text:
Oh hi! How are you all? It's been more than a week. Did you miss me? (Please say yes.)
In case you weren't aware, it's September. And I'm in Chile. September 18th is Chilean Independence Day. This means that I have the entire week of September 17-24th off, and also that the entire month is just a huge party. My vacation began today after my last test. You have no idea how ready I am for a week off.
Which means I finally have time to write a post!
It's been so many days that it's useless to try and organize this post day by day. Let's just recap overall.
First, one of my friends celebrated the big 2-1 (yay S.!). This was probably one of the funnest nights I've had so far. It was just all gringos, eating food, speaking a lot of English. Everything on study abroad doesn't have to be a big trip or something planned or something "cultural." You can still just hang out.
Second, real schoolwork decided to rear its ugly head and remind me that there is indeed a "study" in study abroad. This involved a personal essay proposal, which my host mom very kindly corrected and edited, and a group project proposal. Fun fact about group projects while on study abroad: you still have all the same problems, but in your second language. It's a hoot, let me tell you. All I can say is thank goodness for Google docs.
Third, I went to daily Mass on campus. It turns out college Mass is pretty much the best Mass no matter where you are, no matter what the language.
Fourth, spring is coming. It might actually be here already. But I don't want to jinx things, because I've thought that about four times now and every time there's always a nice brisk 50-and-rainy day to shake things up. It's been around 70 and sunny for three days now…so here's hoping! With this has come a resentment of my closet and the quantity of winter clothes I have versus cute spring/summer items. Paired with my unwillingness to spend money on "unnecessary" shopping, you can imagine how getting dressed has been lately.
Question for Chileans: how do you wear all those layers when it's 75 and sunny out? Yes, it's chilly in the morning. But you're really going to keep wearing your chaleco and bufanda at 3 PM?
Finally, I went on another vineyard tour.
Obviously a visit to a vineyard must include references the Lindsay Lohan version of The Parent Trap. We had the pleasure of visiting Viña Concha y Toro, way out on the southern border of the Santiago metropolitan region. Unlike our trip to the artisanal vineyard in Linares, this trip featured a lot less lecturing and a lot more picture-taking. Let's take a brief photo tour, shall we?
Things I learned: the climate in the central zone of Chile, where Santiago is, is excellent for growing wine grapes. There's a type of red wine here called carménère, which is only grown in Chile. Keys to tasting wine: see (color), smell, swirl (to oxygenate) and smell again (it WILL smell different!), and sip. I feel smarter drinking wine now.
Just another nice, classy, relaxing paseo. And of course we finished the day with food.
Guess how long I've been here now? That's right! TWO MONTHS. The time is flying by, people. I could do for it to slow down juuuuust a tad if you please.
So what's next? A fiesta dieciochera for fiestas patria at my volunteer site. Which will feature me in traditional Chilean dress. A nearly 10-day vacation. Four days in Linares! Lots and lots and lots of food. And hopefully a zillion pictures and stories to share with you.
Chao chao! Besos! Cuídate!
Much love,


text:
Power of a Testimony
My wife, Joanne, and I are in the middle of following up with people after our Neepawa Vision night we hosted a while back. We had given people a response card to indicate what level of engagement they might be interested in with getting the new location off the ground. We're now having people into our home to hear their stories and heart and why they're interested in Neepawa.
These are very exciting nights for us - there is something very powerful about a person's story. You hear their history, passions and what God is doing in their lives now.
Having people into our home is probably one of the best things that we can do to help further momentum and excitement with Neepawa - but it also has a potentially greater impact: spiritual listening.
I was first introduced to the discipline of spiritual listening during a very dry and boring college course, Advanced Spiritual Formation. In the class, there were different books and assignments where we would learn about and practice spiritual listening - in which, honestly, I would just use as a great opportunity to skip and do more "meaningful" homework.
Spiritual listening - as I understand it - is the practice of using discernment and guidance of the Holy Spirit to listen to what people are saying and then be able to speak into their lives based on what you are able to discern what God is doing in their life. I ended up getting a pretty low mark in the class because I was so short-sighted that I couldn't bring myself to care about the course or see how it would actually translate into "real world" situations.
The real-world application comes in where because, let's face it, we are all pretty dull most of the time to being in tune with what God is doing in our own lives. We have short memories about what God has already done in us, what the Holy Spirit is doing in our lives and how Jesus is leading us. We can spend so much time "looking" for the path Jesus has called us to follow and end up frustrated that we can't see it - all the while, fellow believers are able to illuminate us the fact that we are currently, in fact, standing on the path.
The other night was one of those nights, where we were able to be blessed by the testimony of a couple, while at the same time, practice some spiritual listening for them. This couple shared their passions and frustration with not knowing where they are supposed to be going in their life. Their frustration was apparent - which was interesting to us - because as soon as they left, Joe and I, turned to each other and said "I know what they're supposed to be doing!"
It was so obvious to us - as we listened to what God was revealing to us about them - what their calling was and how they could be making a big difference in the lives of others around them. They seemed unable to see in their lives what was so apparent to us.
I wonder how many times I am missing out on seeing God work in my life because I don't allow others to practice spiritual listening to my story.
I will be following up with them in a couple days to talk with them about how they are processing the evening and allow my testimony to bless and encourage them.
When is the last time you had people into your home as a pastor just to listen to people tell you their story? Practice some spiritual listening and be prepared to both be blessed as well as bless them by doing so!
What about you? Have you ever practiced spiritual listening for others or had things revealed to you as others listened to your story? Let us know in the comments below!
Maah Daah Hey 100
Maah Daah Hey 100, 2014
August 3, 2014 was the 3rd annual Maah Daah Hey 100 race through the badlands of Teddy Roosevelt National Park in North Dakota. Last year I rode as part of 3-man team to ride the whole trail: my contribution was 28 miles through some of the toughest parts of the trail. This year, I figured it was time to up the ante... 75 miles solo.
The 100 mile racers started at 7am while shuttles took the 75, 50 and 25 mile racers to different aid stations to get ready to ride. This year, all riders would finish in the little town of Medora, ND. Surprisingly, there were only 8 riders signed up for the 75 mile race.
At exactly 8am, we started our journey. 4 of us started together and basically had a great 18 mile group ride. Temperatures were a beautiful 17c, legs were fresh and view like the above blessed us everywhere! Between the company, weather and really flowy trail, the first 25 miles went by pretty quickly!
I am a pastor in rural Manitoba that is passionate about the church, leadership, coffee and bicycles.
January 2017

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Atidim Cadets
Training talented young Israelis to lead in the Galil
For tomorrow's Galil
In Israel, local municipalities in under-resourced communities lack professional civil servants, and as a result local services have suffered.
There is an urgency to train quality young professionals from peripheral communities who have the potential and motivation to lead, and at the same time understand the challenges faced by local cities and towns in remote parts of Israel.
UJIA is now supporting Atidim's newest programme, Cadets for Municipal and Public Service, which trains qualified, inspired, and committed young people from the Galil to enter key positions in Israel's municipal civil service sector. The ultimate goal is to revitalise and strengthen local government and civic society in Israel's north.
The tailor-made MA in Public Policy at Haifa University offers academic studies, tutoring, mentoring, and specially developed seminars, field trips and study days.
In their first year, participants are placed in public service internships to understand civil service on a national level. During their second year, students intern in local municipalities where they get valuable on-the-job training and insight into the daily workings of local government.
We believe that it's the practical training of local people that can transform the Galil in the long term, overturning trends of low income, lack of opportunity and poverty.
"For over a decade Atidim has been striving to bridge the social-financial gaps between Israel's periphery and its center."
In Numbers
School students benefiting from our UJIA JAMS programme in the last year
Number of young people in the Galil reached by the UJIA-supported Kibbutz Eshbal
Population of the Western Galil
In Numbers
Merom Hagalil's income is almost 40% below the national average
Population of the Western Galil
Number of youth movements receiving key funding from UJIA


text:
W.R.S. (name unknown)(Possibly W.R.Stuttgart?)Stuttgart ? Württemberg.UnclassifiedKnown dates: 1896Purchased steins from: Albert Jacob ThewaltReference:
Erinnerung an dad V. Deutsche Sangerfest, 1896, Stuttgart."Festwagen: Schwab, Volkslied"
To commemorate the fifth German singing festival in Stuttgart, dated 1896.Stein was almost certainly made by A.J.Thewalt.
● If you require an identification and / or a valuation, click HERE. ●
● For any other reason, e-mail the author. ●
● Stein Marks © 2009 - 2020. Copyright. All rights reserved. ●


text:
Dare to Dream
Friday, June 26, 2015
My Dare to dream a little late in the week! I am so blessed with my family and life!
*Be creative/Help Others - This is all aspects of my life! I love doing creative things because it relaxes me! I don't have enough time with a baby and 3 year old as I would like. I like to help others and if my creativity helps awesome. I just want to give to others!
*Stay at Home - I want to work at home part time! I love my job but miss out on so much with Kinsley and Makenna! My son also did great in school when I was on maternity leave! I would need to get out some because I go stir crazy after awhile but I think I could find something to do!
*Pay off debt- Who doesn't want to do this? We have been working on this slowly and it is better! I feel with a family of 5 (yikes) that I need to continue to work on this goal!
* Travel - I would love to take my kids to see all the different wonders of the world and go home more often! Living across the country from family is hard sometimes!
*Buy a bigger house- yep.. with the addition of Makenna the girls will share a room. It would be nice to each have their own room and a place to hang out! So much baby stuff in the living room at the moment!
What do you dare to dream?
Posted by Barbie at 5:33 PM
Labels: TpT Seller Challenge
2 comments
I love your TpT dreams. I am with you on the paying off debt. We ALL need help there! Love your blog and am your newest follower. :-)ReplyDelete
I'd love a bigger home too! We have four children and my mother-in-law lives with us, so five bedrooms and three bathrooms feels cramped. Or, maybe I need a professional organizer to come visit - that might help!ReplyDelete
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Epilepsy is a central nervous system disorder that affects
0.5% to 1% of the population, with males and females of all races, ethnic
backgrounds, and ages being equally affected. In the United States alone, about
2.5 million people have epilepsy.
One is diagnosed with the condition once they have had two
seizures. A seizure is characterized by unusual electrical activity in the
brain. Brain cells normally communicate by sending electrical signals. During a
seizure, many brain cells signal at the same time. Symptoms vary from person to
person and can be categorized based on where they start in the brain, whether a
person's awareness is affected, and whether the seizure involves other
We Will Write a Custom Essay Specifically
For You For Only $13.90/page!
order now
Focal seizures originate in one area of the brain and can be
further classified as focal aware seizures or focal impaired awareness
In focal aware seizures, one remains conscious
In focal
impaired awareness seizures, there is a
change in consciousness
Generalized seizures involve all areas of the brain and can
be further classified into six types.
Absence seizures
Tonic seizures
Atonic seizures
Clonic seizures
Myoclonic seizures
Tonic-clonic seizures
Brain imaging in the form of an electroencephalogram (EEG) is
used to evaluate seizures. The scan records the electrical activity of the brain
in real time. Any abnormalities detected helps to diagnose the cause or type of
seizure, be it focal or generalized.
Epilepsy is not a fatal condition, rather, those affected by
epilepsy cope with it on a day to day basis. Self-management is encouraged
among people with the condition, who can do so by taking medication
accordingly, managing stress, and sleeping well. They must take precautions to
prevent dehydration and overexertion, which can increase the probability of
having a seizure. As is with other disabilities, people with epilepsy may be
eligible to apply for benefits, and they cannot be denied employment due to
their condition. In the United States, those prone to having seizures are not
issued drivers licenses. Mental health disorders such as depression and anxiety
are associated with the condition, which can be treated with counseling.


text:
Now, if you have never planned a wedding, let me tell you. There is a shit load to do. Wait. Let me rephrase that. Pinterest tells you that there is a shit load to do. Don't look so offended, you know I love me some Pinterest time… but seriously. When it comes to wedding planning the Pinterest black hole is deep. Centrepieces, seating charts, hairstyles, floral installations with thousands of peonies. My God. I could go for days. And days. And days. When it came to planning our wedding, very early on we picked out the three most important things that we wanted our day to be centred around. Every decision that we have made about the wedding has been come back to those things. If it didn't add to one or more of those categories, it was out. For us, it was… Great Food, that the whole event was a reflection of us as a couple and maybe, most importantly to us, Great Photographers.
We Do. The minute we virtually hung out Jason and Aneta in their living room, we knew we had met our team. . You see as much as it was about finding someone whose work was incredible it was also about finding someone we could trust, someone that would make us feel comfortable, or even better, someone who could make us feel like fucking rock stars. We clicked. And it was the start of something awesome.
A month or so ago, just before the weather turned really chilly, we got to hang out for real, in a couple of our favourite spots outside of Wellington City. Jason brought his camera along, and well, quite frankly, he created some fucking magic. I can't stop looking at the photos. I mean, honestly. I look at them and see so much love and happiness, so much warmth and so much creativity. I love the way he saw us, and the way he managed to capture us.


text:
EMSI has produced a technical document that walks through how we construct our input-output (I-O) model. It's intended for readers with considerable familiarity with I-O theory who are looking for an understanding of our specific method.
In EMSI I-O Model Documentation: Establishing the NAICS 6-digit US Base Model, we detail the features of our model and pay particular attention to the expanded US national I-O technology matrix that covers each of the roughly 1,000 NAICS 6-digit industry classification codes—a feature unique to the EMSI I-O model. Download this paper.
This is a companion paper to EMSI Multi-Regional Social Accounting Matrix (MR-SAM) Modeling System, which presents details on the social accounting matrix (SAM) model we developed in 2012 to take the place of our previous input-output model. Download this paper.
For more information on EMSI's input-output model and how practitioners use it, see our archive of articles. Contact us if you have any questions or comments.


text:
In an effort to give all colors of the political rainbow some airtime, Eric joins us to discuss draining the swamp, an effort that doesn't seem to be making much progress.
Frank's done it all, and he's burnt himself out on most of it. Being typecast may be good for your wallet, but it's no fun. That's why he comes here. Always fun no matter what.
Tom and Laurie have some differing political opinions. Thankfully nobody shot anyone, which today counts as tolerance. Frank Caliendo arrives near the end to broker peace.


text:
The clinic team at Sandon Dental look forward to offering you their skilled care and advice.
Our Dentists:
Dr Thegan Moodley (Princpial Dentist) B.D.S (Medunsa 1999) Msc (Warwich 2015) Foundation Dentist trainer.
Dr Manjinder Dub B.D.S. qualified in 2007 from St Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. He has a special interest in restorative and cosmetic dentistry. He is fluent in Punjabi and also speaks some Hindi.
Dr Sushmi Jay B.D.S (Bristol)
Dr Neda Zaman B.D.S
Dr Sara Mirza B.D.S
Miss Sarasvati Jaiswal- Hygienist
We also have a dedicated team of qualified nurses and receptionists as well as a trainee dental nurses.
Tel: 0121 4293572
You can also use our contact form.
Sandon Dental
80 Sandon Road
Tel: 0121 4293572
Monday 08:00-17:00
Tuesday 08:00-17:00
Wednesday 08:00-17:00
Thursday 08:00-17:00
Friday 08:00-17:00
Saturday CLOSED
Sunday CLOSED
We are closed for lunch between 12:00 and 13:00
If you have a problem outside our opening hours, please see the emergency plan.


text:
Join the Tomorrow's Warriors House Band at this special jazz jam session, to see, hear and play alongside some of the most exciting emerging young jazz artists in the UK.
Tomorrow's Warriors have nurtured many of the UK's leading jazz performers via its award-winning jazz education and emerging artists programme.
As a hotbed for new jazz talent, Tomorrow's Warriors alumni have been credited with revolutionising the current, much talked about London jazz scene and attracting younger audiences back to jazz.
Graduates include Shabaka Hutchings, Soweto Kinch, Eska, Ezra Collective, Nubya Garcia, Binker & Moses and many more.
Here is a chance to see what the next generation of Warriors has to offer. Whatever your level, the jam offers a space for audiences and musicians to get involved.
Or just kick back and enjoy some of what the finest young musicians in London have to offer.
tomorrowswarriors.org / @Tom_Warriors / @tomorrowswarriorsmusic
Suitable for ages 11+


text:
The Bulgarian film "Sister" won the grand prize at the Cottbus Film Festival in Germany. "Director Svetla Tsotsorkova paints a visually impressive, conflict-filled family portrait," the international jury`s commented. The movie won the Best Picture Award. The award is accompanied by a € 25,000 prize pool.
The festival has awarded prizes amounting around € 75,000.
30 years after the fall of the Iron Curtain, it reflects socially, historically and personally "the unusual viewpoints that Eastern European cinema tells its stories," program director Bernd Buder explained of film selection.
22,000 visitors attended the program events this year. More than 200 films were screened.


text:
Enter the heart of iconic paintings at the new Atelier des Lumières in Paris
In the heart of eastern Paris, nestled between Bastille and Nation, an old iron foundry with large grey walls will metamorphose in the spring of 2018 into a XXL exhibition venue. Through the magic of multimedia, visitors will be able to wander into the very centre of works of art projected with 360° views.
The principle of the Atelier des Lumières, opened in April 13 2018, is that the visitor is a guest within a work of art. This new Parisian venue will carry you on a unique sensory adventure as you discover the great names in the history of Art.The use of 140 video projectors and a spatial sound system are used in the show. It is unique among its genre thanks to its monumental dimensions – an impressive 3,300 m2 of surfaces and walls up to 10 meters high.
Immersive exhibitions
It was at the famous Carrières de Lumières in Les Baux de Provence in the south of France, that Culturespaces, specialists in the development of monuments, museums and art centres, put together their first ground breaking digital immersive exhibitions.
Their secret for this innovative art form? The AMIEX process (Art and Music Immersive Experience). It is an incredible sensorial feast. As the music starts, more than 3,000 images are set in motion and using the power of technology, in the blink of an eye, you'll feel as if you've been transported into the heart of the paintings.
Experience Gustav Klimt's masterpiece The Kiss as never before. The tormented portraits of Egon Schiele in extra large format and the whirlwind of vivid colours of Friedensreich Hundertwasser's paintings are an artistic thrill.The Atelier des Lumières will commence its first season with the Vienna school of painting in the spotlight and two programmes in the Great Hall (long and short shows). Take your time and linger to truly enjoy this magnificent performance. The great Chagall will be one of the next artists to be featured.
Totally immersive, the technology displayed at Ateliers des Lumières makes the visit particularly attractive for children and teenagers who might be reluctant to visit a museum. No more excuses – this is fun as well as educational.
With its uncompromising industrial bones, pillars, nooks, drying tower and water tank, the huge dimensions of the 19th century former iron foundry of the company Plichon make an idea canvas for the digital art show. The space has been completely renovated to host the Atelier des Lumières whilst retaining the integrity of its industrial character.
The Ateliers des Lumières with its vibrantly animated space will amaze and delight and enable visitors to interact with great works of art. It promises to be the coolest new cultural venue in Paris.
Globetrotting journalist. I've often travelled to the ends of the Earth to find something you can find right next door in France.
More information
Additional resources
Things to see
© ViaFrance
Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral
© Gilles Targat / CRT Paris Ile-de-France
Centre Pompidou
© Atout France/Maurice Subervie
Louvre Museum in Paris
© CRT Ile-de-France / J. Sierpinski
Orsay Museum
© Atout France / Phovoir
Grand Palais National Galleries
© Moulin Rouge®
Le Moulin Rouge, the largest cabaret in the world
© Moulin Rouge®
Clone de Le Moulin Rouge, the largest cabaret in the world
© OTCP/Daniel Thierry
The Sacred Heart - Le Sacré-Coeur
© Centre des monuments nationaux. J.M. Charles
Arc de Triomphe in Paris
© OTCP/David Lefranc
Quai Branly Museum in Paris
© Atout France/Phovoir
Eiffel Tower
© Philharmonie de Paris Arte Factory
Philharmonie de Paris
© Manuel Cohen /MNHN
Paris Zoological Park (Zoo de Vincennes)
Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris
© Atout France/PHOVOIR
Point of interest
© Espace Dali
Rendez-vous in Espace Dali
Rendez-vous at Le Réservoir
© Paris Tourist Office / Marc Bertrand
Place des Vosges in Paris
© Paris Tourist Office - Photographe : Marc Bertrand
Paris's Most Beautiful Secret Streets
© Atout France/Phovoir
© ViaFrance
Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral
© Centre des monuments nationaux - David Bordes
Sainte-Chapelle in Paris
© Centre des monuments nationaux. David Bordes
Rendez-vous at the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris
© Gilles Targat / CRT Paris Ile-de-France
Centre Pompidou
© Centre des monuments nationaux. A. Frich
Rendez-vous at the Conciergerie
© Centre des monuments nationaux. A. Frich
Conciergerie (Paris)
© Musée Picasso Paris / Béatrice Hatala
Musée Picasso Paris
© Les Caves du Louvre
Caves du Louvre, a unique cultural and multisensory winery experience!
© Centre des monuments nationaux - Caroline Rose
Rendez-vous at the Panthéon
© Centre des monuments nationaux - Caroline Rose
Panthéon in Paris


text:
The deeper meaning of this Mahavakyam or great saying (of which there are 4 main ones) would run something like this imho ….
In Zen, one would say….
Each of us is more than the body, more than the mind. We are not the body, we are not the mind. What are we then?
If you look into the mirror, who or what is that looking back at you? That's who we are in reality. Consciousness. Without it, we won't be.
In Vedanta, one would say….
We are the tiny wave that is part of the ocean; we are the ocean. Big or small, we are still the ocean. It is just ocean.
A jewel droplet on the net of Indra. We are all connected. We are one.
As both my Zen and Vedanta teachers would say….
Sit, meditate, so that you can come face to face with the one who sees, you the see-r, the silent-witness, the immortal-one, the one-who-knows, the one-untouched, the ever-blissful-one-no-matter-if-the-sky-fell-down (unlike Chicken Little).
Related post: The story of Chicken Little – respond or react.


text:
Ric Zank and his company, the Iowa Theater Lab exerted a significant influence on me as well as on many of my colleagues during the late 1970's and early 1980's. The work was physical, imagistic, emotional and, to me, unforgettable. During rehearsals for a new production of Moby Dick in 1975, the lead actor of the company, the brilliant and physically masterful George Kon who was playing the whale, grew increasingly aggravated and upset. At one point his frustration intensified and escalated to a point that he literally ran up a wall of the rehearsal hall.
On Facebook and here on the SITI Company blog, SITI has been spotlighting alumni of our many training programs. Today, we're spotlighting a few artists who are some of our newest alumni. Shanna May Breen, Alberto Ruiz, and Luke Santy spent the month of June with us as part of our 2016 Summer Intensive at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs. Below, they share a little about what brought them to SITI and what's inspiring them at the moment.
Here at SITI Company my staff and I spend a lot of time encouraging the Company members to share their process either through blogs, videos or in person with our donors and board members. I firmly believe that sharing the stories about why and how we develop SITI productions is a crucial tool in audience building and donor engagement because at the end of the day the quality of our relationship to people is more important than the number of tickets sold or the size of the donation. I'm certain that many of you follow Anne's monthly blogs and derive as much joy from reading them as I do. I also hope you've been able to read Leon's blogs announcing SITI Work/Space and SITI Thought Center, and if you haven't I encourage you to do so. Now it seems, the tables have been turned and they've asked me to write about the practical realities of making something like Work/Space happen and why Leon is telling the world about the white board in my office.
As a midyear transfer student at Bard College, I stood on a long line to sign up for a popular theater class taught by Bill Driver, the chair of the theater department who would soon become my first directing teacher. Sitting quietly at a small desk, Driver seemed to ignore the frantic atmosphere of impatient students vying for places in his classes. After what felt like an interminable wait, I finally stood before him, surprised to find him relaxed and present with me, interested in who I was and where I came from. Despite the surrounding chaos, he seemed neither rushed nor harried.
On Facebook and here on the SITI Company blog, SITI has been spotlighting alumni of our many training programs. Today, we have the great pleasure of spotlighting Shura Baryshnikov. Shura is an interdisciplinary performer, movement designer, and choreographer working in both dance and theatre.
On Facebook and here on the SITI Company blog, SITI has been spotlighting alumni of our many training programs. Today, we have the great pleasure of introducing you to Travis Russ. Travis is the founding Artistic Director of Life Jacket Theatre Company, a company focused on creating works based on real events. Travis is an Associate Professor at Fordham University, where he teaches graduate and undergraduate classes in communication and performance.
Many years ago my T'ai Chi Chuan teacher Jean Kwok made a trip to Hong Kong. On her first morning in the city she walked into a nearby park to practice her form. The large park was filled with many separate groupings of people and individuals moving fluidly through a wide variety of styles of T'ai Chi Chuan. Developed by different families in China over the course of the centuries, there are literally hundreds of distinctly different forms of T'ai Chi. Jean walked around the park observing the variations in form with great interest.
On Facebook and here on the SITI Company blog, SITI has been spotlighting alumni of our many training programs. Today, we have the great pleasure of introducing you to Jessica Burr. Jessica is the Artistic Director of Blessed Unrest, a company committed to producing dynamic, disciplined, and exuberant new works for the stage in New York City and abroad, building original pieces and reconstructing established texts with its diverse ensemble of artists.
Are you successful?
Do you feel successful?
What does success even mean to you?
Do these questions feel familiar to you?
Does it seem like I'm about to try and sell you something?
The question "Am I successful?" is on our minds a lot more than we let on. This is not only because it is a trickier thing to evaluate than we are led to believe, but we tend to think that to ask the question at all is to implicitly answer it in the negative.
It occurs to me that there is nothing inherently valuable about authenticity.
I recently attended a screening of City Of Gold; the excellent documentary about Los Angeles Times food critic Jonathan Gold. After the movie there was a Q&A with Mr. Gold and Peter Meehan of Lucky Peach. Someone in the audience asked Mr. Gold if he ever traveled to the various countries where the cuisines that he explores in LA originate, in order to calibrate his palate with what would be presumed to be authentic examples of the dishes.
SITI Company, 520 8th Avenue, Suite 310, New York, NY, 10018 | 212-868-0860 | email@example.com


text:
Mercury News Story on Net Neutrality
8x8 is featured inn April 7th 2010 story about net neutrality, the issue of whether the FCC has the authority to regulate the Internet. The article appeared the San Jose Mercury News and was written by Chris O'Brien.
O'Brien: Why net neutrality matters to one Sunnyvale company
If you want to understand why consumers need strong rules ensuring all traffic on the Internet is treated equally, look no further than a Silicon Valley telecommunications company called 8x8.
The Sunnyvale-based firm has been around for 23 years, and a public company for 13 years. The company survived the dot-com bust — but barely — by reinventing itself as an online telecommunications company, and since then has seen revenues rebound nicely the last five years.
For all of its innovation and survival instincts, though, 8x8 remains at the mercy of every Internet service provider.
"If AT&T or Comcast decided to block us, we would cease to exist," said 8x8 chief executive Bryan Martin.
That's not just hyperbole. The threat is serious enough that the company lists it as a risk factor in its securities filings.
Unfortunately, the attempts to put firm rules in place to protect the 8x8's of this world, so-called "net neutrality" principles, were thrown into chaos on Tuesday by a calamitous ruling from a federal appeals court.
The court said the Federal Communications Commission does not have authority to regulate the Internet. The ruling came in a case where Comcast appealed the FCC's decision in 2008 to penalize the company for blocking customers' access to a file-sharing service.
Tuesday's case scuttles the current rule making process started last fall by the FCC to adopt six principles of "net neutrality." The net neutrality rules would prohibit network operators such as Comcast, Verizon and AT&T from blocking users from accessing Internet content that is legal or limiting the kind of devices consumers can attach to the Internet, such as TiVo or a gaming console. They also wouldn't be allowed to discriminate against certain types of Internet traffic (such as video or file-sharing), and their policies for managing their networks would need to be transparent.
Net neutrality is vital to the competitiveness of the U.S. economy. And the story of 8x8 explains why.
A few weeks ago, I stopped by 8x8 to meet Martin, a cordial engineer who just celebrated his 20th anniversary at the company. He gradually rose through the ranks to become CEO and chairman in 2002, a moment where it seemed the company was on the verge of collapse.
The company had done well selling telecommunications software to start-ups, but saw business evaporate when the stock markets collapsed. The company went from 350 employees to 30 in the blink of an eye.
"The assumption for awhile was that the company was going to go under," Martin recalled.
Under Martin's leadership, the company shifted to providing a "hosted" calling service that allows small and medium-sized businesses to purchase Internet telephone services over the Web. The shift in business models came just as the notions of "software as a service" and "cloud-based computing" were becoming fashionable.
The company's revenues climbed from $1.3 million in 2004 to $64.6 million in 2009. It has 250 employees. Though at $1.53 per share, its stock price is still well off its dot-com high of almost $30 per share.
It's a remarkable tale of reinvention and survival, especially considering it competes against much larger rivals such as AT&T and Vonage. But 8x8 still operates under the whims of Internet service providers. While its voice services aren't exactly bandwidth hogs, 8x8 services also include video conferencing and other bandwidth intensive services.
How big can 8x8 get before a telco decides it's a competitive threat or is using too much bandwidth? And at that point, would a service provider throttle back the service, degrading its quality, or demand more money to transmit its services?
We shouldn't have to ask. But the ruling on Tuesday complicates how to protect such businesses. For all practical purposes, the FCC's rule-making process is stymied.
There are two options. Under the first, the FCC starts a process to reclassify broadband services as a different category of telecommunications so they fall under the agency's jurisdiction. The other avenue is for Congress to pass a law stating clearly that the FCC has jurisdiction over these matters.
Both strategies will likely lead to ugly, messy political fights, massive lobbying campaigns, and legal challenges.
Derek Turner, research director for the Free Press, a consumer advocacy group, put the choice facing the FCC best when he told me:
"This ultimately is a moment of decision for FCC chair Julius Genachowski," Turner said. "What is his legacy going to be? Is he going to be the one who oversees the FCC's authority declining? Or is he going to be the one who oversees the adoption of net neutrality and the national broadband plan. I think he's going to do the latter."
So do I. Even if the fight just got tougher, the FCC can't back down now.
Contact Chris O'Brien at (415) 298-0207 or [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/sjcobrien and read his blog posts at http://www.siliconbeat.com.


text:
Title: MrxvYboiTqGmG
Content: Another year levitra dosages Premiums won't necessarily guard user activity either. They will simply watch fewer subscribersâ activities and try to peddle that data to their advertisers. Newspapers and Magazines were doing that for years. Magazines like the New Yorker sometimes send out user profile questionnaires. They always want to know your yearly income range and your level of education among a lot of other things.Edit | Back


text:
Tracker Order On January 11th
Tracker Order On January 11th
Still have not received my activity tracker, its been just over 8 weeks. Was is actually shipped to me or not? Someone else I know put one in 2-3 weeks later and got hers yesterday.
EMPLOYEE0Ivy (Official Rep) March 15, 2016 17:59Hi, Amanda, thanks for posting! We apologize for the delay and are happy to share with you that your Activity Trackers will be shipping soon. Thanks for being a member of our Kellogg Community!


text:
Geoffrey Michael Dimitrovski, the Pâtissier, is a local boy through and through! He was born and bred in Albury Wodonga; went to school at Albury High; played rugby for the Southern Rams. Geoffrey gained his experience at many fine 5 Star resorts and Patisseries throughout Australia including Hayman Island Resort.
Geoffrey's gâteaux are more than just cakes; they are amazing individual works of art. Geoffrey prides himself on his finished product, painstakingly applying elaborate garnish including gold and silver leaf for that "wow factor" visual appeal. While working in many prestigious hotels, Geoffrey prepared elaborate and decadent desserts and gâteaux for celebrities, movie stars and dignitaries. His passion is to offer the same high quality and innovation to customers in his own pâtisserie, right here in Albury Wodonga.
Geoffrey is committed to his trade and the advancement of Patisserie. The National Skill Needs List identifies Pastry Chef as a traditional trade experiencing a national skills shortage. Geoffrey is doing his bit to overcome this shortage by training a new wave of Pastry Chefs in the true tradition of French Patisserie.


text:
The number of Yemenis infected with cholera is expected to rise to more than 300,000 by the end of August, the United Nations children's agency says.
"Probably at the end of August we will reach 300,000" cases up from nearly 193,000 cases today, UNICEF spokeswoman Meritxell Relano told reporters in Geneva on a conference call on Friday.
She added that an estimated 1,265 people had lost their lives since the outbreak was declared in April.
"The number of cases continue to increase," the spokeswoman said, adding that the epidemic had affected all of Yemen's 21 governorates.
Relano said children were the most affected by the outbreak as they accounted for half of the registered cases so far. She said only a quarter of the people who had died until then were children.
Cholera, which causes severe diarrhea and dehydration, is transmitted through contaminated drinking water and could prove fatal in up to 15 percent of untreated cases.
The ongoing Saudi campaign against Yemen has destroyed the country's health sector, making it difficult to deal with the epidemic.
Over two years of war and conflict have reduced Yemen's public healthcare capabilities by 55 percent. All operating hospitals and clinics are now over-burdened by the epidemic for lack of medicine, equipment and staff.
Nearly 3.3 million Yemeni people, including 2.1 million children, are currently suffering from acute malnutrition.
International organizations, including the United Nations and the Red Cross, say the Saudi war and an embargo may be responsible for the cholera epidemic.
The UN's World Food Program has described the situation in Yemen as "the largest humanitarian crisis happening in the world at the moment


text:
Based on 1 review | Add Your Review
LG Condenser Dryers remove the need to fit venting kits in your laundry. Three sensors on the LG dryer monitor the heat exchange, moisture and air temperature for optimal drying results.
This makes installation easier. The condenser drying process removes moisture from the clothes without raising the humidity in your laundry
The stainless steel drum is more durable than coated or plastic drums and prevents scratches or nicks from metal zippers.
Keep an eye on your clothes drying inside the drum with the LED light.
Prevent over drying with three sensors. The sensors automatically control the drying time and temperature based on the selected program and help prevent over drying.
The Stacking Kit allows you to securely stack this machine on top of your front load washing machine. The Drying Rack is great for items that you don't want to tumble dry such as shoes or backpacks.
With a smartphone & the LG Smart ThinQ™ app the dryer can "talk for itself" to find a solution to help save time & money on unnecessary call outs.
|9 Kg
|Energy Rating
|2 Stars
|Energy Consumption
|Control Type
|Delay Timer
|Child Lock
|Manufacturer Warranty (Years)
Buy with confidence at Bing Lee, knowing that all our products are sourced from Australian suppliers, are brand new, and come with full manufacturer's warranty.
Details coming soon, or call one of our friendly customer service team.
Karuah(Posted on 29/05/2019)


text:
A balanced and delicious meal prepared and cooked on site
Chartwells are school food experts who care about the quality, taste and nutritional value of your child's food. As a leading provider of school meals, Chartwells provide meals which exceed the Governments standards. The menus are full of protein, omega rich fish plus pasta and rice that will give your child the energy to keep going all day. Vitamin packed fresh fruits and vegetables served each and every day.
Food for Life
You can trust the source of Chartwell's food products. They work closely with local suppliers Westcountry Fruit Sales, Scorce Butchers and Trewithen Dairy to provide fresh local produce delivered direct to the schools door.
The meals are backed up by a Gold Food for Life Accreditation provided by the Soil Association; a guarantee of quality for your school.
Sarah our school cook is amazing! The food is delicious.
Our meals are prepared and cooked on site by Sarah. She takes time to ensure that children make good choices. Children eat their food in a calm and welcoming atmosphere and our lunch time supervisors encourage them to eat well.
Currently school meals cost £2.30 per day. However if your child has lunch on 5 consecutive days they will only have to pay for 4.


text:
Young mom, 20, is found guilty of manslaughter
Defense attorneys said she was a "hero" who represented battered women everywhere, while prosecutors said she was a murderer. But after nearly nine hours of deliberation Thursday, jurors chose neither label for Tiffany James, instead finding the teen-mom murder defendant guilty of manslaughter.
James, who was led out of the courtroom in handcuffs shortly after the verdict was read, now faces up to 20 years in prison instead of up to life for the November 2009 stabbing death of boyfriend Antwan Wolford, 18, at the East Side apartment they shared with her mother.
Jurors will return to 399th state District Court this morning as the punishment phase of her trial begins. Because of the lesser conviction, she is eligible to ask the 10-woman, two-man jury for probation.
James was a 17-year-old senior at Sam Houston High School, by all accounts loved and respected by her teachers, when she jabbed Wolford in the lung with a steak knife as they argued. Prosecutors said the defendant, now 20, was a spurned lover who had reached a boiling point after her philandering boyfriend impregnated two other women. She claimed self-defense.
James was 14 when her unexpected pregnancy occurred and became the subject of Wolford's jealousy after she chose to stay in school, defense attorney Bill Reece told a packed courtroom in closing arguments Thursday morning.
"She gave him her virginity. She gave him her love. She gave him her everything," Reece said. "Unfortunately, abusive relationships often head to tragic, tragic results like this (death)."
The couple had a long history of domestic violence, Reece said, including one instance in which police were called to their home after James said Wolford pushed her to the ground and she hit her head. An investigation was never pursued after James didn't take the initiative to press charges, an officer testified.
Reece accused police of contributing to Wolford's death by not pursuing that case and said officers later jumped to conclusions against James based on her East Side address.
"Look at the way she was treated. It was shameful," he said. "The San Antonio Police Department came to the scene and encountered a hysterical, screaming young black girl and blood all over the apartment. She was not judged there by her character. They saw a black person."
Reece suggested jurors send police a message with a quick acquittal and a note on the verdict paperwork reading, "We deserve better than this."
Had James been intent on murder, she would have stabbed her boyfriend the moment he entered their apartment that afternoon, defense attorney Robert Gebbia added, for emphasis repeatedly lunging in front of the jury with the knife in his hand. Instead, he said, the stabbing occurred while she was pinned on her back and nearly helpless.
"This is an American tragedy," Gebbia said. "This is not her fault. What is she supposed to do? Roll over and get the crap beat out of her every single day for the rest of her life?"
But aside from the single police report, there was no evidence of an abusive relationship, prosecutors Christopher Ramos and Steven Speir responded. James admitted she locked Wolford out of the apartment that afternoon, then grabbing the knife before opening the door to let him back in, they pointed out.
"By her own words, she pushed him first," Ramos said. "As she's pushing at him with a knife, he's justified in doing anything he can to protect himself. He did the most instinctive thing."
James' own sister testified she wasn't afraid of Wolford and wasn't concerned about the defendant's safety. Investigators took photos of James the day of the slaying and, although her hair was disheveled, found no injuries, Ramos said.
"They have gone out of their way to paint Antwan as inhuman," he said. "Did they get in fights? Yeah. But he's not an abuser as they want you to believe. They acted like kids."
James may not have wanted to kill her boyfriend, and her demeanor at the scene and during the trial shows she certainly regrets doing so, Ramos said.
"But by knowingly stabbing him in the chest, that is murder," he said.
Twitter: @HearsaySA


text:
In a blog posted Thursday, the head of Google's self-driving car program, Chris Urmson, wrote that his SUVs "are being hit surprisingly often" by distracted drivers, perhaps people looking at their phones.
"The clear theme is human error and inattention," Urmson wrote. "We'll take all this as a signal that we're starting to compare favorably with human drivers.">>
Views: 695
Distracted drivers need a Google vehicle!
The vehicle was pulled over by an officer of the LAPD after the officer noticed the vehicle driving erratically.
The vehicle failed a breathalyzer test, was driving on an expired license, didn't have evidence of liability insurance, was observed to be changing lanes in a careless manner without using turn signals and wasn't wearing a set belt.
The officer making the stop observed incoherent and disjointed images on the vehicle's display console and noted a trace odor of cannabis in his report. A court date is schedule for August 21.
The fact that the crashes, thus far, have all been caused by humans running their cars into the automated Google cars, rather than computer-driven vehicles running amok, starts to make the robots seem like better drivers than us. The flip side is the latest news that some Chrysler cars, like Jeeps, can be remotely hacked via the 'net and lose all manual control from inside the car.
Looking at SDCs from another angle-- what if the police want one to pull over?
(close the ad in the upper right corner.)
Not sure why police would want to pull one over if the car is already obeying the law. Could you even call those distracted passengers drivers?
And here we go again:
I once read a coffee table book that outlined how the auto makers went on a huge kick marketing safety features in the late 50s/early 60s, ultimately to conclude that car buyers didn't give a whoop about safety and just wanted the powerful feeling of being "in control" of a bunch of horsepower more than anything. I won't be one bit surprised if they get their self-driving cars to market only to discover nobody wants one.
Maybe the free market is a bad idea
Robot cars are indisputably better than human drivers but worse than building public transit infrastructure.
On this topic: MIT Technology Review, Why Self-Driving Cars Must Be Programmed to Kill.
If in doubt, stop. Except to evade a 2X larger vehicle that can't stop in time.
© 2008-2016 The Chainlink Community, L.L.C. Powered by


text:
The European Central Bank is currently facing some major problems on multiple fronts. The perception of security that has build the reputation of the ECB is now on the cusp of collapse.
The ECB seems unable to handle the uncertain future of the Eurozone and some major concerns regarding the EU economy. There are three primary concerns the European Central Bank needs to address which are outlined below.
Monetary Policy And Outlook:
The first issue that needs to be addressed by the ECB is regarding the current EU political climate. How will current EU politics affect the ECB's future monetary policies? The ECB is currently witnessing a downward trend in their economic indicators. The bank needs to address concerns over whether this is a temporary decline or an indication of a further, more serious recession.
Due to the current uncertain climate in the European Union, the European Central Bank needs to amend its monetary policy, its interest rates and give easy loans to smaller banks to secure their market share. The president of the ECB has recently acknowledged that the current economic downturn is more serious than he had anticipated. As a result, international companies have slowed investment into the Eurozone, causing a further economic stall.
In spite of all of these current hardships, there is still some hope left for the ECB. The governments the Euro Zone are spending more to ease the current situation by raising wages. This has made consumers less concerned about the current economic outlook. It is important that the ECB maintain a long term outlook.
Of equal concern are the Euro's inflation rates. This problem is not unique to the EU (the Federal Reserve also struggles with inflation dilemmas), but problems in the EU appear to be manipulated. Some European central banks are consciously pumping more money into their own economies to reach inflation targets, resulting in continued increased costs for companies, particularly in wages.
However, the long period of economic recession and a stronger Euro have made the prices of many imported goods very low. This has caused a net increase in imports into the Eurozone. The stubbornly low inflation rates due to a stronger Euro are now a headache for the ECB. They may have no choice but to intentionally pump money into the EU economy in order to reach their economic goals. This problem and suggested solution would cause an imbalance in the current European market, making an economic recession longer and more serious.
Negative Deposit Rate Policies:
Another strange policy of the ECB is that it charges excess rates to the banks for large deposits. The ECB thinks that lenders can make better use of the deposited money than to leave it on account. This policy has impacted the economic condition of the ECB negatively and has reduced investor interest in keeping money at the ECB, resulting in a net decrease in ECB deposits.
Many banks including the Central Bank of France have also suggested that the ECB should review their negative deposit policy. The president of the ECB has recently announced that they must amend this policy. However, this scenario creates a somewhat uncertain situation, and uncertainty pushes investors out of the market.
To help mitigate its impact, the ECB has adopted a new policy to provide regular updates on its policies and amendments. This transparency may serve to better the ongoing crisis, however, it could also backfire.


text:
Dr. Roxie Mooney, DBA, has nearly two decades of experience helping leaders translate ideas and innovations into successful brands that yield measureable results in established and newly defined target markets. She is able to demystify marketing with science and a well-defined framework for commercialization and go-to-market strategies to accelerate customer adoption and optimize market success. She is well versed in both strategic and tactical marketing in B2B and B2C markets.
Dr. Roxie is regarded in the specialty-pharmacy, digital-health, and value-based healthcare sectors as a trusted advisor and strategic thinker. She recently published "How Leaders Market and Commercialize Healthcare Technology Innovation" in the peer-reviewed Journal of Business & Economic Perspectives (JBEP) and writes pragmatic blog posts that are focused on helping healthcare leaders.
Her work has helped to generate marketplace success for such noted health and lifestyle companies as Axium Healthcare Pharmacy (part of The Kroger Co.), Flossolution, Lime Fitness, MedX, Pure HealthyBack, Virtual Physician's Network, and WellTek, Inc.
Dr. Roxie founded Legacy DNA during specialty pharmacy's formative years, and has led the company's ongoing growth since then. Previously, she served as Chief Marketing Officer for Virtual Physician's Network and as Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications for WellTek, Inc., a global health, fitness, and wellness company.
Dr. Roxie holds a Doctorate in Business Administration with a Marketing Specialization from Walden University, an MS degree in Organizational Leadership from Palm Beach Atlantic University, and a BA degree in Organizational Communications from Rollins College. She has carried out additional post-graduate studies on Disruptive Strategy under Clayton Christensen at Harvard Business School.
Dr. Roxie currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Marketing, Consulting, and Leadership at Palm Beach Atlantic University and is a Board Member of One Purse, a nonprofit organization committed to restoring the lives and dreams of sex-trafficking survivors.
"I enjoy traveling to discover countries and cultures that are new to me, and I enjoy using oils to paint honeybees and naturescapes at urban organic tea houses," she says. Speaking of bees, Dr. Roxie plans to take up beekeeping on her property.


text:
Recovering Files from a Netgear ReadyNAS Duo v1
The ReadyNAS Duo is a lovely piece of kit and very cheap for what it does. Unfortunately, like all technology, it's not without its problems and one day it will fail. Obviously if the disks themselves fail you're into data recovery territory, but if the unit itself fails, the disks are usually completely OK. The problem is that the v1 used a weird version of ext3 for its disk file structure that uses a 16K block size. Most modern versions of Linux simply won't read these disks.
There is a utility called fuseext2 which will read these disks. Once you've got yourself a SATA-to-USB cable, or just plugged the NAS disk straight into your Linux computer, fuseext2 is all you'll need to get at the files. Please note you need root (prepend sudo, or just log in as root) for most of the commands in this article.
Install with
apt-get install fuseext2
Obviously replace with yum or whatever package manager you're using, if you're not on Debian.
Now (again as root) run a scan for lvm2 volume groups.
This will show you a list (probably with just one entry, and more often than not simply called "c") of volume groups found by the scan.
Next, activate the volume group you want to access, replace the c with whatever your group name is, if it's not c.
vgchange -ay c
Now to find the volume itself. Again, this is usually just c but let's check anyway.
will list all the volumes in the active group. Again, if you've used the default configuration it's probably just c. To get its full name, enter
lvdisplay /dev/c
obviously replacing the c with your volume name if different. You'll get some information including the LV Name, which is probably /dev/c/c.
Now we've got the volume name of the volume, we can actually mount it. Create a directory (eg /media/readynas) and enter the following
fuse-ext2 -o sync_read,allow_other,ro /dev/c/c /media/readynas
replacing the paths as appropriate. Now if you cd into /media/readynas, you'll see the files on the NAS. We've mounted them read only for safety's sake, but you can mount read/write by replacing the ro with rw+ in the above command.
Word of warning: lots of versions of fuseext2 are unstable, including the latest binary in the Debian repository. It hangs quite often for no obvious reason. So don't use it too often, it should only really be used for recovering data from the disks of a dead ReadyNAS.
The command to unmount is
fusermount -u /media/readynas
but of course if fuseext2 has hung while copying this won't work. So in this case you'll need to use
umount -l /media/readynas


text:
Enter your search term & enter. Esc or X to close.
Watch: On-Demand Recording
Download: PowerPoint Slides
CE Credit: Online CE Quiz
Answers: Live Event Q & A
Resource: Closed Captioning Transcript
Self-assessment provides the gateway for understanding our various characteristics, skills, challenges, and goals. As one creates his or her assessment of self, he or she gains fundamental building blocks for constructing their brand, offering sustainable and uniquely authentic articulation of self. This strategy for learning and acknowledging ones' true self offers exciting opportunities for establishing continuity across the various roles persons in recovery must navigate. This webinar will examine how counselors can assist persons in recovery in building an authentic brand statement. The simple outcome of the naming of one's own brand can provide a sustainable guide in taking healthy ownership of one's recovery program.
Education is FREE to all professionals
If you have watched the webinar (either live or on-demand), you are eligible to receive a Certificate of Completion to verify the continuing education hours you spent learning. To apply (only after watching the webinar), complete and pass the online CE Quiz at the top of this page. NAADAC members receive a CE certificate for 1 CE for free. Non-members of NAADAC can receive 1 CE for $15 (make payment here). A CE certificate will be emailed to you within 21 days of submission and receiving payment, if applicable. Click here for a complete list of who accepts NAADAC continuing education hours.
Karyl Sabbath, PhD, LIDC, LAC, Internationally Certified Clinical Supervisor, Family Leader (FLTI), earned her Doctorate degree in Interpersonal Communication from Ohio University. She taught for 21 years at Otterbein University, was promoted to full Professor in 2002, and retired with emeritus status in 2010. She served as an outpatient and inpatient counselor for 7 years, served as a Trainer of Trainers for the Ohio Chemical Dependency Board, and trained students in organizational consulting throughout her tenure at Otterbein College. She is licensed in Ohio (LIDC) and Colorado (LAC). Sabbath is presently teaching for the Colorado State University Communication Studies Department. Her 1999 chapter in Communication in Recovery: Perspectives on Twelve-Step Groups examines communication styles of Adult Children of Alcoholics (ACoA).
Addiction professionals, employee assistance professionals, social workers, mental health counselors, professional counselors, psychologists, and other helping professionals that are interested in learning about addiction-related matters.
Questions or comments about NAADAC Education? Take a look at our Webinar FAQs or email NAADAC.
This presentation is for individual use only and may not be reproduced without permission from NAADAC.


text:
One night only - gentleman arrived with shopping bag of clean clothes and a lap top. Here to help his in-laws get ready for the holidays. GREAT guy and only guest for the night.
Turns out his wife was The Maine Lover and died falling off her favorite rocky peninsula just north of here two years ago ... so of course we get into the deep and meaningful questions of love, life & marriage.
? Does your husband tell you he loves you?
Me - "Yes - probably at least 5 times a day".
Him - "I loved my wife more than anything else in my entire life and I realized once she had gone that I hardly ever told her so ..... "
Not meant to be a "downer" but a reminder of how sometimes life (especially as an innkeeper) can get so overwhelming that we forget what is right in front of our noses.
..... to put things in perspective he started the conversation by telling me how badly the outside of my place needs painting. He was right - it does.
..... and then I got 24 roses and a beautiful Xmas center-piece from an elderly friend of a guest that stayed here two nights ago .... just to say thank you for making her friend comfortable. So far it's been a wet-eyed day
OH - and we just got a piano for our living room. I'm going to have to figure out how to post a picture of the piano next to the Xmas tree. It looks so good.


text: Weddings Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life, and one you will remember forever. Guys like Aaron Watson are amazing, but expensive, go ahead and call to ask. Donnie Evetts, since the release of My Cinderella has been a very popular choice amounst soon to be newly weds. Custom Quotes are available if you just call. Email us at [email protected] [email protected] and or call at 325-203-2030


text: Creps A Barcelona Gluten free restaurant in Barcelona 4.8 / 5 based on 4 customer reviews 100 % recommendations Laietana, 45 8003 Barcelona Catalunya Spain +34 933015401 http://www.crepsabarcelona.com Ambience Service Variety Meals Call Add to favourites Directions Share Mail Facebook Twitter Print Write a review About Creps A Barcelona Creps A Barcelona takes account of guests affected by coeliac disease. Sufferers and non-sufferers can enjoy a good meal together. The kitchen team has special preparation plan to guarantee guests a gluten-free diet. The required standards are strictly followed. This allows Creps A Barcelona to prepare gluten-free delights that people with gluten intolerance can enjoy without worrying at all. People with coeliac disease are in the right place at Creps A Barcelona. Claim this place Flag as inappropriate Should not be on On the Go Does not offer glute free products Inappropriate content or spam Suggest an edit Translate 1 Photos and videos 4 Reviews Write a review Show comments


text:
Small Garden Design
Small Garden Designs Dublin & Wicklow
Over the years Moss & Green has designed and maintained some of Ireland's largest and most prestigious gardens. However when it comes to designing gardens no job is too big or too small for Moss & Green. No matter the garden size Moss & Green will create a design which will integrate the property with the garden and provide an interior-exterior living experience.


text:
Saathi Pads, the Indian startup who have introduced a revolutionary sanitary product for women, won the prestigious Global Startup Challenge 2017 by French Startup Accelerator Hello Tomorrow, a global platform that helps connecting deep-tech entrepreneurs, cutting-edge science and technology startups.
The company started their journey in Ahmedabad in 2015, looking to address two issues – the high cost of sanitary pads that make it inaccessible to rural women and the environmental challenges posed while disposing and recycling these sanitary napkins. Saathi Pads invented napkins that are made of banana fibres, making it cost-effective and decompose within 6 months.
Their first exposure came when they participated in Startups Club Demo Day 2016, competing against 10 selected startups from all over India, which became their stepping stone to the international challenge at Hello Tomorrow.
Saathi Pads won €15,000 in the wellbeing category sponsored by L'Oreal, €5,000 Impact prize and grand prize of €100,000 at the Hello Tomorrow Global Startup Challenge in Paris, France.
Hello Tomorrow, the French Startup Accelerator, is known to curate some of the leading, innovative companies across the world. The 2016 Global Startup Challenge winner was French Company, Lillium, a maker of flying cars. Lillium's nomination by Hello Tomorrow provided it an instant boost, earning it a Series A funding by Safran Group and other investors.
Mr. Vivek Srinivasan, Co-Founder of Startups Club and representative of Hello Tomorrow is represented in India, said, "Technology has the capacity to change lives. Often the beneficiaries of technology tend to be those who are already well off. Saathi Pads is a unique project that is targeted towards rural Indians. Their persistence and hardwork has paid off."
"Our product has been designed keeping the environment in mind. We are social enterprise and a manufacturing company that is looking to change the landscape of hygiene products for rural Indian women", said, Kristin Kagetsu & Tarun Bothra Co-Founders at Saathi Pads
Having succeed at winning Hello Tomorrow the company will not only have the capital that comes as a cash prize from having won the event. It would also be able to attract eyeballs of various personal care companies from across the world which may act as a springboard towards an investment.
View More Articles


text:
The Strathmore family's affiliation with the deposed House of Stuart brought them great sorrow in the 18th century and though they avoided the forfeiture and ruin suffered by many other noble families in Scotland who allied themselves to that forlorn cause, the price paid was great. John Lyon, 4th Earl of Strathmore (more properly 2nd Earl of Strathmore and 4th Earl of Kinghorn), died in 1712 and his four sons each succeeded him in turn. The eldest two died unnatural and premature deaths: John Lyon, 5th earl, died on the Jacobite side at the Battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715 and his brother Charles, 6th earl, was cut down in his prime in a street in Forfar by a man who was his friend.
|The 6th Earl of Strathmore, d. 1728.
The bare facts about the killing in the county town are these. On Thursday 9th May 1728 there was a funeral held in the town for the daughter of Patrick Carnegie, 2nd Lord Lour. Among those who were present in Forfar was the Earl of Strathmore, his kinsman John Lyon of Brigton and James Carnegie, the laird of Finavon (who was a cousin of the deceased and a grandson of David, 2nd Earl of Northesk). During an afternoon of drinking around taverns and the houses of acquaintances, there was some antagonism between Lyon of Brigton and Carnegie of Finavon. Finavon was physically knocked into a gutter or drain by Brigton. Covered in filth, enraged and severely under the influence of liquor, Carnegie drew his sword and went for Lyon. But, instead of reaching his antagonist, his sword ran through the Earl of Strathmore. Two wounds were received. Strathmore was grievously wounded and died of his injuries on the following Saturday. Carnegie of Finavon was duly detained and charged with murder, appearing before the Justiciary Court in Edinburgh on 25th July.
There was no doubt that Carnegie of Finavon had struck Strathmore and that his argument was with Lyon of Brigton who had undoubtedly severely provoked Carnegie. It was an admitted fact that James Carnegie was extremely drunk, another contributory factor to the violence.
The immediate reaction among the people of Angus was scandal and outrage, well captured in an anonymous missive sent a week later (later published as 'A Letter from a Gentleman in Forfar, to his Friend at Edinburgh').
SIR, Forfar, May 16th, 1728.
ACCORDING to your Desire, I have sent you an Account of the lamentable Catastrophe, which happen'd on Thursday the 9th of May instant, which has filled all the Kingdom with an universal Regret ; and this Part of it with the utmost Grief and Confusion imaginable, which is to be seen in the Faces young and old, all over the Country ; the Fact is as follows,
On Thursday being the 9th Instant, several of the neighbouring Gentlemen were invited to this Place to a Burial, and among the rest the Earl of Strathmore, Carnegie of Finhaven, and Mr. Lyon of Brigton; after the Burial was over, a great many of the Gentlemen; among whom were these three before mentioned, went to a Tavern, where after they had been there some Time, Finhaven and Brigton fell a quarrelling, as some say, concerning the Lady Kinfawns, whose Brother Finhaven is; and others say it was about the Marriage of a Daughter of Finhaven's to a young Gentleman in this Country ; but however that be, Finhaven went to take his Horse, and had one foot in the Stirup, as his Servants say, when Brigton attack'd him, and threw him in a Mire, where he had certainly perish'd, had not his Servants come to his Rescue, together with the deceast Earl; Finhaven was no sooner recover'd, and his Servants endeavouring to make clean his Cloaths, but he drew his Sword; and the Earl stepping in to prevent any Mischief that might happen, received from Finhaven a mortal Wound, about an Inch below his Navel, which wounded his Puddings in three Parts, and went quite throrow his Body. His Lordship, after he received the Wound, spoke little till Saturday's Night he called for his Lady, endeavouring to comfort her, and grasping her Hand, he died about 12 a Clock that Night. This is the unfortunate End of this universally beloved Nobleman, whose rare Qualities render'd him an Ornament to his Country, a Pattern of Youth, and the Admiration of all that knew him.
I am Yours, &
Finavon soon found himself locked up in the tolbooth of Edinburgh, facing the death penalty. Those pressing the murder charge were the dead man's widow Susan (or Susanna) Lyon and his brother James, who now became 7th Earl of Strathmore. The king's advocate in the case was the formidable Duncan Forbes of Culloden. James Carnegie was charged that , 'without the least Colour or Cause or Provocation ...[he had attacked] the said deceast Earl, who had no Weapon in his Hand, and did basely and feloniously murder and kill him, by giving him a Wound therewith in the Belly, some Inches above the Navel, which, by following the thrust with a second Push, went through the Intestines and the Back, a little lower that where the said Weapon entred the Belly...'
Finavon defended himself by claiming , of course, that it was an accident, that he had been drunk, and that Lyon of Brigton had severely provoked him. The accused stated that he 'had all due Regard, Respect and Kindness for his Lordship [Strathmore], that I ever had for any Man. I had the Misfortune that Day to be mortally drunk, for which I beg GOD's Pardon... I do not remember what happened... if it shall appear that I was the unlucky Person who wounded the Earl, I protest, before GOD, I would much rather that a Sword had been sheathed in my own Bowels.' Carnegie was ably defended by Robert Dundas of Arniston.
The court had heard that the accused, along with the earl and some others had dines after the funeral at Carnegie of Lour's house in Forfar. This party that left there included Finavon and Strathmore, along with David, Lord Rosehill (another Carnegie relative of Finavon's), Thomas Lyon and John Lyon of Brigton, plus Strathmore's brother Thomas. At a tavern named 'Clerk Dickson's', the group 'drunk pretty plentifully' and Carnegie of Finavon was frankly 'overtaken with too much Liquor'. It was at stage that the trouble began to foment. Brigton began to niggle at Finavon – 'bearing hard' upon him – and tried to antagonise him. Strathmore then led the others to the lodgings of his Lady Auchterhouse (James Carnegie's sister, Margaret, widow of Patrick Lyon, uncle of the Earl of Strathmore), and it was here that things further got out of hand. Lyon of Brigton goaded Carnegie about his family affairs, his debts, and also allegedly pinched the lady's arm.
When the group were back on the street, at the place called Bridge-stone near the Shambles, close to 9 pm, Carnegie rebuked his antagonist: 'Sir, tho' you be a Gentleman, you are uncivil.' (Another witness thought one of Carnegie's servants uttered this.)
Brigton bodily threw the drunken Carnegie into the kennel, the deep gutter or ditch at the side of the road – which was 2 feet deep and presented a danger of drowning - and stood there, with his arms folded, laughing at him. As soon as Carnegie was helped out of the gutter (by William Macgleish, a servant of Lord Strathmore) he drew his sword and ran towards Lyon at a staggering pace. His enemy ran towards the Earl of Strathmore, whose back was to him, and attempted to draw out the earl's sword. At that instant, Carnegie approached and tried to push Lyon and then the earl shoved his kinsman aside and was wounded by the thrust of Carnegie's sword. It was alleged by Finavon's lawyers that the reason Lyon of Brigton had no sword of his own was that 'the known Ferocity of his character and behaviour, is such, that the Country Gentlemen of his Acquaintance decline to keep Company with him if he wear any Armes...'
One witness at the trial, Robert Hepburn, a hammerman in Forfar, confirmed the push by Brigton and sword drawing by Finavon. Hepburn also stated that Strathmore pushed Brigton aside and took some steps forward and tried to embrace the advancing figure of Carnegie with open arms. The two men came together, then the earl stood aside and lifted up his shirt; then he said three times that he was wounded and fell to the ground. Other swords were drawn by others in the party. While another bystander, a maltman named Thomas Adam, went to assist the stricken nobleman, and either Lord Rosehill or Thomas Lyon forcefully twisted the weapon out of James Carnegie's hand. (Rosehill himself said it was Thomas Lyon who disarmed Carnegie.) Nobody attempted to apprehend the assailant as he calmly walked away at a slow pace towards the house of Lady Auchterhouse; although Rosehill stated that Carnegie actually ran to his sister's door. Andrew Douglas, another witness, told the court that Thomas Lyon and Carnegie engaged in some swordplay after the mortal wounding of Strathmore, but no blows were struck and soon Lyon twisted the other's sword out of his grasp. Others claimed that the assailant was chased by armed men to his sister's.
A servant name John Ferrier who was watering his master's horse saw the drinking part spill out of Lady Auchterhouse's dwelling. John Lyon of Brigton was overheard haranguing Carnegie of Finavon, evidently continuing an argument from inside.
'You must give me an answer to my question,' Lyon was demanding Carnegie. The question was about whether Finavon would give his daughter in marriage to Lord Rosehill. When Finavon answered no, Brigton then asked if he would drink a bottle of wine and if he would drink to the health of the King? Finavon again said no. Brigton then grabbed him and threw him into the gutter, shouting, 'Go and be damned, and your King George, whom you love so well.'
What the witness did not state, but what was well known, was that James Carnegie was notoriously regarded as a turncoat who had changed allegiance from the Jacobites to the Hanoverians. He had switched sides nor from personal belief, but because he had allegedly been offered a massive bribe . Even more scandalously he had deserted the Jacobite army in the middle of the Battle of Sheriffmuir, running from the field of conflict. Feelings ran high on this subject, so soon after the 'rebellion' of 1715. In that conflict not only had the earl's brother, the previous earl died, but so had Patrick Lyon of Auchterhouse, Carnegie's brother-in-law (who also died at the Battle of Sheriffmuir). So this sly mention of the Hanoverian King George doubtless enraged Carnegie of Finavon.
Following Carnegie to his sister's house, some of men came with drawn swords and dragged the laird into a room where they locked him in until the burgh baillie came to arrest him. A great mob had gathered outside the house of Lady Auchterhouse by the time that the baillie, named David Cauty, arrived. He went to the house of the burgh clerk Mr Dickson, where the wounded earl had been carried, then went back to the Auchterhouse property. A certain Fletcher of Ballinshoe was adament that he wanted to smash the door in, but Cauty talked him down and also relieved Thomas Lyon and Brigton of their swords. Although Lady Auchterhouse and her servants denied that Finavon was there, Cauty found him and took him along to the town gaol. There Carnegie of Finavon fell into anguish and said 'that he deserved to be hanged for wounding such a worthy Earl...' Cauty claimed that he had heard Carnegie state there was some grudge or misunderstanding between himself and Strathmore, though matters had improved recently and it was not a factor in the recent violence. This disagreement was confirmed by Alexander Binnie, Provost of Forfar, who stated that Carnegie informed him that the dispute had been about a process of bastardy which was being dealt with by the Court of Session.
The ill-feeling between Finavon and Strathmore was confirmed by Charles Carnegie, Lord Lour, who affirmed it had been going on for two years. He believed, however, that the dispute arose from a business deal between the two men concerning some meal. Thomas Crichton, an apothecary from Dundee, had been urgently summoned to attend the stricken earl in Forfar and realised immediately that the injuries were likely mortal. He gave testimony that Strathmore admitted he thought the attack was intended for his relative Brigton and not himself. But there was one circumstance he could not account for: that after the sword entered his body, Finavon pressed it forward, until the body of it went right through his and the two men were therefore face to face.
It was perhaps unsurprising that Margaret Carnegie, Lady Auchterhouse, gave a fairly positive picture of her brother's conduct. There was no dispute between Finavon and Strathmore, although her brother was admittedly drunk. Brigton manhandled Carnegie of Finavon several times and asked him if he would not give one of his daughters to Rosehill? there were snide comments about Carnegie's lack of a son also. He further taunted him by saying if he were a young man and if Finavon refused one of his daughters, 'he would maul him...'
At the trial in Edinburgh, Dundas was such an intelligent advocate that he managed to set a precedent in Scots Law by the power of persuasion and precedent and event persuaded his opponent, Duncan Forbes, to study Hebrew to better understand the examples he had cited. By ancient precedent, and overturning more recent practice, the power of duties to find an accused party guilt or not guilty was re-instated, disregarding the recent alternatives of proven and not-proven. As a result, the system in Scotland was blessed – or cursed – with the current triple choice of guilty, not guilty, and not proven.
But was James Carnegie of Finavon in fact guilty of murder or manslaughter? There was bad blood between himself and Strathmore. In truth, he had been provoked, he was mortally drunk. But, then there was the question about his character and the question about whether he had stabbed Strathmore once or twice. Additionally, there is is the haunting image of the unarmed Earl of Strathmore approaching this enraged and drunken friend with his arms open wide and receiving a sword wound (or two) which passed right through his body. By his own account, the earl stated that there was a pause after that brutal first stroke and then Finavon brutally drove the blade home to its hilt – and the two men were brought less than inches apart. Despite these doubts, Finavon walked free from the proceedings. The jury had decided by a majority of twelve to three on his innocence.
Here's how the Newgate Calendar reported the event:
Here's how the Newgate Calendar reported the event:
MR. Carnegie was a gentleman of fortune, whose estate being contiguous to that of Charles, Earl of Strathmore, a considerable degree of intimacy subsisted between the parties, which was increased by the similarity of their political sentiments, both of them being favourers of the claims of the Pretender. Lady Auchterhouse, who was sister to Mr. Carnegie, having invited some of the neighbouring gentry to visit her, there went among the rest John Lyon, Esq. a young gentleman who paid his addresses to another sister of Mr. Carnegie. Mr. Lyon's view in this visit was to ask Carnegie's consent to the match; but this the latter absolutely refused, and treated Lyon with so much asperity, that a quarrel ensued, and swords were drawn by both parties. The Earl of Strathmore, anxious to prevent bloodshed, exerted all his influence to reconcile the contending parties; and at length so far succeeded, that all animosity seemed to have subsided, and the company sat down and drank together, as if no quarrel had arisen. The conversation now took a political turn; and, as the company were of different sentiments, high words of altercation arose; and the King and the Pretender were abused in a manner equally illiberal. At length the passions of the parties were so inflamed that they had recourse to blows; and some of them quitting the house, among whom were Lyon and Carnegie, the former pushed the latter on the ground, which enraged him so much that he arose and drew his sword; but Lyon had consulted his safety by flight. Carnegie followed him a little way, but, falling in the pursuit, was lifted up by some of the company; when, turning about with the fury of a madman, he ran his sword into the body of Lord Strathmore. This melancholy event had no sooner taken place than the company returned to Lady Auchterhouse's, except the Earl of Strathmore, who was carried home by his servants, and died, after languishing two days. A neighbouring magistrate, being informed of what had happened, went to the house and demanded the gentlemen's swords, which were delivered: but Mr. Carnegie having been concealed under some flax in an outhouse, it was required that Lady Auchterhouse should tell where he was, which she did; and the magistrate, having received his sword, sent him to the prison of Forfar. Some weeks afterwards he was removed, to be tried before the Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh, which is somewhat similar to our Court of King's Bench in England. [Note: There are no grand juries in Scotland; the king's advocate draws the indictment. The judges determine if the crime be capital; and the fact is tried by a petty jury.] It was fully proved upon the trial, that Lyon had behaved in the most insulting manner to Carnegie, who did not draw his sword till he had been pushed down, as above mentioned. It was likewise proved, that Lord Strathmore had lived on terms of the utmost friendship with Mr. Carnegie; and that, on other occasions, when the latter had been insulted by Lyon, the earl had protected him. A witness swore that Mr. Carnegie had proposed Lady Strathmore's health when in company, and that he sat next the earl. It was sworn also that Carnegie, since his confinement, had regretted the melancholy issue of the quarrel, as it had deprived him of one of his most valuable friends, and a person whom he could have had no thought of injuring. Another evidence deposed that the behaviour of Mr. Lyon to Mr. Carnegie was insupportably aggravating; that he pushed him on the breast, and otherwise ill-treated him; and that he had seized Lady Auchterhouse by the hand, and struck it so violently on the table, that she cried out through the extremity of pain. On the other hand, one of Lord Strathmore's servants swore that Mr. Carnegie stabbed his master twice in the belly; but the surgeon who examined the wound gave a more favourable account of the matter than the servant. The trial lasted a considerable time, when the jury, considering on the whole matter, gave a verdict that the prisoner was Not Guilty. These transactions took place in the month of July, 1728.
In the final analysis, Carnegie of Finavon was certainly not guilty of premeditated murder, although the ferocity with which he drove his weapon home and the allegation that the Earl of Strathmore allegedly received two wounds would suggest that he was guilty of manslaughter at the least. Finavon died peacefully in 1764 and his estate passed to his son (by his second marriage), and thence out of Carnegie hands through the marriage of that son's daughter.
A story about premonition was told in the Dundee Magazine for January 1800 about John Lyon, the fourth earl who died in 1712:An old man being in company with the earl, who had his four sons with him, his lordship, in conversation, said, 'Are not these four pretty boys?' To which the old man replied, 'Yes, but they will be all earls, my lord, all earls.' The earl said, he would be sorry if he were sure that such would be the case. The old man again affirmed that it would be so, and added, 'God help the poor when Thomas comes to be earl.' This was literally accomplished in the year 1740, when scarcity and dearth threatened famine in the land.
|The same story from The Book of Scottish Anecdote.


text:
The sequel no one asked for, to the game that nobody liked! GunWorld 2 is an action/platformer/RPG hybrid where the player must plant seeds, grow guns, and harvest some justice to protect GunWorld!
The Good
For those of you that are familiar with the original GunWorld, GunWorld 2 is a massive improvement. Saying that GunWorld 2 is an improvement is a lot considering the game is promoted by even it's developer as an unasked for, disliked game. GunWorld 2 boasts a ridiculous plot and equally ridiculous characters.
You play as GunWorld's greatest GunMan, Dwayne. He is the only hope for the planet which is in risk of it's leader, President Eagle, being destroyed by The Extraction Faction. President Eagle is a wanted target simply for being too awesome and having a planet that is stronger than it's own good.
Seriously, that's the plot.
If you've played the original GunWorld, you will remember how frustrating the game was. Thankfully the, the difficultly and overall fairness of GunWorld 2 has been overhauled and is a much more enjoyable while still proving to be a good challenge. GunWorld 2 sticks to it's roots with a very familiar gameplay style and weapon system, but also brings a new and refreshing RPG element that compliments the game very well. Fans of the classics like Zelda, Mega Man, and others from that era will feel right at home as the homage paid to these titles is very prominent thought the game.
Your main headquarters is the small town on the Eastern part of the overworld. For every boss that you defeat and capture you are rewarded with a GunSeed, which in-turn, unlocks one of seven new guns for you to use. The new guns are all purchasable in-town at the innocent looking replica of a lemonade stand which is managed by our appropriately named friend 'Gunther'. You can also purchase a few other handy items like 'Respawn Eagle' which allows you to respawn on the spot. Eventually you will also unlock armor items which can be purchased from the blacksmith who is also in town. All of these items are purchased using gold coins by dropped enemies when they die.
Throughout your mission to destroy The Extraction Faction, you will make your way through a number of different enemies and levels. Most of them are relatively easy to beat, but they do prove to be a challenge as the game progress. I didn't have to get very far to find a few little shits that made me want to violently assault my controller.
I've had a good time with story so far and I still have more to explore. Besides the Story Mode, there is also Old-School Mode and Level Rush. Old-School mode is exactly what it sounds like. A linear version of the game, with no RPG elements to it, which is what the original GunWorld is. You only get three lives, no saves or continues. Level Rush is similar, except the campaign is randomly ordered and you only have one life. This is great mode to play if you want to see levels and weapons that are further into the game that you haven't yet seen in Story Mode.
The Bad
- Needs a game exit confirmation. I've accidentally exited the game several times not remembering which button was which and was in between checkpoints.
- Audible menu confirmations would be nice.
- Options menu?
The Achievements
For the most part, the achievement list is comprised of story-line and game mode achievements and aren't overly difficult. The full completion of the game will take a bit of patience, but is very much an obtainable task for the completionists out there.
Final Verdict
Other than a few graphical snags here and there and few UI improvements, I don't really have any directly negative things to say about GunWorld 2. I mean, the game defines itself by the fact that it doesn't take itself seriously. It has a fun soundtrack and you get a good amount of play time with Story Mode. Old-School and Level Rush are great additions that add replay value and
punish the hell out of you a great additional challenge. The cheesy story-line works and the game is overall pretty fun to play. GunWorld 2 launches on May 13th for Xbox One and will be priced at $7.99.


text:
Identity—Session 6—Life on Mission
We often fail to appreciate diversity and can be critical of others who are different. We all have a unique lens through which we see the world, and can, at times, find it hard to understand others' values. But God calls us to do just that. God's primary purpose for these relationships is that diverse […]Read More
Identity—Session 5—Life in the Community
Jesus teaches that our true identity is revealed in the ways we treat others. Just as God recognized and provided for the needs of the lost, His children are continuously aware of the needs of others. We are surrounded by people with real needs. We have to set aside our own self-interests, often going out […]Read More
Identity—Session 4—Life Reflected
In our culture, it's very easy for our whole lives to be wrapped up in our jobs. The things we do sometimes define who we are. This is highly unstable ground. But for the Christian, our identity is to be firmly rooted in Jesus. Our jobs don't define us. Rather, they are opportunities that allow us to share […]Read More
Identity—Session 3—Life in Relationships
This week students will experience a study on the importance of a family that serves God. In our spiritual lives, it's easy to act prim and proper in certain circles, but at home, the true inner self inevitably bubbles to the surface. There's simply no hiding, and our family has a front row seat. Jesus is the perfect […]Read More
Identity—Session 2—Life in the Church
American culture focuses on the individual. When a person comes to Christ, that person also comes to Christ's body: the church. Therefore, to serve Christ, we serve His body. Serving the church and the needs of fellow believers is serving Christ. As Christians, we are called to serve Jesus, and serving Him means serving others. Leader […]Read More
Identity—Session 1—Life in Christ
How we see Jesus shapes how we define ourselves. Without correctly understanding who Jesus is, we will never truly understand who we are. Consider, then, life's most important question: Who is Jesus? #ChristID Leader Devo Luke 9:18-26 The fact that you're leading a group of students, helping them to grow in their faith, says a […]Read More


text:
Donation to Neonatal
08/05/2017Helen Johnston from Portadown recently donated baby clothes to the Neonatal Unit at Craigavon Area Hospital as a thank you to the staff for their exceptional care. Helen's daughter, Hailey-Jayne, was born with Congenital Bilateral Cataracts and Bilateral Microphthalmia which may lead to permanent visual loss.
Helen and her family would like to thank all staff who has cared for Hailey so far and in the near future.


text:
The Jewish Defense league, JDL (RL) is one of the most – if not the most – controversial, but very effective Jewish organisation. Our motto in SL (just like in RL) is" Never Again!" 'Never again,' by words, deeds and actions.
The JDL was founded in 1968 by Rabbi Meir Kahane zt'l, hy'd. Its goal was to protect Jews, and to protest local manifestations of anti-semitism. Rabbi Kahane founded the JDL to combat the rampant growth of anti-semitism in the innter cities. At that time the poor and elderly Jews were easy targets for Jew hating thugs. Rabbi Kahane rescued these abandoned Jews and changed the image of the weak, vulnerable Jews to one of a fighter who strikes back fiercely against any tyrants. Anti-semites around the world soon began to respect and fear the Rabbi's organisaton. The JDL went on to other local issues and problems as well as global Jewish problems.
Our goal at SL is to inform people of the growing anti-semitism in the world, to fight it in any possible way, to share our thoughts, concepts and Jewish values, but ofcourse also to share with them, the light of our Holy Torah.
See also:
The JDL unconditionally condemns terrorism of all forms. Terrorism is NEVER a legitimate means to furtherance of political goals.


text: Ns13B 0 Posted May 6, 2016 Help!! I own a 1991 240sx with an sr20det running 17psi. It has and Apexi power fc , Apexi neo, 500cc injectors, walbro 255 and some drive train mods. The car was driving fine and then suddenly lost all power. Got it home checked the fuses, the fuel pump fuse was blown so I replaced it. It started but only ran for about 2 seconds before killing. Bought a new fuel pump, same thing. Bought a new fpr, same thing. clean injectors and replaced fuel filter, same thing keeps happening. Runs for a second and then dies. Any ideas anyone????? I am stumped and sick of replacing parts trying to trouble shoot Kris Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


text:
The Way Of Mastery
The Way of Mastery coming from Jeshua Ben Joseph (Jesus) and first received by Jayem beginning in 1987. The Way of Mastery pathway consists of five core texts and living practices. Three of the core texts are available here.
The Way of the Heart is that pathway that begins with a commitment to healing and awakening, and is founded on the premise that you are perfectly free at all times. And everything that is experienced has been by your choice. And at no time has there been any other cause.
The Way of Transformation is learning to transform your lived experience, so that you enjoy it more and more; are attached to it less and less; and fear it not at all.
Pdf: The Way Of Transformation
EPUB: The Way Of Transformation
The Way of Knowing is that way in which you have knowledge by direct experience, direct apprehension , by choosing to be only that…


text:
Thank you for Pre-Registering!
Please note: You can submit the remaining payment for your student's registration after August 31st. ***However, if you submit your payment after August 31st, you no longer have a secured space in the class, and it is possible the class of your choice will be full.***
2019-2020 Language Class Tuition
Total Price (for 1 student): $429.00
- Pre-Registration Deposit: -$25.00 ✅ paid
- Pre-Registration Discount: -$25.00 ❌ not included
We can no longer offer the $25.00 discount as it is only applied until August 31st. You may still finish your registration by submitting your remaining payment.
Total Due (for 1 student) = $404.00
- Tuition includes a student textbook and student work folder that are theirs to keep.
Curriculum CDs are an additional way for your student to practice at homeTotal: $19.00
- The Level 1 Audio CDs recite the vocabulary in the Level 1 workbook.
- The Level 2 CD (Spanish only) goes through each lesson in the Level 2 student workbook.
- Your student will receive their CD on their first day of class.
- If ordered after September 30th, the price is $24.00 to include shipping/handling.
*FLY does not refund the cost of the CDs once delivered due to the nature of this product.
Have further questions? Contact us! You may also mail a check to the address below, or call us at (425) 420-2854 with your credit card number.
Foreign Language for Youth
P.O. Box 1673
Edmonds, WA 98020
What is our refund policy? FLY refunds 100% of tuition if requested 2 weeks before class begins and 50% if requested by the end of the first week of your FLY class. This excludes any $25 deposits not requested for refund by August 31st. Due to our small class size, there are NO refunds thereafter.
For all tuition purchases, there is a 48-hour grace period for 100% refund. This ONLY applies up until September 30th.
For specific refund details, please visit your applicable registration period:
FLY does not refund the cost of CDs or workbooks once delivered due to the nature of this product.