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As water feature installers, my sons and I are used to hard, dirty, sometimes dangerous work. We enjoy what we do, whether it's digging ponds, plumbing pumps, rolling boulders or tweaking waterfalls, but we also value anything that helps make the work easier or more fun. We're always looking for tools, apps or gadgets that save time & effort, eliminate stress, add to our comfort on the job or are just fun to use. Often a buddy will turn us on to one. I'd like to return the favor by passing our favorite Tools That Don't Suck along to you.
Making the Cut
Construction Scissors – No, not the kind I use for construction paper when playing with my grandkids. These are exactly the opposite. I use razor sharp, heavy duty Wiss W10TM scissors nowadays when we're building water features. It took some convincing to make me understand how useful they could be. Once again, I learned from my boys.
We were at a job a couple of years ago when I noticed one of my sons, Edwin or Ely, trimming liner at a job using these scissors. (I don't remember which. They both had long hair back then, it was hard to tell the difference. ?) They told me that Koi Market's Shawn Rosen had turned them on to them. As I've mentioned before, Shawn has a good eye for tools, and koi, of course. I was initially skeptical. I'm a blade guy at heart. Plus, I couldn't help but remember how hard it was to cut liner with the old pair of tin shears I keep in my bucket for emergencies.
Wiss W10TM Scissors
These were a totally different story. With a little practice and the right amount of tension on the sheet you can just glide the partly open scissors through liner and underlayment as fast as you can move your arm. They're way faster than a cordless cutter or even a razor knife on clean liner. And they don't just work on liner. We've used these to open just about everything from cans to boxes, punch holes in ¼" thick pump vaults, cut aluminum flashing and light gauge steel, strip wire insulation, even eat with. You do what you have to when they forget to give you a fork.
One last thing – if I do happen to need scissors when I'm playing with my grandkids, my old pair still works great on construction paper….


text: A musical encounter between two geniuses who present a energetic and exquisite multi- flavoured dish of flamenco and Bulgarian rhythms. Flautist Theodosii Spassov is a master of improvisation on the kaval, the Bulgarian wooden shepherd's flute. He is a storyteller, blending traditional Bulgarian folk music with jazz and classical music into his own unique, highly individual style. In this concert his rich musical world will join up with the extraordinary universe of cantaor Arcángel, who the critics unanimously praise as the heir of the late and great Enrique Morente. The singer from Huelva is one of the leading lights of a new generation of vocalists who is making waves internationally with his creative renditions of the classical jondo repertoire. Arcángel transcends flamenco borders with a subtle and rich imagination, always grasping the roots. He collaborated with the Orchestre Tetuan from Morocco and lent his voice to a number of contemporary pieces of the Spanish composer Mauricio Sotelo, with whom he performed during 'Flamenco Sin Fin', the final gala at the III Dutch Flamenco Biennial in 2011. Arcángel and Spassov explore musical horizons from the Balkans to the flamenco breeding grounds of Andalusia and back again. This musical dialogue will offer both maestros the chance to follow their instincts in a swinging "open flamenco space", demonstrating the ease with which the shepherd's flute combines with flamenco rhythms, as well as the richness and boundlessness of the world heritage treasure that is flamenco.


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object relative pronoun--where
I came across this sentence "Isn't that the place which kids under twelve can't enter?". I've been thinking about the use of "which" in this sentence, shshould "where" be used instead of "which"? the sentence should be "Isn't that the place where kids under twelve can't enter?" as where is the object pronoun to replace enter"the place", using "which" is totally wrong as it is replacing the object for place. Could any grammar guru help solve the puzzle? Thank you!
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The same is when you say :the place which I visited. We don,t use where unless we use a preposition to refer to this place . Like we say it is the place where I go or the place where I live. To and in were used in these two examples to refer to a place before we used where.
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"I want to do good. I want the world to be better because I was here."
…That's my favorite quote from this compilation. I hope you enjoy this video as much as I have.
…That's my favorite quote from this compilation. I hope you enjoy this video as much as I have.
Here are two articles that every network marketer and entrepreneur should read and learn from.
Both articles examine last week's speeches of Barack and Michelle Obama to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and explain why the Obamas failed to persuade the IOC to choose Chicago as the host city for the 2016 Olympic Games.
"OBAMAS VIOLATED THE FIRST THREE RULES OF SELLING" by C. Edmund Wright.
"MICHELLE OBAMA'S OLYMPIC 'GIMME' SPEECH" by Joe Gimenez.
Whether you agree or disagree with the political philosophy of either writer is irrelevant. What's relevant is that both Wright and Gimenez correctly identify the flaws and ineffectiveness in the Obamas' speeches and strategy.
As you read these two articles, take notes as to what the two authors point out was wrong with the Obamas' strategy, and ask yourself if anything pertains to your sales and marketing tools.
If nothing is pertinent, then that's good!
But if something is pertinent, then make the necessary changes!
Enjoy the articles . . . learn from them . . . and share them!
A Mastermind consists of two or more people who work in perfect harmony for a definite purpose.
It is the principle through which you can accomplish in one year, more than you could accomplish without it in a lifetime, if you depended entirely upon your own efforts for success.
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This is very rare footage from the early 1960's on "Think and Grow Rich". This is the first of thirteen segments that I will be uploading as they become available. Check back often for updates.
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'The Secret" is based on Andrew Carnegie's principles, as outlined here by Napoleon Hill in his world-renowned best-seller, "Think And Grow Rich".
… This is "The Secret behind The Secret."
Here is how to write your own price-tag on life and attain it:
The greatest power: The power to take possession of your own mind and direct it to whatever ends you may desire… The ONLY thing over which man has complete and unchallengeable right of control and direction.
Whatever your mind feeds upon constantly, it attracts to you consistently.
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Starting my own garden is something that I have been wanting to do for awhile now so this year I "took the plunge". These days it's just so hard to know what you are really buying and eating when shopping for vegetables and produce at your "local" nation-wide grocery chains.
Our food is absolutely LOADED with tons of toxins, herbicides, pesticides, and steroids, just to name a few, all of which have been shown to lead to huge long-term negative side-affects, illness and disease on a mass scale, both in animals and human-beings. Not to mention the fact that the majority of the produce available in stores today is genetically engineered, meaning it is void of the vitamins, nutrients and minerals our body craves and is in desperate need of.
We wonder why America is the fattest and sickest nation in the world… Of course, the reasons for that are many and I am barely scratching the surface here, but we have to start somewhere.
Research shows that between 1964 and the end of the 1990s, pesticide usage in agriculture doubled from 500 million pounds to over 1 billion. Since WWII pesticide use has risen 10 fold and crop loss due to pests has doubled. US Agriculture uses 1.2 billion lbs of pesticides each year – that is the equivalent of roughly 5 lbs for every American (If you have children in the public school system, you will definitely want to watch this short video http://twitclicks.com/2v4c).
Yes, you can buy organic but organics can get a bit expensive, I know. Luckily, there's a way to grow your own delicious, fresh produce, while having fun, learning and "becoming more self-sufficient" all at the same time: starting your own organic garden!
Don't know where to start? It is possible to hire someone to install and maintain a garden for you. But most of us can roll up our sleeves with a surprisingly small amount of effort. Remember, you can start small, even with just a single plant or two. Don't worry if things aren't perfect right away.
Organic gardening means you won't be using synthetic fertilizers or pesticides, but that doesn't mean your plants are left to fend for themselves. There are an array of tools you can use to bolster plant health and ward off pests. Organic gardening also isn't just about what you don't do, it's also about trying to foster a more holistic, natural ecosystem.
For those interested, here is a link to a great video series by Ed Bruske http://twitclicks.com/6gmg in which he shares all kinds of great tips for starting, maintaining, growing, and harvesting your first garden.
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A pastor and volunteer youth baseball coach in eastern North Carolina faces state and federal child pornography charges, The Wilson Times reports.
Federal investigators say Daniel Heath talked an underage girl in Texas into "sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of creating a visual depiction of such conduct" for about a year and a half, between December 2017 and April 2019.
Police in Wilson, North Carolina arrested Heath, 33, last week for first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, according to The Wilson Times. The girl was 16 years old, the newspaper reports.
The federal charges in Texas were filed in Sherman, about an hour north of Dallas.
Heath was a pastor at the First Baptist Church in Wilson for 10 years, WNCN reports. He worked as the church's youth pastor for seven years and then spent the last three years as an associate pastor, according to the television station.
He resigned last week, The Wilson Times reports.
Heath also volunteered as a youth baseball coach for the City of Wilson, according to the newspaper, but city officials said he will not be allowed to coach while the charges are pending.
Heath was held in the Wilson County Detention Center on a $500,000 bond, Spectrum News reports.
"It hurts those who loved and cared for him," First Baptist board chair Henry Skinner told The Wilson Times. "It hurts the church. It hurts our reputation as Christians. Anytime there is a fallen leader in our midst, especially in a faith situation, it's extremely difficult."
"The person you've known and loved has fallen from grace, but our faith says we must still love the individual while we may detest what he may have done," Skinner said, according to The Times.
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What Happened To Me At Salvation
I have eternal life (John 3.16)
I have been justified, completely forgiven and made righteous (Romans 5.1)
I died with Christ, and died to the power of sin's rule on my life (Romans 6.1-6)
I am free forever from condemnation (Romans 8.1)
I have received the Spirit of God into my life (1 Corinthians 2.12)
I have been given the mind of Christ (1 Corinthians 2.16)
I have been bought with a price, I am not my own (1 Corinthians 6.19,20)
I have been established by God in Jesus (2 Corinthians 1.21)
I have been made righteous (2 Corinthians 5.21)
I have been crucified with Christ and I now live in Jesus' life (Galatians 2.20)
I have been chosen in Christ before the foundations of the world to be holy and without blame before Him (Ephesians 1.4)
I have been redeemed, forgiven, and am a recipient of His lavish grace (Ephesians 1.7,8)
I may approach God with boldness, freedom, and confidence (Ephesians 3.12)
I have been delivered; rescued from the dominion of darkness: Satan's' rule (Colossians 1.14)
I have had the debt against me cancelled (Colossians 2.23,24)
I have been raised up with Christ. I died with Christ. My life is now hidden with Christ in God. Christ is now my life (Colossians 3.1-4)
I have been given a spirit of power, love, and self-discipline (2 Timothy 1.7)
I have been regenerated, reborn, and renewed making me a hier (Titus 3.4-7).
I am part of a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation. A people for God's own possession to proclaim the excellencies of Him (1 Peter 2.9,10)
Reality: My Identity in Christ
I am the salt of the earth (Matthew 5.13)
I am the light of the world (Matthew 5.14)
I am a child of God (John 1.12)
I am loved by God (John 3.16)
I am part of the true Vine, I have a life union with Jesus (John 15.1,5)
I am Jesus' friend (John 15.5)
I am chosen and appointed by Christ to bear His fruit (John 15.16)
I am a personal witness by Christ for Christ (Acts 1.8)
I am a slave of righteousness (Romans 6.18)
I am enslaved to God (Romans 6.22)
I am free from condemnation (Romans 8.1,2)
I am free from any condemning charges against me (Romans 8.13)
I am a child of God (Romans 8.14,15)
I am a joint-heir with Jesus sharing in His inheritance (Romans 8.17)
I am assured that all things work together for my good (Romans 8.28)
I cannot be separated from the love of God (Romans 8.35)
I am in Christ (1 Corinthians 1.30)
I am God's temple (1 Corinthians 3.16)
I am joined to the Lord and am one in spirit with him (1 Corinthians 6.17)
I am the temple of God; the Holy Spirit dwells in me (1 Corinthians 6.19)
I am not my own; I belong to God (1 Corinthians 6.20)
I am a member of Christ's body, the church (1 Corinthians 12.27)
I am a new creation (2 Corinthians 5.17)
I am reconciled to God and am a minister of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5.18,19)
I am a child of God and one in Jesus (Galatians 3.26,28)
I am an heir of God since I am a child of God (Galatians 4.6,7)
I am a saint (Ephesians 1.1)
I am blessed with every spiritual blessing (Ephesians 1.3)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realm (Ephesians 2.6)
I am God's trophy of grace, God's workmanship (Ephesians 2.10)
I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God's people in His family (Ephesians 2.19)
I am righteous and holy (Ephesians 4.24)
I am a fellow citizen with the rest of God's people in His family (Philippians 3.20)
I am complete in Christ (Colossians 2.10)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Colossians 3.3)
I am an expression of the life of Christ because He is my life (Colossians 3.4)
I am chosen of God, holy, and dearly loved (Colossians 3.12)
I am a child of light and not of darkness (1 Thessalonians 5.5)
I am a holy sibling, partaker of a heavenly calling (Hebrews 3.1)
I am a partaker of Christ; I share in His life (Hebrews 3.14)
I am one of God's living stones and am being built up as a spiritual house (1 Peter 2.5)
I am an alien and stranger to this world in which I temporarily live (1 Peter 2.11)
Praying through who I am, by the grace of God
- Ask God to highlight the particular reality that is most needed in your life at this time. Slowly read through the lists and read a few of the Scripture references.
- Meditate on one of the passages and it's truth. Think through what it means and how that truth relates to you, as you are in Jesus!
- Memorize the Scripture associated with the truth. Journal some of your thoughts as you make the Biblical truth personal. If you are creative, consider writing a poem or song or piece of art.


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Ron S. Bilu, P.A. has been representing buyers and sellers at real estate closings for years and we have enlisted many satisfied clients and their friends and family as a result. We are independent of other parties to the sale; therefore we represent only our clients and work to ensure their rights are protected.
Short Sales Attorneys
During these tough economic times, Short Sales have become quite prevalent. What most borrowers don't know CAN hurt them, and that is why attorney representation in the short sale process is so crucial. At Bilu Law we know how to negotiate with your bank to ensure that you are legally protected from harm to your assets, your credit, or to assist you and your family in remaining in the lifestyle to which you have grown accustomed.
When it comes to Short Sales, we are authorities on the subject because our attorneys were closing short sales years before the housing crisis ever began. Our Short Sale department are dedicated to short sales only and have a proven record of success in obtaining short sale approvals without delay. If you are considering selling or buying a home through Short Sale, call our office today for a free consultation. You will be glad you did.
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We often receive referrals from title companies and mortgage BROKERSbecause we have experience in all aspects of residential and commercial closings and approach every transaction with a detail-oriented legal approach that enables us to resolve any legal issues burdening a property. As real estate attorneys, we bring our clients a level of protection during their real estate transaction unrivaled by your typical realtor representative; since we are well-versed in not only Florida Statutes but also an ever-changing legal precedent regarding Florida real property law. We pride ourselves on our ability to adapt to the changing laws and judicial decisions that affect our clients' pocketbooks and are ever-vigilant in attempting to provide the best possible legal counsel a Floridian land owner could ask for. We have closed everything from intricate commercial transactions involving shopping centers and office buildings with over 200 tenants; to the simplest of refinances or purchases. Our experience has prepared us to do everything from platting out a survey based on a 'metes and bounds' legal description, to dividing large properties into multiple properties, to handling all aspects of due diligence, to reviewing environmental reports regarding potential hazards. We have notaries in all 67 counties in Florida including Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Dade, and can conduct closings anywhere in Florida, anytime. Evening, weekends and mobile closings are always available.
We will obtain title insurance for our client when our client is responsible for it. When our client is not responsible for obtaining title insurance, we will review the title searches, lien searches and the like to ensure that no variable is left to CHANCE during your real estate transaction. Many people ask us what Title Insurance is and why is it so important? Quite simply, when you're buying and selling property, you need a rock-solid title search and title insurance. The real estate attorneys and paralegals at Ron S. Bilu, P.A. can do both. Our searches can unearth a host of problems that could jeopardize title to a property including defective property descriptions, liens, unpaid municipal charges and even forgery. Count on us to protect your rights in a real estate deal, especially in these unpredictable financial times.


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Hi guys,
I am preparing for the Bikini competition so check out the post MTRW | Bikini Prep Cofee Talk to get the scoop on the effort.
The workout will consists of three parts for 3 days out of the week on the other days you will just do Pilo-Yoga:
- Part 1: Pilo-yoga
- Part 2: Bikini Prep | MTRW
- Part 3: MTRW Focus
However, if your are just looking to workout a specific body part then MTRW Focus is the place to be. and today's special is Lean Triceps:
- 4 rounds | 2 exercises | 25 reps each
Have a great day!
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Medical Assistant Courses in the United Kingdom
According to PayScale.com, medical assistants in the United Kingdom earn around £14,000 to £28,000 every year. They perform administrative and clinical support tasks in hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities.
Those who wish to become medical assistants receive extensive education and training in both medical sciences and office and administrative methods.
Edge Hill University
Edge Hill University offers a Foundation Degree in Health and Social Care designed to educate you through on-site practice, supported by classroom lessons. The program prepares you to work in the field of health and social care. You also receive training and lessons in interpersonal skills and professional ethics.
The program requires you to spend one year on campus and the next year in practice. However, the second year schedule includes once-a-week classroom lessons to support and strengthen learning. Through lectures, tutorials, group learning, professional seminars and work-based lessons, you become fully equipped as a medical assistant.
Courses include study skills using evidence base and reflection, introduction to psychology and sociology in context and principles of care practice. Students can access an exclusive virtual environment where they get online support and materials wherever they may be. This includes online forums, modules, assignment information and recordings of past lessons.
Edge Hill University
St Helens Road, Ormskirk
Lancashire, L39 4QP
London South Bank University
London South Bank University offers a Foundation Degree in Clinical Assistant Practice. This program aims to equip you with the necessary skills required in the field of medical sciences. You're trained under the supervision of a doctor, by assisting him or her in both administrative and medical tasks.
The two-year program includes courses in medical procedures, as well as in-hospital work. The university's available courses include clinical skills development, fluid balance and elimination respiration, and managing clinical activities. You can also take the non-compulsory courses in maintaining skin integrity, and admission, transfer and discharge.
You'll spend the first semester learning in the school. In semesters two to four, each week you spend one day in the university for lessons and other classroom-based activities, while you spend the rest of the week in the workplace.
London South Bank University
90 London Road
London, SE1 6LN
Anglia Ruskin University
The Anglia Ruskin University offers a Foundation Degree in Healthcare Science, equipping students to become competent employees in the workplace, particularly in the hospitals, clinics and other medical facilities. The program tackles medical information to help you learn and master the skills required to be a professional health care practitioner.
You can complete the program on a part-time basis. The program includes topics such as cell biology, understanding the work sector and diagnostic techniques. Program completion takes three years, including on-site training supervised by doctors. The earlier part of the program will concentrate more on classroom activities and lectures, while the later part focuses on working in the field.
Anglia Ruskin University
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Live Entertainment Specialists Headliner Launch Premium Artist Booking ServiceA fully-managed service that simplifies the process of booking renowned artists and performers for occasional event planners, agencies and brands
Headliner, an online marketplace that directly connects event planners with live entertainers worldwide, has launched a fully-managed service that simplifies the process of booking renowned artists and performers for occasional event planners, agencies and brands.
Visitors to the 'H' website, headliner.io/h-concierge, can request an act, and Headliner's dedicated team will utilise the platform's extensive partnerships with leading agents, including WME, ATC, CAA, CODA and ITB, to get them the best deal possible. The service also offers logistics support, including technical and artist riders, production and stage management and artist liaison, making the process as easy and effortless as possible.
Previously operating under beta, 'H' has already secured artists for Facebook, brought Groove Armada to The Digital Master Awards, and booked Razorlight for VW events and Little Boots and Hercules & Love Affair for the opening and closing parties of Cannes Lions.
Headliner has also completed final adjustments to its main automated booking platform, which allows event planners to search and book over 4000 musicians, bands and DJs. Event planners can message a suitable act directly through the platform, and receive a quote within 48 hours. The pioneering technology behind the platform, which has seen over 750 bookings in the last 12 months, can now process tens of thousands of enquiries at a time.
The company is headed up by BandWagon Gigs founders Stan McLeod and Maria Hayden and tech virtuoso Rosario Garcia de Zuniga. Investors include Twickets founder Richard Davies, ATC founding partner Brian Message, Frukt co-founder Jack Horner, Digital Catapult CEO Jeremy Silver and BRIT Award winning producer Charlie Andrew.
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January 11, 2014
Overkill, you say? We thinks not.
The Hawaiian Islands are the only place in North America where coffee grows. Plantation workers planted trees more than a hundred years ago, and now an entire industry and culture exists, all paying homage to the bean that keeps hundreds of millions awake at their desks, worldwide.
Until ten years ago, Hawaii's coffee industry was more kitsch than killer; farms made money by tours and tastings, but not many were raving about the quality of bean coming from paradise. Cut to the culinary explosion in the USA (fuelled by TV reality shows, etc.), and the locavore movement (where people try and consume foods grown closer to home), and a few dozen 'gentleman farmers' who made coffee farms 'the new' wineries, and all that started to change. Meaning, semi-retired Baby Boomers who had fallen in love with Hawaii life started investing in and growing the coffee industry in a direction that included hiring agricultural consultants to 'up' the quality of coffee grown in the area.
Now, select coffees from Hawaii can fetch top dollar on the world stage. And people fly in from around the world to taste Kona beans (and other regions""Ka"˜u, on the isle's opposite coastline""is producing some unbelievably successful small batch beans) brewed to perfection.
The Big Island tourism folk have kindly mapped out a wonderful self drive tour that takes you through the most bountiful coffee region, sipping all the way, replete with tours and tastings. The annual Coffee Festival is a wonderful way to see and taste dozens of varietals in one location.
A recent addition to the Kona coffee scene is Daylight Mind Coffee Company, an ocean-fronting cafe, bakery and coffee school in Kona town that aims to educate coffee drinkers, one cup at a time. Whether you want an hour's lesson on the refined manner in which coffee roasting can change flavour profiles, or you're a food and beverage industry person looking to up your skills for work, Daylight Mind has a classroom above its bistro cafe and bakery.
Header photo: Coffee tourists roaming the farms © Tor Johnson for HTA
Partnering with Delta allows us to connect you to and from a selection of destinations across the United States and Canada, making it even simpler to book flights to Kona.
Have you sampled Kona's coffee beans? Share your thoughts with us below.
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A look back at recent key issues in Westminster and the Constituency
Sometimes it seems that the same items dominate our new reports on a regular basis. Behind the scenes much goes on which, although less sensational in news terms, is important in our everyday lives.
For example the state of our roads is an issue regularly raised with me and a source of frustration for motorists. Government has ring-fenced money for their repair in the past and has now announced a dedicated £1,315,000 pothole fund for 2017/18. It is part of a £1.2 billion fund for local roads that the Government is allocating to councils to repair and rebuild our transport links. The total allocation for Oxfordshire comes to£19,409,000. This builds on the 1,036,000 we got last year in Oxfordshire.
The Prime Minister has also recently announced new measures to transform the way we approached and deal with mental health especially for children and young people where mental health problems are a growing concern. Each secondary school will be offered mental health first aid training to increase awareness around mental health and help to tackle the unacceptable stigma around the issue. To support this initiative, new proposals will outline how mental health services for schools, universities and families can be improved, so that everyone in the community is supported, at every stage of life. There will also be an expert review into how we can improve mental wellbeing in the workplace. I very much welcome this as there has not been sufficient focus on mental healthcare in this country. For too long there has been a stigma around mental health issues that is not replicated in physical health leaving people to suffer in silence and often get worse.
Of course, health care generally has been very much in the news with pressures reported on the NHS as demand is unprecedented. In the time after Christmas some hospitals reported up to 30% increase on attendances at A&E compared to last year. A number of measures have been taken towards winter preparedness including an allocation of £400 million to local health systems and the largest ever winter flu vaccination programme. It is recognised that our healthcare professionals work hard and different action is being taken in different areas to locally manage specific concerns. Of course we can all help relieve the pressure by directing our own concerns to the appropriate resource and making greater use of our local pharmacists and NHS Direct.
Another hot topic is the growth in new housing. I have written about the changes to the planning system on several occasions and now would just like to report a new measure introduced by the Minister just before Christmas. He has set out another provision to strengthen those communities that have developed a Neighbourhood Plan. Where there is a Neighbourhood Plan there is only a need to demonstrate a 3 year land supply to be able to ward of aggressive development rather than a 5 year supply as prescribed in the National Planning Policy Framework. I appreciate that this may be complex but I am certain that for communities where this applies the implications will be clearly understood and welcomed.
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This story also shows why it is essential for adjuncts to join or organize unions. Contact the American Federation of Teachers and ask them if you have a local to join or how to organize one. If you don't, pretty soon you'll be wearing a paper hat and asking your students if they would like fries with their lecture.
The AFT FACE blog described the proposed scam:
An INSIDE HIGHER ED article on this story
The trustees considered the plan last August because, if privatized, the adjuncts would not be part of the state's defined benefit pension plan. This would save the college the 17 percent contribution the state requires for each employee and save the adjuncts, many of whom don't put in enough time to vest, a required 3 percent contribution.
The plan was to farm out payroll administration of their adjunct's compensation but retain recruiting and hiring rights. So the adjuncts-some 80 who are hired each semester-would be employed by a private company that specializes in placing substitute teachers.
The 39 full-time faculty at KCC are represented by the AFT Michigan, but adjuncts have no union. KCC Federation of Teachers vice president Kevin Baughn and AFT Michigan president/AFT vice president David Hecker participated in discussion of the idea at KCC's January board meeting.
This time it didn't happen, but this isn't the last time we'll hear about this idea. Faculty unions should start preparing legislation to block efforts like this now, before the ball gets rolling.
It's ironic that when military functions were privatized, the mercenaries got paid ten times as much as real soldiers, but when they propose this for college instructors or actually go through with it like they have for K-12 teachers with corporate charter schools, it is invariably used to strip the pay and benefits of educators.
Shouldn't we have higher priorities than continually cutting budgets to save money to pay for tax cuts for the rich?


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Reebok Question Mid 'EBC'
One of Allen Iverson's best sneaker models, the Question, makes a return in a brand new colorway. This shoe revolves around AI's trip to Holcombe Rucker Park in New York City, the mecca of basketball in 1996. He teamed up with Stephon Marbury playing in the Entertainment Basketball Classic. Many NBA greats and skilled players play pick up or in this annual tournament held at Rucker and fans flock to the court to watch.
Dressed in a colorway that was inspired by the jersey A.I. wore in the game, the sneakers feature details like jersey mesh and what is described as "hairy" suede in gold with full-grain leather and navy accents. The words on the heel "Standing Room Only" reference that the park was filled to beyond capacity and people were left to stand along the sidelines, which happens more often than not.
The Reebok Question Mid 'EBC' releases 8/5 at 10AM EST in store or online at finishline.com


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Hey there guys… have been cut away from the virtual world for quite some time now…have been quite busy, running around for classes that were hitherto non existant…and have now started in full swing…. N then the stupid class tests which account for 2.5 marks outta 100.… *yeah …how does ANYONE beat that???* occasional orkutting from the college lab helped a bit…but anyway… here is the post I have been promising my friends for a long time.
Some time back, I was goin through my song list and realized what some of the bands out there have some really great *and some really weird* names. I decided to do a lil bit of research to find out what their names mean and here is all the trivia I could find… in alphabetical order…
Its quite long…so skip everyone else n go to ur fav bands,… and if u happen to have any trivia …. Do write in…. enjoi….
ABBA - *"Dancing Queen" is one of my all time fav…*Abba is "father" in Hebrew but the band claims that to be unintentional - rather it is an acronym for the first names of the band members: Agnetha, Björn, Benny and Anni-Frid (Frida).
AC/DC - It is said that one of the band member saw the words written on a sewing machine and thought it had something to do with power. (It does mean "alternating current / direct current".) The band used it not realizing it was also slang for a bisexual- the band claims NOT to be bisexual.
AEROSMITH : Drummer, Joey Kramer used to write "aerosmith" on his high school notebooks because he thought it sounded cool. When he proposed the name to the group, the rest of them said "What? Like that book they make you read in high school?" (the 1925 book, 'Arrowsmith' by Sinclair Lewis) Kramer responded "No. A-e-r-o smith..."
Now since I listen to a lot of their songs… here's more trivia….
* It took the entire band 17 years to get clean and sober of drugs and alcohol. They accomplished this feat during the recording of 1987's Permanent Vacation album. The band gathered in 1970. Tom Hamilton was officially the last member to get sober.
*What Steven wants on his tombstone… Here Lies Tyler, The demon of screaming, who never woke up from the dream he was dreaming, untill one day he drank some magic potion, now all that's left is some sweet emotion
*The most unusual place Steven has had sex is in a confessional booth *wtf?*
*The first song Aerosmith wrote was Movin' Out
*Steven's real last name is Tallarico
*If Steven could no longer be a musician, he would want to be either a gigolo, a gourmet chef or a park ranger.
*Steven was 15 when he lost his virginity... to a hooker, none the less.
*Evidentially, Steven always insists his hotel room has nine pillows.
BACKSTREET BOYS - The Backstreet Market was a store in Florida where the guys used to hang out. *don't scoff…even you listened to them in school…*
THE BEATLES - original member Stuart Sutcliffe came up with THE BEETLES , as a play on Buddy Holly's group THE CRICKETS who they loved. They were using the name THE QUARRYMEN and sometimes THE SILVER BEETLES - later it became THE BEATLES emphasizing the BEAT aspect of music (and poetry?). John Lennon is generally credited with combining Beetles and Beat to come up with THE BEATLES spelling.
BEE GEES - the 60's soft-rockers now best known for disco. Some say the BG comes from "Brothers Gibb" since they were brothers named Gibb... however an article on the group suggests that they used the names of 2 friends that helped them get started: Bill Goode and a DJ named Bill Gates...
BLINK 182 - Blink 182 supposedly has NO meaning at all but the band fosters stories on origins. They used to be just "Blink" but was threatened by a lawsuit from a little known Irish band with the same name, so they added the 182 which is the number of times the f-word was said in one of the members favorite movies. *hahaha….*
U2 - Three possibilities: 1) A type of spy plane used by the United States in the 1960's -
made famous when Gary Powers' U2 plane was shot down over Russia and he was taken as a prisoner during the Cold War. 2) U2 as in "you too" referring to the audience and its role in the musical experience 3) a U2 is an unemployment form in Ireland (see UB40)
BONO - U2's lead singer, Paul Hewson was inspired by a hearing aid store in Dublin, Ireland called 'Bono Vox'.
UB40 - Code number of a form people in Britain have to fill out to receive public assistance or welfare. Known in the UK as a signing-off form when you get a job. Hence the title of their first album Signing Off
BOB DYLAN - His real name is Robert Zimmerman - he liked the poet Dylan Thomas.
BON JOVI - from the New Jersey bandleader Jon Bon Jovi, whose real name is John Bongiovi, Jr. *I thought bon jovi was jus one guy. didn't know it classified as a band*
CHUMBAWAMBA - In a band member's dream, he didn't know which door to use in a public toilet because the signs said "Chumba" and "Wamba" instead of "Men" and "Women" *I definitely DO NOT believe this ridiculous story…*
COLDPLAY : Chris Martin and his mates, originally called Starfish, were friends with a band called Coldplay. When that band gave up the name, Starfish asked if they could use it. The original Coldplay took the name from a book of poetry. *imagine the divine hits being from a band called STARFISH…Ewwwww*
Trivia :
The song "Clocks", which is from the album "A Rush of Blood to the Head". Despite the title, this song only contains the word "Clocks" once!
'Speed of Sound' was actually Coldplay's highest charting single ever on the US charts.
COUNTING CROWS - Comes from old English nursery rhyme which had to do with predicting the future from the numbers of birds seen. Originally the rhyme was about magpies, but as people came over to America, crows were used instead. one of the versions of the rhyme goes "one for sorrow, two for joy, three for girls, four for boys, five for silver, six for gold, seven for a secret never to be told..." Adam Duritz liked the rhyme...
THE CRANBERRIES -With original lead singer Niol Quinn the band was called " The Cranberry Saw Us" ( a joke on Cranberries SAUCE) they changed it to the shorter form later. When Dolores O'Riordan replaced him, she had the name shortened to "The Cranberry" and the band's demo tapes were labeled "The Cranberry's". The first one was returned addressed to "The Cranberries" and they decided to keep the name
CREED - This popular Florida band was named after former bassist Brian Marshall's earlier band Mattox Creed.
DEF LEPPARD - Joe Elliot, lead singer, wanted to use the idea provided by the band Led Zeppelin's logo and made a drawing of something that looked like a deaf leopard…. So there it was … a brand new band name…def leppard. *thank god they dropped the "e"*
DEEP PURPLE - Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore's grandmother liked the Bing Crosby song "Deep Purple".
DIRE STRAITS -Their name describes the financial situation they were in when forming the band. *unbelievable …. But true… haha*
THE DOORS - Jim Morrison read poet William Blake who said "if the doors of perception are cleansed, everything would appear to man as it truly is, infinite. "He was also influenced by author Aldous Huxley who referred to the same line when he titled his book on drug experimentation The Doors of Perception. "There are things known and things unknown and in between are the doors"
DURAN DURAN - named after a character in the Jane Fonda movie Barbarella.
THE EAGLES - originally called TEEN KING AND THE EMERGENCIES , they liked the American sound of Eagles and the way it was aligned with THE BYRDS who had a great influence on them. *omg… imagine "Hotel California being sung by TEEN KING AND THE EMERGENCIES… omg"* and while we are on the subject of Hotel California…. Heres what I came up with :
On November 25, 2007 Henley appeared on the TV news show 60 Minutes, where he was told, "everyone wants to know what this song means." Henley replied: "I know, it's so boring. It's a song about the dark underbelly of the American Dream, and about excess in America which was something we knew about." Don Henley: "We were all middle-class kids from the Midwest. Hotel California was our interpretation of the high life in Los Angeles.
à "Colitas," in the line "Warm smell of colitas," is often interpreted as a flower or a sexual reference. It is a Spanish word translated to Henley by the Eagles Mexican-American road manager meaning "Little Buds," and is a reference to marijuana.
à The line "They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast" is a reference to Steely Dan. The bands shared the same manager and had a friendly rivalry. The year before, Steely Dan included the line "Turn up the Eagles, the neighbors are listening" on their song "Everything You Did."
à An alternative interpretation of the meaning of the lyrics is that the song is a description of the journey from Need to Love and Marriage to Divorce and ultimately to the impossibility of regaining the life and happiness of the pre-divorce state.Initially the traveler is feeling the need of a relationship ("My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim, I had to stop for the night"). The traveler meets his love and gets married ("There she stood in the doorway. I heard the mission bell"). A marriage commitment opens up the possibility of happiness but also the traveler is aware and vulnerable to the possibility of intense unhappiness ("And I was thinking to myself, this could be heaven or this could be hell") Unfortunately the marriage dissolves and his love becomes obsessed with money ("Her mind is Tiffany-twisted") where Tiffany" refers to the very expensive jewelry store, Tiffany & Co. With the divorce there is the division of property - she got the Mercedes Benz. After the breakup when he sees her with any guys she reassures him that the pretty, pretty boys" are just friends." In this new world of being single the other singles he meets do their dance in the courtyard" of life. They generally fall into two groups: There are those who can't stop talking about their Ex ("Some dance to remember") and there are those who don't what to say anything at all about their past marriage ("some dance to forget").Now in this world of being divorced he longs to return the pre-divorced state of happiness ("So I called up the captain, please bring me my wine"), but he finds that his happiness is now irrevocably in the past ("We haven't had that spirit here since 1969"). Deep into the post-divorce single's scene with "mirrors on the ceiling, the pink champagne on ice" he is reminded that "we are all just prisoners here, of our own device." He and others want this divorce nightmare to be over, yet - "they stab it with their steely knives, but they just can't kill the beast." Now frustrated, he panics and is "running for the door. I had to find the passage back to the place I was before" But he is brought up short when the night man informs him that "You can checkout any time you like (commit suicide), but you can never leave" (become pre-divorced).There are two choruses in the song and each mention the "Hotel California." Around the time the song was written, California was experiencing the highest divorce rate in the nation. Each chorus has lines that remember his past marriage ("Such a lovely place") and his past lover ("Such a lovely face"). The first chorus indicates that there can always be more divorces ("Plenty of room at the Hotel California, any time of year, you can find it here"). The second chorus points out that as a part of divorce you will always "bring your alibis."
*good interpretation (or misinterpretation)*
ELTON JOHN - Real name: Reginald Dwight. Created from two other British musicians: Elton Dean and Long John Baldry.
EMINEM - from his real name Marshall Mathers he took M&M and rewrote it phonetically as Eminem. *no matter wht they say… I love the guy…*
FOO FIGHTERS - a term used by World War II pilots to describe strange flying fireballs they sometimes saw.
GOO GOO DOLLS - Originally, the band was called "The Sex Maggots". *try to imagine…* When a club owner in the band's hometown of Buffalo, New York balked at putting the band on stage with that name, and the local newspapers wouldn't print their name, they were pressed to find a new one just minutes before they were set to perform. Flipping through a True Detective magazine, the band members spotted an ad for a goo goo doll, and they thought it would be funny and ironic for a trash-punk-rock band to have that name. And so it stuck.
*this ones my fav story… I mean imagine the writers of my fav song Iris being called sex maggots…ewwww*
GREEN DAY - A story is that when they dropped out of school to be musicians, their principal said "It'll be a green day in hell before you make anything of yourselves". Some say that in drug slang - if you smoked pot and goofed off all day, it was a "Green Day."
Green day was earlier called Sweet Children.
Billie Joe wrote his first song when he was five called Looking for Love. The first song he wrote that was recorded was Why Do You Want Him at age twelve.
Billie Joe and Mike formed their band Sweet Children when they were in fifth grade
In the second grade two girls beat up Billie Joe so that he would date them. This might have led to the song, Pulling Teeth.
Mike once kicked his teacher when he was in kindergarten because she told him to do something he didn't want to do.
Mike, Tre, and Billie have an 'EBPM' tattoo which stands for East Bay Punk Mafia.
GUNS 'N' ROSES - originally two bands L.A. GUNNS and HOLLYWOOD ROSES. Hollywood Roses was headed by Axl Rose, Tracii Guns headed the other band which also featured Slash. The two frequented clubs and played there and were friends.
About "November Rain" :
November Rain" has been called an epic rock ballad, in the tradition of "Stairway to Heaven" or "Hotel California". Officially, it is eight minutes and 57 seconds long. Many radio stations shorten it down to about six minutes.
"November Rain" also holds the record for the longest guitar solo in a Top 10 hit. Slash's axe work on this song was ranked number 6 in "Guitar World"'s "100 Greatest Guitar Solos
The platinum hit "November rain" was written by front man Axl Rose and the video features his wedding. Which was annulled a year later.
There's a neat bit of irony in the music video: there is a gun store (called Guns) next to a florist's shop (called Roses).
"Sweet Child of Mine"
The music video for "Sweet Child O' Mine" is set in an abandoned theatre and shows the band rehearsing for a show. A few of the band members' girlfriends were featured in the video as well as stage crew members. The video was pretty successful on MTV and greatly contributed to the mainstream success of not only the band, but the song as well.
KISS - According to Paul Stanley, Kiss just sounded dangerous (kiss of death) and sexy at the same time. Kiss denies the rumors that the name stands for "Kids In Service of Satan" or the saying "Keep It Simple Stupid."
LED ZEPPELIN - Jimmy Page was drinking with Moon and Entwhistle, who were bitching about their band mates Daltrey and Townshend. They joked about the two of them starting a band with Jimmy, and one of them said "Yeah, that will go over like a lead balloon". When Jimmy formed his own band, he remembered this and thought "Lead Zeppelin" would be good, both from that conversation and the heavy/light contradiction similar to the band named IRON BUTTERFLY. They decided to drop the "a" so Americans wouldn't mispronounce it.
LINKIN PARK : Earlier known as Xero, then changed it to Hybrid Theory, and then finally Linkin Park, to pay homage to Lincoln park , SF.
LIMP BIZKIT - Got the idea from Fred Durst's dog Biscuit who has a limp.
LL COOL J - for "Ladies Love Cool James".
LOS LOBOS - Spanish for "The Wolves"
LYNYRD SKYNYRD - Named after Leonard Skinner, an annoying gym teacher/coach some of the members had in high school. Leonard is said to have moved on to sell real estate in Jacksonville, Florida. *don't know thm much…. Just the song "sweet home alabama"…*
MAROON 5 : Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick were friends since Junior High School and decided to form a band. known as Kara's Flowers. but with a new drummer and a new sound, they changed their name to Maroon 5. They refuse to say what it means though…
MATCHBOX TWENTY :Paul Doucette came up with the name. The band came up with the name Matchbox Twenty when Paul was a waiter in a diner and saw a guy with a number 20 softball shirt. It was covered with patches and the only word they could read was matchbox. Paul thought it would be a good name for a clothes line - Rob hated it! Rob wanted to name the band "Larry" cuz he thought ppl saying "Hey Larry's playing" sounded cool. *they sure don't have brains… but wtf…they make cool music…*
MEGADETH - Dave Mustane was inspired by a government pamphlet he saw after leaving METALLICA. A Megadeath is a military term for one million dead (making World War II an 80 Megadeath)
METALLICA - Lars Ulrich was helping a friend think of a name for a metal fanzine. The choices were Metal Mania and Metallica. Metal Mania was chosen for the magazine & he used Metallica for his band.
NIRVANA - As Kurt Cobain said (yes, this is a quote): "Nirvana means complete and total bliss. That is what punk rock means to me." Nirvana had many punk influences that were very evident in their music. Nirvana is a state of nothingness, complete contentment, not needing or wanting anything, no emotions.
'NSYNC- Justin's mother came up with the name. N is the last letter in Justin, S is the last letter in Chris, Y is the last letter in Joey. N is actually from James Lance Bass because Chris gave him the nickname 'Lansten'. Since Lance doesn't end with a N, they used his nick name, Lansten. C is from J.C. That's how they came up with 'NSYNC. The whole thing is, of course, a play on In Sync - a term which comes from the movie industry - meaning when the picture & soundtrack are properly aligned or synchronized.
NO DOUBT - a favorite phrase of John Spence, it became the name of the band prior to his suicide.
OASIS - local British origins: a Manchester cab company, a chain of women's clothing stores,
a local Indian restaurant and more likely a local club that The Beatles played in during their early years (the band are avowed Beatles fans)
PEARL JAM - Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament were members of pioneering grunge band Green River during the mid-1980s. Green River toured and recorded to moderate success but disbanded in 1987. In late 1987, Gossard and Ament began playing with Malfunkshun (another band) vocalist Andrew Wood, eventually organizing the band Mother Love Bone. In 1988 and 1989, the band recorded and toured to increasing interest and their debut album, Apple, was released in July 1990, four months after Wood died of a heroin overdose.
Ament and Gossard were devastated by the death of Wood and the resulting demise of Mother Love Bone. Gossard spent his time afterwards writing material that was harder-edged than what he had been doing previously. After a few months, Gossard started practicing with fellow Seattle guitarist Mike McCready, whose band Shadow had broken up; McCready in turn encouraged Gossard to reconnect with Ament. After practicing for a while, the trio sent out a five-song demo tape in order to find a singer and a drummer. They gave former Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Jack Irons the demo to see if he would be interested in joining the band and to distribute the demo to anyone he felt might fit the lead vocal position. Irons passed on the invitation but gave the demo to his basketball buddy, San Diego singer Eddie Vedder. Vedder was the lead vocalist for a San Diego band, Bad Radio, and worked part time at a gas station. He listened to the tape shortly before going surfing, where lyrics came to him. There he recorded the vocals to three of the songs ("Alive", "Once", and "Footsteps") in what Vedder would later describe as a "mini-opera" he entitled "Mamasan". He sent the tape with his vocals back to the three Seattle musicians, who were so impressed that they had Vedder fly to Seattle. Within a week, Vedder had joined the band. With the addition of Dave Krusen on drums, the band took the name Mookie Blaylock, in reference to the then-active All-Star basketball player. However, concerns about trademark issues necessitated a name change; the band's name became "Pearl Jam". In an early promotional interview, Vedder said that the name "Pearl Jam" was a reference to his great-grandmother Pearl, who was married to a Native American and had a special recipe for peyote-laced (hallucinogenic… like LSD, Cocaine etc..) jam. In a 2006 Rolling Stone cover story however, Vedder admitted that this story was "total bullshit" (even though he indeed had a great-grandma named Pearl). Ament came up with "pearl", and that the band later settled on "Pearl Jam" after "Jamming" which meant stretching up songs as improvisations of 15-20 minutes in length.
PINK FLOYD - taken from the names of two Georgia bluesmen Pink Anderson and Floyd
Council - from the early days when the band saw itself as a blues band.
THE REPLACEMENTS - Legend has it that they were given a gig after another band failed to show - when asked who they were they replied "We're the Replacements".
THE ROLLING STONES - from the Howlin' Wolf blues song "Rolling Stone" - Keith Richards was a fan of the version recorded by Muddy Waters.
SAVAGE GARDEN - Darren is a huge fan of Anne Rice's vampire novels and that is where the name of the band came . Anne Rice is known mostly for the Vampire Chronicles but writes other things that have to do with ancient history, folk-lore, mythology and dark, DARK mysteries. "Savage Garden" shows up in the second book called "The Vampire Lestat", where the vampire Lestat and others of his kind describe the world as a savage garden. Darren and Daniel both agreed to this name because it has a deeper meaning behind it
STEELY DAN - taken from William Burrough's book Naked Lunch. In it Steely Dan is the nickname given to a giant steam-powered dildo (see cover photo on their first album) *can anything get weirder than this???*
SWITCHFOOT : An American alternative rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman (vocals, guitar), Tim Foreman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chad Butler (drums, percussion), Jerome Fontamillas (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and Drew Shirley (guitar).
Switchfoot first gained mainstream recognition after the inclusion of four of their songs in the 2002 movie A Walk to Remember. This recognition led to their major label debut, The Beautiful Letdown, which was released in 2003. It went on to sell over 2.6 million copies and produced the band's best-known singles, "Meant to Live" and "Dare You to Move".
According to Jon Foreman, the name "Switchfoot" is a surfing term. "We all love to surf and have been surfing all our lives so to us, the name made sense. To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change and movement, a different way of approaching life and music".
TRAIN : Rob thought of it: In an interview with Echo & the Bunnymen, they said there was nothing left in the US that was romantic. Rob disagreed and thought that the most romantic thing about the US was the train.
VAN HALEN - after Alex and Eddie Van Halen - suggested by David Lee Roth as being better than their original name "Mammoth." They might have been called 'Daddy Longlegs' if Gene Simmons of KISS had gotten his way - he partially financed and produced one of their original demo records and suggested names and artwork.
VELVET UNDERGROUND - 60's experimental band associated with pop artist Andy Warhol, they took their name from a paperback book they found on the street - the book was about sex in America.
Aug 31, 2008
4 comments:
- freeSpirit said...
niiice trivia for all rock fans.. im sure hardly ne1 knows abt how der fav bands got der names...
- August 31, 2008 at 5:24 PM
- DeJaVu said...
hey nice read to gain some extra info in our otherwise 'oh-so-informed-about-imp-things' life :P
keep up the good research..
- September 8, 2008 at 10:06 PM
- The Wanderer said...
Ye sab to achcha hai but I wanna know how "Tarang" got it's name... can you find out THIS? :P
- September 13, 2008 at 9:04 AM
- Miss Sunshine said...
so naice and informative!!
- April 14, 2009 at 5:06 PM
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Well o2 has finally credited me for the wrongly billed items. Good for them. However I have a strong feeling that come next month these problems will arise again.
I am still waiting for a personal apology from a senior o2 member with £500 worth of gift vouchers for all the headaches they caused. A free BlackBerry would be nice. Or unlimited GPRS usage for 5 years.


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HESI is governed by the Board of Trustees, comprised of 16 representatives from the public sector and 14 representatives from the private sector. The Board provides scientific, strategic, and financial oversight for the organization. The HESI Assembly, compromised of public and private sector scientists from HESI's scientific committees, Trustees, and HESI Emerging Issue Committee Science Advisors, elects the governing Trustees and provides input on new scientific and strategic directions for the organization.
2019-2020 HESI Board of Trustees
Dr. Charlene A. McQueen
University of Arizona
Dr. Lois Lehman-McKeeman
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Dr. Jon C. Cook
Vice President
Pfizer, Inc.
Dr. Martin van den Berg
Vice Chair
Utrecht University
Dr. Greg Adamson
Givaudan Fragrances Corporation
Dr. Scott E. Belanger
The Procter & Gamble Company
Dr. Stuart Cagen
Shell Health
Prof. Alan Boobis
Imperial College London
Dr. Warren M. Casey
National Institutes of Environmental Health Sciences
Dr. David L. Eaton
University of Washington
Dr. Patrick D. Guiney
University of Wisconsin
Dr. Ernie Harpur
Newcastle University
Dr. Anthony Holmes
National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals in Research
Dr. Tim Kedwards
S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Dr. Jerry S.H. Lee
Lawrence J. Ellison Institute for Transformative Medicine of USC
Dr. Maya Leventer-Roberts
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Dr. José E. Manautou
University of Connecticut
Dr. Gary Minsavage
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Dr. Graeme Moffat
Amgen, Inc.
Dr. Marc Pallardy
Université Paris-Sud
Dr. Timothy P. Pastoor
Dr. William Pennie
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Dr. Martin A. Philbert
University of Michigan
Dr. Stefan J. Platz
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
Dr. Nathan D. Price
Institute for Systems Biology
Dr. Ruth Roberts
ApconiX Ltd.
Dr. Pamela J. Spencer
The Angus Chemical Company
Dr. Yuko Sekino
University of Tokyo
Dr. Clifford P. Weisel
Rutgers University
Dr. Douglas Wolf


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One common monadic structure is the
Option (or
Maybe in Haskell and other languages) type. This can be seen as an encapsulation type. Consider a function which may fail to produce a meaningful value for certain inputs. For example,
fn main () { // Parses a string into an integer. from_str::<int>("4"); // A valid input. from_str::<int>("Potato"); // Definitely invalid. }
from_str function cannot return a meaningful value for
"Potato". Rust (and many other functional languages) does not have
null, so what should we return? This is where an
Option type becomes useful. In our example, instead of returning an
int type, the
from_str function returns an
Option<int> type.
In Rust, the
Option enum is represented by either
Some(x) or
None, where
x is the encapsulated value. In this way, the
Option monad can be thought of like a box. It encapsulates the value
x, where
x is any type. Rust defines an
Option as such, where
<T> and
(T) denote that it handles a generic type, meaning that
T could be an
int, a
str, a
vec, or anything else, even other
Option types.
enum Option<T> { None, Some(T) }
Value In, Value Out
Since we can see an
Option as a box, or encapsulation type, we need to be able to put things into the box, or take things out.
Putting a value into an
Option is delightfully simple. Simply use
Some(x) or
None in place of
x or (an imaginary)
null. Most of the time, you will receive or return an
Option based on input, rather than just creating them directly. Here are some examples of different techniques.
fn main () { // Ways to create an Option containing an int. let w = Some(3i); // Something let x: Option<int> = None; // Nothing // Receive from function. let y = some_on_even(2); // Something let z = some_on_even(3); // Nothing } fn some_on_even(val: int) -> Option<int> { match val { // Matches an even number. x if x % 2 == 0 => Some(x), // Matches anything else. _ => None } }
To take something out of the
Option we need to be able to extract, or "unwrap" the value. There are a number of ways to do this. Some common methods are with a
match or
If you're seeking to write code that won't crash, avoid
.expect()and it's cousin
.unwrap()and use safer alternatives like
fn main () { // Create an Option containing the value 1. let a_monad: Option<int> = Some(1); // Extract and branch based on result. let value_from_match = match a_monad { Some(x) => x, None => 0i // A fallback value. }; // Extract with failure message. let value_from_expect = a_monad.expect("No result."); // Extract, or get a default value let value_or_default = a_monad.unwrap_or_default(); let value_or_fallback = a_monad.unwrap_or(42i); }
Not Just a Null
By now, you're probably asking yourself something similar to the following:
So why not just have
null? What does an
Optionmonad provide that's more?
That's a very good question. What are the benefits of this paradigm?
- You must handle all possible returns, or lack thereof. The compiler will emit errors if you don't appropriately handle an
Option. You can't just forget to handle the
None(or 'null') case.
- Null doesn't exist. It's immediately apparent to readers and consumers which functions might not return a meaningful value. Attempting to use a value from an
Optionwithout handling it results in a compiler error.
- Values aren't boxed.
Optionvalues don't wrap pointers, they wrap values. In order to have a
null, you necessarily need a pointer. (Thanks cmr!)
- Composition becomes easy. The
Optionmonad becomes much more powerful when it is used in composition, as its characteristics allow for pipelines to be created which don't need to explicitly handle errors at each step.
Let's take a closer look at the composition idea...
Composing a Symphony of Functions
Nirvana is being able to compose a series of functions together without introducing a tight dependency between them, such that they could be moved or changed without needing to be concerned with how this might affect the other functions. For example, let's say we have some functions with the following signatures:
fn log(value: f64) -> f64; // This could fail. (log(-2) == ??) fn sqrt(value: f64) -> f64; // This could fail. (sqrt(-2) == ??) fn square(value: f64) -> f64; fn double(value: f64) -> f64; fn inverse(value: f64) -> f64;
Quite the little math library we have here! How about we come up with a way to turn
20 into something else, using a round-about pipeline?
sqrt(-1 * (log(-1 * (20 * 2)))^2)
With our little library it'd look something like this:
// This code will not compile, it's invalid. // `Null` isn't a real type in Rust. fn main () { let number: f64 = 20.; match log(inverse(double(number))) { x => { match sqrt(square(inverse(x)))) { y => println!("The result is {}", y), Null => println!(".sqrt failed.") } }, Null => println!(".log failed.") } }
In this case, we had two functions which could fail, since we didn't have an
Option type, the author must be aware of and handle possible
Null values. Note that the onus was on the programmer to know when a
Null might be returned, and remember to handle it, not on the compiler.
Let's see what the same code would look like using the
Option monad. In this example, all of the functions are appropriately defined.
fn main () { let number: f64 = 20.; // Perform a pipeline of options. let result = Some(number) .map(inverse) // Described below. .map(double) .map(inverse) .and_then(log) // Described below. .map(square) .and_then(sqrt); // Extract the result. match result { Some(x) => println!("Result was {}.", x), None => println!("This failed.") } } // You can ignore these. fn log(value: f64) -> Option<f64> { match value.log2() { x if x.is_normal() => Some(x), _ => None } } fn sqrt(value: f64) -> Option<f64> { match value.sqrt() { x if x.is_normal() => Some(x), _ => None } } fn double(value: f64) -> f64 { value * 2. } fn square(value: f64) -> f64 { value.powi(2 as i32) } fn inverse(value: f64) -> f64 { value * -1. }
This code handles all possible result branches cleanly, and the author need not explicitly deal with each possible
None result, they only need to handle the end result. If any of the functions which may fail (called by
and_then()) do fail, the rest of the computation is bypassed. Additionally, it makes expressing and understanding the pipeline of computations much easier.
map and
and_then (along with a gamut of other functions listed here) provide a robust set of tools for composing functions together. Let's take a look, their signatures are below.
fn map<U> (self, f: |T| -> U) -> Option<U> fn and_then<U>(self, f: |T| -> Option<U>) -> Option<U>
Functor Interface:
map provides a way to apply a function of the signature
|T| -> U to an
Option<T>, returning an
Option<U>. This is ideal for functions like
double() which don't return an
This call corresponds to
fmap in Haskell, which is part of a functor. Monads have this trait because every monad is a functor.
Monad Interface:
and_then allows you to apply a
|T| -> Option<U> function to an
Option<T>, returning an
Option<U>. This allows for functions which may return no value, like
sqrt(), to be applied.
This call corresponds to
bind in Haskell and theoretical Monad definitions. Meanwhile unwrapping
Some<T> or
None is the equivalent of
return. (Thanks to dirkt)
Working with Options in Vectors. Parsing a vector of strings into integers. Note that Rust's iterators are lazy, so if
collect() isn't called, the iterator itself could be composed with others.
fn main () { let strings = vec!("4", "12", "foo", "15", "bar", "baz", "1"); let numbers: Vec<int> = strings.iter() // `filter_map` transforms `Vec<&'static str>` to `Vec<int>` // Any `None` will be removed, // while any `Some` will be unwrapped. .filter_map(|&x| from_str::<int>(x)) // `collect` forces iteration through the lazy iterator. .collect(); println!("{}", numbers); }
A simple pipeline. This example takes a strong and splits it into an iterator.
next() fetches the next token, which is an
fn main () { let mut input = "15 Bear".split(' '); // Need to pull the number and parse it. let number = input.next() // Process Option<&'static str> to Option<int> .and_then(|x| from_str::<int>(x)) .expect("Was not provided a valid number."); // The next token is our animal. let animal = input.next() .expect("Was not provided an animal."); // Ouput `number` times. for x in std::iter::range(0, number) { println!("{} {} says hi!", animal, x) } }


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Monday, October 07, 2013
So she decided to make an ADULT I SPY & so collected & traded accordingly.
She had Zebras & Quilts
& wine
Queen Victoria & sewing notions
Paint by number
& Campbells soup (quite coincidentally next to some mighty fine non-branded beers.)
A Tiffany Lamp
A box of chocolates
Good old fashioned arithmetic
a circuit board
a farmers market
A pocket book
a marionette
ink pens
Robots & a TV dinnner
Then she remembered how much she loved those old fashioned childish prints...
She still kept yoga
& yogurt
& potions
& a Mercury Rocket
& Jiffy Pop Popcorn (Do you remember that - oh how much fun was that to make?)
Even though she had more that enough prints, she kept adding cute things like nanny bees
She even used "precious" pieces like this beach print
Do you see the secret squirrel, she loves this kind of print.
& a button card
Coors Beer (I wonder if they even know that they are on fabric with Amstel? I believe that there is some Miller too.)
Cigars are in the adult realm,
but the inchworm is a childhood favorite - I had a riding toy inchworm.
As a child of the 80's she has cassette tapes
& a boom box
& yet the lure of a sweet cowboy, surely is too juvenile for an adult I SPY & yet there it is
Along with a pool scene
& a pile of magazines
a double decker bus
a rodeo & a may pole
The backwards "F" - go ahead look at it again - if it had an error, you better believe that this little old lady collected it!
An Italian scene & garlic - another fun coincidence...
I purchased that dance scene just for this quilt!
Even as I was sewing today, I was still adding in prints, one of the latest additions was this one of tickets.
Now that all of my blocks (80 9-ptaches) are pieced, I am done with collecting for this top. & yet I still have a pile of novelty charms & I plan on using 10 inch squares of novelty prints as a pieced back...
I hope this jibberish was not too horrible to read, it is just how I spent my day & apparently a large portion of my quilt life.
What else do you see?
Can you guess what might be in the charms that did not make it into this preview?
What would you have added?
3 comments:
- Mary said...
I too love "I Spy" quilts and fabrics. I say I"m making them for the children (other people's grandchildren) but really it's so I have an excuse to collect all these neat novelties and to use them
- JillB said...
I have made several I Spy quilts for wedding and anniversary gifts! They can be just like a big scrap book - favorite foods, pets, cars, hobbies, dates, honeymoon, school mascots, sports, astrology signs. Elvis, adult beverages, calendar months of special dates, etc. IT IS SO MUCH FUN finding the fabrics! One went to med school in the Carribean and I bought a panel of the world and cut out that portion of it - another stumper was a couple who were into ballroom dancing - I finally found a big band. My husband says that I do not charge enough - but I am having too good of a time!!!
- Carla said...
Very cute. Can't wait to see it done!


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Happy Ending Kit Silver
There is -(as far as we know case wise)-no cheaper way to dive into your Eurorack modular synthesizer rabbit hole than the happy ending kit!
These are in Stock!
This easy way to rack up your modules this kit includes:
- 1 x z-rails set plus screws to attach to z-ears or z-ears tabletop
- 1 x z-ears pair or 1 x z-ears tabletop pair
- 1 x µzeus 4hp psu with 2 x flying bus boards
- 1 x 1000ma ault power wall adapter (110vac)


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With roughly a six week year (46 days) and two and half times the size of the Earth, time spent exploring Kepler-235e would go by fast and yet feel as though there's so much more to see.
Like Caim, there isn't much information on this exoplanet, meaning we have a relatively blank slate upon which to write. I suspect this planet to be another that may reveal it has more interesting moons.
Of late I've been applying the standard method of using mythological names or unique terms from obscure languages to determine appellation for these habitable zone Kepler exoplanets. What I would like to do with 235e is turn to a more eponymous tactic. No my name, of course, but that of a quietly remarkable person, Dashrath Manjhi.
Over more than two decades, Manjhi carved a three hundred foot long, thirty foot wide road through the hills in which he lived so that others wouldn't suffer the same fate as the women he was married to had. He was mocked at the time for the futility of what he was doing, but his resolve made the road possible and living easier for those around him. One has to admire that sort of determination and altruism.
I have a similar admiration for the astronomers and other scientists mapping our universe and attempting to show us a path to new worlds. With that in mind, Kepler-235e should be called


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Executives with hotel real estate investment trusts shared their insights on the environment for acquiring and disposing of assets during recent earnings calls.
REPORT FROM THE U.S.—As the lodging cycle grows ever longer, the outlook for trading assets grows ever more complicated, leading to some company-specific opinions on whether or not it's a good time to be active in the market.
During the recent first-quarter earnings calls with investors, officials with the hotel-specific real estate investment trusts were regularly asked how they felt about the current environment.
Here's what REIT executives had to say about their outlook on buying and selling:
James Risoleo, president and CEO, Host Hotels & Resorts
"As we think about continuing to prune the portfolio, we will be opportunistic in taking assets to market, responding to unsolicited offers, where we feel that we can achieve a value that's in excess of our internal hold value. We continue to be very disciplined with respect to our underwriting for new investment opportunities, as well as for assets we might want to sell by looking at the near term, (revenue per available room) performance of an asset in a particular market, the capital needs and what we think is a fair and reasonable residual cap rate."
John Murray, president and CEO, Hospitality Properties Trust
"We're trying to be more conservative and we're trying to be mindful of our leverage levels and mindful of the amount of renovations that we're doing. So, I think there are a couple of hundred million dollars that we'll invest in hotels in 2019. It will be more than a lot of RIETs will invest in acquisitions in a year. I think with the acquisitions we've done so far coupled with our hotel renovations, we'll probably will be happy with that for this year. Although I do expect that we'll make additional acquisitions between now and the end of the year."
Douglas Kessler, president and CEO, Ashford Hospitality Trust
"I'd say that overall for the industry we're seeing a decent flow of single assets. In fact the data, which showed that volume was up about 1.5% for single assets, but there are lot fewer portfolios out there in the market over the same time a quarter ago."
Justin Knight, president and CEO, Apple Hospitality REIT
"We actually are continually looking at the entirety of our portfolio and looking for opportunities to monetize or to realize value through sale transactions. … Because the market continues to appear to be relatively strong, at least relative to the past several years in terms of transaction volume, we're optimistic that we will continue to find opportunities to prune from our portfolio and to replace with assets that we think based on our total portfolio have greater value."
Marcel Verbaas, chairman and CEO, Xenia Hotels & Resorts
"We certainly have a pipeline of potential acquisitions we are constantly underwriting and reviewing. I wouldn't say it's a very extensive and deep pipeline today, but I'd made this comment before. We necessarily didn't feel the same way 12 months ago or 24 months ago, either. So we're hopeful we'll find interesting acquisition opportunities, but we're also very happy with what we have done over the last few years and where we have positioned our portfolio with the assets that we own today."
Mark Brugger, president and CEO, Diamondrock Hospitality
"We're fans of (mergers-and-acquisitions) activity within the space. We're a fan of people making statements about valuation. We believe that activity within the space adds interest. In some ways, having one less similar-sized peer out there is probably advantageous to us. And frankly, if someone has a higher multiple, it adds value for shareholders. We think that that's the right thing to do. And people should be active on that front."
Dan Hansen, chairman, president and CEO, Summit Hotel Properties
"We do a fair amount of underwriting, and continue to do so. … It is a challenging to say the least, and it shouldn't surprise investors. … We feel good about again about the (leverage) range that we've outlined. But I wouldn't say there's a definitive number where we're going to be aggressive. It's very much underwritten as opportunities based on extra capacities and how we see them adding value."
Jeffrey Fisher, chairman of the board, president and CEO, Chatham Lodging Trust
"I think the (bid-ask) spread is wide. So I'm not going to stand up on kind of a soapbox or whatever and beat my chest and say we're selling a bunch of hotels. But there were a few out in (Western, Pennsylvania) that I think we'll get done and sort of get rid of those problems so to speak. But I think on an opportunistic basis, we'll continue to look for deals that will allow us to recycle capital in an accretive way. But the gap is wide right now."
Richard Stockton, president and CEO, Braemar Hotels & Resorts
"We're essentially at our leverage target, so if we were to make an acquisition, it would have to be extraordinarily compelling just using your cash on the balance sheet. That's really not our intention based on what we're seeing out there. The acquisition market continues to be very competitive. We don't see a lot of opportunities where outsized returns are available. So as we look at our capital allocation, we will say the debt markets continue to be very strong, very inexpensive."


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Despicable Me 3
|MPAA Rating:
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|Steve Carell, Trey Parker, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Pierre Coffin, Andy Nyman
|Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin
|Movie Studio:
|Illumination Entertainment
|Other Genres:
|Animation, Comedy
|Run Time:
|96 Minutes
|Release Date:
|After he is fired from the Anti-Villain League for failing to take down the latest bad guy to threaten humanity, Gru finds himself in the midst of a major identity crisis. But when a mysterious stranger shows up to inform Gru that he has a long-lost twin brother-a brother who desperately wishes to follow in his twin's despicable footsteps-one former super-villain will rediscover just how good it feels to be bad.
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Sunday 28 May
Tribulation Hut
Grade: Moderate
Tribulation Hut is on the Redcliffe Stream which flows in the upper reaches of the Rakaia River. The track to the hut is 3.5 hours (10km) and passes through the Redcliffe Scenic reserve, across a flat valley and around the base of Rat hill. We will have lunch at the hut and return the same way.
Leader:Heather ph 332 6281
Depart from Yaldhurst Hotel Car park at 7.30am
Transport $ 25


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Vietnam ranks in world's top 20 best countries to visit
The prestigious international travel magazine Condé Nast Traveler (CNT) has recently published top 20 most popular countries in the world. These destinations are the worth-visiting place that everyone should visit once in their life.
The annual Readers' Choice Awards of CNT this year is voted by 128.000 visitors – the highest level of participation in the magazine's history.
Vietnam ranked 12th in the list as a peaceful country with many beautiful attractions and unique cuisine. The well-known American Chef Anthony Bourdain stated that: "It just seemed like another planet; a delicious one that sort of sucked me in and never let go," he told CNT. "We'd be happy just to sip Vietnamese coffee and eat pho all day, but the adventurous can descend into the world's largest cave, Hang Son Doong, in Phong Nha – Ke Bang National Park".
Vietnam tourism is growing as it attract thousands of foreign visitors every year. Visitors often visit big cities such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, or beach cities such as Da Nang, Nha Trang or Mekong Delta in Vietnam.


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A website cache is a storage system that prevents our web servers having to process large amounts of information every time someone visits our site.
The main reasons for the cache are to:
- reduce the load on our web servers
- increase performance of the website
When a publisher makes an update to a page and sets it live, visitors won't see these updates straight away. Instead, the site will return the latest stored version of a page or asset until the cache is scheduled to reset, or "clear", again.
Clearing the cache on your pages
Users can now clear their own cache by adding /_recache to the end of the URL. After this changes you have made should be live. Contact the support team if this does not work.
When does the cache clear?
Almost every page has its own cache that is cleared every 24 hours. The exception to this is news, events and landing pages – these clear every hour. If your asset is brand new, the changes will take effect as soon as you set it live.
Let's say you have a page that cleared at 9am this morning. Its cache is now due to clear itself again at 9am tomorrow –in 24 hours. If you decide to update your content today and it's approved and set live by 12pm, this means that the latest updates to your content should be live by 9am tomorrow. Therefore, it takes 21 hours for your content to refresh.
The easiest way to tell what time your page is due to clear is to right click on your page and select View Page Source.
Scroll down until you get to the Running Squiz Matrix section. The Page generated information displays the time your page's cache last cleared.
Clearing the cache on your pages
Users can now clear their own cache by adding /_recache to the end of the URL. After this pages you have made should be live. Contact the support team if this does not work.
No cache, no problem
Once you have made your page changes live, you can view the latest version of the page on the live site before its cache has updated. This is particularly handy if you need someone to view the most recent version sooner rather than later. To do this you just need to type the following at the end of the page url:
Remember, if you are logged into Squiz before the cache has cleared, you will also see the latest version of your content.
Common issues
If you are experiencing trouble and can't see your updates, some common things to look out for are:
- Multiple assets used to create content - if you have used multiple assets to create a piece of content or functionality the cache may clear at various times on each asset. For example, a feature widget includes a page asset, a link asset and an image asset, each of which have their own cache. While the link used to create your feature may have cleared, the image or the page content it is linking to may take longer.
- Staff profiles – Staff profiles are a part of a feed that draws a lot of data from external sources such as HRonline and Research Portfolio Manager (RPM). When information in the staff directory is updated in either of these systems, it is much harder to predict when the content change will take effect.
- Browsers – Some browsers handle caching differently to others. Sometimes a browser may update its functionality, causing compatibility issues with our current cache clearing systems.
Still not updating?
While a particular page or asset may have cleared within the correct timeframe, at times you may still see the old version. This is because your browser itself may be holding onto old data. If this is the case, try clearing your browser using the following instructions:
If all else fails, or you need something cleared urgently, the Web Services Team can provide further assistance. Just submit a ticket to the Web Support Portal.


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"Everyone wants to have a baby, but not everyone wants to be a mom". When I heard that statement from a young mother recently, it really struck a cord with me. I have interacted with Mothers and Fathers at baby showers when everyone is full of anticipation and excitement, only to see it slowly wane as the difficult parts of raising children come crashing into their daily existence.
The realities of sleepless nights, illness and the ongoing challenges of training children, begin to be viewed as an inconvenient interruption to the personal living preferences of the adults. The child is no longer viewed as the cute bundle of joy that once prompted silly baby talk, but rather a relentless irritant that wont go away. Exhaustion, depression, financial or health difficulties can be very real factors that contribute to the stress of raising children.
Many of us have at one time or another experienced the pains and struggles of child rearing, but what is the difference between those who experience a deep sense of joy in the role versus those who abandon or in some way abuse their role as parent?
" We are His workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works,
which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them."
Ephesians 2:10 (ESV)
Could it be that the reason that the struggle is a symptom of our own unbelief? We forget that we have been called for such a time as this. Workmanship implies that special care was given during our creation. There were special ingredients added to ensure our success before we ever begin the task. Perhaps the key difference between Joy and discontentment or bitterness in the role of parenting is who bears the weight of the call.
When trying to parent according to a personal sense of proficiency or intelligence, each of us will be found wanting.The new creation – beautiful child given to a set of parents is a supernatural being created by a Holy God. Our fleshy achievements can never prepare us for the complexities of parenting. Joy on the journey is only found in Christ. Apart from him, we can do nothing.
When you are tempted to believe that no one understands the difficulty your particular circumstance. Those moments when you wonder if the loneliness and feelings of failure will ever go away; remember, God knew about all of this beforehand. He has given you everything you need for life and Godliness. 2Peter 1:3
Enjoy the journey…


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Plants, cell cultures or microorganisms can be brought to the reaction chambers of the EES 4667, where they can be subjected to an individually adjustable combination of temperature, humidity, pressure, gas mixes, light and salt spray. The conditions in the chamber can be kept static for hours or days, or changed in cycles.
The Extremophile Center serves as the basis for companies and research facilities to make use of a unique environment to develop biological antioxidants and anti-aging products.