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Having a handy selection of go-to travel resources will give you a huge help in planning for your upcoming travels. They're easy to use, readily available, give you advice and assist in helping you decide on where you want to go and what you want to see when you're travelling. They're fantastic! Here are some of my favourites that I like to use.
Travel Guide Books – The classic. While they're not the coolest looking travel accessories going around, they sure do have some incredible tips and hidden gems to share. They usually also have detailed maps and descriptive notes from some of the world's most knowledgeable travellers. Some of my favourites include Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, and Time Out. Many guidebooks are now available as eBooks, or can be downloaded as PDF files. So for those of you that are more digitally inclined, this is a great option.
Airfares – If you're like me, and don't have the time or patience to compare individual airline companies and their flight prices, Skyscanner is one that you need to discover. This website allows you to choose a destination and date, and it will give you a list of all of the comparative prices between the airline companies. I've managed to find some great steals on flights through this site. Another way to save money on flights, as well as organise them, is through STA Travel. They're well known for their cheap flights, as well as their 'round the world' ticket option.
Accommodation – Choosing accommodation can be tough on the Internet; there are always too many options to choose from! For hostels and hotels, I use Booking.com and Hostel World. There are also many people that swear by CouchSurfing.com and it's ability to save you a tonne of money. Another fantastic option for booking accommodation, that's a little different and that would be on my personal favourite, Airbnb. This website allows you to book to stay at someone else's property, in over 190 countries around the world. You can stay in people's bungalows, apartments, and penthouses or just in their spare bedroom! The prices work out to be really reasonable and I've always found the owners awfully welcoming, and full of knowledge about the local area.
Advice – Asking questions and picking people's brains is a fantastic way to prepare for your travels. Some people have had the most amazing experiences on their travels and can't wait to share it with you, and for you to hopefully do the same. Reading travel blogs is also one I can't suggest more. You'll find interesting stories and insights into other people's journeys, and come across destinations and places of interest that you might not have seen otherwise. The writers themselves are usually available to answer your questions, too.
Having these travel resources can really give you the things you need to make your travels truly exciting. They can save you money, allow you to get your trip a little more organised, and will most definitely inspire you!
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All weapons unlocked.
Twice as long on speed and skill levels.
Efficiency levles 3x longer life drain.
The Gun Game is a physics-based shooting game.
Mission of the gun game is to destroy the targets on the left side.
You must be in the area on the right side in order to shoot the gun.


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Title: Half Past Midnight
Also known as:
Year: 1988
Genre: Short / Horror / Gore / Splatter
Language: English
Runtime: 32 min
Director: Wim Vink
Writer: Wim Vink
IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246669/
A young girl is tormented everyday at school by a group of her classmates, but things get taken too far as she ends up walking in front of a bus after being sprayed in the eyes with hair spray. Rushed to hospital, the young girl remains unconscious, there the bullies decide to finish the job and convince one of the nurses to poison the girl. Too bad for them, the poison causes the girl to come back from the brink of death, and now she's hell bent on revenge.
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Here's a little gem that slipped under my radar until Louis from Massacre Video (go buy some shit from him) brought it to my attention. Naturally, doing a bit of research didn't turn up much, so I of course had to watch the movie. I must say, it definitely was not what I was expecting at all and sometimes that can be a good thing, but in this case, it's not. Right off the bat, the movie does something that really pissed me off and oddly enough isn't the first time I've seen it happen in a movie. Like "The Abomination", the movie starts off by playing a trailer for the movie at the beginning and gives away all the good scenes, the ones that make the movie worth watching. Why would you do that? Why in god's name would you put a trailer of the movie you're about to watch, before said movie and give away the movie's bread 'n butter? So "Half past Midnight" starts off by being a kick to the face for the audience, and would have to do something really special to make up for it, which it doesn't.
The other thing that I found strange is the fact that the movie plays out more like a music video than anything else. You want to know how much dialogue there is in the movie? Three lines. No exaggeration, there are only about three lines of dialogue that are spoken by two characters. One is from the lead female-antagonist, who calls our female-protagonist a bitch. Then one of the antagonist's friends inviting her boyfriend over to come and look at the pictures she took. Like most movies, when the end credits roll the movie lists the character names along with the actors name who portrayed them. Here's the kicker though, since nobody speaks during the entire movie, it doesn't matter what the character's names are because you don't know who the hell anybody is. Not only is there no dialogue, but there are very minimal sounds used in the movie. As far as I can recall the only sounds I heard in it, were from the revving of a chainsaw and a couple of various female characters screaming, other than that, its all music.
One thing that having dialogue might have helped with, is the actual plot of the movie. Yes, since this is only a gore short, the story is very easy to follow. Group of kids torment the nerdy girl, tormenting goes to far and she ends up hospitalized, failed attempt at poisoning the girl in the hospital brings her back to life and she goes after them for revenge. Clearly we aren't talking about a complicated plot, but what I was curious about is that it seems that the entire town really hates the young female protagonist. Having a gang of kids torture the nerd is nothing new, but she not only has no friends, but a teacher joins in on not only humiliating the girl, but raping her too. Then a nurse at the hospital helps out the gang of hoodlums by being the one to inject poison in her while she's in a coma. (You know it's poison that she is injected with because the bottle has skull and cross bones sticker on it.) What I want to know is, why? This girl must have been completely irritating if this many people wanted to fuck up her life, and if that's the case, maybe being dead isn't such a bad thing.
At this point, I wanted to hate "Half Past Midnight" since there really hasn't been anything likeable about the movie, except for the extreme cheese factor. Then at the end of the movie it gets better from having the antagonist coming back to life, and start tearing shit up with knives, an axe, and a chainsaw. Obviously being a low budget effort, they couldn't do much in the way of SPFX, so a majority of the death scenes happen off screen. For the knife attacks, you see the girl strike with the knife, and then it cuts to the person with the knife in whatever part of their body was stabbed, and there's blood everywhere. Then with the axe and the chainsaw, it just shows the antagonist getting hosed down with blood, and then it cuts to the aftermath.
So while most of "Half Past Midnight" makes me want to hate the movie. The death scenes (even as bad as they are), the overall cheese factor of the movie and the fact that it's style reminds me of: "The Abomination, "Bad Karma", and "Chainsaw Scum Fuck", (all of which are good movies) makes me want to like the movie. Which, I guess leaves me indifferent and resting on the border of love and hate. I can't recommend the movie, but if you ignore my opinions on the movie and you come across it and you think you'll enjoy it. Then the chances are that you will, so you should probably give it a go.
Gore: 2.5/5
Nudity: 0/5
Story: 2/5
Effects: 2/5
Comedy: 2/5
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Graham Barlow, the former England and Middlesex batsman, has been named the new coach of Central Districts. The 54-year-old Barlow replaces Mark Greatbatch, who resigned at the end of last season after coaching the side for two years.
An attacking left-handed opening batsman, Barlow had a long and distinguished first-class career for Middlesex, playing 251 games and scoring 12,387 runs at 35.90, with 26 centuries. However, he achieved considerably less success in the international arena, playing only three Tests, against India and Australia, and aggregating a mere 17 runs. A superb fielder and runner between the wickets, Barlow had slightly more success in one-day internationals, averaging 29.80 in six games, including an unbeaten 80 on debut, against West Indies in 1976.
His playing career ended prematurely due to a back injury, after which he took to coaching in Australia and South Africa. He was the head coach of Eastern Province, and also helped Border reach the finals of the Supersport competition, South Africa's domestic four-day tournament, in 1999. He moved to New Zealand in 2001, where he was the coaching and development officer with Marlborough Cricket Association.
According to a report in Hawkes Bay Today, Barlow was delighted at the opportunity to work with Central Districts, who won the State Shield, New Zealand's domestic one-day competition, last season. "I'm really looking forward to it and we'll be moving up as soon as possible. Having lived here for nearly two years, I've pretty quickly learnt that it's quite a diverse set up. And the spread-out nature of the association presents a lot of challenges," he said. "But we've got the nucleus of a pretty good side. Winning the State Shield shows there is plenty of spirit and ability and my job will be to build on that."
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Mapping of Malakal, South Sudan (a partnership with Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team)
GISCorps partnered with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) to map the city of Malakal, South Sudan to provide baseline data for the humanitarian response to the ongoing conflicts between government and rebel forces in South Sudan. Recruitment resulted in deploying 18 GISCorps volunteers from 9 countries to the first phase of the project. Volunteers were: Sheraz Ahsan (Pakistan), Aly DeGraff (USA), Elizabeth Ducey (USA), Geraldine Eggermont (Belgium), George Haskett (USA), Tim Hohn (USA), Shamira Ishmael (Canada), David Litke (USA), Heather Milton (USA), Jirka Panek (Czech Republic), Jared Pilbeam (USA), Snead Prasad (Canada), Oula Seitsonen (Finland), Laxman Sharma (India), Suthakaran Sundaralingam (Sri Lanka), Shibata Takeo (Canada), Leslie Zolman (USA), and Ryan Taylor (Canada, phase two).
By Heather Milton, GISP and David Litke
May 2014
In December 2013, fighting broke out in South Sudan between government and rebel forces. Malakal, a regional capital, was the center of much fighting; over 18,000 people sought refuge in the United Nations peacekeeping camp in that city and many homes and buildings were destroyed.
Relief agencies, coordinated through the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) requested that the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) begin an effort to map affected areas of South Sudan; and HOT coordinated with GISCorps to map the city of Malakal as one of its top priorities (as determined by the International Committee for the Red Cross). Within a month, the map of Malakal was transformed from essentially an empty space to one that showed every street and building in the city (figure 1 and figure 2).
Figure 1. OpenStreetMap of Malakal, South Sudan at the completion of the project.
Organizations like UNITAR, ICRC and MapAction can use this open-source online map to produce a series of thematic maps to evaluate damage done by the conflict and to support humanitarian relief efforts.
Figure 2. Detail of Malakal map, showing individual buildings in the city.
This effort served as a pilot project to assess collaboration between HOT and GISCorps. This collaboration brings together the online software capabilities of HOT and OpenStreetMap, with the Geographic Information Systems (GIS) expertise of GISCorps professionals, and the experience that GISCorps has in managing and coordinating volunteer work during a crisis. Severin Menard was the project lead for HOT, and Heather Milton was the GISCorps project manager.
The project used the iD and JOSM editors developed for OSM, and the Tasking Manager developed by HOT. GISCorps managed the project, and provided online documentation of project methods, and a question-and-answer document where volunteers could find answers to their questions. Skype was used for real-time communication between volunteers.
The project was accomplished in two phases. Seventeen volunteers participated in Phase 1 (January 8 to February 3, 2014), which used Bing imagery from late 2009. Fifteen volunteers participated in Phase 2 (February 7 to March 11), which took advantage of just-released DigitalGlobe Worldview-2 imagery from late 2013 (provided by the US State Department Humanitarian Information Unit) to update the map to conditions in Malakal just at the beginning of the conflict. Figure 3 shows the Tasking Manager website for Phase 2 at the completion of the project. The second phase of the project also allowed for the first test of the imagery offset database plugin for JOSM in a Tasking Manager job.
Figure 3. Tasking Manager website for Phase 2 of the project.
The average number of hours contributed per volunteer was approximately 29.5 hours. Three volunteers contributed 50 hours or more; 11 volunteers contributed between 15 and 50 hours; and 4 volunteers contributed less than 15 hours. The total number of volunteer hours was 442. Over the course of the project, approximately 55,000 features (primarily buildings and roads) were added to the map. It also was determined that the imagery offset database could be successfully be used as part of a Tasking Manager job.
As a result of this project, HOT and the GISCorps Core Committee concluded that the partnership was effective, and more collaborative projects are planned for the future.


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The community-wide Big Read Holland Area program coordinated through Hope College and focusing on the book "When the Emperor Was Divine" during November will provide historical, literary, and cultural context within multiple events including multiple lectures, a free film showing, a children's story time, a dinner, a musical performance, a poetry-writing workshop and a keynote address from the author of the novel, Julie Otsuka.
The program is funded through a grant to the college through the Big Read initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in partnership with Arts Midwest.
The public events will begin with a TED-talk-styled kick-off celebration at Hope on Wednesday, Nov. 1, and continue through Thursday, Nov. 16, at a variety of locations in Holland, including a keynote address by Julie Otsuka on Thursday, Nov. 9, at Hope. After reading the book, community members are also invited to participate in any number of single-evening discussion groups taking place throughout Holland.
Admission to all of the activities is free, with exception of a cultural dinner scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 7.
Copies of the book will be available at no cost while supplies last to those who do not have access to the novel in other ways. They will be offered on Saturday, Oct. 28, at Herrick District Library, the Herrick Northside Library and Zeeland's Howard Miller Library, and on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at the kick-off event.
"When the Emperor Was Divine" transports readers to 1942, as it tells the story of Japanese-American internment from five points of view. The NEA's website for the Big Read says that the book "not only invites readers to consider the troubling moral and civic questions that emerge from this period in American history but also offers a tale that is both incredibly poignant and fully human."
To open the month, a TED-talk styled evening on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m. at Hope College's Knickerbocker Theatre in downtown Holland will put "When the Emperor Was Divine" into written, historical and cultural context. The presenters will be Amy Otis-De Grau, senior director of the Fried Center for Global Engagement at Hope; Dr. Wayne Tan, assistant professor of history at Hope; and Dr. Jeanne Petit, professor of history and department chair at Hope.
The Raion Taiko Japanese drumming ensemble will perform on Friday, Nov. 3, at 7 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel at Hope.
Jack Ridl, an acclaimed poet and professor emeritus of English at Hope, will lead a poetry-writing workshop on Saturday, Nov. 4, at 10 a.m. at the Holland Area Arts Council. The workshop will examine passages from "When the Emperor Was Divine" to realize Otsuka's unique and powerful use of language.
Photographer Kevin Miyazaki will discuss his artwork and its focus on issues of memory on Monday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. He will discuss his Camp Home project, which is on display at the center and documents the reuse of buildings from the Tule Lake and Heart Mountain Japanese internment camps, where members of his family were incarcerated during World War II.
Dr. David Myers, professor of psychology at Hope, will lead "Who is My Neighbor? Faith, Justice and Community" on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 3 p.m. in the rotunda of the Martha Miller Center for Global Communication at Hope. The interactive event will provide the historical context of "When the Emperor Was Divine" by discussing Christians' responses to the Japanese-American internment and draw parallels between those events and current politics regarding refugees.
A Japanese Culture and Educational Dinner will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 6 p.m. at the ballroom of the Haworth Inn and Conference Center at Hope. The event will feature Japanese and Japanese-American cuisine as well as a short presentation on Japanese culture as it pertains to the book. Tickets are $9 for adults and $4.50 for children age four-11, and free for children under four. Advance registration at the Big Read Holland Area website is required.
The film "Girl Unbound" will be screened on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 7 p.m. at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. Reflecting the themes of identity and discrimination of "When the Emperor Was Divine," the 2016 documentary explores the world of Maria Toorpakai Wazir, a champion female athlete who defies the Taliban to pursue her dream.
Otsuka will deliver the Big Read Holland Area's keynote address on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel at Hope. She will discuss her family's experience of internment during World War II, the creative process and how she came to be a writer, as well as the relevance of the Japanese American internment to contemporary times. A question-and-answer session and book signing will follow. She will also participate in an event for middle school, high school and college students earlier in the day.
This year's Big Read Holland Area is also featuring a children's book, "A Place Where the Sunflowers Grow" by Amy Lee-Tai. The story is about Marj, a Japanese American child who finds hope in the Topaz Internment Camp during World War II. Lee-Tai will give a reading, take questions and sign books on Saturday, Nov. 11, at 11 a.m. in the children's area of Herrick District Library.
Artist, writer and speaker Makoto Fujimura will discuss Japanese religious history and cultural attitudes on Sunday, Nov. 12, at 7 p.m. at Third Reformed Church. He will deliver a lecture on "When the Emperor Was Divine" as well as his insights on culture, art and humanity on Monday, Nov. 13, at 7 p.m. in the Concert Hall of the Jack H. Miller Center for Musical Arts at Hope.
The Holland Museum will host "Lunch at the Museum: Memories of World War II" on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at noon. Those attending will have an opportunity to listen and reflect as fellow community members share their stories, and will be encouraged to share their own if they wish. An opportunity will follow to visit the museum's World War II exhibit, "For the Future Peace." Beverages will be provided but attendees should bring their own sack lunch.
Dr. Kim McKee, director of the Keutsche Office of Local History and assistant professor at Grand Valley State University, will present "Claiming America: A Question of Belonging" on Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Howard Miller Public Library. She will explore the significance of Otsuka's internment narrative from its multiple perspectives and implicit calls for empathy as a means of understanding how the horrors of war affect every-day Americans.
The closing event will take place on Thursday, Nov. 16, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Holland Armory. The open-house-style evening will showcase hundreds of area students' artwork created in response to ""When the Emperor Was Young" as well as collaborative projects by the two Big Read Holland Area artists-in-residence, Joel Schoon-Tanis and Barry Elz. The exhibition will also be open to the public on Friday-Wednesday, Nov. 17-22, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
There will also be several book discussions open to the public.
The first, on Thursday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m., coincides with the exhibition "From the Stars: Innovation and Inspiration in Meiji Japanese Art," which is featured at the Kruizenga Art Museum at Hope. Charles Mason, who is director and the Margaret Feldmann Kruizenga Curator of the museum, will present a talk about the exhibition, followed by discussion of the book led by Dr. Tatevik Gyulamiryan, assistant professor of Spanish at the college. Advance registration is required.
During an interactive event on Monday, Nov. 6, at 1 p.m., Dr. Jesus Montaño, associate professor of English at Hope, will interview Kevin J. Miyazaki about his internment-camp photography, his family experiences and his reactions to "When the Emperor Was Divine." The event will take place in the Rare Books Room of the college's Van Wylen Library.
Among the other book-discussion sites scheduled: Wednesday, Nov. 8, 7 p.m., Our Brewing Company, hosted by the Asian Studies program at Hope (advance registration required); Holland Museum, Friday, Nov. 10, 7 p.m., hosted by the Alliance for Cultural and Ethnic Harmony; Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m. at the Saugatuck-Douglas History Center; Wednesday, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. at Fellowship Reformed Church; Saturday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m. at Barnes & Noble; Monday, Nov. 20, at 7 p.m. at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts; and Tuesday, Dec. 5, at 6:30 p.m. at the Howard Miller Public Library.
In addition to the events and discussions open to the general public, several area schools are participating by having students read the book, as are other community groups that have organized their own discussions.
The Big Read initiative is designed to revitalize the role of reading in American culture by exposing citizens to great works of literature and encouraging them to read for pleasure. Hope is one of only 77 non-profit organizations nationwide to receive a grant to host a "Big Read" project between September 2017 and June 2018.
The Big Read Holland Area is directed by Dr. Deborah Van Duinen, associate professor of education at Hope. The program began in 2014 with "To Kill a Mockingbird," continuing with "The Things They Carried" in 2015 and "Brother, I'm Dying" in 2016. Area partners with the college include Herrick District Library, Future PREP'd Ottawa Area Intermediate School District, Howard Miller Public Library, Western Theological Seminary, Holland Museum, cultureWorks, the National Endowment for the Arts, Ready for School, Holland Area Arts Council, Saugatuck Center for the Arts, Black River Public School, Hamilton Community Schools, Holland Christian Schools, Holland Public Schools, Saugatuck Public Schools, West Ottawa Public Schools and Zeeland Public Schools.
More information about the Big Read Holland Area events and the book is available at hope.edu/bigread


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It's all about those evil scary-looking "AR-15 machine guns".
CBS News has learned that the Mexican Government has retained an American law firm to explore filing civil charges against U.S. gun manufacturers and distributors over the flood of guns crossing the border into Mexico.
Sources say Mexico's frustration with U.S. efforts to stop the flow of weapons has pushed them into this novel approach. The law firm is looking at charges that may include civil RICO. The contract was signed on November 2, 2010 by a representative of Mexico's Attorney General, at their Washington embassy.
Richard Feldman, President of the Independent Firearms Association and former gun industry association executive said: "Maybe we should be suing the Mexican government for their failure to prevent drugs from coming into our country."
AR-15 machine guns.
OK, terrific.
Oh, right…… "It can't happen here".
Seems as if 'something interesting' is afoot with the subject.
Major tip-o-the-hat to long-time friend TaxMaiden in the comments below.
On 28 July 2010, a nomination was made to the Federal Judicial system by the current President Of The United States. An attorney by the name of Marina Garcia Marmolejo was appointed and her name sent to the Senate for confirmation.
Ms. Marmolejo is a partner in a law firm named Reid Collins & Tsai. Well whaddya know, that's the same law firm contracted by the Mexican government suing US gun manufacturers.
But wait, there's more.
Ms. Marmolejo is not an American by birth and resides way down on the left side of the street, or she wouldn't have been nominated.
Nothing to see here !
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Tool up…… It's coming.
You know…… "It".
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A recent study observes the wave nature of electrons in graphene (one atom thick graphite) at a very low temperature of -272⁰C. Magnetism of electrons has been discovered in three layers of graphene. Using this new kind of magnet, soon electronic devices can be made using graphene for fundamental studies.
But why is this discovery of so much significance? Metals have a high density of electrons. Hence, in order to observe the wave nature of electrons in metals, metallic wires only a few atoms wide need to be created. But graphene has a low density of electrons and the density can be changed by making a transistor. Therefore, the wave nature of electrons is easier to observe in graphene.
Often in metals the electron is scattered every 100 nano-meters due to impurities and imperfections. But in graphene, electrons can travel much longer, up to distances of 10 micrometer. This is made possible by sandwiching graphene between layers of boron nitride. With fewer imperfections, the flow of electrons is better which enables electronic interactions between electrons. This is observed in three layers of graphene. From these interactions, magnetism of electrons arises.
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The death of someone you love is always traumatic. But even in your darkest moments, you need not fear, for God is with you. He is close to you.
"Do not let your hearts be troubled", Jesus says. "Trust in God still and trust in me. There are many rooms in my Father's house".
This is the wonderful promise of Jesus – that he has prepared a place for those who love him.
The priests of the parish will be glad to discuss with you any aspect of the Funeral Liturgy. We will assist you in the preparation of the Funeral Liturgy – readings from Scripture, Prayers of the Faithful, Offertory Procession, Sacred Music, etc. It is our wish that the Liturgy will be a time of prayer for your loved one and of consolation and hope for you. In the course of the Funeral Liturgy, we try to let God's word speak to the hearts, so that we all might hear and be comforted by the Christian message,
www.requiem.ie is a useful website to help families prepare the funeral liturgy.
For links to organisations who can assist you in your bereavement please visit our Support Services page.
Eulogies are not to be part of the Funeral Mass. These can take place in the Funeral Home or in the Cemetery, after the burial.
Readings at the Funeral Mass must be taken from the Lectionary and music must be appropriate. Songs, poems and texts devoid of a Christian content are out of place.
A post-Communion reflection of a prayerful nature can serve to enhance the Liturgy.
Expressions of thanks to those who supported or cared for the deceased can be included in the Prayers of the Faithful.
Plots are available
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by Travis Johnson, Stock Gumshoe | January 28, 2013 4:59 pm
Well, unfortunately my hope that I could sniff around Dole Food (DOLE) for a while and nibble at a lower price has been dashed, at least for the day — Barron's featured them as a bargain over the weekend and the shares spiked 10% today.
They're still on our Gumshoe watchlist because their balance sheet just improved dramatically (or will when their recent offloading of their Asian assets goes through), and they might one day be able to book a big profit on their non-core Hawaiian land, but I was hoping they'd be downtrodden and disliked for a bit longer. They aren't necessarily expensive now, I'm still not sure what price is reasonable for the stock (that's part of the reason they're on the watchlist, not in my portfolio), but they are more expensive than they were on Friday.
If you missed that note from Barron's[1], the basic pitch was this:
"Dole trades at a deal-adjusted enterprise value of 6.7 times 2013 estimated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization—in line with historical multiples for fruit companies. But after you factor in the company's 113,000 acres of farmland, including 25,000 acres on Oahu—of which 16,500 are listed for sale, the valuation falls to just four times Ebitda. The company values the land at $500 million.
"Dole's shares could be worth more than double their current price, and while shareholders aren't likely to see that value realized in a hurry, the divestiture is a step in the right direction. Over the next year, the stock could rally 25% or more."
After they drove the shares up 10% today ,they issued a bit of a followup here.[2] I'll keep my eye on them.
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Best definition
An argument between nerds usually covering material such as programming techniques or Star Trek trivia.
Erwin stormed away in a huff after his nerdgument with Cecil over whether to use a Waterfall or an Agile software development methodology.
nerdgument: define #2
A verbal dispute involving a fantastical, scientific, and/or video game related topic.
When Timmy and Benjamin began a nerdgument on whether Weepingbell or Ivysaur were more anatomically possible, I knew I had to leave.


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November 13, 2012
Wondering Wednesday
Time will tell us. Bed is calling us. I am waiting even now. I know she's sleepy.
Oh, mom read in Cat Fancy this evening that our FUDs should only contain about 15% carbs, tops. I went to a link and found all the leading fuds are waaaaaay over that amount. And there was a good explanation as to why fruits and veggies are not for us and WHY they aren't.
It's a commercial site but mom & I don't care. It has the analysis of the bagged foods and that is what we were looking for.
I have no idea where or if I could find this food to try. My mom doesn't either but again, the analysis was good to read. Naturally some moms and dads might defend their choices and who am *I* to say "change". So, don't lay biteys on me. I'm just sharing a link. MOL. No dart throwing and no hisses please. If you do, I'll not share any more if it will offend my kitty furriends.
37 comments:
- Sweet Purrfections said...
Our mom is trying to feed us healthier foods, but they do cost a little more green papers.
- November 13, 2012 at 10:08 PM
- Oui Oui said...
Our mom switched us from Science Diet to Halo's Spot's Stew, which we LOVE, because of the by products. We'll have to check the carbs. Thanks for the metaphors and nutritional info! Did you see all the sweet comments about Admiral at our blog?
- November 13, 2012 at 10:24 PM
- The Island Cats said...
Yeah, us kitties don't need lots of carbs. Our mom is trying to get us to eat less dry foods but we love our crunchies!
- November 13, 2012 at 10:27 PM
- The Florida Furkids said...
Our Mom thinks we eat too many crunchies too. She gives us a "treat" of stinky goodness every night.
The Florida Furkids
- November 13, 2012 at 10:41 PM
- Unknown said...
Wes gets tuna every night and crunchies and then every morning we gets stinky goodness with warm water.
Wes only eats about half of both (the tuna and the small cans of stinky goodness). We is also both healthy as horses
- November 13, 2012 at 10:47 PM
- Andrea and the Celestial Kitties said...
Katie dear, when you have those mezmerizing eyes on, I'll do anything you say! MOL
- November 13, 2012 at 11:49 PM
- Spitty-the-Kitty said...
Darling! How could anyone get hissy with you!??
My Human used to feed me anything I showed the least interest in eating...lately, since I have become a better eater, she has tried to buy higher quality (i.e., lower carb) foodz and sometimes I will eat them but I really do prefer my FF or Whiskas, which are both fairly high-carb. She worries, but usually decides in favor of what she knows I will eat. She used to worry SOOO much because I would literally go for a day or two on just a couple bites sometimes. Since my YouKnowWhat, that's totally changed, but she still obsesses a little. Although she knows it's not the best, she figures that she's raised quite a few kitties on plain old Friskies that lived to be 16-17-18, even 19. She figures she does the best she can, and maybe when I have reliably been eating well for another few months, she'll look into this a little more.
Whew. What a lot of silly chattering. Can I come over and play later?
- November 14, 2012 at 12:14 AM
- Angel Prancer Pie said...
Thanks fur the linkie my sweet, fellow, tuxi girl! My Mommy has been looking fur sumthing like this. - Precious
- November 14, 2012 at 12:28 AM
- GLOGIRLY said...
The girl has been changing up my food too.
I'm getting 1/2 kibble (the new spay/neutered formula from Royal Canin) and then the other half is a high protein, uber low carb wet food from Tiki. So far, so good!
I'm going to do a Chewy review soon on the Tiki. ; )
- November 14, 2012 at 12:45 AM
- Karen Jo said...
Our Mom is trying to get us to eat healthier, too. We get Now Senior Weight Control dry food and Fancy Feast Classic. When I moved in Herman and Spyro were eating Tiki and Merrick, but they gave me the runs. I can only eat pate style. Mom brought home a can of Evo 95% meat, and we ate it the first time, but turned up our noses at the leftovers. Mom says thank you so much for the kind words about Herman. I am sure that Herman and Admiral will become great friends.
- November 14, 2012 at 12:52 AM
- dArtagnan Rumblepurr/Diego Hamlet Moonfur said...
We totally appreciate the link! Rumblemum tries to give us the healthiest food that we'll eat, and it's great to have resources to look at that'll help educate her.
- November 14, 2012 at 1:20 AM
- Summer at sparklecat.com said...
My human reads labels on both human AND cat food! She feeds us canned food 95% of the time (I get the occasional high-protein dry food), and she always does the math regarding protein vs. carbs. We wind up with mostly high protein, grain free stuff - Wellness Core, Blue Buffalo Wilderness and occasionally Evo (which isn't available at the chain pet stores). We are all happy, lively kitties even though we are between 10 and 12 years old, and our fur feels awesome, so she figures she must be doing good by us.
- November 14, 2012 at 3:08 AM
- The Furries of Whisppy said...
There's probably no clear cut right or wrong food to feed our furchildren. And one brand of food can have very different results with different kitties. :)
Boomie here : Mommy's making SARDINES tonight. Shall I bring some over? xoxo
- November 14, 2012 at 3:56 AM
- Old Kitty said...
Sweet Katie Isabella!!! You are very good to share your bed with mum! :-) Take care
- November 14, 2012 at 6:11 AM
- Mark's Mews (Ayla, Marley, and Laz) said...
Ah yes. I myself prefer to sit on TBT's back or legs while he is in bed. I'm sure he likes it too. He moves around with happiness...
~ Ayla
- November 14, 2012 at 6:46 AM
- CATachresis said...
Oh Goodness! I am so picky that she gives me anything I will eat!!! I get my high protein stuff al fresco with added feathers! xox
- November 14, 2012 at 7:09 AM
- Hannah and Lucy said...
We are quite picky eaters and we rarely eat the same as each other. We can often hear Mum muttering aboutbeing a waitress!!
Luv Hannah and Lucy xx xx
- November 14, 2012 at 9:26 AM
- Beth said...
Your mom is so good to you Miss Katie! xx
- November 14, 2012 at 9:36 AM
- Seville at Nerissa's Life said...
As I tell my peeps... When it comes to food, I like what I like and I know what that is. They listen SOMETIMES. purrs
- November 14, 2012 at 9:37 AM
- My Mind's Eye said...
Katie very interesting post and you are very good at sharing.
Hugs Madi your BFFF
PS no darts from us just hugs and kissy!
- November 14, 2012 at 10:10 AM
- Texas, a Cat in... Austin said...
My human is also trying to give me healthier food but the thing is that it is not always what I prefer :-/
Thanks for the linkie!
- November 14, 2012 at 10:17 AM
Looks like a useful link!
- November 14, 2012 at 10:43 AM
- wildcatwoods said...
We get good foods with high protein counts - Mom's vet had been after her for years to switch and we look all the better for it!
cats of wildcat woods
- November 14, 2012 at 11:02 AM
- Tamago said...
Hi Katie san, thank you for the link! This has great information! I've found some say some fruit is good for kitties and some say no. It is hard for me to decide what is really good. But I wouldn't choose Young Again because I don't like chicken meal as 1st ingredient. This is just my opinion and I hope no kitty will hiss at me, either :-)
- November 14, 2012 at 11:55 AM
- Mariodacat said...
Aww sweetie - that picture of you is just precious - just like you. M says thank you for the link. She found that site very interesting and is now wondering where to buy the food. Guess she'd better shop the internet. Then, even if she finds it, there is no guarantee I'll like the stuff. I have very refined tastes!
- November 14, 2012 at 12:55 PM
- da tabbies o trout towne said...
katie...ewe can buys ther foodz rite on that site...tell yur mom ta click ta de left wear it bee titled "cat food" but make sure her bee sittin down when her seez de price
we noe; noe "price' can be placed on health but if ya DONT like it.....
well, there goes yur nip allowance for awhile huh....
- November 14, 2012 at 1:14 PM
- Marg said...
What Spitty's Mom said is totally so true. I have been feeding kitties now for a very long time and most of them have lived to their high teen age years on just plain old Whiskas and the dry food. I do think that some the grain free food would be good for some of the kitties that live here such as some of the ones that get diarrhea all the time. But most of them are just dandy on good ole Fancy Feast etc. But that is a great site to look at for info. Well done.
- November 14, 2012 at 1:22 PM
- Mr. Black said...
Yes, I think lower carb is better since we are carnivores. The lady gives me a mix of high-end kibble. Like, three our four $$$ (like she can afford it [not]) brands all mixed up in a container. I get a wet canned food treat at 4 in the afternoon. Usually a couple tablespoons of Fancy Feast Classic. I don't like the high-end wet food for some reason.
- November 14, 2012 at 1:26 PM
- LP said...
We eat Innova Evo dry and wet and like it very much. The foster cats eat California Natural dry and Fancy Feast wet. We have tried to give them the Evo or other healthier brands but FF is what they like and they love California Natural dry which is a good quality food. Some times with older cats , it's peace of mind when they are simply eating!
We love being informed about things and would never hiss at you dear Katie!
the critters in the cottage xo
- November 14, 2012 at 1:32 PM
- Brian said...
Hello pretty Katie! It is so nice of you to share your bed with Mom!
- November 14, 2012 at 2:14 PM
- Callie (a.k.a. Trouble) said...
Thanks for sharing the info. The kind of food Mommie is feeding us is not *perfect*, but with Sassy's sensitive stomach it is what the vet recommends.
- November 14, 2012 at 3:29 PM
- meowmeowmans said...
We love that you share the bed with your mommy, Miss Katie! And we appreciate this good info that you shared with us!
- November 14, 2012 at 3:39 PM
- Annie Bear said...
Hi Katie, I'll check out the link when I get home. I totally agree about not feeding foods with fruits and veggies. Years ago, our cat-only vet begged me not to feed Wellness because she said she's had to remove stones from kitties who ate that due to the cranberries. It seems that a lot of the "high quality" foods put things in the food like blueberries and spinach. I never talk about this because I know a lot of people feed these foods and I don't want to offend anyone or, like you, get hisses. I think we all do our best with what we have financially and what we think is best for our furry ones. I'm sure our food isn't considered the best but I feel pretty good about it. Thanks for sharing!
- November 14, 2012 at 5:18 PM
- Nellie said...
Miss Katie, you have a really nice place to live! Your mom really loves you!
- November 14, 2012 at 6:15 PM
- Mary said...
I love it when you share helpful links, Katie! :) I will research myself for our four kitties. Two of our lovies have had hyperthyroid and had the radio-isotope procedure done, and they have to have special food prescribed by their V-E-T that's good for their kidneys. But no, lots of carbs aren't healthy for cats just as they aren't for us humans! Thanks for sharing the link!
- November 14, 2012 at 7:41 PM
- Cathy Keisha said...
Nicky used to lay next to or on top of TW's leg every night. She's surprised she still has circulation in that leg since he was 22 lbs.
- November 14, 2012 at 8:52 PM
- A Tonk's Tail said...
Have you ever heard of Hound & Gatos brand? We just saw it in the pet store the other dy and were intrigued - it's 98% protein, no grain, no veggies or fruits. And it's - very important - human grade. (Did you read our article on the bad quality of ingredients in pet food and salmonella, etc? *shudder*)
We think we may be cheking that out. We prefer wet because we need the liquid.
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Melisa was born in Hackney but grew up on Bray Tower - the same Camden tower block as Goldie did when he dropped his seminal 'Inner City Life' album. Introduced to Gospel music at a young age at her local church, she signed her first publishing deal without having released a single track aged 24.
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Turkey Puzzle
Another one of my homemade puzzles. A simple way to work on fine motor, visual motor and visual perceptual skills. Use the shape template board for students that need some visual assistance to match pieces. Enjoy!
Hide, Turkey, Hide!
Yesterday, my own kindergartener brought home this adorable color, cut and paste book called "Hide, Turkey, Hide!" about this adorable turkey that was hiding from being eaten. All the hiding places worked on directionality concepts - above, under, between, etc. When I went to pick up "my" kindergarteners at work this week, they were working on the same directionality concepts and I thought, "man, Declan's book would be a perfect way to carry over those skills in OT sessions." I googled for a while to see if I could find a template online, but to no avail. So I did what I do best - I opened up Microsoft office and got to work making my own.
The directions are simple, color and cut out the turkeys and the barn, gate and leaves on the thick black lines. Use the directions on each of the pages to place the turkey where he belongs. You'll find the turkey gets lucky at the end! Enjoy!
An OT's Guide To.....
A few years back, the school district I work for had a program called Great Beginnings. OTs, SLPs and Special Education teachers push into the kindergarten and first grade general education classroom to integrate their knowledge and skills of child development with the teachers. Great Beginnings was a love/hate relationship all around - it required classroom teachers to give up a lot of control, and it put related service providers in the position of managing a classroom. i had awesome teachers that year, and we worked like a well oiled machine. I truly thought the program was doing just what it was intended to do.
In any evident, budget cuts reduced funding for the program and it was cut after about 3 years of implementation. I didn't want to leave my teachers hanging. That summer, I pulled together a "Life After Great Beginnings" Power Point and "Resource Manual". Now I provide it to all my kindergarten and first grade staff. It's just a developmental approach to handwriting - with tons of strategies recommended by Handwriting Without Tears - based on fine motor and visual motor development.
After the "Handwriting Manual" was in place, I found that there was also many sensory strategies involved in the implementation of Great Beginnings. So, back to the computer I went, to put together a "Sensory Manual" with classroom strategies based on sensory needs.
I've attached both here. Feel free to use them as you see fit. Enjoy!
I <3 Fonts
I just love fun fonts. Fontspace is like, my favorite website, ever. It's also a great place to go to download school friendly fonts so that you can create your own writing worksheets.Check out some of these classroom friendly fonts and download them as you wish.
Please note I did not create any of these fonts, they are all from Fontspace, and remember if you plan on using them for commercial purposes, you gotta pay for them.
Dot-to-Dot Tracing Letter Font
Three-Lined-Writing Paper Font (make blank lines by using space bar)
Lined and Dotted Font
Dot-to-Dot Tracing Cursive Font
Those are just some of my favorites. I love absolutely any font by Kimberly Geswein. She does super cute, super classroom friendly fonts.
Anyway, enjoy!
Alternative Seating
I am often approached by teachers who have a student that just can't stop moving. Falling out of their chair, legs all over at the carpet, in peers personal space.... I'm sure you have seen it. There are plenty of reasons why kids are fidgety. Sometimes it's a sensory things and the kid is trying to figure out his body in space. Sometimes it's a core strength thing and the kid is all over the place because he doesn't have the strength to hold a position for more than a few minutes at a time. Regardless, it's frustrating for the teacher, distracting to the other students and probably exhausting for the kid. Anyway, I went to a conference a few years ago (given by Kim Wiggins, who is an awesome presenter and an amazing OT) that suggested using a large cardboard box (like a Xerox paper board) as a kid's "work ship". What a genius idea. You can't get anymore definitive of a "personal space" than a box. The sides give great trunk support AND nice firm pressure for those kids who need a little sensory input. I couldn't get over how simple, yet fantastic of an idea it was. But in my experience, suggesting that a teacher put a kid "in a box" hasn't gone over well. I mean, I know the rationale behind it and totally think it an appropriate classroom modification. But I also get that sitting a kid in a cardboard box seems ridiculous. With this in mind, I was trying to think of some sitting arrangement that served the same purpose, but I guess was a little more "professional" than a cardboard box. Low and behold, someone on Pinterest already had the perfect solution. Check it out. Tupperware boxes like this are $8 at Walmart, come in all sorts of colors and could totally be used as a work center in the classroom. And you can't tell me that the kid wouldn't absolutely love it. Hats off to you, Pinterest chick!
A Week of Thanks
Thanks for being patient as I settle back into the USA. Our trip back to the "old country" was wonderful. I am so thankful that my boys will be as close to their Irish cousins as I was. Family is so important, no matter the miles.
Over the next few days, I will be posting a few fine motor, visual motor and visual perceptual activities that I do with my kids over Thanksgiving. The first is a print, color, cut and assemble Thankful turkey activity. You'll see that there are two sets of "feathers" - one with slightly larger writing lines than the other. I have my kids print what they are thankful for on the feather. When everything is assembled, it looks very cute. Enjoy!
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Just your average Type-A mom & overzealous Occupational Therapist
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- Be the first point of contact for any resident maintenance queries
- Ensure there is a 24/7 point of contact for out of hours emergencies and ensure night team are properly trained to deal with maintenance emergencies and issues during their shift
- Work with developer's head contractor to establish a defects and snagging reporting and rectification process
- Develop relationships with specialist sub-contractors
- Oversee the annual window cleaning programme and ensure 100% health and safety compliance at all times
- Oversee and sign off all maintenance work on site, keep track of programme with formal quarterly reviews
- Formally report on maintenance works on a weekly basis to GM and PM
- Hold quarterly meetings with the GM and PM on maintenance compliance and progress
- Issue all permits to work for contractors
- Manage all contractors whilst on site, ensure they have access to areas required and hand back fobs/keys before leaving site
- Understand current legislation and operate in line with current legislation
- Ensure the building is 100% health and safety compliant at all times (hitting all KPIs)
- Maintain timely and accurate documentation on site at all times
- Report into the General Manager
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Computer Audio Design is unashamedly computer audio-orientated in recognition of today's high-quality digital music files and the potential performance advantages of computer-based source components.
Meet Scott
Scott Berry is a British-based US-born electrical engineer, who has worked for some of the biggest names in the electronics world… but none of them in Audio. Unencumbered by received wisdom, Scott's ethos is that to produce the very best audio reproduction you have to remove all possible reasons for signal distortion, variance or signal interference. A simple strategy delivered with fanatical and single-minded application.
There is an extended interview of Scott in the Hifi+ Buyers' Guide to Digital here: HiFi+ Guide to Digital Audio
Scott has also been interviewed by Hifi Pig: HiFi Pig Behind The Brands
Scott is on the front cover cover of: HiFi Pig Magazine


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BMX Bikes
Here at SourceBMX we are passionate about BMX bikes and being 100% Rider Owned we can offer service and advice like no other. We stock only the best BMX bikes from the most trusted brands and offer free next day shipping and optional assembly service.
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Great Cities are within easy reach
All these great cities are within 2-3 hours drive of Barrow.
There are many more interesting towns to visit such as Dumfries, Harrogate, Blackpool, Kendal, and Skipton.
Good road and rail links mean that keeping in touch with family and relatives is easy.
Manchester is the largest 'International Gateway' Airport for your holiday trips and business flights abroad. Barrow has excellent road and rail services to the airport.Manchester Airport - 01614 893000 - www.manchesterairport.co.uk
Blackpool www.blackpoolinternational.com and Liverpool http://www.liverpooljohnlennonairport.com/ are the other regional airports giving access to a variety of destinations.
If you want to submit information to be included on the site please e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Our next book, Harrington on Modern Tournament Poker; How to Play No-Limit Hold 'em Multi-Table Tournaments by Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie is now at the printer. This means that we should see copies around the middle of the month, and the first ones to receive the book will be those who ordered through our 2+2 store.
Also, for those who are interested in what this book has to offer, we're running another excerpt in this issue of our magazine. Just check the index and then start reading.
On a different note, the fight to legalize Internet poker continues. It's our understanding that California is now close to passing a bill, which will be great if this happens. However, there is also a dark cloud on the horizon. In Congress, Senator Lindsey Graham is now sponsoring a bill that would make all Internet gambling illegal, and this bill, as I understand it, would roll back the Internet poker sites that now exist in the three states of Delaware, Nevada, and New Jersey.
So does this bill have a chance to pass? Well, we hear that's it unlikely, but if we go back to 2006, we also were under the impression that The Unlawful Internet Gambling and Enforcement Act (UIGEA) had little chance. In fact, we even met with a representative from Party Poker a couple of days before the UIGEA to discuss possible advertising on www.twoplustwo.com, and this obviously never happened because of the passage of this bill.
So why do I bring this up? Well, Senator Graham is up for reelection this year, and there is a Republican primary in June. Now since 2+2 is located in Nevada, we don't know much about the other candidates, so at this point in time we don't have anyone to recommend. But we do hope that those of you who participate at 2+2, live in South Carolina, and are also registered Republicans who can vote in this primary, take a good look at the other candidates, and hopefully find someone to vote for who is not fighting against our cause.


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This past Sunday we continued our discussion of prayer with a look at the story of Daniel in the book of Daniel.
Daniel faced a time in a land that looked similar to the 21st century in the U.S.
Darius, the king, had appointed Daniel as one of his 3 commissioners. Many of the 120 governors became jealous of Daniel's standing with the king, so they tricked the king into signing a document that allowed people to only bow down to the king.
Opening Scripture
Daniel 6:10 Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he entered his house (now in his roof chamber he had windows open toward Jerusalem); and he continued kneeling on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.
Nothing had changed for Daniel. We also need to continue to follow through with our commitments to follow Christ as we always have done.
Daniel 6:16 Then the king gave orders, and Daniel was brought in and cast into the lions' den. The king spoke and said to Daniel, "Your God whom you constantly serve will Himself deliver you."
The king rushes in the next morning, after a night of fasting and prayer, to see Daniel in the lions' den.
Read Daniel 20-23.
There are 3 lessons here:
1. True prayer is constant.
– The targets are consistent; know what you are praying for.
– Let your prayers be targeted towards holy living, a holy church, and a holy message.
2. True prayer is intense and persistent.
– Matthew 11:12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and violent men take it by force.
If we are to see the kingdom advance, we have to see this as a violent fight and be persistent in our prayers.
– Luke 18:1 Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart.
Jesus told them this parable so that they would pray consistently and not loose heart. We must be intense and
3. True prayer is unselfish.
– James 4:3 You ask and do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, so that you may spend it on your pleasures.
False gospels seek what I can gain instead of what I can give.
This doesn't mean that it is selfish to take my own needs to God, but don't stop there!
"If sinners be damned, at least let them leap to hell over our bodies. If they perish, let them perish with our arms about their knees. Let no one go there unwarned and unprayed for." – Charles Spurgeon
Today thousands of churches are falling to their knees according to 2 Chronicles 7:14.
And My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
The first requirement is to humble ourselves.
The second requirement is to pray.
Discussion Questions:
– What does your lion's den look like?
– Which of these three descriptions do you struggle with the most?


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The Moooo! Bar on Shiraishi Island is open every day through August. From September, we'll be open only on Sundays and by appointment.
The last event of the summer is the Shiraishi Fireworks Festival and Live Band Night on the beach Aug. 27th. There are still a few rooms available at the Shiraishi International Villa. Contact us at shiraishireservations at yahoo dot come for availability for that Saturday night. Camping on the beach is free!
See you on the island!


text: Day One Charles woke up a little grumpy because he didn't take to the pink champagne, not that it stopped him drinking 3 large bottles. Shannon is annoyed with Charles having heard from Laquisha that Charles had hidden two more bottles of champagne under his bed. Titan is ignoring Christian, Chad and Aris, having already said that all he hears from Christian's mouth is blah blah blah. Megan is worried about Barbie who seems to have isolated herself from the others, right now Megan is trying to get Barbie out of one of the bedroom closets. Christian is talking to Laquisha while Titan stands behind him mocking his speech. Aubergine is cooking breakfast in just her knickers and bra, Big Brother is watching closely that she doesn't splash any hot oil down her front. Chad is working out in the pink gym, however he's wearing shades claiming the room is too bright. Aris is talking to the butterfly he's spotted in the garden, he's asking the butterfly all about this 'Butterfly Effect' and how it may impede the Big Brother house. Laquisha is working her way around the boys and is startled when she walks in the kitchen to see Aubergine wearing her black knickers.


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Tom Dumoulin exclusive: riding clean, the Tour, and Froome
In this week's episode of the Cyclingnews podcast we have an exclusive interview with Giro d'Italia winner and world time trial champion Tom Dumoulin.
We caught up with the Butterfly of Maastricht, at Team Sunweb's season debrief in Holland on Thursday. Despite still nursing a cold that brought an end to his season, Dumoulin was in fine spirits and talked openly about his Giro win, how riding clean is pivotal for him as he becomes a sporting icon, and of course whether or not he will head to the Tour de France in 2018 to take on Chris Froome.


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50 Greatest Songs of Hawaii
An esteemed panel of musicologists, producers and artists select the 50 greatest songs in Hawai'i music history.
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Three years ago, we compiled a list of Hawai'i's 50 greatest albums. The response was so great that we're back with another list, this time singling out the best individual songs of Hawai'i's unrivaled musical canon. To help with such a daunting task, we invited an esteemed panel of musicians, historians and producers to vote for the songs they felt represented the best in Hawai'i music. The results, tabulated according to a weighted point system, are amazingly diverse. The following pages contain everything from revered, Hawaiian-language standards to bubbly hapa haole ditties, monarchy-era anthems to contemporary, radio-friendly hits. Enjoy.
1. Aloha 'Oe
by Queen Lili'uokalani, 1878
Photo: Hawai'i State Archives
More than a century ago, "Aloha 'Oe" became one of the first Hawaiian songs to achieve recognition outside of the Islands. Today, it remains Hawai'i's most famous composition. Since Lili'uokalani composed the song in the late 1870s, its poignant words and melody have been sung on countless occasions, from sendoffs at Honolulu Harbor to final farewells at local funerals.
Says Hawaiian historian and singer Nalani Olds, "When I was with the Royal Hawaiian Band, we took a six-week tour of Europe, and it was amazing to hear 'Aloha Oe' done in so many foreign tongues. All of these people knew it, even in the remotest places."
Although the song has become synonymous with goodbye, the queen herself reportedly insisted that it was a love song. She is said to have composed the song during a tour around O'ahu, shortly after witnessing a lingering embrace between a woman in her entourage and a man at the Edwin Boyd Ranch in Maunawili.
In the opening lines, the queen describes in Hawaiian the proud rain upon the cliffs, seeking out the lehuā flower. "The rain represents semen falling from Wākea, sky father, seeking out Papahanaumoku, earth mother," explains Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell, who helped research and publish The Queen's Songbook, a collection of 55 of her compositions. "It's a poem about love and passion, man and woman. It's much, much more than just goodbye."
The queen was the most prolific among the royal composers, which included her siblings who lived to adulthood, Kalākaua, Likelike and Leleiōhoku. Collectively, they
are known as Nā Lani 'Eha, the royal four, for their accomplishments as composers, musicians and perpetuators of their culture.
While Lili'uokalani was imprisoned for eight months at 'Iolani Palace after the overthrow of the monarchy, she described composing as a "a gift of nature [which], never having been suffered to fall into disuse, remains a source of the greatest consolation today. … Hours … I might have found long and lonely, passed quickly and cheerfully by, occupied and soothed by the expression of my thoughts in music."
2. I'll Remember You
by Kui Lee, 1964
Photo: COURTESY OF THE KUI LEE 'OHANA
Although Lee died of cancer at age 34 in 1966, many of his compositions achieved immortality in the repertoire of his childhood friend Don Ho. Lee, a Hawaiian fireknife dancer, was a talented song stylist and entertainer, but his legacy is his work as a composer, with more than 40 song credits to his name.
Lee helped pioneer a new era in local music in the 1960s by infusing jazz, blues and rock into his tunes. The strength of "I'll Remember You," though, is its simplicity—a memorable melody with evocative lyrics. The song became a signature of Ho's when he first recorded it in 1965; national artists, including Elvis Presley and Andy Williams, soon followed.
The song always had special meaning for Ho, who in 2004, told HONOLULU about the first time Lee played "I'll Remember You" for him. They were hanging out at a friend's apartment one night when Lee revealed that he had cancer.
"I sat there for four hours and made sure he sang it for me over and over again so I would get everything right, exactly what he was feeling," Ho said. When he left the apartment, he drove straight to Duke's, without any sleep, to arrange the song. He and his band, the Ali'is, performed the song that night.
"I said to the audience, 'I'd like to sing a beautiful song written by a friend of mine, who has cancer.'" Ho said. "I had a hard time getting through that song. I got so choked up, people in the audience started to cry."
Ho called Lee to the stage to sing, which elicited even more tears from audience members. "He was a poet, and I was just the messenger boy," Ho said.
3. Honolulu Ciy Lights
by Keola Beamer, 1978
Keola Beamer has been playing and composing for most of his life, but "Honolulu City Lights," a song he wrote almost 30 years ago, remains his most popular creation. "I've played this song so many times, every once in awhile I go on strike, and say, I'm not going to play it this tour," he says, laughing. "And invariably, people come up to me afterwards and ask, what happened?"
Something about the song resonates with Hawai'i residents and visitors alike, who recognize in Keola and Kapono Beamer's recording the genuine melancholy of departure from the islands.
Keola was inspired to write the song on the eve of an extended trip to California. "I was getting ready to fly over, and I was looking out over the lights of Honolulu and not really wanting to go that much," he said. "I'm a Hawaiian through and through, and it's difficult to leave the place you love, and so the first seeds of that song were planted in my heart right then, as I looked out over the city from 'A- lewa Heights."
The song also contains the DNA of several generations of Beamer musicians. In the recording studio, their uncle Mahi Beamer added a descending piano counter melody taken from his grandmother Helen Desha Beamer's "To You." Combined with a lush complementary string arrangement from producer Teddy Randazzo, the effect was a knockout.
Keola says, "In a strange way, my life ended up following that song. I ended up traveling around the world, much more than I thought I would in my youth, through Europe and Asia. I somehow fulfilled some of the destiny of that song."
4. Hi'ilawe
by unknown
Gabby Pahinui at a Diamond Head Crater Festival.
Photo: COURTESY OF TOM MOFFATT
Gabby Pahinui transformed this hula standard about a love affair at a Big Island waterfall into an anthem for slack guitar players. With his guttural falsetto, musical virtuosity and incomparable ability to bring out the soul in his songs, Pahinui became a folk hero of the Hawaiian Renaissance. "The first time I heard Gabby, I could see the faces of my tutus," says slack key master Dennis Kamakahi. "I said, This is what Hawaiian music is all about."


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On April 5, 2017, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) released an exposure draft of the Yellow Book with proposed updates to Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS). The Yellow Book contains guidance for auditors who perform Single Audits for organizations that have federal grants. It includes professional qualifications, audit firm quality control standards, ethics, and independence of the auditor, and continuing education requirements for the auditor. Furthermore, auditors of federal, state, and local government programs use these standards to perform their audits.
"The Yellow Book helps auditors hold the organizations they audit accountable," states the WatchBlog of the GAO in their post about the exposure draft. The GAO believes the updates will modernize the standards that have not been revised since 2011.
Proposed changes include but are not limited to the following:
- Updated internal control requirements and guidance
- Revised Continuing Professional Education (CPE) requirements for the auditor
- Revised peer review requirements for audit organizations
- New requirements for reporting waste that is detected during an audit
Currently, auditors are required to achieve 80 credit hours of total CPE over a two-year reporting cycle; 24 hours must be Yellow Book oriented. This requirement ensures that an auditor is well versed in GAGAS. These requirements did not change in the exposure draft; however, the update includes a new 4-hour CPE requirement for GAGAS topics each time the Comptroller General issues a revision of GAGAS. The exposure draft adds guidance on the topics that qualify as Yellow Book CPE but qualifying CPE is still a matter of auditor judgement.
The draft is open for consideration of all public comment. If you want to write in a comment or suggestion, you can send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com no later than July 6, 2017. All comment emails will be posted to the GAO's Yellow Book webpage as they're received and reviewed.
For a copy of the exposure draft visit the GAO's website here.


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Year: 2011
Directed By: Miguel Arteta
Written By: Phil Johnston
Amber and I watched this movie on a whim a few months ago and I really enjoyed it. I hadn't wanted to watch the movie at all but found myself so surprised that I added it to the DVDs Christmas list of movies I wanted to add into the collection. This movie has a good but not great cast and a relatively typical story that they all make the most of. The thing is that it surprised me, and I always enjoy the movies that surprise me because it happens so infrequently these days. As a lifelong movie fan I have grown bored with all the rehashed themes and remakes that plague the industry today. That coupled with the fact that TV has stepped up its game so significantly has made it harder to get into movies these days. More often than not I feel like I have reached a point where I have seen everything and long for the character development we see on TV series that simply isn't possible in a featured film. So whenever I find myself surprised now it makes me appreciate the movie all that much more. This movie isn't that original or anything special really but it made me laugh, and I saw more than I expected with it.
I do not like Ed Helms. I have always hated his character on The Office and I haven't thought much of his movie career outside of that. The Hangover was an awesome movie, but it wasn't Ed Helms that made it awesome. He was good in that movie but is out shined by his costars. He plays a part in this movie that he is well suited for. I do like him as the straight laced and innocent guy that eventually succumbs to stress and peer pressure before going nuts. The part where he is hanging out with a prostitute and unknowingly smokes crack was what ultimately made me decided we needed to own this movie, it was such a funny scene and situation.
I think John C. Reilly is an awesome actor and like most of what he does. Unless he is starring along side Will Ferrell and simply acting like an idiot. In my opinion the man has far too much talent to waste his time on movies like Step Brothers and Talladega Nights. He is really funny in this movie and manages to make me laugh without sinking to the shameless level of comedy we usually see from Will Ferrell. Anne Heche surprised me in this movie as well. I have never really been a big fan of hers but in this movie she is witty and really sexy to boot. I have grown to really like Rob Corddry and although he has a small part in this movie he still brought something to the table. I was shocked to see Alia Shawkat in this movie because I haven't seen her in anything since playing Maeby on Arrested Development (possibly one of the funniest shows ever made, oh how I miss it). Thomas Lennon has a small role in this movie and he is one of those guys that can make any movie better. There is no end to Lennon's versatility and he brings something funny to every role he plays. I have always thought Sigourney Weaver was great and like that she can still play a part like the one she has in this movie. Also on board here is Kurtwood Smith and I think he was perfectly cast for his role.
Last but not least, Stephen Root. I saved him to last specifically so I can say more about him because the man deserves any and all credit he can get. I have been a fan of Root since he played Milton on Office Space and I am a huge fan of King of the Hill in which he voiced one of my favorite characters, Bill Dauterive. I did not think at the time, especially once Dodgeball came out, that Root had much to offer as an actor. I could not have been more wrong because the man can do ANYTHING. He is such a diverse talent that I am simply amazed at everything I see him in. I see him so frequently too that it only adds to the wonder. Sometimes I wonder if there is a TV series out there that he hasn't been part of. I have seen him play parts in Boardwalk Empire, True Blood, Justified, and 24 just to name a few. What amazes me even more than his presence in so many shows is the fact that he plays such different characters in all of them so flawlessly. He pops up in movies all of the time and he always brings it. Stephen Root truly is an unsung hero in the acting world and I think he is simply great in everything. In this movie he plays Ed Helms boss and does a great job. He has one line that is just so funny. He tells Ed Helms that he watched him grow up with the potential to do anything and somehow he managed to do nothing. That isn't a specific quote but if you see the movie I don't think you can help but laugh at that one.
I don't think this is an exceptional movie by any means but it is a good movie that I really enjoyed. There are a lot of funny people being funny here and in the end it all comes together quite nicely. This movie didn't enjoy any wide release or anything so it is probably one many have never heard of. If you get a chance to see it though it's worth your time to see it.


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I have a confession to make…
I sometimes use my tablets as a babysitter. Yes, sometimes when I really just need to get dinner made or put that last load of laundry away, I will hand my 3 and 5 year old the tablets and let them watch TV to their heart's content.
When we heard about Kidoodle.TV, my husband and I knew this would be a perfect fit for our family. One thing we have found with our sons watching TV on our tablets is that we have no control over what they are viewing. Now that we have Kidoodle.TV we know they are watching a safe, ad-free video streaming service.
We have 3 boys in our family ranging from 3 months to 5 years old, so to guess that they all prefer different TV shows would be correct! With Kidoodle.TV I was able to create a profile for each of my children and customize each one to their age, likes, and dislikes.
I am also able to set time limits for how long I would like my children to watch for. After the set time passes, the app automatically locks. This helps give us a good balance between screen time and spending time with family and friends.
I love that I can customize my child's profile by show. For example, I myself am not a fan of little Mr. Caillou, so I chose to turn that show off for my boys – at the simple swipe of a button!
Let's recap some of the great features of Kidoodle.TV:
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- Up to 5 custom kids profiles
- Choose content based on your child's age, or on a show-by-show basis
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- Time limits can be placed on viewing in the secure Parents Room
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With the opening of our new bureau in London, Claudia Berkefeld has taken on a new role as a director of our London office.
Claudia has extensive experience in corporate office design. Since joining Evolution Design in 2008, she has been responsible for the workplace concepts of numerous projects, including the iconic Google Zurich and Google Tel Aviv offices, Unilever European Supply Chain Hub, and PULS headquarters.
With her broad skill set, ranging from developing designs to project coordination and implementation, Claudia's experience and talent means that she's able to pay attention to the details while remaining focused on the successful delivery of the overall project