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Dreams: The Perilous Ledge – The Steel Door
I felt trapped. But as I approached the first heavy thick door, I simply allowed my mind to believe that I could penetrate it. I had in that brief moment of approach to the barrier a meta-awareness" that my belief controlled my options – and as I allowed that thought to become a realization, my body went in-between the metal elements of the door, breaking itself up, but without losing my "self" as I emerged out the other side.
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Not Just a Walk in the Park
We head down the mountain as we came, following the well-marked trail, forgetting about the bald mountain and everything wrong with humanity and just appreciating the leaves and flowers and bird song. Also I'd better not let my mind drift off because I need to pay special attention to my footing to make sure I don't slip on a leaf or trip on the true roots that crisscross the path. One false move and I'm on my ass – and, I remind myself as I twist my ankle slightly, I'm here alone without cell phone reception … I don't even want to think about what that might do to my ability to descend safely. Continue reading
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Brooklyn to the Adirondacks for a Shamanic Mother's Day Dance in the Spirit World
If I stand in a particular position, with my feet apart firmly planted, my arms slightly away from my body, hands facing downward with my fingers relaxed down and wrists just a bit higher, I can feel doves lifting my wrists with invisible strings. As I raise my head erect and proud, I feel a falcon sitting atop my head staring fiercely, proudly forward. Continue reading
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Thank you Mr. Rosamelia!
Despite the pain and panic at my inability to breathe, my ferocity took over. Like a Wild Child, I grasped the edges of the two desks standing between us and flung them helter-skelter to opposite sides of the classroom, where they thundered into the walls. The boy ran licitly-split out of the classroom, and I, now at full speed, chased him – and came bashing, smack dab into the formidable belly of my over 6 foot tall teacher, Mr. Rosamelia.
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Birth. Death. Shit. Life.
But when I was there by V's side, watching the crown of her tiny baby's head emerge from her birth canal; the wet, bloody, hairy head, followed by a plop of mushy perfectly-formed little baby-body oozing out, still connected via a thick flat white and blood-red umbilical cord … I was astounded, awed – intimately connected – and, surprisingly, the blood didn't bother me at all. Continue reading
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September 11th – Celebration of Life "Be-In"
On September 11th 2011 I produced the Celebration of Life "Be-In" as an alternative way for local artists and community to acknowledge, process and transcend, via ritual, the events of 911. While I am horrified by the tragedy and its aftermath which claimed many thousands of innocent lives and still impacts worldwide events – I think it is essential not only to mourn those who have been lost but to make a conscious choice to go on living, loving and celebrating life so we who envision a better world will have the strength and courage to actualize that vision. Imagine peace – work for justice! Continue reading
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1st Announcement: 7th Forest Science Symposium 2017
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The Institute for Commercial Forestry Research (ICFR) in South Africa is excited to send you the FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT of our 7th Forest Science Symposium, which will take place from 18-20 July 2017 in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
This event will showcase the depth and breadth of forestry research across southern Africa, and aims to provide a unique opportunity for the southern African forest research community, to interact with international partners and share knowledge around the work being carried out across the region.
The 2017 Symposium is co-hosted with the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO), and with the South African Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, as well as with our research partners including FABI, NMMU and SUN.
This year, our theme will focus particularly on Research underpinning the sustainability of a diverse forestry sector and will seek to explore forestry research in the broadest sense looking at natural forests, plantations and woodlands, the range of genera and species, geographical and environmental variation, and the diversity of people and products.
Of particular value, is IUFRO's contribution through their Special Programme for Development of Capacities (IUFRO-SPDC), who will hold a pre- Research Symposium event focused on African countries.
The Research Symposium itself is aiming for a strong regional focus, and we hope many of the forest research organisations and relevant academic and research institutions into the continent's southern and south-eastern countries will attend.
In addition we are aiming for a strong youth focus and are working closely with the International Forestry Students Association (IFSA) who hold their annual symposium in South Africa in 2017, to ensure many of them attend and participate.
The 2017 Symposium will also coincide with the ICFR's 70th anniversary celebrating our extensive experience and expertise in applied forestry research, and our role as an indispensable and preferred research partner in supporting a vibrant, sustainable, productive and globally competitive forestry sector in southern Africa.
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Obama and the Democrats have bounced back
President Obama's approval rating is at or near its nadir. Beltway centrists fault Obama and the Democrats for embracing "economic populism." The Department of Health and Human Services just had to issue even more Obamacare extensions. The Democratic-controlled Senate is so dysfunctional that it's pulling all-nighters, and 2013 is on track to hold the record for Congress' least-productive year. Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer, hurling an Olympian thunderbolt from atop the New York Times non-fiction best-seller list, accuses Obama of "a passivity that verges on absenteeism."
Sounds pretty bad. But the truth is, things are actually looking up for the president and his party.
Yes, Obama's approval rating is low, but the good news is that it's stopped dropping after seven months of decline. And let's keep that drop in context: Obama's lowest-ever approval rating still remains higher than that for every president since Gerald Ford.
The economic populism that the chattering class can't abide consists of Obama talking about the three-decade growth in income inequality, a social catastrophe largely ignored by every other president since it began in 1979—no, it hasn't (as Krauthammer claims) "always been with us." The president's proposed solution is a politically popular increase in the minimum wage—an increase, incidentally, that's lower than the one Obama promised in the 2008 election (which he won). Among the many virtues of a minimum-wage increase is that it would increase the budget deficit by precisely zero.
The Obamacare extensions are something that will make the Affordable Care Act work better, which is why Republicans are squawking about them. Overall, the trajectory is favorable, with more than double the signups in November than occurred in October. I signed up my family on Dec. 8 on the Washington, D.C. exchange. The website was a bit balky, but no worse than I'm used to whenever I cash in frequent flyer miles (on a website for a company that's been around since 1930). I chose the second-most expensive plan available and still cut my monthly health insurance bill by $600. People are starting to complain about the high deductibles, but from Obama's point of view, criticisms of Obamacare must feel like a giant step past questioning of whether it should exist. (To the extent the complainers are Republicans, they're being hypocritical.)
That leaves Congress. The Senate's all-nighters are precisely the outcome Democrats wished for. With the filibuster abolished for executive-branch and judicial nominees (except the Supreme Court), obstruction is no longer achievable by remote control; it now requires being present and putting your Senate colleagues – and yourself – through such hell that Republicans will have to think twice before doing it in the future. They're doing it now because they're mad about the filibuster rule change, but if they obstruct too much they will invite further rules changes, such as eliminating the filibuster altogether. It's not good that this will be Congress's least-productive year, but at least that prompted Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid into action. Despite the all-nighters, the Senate is anything but gridlocked; it confirmed nine presidential nominations in three days.
Now let's talk about what hasn't happened. Republicans aren't threatening to shut down the government or to let the government default on its obligations; their previous experience with this tactic inflicted sufficient political pain that they won't likely attempt it again for another decade or two. A budget deal that reduces the harmful effects of the budget sequester has cleared the House. Speaker John Boehner is now openly contemptuous of the far-right fringe that previously bossed him around. Hard-right members of Congress are whining that they're "under attack."
In all, a good week for Obama and the Democrats, even before one remembers that the Volcker Rule emerged relatively unscathed from a Wall Street lobbying frenzy. They have plenty of headaches ahead of them, but events seem mainly to be going the Democrats' way. If that's "absenteeism," the strategy's working.


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Baseball Batters Washington, 11-3
April 14, 2001
LOS ANGELES - Eric Reece went 3-for-4 with a double and a home run and the Bruins collected 15 hits en route to an 11-3 win over Washington in Pac-10 action this afternoon. With the win, the Bruins win the series, two games to one, and improve to 24-12, 6-6 in Pac-10 play. Washington falls to 19-13, 3-9 in conference.
The Bruins jumped on the scoreboard in the first inning. With two outs, Brian Baron and Ben Francisco connected on back-to-back singles before Josh Arhart walked to load the bases. John Campanella bounced a ball to the right side of the infield, scoring Baron and Francisco.
Washington tied it up in the third. Andre Marshall and Tila Reynolds singled and came home on a Michael Done double to left field.
The Bruins took the lead for good in the fourth. Campanella singled and scored on a Reece double down that landed just inside the foul line in left field. Reece would score on a Randall Shelley double.
Five runs in the fifth inning would provide a cushion for the Bruins. Singles by Baron and Francisco set up Arhart's three run home run. Two more unearned runs in the fifth would give the Bruins a 9-2 lead after five innings.
Paul Diaz (3-0) picked up his second win of the week, as he allowed just two runs in 5.2 innings. He struck out five batters and allowed just five hits. Diaz has picked up wins in all three of his starts this season.
The Bruins added a run in the sixth, and Reece hit a solo home run in the seventh to give the Bruins an 11-2 lead. Tyler Davidson hit a solo home run in the eighth to give the Huskies another run.
Baron finished the day 2-for-5 with two runs, and his average now sits at .500. He has 73 hits in 146 at bats, with 12 doubles, 30 RBI and two home runs. He has struck out just 10 times this season.
Francisco went 4-for-5 with four singles and three runs. Arhart finished the day with four RBI. Campanella went 3-for-4 with two runs and an RBI in his fourth start of the season.
Clay Johnson suffered the loss for the Huskies and falls to 4-3 on the season. He allowed six earned runs on 10 hits in 4.2 innings.
The Bruins return to action on Tuesday as they host Long Beach State at 6:00 p.m. The game will be shown live on Fox Sports West 2.
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Christian, you are Christ's representative here on Earth.
Ye of Little Faith
We can only grow more mature in our faith when our faith is sent through trials to see if it's sturdy enough to increase.
Reformation Day According to Peanuts
Ever wonder what Peanuts has to say about the Reformation?
"Do You Do Well to Be Angry?"
When you get angry at God, I hope the LORD's question to Jonah will ring through your mind. "Do you do well to be angry?"
What sorts of things, good things, has God given us as memorials of what He has done for us, His people?
Back! For Now…
A little update from yours truly.
Book Review: Three Spiritual Classics
"What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us." - A.W. Tozer
What I'm Reading
I have a lot on my plate this summer, but I always make room for books!
I Love My Lord But with No Love of Mine
"Our love to him is the fair offspring of his love to us." - C.H. Spurgeon on 1 John 4:19
The Banner of Jesus
"His service is life, peace, joy. Oh, that you would enter on it at once!"
Father to Son
A letter from Jonathan Edwards to his son Jonathan Jr. in 1755.
Podcast 1.3 – Liturgy
How do you worship God at your church? Here is how my church structures their worship service.
I See Dead People
Dead people, of their own selves, cannot raise themselves from the dead. "But God..."
Podcast 1.2 – Out of the Depths
A short devotional on Psalm 130 with the Hymn of the Day!
Podcast 1.1– Fresh Off the Mic
A new venture in order to communicate my crazy, random thoughts, theological or otherwise.
Hello, It's Me
It's been awhile since I last posted (again)! But I'm back in the saddle again.
Quote of the Day: When We Think of God
"The heaviest obligation lying upon the Christian Church today is to purify and elevate her concept of God until it is once more worthy of Him– and of her." – A.W. Tozer
Beloved, do not be a complacent Christian.
Jonah From Memory
Here is a video of me reciting the whole book of Jonah from memory, explaining what the book of Jonah is about, and discussing why the book ends the way it does.
Jonah From Memory: Preview
Here are a couple things I've learned from memorizing a large portion of Scripture. Come back soon to see me recite the whole book of Jonah!


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If you want to play with the big dogs in StarCraft 2 you can't be passive. You've got to be constantly testing your opponent and applying as much pressure as is safely possible. You don't want your opponent ever getting comfortable and able to mass their army without a challenge or disturbance. Get in there as soon as possible and mix it up. Hit them from different angles and positions to force them to widen their area of focus and spread their forces out. Harass often and with variety.
Some of your best scouting in the match will happen with your harassment forces. This strategy is far superior to the lone worker scout. You can penetrate your opponents base deeper when your units can fight their way in. So pay attention when you do harass as to what you opponent is building, how much gas their mining, what units they've comprised so far, and what path down their tech tree they're taking.
Pressure them or they'll pressure you is what it really comes down to; and do you know who will make the more mistakes? -- The one being pressured. That's a large part of what harassing is all about. Sure, you want to do as much damage as possible but really you mostly want to interrupt their build, their army composition, and their train of thought.
An important thing to keep in mind is that you don't have to do that much damage to cause ample pain. Simply taking down a single supply structure can be classified as a completely successful harassment mission. So don't worry about standing a fighting to try and kill units or large production structures. Hit soft targets like supply, vespene geyser structures, workers, or add-on structures. Sure, if you can take down a major production structure (particularly one vital to their tech tree) or even a base then by all means do so, but don't think you have to go that big to have an impact.
Whether it's Medivac drops, Nydus Worms, Warp Prisms, air units, or cliff jumpers there are plenty of ways in StarCraft 2 to sneak a relatively small number of units into different sections of your opponent's base or at their expansions. So harass often and ratchet up the pressure.
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Oracle's recommandation is to have a local dba and oinstall user group.
If there are cluster admins and DBAs, then using a cluster user for the cluster installation is best.
Otherwise, it's possible to use one unique user (generally oracle) and one group (generally DBA) for the cluster and database installation.
In any case, always make sure that the groups and users are local users and groups.
check /etc/groups, the groups should be there.
Failing this, it may be possible to install the RAC cluster and the database the first time, but when the time comes to patch the system, and the cluster is restarted, the ASM user may not be able to authenticated and the patch will fail.
I have found myself in this very real situation in pre-prod environment because our SAs did not follow our recommendations and ended up in a 13 hour marathon with a complete re-install of the clusterware.
The good news is, there is no data loss. The ASM disks were still available, and found when the cluster was back online. We had to add the diskgroups back and it was quite a bit of work.
Just use a local user and groups.
Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Never,ever use LDAP for the RAC install user and sysdba user
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March 31, 2020 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
5th September 2014
Insurer Prudential has warned that more and more disreputable pension liberation firms are coming out of the woodwork hoping to take advantage of the new pension reforms to mislead consumers.
The firm's retirement expert Vince Smith-Hughes says that he fears that such unscrupulous firms will take advantage of next April's retirement reforms, which allows people nearing retirement to access all of their pension, to convince others to transfer money to them and 'liberate' their pensions.
Prudential wants the government to introduce tougher legislation against pension liberation firms, though the firms already face regulatory sanctions including fines and bans for encouraging people to try and access their pensions early.
Many individual savers lose huge amounts facing tax bills of as much as half their savings having confused pensions liberation with legitimate strategies such as accessing tax free cash from their pension from age 55 onwards. The new retirement reforms, coming into force next April also allow those nearing retirement much more freedom in how they access cash.
Smith-Hughes says: "We have seen an increasing use of pension liberation schemes. These things are very toxic. I don't think you can buy barge poles long enough to touch these things with. My worry is that come next April when people are starting to talk about being able to take as much out of your pension as you like, it almost plays into the hands of this type of firm which will encourage people to do something they shouldn't be doing and which could be very financially penal to them.
"I would like to see more done with the pension legislation. We have a list of schemes we won't transfer money to, but it is almost a continual stream, with more of these schemes coming out of the woodwork. If we can legislate against it we should. We need to take that risk away. There have been horror stories of people who have lost all their funds."
Smith-Hughes remains hugely supportive of the retirement income reforms in general, though he says there is some risk that people either take out all their pension money in one go or that they leave their funds invested but adopt the wrong investment strategy which means they also run out of money in the short or medium term.
"We need to make sure people don't assume that they should take all the money in one go. We may see people becoming higher tax payers for the first and only time in their lives. Even if they want to get their money out quickly, it could be done more effectively over a number of years, perhaps two or three," he says.
He also worries about the rise of the DIY investor.
"The third danger is the rise of DIY investor. People in drawdown arrangements selecting their own funds, making their own portfolios and taking unsustainable levels of income. They won't understand the pitfalls and could run out of money when they haven't got an effective strategy."
Hughes says the government's retirement guidance guarantee is going to be vital in making sure people make the right decisions. "We need to educate people as much as we can."
He believes that those with a small amount of money invested in a pension, say £5,000, may take the money in one go and arguably be right to do so given how little retirement income this may generate.
Those who have managed to accumulate a bigger pot of money say £500,000 are much less likely to want to take all the money in one go, he adds.
Smith-Hughes says it is important to establish what is a sustainable level of income for people to take from their pot and that advisers and pension companies are working on how to approach this, given the new freedoms.
This is why it is so important to deal only with professionally qualified advisers, ideally face to face. Either an IFA or from one of the reputable networks. Yes you will pay a fee, but it will be money well spent and save you thousands.


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State applauds Sabine-Neches Navigation chairman Paul Beard
A resolution passed by the Texas House of Representatives today commended Paul Beard, chairman of the Sabine-Neches Navigation District for his "outstanding leadership and longstanding commitment" to improving Southeast Texas as he helped lead the effort to deepen the Sabine-Neches Ship Channel to 48 feet, a project authorized by Congress and signed into law by President Obama in 2014.
The ship channel supports tens of thousands of direct industrial jobs and many thousands more of indirect and induced jobs.
The deepening of the waterway, which will take several years to accomplish, will help Southeast Texas remain competitive in world commerce and will remain a key national defense waterway.
The ship channel, first dug in 1912, has deepened through the years as larger ships carried more cargoes. The last deepening - to 40 feet - occurred with an authorization in 1962 and took eight years to complete.
The channel deepening will affect all public and private ports along the waterway from the Port of Beaumont to several miles offshore from the Sabine buoys.
The deepening will support development of the liquefied natural gas terminals on the Louisiana and Texas sides of Sabine Pass for export and will help ExxonMobil's expansion plans in Beaumont as well as the Port of Beaumont's expansion on its Orange County side.
The waterway supports $32 billion in gross domestic product a year; $18 billion in personal income; 288,000 jobs, locally, in the state and nationally; supports refineries that produce 13 percent of America's daily fuel consumption; and is the No 1 refiner of jet fuel and the majority of military jet fuel and is the No. 1 port for bulk liquids, the No. 1 port for military outload and the overall No. 3 port in the nation by cargo volume.
The port is also on track to become the nation's No. 1 LNG port and contributes to 55 percent of the nation's strategic petroleum reserve.
Beard has served on the navigation district's board since 1999, when local leaders first began to pursue a deepening project.
State Rep. Joe Deshotel, D-Beaumont, submitted the resolution, HR 2040, to recognize Beard for his efforts.
"There are many honors that come with representing Southeast Texas. But one of my favorite is being able to bring statewide recognition to deserving constituents such as Paul Beard," Deshotel said. He is a true asset to us all and his work will positively affect all of Texas for years to come."


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G18 - Government Policy and Regulation
Canadian Securities Lending Market EcologyThis is the fourth of the Financial Markets Department's descriptions of Canadian financial industrial organization. The paper discusses the organization of the securities lending market in Canada. We outline key characteristics of securities lending contracts, participants in the securities lending market, the market infrastructures that support securities lending activities, and aggregated statistics describing the Canadian market.
Characterizing the Canadian Financial Cycle with Frequency Filtering ApproachesIn this note, I use two multivariate frequency filtering approaches to characterize the Canadian financial cycle by capturing fluctuations in the underlying variables with respect to a long-term trend. The first approach is a dynamically weighted composite, and the second is a stochastic cycle model.
The Impact of Government Debt Supply on Bond Market Liquidity: An Empirical Analysis of the Canadian MarketThis paper finds that Government of Canada benchmark bonds tend to be more illiquid over the subsequent month when there is a large increase in government debt supply. The result is both statistically and economically significant, stronger for the long-term than the short-term sector, and is robust when other macro factors are controlled for.
A Primer on the Canadian Bankers' Acceptance MarketThis paper discusses how the bankers' acceptance (BA) market in Canada is organized and its essential link to the Canadian Dollar Offered Rate (CDOR). Globally, BAs are a niche product used only in a limited number of jurisdictions.
June 7, 2018
The Bank of Canada's Financial System SurveyThis report presents the details of a new semi-annual survey that will improve the Bank of Canada's surveillance across the financial system and deepen efforts to engage with financial system participants. The survey collects expert opinions on the risks to and resilience of the Canadian financial system as well as on emerging trends and financial innovations. The report presents an overview of the survey and provides high-level results from the spring 2018 survey.
Order Flow Segmentation, Liquidity and Price Discovery: The Role of Latency DelaysLatency delays—known as "speed bumps"—are an intentional slowing of order flow by exchanges. Supporters contend that delays protect market makers from high-frequency arbitrage, while opponents warn that delays promote "quote fading" by market makers. We construct a model of informed trading in a fragmented market, where one market operates a conventional order book and the other imposes a latency delay on market orders.
Asymmetric Risks to the Economic Outlook Arising from Financial System VulnerabilitiesWhen financial system vulnerabilities are elevated, they can give rise to asymmetric risks to the economic outlook. To illustrate this, I consider the economic outlook presented in the Bank of Canada's October 2017 Monetary Policy Report in the context of two key financial system vulnerabilities: high levels of household indebtedness and housing market imbalances.
November 16, 2017
An Initial Assessment of Changes to the Bank of Canada's Framework for Market OperationsThe Bank of Canada made changes to several of the tools that make up its framework for operations and liquidity provision. These changes came about after a comprehensive re-view of the framework and are designed to help the Bank better achieve its objectives of reinforcing the target for the overnight rate and supporting the well-functioning of Cana-dian financial markets under normal market conditions.
Strategic Complementarities and Money Market Fund Liquidity ManagementFollowing the financial crisis, there has been increased regulatory focus on the management of liquidity in mutual funds and, specifically, whether funds hold enough liquidity to guard against the potential for investor runs.
Managing Risk Taking with Interest Rate Policy and Macroprudential RegulationsWe develop a model in which a financial intermediary's investment in risky assets—risk taking—is excessive due to limited liability and deposit insurance and characterize the policy tools that implement efficient risk taking.


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The U.S. energy giant ExxonMobil signed a sales and purchase agreement with China's Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group for the supply of LNG over a 20 year period, the company announced Wednesday.
Under the agreement, Zhejiang Energy is expected to receive 1 million metric tons per annum of LNG.
Peter Clarke, senior vice president of LNG at ExxonMobil said the sales and purchase agreement represents an important milestone in the strategic partnership with Zhejiang Provincial Energy Group.
"We look forward to continuing our support for Zhejiang Energy during the construction, commissioning and operation of its Wenzhou LNG receiving terminal," he added.
According to ExxonMobil, the U.S. company has been actively engaged in China's energy industry since the late 1970s.
With a long-term commitment to China, ExxonMobil expects to help meet China's energy needs through its products, technologies, partnerships and investments.
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Today I am excited to announce that Coached has partnered with Standard Chartered KL Marathon.
The Standard Chartered KL Marathon started in 2009 and has grown to become Malaysia's premier running event. This year 40,000 runners will toe the start line to test themselves against the course.
As the official training partner to this iconic event, Coached will be working hard to improve the quality of training for runners preparing for the event.
We'll be in KL conducting six training clinics between May and August so I invite you to join us if you're in KL.
Gloria Ng, the Director of Dirigo Events which is the owner and organiser of the Standard Chartered KL Marathon had this to say about teaming up with Coached.
"We are delighted to have Ben join the Standard Chartered KL Marathon family and can't wait to see how Coached will bring a new dimension and freshness to the training experience of our runners."
It's going to be a great partnership and we're certainly looking forward to helping the runners in Malaysia achieve their race goals.


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more birthday party pictures
Monday, August 30, 2010
Diego's Treasure Hunt
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
3rd Birthday Party
happy 3rd
Go Diego Go
when he 1st saw his party set up... Such A Happy Boy!
yummy party food
Kiki & Gran Gran
eat up
happy birthday
yummy cake
Nana & Papa
and friends
Rescue Pack
Mama's tradition of setting out pictures of the birthday boy...
(above) second from right is his 3Dsonogram photo
HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY!!!
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The Book of Proverbs says that even a fool is thought wise if he holds his tongue. Many might wish that of our current President, who has no problem with Tweeting whatever foolishness pops into his head.
However, our last President has decided to go abroad and voice his own brand of foolishness, one that may be far more harmful. A recent speech that Barack Obama gave on nationalism and patriotism has some very serious implications.
"An Aggressive Kind Of Nationalism"
In a recent speech in Jakarta, Indonesia, Obama said, "We start seeing a rise in sectarian politics, we start seeing a rise in an aggressive kind of nationalism, we start seeing both in developed and developing countries an increased resentment about minority groups and the bad treatment of people who don't look like us or practice the same faith as us."
He continued:
If we don't stand up for tolerance and moderation and respect for others, if we begin to doubt ourselves and all that we have accomplished, then much of the progress that we have made will not continue… What we will see is more and more people arguing against democracy, we will see more and more people who are looking to restrict freedom of the press, and we'll see more intolerance, more tribal divisions, more ethnic divisions, and religious divisions and more violence.
What planet is he living on? Tolerance and moderation? Coming from the man whose administration saw the biggest rise in racial tensions and violence in more than a generation? One could claim that it wasn't his fault, which is partially true. However, he chose to get involved in racial issue after racial issue, pouring gas onto fires.
Away From National Ties
As I have written before, Barack Obama suffers from the modern malady of oikophobia, the hatred of place. He has no love for the nation he led. His goal was always its fundamental transformation into something worthier of his attention.
Obama has made the same mistake in his Jakarta speech that most of our trasnational elites make. They take patriotism for nationalism, nationalism for an evil thing, creating a moral equivalence between all three. But they are not the same.
Nationalism, in its ideological form, is a modern false god. We moderns may have abandoned the God of the Hebrews, but we found deities to replace one outmoded by modernity. First the French, then others, found their ideological idol in the Nation, something worthy of absolute devotion and sacrifice.
During France's days of revolution, Louis David, the great painter, created festivals to the nation, meant to replace the Catholic faith with a new, French faith. Nationalism reached its awful zenith with the Third Reich. Nazi panoply was replete with images of an idealized past of the Aryan people and the German Nation.
The end of Nazism spelled, for many Europeans, the end of the belief that a loyalty to land, patrimony, and history was good. The lesson many European elites took from the 20th century was that patriotism is nationalism, and nationalism is bad. The European leaders who fashioned the EU determined that people must overcome local attachments, and replace them with universal ones.
The Error of Total Unity
When Obama complains about "an increased resentment about minority groups and the bad treatment of people who don't look like us or practice the same faith as us," he is expressing similar ideas. The local is bad. The places and histories we share, which are the source of patriotism, must be replaced by bigger, more universal values.
Here's where Obama goes wrong: not all groups get along. Not all peoples, cultures, religions or nationalities are capable of living cheek-by-jowl. Sometimes, separation is what's best to let people live peacefully.
Ironically, Europe–which is now seeking to unify everyone–also taught us this historical lesson. In the 17th century, Europe concluded that the best way to avoid further religious butchery was to separate themselves from each other along dogmatic lines. Catholics had their nations, and Protestants had theirs.
In spite of its own historical example, Europe is now attempting a new continent-wide experiment. The EU is putting third-world migrants and Muslim youth alongside post-modern European society. It's proving to be a disaster. People groups are not interchangeable: when the populace changes, the society does too.
Self-Promotion Is Not Evil
It is no evil to believe that our place, our way of life, should be preserved. Nor is it wrong to expect migrants who come to live among us to become more like us. Being patriotic and promoting our own values is not the evil that Obama makes it out to be.
We need not mistrust immigrants on the superficial grounds of skin color; however, we can mistrust based upon cultures. Not all cultures hold to the same values as we do. Our culture says it is wrong to circumcise your daughter, or to keep children as sexual slaves, and our laws reflect that. It should not matter what a migrant claims about his or her home culture when we apply our norms to their conduct.
A newcomer to our society should be welcome, but should also conform to our societal norms. If they insist on keeping their values over ours, then it may be better for all if there is some distance between us.


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Moonshot Centre, Angus Street, Fordham Park, SE14 6LU
Weekdays – Hours flexible
IRIE! dance theatre is Britain's leading dance theatre company working in the field of African & Caribbean dance fusion. Founded in 1985 by Beverley Glean with the principal aim of heightening the profile of Black dance in Britain, the company set out to create a repertory of works reflective of the African Caribbean influence on the Black British cultural experience.
Purpose/Objective of the Role
You will be volunteering with IRIE! dance theatre's exciting programme of community engagement work with diverse communities, based at the Moonshot Centre, New Cross
Tasks & Activities Involved
- Meeting and greeting
- Publicising classes and events
- Taking registers of session and event participants
- Supporting and encouraging participation
- Collecting feedback from participants
- Helping to set up classes and events
- Help with administration for projects
Skills & Experience Required
- Are 18 years old or above
- Have an understanding of and interest in working with diverse communities
- Are enthusiastic about the work of IRIE! dance theatre
- Want to work as part of a team
- Have basic admin skills like photocopying and Word Processing
Training/Support Given
You will receive an induction to the work of IRIE! dance theatre and be supported by a named member of the IRIE! team
Benefits of Volunteering to Individual
- The opportunity to volunteering in a thriving community hub
- An insight into the community and area where you are living, working or studying
- Experience of community development and engagement in a range of activities and events
- Experience of working with culturally diverse communities and different age groups
- The chance to work with the IRIE! team
- Experience that will stand you in good stead for other volunteer roles and employment relating to community development and engagement
Application Process
To register your interest, please complete the Volunteer Registration Form . If you have any questions call Aparna on 07378342131


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Fortunate is He.
Fortunate is he.
Who remembers Allah abundantly.
Worldly distractions cannot mildly sway
His thoughts of Allah and judgement day
Righteous is he
Who bows to One he cannot see
Whose deeds do not spring without Bismillah
Fulfilling his tasks with perfect Taqwa
Devout is he
Who supplicates to Allah intensively
Whose heart is merciful, tender and kind
His gaze on life after, this world behind
Prosperous is he
Who spends his wealth on the poor and needy
Who speaks a kind word to kin and neighbour
Ever-grateful for Allah's favours
Guided is he
Who prays Salah with punctuality
Early morning, Tahajjud he prays
For Allah's pleasure and nearness he craves
God fearing is he
Who contemplates death early
Who starts as he sees his demise
And tears fall over wasted sacrifice
Blessed is he
Who sings Allah's praises fervently
Blessed be all of Allah's slaves
Allah's mercy be with them always
Lyrics: Ayesha Bint Mahmood & adapted by Zain Bhikha from the book 'Rays of Truth'
(The Islamic Foundation, Leicester 1997)
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Mountain View
Winner Residential Design - Alterations & Additions: up to $200K construction cost
|Dean Picken Designs
|Alan Jones
|(03) 5562 9823
|Robin Sharrock
The challenge here was to revive and enhance the original tired and dated single storey weatherboard dwelling and transform it into something that would not only make a statement, but also provide a warm and modern living area for the clients.
Much has been achieved on a modest budget, and the new home mirrors little of its past.
Stunning mountain views create a glorious setting and palette. The designer has been careful to choose materials, colours and spaces which are sympathetic to the natural environment. The extensive use of spotted gum timber cladding is offset in form and texture with the entry stone walls and Colorbond cladding.
Inside, the feeling is comfortable and is not overly stated. The smart use of low level glazing to the passages and bathrooms brings light into the house. The result is a residence that sits well within its surroundings, and must truly be a joy to come home to.


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It's an appropriate title for a Delbert McClinton album, considering the blues-country-rock icon now shoulders full responsibility for the success or failure of his music.
Responsibility? To heck with that. The 64-year-old McClinton plays with the joy of a kid some 50 years ago, when he was ready to set the world afire on honky tonk stages with the best blues artists of the day in his native Fort Worth.
McClinton's latest is a classy blend of what he does best. He belts out "One of the Fortunate Few" with full band in tow, shuffles along with a bunch of wine-soaked drunks on "Midnight Communion" and takes a dysfunctional family to task with hard-bitten, rocking "Dead Wrong."
Longtime collaborator Gary Nicholson ably assists with the production, and a crack band consisting of McClinton's road crew and studio aces such as Stuart Duncan deftly slide along to keep pace with McClinton's ever-changing tempos and moods.
We should all enjoy our golden years this much.


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Blenheim Op Shop32 Grove Road, Mayfield, Blenheim 7201
PLEASE NOTE: Our Blenheim Op Shop is now closed for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 Nationwide lockdown. Please do not leave any donations at the Op Shop, as there will be no staff or volunteers to attend to these.
Love searching for a bargain? Look no further.
SPCA Op Shops sell everything, from clothing, jewelry, kitchenware, furniture, linen, toys and bric-a-brac to furniture and things for your pets. We are very competitively priced and all the money you spend goes to helping animals in need.
We will happily accept donations in good, sellable condition, not broken, damaged, stained or torn. Simply head to our store during opening hours and speak to our friendly staff and volunteers.
Due to health and safety reasons there are certain items we are unable to accept including:
- Pillows and mattresses
- Opened toiletries and consumables
- Electrical goods, as we are not permitted to sell them without an electrical certification test
- Motorcycle and bicycle helmets
- Any items that are broken or incomplete.
You can help us save our much needed funds for the animals by only donating the items we can re-sell.
*Late night Thursday begins on the first Thursday of October and ends on the last Thursday of March - Closing at 7pm*
Donation pickups
Please call us on 03 579 4860.
Additional drop-off points for donations
If you can't gte to our Op Shop drop your pre-loved goods off to our Renwick SPCA Centre during opening hours.
TradeMe Account
View some of our goods on https://www.trademe.co.nz/Members/Listings.aspx?member=5566544


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I spent this past weekend in Chicago, and if there is one thing in particular I envy about the people that call the Gold Coast home, it is the abundance of interesting restaurants in every corner of the city. On Sunday afternoon I spent some time in Wicker Park, and it seemed that every corner had a mom and pop style food spot which I wanted to sample. Obviously, that wasn't possible, but hey a guy can dream. Interestingly, the most prevalent food type was Indian and Middle Eastern cuisine. I have written before about how much I love the flavors coming out of the Middle East, and India is not far behind. I love the warm spices indicative of a curry which go into so many of the dishes which are considered classically Indian, and my favorite among them all may be tikka masala. This dish can be made with a variety of meats, but my two favorite tikka masala options are chicken thighs and leg of lamb. I prefer both of these because they are lean meats which cook quickly, but have just enough fat to stay juicy and help flavor the overall dish. You could make tikka masala with steak, but considering that India is mainly a Hindu nation and Hindus do not eat cows, that would be pretty inauthentic.
- Spice Blend:
- 2 T Cardamom
- 2 T Black Pepper, freshly ground
- 2 T Coriander
- 1 T Cumin
- 1 T Mustard Powder
- 1 tsp. Nutmeg, freshly ground if possible
- 1 tsp. Cinnamon
- 1 tsp. Red Chili Flake
- Sauce:
- 28 oz. Diced Tomatoes, preferably San Marzano
- 15 oz. Coconut Milk
- 1 Medium Onion, diced
- 1 Serrano Chile, diced
- 1 T Fresh Ginger, minced
- 2 Cloves Garlic, minced
- ½ T Coconut Oil
- Lamb:
- 1 Pound Leg of Lamb, cut into 1 – 2 inch pieces
- 1 T Spice Blend
- ½ C Full Fat Yogurt
- 1 T Kosher Salt
- In a large, dry skillet, combine all the spices, except the nutmeg, and toast until fragrant. Be careful, as spices can burn quickly. Once you start to smell the mix, it is done. Remove from the heat, add the nutmeg, and store in an airtight container.
- In a large zip top bag, combine the lamb, one tablespoon of the spice blend, yogurt, and salt. Toss to thoroughly combine, and then refrigerate for at least 2 hours, and preferably overnight.
- When you are ready to cook your lamb tikka masala, remove the lamb from the fridge, and skewer with metal skewers, being sure to leave ½ inch between pieces. Set aside and allow to come to room temperature.
- In a large skillet over high heat, heat the coconut oil until it shimmers. Add the onion and cook until it is very dark, approximately 10 minutes. Add the chile, ginger, and garlic, and season with salt. When the aromatics are finished, toss in the rest of the spice mix, saute briefly, and pour in the tomatoes and bring to a simmer.
- As the sauce thickens, preheat your grill to its highest setting. If using charcoal, you will want to have started the coals at least 15 minutes prior, and you will want one even layer very close to the grates. The goal is to cook over the highest heat possible. Grill the lamb until cooked to medium rare doneness, approximately 7-10 minutes at most. This will depend upon how thick you cut the pieces, as well as the heat of the grill. Remove from the grill, carefully take off the skewer, and add to the pan with the sauce.
- Toss the lamb and sauce together, and then pour in the can of coconut milk. Toss again to heat through, and let thicken slightly.
- Serve over white basmati rice and top with julienned mint, if desired. Serves 4.
Nutrition: 1 serving with ¼ C Basmati Rice
- Calories: 571
- Carbohydrate: 47 grams
- Protein: 32 grams
- Fat: 28 grams


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A Celebration of Nature and Place
Through Literature, Arts, Crafts and Food
We will be joining the Wealden Literary Festival in June, in the beautiful Boldshaves Garden just outside Tenterden in Kent.
Our stand will be there all weekend in the amazingly designed space which gives visitors both a physical sensory experience and a mindful awareness of being interconnected with nature.
Early bird tickets will be available direct from the Festival's website in April.
It's a beautiful Festival for children and adults. Families can enjoy talks by Authors, sit by the lake to eat, explore the woodlands, skilled makers will be on hand to showcase their craft work and demonstrate through workshops and displays, participate in crafting … the possibilities for exploration, discovery and enchantment are endless.
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We are currently running a contest for the next two weeks in the Lee's Summit Area Fishing Facebook group to win a fishing trip to the private Mahoney Lake near Clinton, MO. The trip will be a 4-5 hour trip for 3 people fully guided by me! You'll have a chance to catch jumbo crappie, nice bass, catfish, walleye, and more! You can check out pictures below.
Here are the contest details:
How to enter
- Join the Lee's Summit Area Fishing Facebook group
- Purchase a Lee's Summit Area Fishing sticker https://lsareafishing.com/store/
- When you receive the sticker, post a picture of it in the Lee's Summit Area Fishing group with the caption "My LSAF sticker contest post!"
- Each sticker purchased will give you one entry (you only need to post one photo in the group, we will know on our end how many stickers you purchased)
- Drawing date will be September 13th
Other details
- Stickers will be shipped USPS same day or next day depending on time of your order
- Will shoot for the trip to be between Sept 14th-Oct 15th this year
- We can schedule out to next spring if scheduling conflicts prevent the trip from occurring this fall
- Feel free to send us a message through our contact page if you have any questions
About the lake:
Mahoney Lake is located at the family farm near Clinton, MO. This is about one hour south of the Kansas City area. It is a private, 10-acre body of water. It is fully stocked with channel catfish, largemouth bass, bluegill, crappie, walleye, and more! Five to ten pound catfish are caught frequently. Currently, most walleye are between 18-23 inches. The largemouth are strong in numbers and there are three to five pounders caught often. Of course, if you're looking for dinner, there are plenty of 12-14 inch "black-nosed" crappie.
Here are some pictures from previous contest winners and other trips at the lake:


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The Sangguniang Bayan of Allacapan, Cagayan declared the province under a state of calamity after Tropical Storm Odette immersed 27 villages in floodwaters and destroyed 9,680 hectares of rice fields, Friday.
In a special session, the municipal council passed Resolution No. 102 series of 2017, placing the town under a state of calamity after receiving the report of the Municpal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (MDRRMC) on the damages left by "Odette".
Allacapan Mayor Harry Florida said the declaration would enable the affected farmers to access the municipal government's PHP2-million calamity fund.
Source: Simeon Dilan, PNA


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Yesterday, I was going to post something ostensibly humorous about Cinco de Mayo, but what with working until 6:00 and Spooky coming over shortly afterwards, I didn't have time. I had fun with Spooky, though. We went to the bookstore, ate dinner at Second-Tier Romantic Italian Restaurant, and played a few video games at the Hangout, where we had a fun talk with the Friar and Mr. Hangout as well.
I am getting utterly sick of the Job and its unprofessionalism and the menial tasks I have to do. So much so that, even though I do need the money, I am very close to quitting without a safety net, just cutting loose and then looking for new employment. I tried to broach the subject of my deep dissatisfaction with Assistant Boss yesterday, but she just wasn't receptive or interested.
So as I'm stewing in self-pity and hating every second of the job, one of the parents comes in and hands me a want ad for a teaching position that she happened to see and thought of me! It's a sign. I definitely will look into it --- but I need to do more. Summer's coming up.
I went to CAPE 2 (Son of Cape), a comic expo here in town. I didn't get to talk to Scott Kurtz, creator of PvP --- he was going to lunch and I'd been there too long already --- but that's okay, as I got a sketch and signed book from him last year. This time, I bought the Villains United Special and had it signed by Gail Simone. She told me to watch out for the Secret Six series coming up. I also bought the first issue of El Gato Negro, and got it signed by its creator, Richard Dominguez. I talked to him about El Diablo, a short-lived DC character with similarities in tone to his own creation. And --- Carl Jung strikes again --- El Diablo shows up in the VU Special.
I also got Civil War #1, just because I enjoy collecting first issues, but also because a scene of some serious ass-kicking piqued my interest. (Not that I'll be buying or reading the rest of the series.)
Civil war, you say? Take sides!
Saturday, May 06, 2006
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Jersey City is the second-most-populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey after Newark. It is the seat of Hudson County as well as the county's largest city. As of 2015, the Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that Jersey City's population was 264,290, with the largest population increase of any municipality in New Jersey since 2010, an increase of about 6.7% from the 2010 United States Census, when the city's population was at 247,597, ranking the city the 75th-largest in the nation.
Jersey City has several shopping districts, some of which are traditional main streets for their respective neighborhoods, such as Central, Danforth, and West Side Avenues. Journal Square is a major commercial district. Newport Mall is a regional shopping area. Portions of the city are part of an Urban Enterprise Zone. In addition to other benefits to encourage employment within the Zone, shoppers can take advantage of a reduced 3½% sales tax rate (versus the 7% rate charged statewide) at eligible merchants. In February 2014, New Jersey State Senate President Stephen Sweeney argued that Jersey City, among other distressed cities, could benefit from a casino—were construction of one outside of Atlantic City eventually permitted by New Jersey.
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Utilities and utility regulators: H. 4376 prevents new rates or charges to be imposed for the purpose of paying for the abandoned construction of two reactors at V.C. Summer, which cost Santee Cooper and SCE&G $9 billion and which ratepayers are footing the bill for. H. 4380 would compel the Public Service Commission to order refunds to ratepayers for money charged in the V.C. Summer construction. S. 754 would require the Public Service Commission to reduce electric rates for SCE&G ratepayers by 18 percent. H. 4378 would create a Utility Oversight Committee. H. 4379 would create the position of Utilities Consumer Advocate in the office of the Attorney General, with subpoena power. H. 4401 is a joint resolution requiring the President Pro Tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the House to retain experts in nuclear energy to figure out how to sell the state's minority ownership of V.C. Summer. S. 772 is a similar bill. S. 771 is a joint resolution to hire an "independent industry expert" to valuate Santee Cooper. H. 4415 and H. 4419 would establish four-year terms for members of the Public Service Commission. H. 4420 prohibits utilities charging ratepayers for abandoned projects from awarding severance packages exceeding the largest package given to an employee or contractor. H. 4421 would establish an "Electric Consumer Bill of Rights Act." H. 4425 would establish a "Public Utility Consumer Protection Act."
Lobbying and campaign finance: H. 4444 would prohibit a person who's made a campaign contribution to an elected official within the past four years from being appointed to public office by that official.
H. 4499 would allow candidates to finance their campaigns with public funds as determined by the General Assembly. H. 4498 would set a pre-determined amount of public funds for the campaigns of candidates for State Attorney or Attorney General who agree to limitations on contributions. H 4501 would prevent members of, and candidates for, the General Assembly or statewide constitutional offices from accepting or soliciting contributions from utilities. S. 831 and S. 839 are similar bills.
Sexual misconduct: H. 4433, dubbed the "Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Harassment Act of 2018," would render pre-dispute arbitration agreements invalid if they require arbitration of a sex discrimination dispute. S. 768, on the other hand, would clarify that parents whose parental rights are terminated based on criminal sexual conduct against another parent during conception would only have their parental rights terminated, rather than be pursued on any charges.
Guns: H. 4424 would prohibit the possession, distribution, or manufacture of a component meant to accelerate the rate of fire of a semi-automatic weapon, such as a bump stock, which was infamously used in the 2017 Las Vegas massacre. S. 769 would allow concealed weapons permit holders to carry on school property leased by a church.
Abortion: H. 4491 would prohibit the Department of Health and Human Services from contracting with entities that perform or promote abortions, "with exceptions."
Health care: H. 4495 would prohibit hospitals from charging uninsured patients more than insured patients would pay for the same services.
Opioid crisis: H. 4487 would eliminate the renewal grace period for registrations to manufacture, distribute, or dispense controlled substances. H. 4488 would authorize coroners, deputy coroners, medical examiners, and deputy medical examiners to have access to data maintained in the prescription monitoring program. H. 4492 would change the dosage limitations for certain prescribed controlled substances. S. 755 would require sheriffs to maintain at least one onsite drop-off box throughout the year for the public to disposal of controlled substances.
Redistricting: H. 4456 would create an independent redistricting commission, with members appointed every 10 years after the year following the decennial U.S. Census.
Monuments: H. 4398 would repeal Section 10-1-165 of the S.C. Code of Laws, which prevents the relocation or removal of monuments of various wars, including the Civil War. H. 4514 and H. 4516 would create the "African American Confederate Veterans Monument Commission."
Religion in schools: H. 4382 would prevent discrimination based on "a student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject," and would allow school personnel to voluntarily participate in religious activities initiated by students on school grounds.
Safety: H. 4386 would install metal detectors at the entrances of all public, middle, and high schools in the state beginning in the school year 2018-2019, with necessary training for staff.
Privatizing school buses: H. 4389 would stop the state from buying school buses after July 2022 and begin to phase in private contracts to operate transportation services for school districts. The bill ties in a possible increase in teacher salaries to savings from privatization.
Learning your lines: H. 4385 would compel the state Board of Education to develop a "standard, durable poster" to display national state mottos in all public school classrooms.
Recruiting: S. 827 would prohibit the recruitment of student athletes by public schools, including charter schools.
New citations: H. 4480 would create the offense of "driving under the influence of an electronic device."
Prison labor: H. 4482 would prohibit the Department of Corrections from executing or negotiating a contract with a private sector business that pays inmates less than the federal minimum wage. H. 4481 would make it so that an inmate who works and is paid less than the federal minimum wage can't have his or her room and board costs deducted from their wages.
Pollution: H. 4460 would urge the United States Congress to disallow seismic surveys or acquisitions off the coast of South Carolina to protect the "beautiful beaches and coastline of the state from the invasive pollution of the air and sea if seismic surveys or acquisitions are used."
Renewable energy: H. 4431 would create a tax credit of 30 percent of whatever a taxpayer paid to install solar or wind energy system in his or her home.
FOIA: H. 4396 would exempt police dash cam footage from Freedom of Information Act requests, a tactic in which Section 30, Chapter 4 of the state Code of Laws is invoked in order to gain access to vital information of public interest. H. 3931 (introduced in the House during the 2017 session, currently in the Ways and Means Committee) would exempt nonprofits funded with public money from disclosing information in the same way.
STEM: H. 4436 would declare March 7, 2018 "STEM Education Day" in South Carolina.
Daylight Savings: H. 4382 would create a statewide referendum during the 2018 general election on whether or not to keep observing daylight savings time. S. 757 proposes a study concerning the "feasibility and economic consequences" of exempting the Palmetto State from DST.
Golf carts: H. 4406 would establish a $25 first-time penalty for illegally driving a golf cart at night. S. 836 requires a permit decal and DMV registration for certain golf carts, and increases the permit fee from $5 to $50.
Weed: S. 811 is a resolution that would urge the federal government to remove barriers to funding research on the use of cannabis to treat medical conditions.
Duties: H. 4524 would give a tax credit to business that install diaper changing stations.
What's a computer?: H. 4514 would expand the prohibition on the exhibition of obscene content and defines the term "digital electronic file."
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This is a selection of identity works I did since 2015. As you can see I like to keep things simple and catchy, but also I try to make logos as friendly as possible !
Enfance & Partage
For more than 40 years, they have worked to ensure that every child is protected by his family and by society in order to preserve his adult future. Protecting and defending child victims of all forms of violence, whether physical, psychological or sexual is its mission.
Art Direction & graphic design
Freelance work
The patate is a french stall on different food markets in London, like Camden, Primrose Hill, Kerb… It was created by my friend Martin and his partner, two french boys who know how to cook. When they launched The Patate, they called me to build their identity and help them design the stall. At first, the food concept was around the potato and French cheeses, that's why I played with the root's form and the dynamic of the arrow to illustrate the fact that you'll be back soon!
Le Petit Nam is a French/Vietnamese restaurant in Toulouse, serving fresh and delicious food.
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Excellent Italian leather sofa with futuristic design and elegant style : ARTHUR has very modern stainless steel arms and restfull foldable backs made with comfortable polyurethame foam , inside with a special meccanism adjustable in 6 folds. You will like ARTHUR Italian leather sofa for his comfortable cushions and wide seat. Available in custom size and in various color and categories of leather.
|Sofa Version
|Sofa 4 Seater
|3 Pillows, 3 Folding back
|Sofa 3 Seater
|2 Pillows, 2 Folding back
|Sofa 2 Seater
|2 Pillows, 2 Folding back
|1 Pillow, 1 Folding back
Total height : Open back-rest 38.6" – closed 27.2"
Total depth : 41.3"
Arms large : 11.8" included metallic part .
Seat height : 16.5"
Seat depth : 23.6"
Upholstery: 5 Options of Leather are available: see below in Section "Colors & Materials".
Frame: Made entirely of beech wood and plywood.
Filling: Seat pillows, back pillows and arms in high quality polyurethane foam (density: 30 kg/m3).
All pillows are lying on large high quality elastic belts.
Basement: Tubular , polished stainless steel.
Warranty: Minimum 2 years, under regular use of the product .
We use only first class real Italian leather selected by our highly experienced staff and dyed exclusively in the North of Italy, Vicenza and Arzignano. We choose only the perfect leather hides for the upholstery of our furniture and do not allow even for the smallest discoloration or any other defects. Our materials are extremely durable, flame and stain resistant, they will not tear, lose color or fade in the sun. All our leathers are easy to clean and can be washed with neutral soap.
Our standard offer. High quality full grain Italian emery leather with a thickness of 0.027" - 0.033".
Very resiliant, smooth to the touch, and easy to clean - even when stained.
Regular price
Thickness 0.059''/ 0.067'' exceptionally strong, grains are more visible, recommended for large families with pets.
Colors are the same as Class A leather.
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Excellent thick leather 0,059''. Designed with a crocodile skin print.
Sofas with this leather have a bold look, and will be the perfect addition for a country style living space.
Very resistant and easy to clean.
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Beautiful, thick (0.059''), and slightly shiny leather with an orange peel pattern.
The shine of the leather gives the sofa an especially excellent look.
Highly suggested for a modern look.
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Wonderful leather, soft to the touch. This highly resistant leather has decorative shades and very original colors. Great for giving any couch a beautiful vintage look. Thickness 0.039''.
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Beautiful top of the line leather. Highly recommended. Smooth and resistant, thick but lovely.
This leather designed in a variety of very special colours is used to create fantastic modern leather sofas giving your room an exceptionally elegant feel.
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The Cheer Corner Gift Shop at Atrium Health Union is located on the first floor at the front entrance on the hospital. Our shop offers a variety of gifts, fresh flower arrangements and plants, balloons, drinks, candy and goody gift boxes, greeting cards, book and magazines, plush animals and assorted personal care items. We offer call-in orders and deliver to patient rooms. For more information, please call 980-993-3477.
Atrium Health Union gives you the chance to send an eCard to patients in our hospital. We deliver the cards Monday through Friday, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. For more information, please call 704-283-3477 to speak with a member of the Gift Shop staff or go here to send your message.


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The exotic location of the Ranchi Lake has made it a perfect location for spending ideal vacation with family and friends. The vast extension of the lake and the blue sky above enable visitors to have a great time. The banks of the Ranchi Lake at Ranchi can also be utilized as picnic spot. As it is located at the base of the Ranchi Hill, people can have a splendid view of the hill while visiting the lake at the same time. They can also plan short trips to the Ranchi Hill and Shiva Temple during their tour to the Ranchi Lake.
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When I opened twitter application yesterday morning, I just found out that yesterday was Batik Day in our beloved country, Indonesia and that was confirmed by a twit from our president SBY. It was said that precisely four years ago, on that day (October 2nd) batik was designated by UNESCO as World Intangible Cultural Heritage. So, to celebrate the day, we were suggested to use batik especially those who work on government administration, company, student, and the other who feels like to use it. In that way we could feel the heave, feel the festive all over Indonesia. Besides that, so many public figure and public account on twitter asking their followers to update their picture while using batik. So, batik was all around Indonesia today. As for me, who work out of the festive zone, I use this event to post something about it (my work demands me to use our field uniform, so it not possible to use batik) and be caution because after talking these and those about batik, there are going to be some show off, kekekeke)
Below nice introduction about Batik which is absolutely copied from Batik Winotosastro (go visit their website for deeper knowledge about batik especially from Jogjakarta).
The words batik comes from the term "titik", a dot, point or drop, referring to the wax dots that make up the pattern. The word itself has three distinct meanings.
First, batik refers to the actual process pf applying ,elted wax to clotch (or other surface) by hand, then dyeing the cloh. The wax acts as resist to the dye colours.
- Batik tulis, meaning writing, is waxed completely by hand using the canting tool. This is the most expensive batik due to the long process and high level of skill needed. You'll see slight differences in the thickness of the wax line, and the details show variation in size or shape.
- Batik cap (chop) is waxed with the copper stamp called a cap. This also takes skill to create an even pattern on the cloth, but it's much faster to make than batik tulis. You'll notice a set thickness to the lines because they're all the same from the width of the copper strips. Also, if you open the cloth and let your eye blur slightly, you can sometimes notice the shape of the stamp is separated a bit from the one next to it. Batik cap is the least expensive of hand-processed batiks.
- Batik kombinasi combines both techniques on one cloth. First the main design is waxed with a cap, and then the batiker adds details with the canting. Batik kombinasi is priced in the mid-range.
Secondly, the word applies to the finished product itself – a batik cloth.
Third, the word has come to mean the patterns themselves. So some would say a cloth that has been screen printed to look like batik, but was not made with wax or dyes, is batik also. (i buy this kind a lot)
Unfortunately, these screen-printed cloths have become so widespread, that most people cannot tell the difference between hand made, wax processed batiks and screen-printing. With new technology, the quality of these screen-printed fabrics can be extremely difficult to distinguish between them and original batiks. One indication is their low price since no hand work is involved.
One thing for non-Indonesians to realize is that for hundreds of years, the batik kain panjang, 2.5 meter-long cloth, was wrapped around the body and worn every day by commoners and royalty alike. This was the garment industry in a sense. Up until the late 1970s, early '80s, many women wore only batik kain panjang. By the 1960s batik fabric was made up into blouses, skirts, men's shirts and other garments. Gradually more modern dress replaced batik for everyday use. Now men and women often wear traditional batik for special occasions only. On the streets, however, the batik patterns are quite visible, many on silkscreened modern clothing styles.
Indonesians sometimes devalue batik as "just a garment." It's not something special, it's just what you wear everyday. Our task as carriers of this heritage is to make people aware of this long history and the unique quality of Indonesian batik, found no where else in the world.
Batik in the Royal Court Cities of Central Java
Unlike the more open, free-spirited north coast of Java influenced by traders from Europe, India, Arabia and China, the royal court cities of Central Java looked inward, building on a different set of rules and values.
In 1755, the nearly 200-year-old Mataram Sultanate of Central Java split into the two court cities of Yogyakarta and Surakarta, or Solo as it's also known. These ancient aristocratic, feudal societies placed much emphasis on tradition, a sense of order within a strict code of conduct, an awareness of spiritual values and the use of symbolism. Power was concentrated at the top under the sultan as supreme ruler.
These deeply held values are clearly reflected in the batik of this region. From the Hindu-Buddhist era in Java come stylized forms from nature, using rounded, flowing lines rather than realistic depictions of flowers or leaves. Believers of Islam, which came to Java in the 1500s, are not allowed to portray any living creature. This in turn pushed batik into more geometric designs.
Batik – a Symbol of Mystical Power
Early rulers in Yogyakarta and Surakarta decreed that batik must be worn at court. In addition to the already common white with indigo blue dyed background, they added a soga brown colour to the palette. This established the three traditional colours of white, indigo and brown, still in use today.
Not only did the rulers decree specific colours for batik, they also kept certain patterns solely for use by members of the royal family. In traditional societies all over the world, cloth is a carrier of deep significance, often indicating the status of the wearer. By connecting specific batik patterns directly to the sultan, the batik became a symbol of mystical power.
Hidden inside these complex patterns are worlds of philosophical meaning. Abstraction, understatement and stylized forms are highly prized. When batik is created with exceptional skill, another layer of distinction and value is embedded in the final cloth.
There are so many patterns of batik which are differents in each area and interesting fact or meaning lies in each batik pattern. Honestly i never knew about it before so thank you to the goverment because this kind of celebration makes me exploring about it. I used to buy batik simply by its atrracting pattern or the colour, but from now on, i'll choose it wisely :D.
So, here some of batik (unfortunately most of them were the third kind, pattern of batik) and how i turned them into dresses 😀 (preapare some bag, in case you'd threw up by this picture -_-"!)
Parang Motif (Yogyakarta)
Didn't have any idea, I chose this pattern simply because i wanted a black coloured batik for my brother wedding in 2010. I just found out this pattern is called "Parang Motif", referred as the "keris" or sword pattern. Javanese the "Parang motif" as "lidah api", tongue of fire. This motif is one of most powerful batik motifs with its strong parallel diagonal lines. There are hundreds of variations from small 2 cm in "Parang Klithik" to the largest at 8cm or more in "Parang Barong" (www.winotosastro.com). In further searching i found the other meaning of this motif. It also means war. Formerly, this motif is used for warfare. "Parang Barong" (he biggest one) is only used by the King. Until now this motif may not be used by ordinary people if go into the palace. Myths about this pattern is should not be used to get married (and sorry to my brother, i used it wrong, but since we are Torajan, it doesn't really matter :D) because the household will always fight like the meaning of the word Parang (www.batikseno.weebly.com).
For additional information, this pattern is widely recognised, when Jessica Alba used it in 2012.
West Java varied plant printed batik
Nowadays we love to use matching bating for whole family member, the difference is found only in how we want to wear it. we use matching batik family almost in every occasion. from my grandfather funeral ceremony, my graduation day, to family wedding. All batik in these pictures were bought in West Java. It is dominated by plant pattern especially flower. In general, flower pattern means beauty and love, so this kind of pattern is nice to wear in wedding.
While for plant, i think it means the life, as plant support the life itself (just my thought).
Sidoasih (Yogyakarta)
I got this motif as gift from my friend who lives in Yogyakarta (my newest batik). The one that i got is Semen Sidoaasih. Semen, based on word semi,meaning o sprout or grow, or non-geometrik patterns inspird by natural world. Filled with stylzed stems, fower, leaves, mountains, and animals. This group of design was highly important for royalty on special occasions, as well as common people in everyday use (www.winotosastro.com). Semen Sidoasih means love.
Garuda, the mystical Hindu bird-man in Hindu mythology, who carried vishnu throughthe heavens is often potrayed in Semen design with a single, or pair of wings (Lar) or the wings and tail (Sawat).
Batang Garing (Borneo)
Here we are, to my most favorite batik pattern, Batang Garing (the tree of life) , which is specialty of Borneo, especially in any Dayak tribe craft. i bring this batik almost in all my travel time. Besides the pattern, what i love from east borneo batik is its bright colour.
In general, the people of Dayak Ngaju see "Batang Garing" as a symbol of three stratums of cosmos namely, the upper world, "pantai danum alunen (earth), and the underworld (water). The upper world is the place of "Ranying Hatalla Langit" (The One and Only God), the earth is where human kind live, as for the underground is residence of "Jata" or "Lilih" or "Raden Temanggung Sali Padadusan Dalam" or "Tiung Layang Raja Memegang Jalan Harusan Bulau, Ije Punan Raja Jagan Pukung Sahewan" (Riwut, 2003;508), copied this from http://www.melayuonline.com.
This is the last saroong batik from my mom before she passed away. she loved to buy saroong batik (we used to have so many saroong batik, but we lost all of them when my mom was gone) i used to bring this saroong wherever i go and used it as blanket. But in the end, i had it tailored into a mini skirt.
The pattern in this saroong is dominated by hibiscus.
(Prepare your heart beat before seeing the picture below. i was in my worse, kekekekekeke)
And the last, this is a bonus because actually it has different process with batik, but since it is special cloth from South Borneo, i just want to post it too.
Sasirangan Bag
Similar with each meaning that is represented by each pattern in batik, each color in "Kain Sasirangan" has its own meaning. Formerly, it was used to complete traditional medical therapy. in my bag, there are two colors; oink and green. IF i were live in old days, the pink would be describe as i were curing my insomnia, while the green color said i need some rest because it was believed to decrease our fatigue.
Those are my batiks, so which pattern are you?