
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Nobody spoke.
"Has anyone in this class touched God?"
Again, nobody spoke.
"Has anyone in this class seen God?"
Nobody spoke for the third time, so the professor stated,
"Then there is no God."
One student thought for a second, and then asked for permission to reply. Curious to hear this bold student's response, the professor granted it, and the student stood up and asked the following questions of his classmates:
"Has anyone in this class heard our professor's brain?"
"Has anyone in this class touched our professor's brain?"
Absolute silence.
"Has anyone in this class seen our professor's brain?"
When nobody in the class dared to speak, the student concluded,
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Healing Hearts Pet Reiki - Marcia McCollum Hebrank, MSW
Marcia provides holistic healing and support for pets and the pet parents who love them! She's a Usui Reiki Master/Teacher, and is certified in Animal Reiki. She's also certified in Animal Communication. Marcia is also trained as a Medical Intuitive. She is a Crystal Healer and Core Shamanic Healer as well. She uses a blend of these many modalities of holistic healing and intuitive work to connect gently and directly with pets to assess, assist, and provide guidance and healing. She sometimes receives guidance about flower essence therapies and stones and crystals that can be helpful for a particular pet's healing. Marcia is trained as an Angel Intuitive by Doreen Virtue, and she finds that this work also is quite complementary with her work with animals. Marcia worked for over two decades as a psychotherapist, and she is trained and experienced as a clinical social worker. Marcia worked in healthcare and Hospice settings for many years, and she has found that these experiences also help her to support pet parents and their pets with pet end of life issues and severe pet illnesses. She is the proud pet parent to a Sheltie, a Pomeranian, and 3 wonderful kitties. Visit Marcia's website here: http://www.OneLightCenter.com Contact her at firstname.lastname@example.com for more information or to schedule a session for yourself or for your fur baby. :)
TESTIMONIALS: "Marcia provided me with the opportunity to communicate with my sweet dog Shelby. Shelby had been a remarkable dog, but when she reached the age of 17 I was agonizing about the decision of when to put her down. I wanted to cherish every remaining moment with Shelby, but I didn't want her to suffer or endure further injury. I wished more than anything that Shelby could just tell me what she needed. Marcia gave me the opportunity to communicate with Shelby about this. She intuitively connected with and understood Shelby, and communicated to me what Shelby wanted, which was to leave this world and wait for us in heaven. It was Shelby's time, and she was ready to be at peace. Shelby was in pain, was confused, and was scared. Marcia was so patient and kind, while offering an incredible hand to help us walk across this bridge to life without our beloved pet, Shelby. I am grateful that I consulted Marcia during this time, and I highly recommend that anyone who is struggling with an issue with their beloved pet obtain Marcia's assistance. Her help was a blessing to our entire family!"
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What part of the animal kingdom do you serve?
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Cat-astrophes happen! What is your cancellation policy?
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Without pet parents, Petmasters wouldn't exist. What discount do you offer our dedicated members? (e.g. 20% off their first session, etc.)
$20 off FIRST Pet Healing and/or Animal Communication Session for Petmasters members with Marcia Hebrank, MSW.
Which part of the country do you serve pets?
I work with pets in person in North Carolina. I also do distance healing and animal communication work with pets throughout the World.
What year did you begin serving pets?
How did you hone your craft?
I've always had a deep connection with animals, as well as easily establishing an intuitive connection with them. I've been a pet parent for many, many years. I work as a holistic healer, spiritual intuitive, and spiritual counselor in private practice with adults, children, and pets. I have healing pets (a Sheltie, a Pomeranian, and a Siamese) who assist me at times in healing sessions with my human clients. I worked for many years as a clinical social worker with adults, children, couples, families and groups. I worked for several years as a Hospice Medical Social Worker, and I have assisted many individuals and families by providing end of life support for themselves and their pets, as well as bereavement support. I find animals to be excellent communicators, and it is extremely rewarding and joyful for me to do so. I am a Usui Reiki Master/Teacher, and am certified in Animal Reiki. I'm also certified in Animal Communication. I integrate these modalities as well as Crystal Healing, Angelic Healing, Core Shamanic Healing, and Medical Intuition into my sessions with both pets and humans. I'm trained as a Medical Intuitive and Core Shamanic Practitioner, as well as as an Angel Intuitive. I also teach these modalities.
What tip would you give pet parents for working with animals that you've learned as a pro?
Get yourself into a calm and peaceful state before beginning work with your pet. Take a few long, slow deep easy breaths. Center and ground yourself.
What is one thing you want pet parents to know about you? It can be whatev-fur you'd like!
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We are aware of the environmental impact of the global textile business. Our planet's well-being is at our heart and, therefore, we focus increasingly on issues involving respect for natural resources at all stages of LPP's operations – from selecting raw materials for our garments through sales to the operation of our offices and logistics facilities. We know that work at the grass-root level is of major importance and, therefore, we make our employees aware of how they can make their every-day work environmentally friendly.
LPP SA's key environmental activities in 2018:
- our stores and offices underwent energy audits,
- our new stores reduced their electric energy consumption thanks to advanced air-conditioning systems and LED lights,
- our new office buildings will be energy efficient structures,
- we recycle waste paper and plastic wrap.
Eco-friendly office rules – we will start first
- In every-day work, we use eco-friendly paper made from eucalyptus trees. Trees are planted for paper mill needs as part of support programmes for farmers. The raw material is processed so as to minimise water and energy consumption and with a low noise emission.
- For internal correspondence purposes, we have introduced reusable material envelopes to limit the use of disposable packaging.
- As a standard, in all company computers, double-sided printing in black and white is set. That may be changed if needed, of course. Used printer toners are recycled.
- We promote healthy life style and an ecological approach among LPP employees – more and more often, we change cars for company bicycles currently available in three Gdańsk offices.
Less paper cups
We promote multi-use ceramic coffee cups. In 2018, we held a competition for employees called Hug a Cup. More than 20 winners received ceramic cups with an original design devised by one of Reserved designers.
- We offer sustainable design training sessions to Reserved and Cropp designers and merchandisers, covering environmental impacts of the textile industry, product life cycle, fabrics and textiles, sustainability certification.
- We introduced the ECO AWARE line to Reserved and specifically marked products made of eco-friendly materials. In 2019, all our brands will be offering such products.
- We abandoned natural fur and angora wool. By 2020, we plan to abandon mohair unless we find a responsible and humane way of its sourcing.
- On all markets, we require our suppliers to accept LPP's Code of Conduct. We obligate them, among others, to take environment protection measures.
- We carry out audits to verify the suppliers' compliance with the Code's requirements.
- As part of the ECO AWARE project, we organised textile collection in 20 largest Reserved store in Poland. Customers could donate clothing of any brand. All items collected were delivered to the St. Brother Albert Aid Society operating night shelters all over Poland.
- When importing products, we mainly use maritime transport.
- We reuse ca. 30% of cartons.
- Mohito and Reserved products are sent to customers in recycled cartons.
- New cartons we use are approved by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
- We use a document management system to reduce our page use.
- Our distribution centres use smart lights reacting to sunlight intensity.
- We replaced previously used lighting with LED lights.
- We try to use furniture from locations to be closed in other renovated brand stores.
- In 2018, we reclaimed 30% of hangers to be disposed of.
- All newly opened stores are equipped with energy-efficient LED lighting a smart ventilation system.
- In large Reserved brand stores, we place containers for second-hand clothes.
- In all brands, we use e.g. bags made of recycled materials (with Mohito using 100% of recycled bags and packaging).
- Waste fluorescent lamps and light bulbs are recycled or disposed of by specialised companies.
- We collect waste batteries and recycle them.
So several years now, Reserved collections comprised products made of organic cotton. In the last AW collection, the Reserved brand offered an additional premium line made in 40% of ecological fabrics. We plan that, in 2019, the number of ecological products in the brand's entire offer will increase to a few percent.
Materials from certified sources in the Eco Aware collection:
Organic cotton
It is grown using ecological methods and means, in line with natural environmental processes and taking care of sustainable use of water resources in the manufacturing process.
TENCEL™ Lyocell is an eco-friendly fabric made of wood pulp cellulose. Having great breathing properties, it will give comfort to people with allergies.
Recycled fibres
These are all fabrics given a second life. Recycled materials reduce waste quantities and the consumption of water, energy and other resources.
This is a very resilient fabric made of a plant having the same name. It is a great choice for environmentally aware people.
It is resistant to friction and stretch and, being biodegradable over time, it is environmentally friendly.
The ethical sourcing of raw materials to manufacture our clothing is of key importance for us. That is why, in 2014, we stopped using angora wool in our collections and, in 2016, we abandoned natural fur. By 2020, we will give up mohair unless we find a responsible and humane way of its sourcing. Mohito cooperates only with suppliers holding valid certificates and ensuring decent and ethical methods of sourcing down for Mohito coats, thus meeting the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) for responsible down production.
The ethical sourcing of raw materials to manufacture our clothing is of key importance for us. That is why, in 2014, we stopped using angora wool in our collections and, in 2016, we abandoned natural fur. By 2020, we will give up mohair unless we find a responsible and humane way of its sourcing.
Mohito cooperates only with suppliers holding valid certificates and ensuring decent and ethical methods of sourcing down for Mohito coats, thus meeting the Responsible Down Standard (RDS) for responsible down production.
"We are all sensitive people aware of how we impact the environment. We want to create beautiful and timeless fashion as well as to promote values associated with our collections."
We encourage our customers to go green. In 2018, 20 of Reserved stores collected hand-me-down clothes and donated them to people in need through the LPP Foundation. Customers could bring garments from any brand and clothes were donated to the Saint Brother Albert Aid Society, an organisation supporting the homeless and the poor.
We want our parcels to be easy to unpack and used for product return. To that end, we are continuously developing new improvements. The new design currently implemented at LPP is also more convenient for the fulfilment centre's employees, saving them precious seconds in the packing process. Boxes are also more durable thanks to high load bearing capability. Their double bottom makes them more difficult to be accessed by unauthorised persons.


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The year is just getting started and there is a lot of time to explore and plan an amazing vacation. So many people want a dream vacation and get distraught when they find out their dream destination is extremely expensive. The price tag of some destinations put many people out of exploring them. This month I delve into helping you make a dream vacation become a reality.
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Say you want to go on a beach getaway… start your search by looking for beaches that are within driving distance to you. If the beach is too far, or you don't want to drive, it's time to start looking for airfare. One of the best resources on the Internet is SkyScanner.com, where you can search airfare by timeframe and by location. Think of locations that fit your vacation type. Input the destination in the site's search, the region or country you want to visit, and then select a time frame (you can be as specific as date or week or month.) The website is easy to use and will help you get the most cost effective airline tickets.
Now that you have the airfare, it's time to select a place to stay on your dream vacation. Traditional hotels can be expensive depending on the destination. So it's a good idea to do a hotel search and see if they fit within your budget. Take a look to see if an all-inclusive resort is available. You can save a good amount by booking an all-inclusive and eating on property. Websites like AirBNB.com and VRBO.com are great as well.
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Street food – almost every destination has street food. Don't be afraid to ask the locals and try some of the recommendations. Street food is usually cheap and tasty.
Day adventures – search your destination on Viator.com and explore the day adventures available. Most destinations have many options at great prices.
Now that you have more tips to make your dream vacation a reality, enjoy it and make sure to tweet me some your vacation photos. If you have any questions I did not address above, let me know. I'm always here to help you travel #AbOUTtheGlobe! Tweet me at @GayTravelGuy


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Ready to make the jump from crayons to Photoshop? No need to panic — the internet is packed with resources to guide you through your first steps in the world of professional image and photo editing. TastyTuts' comprehensive 33-video tutorial is as good as it gets and comes complete with extensive course notes and other useful content.
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Some people come into a lawyer's office to discuss their case and ask the lawyer if they could guarantee a specific result. The answer to that question is always no. A lawyer may never guarantee a result. Each case is different and the outcome of each case is always unpredictable. Lawyers can advise whether the client has a strong case or a weak case and may give an estimate of the outcome of the case. This is what lawyers do day in and day out, give clients their best judgment about the strength of the case and whether the case should be settled and, if so, for how much. A lawyer's advice to his or her client is extremely important and the general public is entitled to rely upon their lawyer's advice. Decisions are made every day involving huge amounts of money based upon the lawyer's advice. However, regardless of how competent and honest the lawyer may be, a lawyer may not truthfully guarantee any specific outcome. The reason for that is that the lawyer simply doesn't know.
The Outcome of a Case is Almost Always Unpredictable
This is especially true when issues of fact are to be decided. If one side of the controversy says that Driver A had a red light facing him but the other side of the controversy contends that Driver B was the driver with the red light facing him, the outcome of this conflict is highly unpredictable. Therefore it is impossible for a lawyer to predict the outcome of the case. This is also true in even cases which seem a lot more clear-cut in which there does not seem to be any factual dispute about how the events occurred.
Many cases arise not from factual disputes but from issues of law. That is, given a factual situation what does the law require. It is sometimes hard for laymen to understand that an issue of law is not always clear. In fact, in most cases, issues of law are not clear. It is true that many issues are governed by statutes or legislative rules which seem to be clear cut. However, these rules are interpreted by judges who cannot always agree on how such a statute should be interpreted. Furthermore, most of the law does not involve statutes but rather involves, "common law issues for which no statute is applicable. In these situations, the law has developed over many years, and judges decide issues of law based upon what appellate courts have done down through the years. Sometimes modern judges go all the way back to the common law of England for a decision on how an issue of law should be determined.
The Law Is Uncertain
In order to appreciate the fact that the law is uncertain, it is helpful to know that a large number of cases are reversed on appeal. That is, our appellate courts decide that the trial judge was all wrong in their decision and reversed that trial judge's interpretation of the law.
In summary, the law is uncertain even when the facts are agreed. If the facts are in dispute the outcome of the case is even more uncertain.
So how does a layman make decisions in a world in which the law is so uncertain? Unfortunately, the best that a layman can do is to retain the services of a good lawyer whom they trust and to realistically analyze the situation with the guidance and counsel of the lawyer and try to exercise good common sense and make decisions upon the lawyer's advice.


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Experience seeker. World Changer. Innovator. Kind Heart. Irie focusses on how plant medicine and safe, thoughtful consumption and self-care can infuse more meaning and mindfulness into our modern lives. Irie's desire and purpose is to channel all that she has learned from helping others with plant medicine and from the cannabis industry into her comprehensive vision and unwavering dedication to create a better, more harmonized future… all through the power of connectivity and nature.
A lifetime of positive plant medicine experiences combined with her academic studies and a background in health and wellness has led to over 10 years as an insightful educator, patient advocate and caregiver, helping bring her own unique and passionate perspective on the benefits of plant medicines to the world.
As a mother of three, serial entrepreneur and thought leader, Irie's unique and positive spin on life successfully breaks down walls on stigmatization, while simultaneously connecting with individuals and building strong bridges within communities.
Irie also happens to act as CEO for The Green Tent, was formerly Director of Outreach for both Emblem Cannabis and Tokyo Smoke, she sits on the advisory board for NICHE and consults with international cannabis and entheogenic stakeholders. When she's not in the boardroom or working with patients, Irie speaks both her mind and her heart at educational cannabis panels across the globe (including Canex Jamaica, NORML Canada, Lift, and MJBizCon), and holds workshops and seminars for consumers, patients and industry leaders in her effort to make the world a better place.


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Dr. Garrett
Dr. Garrett is from the land of princesses, Orlando, FL, which if you spend anytime with her, will quickly become obvious. She attended the University of Texas Dental Branch at Houston for both her doctorate and residency. While in residency, she practiced at Herman Hospital, and UT's special needs clinic. She had a wide exposure to just about every "special medical" need a child could have. Dr. Garrett worked with craniofacial patients from infancy through adolescence. In addition to her training with special needs children, and very apprehensive children, she has a huge heart for the community. Dr. Garrett has volunteered in many varied community events, such as "Give Kids a Smile Day" and the Special Olympics.
Dr. Garrett is a diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry and participates professionally with many organizations promoting oral health in children.
Dr. Garrett is married. Her husband, Dr. Gomez is a general dentist. She and her husband love to run together and participate in running for causes. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, shopping, watching movies, and spending time with friends and family.


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Last week brought us Valentine's Day - of course you know that, it's pretty impossible to miss!
If you had a wonderful Valentine's Day, I'm so happy for you! If you had a rubbish one, never fear! I've got an idea!
In the spirit of Lewis Carroll, I am proclaiming Un-Valentine's Day!
The most important thing about Un-Valentine's Day, is who your Valentine can be.
Un-Valentine's Day is about your very best friend, your number one, your world, your always there partner:
But when does the reminder come to show ME some love?
Now! Your reminder is coming RIGHT NOW!
I encourage you to pick that one thing you love to do, and set a date with yourself to do it. Remind yourself about what's special about you, why you love you.
Trust me (or dont - do it and then see that I'm right!) - this is a super empowering thing to do. To take yourself out on a date. To treat yourself. Not with buying a new dress or eating chocolate, but with something really special, and experience.
Romance yourself!
That way, everything else that has to happen will be fitted in around My Day. Or sometimes, My Afternoon.
Half a day is the minimum (that's probably the only strict Un-Valentines Day rule). Because anything less is too easy to postpone, because something "more important" comes up.
The thing I love about Valentine's Day (and, ironically, the first thing V-Day haters criticize) is that it's a set date - it's going to happen on Feb 14th, and you've got to make other plans around it.
And so I bestow that same power to Un-Valentine's Day. PLAN it. SCHEDULE it. Put it in your diary, calendar, phone ... and STICK to it!
My ultimate goal is to have a set date that is my Un-Valentine's Day every year. Again, there's that Planning Queen thing coming out again ;-)
So, what I want us to all do, is plan the most wonderful, romantic, lovely, squee-inducing date. And then take ourselves on it.
What's the one thing you would treat you to if you were dating you? Or, if that sentence just turned your brain inside out - what would be on the answer sheet for the "how to win your heart" exam?
Mine involves a massage, a facial and some reading in the park.
What's yours? Go and put it in your diary right now!
Wishing you sunshine, you ol' romantics ;-)


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WMS implementation for a national retail organisation in their central distribution centre located in Sydney Australia. This main DC is the primary stocking point for over 36000 sku's with inventory holdings exceeding $45,000,000.
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- Inventory record accuracy was below 50% due to delays in processing.
- Cost of labour was exceedingly high due to overtime due to resource planning issues to support order allocation.
- A Turn Key Solution initially commissioned to develop and issue RFP to market to select best available WMS. Assessments proved cost prohibutive, plan B was developed.
- A Turn Key Solution designed the system and developed functional specifications for the internal IT resources to develop and in house application.
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- New warehouse layout was also implemented to support barcode scanning functionality for pick face, bulk and block stack locations.
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On Sunday morning, the small Texas town of Sutherland Springs was rocked after a gunman opened fire, killing at least 26 people and wounding many others during a church service at the First Baptist Church. Sandy Ward, a Sutherland Springs resident, said that four of her grandchildren and daughter-in-law were inside the church when the shooting happened. Her 7 year-old granddaughter died, and the 5 year-old was in surgery.
As Ward waited at the hospital with her son, she said:
'He's a wreck, of course, as you can imagine. I'm just in shock.
'I'm numb. My whole body's just numb.'
This tragic incident happened just a month after a 64 year-old gunman opened fire from a high floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, killing 59 and injuring 527 others. It seems that any efforts to pass gun reform continue to fall on deaf ears.
On Sunday night, former Vice President Joe Biden tweeted his support for the innocent victims and their families, but unlike Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, he was sure to reiterate the need for prevention:
Many people echoed Biden's feelings:
Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) said:
'We are dealing with the largest mass shooting in our state's history.'
Following the Las Vegas mass shooting last month, Biden also called on Congress to take action against senseless gun violence, tweeting:
'How long do we let gun violence tear families apart? Enough. Congress & the [White House] should act now to save lives. There's no excuse for inaction.'
Many Americans are tired of asking, "How many more shootings will it take for Congress to wake up?" The time to stand up to the National Rifle Association (NRA) was yesterday.
Here is an excerpt of CBS live coverage of Sunday's Texas shooting.
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It is refreshing to view Dragutin Banic's paintings, objects and drawings without need for prior information in the form of texts, theoretical manifestos and strategies. This is the reason his work stands out from the many strategically oriented artistic expressions of the more cautious colleagues of his generation. The painter, drawer and sculptor creates his own worlds out of half figurative, half abstract tableaus that have life breathed into them by hybrids of natural and cultural phenomena. For example, he joins boards that have clearly accentuated wood grain to form angular furniture, which in turn serves as a display for archaic things. There are candles, apples, the moon and another recurring twin shape that could be interpreted as foliage or rabbit ears.
The archaic quality of these objects seduces us to ascribe allegorical meaning to them: the candle as a primitive source of light – or perhaps a symbol of enlightenment? The apple is not only the symbol of seduction and the fall of man, but was used in Madonna iconography as a sign of redemption and later still as a symbol of power. The rabbit ears/foliage is of particular importance when linked with the materials used by the artist (rabbit glue, pigments). The rabbit or hare occupies a special place in art history: Dürer's watercolour-monument to the young hare is the culmination of nature worship in the early modern period; Beuys' recurrent use of it literally made it his heraldic animal – fast, clever, fertile, but also fearful, always ready to flee. The rabbit ears also appear in Banic's works as an addition to an antique column, monumental and nevertheless somehow lost in a two-coloured landscape of line drawings as ciphers of nature. A typical turning moment between abstraction and figuration can be found in the small, untitled work from 2015 that features a loosely repeating pattern of black dashes on a brown beige, dynamic background – reminiscent of a leopard's markings and yet comprising a geometric shape that belies any form of mimicry.
Or the two paintings black lounge and blue lounge (2014) that, by means of a single diagonal "runaway" stroke in an otherwise very ordered formal system of rectangles in varying shades of blue and grey, manage to make a spatial figure emerge from the flat composition (a look at his sketch book confirms the suspicion that it could be a watering can).
Banic's objects – combinations of found and processed material that in the broadest sense are related to Beuys' or Walter Dahne's vitrine pieces – also follow this idea, they are autonomous and yet reference something else. The classic wooden shoetree lies dissected in a beautiful rack of wood and glass. A drilled hole acts as a vase for a clay object no bigger than a finger; another part of the shoetree clutches an issue of the Cologne newspaper "Kölner Stadtanzeiger" like a Pinocchio hand – voilà, the Cologne Shelf (Kölner Regal).


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Raman stewards Lorinet Foundation's strategy and investment portfolio. She is a passionate advocate of informed philanthropy and firmly believes in the potential of private wealth and businesses collaborating with public and nonprofit sectors to enable sustainable and just societies.
Before joining Lorinet foundation in Oct 2017, Raman led the Philanthropy & Grants division at NVPC - National Volunteer and Philanthropy Center, Singapore, where she pioneered a platform 'Colabs' for collaborative philanthropy and collective impact. Prior to moving to Singapore in 2014, she was part of the Investment team at Impetus-The Private Equity Foundation, a leading venture philanthropy fund in the UK. She hold an MBA from the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen UK and a BA in Commerce and Accounting from Delhi University India. Over her career, she's held management roles in not-for-profit, financial service and retail sector in the UK and India. Raman is a British citizen and currently lives in Singapore.
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The "Four Freedoms"
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Address to Congress January 6, 1941
In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.
The first is freedom of speech and expression — everywhere in the world.
The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way — everywhere in the world.
The third is freedom from want — which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants — everywhere in the world.
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CR7 wrote:cornell2020 wrote:How far from the law school is it reasonable/comfortable to live during 1L? I assume I'll be commuting by foot or by bus. Should I really make an effort to live in Collegetown? Or is living in downtown alright? How bad is it to walk from downtown to the Law School, especially during winter?
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Hallam Land Management purchased the freehold of the site of 24.7ha in 2007. An allocation in the Central Bedfordshire (North) Site Allocations DPD was secured in April 2011. The allocation included three elements:
– Residential development for 125 dwellings
– 7ha for B1/B8 employment uses
– A contingency residential site for 320 dwellings
An application for the 125 dwellings and the 7ha of employment was submitted in December 2011 with permission issued in September 2013. The area for the 125 dwellings was marketed and sold to Bovis Homes, completing in June 2014. There was not sufficient market demand to sell the employment land.
By the start of 2014 the Council's housing land supply position was slipping so it was appropriate to bring forward the contingency site and at the same time review the need for the employment site. The local community were also beginning a neighbourhood plan so we needed to undertake a high level of community engagement to bring the site forward in a different form to the planned allocation.
An application for 365 dwellings, 0.62h for a care home and 0.42ha for business or community use was submitted in January 2015, gaining permission in December 2015. The sale of this second phase to David Wilson Homes completed in June 2016.
Purchased jointly with William Davis Limited in 2000, this 140 acre site once formed part of a World War Two Wellington bomber RAF airbase. After substantial promotion, Hallam Land Management secured an allocation in the Harborough District Core Strategy in 2011. The allocation was for up to 924 units including a new primary school, local centre, marina and new canal bridge across the Grand Union, having secured air rights from British Waterways in November 2010. Our outline planning application was submitted for that development in January 2011. Leicestershire County Council wished to see a spine road linking the north (Leicester Road) of the town with the west (Lubenham Hill). In doing so, this facilitated expansion of a wider scheme to create the North West Market Harborough Development Area, introducing additional land to the south for a further 570 plots promoted by Davidsons Limited and Linden Homes.
Airfield Farm secured planning consent in May 2016, followed by approval of its Reserved Matters first phase in February 2017. A detailed strategy was put in place for our on-site infrastructure works, ground remediation, archaeological excavation and service provision. Infrastructure contracts were agreed with Breheny Civil Engineering and novated to our purchasing house builder. This ensured best value and the ability of our purchaser to get on site and start building as quickly as possible.
Hallam Land sold its 462 plots, within the overall scheme to Taylor Wimpey Limited in May 2018 and ground works commenced that month. The canal bridge is timetabled to be installed by December 2018, facilitating first phase housing construction from January 2019. The first homes are due to go on sale from March 2019 onwards. Hallam Land retains land within the scheme for the local centre, marina and agricultural showground.
Hallam Land Management is a part of the Henry Boot Group of Companies.
The Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Group Statement: View here
"Henry Boot PLC and its Group Companies has, following the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the "Act") implemented a number of measures which seek to bring about greater transparency and scrutiny into our various supply chains, in order to combat slavery and trafficking activities. Further to this, over the past year we have been reviewing the measures put in place and seeking to identify additional actions to strengthen our due diligence and transparency. The aim of the Act is in line with our own 'Henry Boot Way' Vision and Values, as updated in 2017, which include 'Respect', 'Integrity' and 'Collaboration', all of which are relevant to our approach in this regard.
We continue to keep under regular review our Human Trafficking and Slavery Statement (the 'Statement'), setting out the activities undertaken to reduce the risk of slavery and trafficking activities being present within our business operations. These measures include the introduction of an Anti-Slavery Policy, due diligence requirements, and mandatory contract clauses seeking compliance by our supply chain with appropriate anti-slavery measures. Additional measures that have recently been put into place to increase knowledge and vigilance throughout our organisation and supply chain include posters and awareness cards across our sites.
We will continue to regularly work with our partners, contractors, suppliers and other stakeholders, as well as keeping industry best practice under review, to monitor our approach for effectiveness, and consider any changes or additional measures as appropriate."
Click here to view the full statement.
Henry Boot PLC
Tim Roberts
Chief Executive Officer


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I have been busy doing some research for trips. I spent a couple of sleepless nights trying to figure out a feasible itinerary while also considering the budget. I finished one plan, now I am kind of stumped with the next one. I realized that it is never practical to travel in odd numbers (ie. 3 pax) because rooms are always charged for two people (need to hit my head because this is common sense!!). I think I realized this too late when the flights are already booked. I may sound vague but this is not yet the right time to divulge details as nothing is final until I am there, KWIM? I'll be more specific next time! ;)
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Facebook has already been working on the removal of inappropriate content from the platform and new findings have shown how several WhatsApp groups, consisting of hundreds of members are used to spread sexual child abuse related material.
A third-party app, which was recently banned from the Google Play Store, was used to identify these WhatsApp public group discovery. Nitish Chandan, project manager, and cybersecurity specialist at CPF discovered that people are pleaded to join these groups through invite links and then, using virtual numbers to avoid getting caught, are added to more private groups.
WhatsApp has already been under fire when last December an investigation found that a third-party app which is used for finding WhatsApp groups have allotted a special section as "Adult" provide links of group where child exploitation stuff is provided to members.
- Also read: Scammers can now gain control of your WhatsApp Account with the help of Fake Verification Codes/Links!
At the beginning of this year, CPF's initial investigation also found that at least 50 groups with hundreds of members in each are dedicated to sharing child abuse material. Time and again WhatsApp have tried to enforce its users' safety measures and eliminate such heinous acts on the app, still, it is being constantly used for abusive content, hate speech and other forms of explicit content. The detection of such groups is made further difficult for law enforcement agencies with the introduction of end-to-end encryption.
Though some exceptions are there like Microsoft's PhotoDNA technology is allowed by WhatsApp to profile pictures of users for matches and then ban uploader as well as the other group members. Also, according to a report published by Himanshu Gupta and Harch Taneja, a metadata-based approach can be used to locate the accounts that have been spreading fake news on the site. Through this, there would be no need to giving law enforcement agencies access to the conversations of the members.
It has been suggested that the fake news on WhatsApp can be tracked without reading the chats by using the metadata information, a cryptographic hash of multimedia content and the phones numbers given on Facebook.
Around 1.5 billion people use WhatsApp and thus it should be the priority for the chat app company to address such problems seriously.
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By Vanessa Brunner, Houzz
The aftermath of Christmas morning often involves a whirlwind of half-eaten candy canes, sticky marshmallow Santas, presents piled up on the coffee table and, of course, endless piles of gift wrap. Instead of tossing all that wrapping paper into the garbage or attempting to haphazardly fold it into a big box for next year, considering putting artful, non-seasonal paper to use in your home. From shelf liners to party banners, quality paper scraps can help add color and interest to every room in the house. Iron any crinkled pieces on a low heat setting, and it'll be ready for the following DIY projects.
Related: Avoid the Infamous Paper Pileup
Eclectic Home Office, original photo on Houzz
Make use of leftover gift wrap in all shapes and sizes by lining some drawers and shelves. Not only will it add a dash of color to a dark or dreary space, but having some pretty paper in your junk drawer may help you stay organized. Iron out any wrinkles, cut the paper to fit and slide it into the drawer. Use double-sided tape or glue it down with Mod Podge for a longer-lasting solution.
Vintage crates are great for storage or display. But if you're tired of the salvaged and worn wood look, brighten things up with a new coat of paint and some wrapping paper, attached with a strong adhesive.
Monica Ewing, original photo on Houzz
Transform a bland bar cart or tray with wrapping paper and Mod Podge, as Monica Ewing of Crafty Nest did with this cute trolley she found via Craigslist.
Want to keep things simple? Frame your prettiest papers from Christmas in a group for a gallery wall.
Tip: If you use different types of paper, choose a single color for the frames for a cohesive look.
If you have an extra-long piece, frame it in a single large frame for easy statement art.
Ninainvorm, original photo on Houzz
If you manage to collect a supply of extra-pretty prints, consider patchworking them together with wallpaper paste for an accent wall in a studio or an office.
Smaller wrapping paper pieces can be glued onto old paint cans or other tins to hold supplies.
Whimages, original photo on Houzz
Book covers might not be for everyone, but covering books with pretty pieces of gift wrap (no glue required) can bring extra style to a bookcase.
I can't be the only person with a closet shelf full of empty shoe boxes. Instead of tossing them into the recycling bin, cover them with extra gift wrap for storage you'll want to show off.
Shannon Malone, original photo on Houzz
If Christmas morning leaves you with a pile of random gift wrap scraps, a banner could be a great way to make use of all the colors and sizes.
In lieu of a bulletin board or pegboard, use a few clipboards to hang inspirational images in front of your desk. Cover the clipboards with gift wrap and hang them on your office wall with a nail or hook.
Shred and use it to pack or ship delicate items, make your own gift bows and tags, or iron out the wrinkles and save it for next year.
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Previously, we covered ISA allowances for this tax year and next. We also explained why it might be better to hold cash in ordinary savings accounts and fixed-term deposits, rather than in their ISA equivalents.
Put simply, for most basic and higher rate tax payers, your personal savings allowance (more of which later) will ensure that you receive interest tax-free, just like an ISA. The rates on ordinary savings accounts and fixed-term deposits are also better.
Not using your ISA allowance for cash savings leaves it available to use for stocks-and-shares investments.
Although the main ISA allowance is unchanged for 2019/20, junior ISA allowances are set to rise from £4,260 this tax year to £4,368 on 6th April 2019.
Junior ISAs have limited use, as children can make use of their own personal tax allowance – currently £11,850 a year rising to £12,500 from 6th April 2019.
If their income, including interest from cash deposits and dividends from shareholdings, falls within their personal allowance, they won't normally pay any income tax.
Therefore, just like adults using their personal allowance or personal savings allowance, children can also earn tax-free interest on ordinary savings accounts.
If the rate of interest on the ordinary savings account is better than the JISA, that may be a better bet.
Do JISAs have any advantages?
There are three main reasons for choosing a JISA rather than an ordinary savings account:
- Any money gifted by parents is only allowed to earn interest of £100 a year tax-free, with any excess taxed at the parents' tax rate. If the child's money has been gifted by parents, then a JISA allows all interest to be received tax free, even if the interest is more than £100 and the money came from parents. If the child's money has come from other sources, such as grandparents, then the money is regarded as the child's, and they can earn tax-free interest using their own tax allowances.
- JISAs are locked away to age 18, when they are converted to ordinary adult ISAs. This removes temptation to access the money early, but also means it can't be used in emergencies (like the cost of funding a school trip).
- If the rate of interest on a JISA is better than an ordinary savings account, then the JISA may be the better bet. However, there is a risk that you are enticed by a good 'teaser' rate to invest in the JISA, but the money is then locked away for several years during which the rate received is paltry.


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2019 Tax Credit Due to Hurricanes
Was your Jacksonville home damaged or destroyed by Matthew or Irma?
A Tax Credit is coming in 2019 for Florida homeowners whose Homestead properties were damaged or destroyed by a hurricane that occurred in 2016 & 2017.
This is great news for our beaches, Ponte Vedra and greater Jacksonville homeowners who were impacted during Matthew and Irma.
Florida Statute F.S. 197.318 provides a relief credit for homestead parcels on which the defined residential improvements were damaged or destroyed by a hurricane that occurred in 2016 or 2017, namely hurricanes Hermine, Matthew, and Irma. If the residential improvement is rendered uninhabitable for at least 30 days due to a hurricane that occurred during the 2016 or 2017 calendar year, taxes initially levied in 2019 may be abated.
The amount of the credit reflects the value of the homestead structure for the portion of 2016 or 2017 that it was uninhabitable as a consequence of hurricane damage. To receive the tax abatement, the property owner must submit an application to the property appraiser by March 1, 2019.
The application for your convenience can be found here: http://floridarevenue.com/property/Documents/dr463.pdf
A property owner who fails to submit the application by March 1, 2019, waives a claim for abatement of taxes from the natural disaster. The application must identify the residential parcel on which the residential improvement was damaged or destroyed, the hurricane that caused the damage or destruction, the date the damage or destruction occurred, and the number of days the property was uninhabitable during either the 2016 or 2017 calendar year.
As per the application, supporting documentation for the days the home was uninhabitable must also be provided. Any questions please contact your county Property Appraiser's office.
Have a real estate question or need some sound advice? Call or text Phyllis Staines at (904) 476-7653 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. Every question will receive a response and may be chosen to appear in Saturday's Times Union newspaper.


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Opportunities to preach the gospel, I've always felt, should be taken very seriously especially by those called to preach. It's a shame, when after the preaching of God's word, you decide to speak to someone, after, perhaps a church service or evangelistic meeting, and upon asking them how they got saved (since 9/10 Zambians respond in the affirmative when asked whether they are saved), they respond, "Oh, well, I was born a Christian." or maybe "I go to church and do lots of other good things." Upon hearing such a response, I quickly look for the person responsible for such a response, because someone obviously didn't do what they ought to have done. Either the preacher was unclear or lacking in the content of his message or perhaps the particular individual slept through the whole sermon!
I have always felt that preachers should be very clear when preaching the gospel. I have never appreciated evangelistic sermons that are comprised of bombastic words and theological terminologies that unchurched individuals would struggle to grasp. I mean if the majority of your audience is unconverted why use words they probably won't understand? I thought the whole point was to get the gospel message across!
The first/next time I/I'll ever preach, my introduction will be something like this:
"I'd hate for anyone in this auditorium to leave assuming certain things, especially since it's me preaching, and so just to make sure, I'll just make a few clarifications from onset. First off, going to church cannot save you, just like going to the garage doesn't make you a car neither does going to the Bata make you a shoe. Secondly, doing good things cannot save you because the bible says in Isaiah that our good works are like filthy rags before God. Believing in God's existence, lastly, doesn't make you a Christian because the demons believe it much steadfastly than you ever
This compulsion to always make the gospel plain has landed me in utter frustration. I always thought that if the gospel was preached such that a listener understood it explicitly and the right "atmosphere", one quiet and perhaps one with the hymn "Just As I Am" playing softly in the background, allowing the person to ponder the words of the preacher, then that person was going to get saved. I mean why not?! The sinner has understood the gospel and has had time to think it through-time to reason, how could that individual make it out of that place unrepentant?!
Ofcourse, I was sadly mistaken and terribly disappointed.
Not long ago, I commenced visiting a nearby college, LBTC, where my buddies and I would share the gospel for an hour, 3 times a week. I usually did the sharing myself. I made sure I wrestled with the person's sense of reason, showing them, through questions, that they did not, infact, know the way of salvation and I'd wait until that beautiful question was asked,"How, then, does one become a Christian?" I'd shoot my buddy colleague a quick smile communicating, non-verbally, the words, "We've got him/em' now!", and begin sharing the word ever so passionately. We were good. We had it all figured out. We were going to get the whole college saved before they'd ever have known what hit them. We forgot one thing though, one crucial thing:
It's God who changes the hearts of men.
You could create the most quiet atmosphere and even add a melancholic tune in the background after sharing the most passionate gospel message, with the clarity of the Lord Jesus Christ himself but if God is not pleased to send his Holy Spirit to convict that soul, that poor soul will not get saved!
That is why I always say to my friends that the man of God must spend more time praying than he does preaching because he, the preacher, only does less than 25% of the work, and that might be giving him too much credit! God does the most part. A preacher cannot always get his stuff right. He may be lacking in clarity, passion, depth or even general gifting but if God chooses to use him, his "below par performance" could save a hundred. Perhaps just one statement he utters could be the line God uses to bring home his own. And yet the most gifted man can preach the most powerful sermon in all senses, whereby, as my buddy says, "You feel like you could get saved again.", and yet not a single soul gets saved. Why? Because it is God who changes hearts.
It all really comes down to the one who God chooses to use, we should all pray that God is pleased to use us.
Now to the reason why I began writing this. There are people who seem like they'll never change. We all know them. The irresponsible relative (friend, colleague, father*, mother, brother, sister, cousin, uncle, aunt or gran) who is a constant burden and refuses to amend his/her ways. Always promising to change but nothing ever matures. The perpetual drunk we see all the time in the neighbourhood, reeling and cursing. Those mad men and women we see in the streets who have been passed as having suffered permanent brain damage. Those members of our communities born Muslims or Jehovah's witnesses or Atheists etc, who adamantly refuse to even hear the gospel. Those workmates or schoolmates who have no interest in the things of God.
These people make me thank God that he does the 75%+ of the work in as far as preaching the gospel is concerned. Because if it was left to us, how could we reach the above mentioned, many of whom hear the gospel but refuse to listen to it? How would we reach those who don't even want to hear the word "Christian"? Thank God that he's the heart changer. Thank God that there is still hope for those who we can't seem to even reach because with him nothing is impossible. Our role in the matter is to be played on our knees-praying that God would be pleased to change their hearts and saved them just like he saved us for Jesus sake, Amen!
*This article is dedicated to my sister Mwila, "Mwils, we're praying for the heart changer to change his heart!"


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Author: K. J. McGillick
Publisher: KJRM LLC Publishing
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K. J. McGillick was born in New York and once she started to walk she never stopped running. But that's what New Yorker's do. Right?
As she evolved so did her career choices. After completing her graduate degree in nursing she spent many years in the university setting sharing the dreams of the enthusiastic nursing students she taught. After twenty rewarding years in the medical field she attended law school and has spent the last twenty-four years as an attorney helping people navigate the turbulent waters of the legal system. Not an easy feat. And now? Now she is sharing the characters she loves with readers hoping they are intrigued by her twisting and turning plots and entertained by her writing.


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Here are a couple of pictures of the Rhode Island Avenue Metro stop. The first one gives you some perspective on how high the platform is off the ground. The second one shows the area where the two boys were throwing the rocks from.
As you can see from the track bed for the commuter and freight trains, there are all sorts of rocks kids could pick up and throw at the train.
I'm going to send an e-mail to Metro about what happened and see what type of a response I get.