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The Blue Star Programme is a national primary school initiative which aims to foster better understanding and knowledge of the European Union amongst Irish primary school pupils through classroom projects and activities.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny and MEP Jim Higgins were welcomed to Craggagh NS by a colourful guard of honour put on by the school's younger pupils.
During his visit, they met with members of the school community and were treated to an exhibition of the pupils' Blue Star projects and artwork from the entire school.

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"Acupuncture has helped me tremendously with my ability to get through my days comfortably as I get it done to reduce the pain I have associated with my menstrual cycle. In the past, I got severe cramps and wouldn't be able to function normally unless I took pharmaceutical drugs such as Naproxen (an anti-inflammatory), or large amounts of Ibuprofen. I also had a problem with my lower back & some days wouldn't be able to stand up properly because of the pain in one of my lower vertebrae. After getting a few treatments of acupuncture along with some acupressure massage, the pain has completely disappeared. Sometimes from standing all day at my job, I get pain in my upper back between my shoulder blades. Every once in awhile, I'll go in and get a treatment with needles in that area with some massage & I'll feel great for weeks after with no complications. I have found that the treatments along with the herbs have helped me feel more alert & my energy has increased to a healthy level. I no longer feel as tired as I used to. I also found that if I'm feeling stressed during the week, acupuncture is a really great way to alleviate the stress associated with everyday life."
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By: Rick Boxx
November 16, 2015
An entrepreneurial friend asked me, "Should I be giving from my "gross revenue" or my "net profit?" There are many businesses that have high sales volume, but very thin profit margins, sometimes 10% or lower. If these types of businesses tithed off their sales instead of profits they would quickly go bankrupt.
God desires us to give from a generous spirit, not out of fear or begrudgingly. Although I believe personal tithing should be off of our gross wages, most businesses should give based on net profit, unless God requests more.
2 Corinthians 9:7 teaches, "Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver."
Ask God for direction, but at least cheerfully tithe from your net profit.
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Booking photos of Michael Scott, left, and Lakeshia Baker (Cook County sheriff / April 20, 2013)
A 22-year-old Maywood woman admitted she and her boyfriend beat her 1-year-old son with a belt and plastic hangers and left him to die on their bathroom floor, prosecutors said in court Saturday. The couple then disposed of the child's lifeless body in a backpack before devising an elaborate cover-up which included pretending that the child had been abducted, prosecutors alleged in court. A Cook County judge ordered Lakeshia Baker, 22, held without bail. Michael Scott, 21, was held in lieu of $750,000 bail. Both are from the 300 block of South 10th Avenue in west suburban Maywood.
Baker, who had two black eyes, cried in court after a judge announced her bond. Sally Daly, spokeswoman for the state's attorney's office, said Baker spells her first name differently at different times; it is spelled Lakeshia on her driver's license. According to prosecutors, Baker admitted to authorities that on Monday, April 15 she beat her 1-year-old son, Bryeon Hunter, with a belt while Scott covered the child's mouth so that his grandmother would not hear the baby scream or cry. She said Scott beat the baby's body with plastic hangers. Baker says the beating happened in the bedroom, prosecutors said, but Scott said Baker beat the child in the bathroom. Continue Reading
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In what could one day be used for drinking or extracting hydrogen for fuel, NASA today announced that the moon contains a 'significant amount' of water.
The confirmation was made after the space agency slammed a LCROSS rocket into the moon's surface last month -- kicking up a plume of lunar dust that was analyzed for the presence of the wet stuff. "We got more than just a whiff," Peter H. Schultz, a professor of geological sciences at Brown University and a co-investigator of the mission told the NY Times. "We practically tasted it with the impact."
The $79 million probe sent back the signature for water in both infrared and ultraviolet spectroscopic measurements; prompting scientists and researches to remain confident in their findings.
According to MSNBC, the team estimated that there was about 220 pounds (100 kilograms) of water in the view of their instruments, which took in the area of the impact crater (about 80 feet or 20 meters across) and the ejecta blanket (about 200 to 260 feet across, or 60 to 80 meters). That amount of water is roughly the equivalent of a dozen 2-gallon buckets.
Obviously, the moon's surface is a far cry from the wet one Earth enjoys, but scientists estimate that at the very least, it has more water than some of our planet's driest deserts.
As NASA is readying to return astronauts to the moon in 2020 for extended lunar missions, having access to a local resource like water would make things a bit easier. Hydrogen can be derived from water for use as a rocket fuel -- and the ice plume kicked up by last month's probe would also be of the drinkable variety. "If you could clean it, it would be drinkable water," said NASA's Anthony Colaprete.
Now that the exciting news is out, NASA is next studying the results to try and figure out where the water may have come from. Comets and solar winds are possibilities, as are "giant molecular clouds". One thing's for sure, researchers are now looking at the lunar surface with fresh eyes and reexamining what else our closest neighbor might be hiding. Said NASA's Doug Cooke, "This is not your father's moon; this is not a dead planetary body."


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This past weekend, I went to the East Coast Comicon at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, NJ, founded and run by my friend Cliff Galbraith.
Although it's only been around for five years, ECC has become my favorite con to attend. It started out as the Asbury Park Comicon and was held in a bowling alley the first two years. Since that time, it's grown large enough to have big name guests, but not so large that its impossible to move around in. It's got everything you'd expect a modern day con to have — celebrities, panels, autograph lines, vehicles like the Batmobile and the Monkeemobile, back issue dealers, costume contests — but unlike most other cons these days, the emphasis remains on comic books. And, I've got to admit, the fact that it's only 30 minutes away from my apartment is a big plus.
The con started at 10 on Saturday. I got there at about 11:30. At 12 I took in the panel celebrating 30 years of Justice League International, with Keith Giffen, J.M. DeMatteis, and Kevin Maguire. It was fun hearing these guy reminisce about their collaborations together (I neglected to take any pictures during this one. Sorry).
At 1:30, Comic Book Creator's Rob Smentek spoke with writer/artist Mike Grell about the 30th anniversary of Green Arrow: The Longbow Hunters:
Grell's a great interview. You ask him a single question, and he goes off for the next 5-10 minutes with fascinating stuff. He's fun to listen to.
After the Mike Grell panel, it was time for the panel I was moderating, all about Marvel Comics in the Bronze Age, with Bob McLeod, Ann Nocenti, Jim Salicrup, and Bob Budiansky.
I think it went well overall. Everybody had stories to tell, and we kept things moving along pretty nicely. I recorded the panel, so a transcript will likely be making its way to BACK ISSUE in the near future.
I should mention here that Cliff and his staff do a GREAT job of making sure this con runs smoothly. I want to give a special shout-out to volunteer Dennis Molner, who was great about signalling panel moderators to wrap things up so that the next panel could start on time, as well as keeping the doors closed so that the panelists could be heard. He often did this at the expense of watching the panel himself. Way to go, Dennis!
After my panel ended, Dan Greenfield of 13th Dimension did a one-on-one interview with the great Denny O'Neil about his career.
After that, I wandered around the con, networking and speaking to various pros that were there. I caught up with Danny Fingeroth, introduced myself to Fabian Nicieza (not easy, since he was pretty swamped for most of the weekend — the curse of being the co-creator of Deadpool), and chatted with Peter David (I contributed what I could to his tax relief fund. Thankfully, David told me that his GoFundMe campaign was largely successful, and he's reached a settlement with the I.R.S. Nice to hear).
I wasn't planning on buying much, but then I stopped by former Blue Beetle and Blue Devil artist Paris Cullins' table, and I bought this spiffy piece:
Cullins, by the way, is terrific to talk to. He's genuinely happy, enthusiastic guy who obviously loves what he does. When I mentioned that I write for BACK ISSUE, he lit up and started listing all the times he's talked to the magazine about his various projects. Tom Mandrake, sitting next to Cullins, generously gave me a manila envelope to protect my new piece of art. Right nice of him.
After that, it was a bit more wandering around. I spoke with a cool Harley Quinn cosplayer in front of Kevin Altieri's table. At the end of Saturday I talked with Lost in Space and Babylon 5 actor Bill Mumy, who dished all about the complications of B5's fifth season, as well as which one of his costars was notorious for forgetting his lines.
Since I had no more obligations after my panel on Saturday, Sunday was all about running around and having fun. The day got off to a good start when I found Marvel's first Fantastic Four Treasury for only $3 at the Zapp! Comics booth.
I also brought along a few comics to get signed. Here's Writer Guest of Honor Marv Wolfman just after he signed my copy of New Teen Titans #1:
Sadly, Marv's New Teen Titans collaborator, superstar artist George Pérez, suffered a heart attack while traveling to the con and ended up having heart surgery in the hospital instead of being surrounded by adoring fans. Thankfully, his surgery went well and he is already on the mend. Get well soon, George, and we hope to see you next year!
Here's Geof Darrow of Hard Boiled and Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot fame. I didn't get anything signed by him. but he was fun to talk with.
I took a picture of this Spider-Man standee just because you rarely see any Steve Ditko art in the licensing world:
At noon I went to the Kraven's Last Hunt panel, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the classic Spider-Man story.
I'm honestly a bit so-so on Kraven's Last Hunt overall (it's well-done, but it's darker than I personally like my Spider-Man stories), but this was a fascinating panel with lots of cool behind the scenes info. It's also the first time that all the creators of this story have been together in 30 years (the only person missing was colorist Bob Sharen).
Here's Black Panther writer Don McGregor greeting a Black Panther cosplayer who came by his table:
Here's Denny O'Neil and his lovely wife Marifran, just after Denny signed six of his Batman books for me. Denny had a line stretching around his booth for most of the weekend.
By the way, as of this weekend, I now have several issues of Batman signed by Denny O'Neil, Neal Adams, Dick Giordano, and Julius Schwartz. That's pretty damn cool.
Sunday I found another great cartoonist who'd eluded me the day the before: the ferociously talented Kyle Baker (Why I Hate Saturn, Plastic Man, Captain America: Truth). I've been a fan of his work for ages, and he was nice enough to sign my copy of You Are Here, one of my favorites of his works. He even doodled a face next to his signature, since it was the first copy of the book someone had brought to him that day.
Kyle Baker is another great guy to talk to. Energetic, knowledgeable, and full of great anecdotes. I'm going to have to find an excuse to interview him in the near future.
At 2:30, Dan Greenfield did a one-on-one interview with Marv Wolfman, spanning his 40-year career in comics. Lots of cool tidbits about The New Teen Titans, Crisis on Infinite Earths, and The Tomb of Dracula.
One of the fun things about cons like this is getting the chance to meet people face-to-face. I've interviewed Kevin Altieri and Denny O'Neil by phone and Marv Wolfman via email, but this was the first time I got to meet any of them in person. And it was also cool to spend some time with people I'd previously only been Facebook friends with, like fellow Batfan Dan Greenfield.
At 3:30, Dan spoke with Kevin Altieri, director of many episodes of Batman: The Animated Series. I'd interviewed Kevin for my upcoming article in BACK ISSUE #99, so it was interesting to hear someone else asking him about many of the same topics we'd covered.
After the Altieri panel ended, I was once again free to wander the con for the rest of the day.
I'd met José Luis García-López last year, where I got him to sign my Batman/Hulk Treasury. This year I had him sign the first issue of his Deadman mini-series from 1986.
JLGL is soft-spoken and modest in inverse proportion to his talent, so he's very soft-spoken and modest. Again, I'd love to interview him about his career sometime.
All in all, I had a great time. Moderated a panel, made some new friends, reunited with some old ones, chatted with a lot of cool people, bought a cool sketch, found a Treasury for a great price, and got several comics autographed by some of my favorite creators. Pretty sweet.
Oh, and I got an extra nice surprise when I got home Sunday night — John Byrne linked to my column about his Star Trek New Visions comics series over on his Forum, saying it was "a positive REVIEW from someone who GETS it."
Hard for my inner 12-year-old not to be excited by that.
I'll be back soon with some photos of the cosplayers who were at the East Coast Comicon this weekend. See you then!


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Boxer Jen Hamann and Coach Tricia leave for Spokane tomorrow. You can make the trip with us by following our blogs (arcaroboxing.com and http://www.hamannroadtogold.org), and our facebook pages (Jen Hamann- Boxer & Arcaro Boxing)
If you use twitter, you can find us at @hamannboxer206 or @boxingcoach3
There are several other Pacific Northwest Amateur boxers competing in this tournament and you support all of them by watching the event live streaming at the following link http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Boxing/Watch-Live.aspx
The training is complete, it's time to get the job done.
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Science with the solar space observatory Hinode
The solar space observatory Hinode was launched in September 2006, with the name "Hinode" meaning sunrise in Japanese. The Hinode satellite carries a solar optical telescope (SOT), an X-ray telescope (XRT), and an EUV imaging spectrometer (EIS). Hinode investigates both the interior and the atmospheric regions of the Sun. Its primary objectives are to address the origin of the Sun's magnetic field, the driving force behind solar eruptive events, and the nature of the hot corona.
As recognition of the impact of Hinode on various branches of solar physics, Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing a special feature this week consisting of 18 Letters that present the new results obtained with Hinode. These papers focus on the physics of sunspots, the emergence of magnetic flux on the solar surface, and the dynamics in the solar corona. Figure 1 illustrates these topics.
A handful of these papers are about sunspots, which are still mysterious in several aspects. They highlight the fine structure of the penumbra, which is the ring of radial structures surrounding the dark core of the spots. They present new evidence that the penumbra consists of sea-serpent-like magnetic flux tubes, embedded in a background wrapped around these tubes and connected to magnetic features outside the spot.
Several papers also study the dynamics of the solar corona, focusing on active solar regions and coronal mass ejections (CME, also known as transient events, illustrated on Fig. 1). The new Hinode observations show that the standard scenario describing solar flares do not fit microflares. The high resolution of the soft X-ray telescope on Hinode will help to distinguish between different scenarios.
The papers published this week in A&A – which illustrate only a small part of the science with the new data – show new directions in solar research facilitated by the new solar space telescope Hinode. Through observations of all atmospheric layers of the Sun, from the photosphere and chromosphere into the corona, data from the Hinode observatory provide new insight into the structure and dynamics of the solar atmosphere, an important step toward a better understanding of stellar atmospheres in general.
The Astronomy & Astrophysics special feature (volume 481 n°1 – April I 2008) on the science with Hinode includes 18 articles. They are freely available on the A&A web site: www.aanda.org/ .
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The designation of "organic" or "natural" may not be the complete measure of what makes a great skincare product.
Consumer awareness; it's a wonderful thing! Joining our interest in food purity is the resurgence of awareness in personal-care product purity. We need to take charge of own health so this is a great consciousness to have, especially considering how really unhealthy many personal healthcare products can be. THUMBS UP!!
It's this very consciousness that got me interested in making my own skin care and cosmetics products some 35 years ago [Yes, I am that old]. I independently studied ingredient toxicity, ingredient purity and the benefits of any natural ingredients that I could personally locate. I started making products myself, I tried out the European "clean" skin care products, I tried multi-level marketed simple products and I tried out & demonstrated the health food store brands.
Despite the healthy natural ingredients of all of these products I tried, my skin did not do well. You see, like many people reading this, my skin has come deficits in the way it functions so many whole ingredients clogged it or created allergic reaction. Darn.
It was at this point that I began informally studying cosmetic chemistry. I was able to consult with chemists and I read everything I could get my hands on including the timely studies of dermatologists. Turns out that often times what is helpful for our bodies to take internally may not helpful applied to the surface of the skin. So it seems that the designation of "organic" or "natural" may not be the most complete measure of what makes a great skincare/cosmetic product especially where a needed therapy is concerned.
The designation of "organic" or "natural" may not be the complete measure of what makes a great skincare product.
I prefer a more holistic approach to formulating skincare and cosmetics. This means that the ingredients and ultimately the finished product is designed to work with the natural functions of the skin and each individual body [at a deficit or not] rather than work against it or causing the skin to fight back with an allergic reaction. In the same way that sustainable agriculture is even more inclusive than simply a designation of "organic", holistic formulations incorporate ALL the important elements of skin health; organic/ natural, non-toxic, skin-accessible and change-creating.
Holistic formulations incorporate ALL the important elements of skin health; organic/natural, non-toxic, skin-accessible and change-creating.
Consider these measures to see if a face care or cosmetic product really works to address your skin's needs and your over all body health.
- Are the ingredients hazardous in some way? The list is endless but here are the top few to avoid. Paraben preservatives (they mimic estrogen when absorbed into the body so are linked to causing breast cancer), many sunscreen chemicals such oxybenzone (linked to causing cancer), coal-tar (causes cancer), ingredients with "DEA" at the end of the word (reacts with other ingredients to create a carcinogen), hydroquinone (a skin bleaching agent that is banned in other countries because of reproductive toxicity and is a potential carcinogen), formaldehyde or Imidazolidinyl Urea and DMDM Hydantoin (which convert to formalehyde in the skin – causes cancer)… Click here to link to the Environmental Working Group's Skin Deep website to search cosmetic ingredients.
- Are the ingredients potentially irritating to the skin? Irritants can cause the immune functions of the skin to engage creating allergic reactions OR can cause the skin to reject the product disallowing any benefits it may contain. Anybody can be sensitive to any ingredient but here are a few of the most unsuspecting irritants; propylene glycol, sulfates, seaweed/kelp extracts, sunscreen chemicals, artificial fragrance, raw forms of vitamin C, TEA preservatives.
- Are the ingredients potentially acne-causing/congesting to the skin? Avoid any ingredient with the spelling "myristate" or "myristyl" or any with the spelling "lanolin/lanolate" or waxes or sticky vegetable oils such as peach kernel, olive, sesame, avocado or coconut or natural vitamin E or dyes. Click here to read and/or down load the complete list. Also click here to read about skin types that are more prone to clogging.
- Are the ingredients "active" and "bio-available"? Will they work with the skin to stimulate it to do what it does when it is most healthy & youthful? These are some of the currently available most active ingredients produced with modern technology; peptides (proteins that link with the skins existing proteins to enable healthy tissue regeneration), plant stem cells (bio-active cells that stimulate the growth of human skin stem cells), vitamin fractions (vitamins refined in the laboratory to be most active, available and non-irritating – L versions when possible), refined organic plant extracts (purified and refined ancient traditional medicines), minerals (the same that are present in our own body are helpful in a formula to maintain the integrity of the skin).
- Does the product have a good delivery system to get the ingredients into the skin to be utilized? Are they active just touching the surface of the skin or do they need to be penetrated to lower levels? These are things that only your aesthetician or formulator can tell you because this is where chemistry and the secrets of the trade come in to play. Things we consider:
- Is the pH correct to allow the skin to receive the treatment; higher pH to clean the skin, lower pH to penetrate, lower still to exfoliate?
- Are the ingredient particles small enough to penetrate the skin to activate the under lying functions?
- Are the ingredients large enough to coat the skin for protection?
- Do the base ingredients act as a "solvent" to soften the pathways into the skin to carry the actives deeply?
All of the above is simplistically stated because…. there is another aspect to consider in a product. The sales of skincare and cosmetic products is a billion dollar industry trying to capture each of our attentions from an aesthetic point of view. The color, the packaging, the smell, the texture are all part of what makes our senses engage to use a product. Even more than if it works, to many of us the sensation and the ease of use is of utmost importance.
Next time you considering purchasing a product check yourself; are you buying because you think it will create a lasting change of health in your skin or is it a purchase that fills some need of comfort and promise. Either way, it is wise to be informed.


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Apple Pie Sundaes in Pie Crust Bowls
Apple butter is wonderful on biscuits, warm toast and buttery scones. But have you tried it on vanilla ice cream? When served in a pie crust bowl, you have an elegantly deconstructed apple pie! A little sprinkle of flaky sea salt puts this simple, yet sophisticated dessert over the top.
Apple Pie Sundaes in Pie Crust Bowls
- Premium Vanilla Bean Ice Cream
- Overnight Apple Butter with Bourbon & Vanilla Bean (recipe HERE) or your own
- Store bought or homemade pie crust
- Regular size muffin tin
- Cinnamon sugar
- Flaky sea salt (like Fleur de Sel)
To make the pie crust bowls:
1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Roll pie dough out to 1/8" thick. Use the rim of a drinking glass or biscuit cutter to cut into 3/5" - 4" rounds.
2. Flip muffin tin over. Form dough circles around each muffin cup. Sprinkle with cinnamon sugar. Bake for 7-8 minutes, until golden brown.
3. Remove crusts from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack.
To make the sundaes:
Place a large scoop of vanilla ice cream inside the pie crust bowl. Top with apple butter. Sprinkle with just a pinch of sea salt.


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There are a lot of different ways you can craft a skin care routine. While you may have heard of the keywords organic and all natural, you might not necessarily fully understand what they mean. Switching to an all natural skin care routine can come with many benefits. It means that the ingredients of the products you are using are derived from plant sources that are naturally occurring in nature. Essentially, you are not going to be utilizing any products with chemicals in them. Below, we will be going over some of the benefits of doing this.
Benefits Of All Natural Skin Care Routines:
1. More Affordable.
Believe it or not, but you are actually going to be able to save money by switching to a natural routine. This is because you will be able to use products that you might actually already have in your bathroom or cabinets. Because you will be using natural ingredients that you might already have, it is going to be very affordable to make your own face wash, exfoliate, and more.
2. Softer Skin.
Another benefit that you will get from switching to all natural skin care products at affordable price is the ability to get much softer skin. Because you will be using real ingredients that have unique benefits to them such as vitamin E content and more, you will be able to benefit from having much softer skin and none of the ingredients you will be using will dry your skin out.
3. Natural Products Smell Better.
Chemicals can smell bad and strong. Because of this, you are going to be able to benefit from having skin care products that actually smell good and they might even smell better than the chemical counterparts even with their added fragrances.


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Happy May Day! Do you remember celebrating May Day in school? I remember as a small child walking the few blocks to Queens College from my grandmother's house and watching the May Day celebration. I thought the girls dancing around the May Pole were so elegant. I imagine now that Queens is a large university, they don't dance around the May Pole anymore. Does anyone?
I've been trying to create a few cards using the stamp sets that will be retiring at the end of the month. The card I am showcasing today is Pocket Silhouettes. I have not used this set in quite a while and I don't know why. it is a really nice set and can be used for sympathy, birthday, thank you .... you name it and the images will fit the occasion.
Card Stock: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizazz, Whisper White, In Color Stacks DSP
Ink: Regal Rose
Stamp: Pocket Silhouettes, Oval All
Access: Square Punches, DSP Brads, Chantilly Lace Ribbon, Oval Punch
A lot of the materials to make the card are retiring - lace ribbon (boo hoo), card stock, DSP, stamp set - so if you want any of these items, you better order now.
Card Stock: Kraft, Soft Suede, Baha Breeze, Very Vanilla, Soiree DSP (retired)
Stamp: Pocket Silhouettes
Ink: Baha Breeze, Soft Suede
Access: Border Punch (retiring), Label Punch
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text: For companies like KONE, with over 33,000 employees in various cultures and market situations, it is a challenge to bring their strategy alive from piles of papers and powerpoints. We brought the need of seeing "the big picture" to a very concrete level with an easy-to-read infographic map of the key elements of KONE's strategy. The "KONE big picture" is now a crucial tool for KONE in making its strategy alive on all levels, channels and markets.


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My Team
Our team is committed to providing exceptional client service in all of our relationships. We strive to facilitate the financial planning process. Please call whenever you have a question, concern or a need.
Melissa A Campbell
Melissa grew up in a military family and graduated from Clemson University in 1999. In addition, Melissa earned a Master's degree from Clemson in 2003. She married Jon in 2003 and they have lived in Greenville since 2007. They have two children, Riley and Jonathan. Melissa is a member at Christ Church Episcopal and enjoys college football and spending time with family.
Melissa joined Jay's team in July of 2010. Her primary role is insurance operations and client service.
Rob M Martin
Fax 864-232-5453
Rob is originally from Barnwell, SC and graduated from Presbyterian College in 2009. He has lived in Greenville since 2009 and married Elizabeth in 2012. They now have two daughters, Quinn and Anne Shealy. Rob is a Deacon at Mitchell Road Presbyterian Church and enjoys college football, golf, and woodworking.
Rob joined Jay's team in April of 2016. He primarily serves our clients by building financial plans and overseeing investment operations. He has earned his Series 6, 7, and 63 licenses.


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We already talked about the types of savings accounts, now we will delve into them and how we can manage them.
Different savings accounts
We had suggested making a division of your accounts in such a way that you will not end up with one for each goal. Otherwise, you could have up to 15, depending on your financial objectives. Among those divisions were the following.
Emergency savings
This type of saving is absolutely necessary because there will always be things that are beyond our control. For these incidents, we must be economically prepared. You should always be in an account separate from your other savings.
Savings for long-term goals
Any goal that takes more than a year or two to achieve, such as buying a car or house.
Savings for medium-term objectives
These savings are for objectives that can be met in a couple of months, some new furniture you want to acquire. Holidays in the summer, etc.
Check This Out: The Pros and Cons of Having Different Savings Accounts
Specific objectives
Regardless of whether they are the short or long term, these types of objectives are different and therefore deserve another account. Some examples of them are Savings for birthday gifts, savings for Christmas dinner or a particular trip.
Savings in couple
For savings as a couple, it is recommended to have an account in a savings cooperative, since these provide greater benefits.
The management of multiple savings accounts
It seems difficult to have control over more than two savings accounts, but that is not the case. That is why we want to help you so that your accounts can be handled in the best way. Of course, the management of these accounts depends on the final number you have chosen to organize.
The same bank
The best way to be aware of all your savings accounts is to have all of them in the same bank. This will make life easier for you in many aspects, for example in case you want to transfer money from one account to another. When our savings accounts are in different banks they take many more days or it can be more complicated.
If you have online banking, you can check them all at the same time. But on the other hand, just as it is easy to spend money on your savings accounts, it will be easier to get it out. Making "loans" among your savings accounts is a mistake you should avoid.
If you are one of the people who constantly take money from your savings it is better to consider it in another bank. Having savings accounts in different banks allows you to take advantage of interest rates.
Make a good budget
Independently if your savings accounts are in the same bank or not, you can help with applications or software. These keep under control those savings accounts, and even in general in all your personal finances.
Review your strategies periodically
Having multiple savings accounts do not have to be something for life, the time may come when you should reduce them. That is why you should check frequently if your financial savings strategy is working. It is said that it should be reviewed annually but if it does it every 6 months it can prevent errors that will accumulate until the end of the year.


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As a reporter and photographer for the Gloucester City News since 2006, Anne Forline is a dedicated journalist who works hard, finds great story ideas, and writes excellent articles.
She is one of the best reporters I know. Anne is reliable, keeps deadlines, and writes about the people and government in Gloucester City, Bellmawr and Mount Ephraim.
She is energetic, ambitious and an important contributor to our newspaper.
—Albert J. Countryman Jr.Publisher, Gloucester City News
Anne has worked with the Catholic Star Herald on several stories during the past year. She brings both passion and professionalism to her work, a balance that many writers can't achieve. I look forward to working more with her in the future. —Carl Peters, Editor Catholic Star Herald
Anne is by far one of the best freelancers I had. She is flawless and writes great stories and knows how to build a news story. She is a ray of light for me. When I start my newspaper (one day, hopefully) Anne will be the first person I hire. —Jenn Lucas, Editor, Central Record


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Re: st: Filling missing values
Maarten buis <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Re: st: Filling missing values
Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:30:50 -0800 (PST)
Maarten L. Buis
Institut fuer Soziologie
Universitaet Tuebingen
Wilhelmstrasse 36
72074 Tuebingen
--- On Sun, 31/1/10, Song wrote:
> I would like to fill the missing value in var1 based on the
> trend of the same variable (=var1) instead of using additional
> independent variable. However, "ipolate" requires an independent
> vvariable. How can I fill the missing value based on the trend
> of the variable itself? I would like to use exponential decay
> for var1, but a linear trend is also fine.
For a trend to exist there needs to be time, this is true of linear
trend or exponential decay, so "the variable itself" cannot have a
trend. This is the reason why -ipolate- requires an independent
variable. If you know that the observations are measured at equal
intervals and that the observations are sorted on that time axis,
then you can create such a "time" variable by typing gen -t = _n-.
If this is not the case and there is no time variable in your
data, then it is logically impossible to recover the trend.
Hope this helps,
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Blackmart Alpha APK is an alternative to Google Play store. You will find apps which are not available on Google play store. The app is totally free of cost and it does not require any kind of registration, it allows the user to download free paid apps on Android. Black Market App can be used in PC (Windows) or in Android Power smartphone / Tablet.
Features of Blackmart APK
Black market Application is gaining huge popularity among android / IOS phone users. Every application available in this market is free of cost. A user just has to download and enjoy the app. here are some of the features of Blackmart Alpha Android App.
- No registration needed
- Application available in App store is free of cost
- Shorting is possible (just like play store)
- Ratings are available
- Many premium Apps are available for free
- An application can be used in Android mobile / PC / IOS
- Easy to use
- Supports Multiple languages
Why Blackmart apk is popular among Android Mobile users?
Premium applications are available for free in a black market app and it is the main reason behind the popularity of the app. however, it is hard to tell, whether applications are safe or not. There is always a possibility that you will end up installing the infected application. It can be possible that it will spy your data for the unwanted purpose. So use it at own risk.
How to download Blackmart Alpha APK on Android/PC?
It is not available on Google play store, so a user has to download it from a various applications sharing website. Currently, App is available on a various website for free of cost. They are offering the latest version of Blackmart APP on its website. A user has to download Application from this website and need to install on its device.
Installation of Android Device
- Download Application on your Smartphone.
- Now tap on it and it will ask for information
- As it is not from play store you have to give permission "allow installation of apps from unknown sources"
- After that installation process will begin and complete in few seconds.
- Choose the language and start using.
Installation on PC
- Download PC Application such as Blue stack
- Once it is ready, download Blackmart Alpha APK in PC and install it
- Now you are ready to use the most popular black market app
How safe is Blackmart?
Safty is a quite a concern while using apps from the Blackmart store. It can be possible that source of the original app is changed to collect personal data or gain knowledge of the user. We are not sure about safety; you may end up downloading malicious app which contains the virus.


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ONE WORD Lenten Promises: I started Lent this year by having students view this video and then we had a discussion
about improving ourselves. In the spirit of our popular One Word Project, my students brainstormed one word Lenten promises and then used charcoal to produce their
promises. They have their words posted on their desks which will provide inspiration and focus for us each day during the Lenten season.
Stations of the Cross: My students are also working hard with our other grade 6 class on the many different activities involved in producing their "Stations of the Cross Video for Children", 2015 version. This will include using chalk pastels to create their station in art, practicing to read their Station reflection and using the camera to shoot their tableau. Our school community will watch our video on Holy Thursday at our church.
Jeremy's Egg: On Holy Thursday I always read the story "What was in Jeremy's Egg". It teaches the story of Easter in an incredibly powerful way, which is also easy to understand for students at my age level.
Clothespin Crucifix: I have my students create these simple but effective crucifixes to take home during Holy Week. Instructions coming soon!
Please SHARE this resource with others!


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Google Wave Programming Articles Update
There were 2 articles posted in Google App Engine experiments blog.
1. Episode 7: Writing your First Google Wave Robot (https://gaejexperiments.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/episode-7-writing-your-first-google-wave-robot/)
2. Episode 11: Develop Simple Google Wave Robots using the WadRobotFramework (https://gaejexperiments.wordpress.com/2009/12/03/episode-11-develop-simple-google-wave-robots-using-the-wadrobotframework/)
I have updated both of these articles. The reasons for updating them are:
1. Google released a newer version of the Robots API : Version 2.0. They have recommended that all Robots written with the earlier API (which the articles covered) should be ported to use the new Version 2.0 API. The older API will be deprecated by end June.
2. WadRobotFramework (http://code.google.com/p/wadrobotframework) has also undergone an update to use the newer version 2.0 of the Robot API internally. Along with that, WadRobotFramework has also introduced several new features including a generator (so you almost end up writing as few lines as possible, the concept of obedience, etc.).
You will find both these articles updated at my new Blog (Google Wave Experiments) that is focused on Google Wave programming. Please find the articles over here:
Episode 1 : Writing your First Google Wave Robot using Robot API v2
Episode 2 : Writing a Wave Robot using WadRobotFramework
Hope you like the articles. I am looking forward to your feedback and want to know what you would like to see covered vis-a-vis Google Wave Programming so that I can conduct my experiments accordingly.
June 16, 2010 at 2:00 am


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Our Fleet
We have a range of seven aircraft in our fleet to choose from.
Our Fleet
The Sling II (ZU-FNN, ZU-FSL, ZU-MGB, ZU-IFY, ZU-IMV)
With 5 Slings in our training fleet, it's by far a student favorite. The Sling was designed with the aim of creating the most practical and desirable light sport aircraft available.
- Engine:Rotax 912 ULS
- Propeller: Three blade ground adjustable
- Gross weight: 600kg
- Speed: Max Cruise – 115kts (TAS)
- Wing Span: 9.165 m
- Fuel grade: High octane gasoline DIN 51600, O-NORM 1103 (red) Unleaded gasoline DIN 51603, O-NORM 1101 AVGAS 100LL
Some of the features which make the Sling such a fine aircraft include:
- Her flying characteristics – perfectly coordinated and highly responsive controls (she feels like a fighter jet without being over-sensitive)
- Her performance – close to the best across the full range of qualities;
- Her aluminum construction – for ease and consistency of construction and proven strength and lifespan
- Her airframe strength and durability – she won't break easily and if you treat her right, she'll last you for the rest of your life
- Her excellent instrumentation options
- Her wide cockpit, excellent all around view and substantial luggage capacity
- The incorporation, by design, of a ballistic parachute for safety
- The use of high quality components throughout
The Mooney M20J (ZS-KPW)
Our Mooney M20J is the perfect aircraft for complex training. The slick design, high speeds, affordable complexity and luxury end on the small piston spectrum make this aircraft ideal for complex hour building.
- The mooney is an M20J.
- It has a 4 cylinder fuel injected lycoming IO-360-A1B6D 200HP engine.
- It's top speed in level flight in 201MPH ( Book figure).
- It has a usable fuel capacity of 64 USG and an endurance of just over 6 hours.
- Its maximum all up weight MAUW is 2740Lbs with a useful load of around 1100LBS.
The Piper Tomahawk PA38-112 (ZS-PIA)
Our Tomahawk is a two-seat, fixed tricycle gear general aviation aeroplane, originally designed for flight training, touring and personal use.
- Length: 23 ft 1¼ in (7.04 m)
- Wingspan: 34 ft 0 in (10.36 m)
- Height: 9 ft 0¾ in (2.76 m)
- Max. takeoff weight: 1,670 lb (757 kg)
- Engine:Lycoming O-235-L2C air-cooled flat-four piston engine, 112 hp (83.5 kW)
- Maximum speed: 126 mph (109 knots, 202 km/h) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 115 mph (100 knots, 185 km/h) at 10,500 ft (3,200 m) (65% power)
The Piper Cherokee PA28-180C (ZS-EXP)
The Piper PA-28 Cherokee is a family of light aircraft built by Piper Aircraft and designed for flight training, air taxi, and personal use. The PA-28 family of aircraft is all-metal, unpressurized, single-engine, piston-powered airplanes with low-mounted wings and tricycle landing gear. They have a single door on the co-pilot side, which is entered by stepping on the wing.
Exterior Height: 7 ft 4 in | Wing Span: 30 ft | Length: 23 ft 6 in
Crew: 1 | Passengers: 4
Operating Weights
Max T/O Weight: 2400 Lb | Empty Weight: 1293 Lb | Fuel Capacity: 50 gal Lb | Payload Useful: 1107 Lb
Max Range: 845 nm | Service Ceiling: 19000 ft
Landing Distance: 600 ft
Rate of Climb: 750 fpm | Max Speed: 132 kts | Normal Cruise: 116 kts | Stall Speed: 50 knots
Power Plant
Engines: 1 | Engine Mfg: Lycoming | Engine Model: O-360-A3A


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Sep 252012
In the Snæfellsnes peninsula, where we took a detour on our way to the Westfjords, is a beautiful old fishing village called Stykkishólmur. We stopped off for lunch where I had the biggest mussels I've ever seen. They were delicious. Then, I wandered down to the harbor for a few photos before continuing on our way.


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Malcolm Sharp
Currahee Twisted Sticks was born from a love of the outdoors and a talent for drawing, carving and sculpting. One afternoon while walking through the woods, my wife and I spotted a small twisted tree standing out by itself. My wife said, "You should cut that down and make a walking stick". So, a while later, that's what I did. After letting it dry, I began to carve it. The twist in the wood looked a little like a snake, so that's what it became. My friends and family who saw it all said "you should sell these! But will you make me one for free?" I did give a few to family in the beginning. Then I started selling them at art shows, arts & crafts fairs and most recently, reptile shows.
In my spare time, I hike through the woods of northeast Georgia looking for small trees that have a vine growing around them causing the tree to bulge and twist as it grows. Once they are cut down, the trees have to dry for about year before the carving begins. The carving takes anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months depending on the complexity of the design. Most of the coloring is done in stains except for the brighter colors and some white which is done in paint. I use whatever it takes to get the carving done, from knives and chisels, razor blades, dremel tool, pocket knife, and lots of sanding. Many of the tools and burs/bits I use are handmade by me also. My walking sticks are all wood, one solid piece, no taxidermy or snake skin added. While most people display their sticks as art, they are functional walking sticks. Should you ever break your stick or it becomes worn out, scuffed or chipped just pay shipping and send it back and I will do my best to restore it free of charge. Sticks can be custom ordered to a particular species, or even be made to replicate your own pet snake!


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Nielsen's $1.26 billion deal to acquire Arbitron would make the world's largest supplier of media and marketing research even bigger, giving it not just greater dominance over another medium, but yet another one of Madison Avenue's so-called market "currencies," and constricting the supply chain of media ratings that advertisers and agencies use as the basis of hundreds of billions of dollars worth of media buys. The timing of the deal is ironic, coming nearly two decades after Dec. 31, 1993, when Arbitron officially shut down its television ratings business -- making Nielsen the de facto monopoly supplier of television ratings, and putting it in a position to dominate the rest of the advertising food chain for decades to come.
The deal also comes as Nielsen executives claim to have reached the "tipping point" for becoming the ad industry's trading currency for another key medium -- online -- following an especially rapid and aggressive push to make its Nielsen Online Campaign Ratings service Madison Avenue's standard for Internet advertising, including essentially giving the service away for free to some of its biggest customers until it achieves a critical mass of penetration among big online advertisers.
In other words, if regulators approve Nielsen's acquisition of Arbitron, the consolidated company will not simply be a supplier of media audience estimates and consumer marketing insights, but will be the sole supplier of advertising trading currency for three major media: TV, online and radio. "It makes Nielsen the currency for $85 billion in advertising -- $68 billion for TV and $17 billion for radio," Brad Adgate, senior vice president-director of research at Horizon Media, estimates of just the TV and radio portion of Nielsen's market position.
Not surprisingly, Nielsen and Arbitron executives were upbeat on the prospects for the deal, which they said was good not just for their shareholders, but also for their employees and their customers, because it will give the combined companies "synergies," resources and the market position to develop and innovate better research methods and services.
Nielsen CEO David Calhoun said that aside from accelerating Nielsen's position in radio, the real value was the ability to link Arbitron's radio audience estimates with Nielsen's so-called "buy" data about consumer purchasing behavior, and even speculated that a logical new service would come from Arbitron's integration with Nielsen Catalina.
That would be another ironic full-circle aspect of the merger, since the last big venture Nielsen and Arbitron tried to develop was their ambitious Project Apollo single-source measurement initiative, which was shut down when big marketers declined to pay the hefty price tag associated with sustaining the expensive research initiative.
In fact, Nielsen and Arbitron have been erstwhile partners over the years, even as they have been fierce market competitors, and continue to be 50/50 joint venture partners on the newspaper industry's Scarborough Research.
They have also butted heads, and on occasion raised antitrust concerns, such as when Nielsen launched its own competitive ad tracking service Monitor-Plus, and made it difficult for some of Arbitron's clients to license and integrate its TV ratings data with a more established ad-tracking service owned by Arbitron. At that time, a committee of Madison Avenue's American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As) expressed antitrust concerns, and Arbitron and Nielsen struck a cross-licensing deal ensuring access to Nielsen's TV ratings for its competitive ad-tracking service.
While allegations of antitrust are frequently raised against Nielsen, only a couple of lawsuits have actually been filed, including one brought by Nielsen TV ratings rival erinMedia, which was subsequently settled privately between the two companies (see Tony Jarvis' op-ed commentary in today's edition). But in another antitrust suit brought against Nielsen in Florida by television broadcaster Sunbeam, a judge ruled in Nielsen's favor, in part, by citing the fact that Arbitron could launch a competing service.
While Arbitron periodically has been seen as a potential Nielsen rival in television over the years since it withdrew from conventional TV ratings, including its development of a portable people meter measurement system, it hasn't actually mounted a syndicated TV measurement service, and Nielsen executives Tuesday said the most likely application of Arbitron's PPM technology would be as a means of supplementing Nielsen's existing TV measurement methods to capture out-of-home television audience exposure.
In fact, Nielsen's Calhoun was adamant that there was no likely integration between Nielsen's current "cross-platform" measurement systems and Arbitron's.
"There's nothing to integrate. The cross-platform discussion gets quite confused. There's really no client I know that is looking for radio/TV cross-platform integration," Calhoun said in response to a securities analyst's question -- although one of Nielsen's biggest clients, ESPN, has already begun working with Arbitron and Nielsen online measurement rival comScore to develop a cross-platform measurement service that would measure five media, including radio, TV and various digital platforms. It was unclear Tuesday what would become of that service.
Most of the focus from Nielsen and Arbitron executives Tuesday was on the value the merger would create for shareholders, some synergies that would be achieved by combining the two companies, Arbitron's ability to tap into Nielsen's global sales and marketing organization to export its radio services worldwide, integration, and of course, marketplace dominance.
After it was noted that Arbitron was the sole currency for radio advertising buys in the U.S., Nielsen's Calhoun exclaimed: "We like their market position." While the reaction from many Nielsen customers was muted Tuesday as they were trying to assess the implications of that market position, some expressed concern.
"Competition is good. It gives you better service and affordable pricing," said Horizon's
Group M's Lyle Schwartz was circumspect regarding the deal. "What it means is that there is going be a greater consolidation in the research community among vendors," said Schwartz, who is managing partner of marketplace analytics for GroupM, the largest buyer of media in the world. "I like competition. I like diversity. I don't think consolidation is in the best interests of our clients."
Schwartz said he was especially concerned about the implications the merger would have on projects such as Arbitron's collaboration with comScore. "I'd like to know where that is going," he said.
While most media suppliers declined to comment, the merger got a thumbs up from radio giant Clear Channel Media + Entertainment, which stated: "We think it's a step in the right direction that Nielsen recognizes that Radio, TV and digital are the three critical media to marketers, and that this combination has the potential to offer broader insights and better measurement across multiple platforms."
The major ad industry trade groups, meanwhile, have taken a wait-and-see position pending regulatory review and the disclosure of more facts about the proposed merger.
"Nielsen has announced a plan to acquire Arbitron, but not the details of the proposed transaction,"
the 4As said in a statement, after consulting with its outside legal counsel. "An acquisition of the size announced will be many months in the making, including review by appropriate
governmental authorities who will have authority to require modifications, so it is impossible at this point to know what the proposed deal will mean for those companies or for the industry. The 4A's
will continue to monitor the situation as more information becomes available, and, if necessary, will act to prevent adverse consequences on 4A's members, their advertiser clients, or the industry as
a whole."
"I think that's a fair representation," concurred ANA President-CEO Bob Liodice. "Obviously, the first question that comes out of this is whether it elevates any antitrust concerns. And that's still to be determined, because the other question is who is going to review this, the [Federal Trade Commission] or the Department of Justice?"
"When you look at this, we're essentially bringing the monopoly of television ratings together with the monopoly of radio ratings," he continued. "I'm not sure that the bringing together of two monopolies affects the research. And we're not sure that it elevates pricing concerns at this time. That's still to be determined."
Liodice noted that the "existing landscape has been there for many, many years," and yet no significant new competitor has managed to enter either the radio or the television advertising currency marketplace to rival either Aribitron or Nielsen, and that it's not clear that bringing the two companies together would alter that marketplace dynamic in any significant way.
Moreover, Liodice noted that technology and the availability of more sophisticated data sources may reduce the barrier to entry for new suppliers seeking to innovate the way that media are measured, bought and sold.
In fact, the ANA, 4As and other trade associations have their own initiative, 3MS, which is designed to spark the development of far more enhanced research methods and systems that would make advertising and media even more accountable than their current state of the art.
Another innovation the ANA has been championing is so-called "brand commercial ratings," and it is holding a conference on that subject on Jan. 22, 2013, and Liodice said it would be "interesting to see" what Nielsen, Arbitron or any of their competitors have to say about that.
Joe Mandese, Wayne Friedman, Steve McClellan, Erik Sass and David Goetzl contributed to this report.
I knew we be hearing the sound of jerking knees this morning. Big government is always good. Big business is always bad (except for big Hollywood).