text:
I read this awful thing by way of Weblackey's kewl site, "Toyblog." You just have to read it for yourselves. It would be funny, if it weren't so scary. A "Christian" minister and TV talking head wants to know "What's Wrong With The White Race" (his words, honest), cuz they don't hate gays quite as much as them other, presumably inferior "races" do.
See, the problem is, all the gays have been removed from the New Testament. I think. Fuck, what, I'm gonna READ that shit? Huh! Why should I read it, when I can WRITE it? No law against that, right? Yet? Not the whole thing, just one Book, maybe, like the Mormons did. Only, see, it's a JOKE Book! Get it?!
The Bible, up to now, has just not been fun. It lacks a certain Genessee kwap. Oh yeah: A FREAKIN SENSE OF HUMOUR!!! GAWD AWMIGHTY is it not funny! No wonder hatemongers and angry assholes everywhere take it to bed every night. I'm changing that, right freakin' NOW. OK? Hanh?
Two Jews go into a bar...
No, wait, make that, two Disciples go into a gay bar. The first Disciple says to the second Disciple, "Eh, uh, I think we're in a gay bar, man." The second Disciple says, "I know, but I love their nuts."
Badumbump. Amen.
So, Jesus and Mary are riding along on their donkeys, and this really skinny transvestite stops them in the middle of Moishe Boulevard, in Old Bethlehem. "Please," the poor soul says, "I haven't had a bite for days." Mary turns to Jesus and gives him a look. Jesus says, "Aw, Ma, I bit the LAST one!"
Thank you, thank you, I'll be in the Sheoul Grill next Wednesday.
Saul of Tarsus, who was always a little... funny.. if you know what I mean, is out baptizing heathens with Jesus one fine Saturday morning in the River Jordan. Jesus' robe is soaking wet and you can see EVERYTHING. Saul looks pointedly at the Redeemer of All Mankinds schvantz, which is no laughing matter, and says, "So, nu, I thought you were Jewish." And Jesus says: "Saul, you're not funny. I don't care what anybody says about you."
You see, Saul... Ah, never mind...
Christ is hanging on the cross for like, a week, it seems to Him, when suddenly a bird lands right on His nose, which was quite large, by the way, though you can't tell from the way they've retouched the pictures. So, anyway, the bird looks straight into Christ's eye and says, "I'll grant you three wishes if you can tell me what kind of bird I am." So Christ thinks a minute and says, "I'm the Son Of God. What could you possibly do for me that I couldn't do for myself?" And the bird says, "You don't look so hot at the moment, schmuck," and flies away. And Christ yells, "A MOCKINGBIRD, A MOCKINGBIRD!!!" But the bird is gone. And Christ, in his greatest moment of agony, says, "Father, why hast thou forsaken me?" And God thunders down from on High, "What, I sent you a BIRD!"
Don't forget to tip your waitresses, folks!
Judas, Peter and Paul are taking a schvitz at the baths in Jerusalem. Judas gets up to pour some cool water on himself, exposing a large tattoo. Paul says to him, "That's not kosher." And Judas says, "Whatta YOU know? You're a CHRISTIAN!"
He goes out of the sauna, and Peter turns to Paul, saying, "There's something about that guy..."
Jesus! Tough room!
A waiter at the Last Supper is clearing away the dirty dishes, when someone pinches his ass. He turns angrily toward the Disciples, but nobody gives a sign of who did the pinching. He goes back to clearing the table, and there's another pinch on his ass. He's really pissed, now, and he whirls on the Disciples, giving them a look that could have melted bronze, which in that age is as much as you could expect. The Disciples all go on looking innocent. The poor waiter has no choice but to return to his task, nervously anticipating the next pinch. When it finally comes, he hurls a dish at the wall, and it smashes into a million pieces, as he yells at the top of his lungs, "WHADDYA THINK THIS IS, A FUCKING CABARET???!!!"
Jesus smiles beatifically and says to the waiter, "They said there would be a floor show."
Hello? Testing, 1-2-3. Is this thing on?
A leper, a harlot and a moneychanger are trying to get a cab-chariot, when suddenly Jesus pulls up, driving one. The Harlot says, "Jesus, I didn't know you were driving a cab." And Jesus says, "Yeah, construction is a little slow right now." The Moneylender says, "Well, with interest rates like this, what do you expect?" And Jesus says, crossly, "Don't get me started!" Then the Leper comes forth and begs Jesus to heal his his affliction. "Sorry," Christ says, "I'm off duty," and speeds away.
Is that crickets I hear chirping?
Mary Magdalen is knitting a scarf for Jesus, and she wants him to try it on. Jesus wraps the scarf around his neck, and it's a little short. So, presto, chango, he snaps his fingers, and makes the scarf just the right length. Mary looks disappointed and says, "Aw, Christ, I wanted to do that!" And Christ says, "You want to do the loaves and fishes, too, or should we go to a restaurant like normal people?" And Mary Magdelen says, "Normal people?" And Christ says, "Yeah, you know: Goyim."
Say cheese, at least, if you're just going to sit there, folks...
A little girl and a little boy are playing on the beach beside the Dead Sea, when Jesus comes strolling across the surface of the sea. "How'd'you do that?" says the little boy. And Jesus says "Who you calling a Jew?" and makes a great fish come out of the water and swallow both of the children. From inside the Leviathan, the little girl says, "No, he said 'How. Did. You. Do. That?' " And Jesus says, "Oh. OK. See you in Heaven then," and strolls away on the water.
I just flew in from Golgotha, and boy, are my arms tired!
Joseph is banging and zwoozhing and scraping away in his workshop one day, when two interior decorators come in to see him about a job. They ask him for references, and some idea of his rates. "References? My son is the Savior of Humanity." So the first interior decorator turns to Joseph and says, "Oh, that was you?" And Joseph says, "Yup." And the second interior decorator says to Joseph, "Immaculate conception... how does that work?" And Joseph says, "Fuck if I know."
Thanks, you've been a great audience!
(All jokes are the sole responsibility of the proprietor of this blog, who hereby cheerfully accepts whatever torments are coming to him in Hell.)
TO POST A COMMENT: CLICK ON "COMMENTS," "Post a Comment" or "# of COMMENTS" just below the SOCIAL BOOKMARKING LINKS (Digg, Delicious, etc), about three inches down from here. Please do comment. Thank you.
Suggestion Box & Tip Jar We would like to make over this blog to make it easier to access, to read and to comment on. We would also like to serve our readers better by providing more of what you need and want to see. All serious suggestions will be considered. We hope to move to our own domain in the near future, and we would like to ask for your financial assistance in doing that, and in upgrading our hardware & software. Small one-time donations and larger long-term subscriptions are welcome. Exclusive advertising is also available. If you think we are wasting our time in doing all this, please let us know. If you wish to help us, now is the time. As always, negative bullsh*t from right-wing trolls will be sh*tcanned. Thank you to everyone else. Please send feedback & PayPal contributions to cosanostradamusATexciteDOTcom. Thanks.


text:
After a pretty-much sleepless night, and waking up feeling like doodle, I decided the best remedy* was to change my blog template. Tada!
I haven't decided whether to keep my 'signature picture' up there, but all in all. I'm pretty happy. Whaddya think?
*it didn't really remedy anything - but my blog looks shiny and new.
:After the recent 'Pic Gate', I feel like I should probably add the following: said 'signature picture' belongs to me. I took it. It's mine. And I can prove it. So there. =op:

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Tag Archives: opportunity zones
GW WonkCast S3E6-2: Opportunity Zones for Investment
February 28, 2018 · by briefpolicyperspectives · in Domestic Policy, Economic Policy, Social Policy, WonkCast · 1 Comment
The new tax bill contains an opportunity zones provision which allows companies and corporations to defer capital gains to an opportunity fund. These funds will be allocated to low-income tracks. Special guest MPP Lorena Roque who concentrates on economic and energy policy joins to unpack the provision. co-Host Erik LaDue moderates joined by co-Hosts Katherine Lundie and […]


text:
Pennsylvania West Olympic Development Programs Chooses WorldStrides Excel for International Soccer Tours
WorldStrides, the nation's largest and most trusted educational travel provider, is pleased to announce that Pennsylvania West Olympic Development Programs (PA West ODP) is partnering with the company to deliver international soccer tours for their players through their WorldStrides Excel programs division. This is an exclusive, three year arrangement for the Pennsylvania teams.
PA West ODP cultivates standout youth soccer players to represent Pennsylvania, North-East Region, and the United States at the highest levels of competition. The addition of international travel to the PA West ODP player development strategy provides opportunities to play against top professional academy teams around the world and engage in a higher level of competition. The trips also facilitate evaluation by scouts for international teams for players in advance of extended formal try-outs.
Dr. Terry Eguaoje, PA West ODP Technical Director of Coaching and Player Development, says, "I am excited about our partnership with Excel International Sports to provide international training and competitions to our ODP players. Their experience, global contacts, passion for the game, and ability to completely tailor our international programs is beyond impressive. We believe our players will not only improve on their skills on these trips but also gain lifelong cultural lessons. WorldStrides Excel has proven itself as a leader in this industry and we are looking forward to a great relationship going forward."
Under terms of the agreement, 2017 U12 – U15 (players born 2002-2005) boys and girls teams will travel to London, England. All teams will travel to London and tours will include training, match play, stadium tours, cultural activities, and attendance at Premier League matches. Destinations for team travel in 2018 and 2019 teams will be determined at a later time.
"We are extremely proud to welcome PA West ODP to WorldStrides Excel programs and to become their exclusive international soccer tour provider. We have long admired what PA West does for the development of their players. Taking players and coaches abroad for international competition, including chances to learn new skills and tactics, is a natural extension of their desire to give them the best resources for top-quality performance," said Eric McAleer, Vice President, WorldStrides Excel programs.


text:
Original material: Super 8, cut, SVHS, in colour, no sound, 12 min. as an endless tape
People passing by on their way to a government office were filmed out of the window,
always from the same angle, at intervals over the period of a year, with their destination not visible.
Projection of the film for the exhibition the right way in the shop window of Urban Issue,
Alte Schönhauser, Berlin 1997


text:
Recording and score now available here.
In a thin strip of woodland running alongside a rugby field, there is (or at least, there was) a bog. A friend and I once found a purpose there. We were to build a bridge from one side to the other. We spent most of the morning gathering the longest fallen branches we could find. The branches were meticulously sorted into piles of comparable length. Then, with myself thigh deep in the putrefied mud, and my friend standing on the top of the incline delineating bog from land, we carefully lowered the longest branches first, lengthways, in a number of columns just wide enough to accommodate a small pair of feet.
Climbing out of the bog and onto the freshly laid branches was an extremely delicate exercise: so as not to sink them with carelessly distributed weight, I first stretched my arms across them as far as possible. Then, torso grazing flat against the knots and bark, I slowly pulled myself along until my legs were free of the viscous body beneath. From there on out, it was a simple matter of taking each pile of branches across the partially built bridge and placing them in the bog. As long as nobody stood still for too long, the branches held, and by early evening, the two of us could cross from one side to the other and back again with relative ease.
Readers will not be surprised to hear that by the time of our return the following week, the bog had ingested our bridge. So, we spent most of the morning gathering the longest fallen branches we could find. The branches were meticulously sorted into piles of comparable length. Then, with one of us knee deep in the putrefied mud, and the other standing on the bank, we would carefully lower the longest branches first, lengthways, in a number of columns just wide enough to accommodate a small pair of feet. As the weeks went by, our methodology incrementally changed. Our improvisations became architectures. Elaborate, serious, obsessive. Layered with the ossified debris of one failed approach after another.
Eventually, we settled on a widthways configuration. This took many more branches, but they did not need to be particularly long, the route across was less treacherous, and neither one of us would need to climb in for the initial phases. We started to tie one branch to the next with vegetation. First, single strands, and then by twisting two, three, four stems for greater strength. Later came posts, driven deep into the bog, and melded to the structure with mud and knotted sticky-weed. For a time, ten, twenty, then perhaps even thirty pairs of branches with y-shaped offshoots near to the top would form crude supports for a grid of beams hovering precariously an inch or two above the bog. Twigs, leaves and detritus would be thatched across to fill the gaps. This was our most complex design and the most laborious to execute, but it was among our least successful. Unlike our more instinctual attempts, it failed to take advantage of the surface tension nature had gifted us. The vertical branches leaned and sank with our steps and the thatch slipped away underfoot. Eventually, we went back to an older way. I can't remember what our last bridge looked like.
In pondering our persistence in the few days since this series of non-achievements came to mind, I've come to realize that many of my recent frustrations are born of a sense of passing time that we did not possess; a need for an imminent solution whose success predicates some other success, or is the means to some greater ends. We just kept building, repairing, re-building, failing and building again. We registered our lack of progress with a degree of nonchalance I think back upon with envy. This is not to suggest our little forays into amateur civil engineering were for their own sake: ultimately, we really did want to build a lasting bridge that people could use to cross the bog. In spite of our sincerely held instrumentalist aims, it was nevertheless only incidental to our purpose that the bridge was completely unnecessary. It was perfectly possible, after all, to get from one side to the other simply by walking a little further along the edge of the field before entering the woodland. At the top of the slope emerging from the far side of the bog were spiked railings barring the way to an unremarkable South Manchester street.


text:
I believe that the single most important role an advanced collaborator can play to ensure value capture is to stay focused on the difference between signal and noise; between the ideas and insights that could have potential long-term value and other observations that cloud the vision of those charged with implementing better outcomes.
Let's be honest: our work creates a lot of noise. Our job is not to find the shortest path from A to B but to open up a world of possibilities and help the people we're facilitating to converge on a very small number of those possibilities. We then help them dissect the surviving ideas and draft them into road maps that might sketch out the way towards creating value. That journey is full of dead ends and blind alleys. A lot of great ideas have to fall away in order to reveal the even better idea that is worth pursuing once the event is over. As the noise gets louder and louder, we help the participants identify the signal – the gem of potential value – that lies within.
Following work in 2009 for Cisco, the networking giant, we created the noise that video was going to be a big deal online (duh). Cisco took it so seriously that they bought webcams for the entire division. However, even the networking giant itself wasn't prepared for video bandwidth at every desk. So the webcams got tossed onto tables in the middle of the cubicles as a reminder of the 'noise.'
However, this wasn't for nothing, as it opened almost all employees' minds to the potential of video. They proceeded to buy Flip Video, the small action cameras that recorded to a flash drive that were all the rage at the time (until mobile phone video became more convenient and Cisco closed down the division in 2011). Not to lose heart though, Cisco have succeeded massively with Telepresence and WebEx where millions of people continue to exchange video together. Cisco got the signal of video for the long run, but acted on the noise far too rapidly on multiple occasions.
We are outside the system that we are improving collaboration with. This distance offers us a distinct advantage in distinguishing the signal from the noise. Our participants are usually inside the system and thus often fail to challenge or even identify the assumptions that underpin the functioning of that system.
Fortunately, the very skill that we advanced collaborators employ to shape a conversation – amplifying constructive signals and attenuating destructive signals – is the same skill that increases the chance of value capture. As these constructive signals begin to stand out from the noise, our job is to provide new perspective and new language so that participants can make use of them. When we help participants find a novel way to describe an insight, that new description is likely to make its way back to the day-to-day. In fact, it is only when an image or a metaphor or a neologism or a story becomes associated with a constructive signal that this signal has a hope of standing out from the noise.
This ability to use language to distinguish between signal and noise during a project becomes even more important once the work is over. Thus the facilitator's role to increase the chances of effective value capture is in detecting these signals and giving them the linguistic power to survive the onslaught of noise that awaits them once the event is over.


text:
We Can't Believe How Much You've Grown
Nothing makes us more proud than watching one of our team members grow personally and professionally. We pride ourselves in having some of the best internal development programs in our industry. We give our team members coaching and mentoring to help them reach their goals. Plus, we offer even more advanced programs designed to help you make it to the top.
Career Growth and Development
If you've got the right stuff, Commerce wants to give you all you need to climb to the top. Our various programs give you the tools you'll need to prepare for the next stage of your career.
Great Leaders Are Built Here
Seasoned Leaders:If you're a seasoned leader, we have leadership development programs designed to take you to the next level. We'll help you prepare for exciting opportunities as you increase the scope of your leadership and responsibilities.
Rising Stars:
If you're a rising star, we have a development program designed for you. Not only will you get to work side by side with our top leaders, you'll learn how to lead and influence teams and build on the leadership skills you already have. Learn more about our Ascend Career Acceleration Program.
Tech Stars, Too:
Technology is such an important part of our business so that we also have a great development program designed for our IT stars, too. Learn more about our Developer Acceleration Program.
You Keep Learning and We'll Keep Paying.
EOE Equal Opportunity Employer
To view or print a PDF file, Adobe® Reader® 9.5 or above is recommended. Download the latest version.


text:
Hi Paul
Just for a change I took my 4GF DRP Omni out for a slide in good, sizeable waves.
With the air pressure down low it easily took the drop and held its line on the fast walls.
A couple of local surfers and I shared two hours of great waves.
I was very impressed with how well the DRP handled the conditions.
Regards Eric


text:
There's a carriage fee dispute at Romania's giant cable and DTH TV operator RCS/RDS between the operator and Discovery Networks. The squabble extends to Hungarian subsidiary Digi.
The disagreement centres on the renewal of a contract which ends this week on November 30th, and the two parties have failed to reach harmony on a new pricing structure, although Discovery is quoted locally as saying that it has not asked for an increase. Discovery's flagship channel is affected along with Discovery World, TLC and Animal Planet.
You must be logged in to post a comment Login


text:
Acai Berry & Detox Combo
Price was: $119.95
We guarantee the lowest price. If you find the same product at a cheaper price we'll match it.
Worldwide Delivery
- 60 Day Money Back Guarantee
- IN STOCK Get it before it's gone!
Due to high demand it's likely we'll sell out this product in the next 24 hours.
- Secure & Safe payments
The Complete Solution to Eliminate Toxins and Excess Weight
Many supplements offer different benefits for weight loss, but few can do it all. After all, it's important to not only take supplements that increase fat burn but that also cleanse your body of toxins that can slow your metabolism and cause you to store fat rather than burn it.
With the Acai Berry & Detox Combo, you can have it all.
Detox Pure sets up your body for success by cleansing your digestive tract – colon, liver, and intestines – on a cellular level. This eliminates toxins while increasing your body's natural ability to break down stored fats into energy. When used with Pure Acai Berry Max, you can nourish your body with powerful antioxidants designed to protect your cells from free radicals while boosting your heart health, mental function, and weight loss.
If you struggle to nourish your body with the nutrients it needs, feel tired, or are struggling to burn fat, this combo pack is the perfect solution to accomplish your goals!
The Acai Berry & Detox Combo contains:
Pure Acai Berry Max – Pure Acai Berry Max combines acai berry and green tea extract to deliver a powerful combination of antioxidants that causes thermogenesis, raising your metabolism. This helps your body break down fat while improving your heart health and general well-being.
Detox Pure – Detox Pure cleanses your liver, colon, and intestines on a cellular level, eliminating toxins that can cause your body to store fat. This helps you burn fat and amplify the effects of Pure Acai Berry Max for maximum weight loss.
Is the Acai Berry & Detox Combo for you?
Q. Why should I purchase a combo pack?
A. When you purchase a combo pack you not only save money, but you experience superior results as well. Pure Acai Berry Max and Detox Pure are designed to complement each other, cleansing your body while quickening weight loss to help you achieve your goals rapidly.
Q. How can I ensure I'm getting the nutrients my body needs for long-term health during weight loss?
A. With Detox Pure, you can eliminate the toxins that interfere with weight loss. When used with Pure Acai Berry Max, you can ensure you're nourishing your body with the nutrients you need from fruits and vegetables every day while increasing weight loss. This gives your body the healthy support it needs.
Q. For how long will these supplements help me lose weight?
A. The great part about both Detox Pure and Pure Acai Berry Max is that neither offers short-term results. Instead, this combo provides results that work both now and in the future. By fueling your body with antioxidants, you'll enjoy an immune boost and nourishment that you often can't obtain from healthy food alone. This supports your healthy, sustained weight loss for months, and years, to come!
No Fuss, 60 Day Guarantee
You can purchase the Acai Berry & Detox Combo with confidence because it's backed by a no-risk, no-hassle 60 day money back guarantee!
The Acai Berry & Detox Combo – Nourish Your Body for Maximum Weight Loss
- Nourish and Cleanse the Body
- Increase Energy Levels
- Eliminate Stored Fat
- Enjoy Healthy, Sustained Weight Loss
There are no reviews yet.


text:
SECESSIONPresented in September 2014 - Institut Français - Berlin
The first exhibition of the project SECESSION has been held in Berlin in September 2014. Thirteen artists and researchers have participated. The catalog traces the main stages of this quest on the European space of the 21st Century. The usual categories of art, science and a politics are left behind making space for new potential ways of perceiving and representing Europe. Featuring works from : Álvaro Martínez Alonso, Kader Attia, Julie Béna, Chto, Famed, Hackitectura, Charles Heller und Lorenzo Pezzani, Simona Koch, Nicolas Maigret, Migreurop, Douglas Edric Stanley und Cédric Parizot, Marco Pezzotta, Philippe Rekacewicz, Anri Sala.See all works


text:
Leave of Absence
***For most students, the 365 day break policy is more advantageous, more information can be found about it here. ***
CSU-Global offers students in good academic standing, and not subject to disciplinary action, the opportunity to request a Leave of Absence (LOA). LOA may be a good option if you plan to take a break for more than two 8-week terms, but you intend to return at a later date. Keep in mind, you may only take a LOA four times during your program and the time period in which you are not enrolled cannot be more than a year. If this occurs then you will be required to re-apply for admission.
Before considering an LOA, we encourage you to decide if a formal LOA is necessary. You are welcome to take a break from your studies for 1-2 terms without needing to request an LOA.
If you are receiving financial aid, scholarships, or are part of a tuition guarantee program, please consult with your advisor about the LOA guidelines and the impact on these programs before requesting a leave.
Note: Financial Aid recipients are limited to a maximum of 180 days for leaves of absence.
To request an LOA you must:
- Complete and submit the LOA Request Form (and any supporting documentation requested)
- Request (and be approved for the LOA) before the first day of class in which the leave is desired
- Resolve any outstanding grades of Incomplete (I)
Eligibility will be checked and a decision will be made based on grades issued through the previous term.


text:
Well, love, sure, but I am a bit more concerned about our future. Things seem tenuous and on the verge of some form of chaos and disruption. What we need now more than anything else is simple. We need authenticity. I see a lot of heads shaking that I am out of my mind, but … Continue reading
Category Archives: Attitude
Disciplined Harmony. A healthy state-of-mind — tempered with self-control and moderation — leads to a deep awareness of one's true self. A sophrosyne life yields true happiness. Sophrosynetics This is a coaching discipline I have authored that focuses on gaining greater individual achievement and personal contentment. Sophrosynetics emphasizes seven areas of concentration: – Purposeful Disipline … Continue reading
NOW: The Art of Being 'In The Moment'
Have you ever found yourself driving when suddenly "awakened" and realize you are miles down the the road from last you remember? You were not asleep, but you clearly drove the car for some distance without being conscious of steering. Everyone drifts away — taken by deeper thoughts, memories, anxieties and emotions — to an … Continue reading
Five Must-Dos to Improve Employee Engagement – Transform the Zombies into Humans
How can employees be motivated and inspired to be more productive, more creative and engaged. It takes a more concerted effort by managers and organizations working from a strategic plan. See on Scoop.it – Mid-Week Mentor See on blogbysuchitra.wordpress.com Continue reading
Purpose, Work, Authenticity and Satisfaction
A recent Gallup study shows that a significant number of Americans are very dissatisfied with their job. The 2013 State of the American Workplace Report 2013 shows 30 percent of employees are engaged and inspired at work. Gallup surveyed more than 150,000 full- and part-time workers during 2012. That's up from 28 percent in 2010. … Continue reading
Six Reasons Why Everything Is So Damn Hard
Life seems so complicated, so challenging, so competitive today. Too fast. Too furious. And, frankly, it is. As we stumble towards Singularity, much evolves and with evolution comes rapid technology transitions, societal upheavals, climate change, political unrest, economic uncertainty, career anxiety and a tremendous amount of apathy. All this contributes to friction. In physics, it … Continue reading
The truth is, most of us discover where we are headed when we arrive. From the creative genius behind CALVIN & HOBBES, Bill Watterson Continue reading


text: Hi! Welcome to the fun part - viewing all the awesome art we created together! Find your album and enter the password that was given to you via email. If you have any trouble accessing your gallery, feel free to email me at firstname.lastname@example.com. Feel free to share this information with friends and family to view and order. These galleries are open for 60 days for ordering and stored for 1 calendar year from your shoot date. Please keep this in mind! Older galleries can be re-uploaded for a $25 charge.


text:
Beaulieu Vineyard was among the first wineries to create world-class Chardonnay from the Carneros region of Napa Valley. The rich, shallow Carneros soils and cool breezes from the San Pablo Bay are perfectly suited to create exceptional Chardonnay wines. "I am pleased to carry forward this tradition of excellence by crafting this wine, which displays vibrant peach and nectarine while soft oak tones add complexity to the lingering finish." - Jeffrey Stambor, Winemaker
We have detected you do not have cookies enabled in your browser. In order to view this website you will need to change your settings and enable cookies for this site. You can read all about cookies in our privacy policy


text:
You cannot vote on mobile devices.
|Last vote
|30.14 %
IP: 126.96.36.199Copy
We welcome you to Elemental Servers. If you were looking for something more than a good server then this is the right place for you. We have amazing custom plugins and are always striving to create new ones to improve your time on the server. We have amazing dedicated staff who love to help and will always try their best to help out.
If you're a competitive player who loves to battle and be the best on the server or if you're looking for some extra cash this is the server for you, we offer a feature you won't find anywhere else. Monthly Tournaments where the winner will win real money that they can spend on anything. Imagine that you can play pixelmon for fun and also earn some extra cash at the same time.
Server ip: 220.127.116.11:25565
Website: http://elementalservers.org/
Server features:
[1] Win Real Money Tournaments
[2] In-game ranks.
[3] Custom pixelmon plugins.
[4] Npc Gyms & Player Elite 4
[5] Crates
[6] Grief Prevention
[7] Big community
[8] Weekly Drop parties
[9] Weekly events
[10] Quests
We've made sure that our server is not pay-to-win so we have Legendries enabled and you can buy shiny keys with in game money. We have made it so that a donator has the same chance of winning the tournament as a normal player. We have striven to create the best competitive pixelmon server so everyone has the same chance to win its all about how skilled you are at pokemon and how much time you're ready to invest into the server.
Keep-inv is on
Fall damage is off
Spawn rates are set to high
Server rules
[1] No Griefing
[2] No spamming on the server
[3] No sexual content
[4] No advertising
[5] Keep the swearing limited
[6] Respect Others
[7] No cheating {including xray duping etc}
[8] Don't abuse exploits
[9] No scamming
[10] No sexism
[11] No racism


text:
A man with the occupation of Transporter (he transports pretty much anything of particularly high value which usually tends to be illegal) ends up getting too curious about one of his packages. He ends up breaking one of his own rules (not to look in the package) and gets mixed up in something that almost costs him his life several times.
Entertainment Value - C
Not worth your time, unless you're in the mood for some nifty action sequences. You can check out all the cool fight scenes on youtube (the one above is probably the best one, not quite as good as the Bourne sequences).
Moral Value - Failure to Communicate? - 2
Not morally offensive, but no positive value, except maybe to not stick your nose where it doesn't belong. Or better yet, don't do anything illegal.


text:
This plugin spawns a lightning on a player's location when he/she dies, quits and joins!
The lightning can be controlled via config.yml file
Source code at Github
LightningStrike 1.0.0
Spawns lightning on ground when a player dies, quits and joins!
Dismiss Notice
We welcome you on our site. This site is devoted to the Nukkit project and all that is connected with him. Here you can communicate, download plugins, also many other things get acquainted! Register the account right now :3


text:
Contest Winner
Good morning Everyone,
Yesterday's contest was a blast. It was great to have so many people as excited about it as we were. Now if you could,please take a moment to cheer on our winner. Congratulations Katie Alender!
You'll be receiving our best seller prize pack. All you need to do to claim it is to send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com with your name and address.
Thanks to everyone who participated in the contest. Keep your eyes on our blog for more to come.


text:
DISGRACED Chinese politician Bo Xilai has been expelled from the ruling Communist party, state media says, clearing the way for him to face a criminal trial.
The decision, made at a meeting of 500 top party officials that ended in Beijing on Sunday, precedes a 10-yearly power handover at the broader party congress that opens on Thursday.
Preparations for the handover have been dogged for months by the Bo scandal.
The Communist party's Central Committee "endorsed a decision by the Political Bureau … to expel Bo Xilai", Xinhua news agency said.
The months-long controversy surrounding Bo had exposed deep divisions in the top leadership ahead of the sensitive leadership transition.
The former party boss in the southwestern city of Chongqing was once seen as a candidate for promotion to the party's top echelons.
He was brought down earlier this year by murder allegations against his wife, Gu Kailai, that came to light after his police chief sought refuge in a US consulate.
She was later given a suspended death sentence – commonly commuted to a life sentence – for fatally poisoning British businessman Neil Heywood.
State media said last month that Bo had been placed under criminal investigation after he was expelled from the country's parliament and stripped of his legal immunity.
He is likely to be accused of serious corruption and violations of party discipline.
During its four-day meeting the Central Committee also agreed to expel former railways minister Liu Zhijun, who was sacked last year for allegedly taking more than 800 million yuan ($127 million) in bribes. He now awaits trial.
Separately, it named two Central Committee members, Fan Changlong and Xu Qiliang, as vice-chairmen of the Central Military Commission, following a series of military leadership reshuffles in recent weeks.
The committee also approved a draft amendment to the party constitution, Xinhua reported without giving details.
ref: http://www.news.com.au


text:
Hey girl, you look totally awesome! Jump back into the 80s with this Height of Fashion Suit! Buy a couple actually because this is sure to be a trend that never goes out of style. Tease your hair, grab some heels and you'll be ready to, like, totally go to Funkytown!.
Why Choose Womens 80s Height of Fashion Suit
The 80's called and they want their womens 80s height of fashion suit back. It's too bad you're going to be too busy partying like it's 1985 to receive the phone call.


text:
Who we are
As the leading private investment firm, turbofunds.net focuses on providing effective, profitable investment plans to our clients. With more successful trades than any other private investment firm and more satisfied clients than anyone in the industry, turbofunds.net is one of the most talked about investment firms in the area.
Our experienced team of professionals consists of more than twenty highly qualified specialists in the field of financial risk management as well as professional traders with extensive long-term experience in the foreign exchange markets. We hand sourced the best of the best to ensure our clients received the personalized service the need and the knowledge and experience that will help grow their portfolios. Every member of our team has received specialized education and are committed to constantly improving their trading skills to serve our clients needs more effectively. Our traders and financial risk advisors are passionate about what we do and frequently take part in Forex discussions, forums and thematic exhibitions.


text:
Putin told German Chancellor Angela Merkel in a phone call that he was willing to see the mission operate "not only on the front line after the warring sides and their hardware is pulled back, but also in other areas" where the monitors operate, the Kremlin said.
Russia last week asked the UN Security Council to authorise the deployment of a lightly-armed mission to protect international observers monitoring the conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Originally Putin proposed allowing the mission to operate exclusively along the dividing line between the two sides.
Merkel's office said in a statement that Putin shifted his position after the German leader insisted that "some changes in the mandate were necessary."
"President Putin reacted positively, saying he backs removing the limits of deployment of the UN mission," the German Chancellery said.
Ukraine -- which has long called for United Nations peacekeepers to be deployed -- fears Moscow is simply trying to ease the international pressure it faces and would use any force to lock in gains made by Kremlin-backed rebels.
Ukraine insists a fully-fledged UN mission should patrol the whole of the conflict zone and the porous border between Russia and the rebel-held territory.
Kiev rejects Moscow's demand that any deployment needs to be agreed by rebels it sees as puppets of the Kremlin.
Ukraine and its Western allies accuse Russia of being behind the insurgency in a conflict that has killed 10,000 people since 2014.
Despite overwhelming evidence of its involvement, Moscow continues to deny that it has played a role in the fighting.
Some 600 observers from the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) are on the ground in eastern Ukraine but their presence has failed to stop the fighting.
A peace plan brokered by Germany and France in 2015 has hit a wall, with Russia and Ukraine accusing each other of not fulfilling their obligations.
© 2010 Ahram Online.


text:
Available at:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1CGYfvB
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1CpyDCU
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1zIaRm5
iTunes: http://bit.ly/1yXSBlR
Goodreads: Behind the Door - Part One
Step behind the door to embark on a journey where surrendering to desire is only the beginning. Welcome to Paradise.
His fingers moved along my folds, tracking my wetness up and down. I was so wet at this point that my insides heaved with desire as he stroked me. I wanted to cry out, ask him what he was doing, but I didn't. I let him manipulate my folds, slowly, methodically bringing me to orgasm. My hips began rocking in time with his hands. God, those hands were making me feel things I never thought possible. I could feel my climax building, like a wave caught in the shallows it was gaining momentum, waiting to wash over me.
I was at his mercy now. I ached for release and was willing to do anything to achieve it. But when his finger inched back and forth over my vagina, teasing me with the promise of what was to come. I bit my lip, desperate for him to penetrate me. His fingers did not wait long to slip inside of me, and when I felt the pressure of him moving deeper, I arched my back and moaned. He was rubbing back and forth over that spot, the one so many men try to find but give up. Well, Mr. Hands knew exactly where my spot was, and as he slowly moved in and out of me, I knew I was going to come harder than I had ever come before.
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1CGYfvB
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1CpyDCU
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1zIaRm5
iTunes: http://bit.ly/1yXSBlR
Goodreads - http://bit.ly/1xQvJly
Behind the Door - Part Two ONLY $0.99
Release Date 2/8/2015
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1BZPSfD
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1D552wY
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1B7ioX4
Goodreads - http://bit.ly/1GPic7s
Behind the Door - Part Three ONLY $0.99
Release Date 2/22/2015
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1EHnLA6
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1D5548a
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1yR9FeZ
Goodreads - http://bit.ly/1D3XjPO
Behind the Door - Part Four ONLY $0.99
Release Date 3/8/2015
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1uKrT1V
Amazon UK: http://amzn.to/1D55bAy
Barnes & Noble: http://bit.ly/1EhBPms
Goodreads - http://bit.ly/18cGdG9
Website | Blog | Facebook (1) | Facebook (2) | Facebook (3) | Twitter | Goodreads | Pinterest | Instagram | Subscribe to Mary's Newsletter
To read more about Alexandrea Weis or her books, you can go to the following sites:
Website | Amazon page | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | YouTube


text:
ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- 1 English
- Pedagogy
- Japan
- Preschool teachers
- Early childhood education
- 1 Cultural anthropology
- 1 Cultural practices and beliefs
- 1 Social-emotional development
- Mobile Crowd Sensing in Edge Computing Environment
- The Effect of Disability on Subjective Well-Being across the Adult Lifespan: The Moderating Roles of Age at Disability Onset and Disability Type
- Mechanically Active Heterogeneous Polymer Matrix Composites
- Attribute-Based Encryption for Fine-Grained Access Control over Sensitive Data
- 并购背景下教育行业品牌价值研究
This dissertation examines Japanese preschool teachers' cultural practices and beliefs about the pedagogy of social-emotional development. The study is an interview-based, ethnographic study, which is based on the video-cued mutivocal ethnographic method. This study focuses on the emic terms that Japanese preschool teachers use to explain their practices, such as amae (dependency), omoiyari (empathy), sabishii (loneliness), mimamoru (watching and waiting) and garari (peripheral participation). My analysis suggests that sabishii, amae, and omoiyari form a triad of emotional exchange that has a particular cultural patterning and salience in Japan and in the Japanese approach to the socialization of emotions in early …
- Contributors
- Hayashi, Akiko, Tobin, Joseph, Eisenberg, Nancy, et al.
- Created Date
- 2011


text:
Inspired by the atmospheric jazz and blues bars of New Orleans, Universal Bar has been the place to catch live music and has also been amongst Perth's most favourite function venues for over two decades. Since the grand opening, the bar has built an outstanding reputation in the industry for offering not only the finest quality food and beverages,but exceptional live music every night of the week and outstanding functions. Add to this award winning bar tenders and excellent customer service and you can begin to imagine the unrivaled atmosphere that is instantly felt when you walk through the doors.
Thursday Night Live Music Entertainment
90's RnB, Soul & Ol' Skool Classics


text:
Theme: "Eden Restored"
Theme Song: I Need You, You Need Me
- To strengthen families in acknowledging and holding high God's ideal for family living.
- Enabling families to stretch toward the divine ideal while at the same time, extending the good news of God's saving grace and the promise of growth possible through His Spirit.
- To provide tools for couples, parents and children, single adults and all members of the family as they pass through life's predictable stages and confront unexpected changes in their lives.
Brooklyn Faith Family Life Ministries and Support Groups
In order to better service our church, the Family Life Ministries has created the following Ministries & Support Groups:
Bereavement Support Group -
Pastor Eldeen King - Elder James Herry
Couples Ministry
James & Listra Herry
Anderson & Emma Serrant
Rites of Passage (Ages 12-15)
Elder James Herry
Young Women
Emma Serrant
Sis. Mathurine Joseph
Senior's Ministry
Sis. Vicky McLeod
Book Club/Parenting Time Out
Elder Grace Sealey
Birthday Recognition
Sis. Stevie-Ann Simon


text:
On a recent hike to the Injisuthi region of the magnificent Drakensberg, I learnt and experienced many things.
Above all I was inspired by the courage shown by Samuel, courage and attitude. When we arrived at the first swimming hole, ice cold, very deep water; I pushed him in since he was the only guy to still enter! He coud not swim at all! When Xavi approached to help, Samuel nearly drowned him too! Luckily Tom was around to push everyone to safety. To my amazement Samuel was not angry, he saw his experience as a victory. The next day, at Marble baths, the team building require everyone to go down a slide and end up in a turbulent pool. Again Samuel was the last man standing, so Doc and I helped him in with some encouragement and some gentle force. He did it. And coming up from the water he hugged Tom for about a minute and had literal tears of joy, relief and pride. It was awesome.
Besides the courage shown by Samuel, the whole hike was awesome. Not fake awesome, but real awesome. The kind of good and real that is hard to produce in a workshop or classroom. I had a bit of conflict with Tshepo because despite being smart and good, he fell into the habit of always making excuses when called on a mistake or error. I pointed it out and it seemed a bit hard for him to take. But he kept at it and although the habit of making excuses or jokes instead of owning up will take time to kick, Tshepo is in it and doing great. My chommie. He posted this pic and funny description on Facebook after a few days:
The last morning of the hike was a bit of a downer. Three of the guys started making noise at 4am, robbing us of two hours sleep and then we discovered that one kid did his number two in the footpath! The reflections about these things were more depressing than the actual problems, and we headed back to the camp with a muted vibe. On the trip back to Joburg I became very ill. Headaches and vomiting buckets full! Never again salami on a hike!
I loved the whole experience, the ups and downs, the jokes, the deep stuff, the tiredness, the beauty. Real stuff. The hike was not perfect, but it was real. We all take years to change, but I would like to believe this hike stimulated something important in all of us. My highlight has to be from Tshepo, again. For most of the youths the hiking food is a mega culture shock, and when I discovered today that Tshepo took what he learnt and applied it to daily life I was more than chuffed. Provita instead of pap or bread! Priceless.


text:
On Wednesday, in an official AdWords blog post, Google announced that they were going to revolutionise and utterly shake up paid search campaigns run through their AdWords system. Several years ago, Google made it possible to target desktop PCs, high end mobiles and tablets individually. As a best practice, Google advised advertisers to set up a campaign per device, effectively replicating each and every campaign per device. A long while later, Bing and Yahoo also released the same device targeting capabilities within their paid search platform, as always, forever playing catch up with Google. Now Google have thrown out the rule book by launching enhanced campaigns. These remove the ability to target one device per campaign, in fact, by default all new campaigns will be opted into all three devices. Read more about how this works here.
Why Enhanced Campaigns?
This launch comes soon after Google's quarterly revenue announcement where it was stated that CPCs are down year on year, largely due to more traffic coming from mobile devices where advertisers have long experienced lower CPCs due to fewer competitors. At the time,Larry Page, chief exec, stated, "In today's multi-screen world we face tremendous opportunities" (Source: BBC), it is clear now that he was signalling this move in their main advertising platform.
By making multi-device coverage compulsory, Google is firstly increasing their revenue from the number of ads live and, secondly, unnaturally forcing an increase in competitors on tablet and mobile devices such that CPCs increase.
In terms of Google's aim to always create a good user journey, Google are responding to the blurring of device use. There is no longer, for much of the multiple device-owning market, clear delineation between the roles of desktop, mobile and tablet. All have more or less the same capabilities – something which Google itself has striven towards with its search platform. As such users may begin an online journey on one device, continue on a second and convert on a third, indiscriminately multi-screening. In fact, in Google's official blog post about enhanced campaigns, they quoted a recent study they carried out with Ipsos which found 90% of multi-device users move sequentially between devices to complete a task. By forcing advertisers across all three devices, Google is making it clear that search is search regardless of the device where a search is conducted. Google want the same advertisers present in all three marketplaces so that a user can find the same ad repeatedly across their screens. This is beneficial for advertisers, being present when a user searches is key to PPC. Google will also release a cross-device attribution system based on their logged in data, to help advertisers understand what the funnel process is across devices for their visitors,
Loss of control
For advertisers who followed best practice and split out device campaigns separately, this change affects granularity of control. Modifiers can be added to the new enhanced campaigns for mobile bids, mobile ad copy, mobile location and day part targeting and mobile site links. However, none of this can be specified for tablets any longer as tablets will be perpetually grouped in with desktop devices – whatever is set up for desktops will run for tablets too.
Advertisers who had not split out campaigns per device but targeted all devices in one campaign will see greater control. In Google's extensive documentation on how to implement enhanced campaigns, they state, 'in legacy campaigns that targeted multiple devices, Google automatically adjusted your bid for mobile devices. This did not give advertisers enough control over bids on mobile devices'. This means that the enhanced campaign mobile bid multiplier passes control of bid adjustment back to these advertisers. In particular, moving away from the one campaign over device model works well for Google's aim to recruit more SMBs into the Adwords ecosystem, evident from their release of AdWords Express last year. Advertisers afraid of the complexity of the Adwords system now have fewer targeting options and simpler control of the mobile marketplace.
An additional problem is for advertisers who use third party systems to track device conversions. With the one device per campaign set up, advertisers could easily understand the level of conversions from each device. When all grouped into one campaign, this level of detail is unavailable unless Google conversion tagging is used (the option to view AdWords metrics segmented by device will still be available) or from web analytics packages that can track which device a conversion came from. Advertisers historically needed this information to understand how to optimise device targeted campaigns, e,g. Tablet campaign is not driving enough conversions, so change the creative or landing page. With enhanced campaigns, this is not really needed because device level optimization is only available for mobile, not for desktop or tablets. However, advertisers do still need to know how each device is converting as a measure of site performance, e.g. if the conversion funnel needs optimising for performance on tablets or mobiles. Without this information and without the ability to optimise for desktop and tablet separately, advertisers face cannot influence coverage on each device as much.
Some advertisers may not have a mobile or tablet friendly site and being forced to appear on these devices could be detrimental to performance metrics. Will this turn people off from AdWords? I think not, Google is too large a presence to ignore, so advertisers will need to adapt. Google is prompting advertisers to get their mobile sites in order – it's a good kick up the butt. In cases where advertisers have mobile sites but these sit under a unique URL, since mobile keywords are not different from desktop/tablet keywords in new enhanced campaigns, the different destination URL needs to be set up at ad level (for ads that are 'mobile preferred'), which could be detrimental to ad groups where keyword specific destination URLs are used.
Google have also stated that enhanced campaign quality score will be calculated separately for each device but displayed as an average across all three devices. Aside from landing page relevance, mobile Adwords quality score takes into account the mobile friendliness of pages so advertisers who previously did not target mobile/tablets and do not have mobile/tablet friendly sites, will be forced to appear on these devices and suffer lower quality score. This also plays to Google's aim of increasing CPCs on these devices.
One loss that perhaps need not be overly lamented by advertisers is that of Operating System targeting. The advanced mobile targeting settings in AdWords included operating systems like Android vs iOS, individual handsets, networks and WiFi. This had great applications for sites selling device-specific items such as accessories, or network specific offers like Orange Wednesdays, or sites wanting to find users at home and therefore used WiFi targeting as a proxy. All in all, these targeting options provided low volumes and almost too many targeting options that overcomplicated Adwords. The list would have had to keep on growing as more handsets and operating systems came into the ever-growing market. Google has therefore removed this functionality (still available for GDN and AdMob) and search network advertisers can no longer target this granularly. For advertisers with mobile specific KPIs, this could lead to significant wastage and a signal to move to in-app formats which Google provides via AdMob.
Redefining Mobile
By removing the various granular mobile and tablet targeting options, Google has decided to take matters into their own hands. The AdWords system now defines what is mobile and what is a tablet. Before enhanced campaigns, advertisers could choose to target a Samsung Galaxy Note 2 as part of their tablet strategy by selecting the handset in advanced options. Now, Google designates the Note 2 as a mobile device.
Secondly, much of Google's material about enhanced campaigns focusses on the benefit that advertisers must now think about the context of their user rather than the device (as devices are so portable to be used anywhere). To me this means that Google is also redefining mobile as not just mobile phones but any device being used by someone who is mobile, that is, by the context. This must be a feature of the Google algorithm: deciding a user is on-the-go and thereby should see a mobile preferred ad from an Adwords campaign. This is highly likely as natural results must have long taken this into account, displaying location results more readily than those on desktops. Furthermore, Google's enhanced search documentation states that any ads that contain a telephone number within the text will be disapproved because all phone numbers must be set up as call extensions so that Google can judge how to display call extensions (as a clickable hyperlink number for on the go or as a non-clickable number to be noted down). It seems that Google will base the judgement on location and use of services like WiFi and 3G as a gauge of what the users context might be. Google has so many pieces of data, and especially for logged in users, the advertising giant can probably asses where that user is, which device they are on and thereby whether they are on the move or at home/work. If this is the case, then Google is looking to invest more readily not just in the tablet and mobile marketplaces but, more profoundly, looking to create a static vs mobile marketplace.
Google seem to be leaping ahead with this announcement, future proofing their platform and setting a precedent for static vs moving marketplaces in the digital arena. One piece of the puzzle which has not been considered is that there are different activities carried out on each device, so some people may prefer to complete a purchase on a desktop, or research on a tablet. Advertisers who may not want to target research phases of the purchase funnel which they believe are carried out on mobile and tablets will now have to at least have presence on tablets due to the default enhanced campaign set up. Google, by giving tablet and desktop devices complete parity, are making a big assumption about device use and the consumer market is probably not quite at the stage where tablets are used in exactly the same way as desktops. In this respect, enhanced campaigns may be a year or two early.


text:
Ever wanted to integrate math and social justice?
Me too.
Check out the Radical Math site. You can search by issue or math topic. If you wanted to teach about percent, say, you could look at How Rising Oil Prices Affect the Poor Disproportionately, or at Rising Rent, a series of lessons on the gentrification of Brooklyn. I'm sort of poking gentle fun, but I think it's a great idea.
Posted in The Edgy Chronicles.


text:
Torchwood star Eve Myles has said that she would love to appear in Sherlock.
The actress named the Benedict Cumberbatch-starring adaptation as her dream project, describing it as "really hot".
Asked if there were any other shows she would like a role on, the Welsh performer told Radio Times: "I also love Upstairs Downstairs. I am proud it gets made in Cardiff."
However, Myles reaffirmed that she is still having a "wonderful" time playing Gwen Cooper in Torchwood.
"She is a full-on action hero and I get to do all that fun stuff because I do all my own stunts," she said. "I get to save the world and be the girl next door. The mix is wonderful."
Myles has called for Torchwood to get another series so that fans can receive "closure".


text:
It's been a little while since any work was done on Hambleton Hall. I've been searching for just the right wallpaper for "His" bedroom and at long last, I've found it so hopefully there will be progress with that room.
I was searching through my stock of photographs and thought I'd post these two pics that were taken some time ago. I got quite adventurous and had a little play with effects. I was keen to see how "real" looking I could make the room. I quite like the sepia finish.


text:
Kratovil regains fundraising edge, expands cash lead over Harris
Updated 4:15 p.m.
Maryland Rep. Frank Kratovil (D) narrowly outraised state Sen. Andy Harris (R) in the second quarter of the year, retaking the initiative after Harris had beaten him in the previous two quarters. Kratovil also expanded his substantial lead over Harris in cash on hand, giving him more resources to deploy in the four remaining months of the 1st district contest.
Kratovil reported to the Federal Election Commission that he took in $390,000 from April through June, bringing his total fundraising for the cycle to $1.8 million. He had $1.3 million on hand as of June 30. Harris, meanwhile, reported raising $371,000 for the quarter. He has taken in $1.5 million for the cycle and had $896,000 left in the bank at the end of June.
Before Harris can face Kratovil, he has to win the Sept. 14 Republican primary against businessman Rob Fisher, the founder of a cybersecurity firm. Fisher began his bid largely by self-funding his campaign and continued that trend in the 2nd quarter. He reported taking in $310,000 -- all but $10,000 of it from himself -- and had $239,000 on hand June 30.
Ben Pershing
July 14, 2010; 3:16 PM ET
Categories: 2010 Elections , Ben Pershing
Save & Share: Previous: Ehrlich says he'll air TV ads when he's ready
Next: Paper: Nonprofit led by Baker under state investigation
No comments have been posted to this entry.
The comments to this entry are closed.


text:
[48min, 54sec / 30min, 11sec]
"'I have not despaired, but I am not satisfied,' said Alfred C. McClure, president of the North American Division, at the opening of a creative 'Think Tank' on evangelism," reported the Adventist Review in the July 2, 1992 issue. "'In North America we have a crisis in Anglo evangelism,'" continued the Review article. This meeting, which brought together forty persons at the Adventist Media Center in Thousand Oaks to brainstorm evangelism in North America, was directed by our September speakers, Bailey Gillespie and Stu Tyner.
"Our presentation . . . takes a close look at the current state of Adventist evangelism and peers into the future of evangelistic outreach," avers Tyner. "In specific, we will be addressing five aspects of the subject:
a. The Definition of Evangelism
b. Who Speaks for Evangelism?
c. The Growing Tensions
d. Clarifying the Message
e. The Use of Contemporary Methods"
Does this sound like an appropriate topic for a Forum discussion? Isn't it more suitable for a workers' meeting or a ministerial retreat? Is evangelism an issue within Adventism? If so, at what point did it become an issue -- or has it always been?
Bailey Gillespie, a speaker twice at San Diego during the past year discussing the Valuegenesis Study, is a graduate of Andrews University and Claremont Graduate School. He is a twenty-year member of the La Sierra University faculty in the School of Religion.
Stu Tyner is the new Director of the John Hancock Center for Youth Ministry at La Sierra. His responsibilities include coordination of research, creation of youth ministry resources, and direction of training workshops and seminars. He has served as Editorial Vice President for Concerned Communications and as Director of Concept Development at the Review and Herald Publishing Association where he edited Cornerstone Connection. He has had a primary role in the development and examination of the Valuegenesis survey.
San Diego Adventist Forum
PO Box 421320
San Diego, CA 92142
We invite and appreciate your feedback regarding any of our programs or services.