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A DYING Birmingham Dad is planning to have Christmas four months early with his beloved family after being told he has just weeks to live.
Factory employee David Morsley, 27, was diagnosed with a grade 4 brain tumour in December after collapsing at work.
The dad-of-three, from Kingstanding, underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, but sadly discovered on Thursday the tumour had returned.
Medics at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital told David his health could rapidly deteriorate in the next six weeks, and that he would not see Christmas.
Now the brave dad plans an early Christmas next month with his three sons, Taylor-James, nine, Kayne, five and four-year-old Oscar and his wife Cally.
Meanwhile, sister-in-law Gemma Hewett has set up a Go Fund Me page to help David and his family cherish their last weeks together.
She said: "We decided that we want to bring Christmas forward so that the boys can have happy memories to cherish when David is gone."
The news the treatment had failed had left all the family devastated and had followed a series of mini-seizures.
Gemma said: "David had suffered with seizures before, but these were different as they were on the other side of the body. He was fast-tracked to get an MRI scan, and they found the tumour had grown back in a different place.
"As usual David is taking it all in his stride, and is making jokes. "
The early Christmas party is being staged at St Luke's Church, complete with presents, Father Christmas and a turkey dinner.
David and Cally renewed their vows at the church in February, and their youngest son Oscar was christened in the same ceremony.
"It was a beautiful day," adds Gemma, 30.
"David has been so brave and we want him to give the send off he deserves.
"I want his boys to know how special he is - and how loved he was by all of us."
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Please review details of the proposed CONFERENCE ON EMPOWERING HI-TECH SMEs TO STRENGTHEN KNOWLEDGE BASED ECONOMY, including the section on required public policy and advocacy to further support Canada's innovative and competitive success. Community executives are now being asked to send comments and guidance for this initiative to CATA CEO John Reid at email@example.com and CATA Innovation Leadership Council member & President, Info-Electronics Systems Inc., Dr. Harinder Ahluwalia at email@example.com
The objective of this conference is to discuss and recommend to Government of Canada steps to empower hi-tech SMEs so that we can strengthen our Knowledge-based Economy for a more prosperous Canada.
The Canadian economy is highly resource-based. We are highly vulnerable to resource pricing as the current oil price dip has shown. In order to take our country to a higher plateau, we need to leverage our richness in resources and strong educational system to create a Knowledge Based Economy (KBE) for unleashing our great potential and securing our future. In the Budget 2017, the Canadian Government announced an investment of $800 Million in the next 4 years in innovation which is a substantial investment. However, we believe that in order to make the best use of this investment we must first strengthen our hi-tech SMEs which are not strong enough to make the best use of this investment.
The resource Sector itself is a great marketplace opportunity for SME's to design, develop and sell innovative products. The KBE will also have a great impact on our Resource-Based Economy and create many additional high quality jobs. Currently, we export our raw resources and in many cases reimport finished products missing out on an opportunity to create many manufacturing jobs. KBE will help in optimizing the use of technology and labor to process many of these raw materials here in Canada.
With the idea of strengthening/empowering hi-tech SMEs, hi-tech organizations IITAC, CATA and the Carleton University have joined hands to organize a conference in October 2017 in Ottawa.
Ingredients to Strengthen SMEs
In order to strengthen SMEs, we believe that the following ingredients are necessary:
This part will deal with departmental operations and potential improvements to help hi-tech SMEs to grow e.g., less in house development more contracting out, more collaboration between Government Departments and hi-tech SMEs, more efficient setup within the Government departments etc. It will result in recommendations about what improvements are required to help develop hi-tech SMEs.
This part of the conference will deal with Procurement issues which need government attention. Many of these are related to internal operations of the government which minimize contracting opportunities, many opportunities come only in the form of body-shopping and that also only in Ottawa starving companies in the rest of Canada. Body-shopping does not create any IP – the bloodline of growth – for companies to leverage. Other examples include requirement for more Canadian content, PSPC to have more vendor-friendly attitude, realistic requirements for insurances, more attention for commercialization possibilities, etc.
We will cover the Government Assistance Programs and the view of hi-tech SMEs how to make them more effective with special attention to commercialization. Despite an attempt to streamline some of these programs after the Jenkins Commission's Report, still the landscape is too complex requiring outside consultants who siphon off considerable part of this assistance fund resulting in reduced benefits to hi-tech SMEs. Some programs such as SR&ED, if reorganized can produce much bigger benefits than they do today. The discussions will cover Programs such as SR&ED, IRAP, NSERC, etc. It will also cover the newly announced Venture Capital Program.
This Panel will cover access to global markets and how do we ensure that Canadian high-tech SMEs can compete/collaborate with companies from around the world and do business in large markets.
A number of hi-tech SMEs have been complaining about Government policies which hinder their progress. Some organizations representing hi-tech SMEs visit the Hill to present their point of view to the politicians on the matters discussed in the previous section.
This Conference has been designed specifically to offer an opportunity to all attendees to present their views during the Panel Discussions and Q&A sessions. We expect high profile politicians and bureaucrats to attend these sessions to get the industry feedback. Implementation of the ideas to be presented and discussed in this Conference will improve Government as a Marketplace for the growth of hi-tech SMEs resulting in high quality jobs and prosperity in Canada.
In summary this Conference will provide attendees with an opportunity to learn and present their opinion on various matters such as:
The conference will also provide an opportunity to:
In order to properly implement the ideas presented in the Budget 2017, Government of Canada (GOC) needs industry feedback. This Conference will provide a great opportunity to both politicians and bureaucrats to get firsthand feedback from industry which will be much harder and much more expensive to get through any other means.
In order to get the most benefit out of this Conference, the GOC will have to dedicate its resources including the time of Ministers, MPs and bureaucrats. GOC must also provide funding for holding this event which will provide them great opportunity to interact with industry leaders to fine tune their programs and define more details to achieve optimum results.
We have discussed with our friend Anand Aggarwal (a member of IITAC) to use his group's newly developed Infinity Convention Centre (please visit https://infinityconventioncentre.com/) just off Hunt Club Road which has two hotels (Hampton Inn and Holiday Inn) also owned by the same group right beside it with a lot of parking spaces. There are also other hotels in the near vicinity. It is also quite close to the Ottawa Airport and not too far from downtown Ottawa and the Carleton University.
It is proposed that the Conference be held on a Friday and a Saturday. Possible dates are October 20 and 21, 2017. But they can be finalized-based on the availability of senior ministers and the PM.
Opening Session Friday October 20, 2017
8:00 AM to 9:30 AM Plenary Session 1: up to 4 presentations including keynote by a Senior Minister – Navdeep Bains
9:30 AM to 10:00 AM Health Break
10:00 AM to 12:00 AM Panel Discussion and Q&A on Hi-Tech SMEs view for Optimization of operation of Government Departments and their relationship with hi-tech SMEs to strengthen them.
12:00 Noon to 13:15 PM Lunch
13:30 PM to 14:30 PM Plenary Session 2: Up to 3 speeches including that by Minister Judy Foote.
14:30 PM to 15:00 PM Health Break
15:20 PM to 17:00 PM Panel Discussion on Procurement Issues: Strengths and weaknesses. How it can be improved.to strengthen hi-tech SMEs in Canada
18:30 PM to 19:30 PM Cocktail
19:30 PM to 20:15 PM Speeches including Prime Minister
20:30 PM to 10:00 PM Dinner
Note: Each Panel consists of 4 to 5 Panelists one or two of which are MPs and/or Senior Bureaucrats and two to three from Industry.
Saturday October 21, 2017
8:30 to 10:00 AM Plenary Session Up to 3 presentations including keynote by a Minister Bardish Chagger and Kirsty Duncan on Government Assistance Programs
10:00 AM to 10:30 AM Health Break
10:30 AM to 12:30 AM Panel Discussion and Q&A on Optimization of Government Assistance Programs and Venture Capital availability.
12:30 PM to 14:00 PM Lunch
14:00 PM to 15:30 PM Panel Discussion and Q & A on Export Development and bilateral relations between countries.
The recent 2017 Budget, Government of Canada (GOC) has made an attempt to strengthen innovation in Canada by including the following items: Innovation, Procurement improvement and Availability of Venture Capital. We believe that in order to get maximum Return on this Investment (ROI), the first step must be to empower hi-tech SMEs which can make best use of this investment.
In order to generate a dialogue between hi-tech SMEs on one hand and the politician and bureaucrats on the other, IITAC, CATA and Carleton University have decided to hold a Conference in October 2017 to discuss what steps are required to empower hi-tech SMEs.
In order to strengthen SMEs and maximize Return on Investment (ROI) by Government of Canada (GOC) on Innovation investment, we believe that the following ingredients are necessary:
In the following sections we explain each of these items and how we plan to cover them in the Conference.
This part of the Conference will deal with departmental operations and potential improvements to help hi-tech SMEs to grow e.g., less in-house development more contracting out, more collaboration between Government Departments and hi-tech SMEs, more efficient setup within the Government departments, strong encouragement for collaboration between Public/Private/University/NGO sectors and with other friendly nations, etc. It will result in recommendations about what improvements are required within the government departments to help develop hi-tech SMEs. Following are more details of the items which we would like to be discussed and recommendations made.
In an article written by Donald J. Savoie on April 18, 2016, he states ""What does the Federal Accountability Act have to show for its 10 years? Rather than address fundamental questions confronting our parliamentary system and our public service, it turned to Band-Aid solutions by borrowing bits and pieces from the American political system – notably the Parliamentary Budget Officer and the obsession with private sector approaches. Accountability has not been strengthened, while the government has grown thicker, government operations more expensive trying to service an ever growing number of oversight bodies, and morale in the public service has plummeted. It has shifted the focus of control management from where the bulk of programs and services are delivered, at the regional level, to Ottawa, where the blame game is played out."
We must review the Accountability Act from the point of view of efficiency, cost and benefit and then decide its utility and how it should be improved or even repealed. This review must be done on a non-partisan basis by a committee of all major parties represented in the Parliament.
This part of the conference will deal with Procurement issues which need government attention. Many of these are related to internal operations of the government which minimize contracting opportunities, many opportunities come only in the form of body-shopping and that also only in Ottawa starving companies in the rest of Canada. Body-shopping does not create any IP – the bloodline of growth – for companies to leverage. Other examples include requirement for more Canadian content, PSPC to have more vendor-friendly attitude, realistic requirements for insurances, more attention for commercialization possibilities, etc.
The USA Government officially established SBA (Small Business Administration) Program in 1953, but its philosophy and mission began to take shape years earlier in a number of predecessor agencies, largely as a response to the pressures of the Great Depression and World War II.
Canada started its Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Department approximately 10 years ago which was an interesting step forward. However, the SME Department of PSPC does not have the same powers as the SBA which is an independent Authority at the Cabinet level. It has presence in each Government Department involved in any contracting work. It mandates that 23 to 25%, and in some departments even more contracts, must be given to SMEs. Any large company getting a large contract must subcontract about the same amount (23 to 25%) to SMEs. This is rigorously enforced by SBA which levies penalties and fines for non-compliance.
In addition, the US Procurement system under SBA has an 8(a) Clause which is a Business Development Program which assists small disadvantaged businesses to succeed. The 8(a) Program offers a broad scope of assistance to firms that are owned and controlled at least 51% by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Canada should look into this Program and try to implement a similar program.
We will cover the Government Assistance Programs and the view of hi-tech SMEs how to make them more effective with special attention to commercialization. Despite an attempt to streamline some of these programs after the Jenkins Commission's Report, still the landscape is too complex requiring outside consultants who siphon off considerable part of this assistance fund resulting in reduced benefits to hi-tech SMEs. Some programs such as SR&ED, if reorganized can produce much bigger benefits than they do today. The discussions will cover Programs such as SR&ED, IRAP, NSERC, etc. It will also cover the newly announced Venture Capital Program.
Government Assistance Programs fall in the following categories:
The IRAP Program is an interesting Program to support the Hi-tech SMEs. Recognizing the importance of this Program for the hi-tech SMEs, the current Government has allocated an additional $50 Million for this Program which is a positive sign that Government supports innovation.
There is an equivalent Program run by USA's Small Business Administration (SBA) which is called SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) and STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) Programs as well as guarantees loans to SME ventures.
SBIR has three phases:
Phase I:
The objective of Phase I is to establish the technical merit, feasibility, and commercial potential of the proposed R/R&D efforts and to determine the quality of performance of the small business awardee organization prior to providing further Federal support in Phase II. SBIR Phase I awards normally do not exceed $150,000 total costs for 6 months.
Phase II
The objective of Phase II is to continue the R/R&D efforts initiated in Phase I. Funding is based on the results achieved in Phase I and the scientific and technical merit and commercial potential of the project proposed in Phase II. Only Phase I awardees are eligible for a Phase II award. SBIR Phase II awards normally do not exceed $1,000,000 total costs for 2 years.
Phase III
The objective of Phase III, where appropriate, is for the small business to pursue commercialization objectives resulting from the Phase I/II R/R&D activities. The SBIR program does not fund Phase III. Some Federal agencies do, Phase III may involve follow-on non-SBIR funded R&D or production contracts for products, processes or services intended for use by the U.S. Government.
In the last Budget of March 2017, Government of Canada has decided to implement this Program. We hope that this will be done with strongly rational thinking and planning.
We should do a comparative study of the two Programs (IRAP and SBIR) and make IRAP more up-to-date.
Although innovation should be an important evaluation criteria, the commercialization potential needs to be given a stronger consideration. Some innovations which might not sound very exciting but have a greater potential for innovation must be given a strong consideration.
Companies which have been supported with IRAP investment must be given a strong consideration for BCIP.
NSERC (Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council)
The Canadian Space Agency supports various types of projects through the following types of programs (the following descriptions come from the CSA Website):
CSA does surveys and reviews about its programs to better tune them to increase their utility.
These programs are important for industry and their funding should not be undermined during lean years because that could amount to doing more damage to SMEs than the amount of money saved is worth. These programs would be even more helpful to hi-tech SMEs once they have been strengthened through the Procurement System.
Because EOADP Program works in partnership with another government department, after the prototype has been produced and if the company shows interest and the client department is also interested, the development of the operational product must also be supported by some Government Program. For example, if a company has developed a prototype for NRCan using funding from CSA under EOADP Program, Government should support the production of the operational system.
Canada has a Cooperation Agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) since 1979. Through this Cooperation Agreement, Canada benefits from the unique privilege of participating directly in selected programs and activities as well as in the ESA's decision-making process. Also, the Agreement allows Canadian companies to submit bids in response to invitations to tender relating to programs in which Canada participates.
It has been observed that many projects require cooperation between the Private Sector, Universities/Research Labs and the Public Sector (Government Departments). It is important that the Government of Canada encourages various departments to cooperate with the industry to enable them to participate in ESA Projects. Universities are always looking for such opportunities for cooperation. This is a great way of supporting industry, universities as well as benefitting government departments.
In the USA, a lot of venture capital is available for innovative ideas. Still SBA supports through Bank Guarantee the innovative projects private venture companies might not.
However, in Canada, it is hard to get venture capital. The UK had the same problem as Canada. Therefore, the UK Government started giving loan guarantee to banks to support qualified projects. We believed that Canada should do the same and we are pleased to see that Canada has decided to do the same.
In order to support the continued growth of Canada's innovative companies, Budget 2017 proposes to make available through the Business Development Bank of Canada $400 million on a cash basis over three years, starting in 2017–18, for a new Venture Capital Catalyst Initiative that will increase late-stage venture capital available to Canadian entrepreneurs (late-stage venture capital is typically offered to young, established businesses with sales and revenue, in order to help the businesses grow).
This Panel will cover access to global markets and how do we ensure that Canadian high-tech SMEs can compete/collaborate with companies from around the world and do business in large markets.
It has been observed that a number of hi-tech SMEs participate in International Trade Missions but are too weak to take advantage of international markets/opportunities which provides us another reason for empowering hi-tech SMEs.
Various programs are available for assisting hi-tech SMEs to enter international markets. However, the precondition for success of these programs is that the steps outlined in previous sections to empower Hi-Tech SMEs are implemented. Some of the programs are included below.
Canada Export Program of Global Affairs Canada which can provide up to $99,999 to reimburse up to 50% of eligible expenses to promote your business in new international markets. Your for-profit business must meet certain criteria mandated by this Program.
EDC's mandate is to support and develop Canada's trade, and the capacity of Canadian companies to participate in and respond to international business opportunities. EDC is a self-financing, Crown corporation that operates at arm's length from the Government.
EDC provides insurance and financial services, bonding products and small business solutions to Canadian exporters and investors and their international buyers. It also supports Canadian direct investment abroad and investment into Canada. Much of its business is done in partnership with other financial institutions and through collaboration with the Government of Canada.
EDC is a very useful partner of hi-tech SMEs for developing export markets.
ISTP Canada was established in 2007, building on the success of the bilateral model established by CIIRDF (Canada-Israel Industrial R&D Foundation). ISTP Canada develops and implements R&D collaboration programs under Science and Technology (S&T) cooperation agreements between Canada and its key trading partners, currently India, China, and Brazil. In partnership with ISTP Canada, CIIRDF has been developing new models of multilateral collaboration that enhance Canada and Israel's competitiveness in the global economy. For an example of the CIIRDF's multilateral collaborative initiative, visit Canada-China-Israel Call for Proposal.


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It's Now Official: Japan Raises Nuclear Disaster Severity To Level 7
April 11, 2011: NHK World Editors / NHK World – April 12, 2011 – (Time Zone Differential)
The Japanese government's nuclear safety agency has decided to raise the crisis level of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant accident from 5 to 7, the worst on the international scale.
The Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency made the decision on Monday. It says the damaged facilities have been releasing a massive amount of radioactive substances, which are posing a threat to human health and the environment over a wide area.
The agency used the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, or INES, to gauge the level. The scale was designed by an international group of experts to indicate the significance of nuclear events with ratings of 0 to 7.
On March 18th, one week after the massive quake, the agency declared the Fukushima trouble a level 5 incident, the same as the accident at Three Mile Island in the United States in 1979.
Level 7 has formerly only been applied to the Chernobyl accident in the former Soviet Union in 1986 when hundreds of thousands of terabecquerels of radioactive iodine-131 were released into the air. One terabecquerel is one trillion becquerels. The agency believes the cumulative amount from the Fukushima plant is less than that from Chernobyl.
Officials from the agency and the Nuclear Safety Commission will hold a news conference on Tuesday morning to explain the change of evaluation.
Fukushima Japan Nuclear Disaster Raised To Level 7 – Same As Chernobyl
The Tonka Report Editor's Note: I don't think anyone paying attention to this disaster is surprised, other than by the fact that it took Japan over a month to state the obvious. Breathe shallow… – SJH
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SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — Seaside Heights residents and property owners are being allowed to drive into town for the first time since Superstorm Sandy walloped the Jersey shore.
Mayor Bill Akers said the town will be open until 3 p.m. for residents to assess damage and retrieve property.
1010 WINS' Steve Sandberg reports
John Ward returned Monday to find his family's home ripped from its foundation.
"The chimney fell," he said. "Water actually tore out the foundation."
"There's mold everywhere," said one woman who also returned to see her house Monday. "It looked like it was in the ocean. Things that were so heavy were just pushed back — it's unbelievable."
The traffic lights in the town aren't working and many street signs are missing. Motorists will face arrest if they attempt to enter Ortley Beach or Seaside Park.
Last week, some residents were taken by bus into Seaside Heights and other shore communities, including Toms River and Long Beach Township, to retrieve property. Residents had an hour to grab what they could before being taken back off the islands.
On Sunday, police escorted Ortley Beach residents back into the community. In many cases, the first floor of two-story homes was washed away, leaving nothing but a shell and an upstairs.
"We saw pictures. We were hoping to prepare ourselves, to have an idea of what to expect, but I don't think it could prepare for when you see in person," said one resident.
Damage in Ortley Beach is so extreme, inspectors had to decide ahead of time which homes were safe for residents to return to.
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Fireproof filing cabinets – You never know when the disaster could hit. Your home and everything in it may fall victim to a fire. Even if you do not have any fire hazards at home, your neighbor's house can fire and ignite all or part of your home. Natural fires caused by lightning strikes can also occur. It is important to keep your documents, records and any valuable or family codes that would be irreplaceable safe in the event of fire. One way to achieve this is by purchasing fireproof filing cabinets.
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Determine if you want your fireproof filing cabinets to also protect against burglary. This is a good idea if you hold valuable items in a safe, such as jewelry. Look for a fireproof cabinet that also has at least one B burglary rating. Choose a safe made with a composite fire cladding method for maximum protection. Other methods, such as Fireboard methods, will only protect against fire for a short time, which means in the event of fire, you would need to come to a safe fast to protect your belongings.
Determine where to keep your fireproof filing cabinets and what you plan to hold it. This will affect the size and weight of your choice. If safe and your belongings weigh more than 1000 pounds, then safe should be kept on the ground floor. If you plan to keep it on an upstairs floor, choose a lighter safe. Check fireproof filing cabinets features to organize your valuables. You will find safes with file boxes, gun rack, necklace rack, jewelry boxes and many other organizational features. The features you choose depend on the values you plan to store inside. Choose a safe with solid steel doors and walls. The door should be at least one centimeter thick, and the walls should be at least a quarter inch thick.


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Historic Overview Brett Lancaster
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Brett Lancaster (born 15 November 1979) is a former professional racing cyclist from Australia, who last rode for UCI ProTeam Mitchelton–Scott. Born in Shepparton, Victoria, Lancaster started cycle racing at the age of 14 in 1993. He spent four years riding for Ceramiche Panaria–Fiordo before moving to Team Milram in July 2006. In 2009 and 2010 he rode for Cervélo TestTeam, and rode for Garmin–Cervélo in 2011.
His greatest successes as a road cyclist has been placing 1st in the 2005 Prologue of the Giro d'Italia, and thus wearing the race general classification leader's pink jersey. He set a time of 1' 20" for the 1150m race against the clock, the shortest prologue in the 88-year history of the event. Brett Lancaster is the first member of the Italian registered team, Ceramiche Panaria, to ever claim the pink jersey.
He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as a member of the team pursuit (with Graeme Brown, Bradley McGee, and Luke Roberts) in world record-breaking time of 3:58.233.
He was awarded the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in the 2005 Australia Day Honours List. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.
Lancaster retired from cycling after the 2015 season, and moved to become a directeur sportif for Team Sky in 2016.
Major Victories
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Former IMPELLITTERI frontman Rob Rock won the Orlando Metal Award for Best Metal Vocalist of the year in a ceremony that took place on May 17th and May 24th at the Fairbanks Inn in Winter Park, Florida. Other winners include LUNATIC CANDY KREEP (Best Metal Band), NOIR (Best Live Metal Performance), TRIVIUM's Matt (Best Metal Guitarist), GRUMPY's Roach (Best Metal Bassist), and PAIN PRINCIPLE's Mike Mazzonetto (Best Metal Drummer). For more information, visit the event's official web site at this location.
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Ten years ago, when the Alibi was called NuCity, then-Editor Alma García and former columnist and Personals Manager (not to mention longtime Hunter S. Thompson companion) Norma Jean Thompson (no relation) embarked on a whirlwind journey to spend several days with the father of "Gonzo" journalism, driving around his property at breakneck speed and attempting to interview him while clinging to their own lives.
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I don't have an eating disorder, but I also don't have the healthiest relationship with food. I am convinced it stems from childhood, when I was not allowed to make decisions about when and what I ate. Under my father's rule, if it was on your plate or in your glass it must be consumed. Dinners consisted of a meat, a green vegetable, a starch, and a tall glass of milk. These dinners were prepared and plated by my step-mother and you ate every morsel whether you liked it or not and regardless of whether you still had room in your stomach.
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But no matter how much progress I make, sometimes as I shovel another forkful down my gullet I'll glance over at my husband. One look at the expression on my face and he'll remind me to stop. Just stop. Put the fork down.
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Mists of Pandaria: Talent and abilities preview
Following on from the little preview we had at Blizzcon a few weeks ago, Blizzard have now released an official Talent Calculator for the new talents in Mists of Pandaria. Accompanying this calculator is also a cute little series of boxes detailing the new abilities available for each specialisation, and a few new abilities for the 85-90 range. So then, a quick rundown of the various areas
Talent Tree Calculator
Unfortunately there are no real changes here. A few tweaks (for example; Cenarion ward heals for more and is now XX% of base mana instead of fixed mana cost) but nothing really has changed from the talents we saw at Blizzcon – meaning that on the whole they are still pretty crap (IMO) and I consider some of them to be lazy and not very well thought out.
New Ability – Symbiosis
This is a little more interesting. Initially I read it and got very excited, then thought I had better re-read it to ensure I hadn't made a mistake – I had 😦
At first I had imagined that you could pick the spell. This would be amazing versatile "hmm, tank heavy fight, hey shammy pal I give you LB and you give me Earth Shield :D". Alas that is not to be. The wording states that you will gain one ability based on your spec. This could mean anything at this stage and therefore could either be good or bad. Example: if I am a resto druid casting symbiosis on a priest, do we swap nourish/heal? Power Word: Shield/Ironbark?
Currently there is just no indication of what the shared abilities will be. If they are not "special" abilities e.g. Lifebloom, Healing Rain, Power Word: Shield, then symbiosis is pretty bad "oh look, I now have two fast expensive heals not one ^^". On the other hand, if it does trade "special" spells then it will have to be judged carefully to avoid being very OP. After all, there are 4 different druids specs and there will be 10 other classes to choose from.
Note as well; it states target CLASS ability based on the caster's SPEC. I take this mean that spec specific spells will certainly NOT be included in a list of possible exchanges, so no Power Word: Barrier, Earth Shield etc. This is a good thing, as it immediately should curb some of the QQ about this being OP.
So currently my verdict is unsure about this until I have a better idea of what spells will be granted from it. At the moment it could go either way – very good or mediocre, so I am waiting for more info before getting too excited or saying it is useless.
Upgraded Abilities
Personally, this is the part I am most excited about. We have been told that a lot of the old talented abilities and upgrade (e.g. Nourish/RG/HT refreshes LB) will be rolled into either baseline powers for choosing a spec or actually become part of the spell as standard. A brief glance shows that they have indeed done this with some abilities, so I will do a comparison between the current version of each ability, and it's new "improved" version in Mists.
In each image, the top ability is the current one, the lower is the new version. If there is only one picture then it is the new version of the ability.
Swiftmend stays pretty much the same in terms of costs, range etc. The primary difference here is that the efflorescence effect has been rolled into it. So immediately at level 10 you gain not only swiftmend, but your first AoE heal as well.
Healing Touch
As current spell, but with the naturalist talents included, bringing the cast time down to 2.5 seconds.
Again, Regrowth is basically the same as it currently is, but with the effects of the crit part of the Nature's Bounty talent and the regrowth glyph added in as standard. The +x% to crit would imply that it will rise in value as you level and the spell levels as well – ensuring that is good at higher levels without being OP at lower levels.
This flat increase to crit and the built in renew of the HoT could see it becoming more useful than it has been so far in Cata. The only sticking point is that it will depend on how many fights we are not worried about sub 50% hp on people, if we are getting lots of raid wide damage we will be healing up asap and therefore the renewal of the HoT will be irrelevant.
This is simply the current remove corruption spell with the nature's cure talent to include magic effects added in. nothing really to say, a free addition to a dispel ability and range + cost stay the same – no bad really 🙂
What was previously a talent is now a passive ability. It is exactly the same as the current 3 point talent (a crit will place a seed on worth 30% of the direct heal that just critted, last 15 seconds)
As with Healing Touch, Nourish remains the same except for the inclusion of the naturalist talent, giving it a 2.5 sec cast time.
This is a completely revamp of barkskin and bound to cause a few complaints. Ironbark retains the duration and damage reduction of BS, but doubles the CD, removes the targetting restriction and looks like it will not be always castable. This means we have a defensive CD that we can bring to the raid, but that it is not as versatile for use on ourselves anymore.
It also brings up an issue over use. After all, who will just use it on themselves to reduce damage when they think they should save it for the tank? This is especially true when it is on a longer cooldown as well and the pressure to not "waste" it will be greater. A lot of druids didn't want this to happen and very categorically stated that we needed a real defensive raid cooldown and not simply making barkskin castable on other people. Oh well.
Now we gain the SR talent as a baseline passive ability at level 46. cool 🙂
As has been the case with many spells so far, Lifebloom is the same as it currently is, except that its talented effect from empowered Touch has been included as a standard effect.
Wild Growth will obviously be the "nerfed" 4.2 version. Other than that, there appears to be no real change to it. As no talents ever affected it, there is nothing to add in with it when the talent trees are removed.
As with SR, this is just a case of getting a current talent as a passive ability at a particular level. However, the current description on the calculator had better be a typo – reduces tranquility cooldown TO 13 minutes! I hope that is is simply a mistake for "3 minutes" and that they are not planning on putting the CD up to something daft like 20 mins.
The other notable point is that there is no mention of clearcast procs at all. Omen of Clarity is now a passive ability gained by all druids, but the current description states that it is only activated by damage spells and attacks. Again this could be a typo, or it could be the start of pushing us more towards trying to fill in healing with dps. If so then that is a rather stupid thing to do – forcing healers to waste mana on dps spells so they get to cast healing spells for free Please let it be a typo.
Again this seems pretty much the same as the current version with the exception of some increased healing. The CD still being 8 mins would indicate that the possibly typo mentioned for Malfurion's Gift IS a typo, but still, even it is a typo for 3 mins that would still bring the CD down to only 5 mins. The Priest equivalent (Divine Hymn) still stays at 8 min CD currently, but is also more powerful and adds the bonus of increasing healing done to the targets. Will have to wait and see how this develops.
This is a totally new spell, and as such has no "original" from Cataclysm. We don't yet know what the amount healed or anything will be – see how they cunningly just write "x" for the amount. An important point to note though is that it says ALL allies within 6 yards. Not 3, or 5 or 10 but ALL. Depending on the healing model for the 'shrooms, this is potentially very powerful for stack up fights in a 25 man guild (or even 10's).
There are no doubt going to be a few pros and cons for them though:
Pros: Can be placed prior to actually needing them, looks like they will heal a lot of people.
Cons: 3 GCDs to place all and then 1 to pop them means a lot of prep time if you cannot place them in advance (this also lowers their effectiveness in constant AoE encounters – 4 GCDs is a lot of other healing)
We also don't know how the mechanic will work. it could be X healing per mushroom and therefore viable with only 1 but best with 3. It may be a fixed value for X regardless of number of mushrooms and having more simply means you cover a larger area. X could end up being pitifully low and make the 4 GCDs to max it out a waste (this would be silly for a new ability but remember the MK1 Efflorescence at the start of Cata^^)
Overall, healy mushrooms have the potential to be another very handy tool in our range of AoE heals, though as with Symbiosis I will hold my judgment of them until we have more info.
So how has the talent tree faired overall?
Below is the full range of current restoration talents and the most common talents used by resto druids from the other trees along with a quick recap of if they have been removed, incorporated into abilities, not sure or partially incorporated.
Nature's Grace – seems to be no comparable talent or ability with this effect.
Nature's Majesty – no mention of increased crit chance across all spells so assuming it's gone.
Genesis – Not sure about this, it's hard to tell whether or not the difference in healing values is due to incorporated talents or just because of higher level cap.
Moonglow – With so many spells basically costing the same, safe to assume there is no Moonglow effect.
Furor – No evidence that it exists at all.
Blessing of the Grove – See genesis
Natural Shapeshifter – Unless it's a built in thing, appears to have gone Naturalist – This is directly rolled into Nourish and Healing Touch
Heart of the Wild – The name has been kept for a level 90 talent, but the effect is totally different.
Perseverance – Unless it's a built in thing, appears to have gone.
Master Shapeshifter – Unless it's a built in thing, appears to have gone
Improved Rejuvenation – See genesis
Living Seed – Now learnt as a passive ability
Revitalize – Unless it's a built in thing, appears to have gone
Nature's Swiftness – Available as a talent
Fury of Stormrage – Seems to have been removed.
Nature's Bounty – Regrowth now has an innately higher crit chance, though the lowering of Nourish cast time seems to be gone.
Empowered Touch – The refreshing element is built into Lifebloom now, for added healing see Genesis
Malfurion's Gift – OoC is a passive ability now, still reduces CD on tranquility.
Efflorescence – Built into Swiftmend.
Nature's Cure – Bundled with Remove Corruption as standard as a new spell – Nature's Cure
Nature's Ward – Seems to have been removed.
Gift of the Earthmother – See genesis
Swift Rejuvenation – Now learnt as a passive ability.
Tree of Life – Included as a talent with Incarnation, not sure if "new" ToL will retain all the effects of the current one.
A note regarding flat increases to healing spells
As mentioned in the paragraph about Lifebloom, the Empowered Touch effect of refreshing Lifebloom has become a built in part of the spell, however the 10% bonus healing to HT, RG and Nourish is harder to gauge as it is not stated whether the spells shown with the talent calculator are at current level (i.e. 85) in which it looks like they are buffed by around 10%, or if they are shown at MoP level (90), in which you would expect them to be higher anyway. This also applies to GotEM and Lifebloom's end bloom and spells affected by BotG and Genesis. So, basically we don't know if they are folded into the spells as standard or just totally removed.
Overall thoughts?
Personally I quite like the way the spells are leaning. It is nice to seem some talents are rolled into abilities, making them more than simply heals, and also it's good to see that we are gaining some talents as learnt passive abilities.
Generally the talents that have been removed are not too bad, and usually are relatively boring or just flat increases/decreases.
However, it is clear from the apparent removal of moonglow, revitalise and furor, that we are definitely being pushed away from having mana regen and conservation based abilities. If they also go fully ahead with the proposed changes to Intellect and mana pool size, then we will essentially have a fixed mana pool size and fixed spell cost so we always know we can cast XX number of spells before going OOM. The balancing act will be stacking enough spirit to regen fast enough to keep up with intense damage phases while being smart enough to know when to throttle back on heals and conserve mana with efficient heals or just not heal at all for a small period of time.
If this is the healing model Blizzard are pushing towards, then hopefully it will making healing a bit more intensive and requiring more thought, rather than getting to the point of being able to mindlessly spam without having to think.
Posted on November 24, 2011, in Abilities, Healing, Mists of Pandaria, Patch Notes, PvE, PvP, Resto, Talents. Bookmark the permalink. 12 Comments.
just wanted to point out that Ironbark is only for restos. Feral and Guardian retain Barkskin. not sure about chickens though 🙂
For tranq, the tooltip as it is now says that it's reduced TO 13 minutes, not BY 13 minutes. As such, it would be reduced from 8 minute CD to 3. Not from 8 to 5.
Hi Kat,
Great post 🙂 I love that some talents have been baked into the core talents for resto druids. This simplifies things quite a bit and removes arguements (Living Seed or BotG etc) since LS is now baked in too 🙂
I am concerned about Blizzard pushing us away from talents that provide mana like moonglow, revitalise and furor with the new idea of fixed mana pools. We would end up depending on how much intellect we really get from gear and the restoration tree talents, and balancing spirit around that. Granted, this makes things less mathy and perhaps easier for me to figure out just how much mana I am getting, but this is still a concern though with expensive mana costs for some spells.
Yes, we'll be able to predict how many spells we can cast with fixed mana pools but this would limit raids even further because of errors in calculating just about how much spirit we need to fill up our fixed mana pools and going OOM. If a raid took longer than normally, I'm afraid the spirit required to heal it won't be enough and some raids will have a tougher time because of it. Raid encounters have too many variables that could put restoration druids (or any other healing class) with fixed mana pools at serious risk of being unable to keep up mana wise.
I'm very skeptical about the new healing paradigm Blizzard wants to try out with spirit and intellect being completely two different stats that every healer have to try balancing.
At the same time, it's a neat idea, and who knows, we'll get compensation for having those talents removed. Maybe it'll work out in the end, with the MoP gear looking exceptionally good for restoration druids 🙂
Few things to keep in mind: 'Base mana' is going to be all the mana we have; this means, among other things, that all the spell costs are going to be reworked. Or they're going to be going to a really weird definition of 'base mana.'
Second, it's not all that difficult to figure out how much effective regen you get from revitalize (you've always got lifebloom rolling anyway, right?), furor, and moonglow and bake that into the spell costs. There's no point in even showing the new spell costs, though (assuming they've been determined) because we don't have any useful reference points. If they'd listed Lifebloom at 2% mana (not base mana, just mana, since there's no difference) people would be discussing the insanely low costs instead of giving useful feedback.
"If a raid took longer than normally, I'm afraid the spirit required to heal it won't be enough and some raids will have a tougher time because of it. Raid encounters have too many variables that could put restoration druids (or any other healing class) with fixed mana pools at serious risk of being unable to keep up mana wise."
And how is that different from today? Your mana pool is no less fixed today when you walk into a fight. The only real question is if Blizzard can balance spirit's mana return. On the bright side, it seems likely that if they screw that up, it'll affect all the other healers, too.
Hey Boobah,
That was the question I was trying to ask- whether Blizzard could balance that with removing talents that used to provide mana for druids.
Also, Furor didn't just add to our max mana pool, it also gave us a measure of mana/energy/rage when we shifted with each point. This was important if we wanted to be able to Bash right away as bears for example, I use this in my PvP build as shifting plays a big part and I've played with this in pve. I hope things like this isn't going to be overlooked by Blizzard because some talents also came with passive abilities like this that were vital to being able to play the shapeshifting game successfully on top of mana regen.
We don't know for sure if everything is going to end up getting baked in. I guess this just makes me nervous as a healer. I don't want to feel unconfident in my mana pool like I was at the start of Cata trying to do heroic dungeons =3
Last I read, regen is not being removed. Spirit should still give regen in Pandoria. Thus, all the current design changes have done is meant that we have fewer ways to get regen. On the bright side, in will be slightly less uber compared to the other stats. On the negative side, regen is still going to be unbalanced at the beginning and end of Pandoria, unless they make further changes.
I do wish they'd address the issue of mana regen not being balanced across the tiers within an expansion. Catalcysm heroics were punishing, T11 was about right, and already T12 is so easy that I find I don't think much about mana efficiency. I wish they'd jigger the spell costs so that when you gear up, you not only get regen but also go through mana faster. That way, the mana versus burst decisions would remain interesting all the way through the expansion.


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The following comes from the Catholic Herald:
One of the most influential figures in Christian history in the second millennium, St Dominic invigorated the Church during one of those periodic times when man's imperfections had led it down the wrong roads and so inspired heresy.
Born in 1170 in Calaruega, Castile, he studied at the University of Palencia and was (it is thought since the details are sketchy) ordained there.
Joining a monastery known for its strict adherence to the rule of St Benedict, in 1203 he accompanied his local bishop to Languedoc, which was then overrun by the Cathar heresy.
Although following the murder of a papal legate, the Cathars were brutally defeated by Simon de Montfort's Albigensian crusade and Dominic preached against the heresy, there is no suggestion he had any involvement in any of the brutality that took place at the time. (At the famous massacre at Béziers 20,000 people, Cathars and Catholics, were slaughtered by the northerners, whose leader is supposed to have responded to the point that they were about to kill lots of non-heretics by saying: "Kill them all, God will know His own.")
By all accounts Dominic did not have much success with the heretics, but did set about reforming the Cistercians and founded an institute for women deep in Albigensian territory.
In 1214 De Montfort (father of the English political leader in the Barons' War) gave him a castle at Casseneuil. Dominic, along with six followers, founded an order devoted to converting the Cathars, and though canonically approved, failed to win approval at the Lateran Council of 1215. It was only a year later that Pope Honorious III allowed him to set up the Order of Preachers, or Dominicans.
From there he travelled all over Spain, France and Italy attracting new members and building houses, and gaining many converts. Part of the attraction was Dominic's appeal to learning and the mind, and he is today the patron saint of astronomy. But perhaps the one everyday thing he most changed for Catholics was use of the rosary, which he and his order helped to spread.
Influenced by the Benedictine vows of his youth, Dominic lived an austere life, abstaining from meat and observing periods of fasting and silence. He always, according to one chronicler, "selected the worst accommodations and the meanest clothes" and "never allowed himself the luxury of a bed". He would also walk barefoot, "however sharp the stones or thorns, he trudged on on his way".
Before Christmas 1218 Dominic arrived at Bologna, where he established a convent and he settled in a nearby church, where he died in 1221, "exhausted with the austerities and labours of his career" .
In the last moments of life he asked his followers to "have charity, to guard their humility and to make their treasure out of poverty". He was canonised in 1234 and his remains, buried in a simple coffin, were moved to a shrine in 1267.


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Perhaps one of the hardest things Jesus told us as his followers was to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us (Matthew 5:44).
It's pretty tough to tolerate people we don't like, let alone love them. But that's what Jesus told us to do, and he certainly practiced what he preached. He even forgave those who crucified him!
Our country — and indeed our whole world — seems to be filled with racism, hatred, and violence. We all wonder how we should respond.
First of all, I believe we should be very clear that all kinds of racism, including white supremacy and bigotry — are totally wrong. Period.
We cannot tolerate racism in any form and should call out those who espouse it.
But we should also not fight hatred with more hatred. We should be peaceful in everything we do. The only exception, of course, would be if we were physically attacked. We certainly have the right to defend ourselves.
One of the most interesting stories I've heard in the aftermath of the events in Charlottesville, Va., is about a former white supremacist. Arno Michaelis has been interviewed on some television news programs.
In looking into his background, I found out that he was born and raised in Wisconsin and grew up in Milwaukee.
He had a troubled childhood, growing up in an "alcoholic household," as he describes it. From the age of 17, he became deeply involved in the white power movement.
The birth of his daughter and other factors made him question his lifestyle. "It wasn't until I became a single parent at age 24 that I began to distance myself from the movement," he said.
"I'd lost a number of friends to either prison or a violent death by now and it started to occur to me that if I didn't change my ways, then street violence would take me from my daughter, too. And once I began to distance myself from the constant reinforcement of violence and hatred, suddenly it began to make much less sense to me."
Michaelis also said other people who showed him love and forgiveness made him change his ways. He says that we shouldn't fight hate with hate, but fight hate with love.
"Counter hate with peace and love," he suggests. "Have a bake sale for homeless vets, for example."
Today, Michaelis is a speaker and author of the book My Life after Hate. He works with Serve2Unite, an organization that engages young people of all backgrounds as peacemakers (see www.serve2unite.org).
So Arno Michaelis has turned his life around with the help of people who showed him love and forgiveness. This should give all of us an impetus to put Jesus' teachings into action by truly loving our neighbor.
We can do this by calling out those who tell racist jokes, volunteering our time with organizations in our community that help people of all racial backgrounds, and even showing love to those with whom we don't agree.
The United States of America was founded upon the principles that all people are created equal. That they are endowed by their Creator with certain rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
We need to get back to our core values as Americans, band together, and counter hate with love. It's going to take each and every one of us to get our country back on track.
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Whether or not you need to qualify in a given state is often governed by different laws, as different Secretaries of State tend to have different requirements for qualification.
As a general rule, if you employ W-2 wage earning employees within a particular state, or if you have a physical presence there, i.e. an office, you will need to qualify in that state. However if you have no physical presence within a particular state and your business transactions are fairly limited, there is a small probability of having to qualify in that state.
There are however, several activities that do not usually require qualification. These include but are not limited to:


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Yesterday, we did a shoot for a very special brand that will be launching in 2 months. It's called MAGNIFICAT, meaning: My soul magnifies the Lord. I can't tell much about it for now, but feel free to follow it on Instagram for future updates: @magnificatph 😉
This is the highlight of my Christian walk so far that I thank and magnify the Lord for:
My improving view on theology and understanding of the Bible. I'm learning the true context of the Word and unlearning ideas that may feel correct & sound correct and acceptable to me. I grasped also that just because a pastor/preacher/teacher say something nice and uplifting doesn't mean it's right and aligned with what the Scripture has to say. I learned that I shall not be after "hyper grace", that I shall not view my God only as my provider and blesser, but ultimately, as my Greatest Blessing. What if He wanted me to live a life like Job's? The man who lost his family and all his possessions and lived in misery, would I still love Him? Do I really love Him, or I'm just enticed by the idea that He can give me whatever I want?
For my firmer and deeper understanding of the Truth, I used to listen to lots and lots and lots of preaching online of my then favorite pastor from the USA, I had to stop listening to him because not everything he says are leading to true salvation, to the Bible's context. Most of the time, he's just hyper. I'm learning the importance of relying on the Scripture alone (Sola Scriptura), that I may not be confused at people's theology, and that I may develop building my walk with my God towards a foundation that's not easily broken, easily swayed by the world & myself that is still in very much need of sanctification. I would always say, since I became a Christian, that the Bible taught me "everything", showed me how filthy my heart was (and still is at times), corrected many things in my life and developed my convictions. If that's the case, then all the more I shall read and study it. I've never enjoyed reading the Bible the same way I do now. A few months back, I would read it for the wrong reasons, I'd also share & interpret it wrongly. I would say I do love Jesus but I wouldn't go deeper in the faith. I wouldn't study my Bible and I'd give and excuse that I don't have to be a Bible scholar to be a true discipler. But logically, I cannot love someone I do not know, I cannot say I am close with somebody and not know the history of His life. That does not necessarily mean I have to be a Bible scholar, but the Word is readily available, I do have time, I just didn't want to get to know my God because I was lazy. I didn't want to learn. There you go, one of the reasons why Jesus had to die for me.
I have read the entire Bible but I haven't really understood it. Right now, I graciously have the desire to learn MORE, I believe it's the Lord that placed this desire in my heart, cause I didn't have it then. I'm excited on how my faith may be even more improved, excited to learn how to love more, because loving isn't innate in any of us, remember? If we are true Christians, we shall accept this reality. There's nothing good in us, even a tiny bit. That's also one thing I've confirmed, that I'm only good because of Grace, apart from it, all I have to offer are garbage, because my so-called-goodness are all in vain, if not done for Christ's glory.
I must decrease. He must increase.


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i have completely abandoned what was once my favorite place to be. left it and never looked back. and i deeply regret it.
picture a day? fail.
my sincere apologies. it's just been crazy and i haven't known where to start writing or saying or anything, honestly.
that's just how life is sometimes, i assume. but the beautiful thing is we can start over.
so, here we go.
here's to blogging my little heart out for the next while. it's senior year. my last year at home and i've let it go. i'm now determined to blog my heart out until i just can't anymore. ok? okay.
let me update you all, it should be fun.
ashton; i'm forever busy and never home. i am in my senior year and it's so bittersweet. i now have another blog (ashtonsinafrica.blogspot.com) because i will be moving to africa soon. it's a very exciting time in my life and i couldn't be anymore thankful to see where God leads me.
adam; he's 14 and fantastic. he's a freshie this year and because we attend the same high school i like to embarrass him in the hallways. (can you blame me?) he is rocking track and loves running. polar opposite of me. for sure.
hayne; at 11 he is in 5th grade and rocking his top-of-the-food-chain status. he is reminiscing his last real year of baby-hood as he advances to the awk years that are middle school. after a terrible brain injury he's not been able to play any contact sports (including his love, football) so he has picked up golf and is going for tiger woods status.
andrew; everyday is still a struggle and i will write more on that later. he's newly 7 and loving being in first grade. "i'm not a baby anymore!" he plays basketball and is finding joy.
anna grace; in true princess form she is 7 and sassy. she has the perfect first grade teacher who loves her fabulous style and brings out the best in her. she has lots of friends and is amazing at gymnastics (i'm betting on olympics)
ainsley; she is newly four and a sassy pants. her current obsession is peacocks. she loves to harass everyone in the family and finds joy in coloring walls, floors, and furniture. we're potty training and she finds it especially funny to pee on random things. it's a glorious stage.
we've been blessed and god willing this blog will become the living journal it was meant to be. i've missed writing.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
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The energies of 12-12-2012 and 12-21-2012 were enormous. These Galactic Alignments brought great internal and external change to millions, and true Ascension to very very very few- although that actually has happened. Elohim told me of this on Jan 1, 2013 channeling, and I will post more on that soon.
Many people who are 'seekers, spiritualists, light workers, new age adherents, energy workers' Apocalptics', etc. are quite disillusioned due to their heightened expectations of literal interpretations of Prophecy not coming true in their lives. This is quite understandable. I include the writings below from George Kavassalis:
"People throughout the ages have given their power away to a religion, secret society, philosophy or spiritual teaching, a guru, chanellers etc. thinking these doctrines and people had all the answers because they were so willing to be followers of someone or something outside of themselves. Yes, these teachings all had/have value to add to one's spiritual journey, but the main point here is they chose to invest into something outside of their own inner innate eternal self-awareness where all their answers truly do reside.


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I developed my first CMP outside of an IDE by hand. I have a session bean and a CMP bean. But I can not seem to deploy it because of an error:
[Container factory] org.jboss.ejb.DeploymentException: Bean NPUser has PK of type java.lang.String, so it should have a cmp-field named CASE_INSENSITIVE_ORDER
here is a sample of my ejb-jar.xml file:
no description
What on earth am I doing wrong? Do i really need to add an entry in the XML file for a cmp-field that does not exist in mt bean? Where is the error documentation for this? This is extremely frustrating.
Well I fixed my own problem. I went home, slept on it, and re -read the docs. I decided to run the verifier, and with the handy EJB spec I noticed the bean was not specifying the <prinkey-field>userid</prinkey-field> right (mispelled primkey). So I fixed that and ran the verify and it deployed just fine.
Lesson learned: use the verifyer and ANT.


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After much delaying and hoo-ha-ing, Keyspan's finally releasing the Tuneview Remote, which is the first to mimic the iPod's control on the remote itself. The remote has a clickwheel-ish control scheme, but the main point is that you can see a replica of the iPod's screen on the remote. This makes it easy to surf your tunes on the couch while the iPod's connected to your stereo.
The only downside is the price, which runs at $179. Not cheap, but since when has being lazy ever been cheap?
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Jonathan Carter is filled with hate for all black people after having a bad childhood experience. It doesn't help that he is in position to take up the helm of the Klan. The only kink in his plan is the beautiful family cook, Cali Waters. Her food is delicious but her skin is not the same color as his. Jonathan hides his attraction behind demands and snares, but when his life is on the line, Cali saves him. Both Cali and Jonathan are shocked by her actions and how quickly their bond grows. Nonetheless, how close can a prejudice man get with a woman so different than himself?
The concept of "Cali's Hurricane" was great…taking someone who doesn't really know how to love and showing them what love is. We see the changes of Jonathan Carter as the story progresses and how far he will go to prove to Cali that he is a changed man. I normally hate stories that heavily focus on more than one story; however, Mary and Jimmy are quite an interesting pair. Their story was enough to keep me invested in their lives.
The only things I can say is that with the topic choice, I thought there would be much more conflict from outside forces, perhaps Jonathan's father or other Klan members. Instead, it seemed the only demons the characters faced here were themselves. Overall, this book has a very interesting plot and flowing dialogue. Those who like historical romances will enjoy this read.
Oyster Harbor ~ where passion and race collide
Despite the racial tensions brewing in Oyster Harbor in the 1930s, three interracial couples have found love. When a hurricane blows through, will hate finally be washed away or will it grow back stronger than ever?
Jonathan Carter, filled with hate from a childhood incident, cares only about keeping the Klan strong on the island. Cali Waters, still grieving for her husband who died from a Klan attack, longs to use her healing gift instead of being the Carter family cook. When a hurricane threatens the hospital Jon started to build, an injury puts his life in her hands and a chance to heal more than his flesh.
Jonathan's sister, Mary, is tired of the sheltered existence she's lived since being raped. When Jimmy Clark, a black oyster shucker, rescues her during the hurricane, she heals from his gentle love. But if her brother finds out, both relationships will be put to a test fiercer than any storm.


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Happy Birthday.
The Lord loves you so much he wants the best for you.
Receive many blessings in your life,
strength and peace in your heart.
The Lord knows you, knows your words
even before you tell them.
He is around you,
He places his hand on you,
is wonderful what he knows,
It is difficult to understand.
You enjoy this birthdaywith great joy.
Hugs and kisses for you,
celebrate a whole year of blessings,
You will have a great future.
Happy Birthday to you!


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Annual Canvass 2019
Look out for your Annual Canvass form - if you do not respond you may be removed from the electoral register and fined.
www.householdresponse.com/csb (Opens in a new window)
Every household will be sent a letter, called a Household Enquiry Form, at the beginning of July asking someone living at the address to confirm that the details on the form are still correct, or to provide up to date information about anyone eligible to vote living at the property. This is known as the Annual Canvass and is a check that we are required to carry out each year to ensure that the electoral register is accurate and up to date. It is a legal requirement that households respond to this form, even if the information on it is still correct.
In order to remain registered and avoid a fine you must respond to the annual canvass every year.
If you inform us that new electors are living at the property we will send each person a letter (Invitation to Register) asking them to register them to vote, although they can also do this online at GOV.UK/Register to Vote
If we do not receive a response to the letter we send in July, additional reminder letters will be sent; to avoid a reminder being issued please respond by 29 July 2019. If no answer has been received by October someone from the Council will visit the property in person. Council staff will always carry identification - please ask to see their identification details before speaking to them.
|To confirm existing details:
|Online: www.householdresponse.com/csb
|Text: NO CHANGE followed by both parts of your security code (see form) to 80212
|Call: 0800 197 9871
|If the details need to be changed:
|Online: www.householdresponse.com/csb
By post (responding by phone, online or text helps to save the Council money)
If you are unable to respond via the above methods, you can complete and post back the form in the freepost envelope which will have been included with the form sent to you.
What information do I need to provide?
If your details are correct you simply need to confirm this via the above methods. If you need to add or remove electors, or make changes, you can do this via www.householdresponse.com/csb
Why do I need to respond to the canvass?
It is a legal requirement to provide accurate information for the electoral register, if you do not respond to the annual canvass you may be removed from the electoral register and unable to vote in elections. You may also have difficulty in obtaining credit because credit reference agencies are legally entitled to use information on the electoral register to carry out their own checks, which could impact on applications for mortgages, credit cards, mobile phones, etc.
If you consider that you may be at risk of harm because your name is shown on the electoral register there may be other registration options. Information is available via https://www.yourvotematters.co.uk/register-to-vote/register-to-vote-anonymously Please contact Democratic & Electoral Services if you wish to register in this way.
I received a form last year, why do I need to complete another form?
We are required to carry out an annual canvass by law each year to ensure that the register of electors remains accurate and up to date.
Who is eligible to vote?
Anyone who is:
- Aged 16 or over (a person may register to vote at 16, but may not vote until they are 18)
- A British or qualifying Commonwealth citizen who has leave to enter and remain in the UK or does not require such leave.
- A citizen of the Republic of Ireland or other European Union (EU) member state.
I live in two locations, where do I register?
You can register to vote in more than one location provided that you usually reside at the property e.g. you are a student with a home and term time address. You can only vote once in any election.
I am not registered to vote. How long will it take to appear on the electoral register after making a valid application?
From January to September updates to the electoral register are available to entitled parties (e.g. Credit reference agencies) via a notice of alteration published each month. The registration deadlines are available to view via: Register to Vote. During October, November and December monthly updates do not occur because the annual canvass is being carried out ahead of the publication of the revised electoral register on 1 December. If you apply to register to vote after the deadline to be included on the September notice of alteration your details will not be updated with entitled parties until 1 December. If you are applying for credit during the annual canvass and your electoral register status is not being reflected on your credit report, lenders can still check other information such as where your credit accounts are held. Lenders are aware of the annual canvass and therefore will take other information into consideration when assessing a credit application. If you require written confirmation of your registration to vote please contact us.
I am showing on the form as being included on the open register, what does this mean?
There are two versions of the electoral register: the full register and the open register. The full register is used for electoral purposes and also for other limited purposes such as detecting crime, calling people up for jury service and checking credit applications.
The open register contains the same information as the full register but is not used for elections or referendums. However, the open register can be sold to any person, organisation or company for a wide range of purposes, including businesses and charities checking name and address details, direct marketing (junk mail) and online directory firms. You can choose whether or not to have your personal details included in the open version of the register; however they will be included unless you ask for them to be removed.
More information is available on the open register webpage.
How can I opt out of the open register?
The easiest way to opt out of the open register is by filling in the online form via the link below.
Please note that if you are responding to the Household Enquiry form via the online portal at www.householdresponse.com/csb you will not be able to change the opt out status of other people in your household.
Under the Individual Electoral Registration (IER) legislation, each individual is responsible for their own electoral registration. This means that each elector may only change their own opt out status; a request cannot be made on behalf of another person.
If there are other people in your household who wish to change their opt out status, they can do this individually via the link above.
Contact your local electoral office
If you have any queries regarding the annual canvass you may also contact us by email at email@example.com or by telephone on 01494 732014.